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21st March 2022 - The Varukers, System Of Hate, Force Fed Lies, Boulevard, Wigan (5th March)

We make our first journey to Wigan, to play the Boulevard. We arrive in good time, the Force Fed Lies lads have gone for something to eat so we sound check first as the Varukers are stuck in traffic. Nice stage, great sound, we do about 3 songs and then retire. It’s absolutely freezing and there’s no internet or phone signal, we’ll have to speak to one another, ha ha. Can’t even get the football results. We found out the ticket sales are lower than normal but as time goes by the ‘walk-ups’ make for a good crowd. Force Fed Lies open the show, solid, heavy, direct and driven, there is metal in their influence. No messing, good messages and nice lads and the crowd like it, the room is slightly warming up, ha ha. We hit the stage, Tony couldn’t make it today, so back to a 4 piece, we blast in to the set, lovely, sound-man totally gets us, we stick the two new ones in. It’s a fantastic gig, brill venue and really well supported, Keith is a great promoter and respected, so gets the support he deserves. The Varukers, give us great feedback, they all love our set, which is great to hear. Brian is on roadie and merch duties today and his help is much appreciated, thanks. Gail a bit under the weather, get well soon xx. The Varukers hit the stage and it’s absolutely solid on the beat, like a metal workshop with machinery pounding the life out of our eardrums, all the lads up for it, the audience are jumping, pushing, pogoing, there will be some stiff, old bodies tomorrow. It’s been well worth the visit, it’s a early finish so everyone can get their trains / buses, another KDS promotions good policy, we will definitely be back here. Punk’s Not Dead in Wigan!

21st March 2022 - Spunk Volcano & The Eruptions, Trades Club, Barnsley (25th Feb)

First hometown gig for awhile and we are promoting this one ourselves. New venue for us but not for the Barnsley Punk Scene, we’ve worked with the Trades before in other guises and it’s great to be back. We have put the word out and the people are here, it’s an amazing turnout and I cannot thank everyone enough. The raffle tickets sell out. Now there are tables andn chairs in this Working Mens Club, this has got a lot of Punk regulars scratching their heads, it’s different, but works, none of us are getting any younger. System hit the stage and do almost 50 minutes, it’s a nice warm reception and the sound is good, strange to see the crowd seated. Once Spunk and the boys get up, a lot of people have made their way to the front and it’s normal service so to speak. Spunk is now on guitar duties so less mobile than we are used to, but the show is still a stormer. The crowd love it, the Club committee love it, coz it ain’t been this full for a long time and they know the Punks can drink, so it’s a win win situation. So thanks to the Club for running the door and providing more than enough staff for the bar, a very great positive night in Barnsley. We will be back in September with another one, stay tuned. Thanks to Kenton for the sound.

25th February 2022 - 1st Gig Of The Year - Black Bull, Gateshead (Saturday 19th Feb)

Our first gig of 2022. The weather these last few days has been truly awful, we’ve had to keep on eye on it, 3 major named storms within a week, unheard of they say. Anyway we set of in good time and it’s a good journey. It’s nice to get back to such a lovely welcoming place, Tintin greets us at the doors then Shev. We load in, set up and sound check pretty straight forward, we sound check two new songs and yes they are ready. Drink time, Guinness for this lad. The 2sevens load in and set up, nice lads, Scottish Rock ‘n Punk or Punk ‘n Roll, they even include the original Jesus & The Mary Chain drummer, wow mucho kudos. They finish sound check and we all relax waiting until showtime. The weather has effected the numbers a little tonight and a Metro strike has not helped either, also our biggest fan, Mr. Stanners has an engagement elsewhere, unheard of for Steve to miss. Anyway the 2sevens open the show, good energy and you can feel, the Clash and New York Dolls influences dripping out of them, it’s good and worth checking out, I hope we meet again, well done lads.

We blast into the set and it sounds great, I can hear Tony more than normal, all the pressures and problems of the working week just dissipate from my shoulders, I’m in a dream state and we're motoring along lovely. We play “Instinct To Kill” and “No Religion, No Wars”, both for the first ever time, they go down very well, we end with a well known Stooges classic. Wow what a show, we even have a very local famous bass player’s sister in the audience, demanding more songs. It’s been a great adventure as always, thank you everyone who came out!!! Will Binks photographs link here - click here!

Thursday 6th January 2022 - The Xmas Tour 2021 (4th Dec / 10th Dec & 20th Dec 2021)

A last minute booking at The Ferret, Preston on the 4th December 2021, supporting the mighty DISCHARGE. We set off around 3-30pm, it’s absolutely teaming it down and I’m wet through to the skin just swapping my gear from car to hate van. It’s times like this you question why you do this, I dry my trousers (still on) via the vehicle heating system, it is as always an awful dark journey with shocking wind and rain over the tops. We arrive later than planned but it’s nice to see friendly faces, people are still reluctant to shake hands fully and hugging is definitely out, who knows what to do these days.

We arrive as the Battery Farm are concluding their set, very quiet / loud, melodic then heavy as. Good stuff and it’s understandable why people are saying nice things. LEFT up next, there’s a strong Idles influence here, Queen Zee, A little At The Drive In / The Fall, very energetic, it’s a great set. We catch up with our good friends; Evil Blizzard (punters today), nice to chat. Thee Acid Tongue next, our Brummie friends playing more tradition Punk ‘n Roll, something for everyone today, good tight set. S.O.H. next, no Tony today, we play to a fantastic receptive audience, the sound is magnificent, the soundman has definitely got us. My rain drenched body is now buzzing with post gig positivity, it’s been well worth the trip. Litterbug next, it’s a solid bass and drums with tinkering of guitar now and again, dare I say Buzzcocks meets Indie, it’s taken the mood down a little, the calm before the storm you might say. Again something different, be boring if it was all the same, a nice intermission before the all consuming Chaos.

Discharge bounce onto the stage, our good mate Lee Evans is roadie-ing for them, they set up quick. Bang and they are off, it’s carnage, a battlefield, pure power, very impressive, we get a shout out from Tezz Roberts as they begin “Ain’t No Feeble Bastard”, nice touch, means a lot. The roadies are trying to ply the band with water, the heat, the breakneck speeds and uninterrupted riffage is taking its toll, it’s brilliant, one minute they are breathing heavy, red faced then regain the pace, no let up, it’s red hot as JJ whips his mic lead up and down the stage, strutting like a wild beast. It’s an amazing set and it stays in my memory for days. A great day out, only negative moment, Martin gets a puncture on the way home but we meet up and sort him out. We make our way back to the safety of Yorkshire :-).

Photo by Gary M Hough

Another late-ish booking, Friday 10th December 2021 with THEATRE OF HATE, at the Brudenell, LEEDS. We hear about the passing of 'Mensi' from the Angelic Upstarts just before taking to the stage, so we dedicate the set to him, a dear friend and influence, sad day, RIP. Tony is back in the fold and we have a lot of friends in the crowd. The only thing is, Sam Fender has taken nearly all the car park up with his tour buses, as he’s playing next door. We manage to get parked and load in, 2 drum kits on one stage this evening, we are like a boy band all in a perfect line :-). We arrive really early so get to see Theatre Of Hate set up and sound check, we follow suit and are ready just before opening. Again big Thanks to John Keenan for putting us on. We play 50 minutes, it’s a rejigged set list, “Harvest Of The Dispossessed” is played for the first time with this line-up, we get a lovely reception from the audience and it’s a pleasure to support. Kirk Brandon says some really nice things about us, which is always a bonus.

Theatre Of Hate take to the stage and knock out a cracking set, great rhythmical slabs of hypnotic post punkness, perfect just what the doctor ordered, I wish the rest of the world even knew bands were playing stuff like this. I wonder if Sam Fender steals a peak or the young lad (Thomas Turgoose) from This Is England, who we spotted earlier. Anyways, a fantastic night!

Photo by Jon Fahey

The 3rd Date of the Xmas 2021 Tour, 18th December back to the Brudenell for Geoffrey Oi!cott’s Annual Xmas Bash. Bands are dropping like flies, we’ve lost one of the bigger names but the show must go on. We arrive a little late, as one of us is working. We’ve missed Indignation Meeting (sorry) but catch most of Scum, a very young band with great energy and attitude, very honest and likeable, they have some Idles influence, maybe the Fall, good 3 piece and I would watch them again, they certainly ain’t Punking by numbers. Next up, the joker in the pack, Vig Vam Bam, it’s a glam covers band but with a difference, it features well know musicians from this area including our drummer, they are good and could take this show to the working men’s clubs but they claim it’s just for fun, certainly breaks the day up, nice change. System up next, Tony is here again and I’m told the sound is absolutely cock on and the keyboard is coming through like a freight train, we enjoy the set and so do the crowd, we’ve acquired some new fans and it’s nice to sign the year off positively, especially with all the hold ups. Pete Bentham & The Dinner Ladies next and the mood is taken back up to fun, it’s described as kitchencore, it’s clever, well written, politically astute, damn good pop punk with hints of post punk, definitely worth a watch. Next, our hosts Geoffrey Oi!cott with their new bass player, they continue the theme of fun, banging into their cricket, sport and Oi influenced material. They do a nice tribute to Mensi, “I’m An Upstart”, nice touch boys. Last up, headliners, 999, nice to catch up with Arthur and Stu, we have to leave early, due to unforeseen circumstances, sorry. Money is being raised for the Food Bank Appeal this evening, well done Jase and the rest of Oi!cott, keep up the good work. Another great outing and a good end to the year for the System lads. Hope everyone's had a good Xmas and New Year and stayed as safe as possible !!!! Love & Best Wishes S.O.H.

Photos by Jase Kilvo

Thursday 25th November 2021 - The Legendary HOPE & ANCHOR, London (20th November)

We set off early to catch the MEGABUS at Meadowhall (Sheffield), with slight delays we arrive in the capital around 2pm. We make our way to our digs and have about 40 minutes relax time, until we head to the Hope & Anchor. We drop our gear off in the basement and then it's drinks time :-) We drink in the history and take in the fact that, many of our heroes have strutted around this place, absolutely amazing.

A great review of the evening by Vincent Mahon, Lead Singer of the Morgellons...........

"After nearly two years of lockdowns, cock-ups, dramas, traumas and any number of things going tits-up and sideways, last night at the Hope & Anchor felt like a real Green Shoots of Recovery moment, providing a much needed shock to the system and a good old-fashioned kick up the arse for another crappy year. Everyone, from the crowd, the bands, and the PA geezer, were firing on all cylinders. It felt like the brakes were off at long last and the party was starting up again. The evening was well and truly blessed with a number of good friends in attendance - too many to mention individually, but you know who you are and your support is always appreciated.

Superminx 70 kicked things off perfectly with a fabulous glam-stomping, punky, soulful and beautifully crafted set that had more hooks than an Abu Hamza lookalikes convention. It can be a thankless task being the first band on the bill, but SM70 hit the ground running and didn’t let up for one minute. It was so good to see them back in action and they deserve a massive audience. See them if you get the chance. They really are great.

I’ve been wanting to see System of Hate for a long time, and they did not disappoint. Picking up on the best bits of Killing Joke and Joy Division without merely being shallow copyists, SoH produced a dark, brooding, irresistibly powerful sonic assault that left the crowed entranced and awed. Exhilarating, challenging, immersive and absolutely unforgettable, this was a “hairs on the back of your neck” type set, and I can’t wait to see them again. Not only do they knock out a cracking bunch of tunes, they’re also some of the loveliest, funniest and friendliest people you could ever hope to meet. The bus journey back to their hotel was like organising a school outing with the Bash Street Kids, and has me cracking up just thinking about it. A great memory from an incredible evening. London loves System of Hate.

By the time we hit the stage the crowd was well and truly up for it. We only had two proper rehearsals under our belt and even with the wonderful Dale Senior as last minute stand-in, I must admit I was initially a bit nervous. But even if I do say so myself, we played a blinder. The set went down really well, and to have several people who’ve been supporting us since day one saying it was the best they’d ever seen us was the best praise imaginable. Again, much love and thanks to all.

When it all comes together like it did last night, playing live music is quite simply the very best thing you can do with your life. I think it’s fair to say that none of the bands involved are under any illusions as to what we’re doing: it’s a hobby; a chance to do something creative; it’s the thing that makes the working week bearable; it’s an outlet and an opportunity to meet like-minded folk, kick up a bloody good racket and have a bit of fun. And really and truly, what else could anyone possibly need? XX.."

The MEGABUS journey home was awful, M1 closed at Junction 11/12, an accident not far from home on the slipway when we went to swap drivers (we had to reverse back onto the M1). Other than that it was great, an amazing trip, just what the doctor ordered :-). Some new gigs have just come in, check out the GIG list. We will see you soon, stay safe!!!!!

Special thanks to Andy Cavendish, Vincent Mahon, Bob Walsh, Laine (Sound), all the band members, bar staff and all the people who turned out to watch us, thanks a million.

