Genre: Street Punk / Ska-Punk
Country: England
The Filaments are a street-punk band with brass. They formed in 2000 in Chelmsford, Essex UK. Influences cited include Rancid, The Clash, Operation Ivy, The Business, The 4-Skins, and The Specials. Their debut album «Skull and Trombones» was released in 2001 on New Blood Records and tours with The Casualties, Deadline and Roger Miret and The Disasters followed this release. The Filaments gained a reputation for their immense live shows in the UK, and on the European mainland.
Their second album «Whats Next?» was released in 2004 on Household Name Records. This time the band showed a greater depth in song writing; UK ’82 style punk was mixed with a wide range of influences including Dub, 2-tone influenced ska and Psychobilly. Following this release The Filaments went on to tour alongside popular U.S acts such as The Horrorpops and Leftover Crack, as well as playing festivals including Glastonbury, Wasted / Rebellion (Blackpool) , Rude Boys Unity (Geneva) and Punk ‘n’ Disorderly (Berlin).
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Filaments — 2002 — Skull & Trombones
Year: 2002
Quality: mp3, 320 kbps
Size: 48.50 MB
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01. Punk Unity
02. Trevor
03. Hiroshima
04. Our Roots
05. Thrown Away
06. Better Way
07. Oi! It’s the Filaments
08. Uk Now
09. Patricia
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Filaments — 2004 — What’s Next
Year: 2004
Quality: mp3, 320 kbps
Size: 74.79 MB
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01. Sick Joke
02. Men of the Law
03. B.P.C.
04. Victims
05. Western Double Standards
06. Life’s Not a Priviledge
07. Dub
08. No Part
09. Nation
10. Mafia
11. Bastard Coppers
12. Signing Up to Sin
13. Zombie Jail Break
14. The Farce
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Filaments — 2013 — Land Of Lions
Year: 2013
Quality: mp3, 320 kbps
Size: 81.24 MB
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01. The Warren
02. No Surrender
03. Adecco Calling
04. Tales from the Barside
05. Tomlinson’s Ghost
06. Tables Turn
07. Tears of Essex
08. Once in a While
09. Insult to Injury
10. Liberty’s Plight
11. If I Did Believe
12. Pisstake
13. Land of Lions
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Filaments — 2018 — Look To The Skies
Year: 2018
Quality: mp3, 320 kbps
Size: 64.29 MB
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01. Fuck The
02. Look To The Skies
03. Rip-Off World
04. No Men To Parade
05. Living In The Crosshairs
06. Underdogs
07. Tread Carefully
08. Ask no Favours
09. All We’ve Ever Known
10. The Verge
11. Killing Machine
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