Folk Devils

Folk Devils were an English 1980s post-punk ensemble born of the Notting Hill, West London music scene.
Founding member Ian Lowery had previously been the original singer in late 1970s punk rock band The Wall and then signed to Killing Joke's Malicious Damage label as leader of the group Ski Patrol. Politics and the general tensions that seemed endemic to the Killing Joke scene led Ian to leave Ski Patrol and recruit long-time friend of Jaz Coleman - Alan Cole on drums, Kris Jozajtis on guitar (now Dr Kris Jozajtis at Greenfaulds High School) and Mark Whiteley, from Wales, on bass to form another group, Folk Devils, in 1983.
Mark had been active in both the London and Welsh music scene. He worked with Anhrefn, Wales' seminal punk band and with the ill-fated Hack Hack on the album Despite Amputations. He left the band midway through a gig at The Fridge in Brixton unhappy with the band, their label (Shout Records), and musical direction. A fight ensued and Mark became a Folk Devil.
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== Links to Peel ==
Peel was a fan of the group in the mid-80's, where he invited the band to do three sessions for his programmes between 1984 and 1985, which they did.
On his 16 December 1999 show, Peel felt that the group's Hank Turns Blue track should have been in his Peelenium 1984.
== Sessions ==
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1. Recorded: 1984-03-20. Broadcast: 04 April 1984. Repeated: 30 April 1984, 24 May 1984, 19 December 1984
*Where The Buffalo Roam / Beautiful Monster / Tight Sleep / What's That Smell?
2. Recorded: 1984-09-05. Broadcast: 17 September 1984. Repeated: 01 October 1984, 23 October 1984
*Big Car Big Car / Wail / Broken Head / Ink Runs Dry
3. Recorded: 1985-06-18. Broadcast: 08 July 1985. Repeated: 24 July 1985, 12 August 1985, 18 December 1985
*This Traitor Hand / It Drags On / Under The Bridge / Dead Heat
== Other Shows Played ==
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*20 February 1984: unknown
*14 March 1984 (BFBS): Hank Turns Blue (7") Ganges RAY 1
*17 March 1984 (BFBS): Hank Turns Blue (7") Ganges RAY 1
*19 March 1984 (BBC World Service): Hank Turns Blue (7") Ganges RAY 1
*21 March 1984: Hank Turns Blue (7") Ganges RAY 1
*06 April 1984 (BFBS): Hank Turns Blue (7") Ganges RAY 1
*24 April 1984: Hank Turns Blue (7") Ganges RAY 1
*25 April 1984 (BFBS): Hank Turns Blue (7") Ganges RAY 1
*19 August 1984 (BFBS): Beautiful Monster (7") Ganges RAY 2
*20 August 1984 (BBC World Service): Beautiful Monster (7") Ganges RAY 2
*26 August 1984 (BFBS): Beautiful Monster (7") Ganges RAY 2
*30 August 1984: Beautiful Monster (7") Ganges RAY 2
*05 September 1984: Brian Jones' Bastard Son (12" EP - Beautiful Monster) Ganges RAY 2T
*09 September 1984 (BFBS): Art Ghetto (12" EP - Beautiful Monster) Ganges RAY 2T
*10 September 1984 (BBC World Service): Art Ghetto (12" EP - Beautiful Monster) Ganges RAY 2T
*11 September 1984: Art Ghetto (12" EP - Beautiful Monster) Ganges RAY 2T
*16 September 1984 (BFBS): Brian Jones' Bastard Son (12" EP - Beautiful Monster) Ganges RAY 2T
*25 September 1984: unknown
;1985
*thumb|330x330px25 February 1985: Hank Turns Blue (single) Ganges
*10 March 1985 (BFBS): Brian Jones' Bastard Son (12" - Beautiful Monster) Ganges
*01 July 1985 (BBC World Service): Wail (12" EP - Fire And Chrome) Karbon KAR601-T
*08 July 1985 (BBC World Service): Where The Buffalo Roam (12" EP - Fire And Chrome) Karbon KAR601-T
*08 July 1985 (BFBS): Where The Buffalo Roam (12" EP - Fire And Chrome) Karbon KAR601-T
*15 July 1985: English Disease / Where The Buffalo Roam (12" EP - Fire And Chrome) Karbon KAR601-T
*22 July 1985: Wail (12" EP - Fire And Chrome) Karbon KAR601-T
*21 August 1985: Wail (12" EP - Fire And Chrome) Karbon KAR601-T
*30 September 1985: Brian Jones' Bastard Son (12" - Beautiful Monster) Ganges
;1988
*09 May 1988: Hank Turns Blue (7") Ganges
*14 May 1988 (BFBS): 'Hank Turns Blue (7")' (Ganges)
*03 June 1988 (BFBS): 'Hank Turns Blue (7")' (Ganges)
;1999
*16 December 1999: Hank Turns Blue (7") Ganges
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