Here's Some Footage From The Audience by YE AULD METALLER (Thank You Very Much)

Monday 18th October 2021 - Very Rare Barnsley Gig (24th September, Old No.7 Pub)

It’s been a while and it’s lovely to see our Barnsley friends and people who have traveled from as far as Wales and Birmingham, as well as local. It’s a first to play at The Old No. 7 and to be honest a very enjoyable experience. There’s several events going on tonight, nothing for ages then loads, never rains eh? We’ve really struggled to find a support act, Spaff pulling out due to illness, so we have Hospital Two’d (2 members of Hospital Food), Nathan (Guitar/voice) and Rob (drums), rather than let us down cobbled together this set. A good set, the sound is spot on, the audience warn to it, big thanks lads.

We step up, ready to rock this little cave, it’s long but probably 2 and a half meters wide max, really low ceiling but somehow the sound is perfect, who knew? We play 50 minutes or so of dark sonic grooves, no keyboard tonight with Tony still unwell (get well soon). New t shirt sells well. It’s another warm one but enjoyed by all, thanks so much for everyone who came along, great to see you after so long. Next stop : That there London !!!!

Tuesday 21st September 2021 - Punk Beside The Seaside, Johnny's Bar, Morecambe (28th August 2021)

Some of us set off on Friday evening and got caught in really bad bank holiday traffic, some early Saturday and got caught in traffic, some Saturday afternoon and got caught is shockingly bad traffic but we all got to Johnny’s bar in Morecambe in good time to play an amazing mini festival; Lee & Caroline Wood’s Punk By The Seaside. Sheffield Wednesday are in town too and that didn’t spoil anything (losing 1 nil to Morecambe, we mustn’t gloat :-))

The sun's shining, the beer flowing, we are catching up with people we ain’t seen in forever. It’s a nice sized room and the sound is good. A few bands are late due to the afore mentioned traffic, but Lee keeps their slots open and the gig just goes later, it’s a nice touch.

The Dead Objectives, we miss due to the taxi taking an age, so we still haven’t seen the new line up. Fat Albert sound great, very Misfits feel, best I’ve seen them, ace. Janus Stark, up next, they are uniformed up and play a pleasant professional set, it’s more Green Day than GBH, this is Gizz Butts (Prodigy touring guitarist) first performance of the night. Criminal Justice, well late but jump straight into it, very metal / Discharge feel, nice lads, good noise. Wolf Bites Boy next, as Oi isn’t something I’d normally watch, I’m no expert but they were tight and the choruses are strong, these lads are good, no doubt. Our old mates Healthy Junkies up now, Phil and his Mrs driving the ship, more normal song structures, few covers, sounds great, good to catch up. System up next, amazing sound on stage, Tony is off stage (no room) but the old trooper just carries on smiling, Pat breaks a string on the first song, no one knows. The band are in the groove, it’s a great atmosphere, with the crowd lapping it up, Steve Stanners dancing like a loon down the front, possibly been drinking, lol. The new t shirt is out, we sell a few, signed vinyl going well, it’s been great. The Destructors 82 up last, Gizz Butts second performance of the day, not a band I know much about, it’s just steady away, not pulling any trees up. I guess people are tired with the extension. Its been a awesome day, well done all.

Day 2, it’s a new day and a new venue, Bath Hotel, drinks are cheaper and the room is way smaller, sets up a lovely atmosphere. Nice just to sit back and watch bands and catch up properly with mates, met Tyson Fury on the way to the venue, he didn’t fancy it he said, had some things to do, nice enough lad, his loss. A great day of bands, finished off lovely with a super group, if you know, you know. A couple of the lads have come back with a “flu”, all good now, we play Barnsley, Friday !!! See you all soon.

Saturday 21st Auguat 2021 - Black Bull, Gateshead (30th July) & The Star & Garter, Manchester (1st August)

Gateshead our first gig in a venue since the year before last at our beloved Black Bull, Gateshead. We arrive nice and early, great sound check, loads of spare time for a change. The place is rammed, the biggest audience we’ve played to up here, loads of good mates, the Scalesys have made it from Rotherham, keeping it a nice surprise again.

Zero tolerance open and blast into their set, they are a different band now, plenty of gigs under their belts, tighter and more confident, still got the Ruts feel but defo some Upstarts in the mix, a great set and they go down amazing.

We get up and boy is it hot, no rehearsal before this gig but who’d know. We play around a hours set, even playing one song twice as the new line up are working on brand new material, so we haven’t been into all the archives as yet, we will. It’s a fantastic reception from our North East buddies. Thank you, we will be back!!!! Click here to see images by Will Binks.

Sunday, Mere Dead Men, Thee Acid Tongue, the Star And Garter, Manchester. Our first time here and Stu Taylor bless him has done his best to get us on but the dates have never married up, this afternoon we make that right. Up three flights of stairs with gear, ha ha, Paddy’s suddenly gone missing, nothing new :-). No sound check today for the middle band. The band room is full of snacks, sandwiches, fruit and lager, this is ace and greatly appreciated by all the bands.

Thee Acid Tongue open up, we’ve met them before in other guises, really nice people, rock n roll with some UK Subs in there, nice upbeat positive set, well done.

System up next, any nerves about no sound check are buried immediately as we blast into a brilliant set, the on stage sound is great. We have loads of mates in the crowd and a new fan in Dave Sharp (ex The Alarm), thanks for the lovely words Dave. We have young Harry Williams up on stage bouncing around to ‘Shadow’, nice to see the youth representing. Again it’s hot and we play an amazing show.

Mere Dead Men headline and our mate Marc (The Webb) is on drums, nice to see him in another role. The band blast through their set, it’s raw ‘77 influenced punk rock, think Rubella Ballet / X Ray Specs, they were about in the late 80’s, it’s a strong set and nice to see a blast from the past. The beach balls have appeared from somewhere and are everywhere, keeping the now drunker crowd entertained as well. What a great way to spend a Sunday afternoon in Manchester, brilliant, just brilliant!!!!!

Saturday 17th July 2021 - Sonic Rock Solstice Festival 2021 (Saturday 3rd July)

We did a GIG! Yes folks 18 months since we last played. Was it strange? Yes it was especially weird, playing outside in blazing sunshine to a ‘space rock” crowd, but boy did we enjoy it. The sound was beyond expectations, the crew and staff amazing under the constraints of the covid rules and the audience as brilliant as anywhere, do we want to play here again, you bet your Aunt Fanny.

Our good friends Tim and Ann from Cambridge made a special journey to get their system fix, seeing Tony for the first time, making his System debut. ‘Raven Child’ a brand new song saw the light of day and we played an impressive 50 minute set, spanning both albums and 2 singles. We didn’t play perfect but we did play liked we meant it and the audience loved us for it. Sadly, our singer; Suty, lost his Mum the day before, so the set was dedicated to her memory. Well Done Suty lad, great stuff.

(photos by mike hood except tad more tony by p.j.crawford)

Just to prove we are in England, the two below photos were taken just hours a part.

We did get invited to play another couple of festivals and swapped a few gig contacts, so it’s been well worth the journey to Stoke Prior in Bromsgrove to play the Sonic Rock Solstice Festival 2021, the camping and amenities were excellent, well worth a trip. Special thanks to the organisers for inviting us and Tony “Keys” Jackson for sorting the gig, Gail T Merching and Brian Feather roadie duties.

Saturday 13th February 2021 - NEW ALBUM ABOUT TO DROP

Hi folks, hope everyone is keeping well? Sorry we've not been corresponding much, there hasn't been a lot to talk about due to the restrictions. The band all keep in touch via a facebook chat group, lots of craziness as you can imagine, Tony and Martin still not sure what half of it means, ha ha. The amazing news is the album is almost upon us, I've played the full album in the final order and it's a masterpiece, we can not thank everyone enough for supplying their skills and time for absolutely no payment, just for the love of it, it is truly wonderful (see the list below). The album will be available for download from our BANDCAMP page from tomorrow (14-02-21), the physical copy sometime next week, I think the snow may have delayed it a few days, but you wouldn't expect anything else from the SOH team would you, ha ha. If you would like a copy please email - six67promo @ hotmail.com or contact Pat Crawford on facebook, a donation from each CD will go to 'ROCK OFF FIBRO', Fibromyalgia is an incurable condition that inflicts constant pain throughout the body. Thanks for sticking with us, and look after yourselves, hopefully we will see you soon, love and best wishes, SOH xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

*Dave Evans is DALE

Saturday 28th November 2020 - NEW REMIX ALBUM COMING SOON - THERE IS MORE MADNESS HERE

Hello Friends, well it's been a while, we'd love to say we've been busy behind the scenes, we were just about to start demoing 3 brand new tracks, but we couldn't travel between West Yorkshire and South Yorkshire, so that scuppered that plan, safety first folks, safety first. Some positive news, we do have a new remix release almost ready, due to lockdown and people having more time than normal, we've had enough submissions to make a double album. It features many of our friends, including some big names and fellow bands we've met upon the rock and roll motorway, we even have remixes by System Of Hate members. More info as we conclude the artwork and track order and a big thanks to Martin Aylward our drummer, for painstakingly putting this project together. See below one of the Remixes by the WEBB. There Is More Madness Here, will be out very soon ;-) Stay SAFE............

Saturday 15th August 2020 - KEEP SAFE FOLKS, THE REVOLUTION WILL RESUME SOON :-)

We hope everyone is OKAY!!! and hanging in there.

We have some amazing news, WE HAVE A SYNTH / KEYBOARD PLAYER !!

Say HELLO, Tony Jackson !!!

Regularly seen on the alternative and underground psychedelic circuit across the UK playing alongside and recording with many known musicians from the Space Rock and Steam Punk genres. Tony has now locked his guitar in its case in favour of teaming up with the Dark Punks very own System of Hate on synths and keyboards. "I have very large boots to fill after following the footsteps of Martin Roberts and looking to making my own mark on the creations conceived, prior to my arrival", Tony told us. Buckle Up Folks You Are In for A Bumpy Ride..........of course we can't wait ;-)

Friday 1st May 2020 - Remixes Of There Is No Madness Here

Hope everyone is well? Keep Safe.

We have asked a number of people and some have volunteered, to remix the tracks from the last album "TINMH". The amount of people who are up for it, has been far beyond our expectations. We are not entirely sure in what format these tracks will come out, but they will, we look forward to this ourselves ;-) More news soon.

Here's something to try and help you through this period, another live show (filmed by Martin our new drummer).

LIVE IN LEEDS, Recorded on Thursday 17th May 2018 @ The Brudenell Social Club.

Monday 23rd March 2020 - All Forthcoming Gigs Cancelled, Sorry.

Hi folks, due to the Coronavirus all forthcoming gigs have been cancelled, we are extremely sorry but it's way beyond our control. However, here is all the footage from our last gig at the Black Bull (14th February).

Wednesday 9th February 2020 - Black Bull, Gateshead, St. Valentine's Day Special (14th Feb)

Storm Dennis is just on the horizon, we head up North to the place we love so well, Gateshead, traffic is decent, no major holdups. We have a slight detour, PATNav at it again, we venture over the big river, just for a few minutes then we are back on route. Martin greets us at the door, we unload, Juratory also carry some gear, we are in and setting up straight away. Martin has set his 3 cameras up, for the ones who don’t know, he loves to record live gigs to a high standard, what’s not to like. We sound check, ooohhh it’s loud, sounds great, time for a drink. Mr. Will Binks arrives early to do some promo shots of the new lineup, if you don’t know Will, I guess you’ve never played up here, he is documenting contemporary Punk Rock especially in the North East, a brilliant thing for the future historians, lovely bloke too. The shots are brilliant, he also takes some beauties of the gig, we are blessed, cheers Will. It’s a great audience and our mates from Rotherham have made the journey again, Chris and Sandra Scales so lovely to see you (and you know why:-)) Juratory up first, still a two piece but trying to get some more members to beef it up, its heavy and metal, industrial and dark, solid political messages, everything we like, it’s a good sized crowd and loud, our Paddy even gets up for a bit of backing vocals. Great set and gets the punters salivating for the main course. System Of Hate up and its straight into a jaw breaking, hammer pounding, skull bashing set of the best stuff from both albums, plus a couple of numbers off the EPs, finalising with an Iggy Pop / Stooges cover. Everything is applauded to the max! The night’s been amazing, sadly rushed by so fast, so many good friends here, great venue, great people and we will be back!!! Thank You Gateshead !!!!!!

Saturday 8th February 2020 - Westgate 23, Heckmondwike (31st Jan), Cutlers Arms, Rotherham (2nd Feb)

Happy New Year People !! We’ve had a bit of a slow start to the year but you know us, we are well and truly back in business. We still promoted the Spunk Volcano / Sons Of El Roacho gig even though Martin couldn’t play due to a rather nasty eye injury, we pulled out at the last minute but the gig was still a massive success.

