Spiderleg Records

This was an EP entitled 1970s Have Been Made in Hong Kong, which had originally been released by the small Bishop's Stortford based label Stortbeat. However, the band fell into dispute with Stortbeat when the label allegedly re-released the single without paying the band owed royalties. The re-recording for Spiderleg is also notable for featuring Penny Rimbaud of Crass on drums as the original Epileptics drummer was not available. The band not only used the label to release their own material, but gave opportunities to like-minded punk bands to put out records, including The Subhumans, who in a similar fashion set up their own Bluurg label. Other bands which had their first vinyl releases on Spiderleg were The System, Amebix, Antisect and Kronstadt Uprising. Records had considerable success, with several hits on the UK Indie Chart, including a number one album with Flux of Pink Indians' Strive To Survive Causing The Least Suffering Possible, which also reached number 79 on the UK Album Chart. The final releases on the label were an Antisect LP and Flux of Pink Indians EP in 1984. In 1985, Derek Birkett, bass player of Flux of Pink Indians, his wife Sue Birkett and former Flux guitarist Tim Kelly set up the highly successful label One Little Indian Records, now known as One Little Independent Records, whose releases have included material by Björk, The Shamen, Skunk Anansie, Queen Adreena and Chumbawamba, amongst others.

• Founded — 1981 • Distributor — Rough Trade • Genre — anarcho-punk • Country — United Kingdom • Location — London