Riot 111 1981! LP
RIOT 111 formed in response to witnessing police violence in Wellington, NZ in the early ’80s. After self-releasing two 45s and starting their own punk festival, this controversial group was banned from New Zealand television but gained notoriety that stretched into the US through various zines and compilation albums. Forty years later, one of the founding members pulled their master tapes out of the attic to properly document their recordings via this LP. A collection of protest songs with tribal rhythms and politically-charged spoken word lyrics, these DIY anarcho jams may appeal to fans of the Spiderleg Records catalog and other CRASS-adjacent relics. To quote the singer, “we’re not a band, we’re a terrorist organization!”