We had a quick rehearsal on the Thursday evening the 30th with Martin, he had been out of action since very early January. We then headed to Heckmondwike for our debut gig with him on the 31st of January (2020, his vision back to some normality). A great little venue, lovingly promoted by Mikk, a great lad and not shy of putting in his all, for the good of the scene. We arrive early, traffic is good and we get straight into setting up and sound checking, sounds great. The Potential Victims arrive from the Manchester side, they set up just as quick. The room is filling up, quite a few decent musicians in the audience (1919, Unholy Alliance, Kingcrows, possibly more). A lad has travelled 2 hours from Tamworth just to watch us, big respect and we might not have the most fans but they are bloody loyal, thank you! The Pot Vics kick off, raw Punk with a metal touch, they have the place rocking and sound great, great set and good people. We will play with them again for sure. System up and it’s Martin’s 1st time in the drum stool, let’s go!! We rage thru a set of 1st album to the last album, no let up, no messing around, Martin pulling out a performance we knew he had in him, the reason we wanted him for the job, excellent beginnings, just what the doctor ordered !!! A big thumbs up for Martin. A wonderful night, great crowd, we will be back, thanks to everyone who travelled, far and near xx

Sunday the 2nd of February and we play a matinee show at the Cutlers in Rotherham. Traffic is good, we all arrive by 3pm, fun time as usual with the PA but we get there in the end, our second super travelers of the weekend, Tim and Ann have made the journey from Cambridge, wow, not the first time either, it’s great to see them as always. Chairs Missing up first, a Wire tribute act, yes there aren’t many about, friends of Martin and lovely people, they do just over 30 minutes of Wire material (strangely enough), the audience are enjoying it, as did we, great set and warms things up very nicely. It’s a great turn out for a Sunday and System Introduce Martin to Cutlers (although for the trainspotters amongst you he has supported SOH in said venue, twice before). We blast into the first album to 2nd album set list order as per Friday, definitely hitting the crowd between the eyes, the materiel is well known here, in a place we’ve played many times. Again Martin gets a grand reaction from the Punk and Rock faithful of these here parts, we end with an unrehearsed “Insanity”, sounds mighty and strikes a chord with all things current at the moment. It’s been a triumphant welcoming to the World of all things System and Martin is now full of Hate!!! Thanks for all your support, we love you all !!! Good to see Derek & Jane (their first ever punk gig i think?) Onwards and Upwards ! Next stop : St. Valentines Day in Gateshead, bring a loved one, you know it makes sense !!

Saturday 18th January 2020 - New Drummer

Welcome our new drummer!!!! We are happy to announce Martin Aylward has joined the System Of Hate family. Martin is no stranger to the post-punk rock scene of Yorkshire and has played in several influential bands, especially in Leeds. He brings a wealth of experience and we can not wait to make beautiful dark music together ;-) Onwards and Upwards people !!!!!!!

Sunday 24th November 2019 - Morecambe Punk Festival 2019 (15th/16th/17th Nov)

Our second trip to Morecambe this year, the picturesque snow topped hills which lie beyond this fascinating bay, with its dangerous and chaotic tides and even more beautiful when the sun shines. 3 days of Punk influences bands playing this historical venue, the Alhambra opened in 1901, it has seen better days but just the job for this event. Lee and Caroline Wood and team have put an amazing line up together and we are so proud to be onboard. Friday was amazing, a few sore heads, the drink prices are very Yorkshire friendly ?? and the on-site food is also and very tasty, no reason to leave. So we play Saturday, Carl’s last stand, last gig, wow 7 or so years of Systemising the Hate, a lovely slot after our hometown friends; ‘The Bar-Steward Sons of Val Doonican’, it’s good to catch up.

We have almost 2 hours to set up, there’s 3 stages you see, and round our slot they are using the other 2 stages, so loads of chill time. Anyways, about 3 minutes before our stage time, Carl says, “we are on in 3 minutes”, aaaarrrhhhhhh, toilet and then all hands to the pump, we’d been reminiscing bout the old days and lost track of time. We hit the stage, luckily Scott Doonican and Co are running overtime slightly, Mr. Badaxe comes to announce us and Paddy is stood at the bar, it’s only 3 yards away but why or why?? You have to laugh, it’s a big crowd and a very receptive one, special thanks to Lee Campbell (Vomit) for putting our name forward for this event, it’s his stage too, he’s stood at the side with Lee Wood and Big Gerald is taking photos (we might even get a mention in Vive Le Rock - fingers crossed), we are on fire, slick, fast changes between songs and just on time.

What a gig, what a Festival, Carl goes out in style, the Punk Family is alive and kicking, well done all involved!!!!! The sound people have done good, the bars all very efficient and speedy. Special Thanks to Gail (Merch and band mother) and Bri Feather for top roadie duties. The Saturday is just as good as Friday, for me Sunday is even better, a wonderful mix of Punk genres all weekend. Fan-bloody-tastic, we love our scene, god saves !!!!! A big thumbs up from Barnsley xxxxxx

Tuesday 12th November 2019 - Back at the Bull, Gateshead (8th November)

Another Friday night of traveling in very congested rush hour traffic but when you got bills to pay, this is the only way. We have a slight detour round Gateshead, ha ha, old PATnav at it again. We arrive to a lovely welcome, it’s good to be back, we love this place. A pint ready on the bar as we rush to sound check, sounds massive, a new desk and we are happy. Unholy Alliance soundcheck and they sound just as good, we are running a little late but all is good. The first band have cried off, a sore throat, it actually helps with both bands being effected by the travel chaos. The bodies file in and our great friends are here and it’s a good turn out, especially for a awful cold wet night. The Alliance up first, it’s more metal than punk from these former English Dogs, the singer from the metal version of the dogs and the rest from Wakey’s punk band version, it is an Unholy Alliance for sure. They are great players, tight as and make a great noise, it’s riff-tastic and they finish with a fantastic Ruts cover, excellent set, great stuff. System up next and it’s bang straight into the set, one after the other, no messing about here. So many saying that tonight is one of the best performances they’ve seen, Carl’s last visit to these parts could certainly up his game, we are on fire that’s for sure. We all seem totally relaxed and bash thru a set of well travelled System songs, the audience lovely as always, great sound, great vibe, great night! We drink up and tonight we are staying at Bob’s house, a taxi home in a disco bus, we crash from the utter brilliance of the evening, thanks so much Bob for having us. Next stop; Morecambe Punk Festival !!!!

Friday 1st November 2019 - Old School House, Barnsley (25th October)

Well folks, for those of you who know or those of you who don’t, Carl (our Drummer) put his notice in around a month ago, he’s sticking around while we fill the position. We haven’t fallen out, his health isn’t quite right and his head’s not in the band, 7 years we’ve done as the original line up, so tonight, will most probably be his last local gig. So that clears that bit up, back to the gig. It’s raining cats and dogs, Southampton are also taking a battering too, 9 nil down to Leicester, it’s quiet foot fall wise, but band wise it’s noisy as hell. Toronto Blessings have blown the power out during sound check, it’s down for a hour or so but we’ve made good time. The ‘Blessings open up, our new favourite local band (check em out), noise and power in abundance, lovely lads, great set (think the Pixies meet the Idles) and well appreciated by the few in the crowd. System last, unrehearsed but who’d know, the safe set powered thru, everyone of us, at our peak, the few really appreciate the effort we’ve put in, we could be playing to 1000, still the same effort, sometimes you remember these gigs more. 3 songs to go and the “new” drummer walks in, he’s been to watch a gig in Manchester and it’s finished early, so he’s zoomed over to catch the show. These are sad times but the show must go on, next stop: Gateshead !!

Wednesday 23rd October 2019 - The Ferret, Preston with Ginnel, System of Hate and The Membranes (18th September)

We are very excited to be travelling to Preston, a new location for us and we have friends there. Some of us finish work early (a kind boss) and we set off for 5pm, it’s dark, rainy and gloomy. We get to the Huddersfield part of the M62 and we are in a total standstill, we are stuck a good hour, it’s not ideal and it’s times like this you actually question why we do these things, but we do dear reader and we do it just for you. We arrive quite late but luck has it, we haven’t missed any of the opening act. We say our hellos and it’s a very friendly place, Evil Blizzard are here as punters and it’s lovely to see them. It’s a tiny place but we don’t mind, the sound is great and we will make it work. There’s not much room left on the merch table, but we somehow squish in.

Ginnel open up, great Manchester vibe, the Fall are defo am influence and for me that’s no bad thing, very bass heavy with a spoken vocal style suiting the music very well. Great set and nice blokes, check them out.

System up next and you remember the old record breakers, how many people can you get in a phone box or in a mini? Well with these big boned boys it’s a tight squeeze on the Ferret stage but a very pleasurable experience, we blast thru a 70 / 30 split of the two albums. It’s made the journey from hell, a distant memory and we have made good new friends here today! Also, can we thank the organisers for putting the times back to accommodate us and the sound man for his patience, thanks so much.

The Membranes finish the night, John Robb our record label gaffer just back from injury (kidney stones hospitalisation), he’s back and strutting his stuff. It’s a massive noise scape, bass riding high in the mix, drums gluing it all together, really great musicianship, up close and personal. The Membranes are really doing something different, it’s been an amazing night of bands, everyone a little different, each one a gem. Preston we love you and we will be back, great venue the Ferret and great staff!!! Next gig : Barnsley!!

Sunday 8th September 2019 - Cutlers Rotherham (1st September)

It's our first gig back since Rebellion and we are raring to get back in the saddle. We are in Rotherham, an early one today, a place we love to play although the PA can be somewhat of a conundrum. The sun is out, the pub is full and our good friends Juratory have travelled down for the North East. We eventually get the sound something like and Juratory kick off with their Industrial, Goth Rock. A two piece (guitar and bass) with a pile driving, slab hammer drum machine, lovely dark metal riffs, all mixed together for an anti political joy ride, good messages and good people, great set, Well Done. System up next, we start with 'In Shadow Of The Cross', the one we ended on at Rebellion, we like to mix it up. It's a great turn out, people have travelled from Huddersfield, Accrington and Cambridge, to name the more obscure places, makes it all worth while. We 'bulldozer' thru the set, "There Is No Madness Here", back in the set (the Wigan lads will be pleased, so disappointed at Rebellion). 'Harvest For The Dispossessed', a brand new song makes its first outing, we have started writing the 3rd album, so Rotherham gets the first taster, and results are good. The crowd shouts for more, we give it, a great afternoon and tea time session. Thanks to everyone at the Cutlers and everyone who attended, Cheers Very Much!!!!

by Gary M Hough

13th August - Rebellion Weekend -1st / 2nd / 3rd / 4th August - Rebellion, Blackpool 2019

Review from Patchchord News (Raymond Thomson)

"System Of Hate brought their Dark Punk to the CASBAH again this year. After the delayed launch of their much anticipated album "There Is No Madness Here", which was planned for Rebellion last year, the guys were keen to air it live on the big stage. With a tentative start, the band got their monitor mix sorted and grew in confidence through out the set. They have high expansive sound which was deserving of the big stage and System Of Hate are very popular judging by the number of T shirts on display. One of my favourite albums from last year, it was great to hear some of the stand out tracks from the album."

Stuart Pearce with System Of Hate

Photo by Tony G

Late ***Tuesday 13th august 2019 - Old School House, Barnsley with Kingcrows & Toronto Blessings (Friday 19th July)

A very rare hometown gig, back at the Old School House, wow a cloud burst as we load up, where did that come from? We load in and sound check straight away, Kingcrows do the same, it's running like clockwork. Murray the drummer of Toronto Blessings is coming straight from work so they just get their stuff set and wait. It's turning out very nice, a great crowd has assembled, even with Tramlines on in Sheffield, in fact it's one of best attended System gigs where we've headlined. Toronto Blessings up first, the guys are influenced by the Idles but there's more to them, Pixies in there and a solid rock / metal attitude which you would expect from their history (Cavorts / GU Medicine, etc). It's a great set and they set the bar high. Kingcrows up next, one of the hardest working bands on the scene and really big friends of ours, we supported them on our very first ever gig, so we go back. They blast into their rock n sleaze, loads of energy and action, great visual presence and a real crowd pleasing set, never a dull moment and we will all share a beer at Rebellion!! We have fans from Grimsby and Cambridge, who have travelled the furthest, makes it totally worthwhile, we hit the stage running, it's warm on stage. It's the secret Rebellion set, we blast thru it, we play amazing, the lights, the sound, the crowd, make it a great nite, as I said before, it's been so well attended, a pleasure to be part. Thanks for your support everyone !!! Next stop :- Blackpool !!!

Photo by Pam

Wednesday 17th July 2019 - Here Comes Summer, All Dayer at Molly's Chambers, Birkenhead (Sat. 13th July)

We meet up in an extremely warm Barnsley, today we head to Birkenhead to play an All Dayer, we are headlining but we set off at 11.30am and we will watch every band, we are the second band to arrive and the last to leave. We stop at the promoter's house, Mr. Steve Hock, and what wonderful care he takes of us, an absolutely amazing event and a great day of bands.

Review below by Johnny Reay;

"well blow me over, what an amazing day. our first all dayer mini punks fest at Molly's. this new little venue is the mutts nuts, quirky, spacious, not too big but nice and personal. over looking balcony to stage with great views of the stage from pretty much everywhere. I think my new fave venue. right then, a band i'd not seen before and have been waiting to catch for some time, Elektra 56, rockabilly rock n roll. fantastic guitar work and thudding drum set, covered Enola Gay in a rock n roll version, shouldn't work, but it did, oh yes. great set lads, cheers. next up, The Kirkz, bit of skater punk from the lads, loud, in ya face with attitude. brilliant. cheers. swiftly following on, one of the best bands on the circuit hailing from Liverpool, we have the awesome Sheepy, with the extra guitar giving this already boss band a bit more depth, banging out some old songs and new. stunning set from Luke and the lads n lass. love em to bits. taking me back to the 80's, synth pop due The Webb, filling the air with electronic sound and drum noise, loud, futuristic throwback to days gone by. spot on. Oi Oi, who be this then, its only Geoffrey Oi!cott in Birkenhead, the cricketers putting on some loud, fast and styish oi music for the crowd, always a pleaser, top set, cheers lads. Following on with our very own Biteback, Hocky, Mandy and John showing what old school punk is, never tire of this band, another blinding set set from the local lot. fantastic. mwah. next on stage, the prolific Potential Victims, a truly established band in punk land, never fail to impress with their original style. amazing set, cheers yet again. Aaaand finally, another one of my fave bands, System of Hate, dark, thought provoking, bassy punk. massive presence on stage, dare I say Killing Jokesque punk rock. massive deep bass lines banging ya chest cavity, incredible vocals, sublime drum and lead guitar. astonishing band, plus paddy didn't go flying this time. so there ya have it, Hocky yet again pulls it out the bag, another great success, another great gig. cheers to all who made this day happen, Hocky, bar staff, doorstaff, the bands and of course the punters. PUNK ROCK. cheers n beers (ciders) !!"

Photo by G.Townsend

We are already confirmed for next year, excellent news!!! Next Gig :- Barnsley at The Old School House.....Friday 19th July.

Tuesday 9th July 2019 - Waterloo Music Bar, Blackpool with The Membranes & Shot Balowski (5th July)

2 years exactly to the day and we are back at the excellent Waterloo Venue in Blackpool, with our great friends; The Membranes which has our Record Label boss John Robb at the helm. It's a rush over the Pennines as work gets in the way, we leave after 5 (Paddy messing about with his hair, holds the job up further.) Traffic isn't too bad, it's warm in the HateBus but spirits are high, we arrive around 7, we've missed sound check, can't be helped, we load in, set the merch up and then relax. We have a nice catch up with Spenny from "Punk's Not Dead But I'm Not Far off" Facebook page, 3 members of the Evil Blizzard (Pete, Stuart & Mark) have come to the gig, which is amazing and great to catch up. Shot Balowski open the show, with youth and energy in abundance, they get the place warmed up, I can hear some Oasis (sorry), some Dead Boys, it's good, it's defo not punk by numbers, great set, sorry we didn't chance to chat.

We rush the stage, set up as quick as poss, we just guess the levels, all take a pee break and then just go straight into 'Blackfire', it sounds amazing, the crowd gradually creep forward. We keep banging out the noise, the audience keep coming and it's nice to see the similes on their faces. We finish absolutely drained, we've given it our all, we are totally satisfied and can now enjoy the fantastic hospitality, "another Red Stripe, please barman".

John and the boys up next, the crowd pour to the very front, the Membranes are back where it all started for them (Blackpool, with a few new members since the beginning). It's a cracking set, John is prowling the stage, pacing like a caged animal, keeping the heartbeat of the dark bass pounding, the guitars let the light in, experimental noises it seems, but all so fitting, the drums solid, the glue holding the whole show together. It's not everyone's cup of tea but why follow type, why run with the crowd, why be another cog in their machine, this is amazing and I love every second of the performance, Well Done lads, amazing stuff! We get to know the big secret too, that "Goldblade are to play Rebellion", same day as us, Thursday, excellent. The sound, lights, organisation has been amazing, love this venue!!!

Thanks to everyone who came down, special thanks to Paul the soundman, Darran for booking us and Ian Fletcher for all your kindness!!!! Your venue my friend is Amazing !!! We have a nice walk to the sea front on Saturday and call in for a lovely Full English, we do like our snap us Barnsley folk :-) There is a slight problem with the oil in the HateBus ??? It's completely dry but it gets sorted (total head scratcher that one ??) and we are homeward bound and back to normality, if there is such a thing :-) Next stop : Birkenhead, let the circus continue !!!

Photo by Mark Whiteside

Friday 28th June 2019 - Parish, Huddersfield with Criminal Justice & Bleed (Fri 21st June)

Our second trip to the Parish, and we are headlining tonight, it's a pleasantly warm evening. We are a little late but do get a decent sound check, I like this venue, it's honest and homely. A good crowd of people are drinking on the tables outside, great atmosphere. Our old mates Bleed open the show, it's been a good while since we shared a stage, good honest punk rock, lots of noise and anger, great to catch up. Criminal Justice up next, the recently reformed local band from the 80's, nice friendly people and they make a decent racket too, it's more from the thrash side of Punk and it's good. Extinction Of Mankind's Ste and Scoot make the journey from Manchester just to watch us, Ste loves us and we really, really appreciate their kind words, thanks so much, Ste makes us sign up for a gig in Manchester next year. We hit the stage, pumped and ready, new songs in the set tonight, not brand new, "We Who Walk With God" and "Ill Are The Cursed" from album #2, we are on fire, great audience, good people, we will be back. Next up the "B" Tour, Blackpool, Birkenhead, Barnsley & reBellion Blackpool, Come join the Circus of Chaos :-) Cheers Folks !!!!

photo by Pam Hardcastle

Tuesday 4th June 2019 - Nice n' Sleazy Festival, Morecambe (Friday to Sunday 24th-26th May)

Our first time at the Nice n' Sleazy Festival in Morecambe, a lovely family, friendly event. Pat & Gail are travelling up on Friday for the whole thing, the rest of us travel up on Sunday. There's a main indoor stage, an outside marquee stage (where we play) and a small acoustic stage, in the main building. It's very laid back, everyone is on the same page and the drinks prices are very welcoming too :-). This is also the first time we've all camped. Sunday and we start getting the gear into the backstage area, we have the advantage of there being a stage break just before we go on, so we get loads of time to sound check perfectly, fair play to the soundman James, cheers for your patience. The bass is vibrating so much; Pat's pedals are spinning round like a washing machine, it's sounds well though, as do we all. We are up against an Elvis impersonator in the acoustic bar, he isn't so 'lonesome tonight', even so the tent is full and there quite a few in for the sound check. We blast thru an unrehearsed festival set (yes, bloody work gets in the way and is the curse of the poor) lots of new faces and far more kids than we've ever placed to, plus the good friends and lunatics we know so well. Paddy hits the deck in approximately Round 2, but it's seconds out and luckily for us Chris Wright of Crashed Out, is watching stage side, picks him up (like a seaside grabber machine, ha ha) and we fight on. Onstage sound is great and I'm assuming it's pretty damn good on the other side as the crowd bounce along, we also do a packet on merchandise (Well Done Gail), it's been a great trip. We squirrel our gear away to safety, then it's watering time, you can lead a horse to water but you wont get Paddy to carry any gear, Thanks Bri Feather for all ya help. We enjoy the rest of the bands. We will sleep tonight, that's for sure!!! Buzzing !!! Best wishes to the Nice N Sleazy Crew, we really hope to return to this fantastic festival in the future, Well Done all involved!!

Monday 20th May 2019 - Black Bull, Gateshead (Friday 10th May)

One of our favourite venues to play, the (Doll at the) Black Bull and we are rushing up the A1 to make sound check, it's a lovely evening and a very pleasant drive on the Hate Bus. Gail is otherwise engaged this evening so the lovely Brian is cover on roadie & merch duties. We arrive, immediately set up and sound check, the sound amazing, quick beer and then we change and relax. The supports are more metal than punk which is a nice change, a couple of bands have pulled out. Nation In Ruin up first, quite melodic metal, 5 piece, decent enough tunes, played with confidence and swagger, the drummer is having technical difficulties but they get thru it, nice warm up to start the evening. Kilonova next up, female fronted screamy solid metal rock, lots of aggregation and good vibes, good tight set, lovely people and they took the time to talk to us and stay til the end, which is always nice (and not for everyone in bands tonight :-)). System up last, it's a lovely welcoming vibe from the crowd, the feeling is mutual. We love this venue, we blast thru the set, the on stage sound and lights are perfect, we all feel on it and we play amazing. We finish with an extra encore, got to give a bit back, merch is good, life is great, we retire to the bar and drink and laugh into the wee wee hours, can't wait to get back. Next stop - Morecambe Nice N Sleazy Festival, we play Sunday!!!!

Monday 15th April 2019 - Angelic Upstarts, SOH, Chaos 8, Old School House, Sheffield Hunt Sabs Fundraiser (6th April)

A Saturday in Barnsley and the sun is out, advanced tickets have sold extremely well. It's going to be a busy one. We are gathered here today to raise money for the Sheffield Hunt Saboteurs, with the music being provided by; The Angelic Upstarts, SOH and Chaos 8. Oh the irony of the Grand National being shown on the TV in the barroom. The online sales were good enough for us not to worry about the numbers at all, so every extra walk up is a lovely bonus for the Sabs money total. Chaos 8 up first and the room is rammed, the band who we know so well, sound great, Beki and the boys, blast thru 40 minutes of great self written Industrial 'Killing Joke influenced' material, which is not wasted on this crowd. System up next, wow what a crowd, we are bouncing off the walls, totally up for it, the sound is massive, as is the crowds reaction and we are loving it. 45 minutes of noise with lots of new faces in the room, thanks to so many people travelling from different places, the Upstarts can still pull a crowd. Upstarts up last, a hour and a half of Angelic classics, massive smiles on their faces, great cause, great people, we have all made a difference! The Sheffield Hunt Sabs walk away £1250 the better, that's a good amount and will help them keep up the good fight. We are so proud to be part of organising of this event with Julian Kynaston and Brian Feather. Special Thanks to Marcus and all the staff at the Old School House. Next up :- Nice N Sleazy Morecambe !!!

Wednesday 3rd April 2019 - Westgate 23, Heckmondwike (Friday 29th March)

It's Friday and the weather has been quite lovely, a touch colder now as we head to Westgate 23 in Heckmondwike for the 1st time. It's a small but long room, with a stage, vocal PA, a nice and honest, with a bar at the back. All the trendies in the other bars are totally oblivious to what dark magic music is occurring in the concert room. Yur Mum have hot tailed it up from London, setting off at 4pm and here in good time, they wave hello as we are sound checking. The room is filling up even at this stage. Yur Mum sound check quickly and there's no problems at all, there 1st gig in the UK since their recent US tour. It's a cracking scene here and the room is full, with quite a few people we know , Yur Mum part Brazilian, part Hungarian blast into their rock punk rage, it's full, energetic, tight and a nice refreshing change, great musicians and very much appreciated here in Hecky, excellent set. System up last, the room is buzzing, there's a lovely warm friendly vibe. We blast thru the 'safe' set, due to day/night jobs we haven't been able to rehearse, who would know. It's a great buzz when we get off, so much love in the room. Both merch tables are busy, it's been good, cheers Mikk for caring to put this together, I know he was chuffed with the gig pairing, so were we. We will be back, next stop : our beloved Barnsley !! Fox Off You Hunts !

22nd March 2019 - Fibbers, York with Anti Nowhere League (15th March)

It's almost a year to the day we last played at the Fibbers, again with Anti Nowhere League and we are so glad to be back. It's an early set off and we are sound checked by 7pm, excellent sound and now time to relax. It's filling up nicely and the rumours are everyone has gone to watch the Stranglers in Leeds, but it's not true. We bang out 40 minutes to a crowd of unfamiliar faces, but they are clapping and whooping, so we are doing something right, we play very well and all finish with a smile. Anti Nowhere league up and Animal (Nick to us) has a fever/virus but the show must go on and he sniffles thru a passionate set of great songs. It's an early finish 10-15pm and we are home for midnight. Great evening and good to see the League again, nice bit of merch sold, next stop : Heckmondwike.

by G Arnitage

20th March 2019 - Cutlers, Rotherham with Domt / Underdogs (4pm - Sunday 3rd March)

It's our first Rotherham gig of the year, and someone's decided to put a Punk gig on up the road, onwards and upwards. We've added a Norwegian band at the last minute Domt from Oslo, Patrick who managers the Dead Objectives has brought them over. They open proceedings, a nice tight 3 piece, female vocals with guitar and two tall fellows make up the rhythm section. It's solid, screamy power punk with heavy rock in there, I can hear bits of Nirvana, it's great stuff and the audience love it. The Underdogs from Leeds up next, a Riot City Records band who had such bad luck back in the day with the label going bust, as they were just about to blossom. A nice tight set, it's old school punk, brilliant lyrics and played confidently with a smile on their faces, really good lads and a pleasure to have them on board, great set. System up last and it's nice to see Ian Beck documenting most punk gigs in Rotherham and Gary M Hough (see photo below) is here too from Accrington, both taking amazing photographs. The sound and support is great, we blast thru the set and it's a great afternoon. Wonderful People have travelled from all over, we can't Thank You enough, even Pat's daughter is here selling jewellery (her 1st system of hate experience). A great mix of music and lovely beautiful people, all around us. Next stop : York with ANWL.

25th February 2019 - Anti Nowhere League at Yardbirds, Grimsby (February 23rd 2019)

We set off nice the early, the sun is blazing today, it's glorious for February. Our first time in Grimsby and we've heard so many good things about the Yardbirds. ANWL are sound checking as we enter the building, nice stage, we get a great feeling about the place. We sound check a couple of songs, no samples tonight due to tech diffs, the show must go on. Couple of hours to chill and the room fills up very nicely, lovely chatty folks everywhere. We also have a good chin wag with 'the League' lads, share a few beers and hear some great road tales. The place is run by the Warlocks Motorcycle Club, there will be no trouble here. We can't wait to hit and give the audience a 45 minute ear pounding of Systems' finest. There's 200 plus people in and we can feel the love, as the set concludes there's a bevy of dances down the front, perfect gig. The League up next and it's a great set, lots of different songs from the last time we played together, the sign of a band looking after their fans. We are running ANWL's merch as well as ours (Well Gail is, she's a good un :-)) Its been an amazing night, well worth it, thanks Dave For inviting us to play & special thanks to Karl Barratt for your kindness, Tony on the sound, his first gig at the venue, great stuff all round, door staff, security and bar people, thanks a million !!!!!

Photo by G.Armitage

25th February 2019 - Fidder's Elbow, Camden, London (February 16th 2019)

Saturday 16th February - London We all meet at Dodworth Train Station at 8-30am, as we are making our way to Sheffield to catch the Megabus from Meadowhall. A bit of hustle and bustle getting on, guitars safely in the special compartment, we are aboard and all sat together, happy days. It's a decent journey, we reach the big smoke on time then taxi up to the digs, we refresh and reach the venue in Camden for round about 5pm, we say our hellos, a quick sound check then get something to eat. The Good For Nothings open and it's an absolute breathe of fresh air, AC/DC meet Lynyrd Skynyrd with a touch of New York Dolls, loads of energy and a much appreciated set. Eastfield roll up next. It's more old school with their own brand of steam train punk, lovely energy and very sing along 'tracks', lots of mentions of the Megabus (nice nod to ourselves). It's fun and years of hard work pay off as a packed audience lap it up, great set. System Of Hate up next, it's borrowed gear again due to travelling on previous said Megabus, we are still very DIY so it's plug n play and we can't Thank Jesse and the Eastfield people enough for allowing their gear to be systemised. It's a lovely reaction from the crowd and we give em it large, despite the tiredness of travelling for most of the day, poor Paddy even has to have a lay down afterwards (little lamb). It's great to be here and we can't thank Barnet enough for booking us, we also get booked for the 2020 Undercover Festival, thru tonight's performance, happy system. The London Sewage Company up last and it's more rock n roll style pub punk, well crafted, straight to the point songs, giving the audience a nice feel good ending to the night. Gail our merch girl even goes off dancing, she's deserved it, she's been busy. So all in all it's great to get away with the lads and blow the cob webs off, lots of laughter and fun. We get home around Sunday tea time, next stop, Saturday 23rd : Grimsby with the ANWL !!!

Photo by David Stuart

Thursday 31st January 2019 - System Of Hate, Judatory & Zero Tolerance, Black Bull - Gateshead (26th January)

We love Gateshead and it's a Saturday gig, we always struggle with the old Saturday gig caper. The weather is awful, wet, windy but the hate bus is flying up the A1, we arrive for 6pm. Straight into the sound check, it sounds massive, time to relax with a few drinks. The other bands trickle in and by 8pm Zero Tolerance hit the stage. A relatively new band (5 gigs in) with a Ruts feel, earlier punk vibe, bass driven, a bag of great songs, good set and they really warm the crowd up, nice lads and a pleasure to know. Next up, Judatory with our big mate Stoney at the helm, the guy who was plagued to death over the album artwork, a Saint. The bass player, Mike is having a nightmare; not only does his amp blow but then he spills a drink over his pedals, he battles on. A two piece at the moment, they discharge a powerful noise, drum loops and solid metallic guitar riffs, like a wall of menace, pounding at your eardrums. Not everyone's cup of tea but every moment, movement is meant with total conviction, excellent. System up last and it's a packed room, the biggest we've played to up here. We play for over a hour, a mix of old and new, we play as good as we can, the crowd know it and respond accordingly. No rehearsal prior to this gig either, due to work commitments, who'd know? The brand new CDs sell like hot cakes, it's been another wonderful trip, thanks so much everyone for turning out!! Shev does an amazing job on sound n light!! Cheers Tintin for running the door and Maz too for running an excellent establishment. We arise at 11am Sunday to hot drinks and bacon sandwiches, what's not to like? Amazing times and friends...........We will be back, next stop :- London !!

Click here to see Will Bink's Flickr Photos of the evening

Sunday 27th January 2019 - Spunk Volcano & The Eruptions, Sons Of El Roacho, Old School House (18th January)

The snow is falling and it's Spunk Volcano day at the Old School House, Barnsley. Spunk and the lads have a sound check, 1st time ever here, the place is absolutely rammed, the snow is stopping. .... Yeahhh! Sons Of El Roacho open and it's their first gig in almost 6 months, 2 members have been really, really poorly and it's a miracle they are playing today but thank god they're back. The sound is revitalised, the lads fresh and sound amazing, even a second guitarist, excellent set, great start to the night. System up next, the cd is finally here, so it's another album launch, ha ha. It's lovely to play to a full house and see the whites of the audiences' eyes, we play out of our skins, the venue is at boiling point. Spunk Volcano and the Eruptions up next, our Australian friend Scott is now a member, lovely metal sounding guitar. People have travelled from all over to be here tonight and we can't thank them enough for supporting our event. Spunk is on great form, the crowd is bouncing, lots of gags and great banter with the punk rock family. It's a great performance and rounds the night off wonderfully. The sound and lights have been second to none, it's run like a well oiled machine, the bar, the lads on the door, thanks so much and thanks so much to everyone who came, we can't thank you so much. Next stop: Gateshead!!

Saturday - 28th December 2018 - Geoffrey Oi!Cott's Xmas Do, Brudenell Social Club, Leeds (15th December)

Happy Xmas & New Year Friends !! Straight to the point, there is no CD here (see what we did there), we will send em out as soon as we have them. The Pressing company are still messing around, we are extremely sorry................

Review of the gig by our friend Dale Farrow;

First band on was Litterbug but due to late arrival I only caught the end of the last number so can’t really comment.

Next up was Unholy Alliance, featuring former members of The English Dogs, both the punk and metal versions we were informed by the singer and there was some definite “shredding” in the guitar department to back this up. A solid set kept the early arrivals entertained.

Boilermaker, proudly announcing themselves from the North East, followed and started off with the catchy “Everyone wants to be a Boilermaker”. By now more people had braved the horrendous weather and the room was starting to fill up with an appreciative crowd gathered in front of the stage and Boilermaker’s collection of old-school originals warmed the cockles, got the feet tapping and in some cases a bit of sing-along.

Paul Carter provided a fine solo acoustic interlude of confidence and assurance with a mixture of originals and the odd, very odd in fact, covers. Mixed in with his own songs about shit computers we were treated to a version of Yakkety Sax (the old Benny Hill Show theme tune) with Paul playing a mean kazoo as well as finishing off with Chuck Berry’s My Ding-a-ling which took many of us back to being schoolkids and having a chuckle about ding-a-lings: certainly got a good a sing-along about dinga-a-lings! Paul really is a top entertainer.

The mood changes from the festive to the downright dark with System of Hate kicking off with Sanatoria, as far away from Chuck Berry’s novelty tune as it’s possible to be. A selection of old favourites and new songs from the “There Is No Madness Here” album spotlighted a band at the top of their game. Despite the subject matter of their material and the relentless power of the music, Pat can’t resist a smile, often after persistent attempts from Paddy to force a grin. However, Paddy fell foul of his own antics! While squatting down to allow young fan, Declan (more of him later), the opportunity to pluck a few strings along with him, he fell backwards and played the rest of the song on his backside, much to Declan’s amusement. Having picked himself up, Paddy re-joined the relentless attack on the senses that is System of Hate at their best and they were spot on, if not Christmassy. Declan then joined the band on stage and looked every inch the star.

From the all in black System of Hate to Geoffrey Oi!Cott kitted out in their cricketing whites giving us a mixture of traditional punk/oi and cricket – what’s not to love. Playing everything off the front foot, the OiCotts gave us a couple of new(ish) numbers as well as old faves like that homage to women’s cricket, Fanny Batter on a Sticky Wicket. An unashamedly “Yawksher” band, Geoffrey Oi!Cott are always great entertainment.

From “Yawksher” to South London, the penultimate band on were Hard Skin. Announcing themselves with plenty of “loadsamoney” style south v north banter, Hard Skin are an oi band with plenty of sing-along numbers and tongue firmly in (ample) cheeks. Only a band with a bucket load of balls and humour could come to Leeds and fire off the insults like they did, particularly with a song like Boys In Blue, a celebration of Millwall FC, not a popular opponent for Leeds Utd! Further songs about Wankers and Sausages really got the crowd going and well warmed up for the evening’s headliners.

Dirt Box Disco are a band with an endless supply of songs that you either know already or will be singing along to by the end of the second chorus – now that’s a real skill. Dirt Box, who as well as being bastards and loving it, have a sack full of memorable songs and a loyal following, increasing by the gig, who are part of every number. We were treated to classics like My Life Is Shit, Burning, Guest List, Standing in a Queue as well as more recent numbers like Joyce’s Voices and Teenage Lovestruck Blues and all of them sung with gusto from the stage and the audience. We were introduced to Declan again now that he’d got over his encounter with System of Hate’s Paddy, and told by Weeb that his ambition was to crowd surf to Dirt Box. The audience, who had already taken Declan to their hearts, dutifully obliged and Declan spent a song surfing above the crowd much to everyone’s delight. All too quickly we got to LGFW and Dirt Box Days and with as much of the crowd on stage as left in the pit, the evening was over.

30th November 2018 - Hallcross, Doncaster (23rd Nov) O.S.H, Barnsley (Sunday 26th November)

Doncaster (Friday 23rd Nov. 18)

We set off to where it all began, our 1st ever gig, the Hallcross, Doncaster. It's cold, wet, windy and Black Friday to boot, we can't wait to make some noise. The Jan Doyle band join the line up at the last minute, he wants to play, the more the merrier. It's an electro pop duo on paper, in real life; a cabaret torch singing, floor rolling; Human league meets Marc Almond style in sound with a Punk attitude. Oh it's entertaining alright, this lad would put on the same show if he was playing to a full Albert Hall, a fantastic opening to the evening. Our really great friends Klammer up next, 3 albums out of post punk perfection and they perform some of their best bits. Another new drummer, Rob, so he's only learnt so many songs, he's a nice lad and fits in really well. It's a strong set and the soundman has done a great job, excellent set. System headline and we start with "Insanity", yes it's been a longtime but this is a historical return so we wanted to mark it with an old classic. We rattle thru the set, it's tight and well received. An excellent night and a triumphant return, next stop : Barnsley.

Photo by Dale Farrow

Barnsley Album Launch (Sunday 25th Nov. 18)

The album launch event and still "There Is No ALBUM Here", well the cd anyway, we do have the VINYL. It's been one hell of a screw up, the artwork is still not correct and guess what the people producing the album haven't said a dicky bird, just keep claiming "it's coming next week". An utter load of crap, in no other industry would this be acceptable. Anyway back to the positivity, the room is full, rammed, the best audience we have seen in Barnsley for a long time, thank God our dear fans (friends) who have travelled from further afield. Death Of Man open the gig with their metal madness, thrash influenced, they are really warming up the crowd. It's light hearted and fun, Spider drops the odd gag in, they are relaxed and a pleasure to have onboard, great set lads. Sadly, Cambodia had to pull out of this gig due to a member having a serious family illness, luckily Klammer stepped in to replace. Another excellent performance from our West Yorkshire buddies, similar set to Friday but who are we to judge, ha ha. The VINYL is selling a lot better than we expected and it's System time, we are having the show recorded and thinking very seriously about putting it out. The room is buzzing and we can't thank so many people for coming out on a Sunday tea-time, the room is electric. We blast thru a mixed set of old and new stuff, even breaking our rules of not playing extra to the set list, 2 unrehearsed songs to finish and we end to a very satisfied Old School House. It's been a great Album launch (minus the product of course), great bands, brilliant friends!!!! Great sound n lights; Marcus. Keep in touch, cd albums will be mailed out as soon as they are ready, if you need to order please contact us. Next stop :- Leeds for Oicott's Xmas Do!!!

Photo by Ian Chambers

30th October 2018 - Black Bull, Gateshead (Friday 26th October)

Friday and we are going to one of our favourite haunts the Black Bull in Gateshead. The motorway is jam packed, wet, dark, it's a gruelling drive, but our Hatebus driver (Paddy), is a proper soldier and never complains once. We arrive late, sound check immediately, stage sound is great, cutting it fine, ten minutes before show time. Famous David open up, recently down to a two piece, it's edge, indie, Punky noise, nice guitar chords backed firmly with solid drum beat, it's different in the current scene and fresh, great vocals, my only complaint, the set wasn't long enough. Well done lads. System up next and we grace the brand new stage, nice refirb, it's a very good audience to say we're up against 3 other events. The venue is all trimmed up for Halloween and Maz & Shev have made one hell of a good job. We rip into the longer headline set and the crowd are lapping it up immediately, Will Binks is buzzing about, taking fantastic photos, it's a lovely atmosphere and the people love the fact we are playing a real mix of early and the latest material. We finish with "Dogs Of War" just for Steve Stanners, one of our biggest fans and a good, good bloke. We retire to the main bar for drinks, pork pies and recuperation. A brilliant, rocking night, just what the doctor ordered! We will be back in 2019.

8th October 2018 - Paranoid Visions, Dead Objectives, Brudenell, Leeds (Friday 28th September)

Friday and it Leeds with one hell of a line up. Our really good friends Paranoid Visions are over from Dublin. We are at one of our favourite venues the Brudenell, it's the small room and it looks amazing. The Dead Objectives are up first, our good friend Rat is on bass, we've been trying to gig together a while and finally we are on the same bill. They open up and the sound is great, really intense, edgy, solid political tuneage. A strong set from this Manc 4 piece and a great reaction from the audience. System up next, 30 minutes of old classics plus a smattering of new album stuff, quick changes between songs, a great set well appreciated. Up last Paranoid Visions, what a great band and a luxury to see them in England, they play all their best songs, they've been up since 4am so it's amazing they are so animated. A fantastic show and a great evening, what a brillliant line up set up by Tom Needham, Thanks so much for inviting us !!! Excellent times !!!

photo by Phil Newall

13th September 2018 - Cutlers, Rotherham, Sunday Sermon (September 2nd 2018)

Rotherham again, Sunday this time, all the windows are still in place. Ann and Tim have made it from Cambridge and it's great to see them. It's a very pleasant warm afternoon and Seconds 2 Go open, with a sound of the Buzzcocks / Undertones, it's good stuff and the audience are very appreciative of the Sheffield 3 piece. System up at 5pm and its a set of mainly the "new" album, yes the elusive 2nd album. 'Zealots Path' and 'We Who Walk With God' back in the set, it's loud as hell and Pat has a brand new (Gibson) guitar. We even sign a few autographs, life is good! Just waiting on the blooming album, more news soon..... Next stop Leeds with Paranoid Visions, see gigs for ticket link.

by Pam

7th September 2018 - Rebellion Festival, Blackpool (August 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th 2018)

Another fantastic Rebellion for System Of Hate and we were so proud to be invited to play the brand new 'Club Casbah Stage'. The audience, lighting and sound was amazing, the only negative point was we didn't have the album ready, but the new t-shirt sold really well and we still sold quite a lot of the debut album.

"The sun may be hiding from the beach but the heat inside the Winter Gardens at times resembles a Grandad's greenhouse as SYSTEM OF HATE plough through an impressive set at the brand new Casbah Club." - Vive-Le-Rock Magazine

"Club Casbah is a rival for the Empress this year with a hall that also holds around 2000 it is a huge occasion, with System of Hate looking very much at home in that environment giving a perfect platform for their larger than life sound. " -Review by Ten-Midnight.com click for website link

"I headed off To the dark brooding sounds of System of Hate. The hate lads pound a punk sound that is deep and dark. What a surprise when Ratboy gets up on stage and danced along, complete in tiger outfit. Another bizarre contradiction in a weekend about to explode with them." - Review by Hope Collective Ireland click for website link

"We stayed in the Club Casbah for System Of Hate who claim they play Aphotic punk and having checked in the dictionary I'll say that's fair enough as they are 4 very pissed off Yorkshiremen from the Darkest bowels of Barnsley who play angry street punk railing against every issue they can. For me the two songs that stood out most were Sanatoria that is deeply angry and the bands theme tune System of Hate that they closed the set with." - Review by Whisperin & Hollerin click here for website link

"BIG NEWS" - THE NEW ALBUM HAS BEEN DELAYED, THIS IS BEYOND OUR CONTROL, WE BELIEVE IT WILL BE READY FOR SEPTEMBER. THE REASON GIVEN BY THE PRESSING PEOPLE IS "ARTWORK PROBLEMS". THIS IS SO FRUSTRATING AND WE CAN NOT APOLOGISE ENOUGH, PLEASE HANG IN THERE!!

Friday 17th August 2018 - Cutlers, Rotherham (the road to Rebellion) - Friday 20th August

Sorry this is late but holidays and stuff. It's our last gig before Rebellion, so it's where we work out the exact setlist for Blackpool. We set up and progress to sound check, always nail biting here with this DIY in house PA, but Suty seems to crack it a lot quicker than normal. The next thing we strike up the band and are told to turn down immediately, "you are going to shatter the windows", I kid you not, we play here regular and this is our usual volume. She also wants to know who's going to pay for the glass, it's crazy talk and just makes our band bond tighter. The Strays walk into this and must have thought these guys are insane, ha ha, once a few more bodies come in the sound is fine. The Strays up first, Buxton based indie punkers, think the Fall, think Sleaford Mods, clever repetitive lyrics, lots of famous actors name checked, it's different and it's good, nice lads and a great set. Also they have a drum machine so Carl is a happy bunny. System rip straight into it and it's the songs we've discussed for Rebellion plus other new stuff off our brand new album. It's a good crowd and they enjoy every second, it's been warm lately and Carl is so warm he decided the World needs to see his torso, no wonder they think the windows are going to fall out, ha ha. A masterful set and we are ready for the biggest Punk Festival in the World.

Monday 16th July 2018 - Old School House (6th July) with Danse Society, System Of Hate & Georgina Gilmartin.

It's Friday and we play our last hometown gig before the big Rebellion Album launch. The football is really taking hold due to amazing results, thank god we have such loyal friends n fans, to come out tonight. It's a hot one, and we hydrate as much as poss. It's the Big Barnsley bill tonight; Georgina Gilmartin, System Of Hate and The (danse) Society. I'd love to explain the soap opera that is the Danse Society and the two versions of the band, "it's like two bald men fighting over a comb" classic quote from Paul Gilmartin, but I haven't the time, anyway Paul stood in for Carl after a very bad car accident and we will always be grateful (also Martin came in the package but that's a different story). Anyway on with the evening, Georgina on acoustic guitar, opened up with a percussionist and she plays a good set of originals, great voice, very confident and a number of decent songs, I would like to hear them recorded with a full band, good stuff. System up next, slightly longer set than what we've done recently, we add "We Who Walk With God", "Ill Are The Cursed" and "Shadow Of The Cross", they sound amazing, really strong songs from the new album. It's a great set and we are wet with perspiration, time for a lie down. Next up and due to legal reasons it "the Society", it's Paul's version of Danse Society, no keyboard player tonight but they are really on form, a bucketful of classics and an awesome cover of Bowie's 'Heroes', they play well over a hour and do not disappoint, an excellent evening. There is talk of System & Society taking this coupling on the road, watch this space!! Next gig Rotherham, 20th July, Rebellion Warm Up gig.

Thursday 12th July 2018 - Ratboy's Birthday, Rat InFESTation 2, Reading (30th June)

Saturday morning and we head South on the M1 to sunny Reading in the Hate bus, to play with a fine line up of bands at the Facebar venue. It's for our dear old friend, Stephen Mark 'Ratboy' Usher's 50th birthday bash organised by Mr. Jonny Wah-Wah. After a slight detour we find our hotel, very clean and comfortable, today it's 30 degrees and luckily the venue is a ten minute walk away. We load ourselves up with musical equipment and go in search of the venue, like 5 packhorses, we arrive at the Facebar, where we are welcomed by familiar friends. We hit the bar, first up 'Ratboy's Magic Show', we manage to catch the last 15 minutes, edge of the seat stuff. Next up, Mr. Wah Wah with his 'On Trial UK', a great powerful set, loads of energy and good crowd banter. Next up is 'Geezapunk', and it does just what it says on the tin, it's blokey and Oi, keeps the day rolling nicely. Next, 'Skaciety', the brass section brings an up-tempo joy to the audience, encouraging them to participate in more beer and dance, a ska-ry fine set lads. Wah Wah hits the stage again, but on the drumkit this time with his other band, 'The Deckchairs'. It's a very fast set with the usual sense of punk humour thrown in, Wah Wah has a look of despair, as the heat on stage must have increased, another fine set. It's our turn next, so toilet and bar first, all set, a fair audience, we strike up with a new song from the forthcoming Album, ironically called 'System of Hate'. The sound onstage is great, the audience respond well, so the new material is doing the job and we're happy with our set, a good day at the office. Headstone Horrors up, the second time we've played with them, a younger and more modern style, decent enough. We decided to dump our gear back at the digs, while we can still think and function. Geoffrey Oi!cott next, a great set of Yorkshire cricket orientated humour from our good friends, new guitarist now firmly in place, it's tight and goes down well. Next up, The Kut, rocky young female musicians with the tightness of a mature band, great set. It's getting later now and the prosecco has been opened, the prosecco punks are here. The Ramonas play a tight fast set, they are really good, they have the 'Ramones' stuff nailed, they have now made the brave move of introducing their own stuff into the set, good luck, most would keep on the easy road.

Next, it's the return of Ratboy's magic caper, only the drunken episode (Help!!!) he's managed to persuade one of his Rebellion friend's partners to go into the box, to attempt to saw her in half, to our concern it's a real saw. After a tense 5 minutes and lots of fake blood, she managed to leave the box in one piece, Well Done Ratboy. The headliner, Motorheadache set up their mountain of amps and hit the stage, the prosecco is freely flowing by this time, all the usual Motorhead classics are played note for note perfect, a pleasant ending to a fantastic day. Thanks for having us, now it's Kebab time.

BIG, BIG NEWS - SYSTEM OF HATE HAVE SIGNED TO "LOUDER THAN WAR RECORDS"

'THERE IS NO MADNESS HERE', the difficult second album........10 TRACKS

AVAILABLE ON LTD EDITION VINYL AND DIGIPACK CD FRIDAY 3RD AUGUST 2018

ADVANCE ORDERS ARE BEING TAKEN NOW; CLICK HERE FOR LINK

Thursday 24th May 2018 - Brudenell, Leeds - Spear Of Destiny, Crazy Pink Revolvers (17th May)

We hit the M1 and head for Leeds, it's a warm one and the traffic is kind, we load straight in and wait for the main support to finish their sound check. Quick sound check and it's doors open immediately, 15 minutes later and we are on stage. We start the swirling feedback and blast straight into 'System Of Hate' and we are playing to a very nice sized room of people, if the weather wasn't so un-English we'd have been playing to a few more. We have a limited part of the stage due to using our own gear, the usual way when big bands are on tour. We roar thru the set, only 2 songs from the 1st album, we have made new friends and one girl collapses at the front with the heat (she was okay) god knows how Carl is coping, Paddy & Pat look as red as devils. It's our first ever gig for John Keenan, such a pleasure, with the calibre of acts he's attracted to these parts. It's a triumphant gig and as we pack the gear away, Kirk Brandon is chatting to us like old friends, makes our day, now for a drink!!!! Crazy Pink Revolvers on next, it's Stan Stammer's band from Theatre Of Hate and featuring their drummer, Chris Bell. It's a two bass guitar thing with a fusion of reggae, punk and blues. Stan sings and plays, it sounds great, the place is red hot, almost full as we wait for the main act.

CLICK HERE TO SEE ON:YORKSHIRE MAGAZINE'S REVIEW OF SPEAR OF DESTINY

Wednesday 23rd May 2018 - Old School House, Barnsley with Klammer (Friday 11th May)

Sorry it's late, first time in Barnsley for a while, our good friends Klammer support and the Old Punks of Town are having a get together, in conjunction with the evening. Klammer are releasing their brand new single 'Modern God' and System Of Hate launch 'Unhallowed Sound, the forsaken remixes ep'. Klammer are amazing and we get chance to for a good catch up, their set is filled with Post Punk gems, excellent musicianship and fun. System up and it's an emotional night, some personal anniversaries, the set is hot, sweaty, driven and determined. We dedicate 'Unhallowed Ground' to Jez Saxton who passed away recently. It's a great night for good music, next stop; Thursday 17th May, Leeds with Spear Of Destiny.

photo by K. Caudwell

Wednesday 18th April 2018 - Old Turk, Dewsbury with Expelaires (Friday 13th)

It's Friday the 13th and we are Dewsbury bound, the Hate van is full to the rafters and we all, are in good spirits. It's diy p.a. time and the Expelaires are having a good go at getting her vocal, a bit of head scratching and we're away. The night opens with a horror theme quiz, there's a few in. It's been a while since we've done Batley but a lot of faces we know are in. Expelaires are off with a great twin guitar sound, Wolfie (Red Lorry, Yellow Lorry fame) and Gerard (his metal guitar kills people) riffing away, solid bass and our good mate on the drums holding it all together, excellent set, well worth the free entry alone.

System up next and it's the brooding, dark, heavy groove machine we call Hate, people have travelled good distances so they get the full works, "there is no madness here" hits like a jackhammer to the earholes. "Resurrected" ending the onslaught to rapturous applause and calls for more. It's been emotional folks, back to the difficult 2nd Album now, backing vocals and mixing in a week or so. Suty completed his vocals (12th April) and Martin completed keyboard parts (17th April). More info soon !!!! It's punk but not as we know it :-)

Tuesday 27th March 2018 - York with Anti Nowhere League (Friday 16-03-18) & Studio News

The weatherman says it's gonna be bad, snow again but we spit in his face, ignore his warning and head for York. We arrive a little late, due to the old 40 miles per hour caper on the motorway. No sound check but it's not like we don't know what we are doing. Segregates open up, 30 odd minutes of Motörhead influence Rock n Roll, nice noise from the 3 piece and all instruments, finish fully intact this time. System up next, the set includes the last 4 songs to be recorded for the "new" Album (Paddy has completed his last bass parts today, so a busy day for him.) We haven't played in York for quite a while and it's a brilliant reception, even the Anti Nowhere League say really nice things about us. Anti Nowhere League up last and the place is packed, they play a great tight set, full of classics, new bass and drums since we last played with them. The merch stall is right by the exit, so it's a win-win situation, we do a bomb on merch and again, loads of positive comments. All 3 bands have a played a song, which is named after their band name today, when did that last happen I wonder? Special thanks; Joe for driving, Gail / Joe for merch, Chris Jones for inviting us and the fibbers people, all the travelling fans and the newbies, Big Thanks.

by Chris Scales

Pat completed his guitar parts for the last 4 songs for the "new" album on Wednesday the 21st March. Martin up next........more news soon.

Sunday 4th March 2018 - Cutlers Arms, Rotherham & Album 2, Studio News

Well my friends, it's been a busy week in the System circle. Suty finished his vocals on the first six songs recorded for "Album 2", on Tuesday. We braved the snow and ice on Thursday to rehearse and complete the 4 remaining songs for the Album, plus rehearsed the set. On Friday, we returned to Doncaster, Axis Studios and laid down the 4 guide tracks to complete the album. Carl stayed and completed 2 songs, he then returned Monday and completed his parts, drum wise.

On Sunday we braved the cold, fog and last remnants of snow to play the Cutlers in Rotherham. We invited; The Expelaires, a band we have admired for a while, Leeds based Post Punk, John Peel sessioners and jolly nice people, to open up. They play 40 minutes of short, snappy, tunefully Post Punk, with a smile on their faces, some great guitaring on display too, great set, good reaction from the crowd! System Of Hate up next "System Of Hate" making it's debut, yes we have a song named after us, it goes down lovely. We play all the 4 of the new album songs, they all go down amazingly well. We end on "Resurrected", another song never played live, the whole place is blown away! We've had people travel from Cambridge and Manchester, as well as local, I guess we must be doing something right. A lovely Sunday afternoon, enjoyed by all.

Next gig :- York with Anti Nowhere league and Segregates, Friday 16th March

19th January 2018 - Spunk Volcano & Friends - Old School House, Barnsley (13th January 2018)

HAPPY NEW YEAR FOLKS !!!! Xmas is a distant dream and Punk Rock and it's circus rolls into town. Chris (Rum Direction) opens the evening to almost a full house, he's rude, he's crude but he's making 'em laugh, 25 minutes of utter filth, fantastic start! System Of Hate up next, no rehearsal since mid December due to illness, wow, who would know? Absolutely on fire and comments of "best performance ever", repeated round the room, Awesome. Sheffield's Sons Of El Roacho up next, cracking set of originals and the odd cover, the room is getting even warmer on this cold winters evening, brilliant set ended with a Pistols cover. Spunk up last and he's ready, the lad is gonna get a sweat on in that there mask, everyone moves forward and it's a hour of his best material, which is not wasted on Barnsley and it's many travelling visitors. It's a wonderful gig and the hard work of each act, the venue and everyone that has shared and spread the word, has made it a gig that could be contender for Old School House, Gig Of The Year.

Photo by Ian Chambers.

System continue with their difficult 2nd album, 6 tracks are part-recorded, they still need guitar and vocals on and the next 4 songs will hopefully be completely written in full by mid February. More news soon. Next gig :- Rotherham, then York with Anti Nowhere League.

Sunday 31st December 2017 - Witchwood, Ashton Under Lyne - Discharge Punk Overload -, (Saturday 16th December)

A nice 3pm start, we set off to Ashton Under Lyne for our 1st visit to the magnificent Witchwood. There's snow over the tops and it's bleak but that's the way we like it baby, we don't wanna live forever :-) Wolfbastard are almost ready as we set the merch up, they growl into action with a very thrash metal feel, a good crowd and a great opening. We are straight into action, the opening chords nearly rips our ear-lugs off, the soundman has accidentally got the guitar on 11 in the monitors, its soon rectified and the 747 has safely landed. The crowd are extremely receptive and make us wonder why we've never played here before, Karl (Billyclub, Exploited, UK Subs, etc) is right up front, our mate now, tells everyone how good we are, it's so nice. We turn in a frantic, end of term performance, what a gig, see video below, buzzing. Dogsflesh up next, more thrashy Punk, a solid performance, tight and again enjoyed by the crowd. Such a decent turnout for the time of year. Our mates, Billyclub up next, we love the last album and they play a good handful of the tracks off 'Generation Time Bomb', good hardcore punk, a Punk Rock Ambulance maybe required for some of the mosh pit, as the ale is taking its toll, the place is rammed now. Extinction Of Mankind next, well the singer loves us, which is great, these guys are heavy, heavy, "a perfect storm of metal and punk" as Ian Glasper puts it. Discharge close the night, a severe beating to the eardrums from start to finish (just like the whole event), they are great, again an old band, NOT going thru the motions, there's a good PUNK fan base round here, nice people! Many Thanks Jason for putting us on. An excellent end to System's year!! Roll on 2018 and the New Album :-)

Friday 15th December 2017 - The Parish, Huddersfield - Abrasive Wheels Half Dayer (Sunday 10th December)

Well, well, the weather people said the snow would bring Yorkshire to a halt, it didn't and over the top to Huddersfield we went. We arrive and Paul Carter is banging em out, anyone who knows the scene knows Paul, have acoustic guitar will travel, he warms the audience for the very shy, Guttersluts. Been a while since we've seen Bob and the Boys, a very entertaining set of covers, done with tongue firmly in cheek, a right mix of old school Punk, good time show, defrosting this very cold day. Next up PMT, a Bolton based heavy n hardcorey Punk band, nice surprise when you see a new band, tight, great guitaring, no plectrum playing bass and just what the doctor ordered, loads of energy from the singer, would definitely check em out again. Hospital Food up next, we've known these lads for nearly a decade, nice lads and seem to be as good as we've seen them, maturing with their songwriting all the time. Good set and one that the crowd really appreciated. System up next, decent sound on stage and everyone is settling into the groove, we blast thru 40 minutes of Hate, Shonna the singer from Abrasive Wheels taking a keen interest, which is nice as some of the big boys never come and check the support bands out. Leading nicely to the evenings headliners, the Abrasive Wheels, they've just been on tour in the U.S. and look very comfortable on stage, I love this drummer, Skruff who I know more for playing for Leatherface, he's a cool customer and makes a solid rhythm with Chris, our mate Matt Black plays excellent guitar, great licks and leads and Mr. Shonna owns the stage in his own unique style, great band, good lads and definitely not just going thru the motions! Top stuff by all, Well Done Mick and the Parish Staff, you pulled a great half dayer off!!! Well Done West Yorkshire, next gig - Ashton Under Lyne with Discharge, Billy Club and more !!!!!

photo by Pam Hardcastle

Monday 11th December 2017 - Old School House Gig Review, Barnsley (24th November)

It's wet, cold and dark, yes folks we are back in our hometown of Barnsley. There's an accident on the M1 so we running behind a bit. The York trio Segregates open the night, with their Motörhead influenced Punk Rock, nice energy, good fun, a few broken strings but the show must go on, great stuff. System next, and a very excitable Suty throws himself all over the stage, like a caged panda on speed, the lad will sleep tonight. Barnsley is introduced to "There Is No Madness Here" and "Blackfire". A good fight performance, impeccable sound and lights, next stop Huddersfield !

We also picked up a nice Bus Lane fine Xmas Card from Glasgow City Council, as did the Juratory lads, boo !!!!!!

Also, the brilliant Martin Aylward of Slim Chance Productions has created a fantastic video for 'APOSTLE OF PAIN', see below............

Tuesday 28th November 2017 - Very Mini Gateshead / Glasgow Tour (Friday 17th & 18th November)

The first date of the extremely mini - mini tour and we hit a packed A1 to Gateshead, first trip in the new HateBus so at least we are comfortable. We make good time at the Black Bull and Chaos 8 are sound-checking as we arrive, sounds beefy as hell. We soundcheck next and all it good. Crime Desk next and then they open, nice punchy songs, tight 3 piece from Fife, there's a definite Stranglers influence with some Clash and a touch of Rockabilly, good stuff. Next up Chaos 8, massive ear bashing onslaught from the Sunderland 5 piece, it's full on driven Killingjokey influence noise, real intensity and a great set, enjoyed that. Last up System and we play outa our skins, what has gone before push our performance to the limit, we debut, brand new songs, "There Is No Madness here" and "Blackfire", great crowd reactions. It's a great night, great people, we love this place, we will be back.

Tour Day 2 and we are Scotland, Ivory Blacks, Glasgow bound! Well the scenery alone makes this trip worthwhile, from Carlisle to Scotland is so beautiful. We make great time again and it's a good drive, the venue sign is obscured by scaffolding, so a couple loops of Glasgow centre, til we spot a guy unloading band gear, slot in behind him and drop the gear off. Our good pal Stoney (Juratory) turns up and we arrange to take our sleeping bags etc, back to the digs. Back at the venue and we settle down to some heavy punk rock and Guinness. We watch a day of brilliant bands; Subvision, Zero Hour, Us Vs. Them, we hit the stage at 7pm, Potential Victims, Juratory, Constant Fear and A.O.A. Not one bad band, loads of dark energy in the room, touches of Killing Joke, a mighty fine day and one we won't forget. A kebab from the first ever Kebab shop in Glasgow.

The hospitality has been amazing, big special Thanks to Roddy and the good people of Glasgow! We will be back, love the vibe here, merch does very well. We rise early and are away for 9am, ice on the windscreen of the HateBus, we leave a sleeping Glasgow to the Sun on the mountains, such beauty, it's been an amazing trip ! Next stop : Barnsley :-)

Tuesday 7th November 2017 - 100 CLUB - London with Dirtbox Disco & Healthy Junkies (28th October)

Saturday and we are up at 7am, on into Barnsley for 9am, train to Meadowhall next, megabus comes at 10-05am, London bound by 10-30. We all sit apart, so not so fun but it's a good journey and we are in our Pimlico digs by 3pm. A quick change and we hit the 100 Club for sound check at 5pm. It's amazing to see Spunk and the boys (a massive thanks for all the gear share, really kind of these lads), Healthy Junkies too (thanks for drum bits :-)). John King the author of 'Football Factory" gives us a hug. Tom '16 Guns' is here along with loads more mates, it's a great turn out, we play a blinder (see the evidence below, YouTube). The 100 Club is rammed with photographs of legendary bands that have played here, amazing to see, we feel so privileged to join them. Louis Armstrong, Rolling Stones, Metallica and The Sleaford Mods, to name a few. The Healthy Junkies play a great show, great bunch of songs, nice people too. It certainly is a Dirtbox day, a great set and lovely fellows, the success certainly hasn't gone to their heads, perfect end to an amazing day!!!! Special thanks to Human Punk Promotions; Andy, Mark & John!!!!! Taxi back to Pimlico and the journey through a beautiful London, all lit up, sends us off to dreamland. Next stop :- Gateshead / Glasgow !!!

Tuesday 31st October 2017 - Wakefield with Theatre Of Hate / Nosebleed (Friday 20th October)

Warehouse 23, well, what an amazing night!!! Around 12 months ago we supported Spear Of Destiny in this very venue and here we are again with Kirk Brandon and his other band, Theatre Of Hate. It's a great venue, with lovely dressing rooms and backstage facilities. Nosebleed, who played with us a while back in Derby, open up, wow, these lads have energy, think of the Hives but they definitely have their own style, great set and so much music fitted into 30 minutes. We hit the stage and the sound is perfect, makes us relax and pull out a top performance. We get some lovely comments, including Kirk. Next up the fantastic Theatre Of Hate, the drummer holds it all together, tribal extraordinaire, bass constant and sax dipping in and out, with Kirk's fabulous vocals, soaring above the rhythmic slabs of song. Not one guitar solo, not required, great set and an unforgettable night. Next stop, that there London !!!!

Thursday 7th September 2017 - Cutlers, Rotherham (Sunday 3rd September)

Summer is over or so it seems and System return to business. Rotherham Cutlers a lovely place for a drink on a Sunday afternoon. Our good friend Martin Aylward brings his mates from Leeds, the Xlerators, post punk covers band to open the afternoon. Nice choice of mostly obscure cover songs, played well and with conviction, great set lads. There is a couple (Tim & Ana - see pic below, Tim kissing his System badge) who have traveled up from Cambridge just so see us, wow, and 2 of the Mau Maus (Sheffield cult punk band from the 80s) are fans of System too. We present Minx, our main Rebellion merch lady, with flowers, chocolates and alcohol, for all her help, a few tears. System blast into life, its been a month since this beast has been out to play and the dust is well and truly shaken off. "In The Shadow Of The Cross" makes it's debut, another cracking song from the forthcoming album. A fantastic afternoons turnout for a Sunday, great crowd, great people, 3 more gigs booked in for next year! Next gig: 20th October with Theatre Of Hate, Wakefield.

Saturday 12th August 2017 - Rebellion Festival 2017 - Saturday, Casbah Stage (5th August)

Our 5th consecutive Rebellion Festival (we have to pinch ourselves sometimes) and our first Saturday, the breakfast shift as we've coined it, we hit the stage at 12.30pm sharp. The sun is shining and the seagulls have made a hasty retreat, as the soundcheck blows away the cobwebs, literally. One massive advantage of being the first band, no quick turn around and we get to play 2 songs to get the sound perfect, and it is. We've been watching bands on this stage all festival and we can't wait to get on. The doors open at noon and people are trickling in, faces we know and loads of new ones. We dedicate our performance to our good friend "Stefan Bielecki", who sadly passed away in January, his 2 daughters; Krys and Ruth are here at stage side and it's an emotional time, Stefan has always been a regular at Rebellion and a massive supporter of System. Miss him so much. It's filling up nicely now, the audience are loving it!! There's people dancing, grooving, guys taking their shirts off, it's a lovely party atmosphere, ha ha, despite the dark subject matter. Charlie Harper plus loads more from the band World. We end on "Unhallowed Ground", to rapturous applause and surprise, surprise we have extra time "Wanna Be Your Dog" finishes off one of our best ever performances. We'd like to Thank; Minx, Gail and Vicky on the Merchandise, the new t shirt has sold out completely on the bigger sizes and all the cd singles. Big,big thanks to Daz, Jennie, Jonny, all the Casbah Stage and the whole Rebellion Team / Family, fantastic Festival once again. Everyone who flyered and those who told someone else about us, "without you, we are nothing" !!!!! Love and best wishes System Of Hate.

Saturday 29th July 2017 - Paddy's Extremely Secret Birthday / Rebellion Warm Up Gig (21st July 2017)

Paddy's extremely secret birthday bash / Rebellion warm up gig, went without an itch. It had been kept secret for quite a while, a dream line up for any local music fan, and enjoyed by all who attended. Steve Stanners sprung yet another surprise on us, superfan no.1 without doubt. People had traveled from all over the shop, a massive turn out. Peter 'Pitman Poet' Goodwin opened the evening, wise and funny commentary on local life, stuff that meant something to us little Northerners, very funny and beautifully delivered. Next up and newly reformed, Brainbomb, Andy had been ill and had more or less given up but after Pat explained how important it was they were on the bill, he had a change of heart. A fantastic set, he really had the crowd in the palm of his hand, brilliant gig and so glad they are back. System up next and the room is rammed, brand new song to open "Your God Is Dead", the sound and lights are perfect, the set is slick and professional, a birthday cake is brought out just before "Unhallowed Ground", another surprise for the big lad, the crowd sing "Happy Birthday", it's great and a set we will never forget. Sons Of El Roacho headline and round off a perfect night, they present Paddy with a picture of their debut album in a frame, very nice touch. It's been one hell of a night, the owner of the Old School House is blown away by the quality of acts and the atmosphere. The sound has been brilliant, thank you everyone who showed up. Next up :- Rebellion !!!

Tuesday 11th July 2017 - System Of Hate, Boredom, Black Eddy, Weld, SCared - Blackpool (7th July 2017)

A fantastic trip to the Waterloo Music Bar in Blackpool, wow what a venue and to be attached to the famous Waterloo Bowling Green, gives it a nice edge. We travel straight from work, so the M62 is busy as hell, we arrive, to see a group of Hells Angels outside, mingled in with Punks, this is gonna be good. SCared are on stage as we arrive, nice melodic Punk, clear vocal and nice guitar licks, great start to the evening. We find the promoter Darran, he shows us to our room and we spruce ourselves up, beer fridge too, oh yes! Meanwhile, Chris and Sandra Scales arrive, they've surprised us again, last time Gateshead and talking about Gateshead, Steve Stanners has driven 3.5 hours to see us, each way folks, super fan or what? Weld up next, Punk noise from Teeside, solid heavy attack, bit of metal/alt rock in there, good strong set. Local lads up next; Black Eddy, dark alternative rock, they rock it up, bit of faith No More and the singer don't give a damn, more metal in the mix, really warming the place up, good set lads. Next, Boredom from Blackburn, old school Punks, nice lads too, 2 guitar attack, good songs and well done, another good set. System, up next and it's after 11pm and boy are we ready, the dry ice is dispensed, the opening riff of "Tears Of Blood" rises up and it's a rollercoaster of Dark riffy punkage, heavy thuddy bass, intelligent drumming and a fantastic voice that breaks thru the chaos and terror that is System Of Hate. Straight into "Sanatoria" and it's no letting up, it's red hot on stage and the sound is amazing, god the soundman has worked is arse off tonight, 5 bands, well done mate. We end on "Unhallowed Ground", and it's been a stormer, a total success, well done all involved, especially the bands, Darran and Ian. We hang around, accepting the compliments, the Guinness and Cider flowing, a great nite, thanks everyone for coming...............Saturday morning and Ian said he'd sort out a go on the Waterloo Bowling Green and as promised we all play crown green bowling in perfect sunshine. We then find a breakfast place, a stones thrown from The Royal Oak, a former drinking hole of Sir Lemmy from his Rockin' Vickers days, a nice end to the weekend.....................Blackpool we salute you, will be back very soon x

photo by Chris Scales

Monday 19th June 2017, Billyclub / System Of Hate, Barnsley (9th May - Old School House)

A nice return to our hometown of Barnsley at the fantastic Old School Venue. Our friends Billyclub headline and regretfully Segregates pull out at the last minute. System open with a 45 minute set, it's warm on stage and it's as well, as the band as played this year. Great set, great crowd reaction. Billyclub up and it's a fast, furious hardcore affair, great songs and no letting up. They end with a great cover of 999's Homicide at super fast speed. It's good to play in Barnsley again, great sound and a great crowd!! Next stop, Blackpool !!

Photo by Karl Morris

Tuesday, May 30th 2017 - DUBLIN, Fibber Magees (Saturday 27th May 2017)

An amazing night in Dublin with Paranoid Visions, Audiable Joes & Katie O'neill !!!! And an unexpected headline slot for System Of Hate :-)

Peter jones (Paranoid Visions) wrote : "Terrific night in Fibbers last night. I wasn't expecting a huge crowd given that the Skids played the night before and Hugh Cornwell was on at the same time... plus poxy Slane... but the venue was packed and well up for it. Katie O'Neill started off... very strongly, given only 5 rehearsals with her band... great songs, lovely singer and a very confident performance. This lady is really going places I reckon so I'm delighted to have had her on some of my bills! Audible Joe's up next, first time seeing them and they are superb. Tight, tuneful, visual and with cracking tunes. Remind me of Anti Flag on a good day.... We played next and I reckon it was one of our better gigs. All gigs over the past while have had the perfect balance of tightness, rapidity and song mix and last night was a good example! Three new songs in the set from the upcoming Rebellion ep and all went well! I love System of Hate.... they remind me of 1919 verses Killing Joke verses Bauhaus. As Deko said last night, they are a classic example of what was briefly referred to in the press as "positive punk". They were marvellous! Existing crowd was loving them and then the guns and wankers fans arrived, and they loved them too! All in all a fantastic night with good people and good bands!"

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We can't Thank Peter and the Paranoid Visions enough, for being such lovely hosts and being kind enough to supply good gear for us to use, it was a great get away for us Yorkshire lads and we should return next year..........Thank You Dublin !!

Monday 22nd May 2017 - Nepotism Fest Leeds (Friday12th to Sunday 14th May 2017)

We had a lovely time at the Temple Of Boom venue, Leeds, to play on the last day of the 1st ever Nepotism Festival, a real friendly DIY event. We get a nice evening slot and play a passionate, 30 minute set, we play very well and the set is dedicated to Paddy's Mum, who sadly passed away on Friday (12th May). We get a lovely reception from the crowd and everything about this event is extremely positive, Well Done Lee and Co., you've pulled off a great event. (see full list of bands below)

Photo by Long John Von V

Monday 2nd May 2017 - Cutlers Arms UK SUBS Half-Day (Sunday 23rd April)

A lovely afternoon and evening in Rotherham at the Cutlers, UK Subs half dayer, yes System Of Hate's first ever outside gig. There's a great mix of bands including; the X-Rippers, Septic Psychos, Sons Of El Roacho, Bones Park Rider, Black Market Clash, Thurminators, Shambollix, Phil Murray & The Boys From Bury, System Of Hate & UK Subs. The time keeping has gone wildly astray, we are running late but that's the Live arena. We play out of our skins, we get lovely compliments from the Subs. It's been a long day and some punters are a bit worse for wear, come the finale, the UK Subs play a blinder and everyone comes alive. Steve (new guitar player) is firmly into the role now and they are excellent, a new chapter. A great day and a great catch up with so many friends. Punktastic !!

Photo by Kim Billy

Thursday 6th April 2017 - Black Bull, Gateshead (Fri 31st March) / Hairy Dog, Derby (2nd April)

Straight outa work and we are on route to Gateshead, it's a lovely sunny evening and traffic is good. We arrive at the Bull to a very warm welcome, we are the only band tonight, so we put 4 extra songs in the set. It's a great turn out to be honest, as we are against the Rezillos, who are also in town. We open with the reworked "Tears Of Blood", then "Ill Are The Cursed" brand new, most people in the room have the album so once we hit "Sanatoria", people are singing along. Lots of smiling faces including the band, it's hot on stage and the sound is great! "Hell Shall Reign" makes its first appearance and we are on fire. Great evening and great crowd, love this venue!! Beer time now, well earned, great support from our friends in Geordie land!!!

Sunday and we are Derby bound for our first trip and it's the Hairy Dog. It's sunny again and we arrive early, no sound check but it's not like we don't know the songs. It's a healthy turn out for a Sunday afternoon show. Nosebleed from Leeds open and wow does this 3 piece wake the crowd up with their slick "Hives" style Punking around, rolling on the floor, great fun n a good set, well done! We are the middle band and it's a slick 30 Minute set, it's seems impossible to get a decent set outta half a hour, now we've got some quality songs. A great end to the Weekend and we enjoy the Bar-Stool Preachers, the Brighton based Ska / Oi punker, first time we've seen em and wow what a fantastic set of lads, brilliant set, class act, watch out for these lads. Great afternoon of bands, good old Derby!

Wednesday 15th February 2017 - Stefan Bielecki's Celebration

Our dear friend Stefan passed away on the 23rd January 2017, we felt it very important as a band that we all attended the Celebration of his Life at the Hereford Crematorium. It was very moving and uplifting because there was no sadness, and his kids; Pete, Krysia and Ruth retold stories from the past, of happy and funny times. We traveled down and returned in one day, due to work commitments, but for Stafan it was worth it. His family told us we meant a lot to him and one of our t shirts went with him on his final journey.

Monday 6th February 2017 - Cutlers, Rotherham Sunday 5th Feb, 3pm

A fantastic Sunday afternoon at the Cutlers Arms, Rotherham, mild weather for this time of year, real ale and great company, what's not to like. John Chels opens with his Cockney Doglady project, it's different that's for sure, similar to his solo project but a lot more colourful and an extra member playing a bongo drum. It's like some trip on LSD but very entertaining as per most things John does, his enthusiasm knows no bounds, well done son. System up next, 3 people have come over from Manchester just to see us, which is lovely, it's a very good turn out. All the set is dedicated to our friend Stefan Bielecki, who has sadly, just passed away, a massive supporter of S.O.H. The set is slick, tight, full of fun (I kid you not), brutal and sincere. A fantastic return to Rotherham, we have dear friends here and their support is amazing. We will be back, RIP Stefan x

Saturday 28th January 2017 - 1st Gig Of 2017 - Spunk & El Roacho - Barnsley (21st January)

First gig of the year for System at the newly branded Old School House Venue (nee Barnsley Rock & Blues Club, nee nee Polish Club), an it's rammed to the rafters. Barnsley FC v Leeds Utd on the Large screen beforehand, and a great win for the Reds, makes for a great atmosphere in the venue. Sons Of El Roacho hit the stage, loads of colour and clout, Big Pat and the boys entertaining as hell, Rock-a-billy Punk, big double bass, the crowd are lapping it up, class act, great lads, poor Dave the Leeds fan. System next up and the atmosphere takes a darker turn, brand new song "We Who Walk With God", makes it's debut and goes down very well. A very tight heavy set to a very receptive audience, great stuff. Spunk Volcano and The Eruptions headline the show, the place is heaving now, loads of new songs, loads of banter back and forth with the crowd. He's a great showman and it's a great set, what a fantastic nite, with such a mix of styles & genres. Credit to all involved. Next gig - Rotherham - Sunday 5th February, 3pm start.

Photo by Pam H

Saturday 3rd December 2016 - