Paranoid Visions
Paranoid Visions are a punk rock band from Dublin, Ireland who formed in 1982. They broke up in 1992, had reunion shows and eventually decided to reunite. The band ran their own label, F.O.A.D. (Fuck Off And Die), during the 1980s and 1990s. The label was based in Dublin and run by guitarist, P.A. as is the bulk of their current administration to date. In 1987, the band started the FOAD2U2 campaign (meaning fuck off and die to U2). These letters could be seen sprayed all over Dublin at the time. Their EP, "I Will Wallow" is a  parody of U2's album, "Boy", and their single "I Will Follow". The band went on hiatus in the early 1990s reforming for shows in 1996 with the Sex Pistols on the Filthy Lucre Tour and The Damned on their 25th anniversary tour of 2001. In 2005, Toxic Records released the compilation album "Outside In", resulting in the band reforming for a few shows in support of the release. The reformation led to a creative burst and resulted in the "Missing in Action" EP. The critical and commercial success of the record continued the creative vein and between 2005 and  2017 the band released five new albums and 12 singles. The January 2009 release "Beware of the God". was voted number 107 in the list of the most important Irish albums in "Hot Press" magazine, whilst the singles "Politician", "Treasure on the Wasteland" and "Outsider Artist" (featuring TV Smith) all hit the Irish top 10. In 2013, the band formed an unlikely alliance with Crass vocalist Steve Ignorant, which started out life as a single track and led on to regular live performances, two albums and two singles. The band alongside Ignorant have played some of the biggest alternative festivals  in the world including Chicago's Riot Fest, Canada's Amnesia Festival and the annual appearance at the UK's Rebellion Festival. At the latter, the band performed a set featuring Crass songs for the first time in seven years, alongside tracks by Flux of Pink Indians, Poison Girls, DIRT and Conflict, as well as their own material. The 2016 album, "Now and Then...!" featuring Steve Ignorant, entered the Irish charts at number 6. Discography. • "Destroy The Myths of Musical Progression" K7 - FOAD Records - ??? - August 1983 - with lyric sheet • "Blood in the Snow" K7 - FOAD Records - ??? - 1983 • "Destroy / Blood" K7  - Bluurg Records - UK - 1984 Reissue of first two cassettes • "From the Womb to the Bucket" K7 - FOAD Records - ??? - 1984 K7 - Bluurg Records - ??? - UK - 1984 - *16 tracks with 12pp booklet • "Weird Weird World of Guru Weirdbrain" *various artists LP - Hotwire Records - HWLP8505 - IRL - 1985 • "The Robot Is Running Amok EP" 7" - FOAD Records/All The Madmen - FOAD 1 - 1986 - foc + insert • "Schizophrenia" LP - FOAD Records/All The Madmen - FOAD 2 - 1987 LP - FOAD Records/Revolver - FOAD 2 - 1988 - repress • "I Will Wallow" 10" - FOAD Records/All The Madmen - FOAD 2U2 - 1987 - insert 12" - FOAD Records - FOAD 2U2 - (1989) unconfirmed • "Autonomy  // Social Security / Strange Girl" (live 18.3.87) • "Reaganstein/Paranoid Visions - FOAD To You Fascist American Contra Scum" folded double-printed A3-size sleeve 'Fake' split EP, Reaganstein is a P.V. alter ego the name rumoured to have been taken from the label run by Black Country/West Midlands anarcho punks Indecent Assault i.e. Reaganstein Records, launched in 1986 as a DIY label to release their own material. This has never been confirmed... Reaganstein - Blood Empires Paranoid Visions - Ignore It (live 18.3.87) • "Autonomy EP + Reaganstein/Paranoid Visions" *split single split single 2x7" - FOAD Records - FOAD 5 + FOAD 6 - 1988 • "Get  Off The Map.. (City of Screams)" mini-LP - FOAD Records/Revolver - FOAD 1000. *1988 - green vinyl + insert. Also exists as black vinyl test pressing. • various artists - "Comet Tape 3" K7 - Comet Records - COMTAPE 5 - IRL - 1988 • various artists - "ALF" LP - No Masters Voice - ??? - USA - 1989 • "Immature Recollections" K7 - FOAD Records - FOAD 9 - 1990 • "The Dismal Abysmals :- Illegitimate Targets" K7 - FOAD Records - ??? - 1990? Another P.V. alter ego • "Tripping The Live Disaster" K7 - FOAD Records - ??? - 1990? • "Politician EP" [cassingle] K7 - FOAD Records - ??? - 1991 • various artists - "Dirt Behind the Daydream Vol.1" K7 - FOAD Records - FOAD 9T1 - 1991 tracks: • various artists - "Dirt Behind  the Daydream Vol.2" K7 - FOAD Records - ??? - 1991 • "Bollox To Christmas" K7 - FOAD Records - ??? - 1992? • "After the Faction (Best Of)" CD - AX-S Records - AXS95CD001 - 1995 Distributed via Southern (UK), Cargo (US) *and Sound Solutions (Germany). • "Live in Stab City" CD - April 2006 • "The Triangular EP (Home Sweet Hell)" 2x7" - Wednesday Works - DAY 1 - IRL - 1996. *One disc is a flexi. Archive recordings. • "Outside In. The Vinyl Years 1986-1989" CD - Toxic Records - ??? - 2005 • "Missing In Action EP" CD-R - 2007 • "40 Shades of Gangreen" CD-R - March 2007 • "3R'S EP" CD - 2008 FOAD 0801 • "The Treasure From The Wasteland  EP - Lost Gems From Dublin '79 + '80" CD & 12" Vinyl 2008 FOAD 0802 tracks: • "Hate From The Cities Vol 1" CD & 12" Vinyl 2008 FOAD 0803 Paranoid Visions/Dirty Love/Moutpiece PV tracks: • "Hate From The Cities Vol 2" CD & 12" Vinyl 2008 FOAD 0804 Paranoid Visions/Devilish Presley/Kidd Blunt PV tracks: • "Hate From The Cities Vol 3" CD & 12" Vinyl 2008 FOAD 0805 Paranoid Visions/The Restarts/Excuses PV track: • "Beware Of The God" 12" Vinyl & CD March 2009 FOAD 0902LP & FOAD 0902CD • "I Am The One" 7" Vinyl & CD 2009 FOAD 0903 & FOAD 0903CD • "Strobelight And  Torture" 7" Vinyl & CD 2010 FOAD 10017in & FOAD 1001CD • "Black Operations In The Red Mist" Double CD 2010 Overground Records 124CD LC4593 • "Der Election" CD 2011 FOAD 1101CD 'Politician 2011' from Der Election reached No.6 in the Irish Top 10 Physical Singles Charts for week ending 24th Feb 2011. "Outsider Artist" ep: "Escape from the Austerity Complex" (FOAD / Overground) (2012) "up the anti" "if ignorance is bliss" 7" single (All the Madmen) (2013) / CD (FOAD) "When...?" LP and CD (FOAD / Overground) (2013) "Two Black Eyes" 7" / CD (FOAD / Overground) (2015) "Across the Holocausts" Flexi Disc (FOAD) (2015) "Cryptic Cross  Words" LP / CD (FOAD / Overground) (2015) "The Height of Ignorance" 10" / CD ep (FOAD / Overground / Maloka) (2015) "Now and Then...!" LP / CD (FOAD / Overground) (2016) Irish chart placing at #6 "Rebellion" (FOAD / Overground / Maloka) (2017) limited edition pink vinyl