Flux Of Pink Indians

Flux of Pink Indians were an English anarcho-punk rock band from Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England, active between 1980 and 1986. The band formed in Hertfordshire, England in 1980 from the remaining members of The Epileptics (who during the first half of 1979 changed their name to Epi-X, owing to letters of complaint from The British Epilepsy Association) by Colsk Latter (vocals) and Derek Birkett (bass guitar) with guitarists Andy Smith, Neil Puncher, and drummer Sid Ation (who was also a member of Rubella Ballet). (read more on wikipedia).
The group released three LPs from 1982-1986 in different styles. The first was hardcore punk, the second a mix of noise, political lyrics and melody and the third a mixture of protest songs, dub, funk and percussion.
== Links to Peel ==
The band got Peel's attention in 1981 when he played tracks from their debut EP, Neu Smell, but after that, the group didn't seem to have been played that much. Derek Birkett, the bassist of the group and later founder of One Little Indian label was asked in an interview whether he did a session for Peel on the No Class Fanzine:
"We've never been asked to do one. There's no point is there really? If he asked us directly maybe we'd consider it. I think the only advantage of doing one is that you almost force yourself upon people, don't you? But I wouldn't like to do a Peel session cos they're too dictatorial, you have to use their producers, you have to use their engineers, you have to have it done in two days…I wouldn't want to do one." 
When the group changed their name to Flux and released their Uncarved Block album in 1986, Peel started playing tracks from it before the band split up.
== Shows Played ==
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*12 July 1981 (BFBS): Tube Disasters (7" EP - Neu Smell) Crass 321984/2
*19 July 1981 (BFBS): Sick Butchers (7" EP - Neu Smell) Crass 321984/2
*19 July 1981 (BFBS): Background Of Male Function (7" EP - Neu Smell) Crass
;1982
*16 June 1982 (BFBS): Tube Disasters (7" EP - Neu Smell) Crass 321984/2
*29 December 1982 (BFBS): Tube Disasters (7" EP - Neu Smell) Crass 321984/2
;1984
*Peel Mixtape 1984: Take Heed (LP - Strive To Survive Causing Least Suffering Possible) Spiderleg
*21 March 1984: Life We Make (album - The Fucking Cunts Treat Us Like Pricks) Spiderleg SDL 13
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*12 August 1986: The Stonecutter (LP - Uncarved Block) One Little Indian
*13 August 1986: The Value Of Nothing (LP - Uncarved Block) One Little Indian
*19 August 1986: The Stonecutter (album - Uncarved Block) One Little Indian
*10 September 1986: The Stonecutter (LP - Uncarved Block) One Little Indian
*06 October 1986: The Stonecutter (LP - Uncarved Block) One Little Indian
== External Links ==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
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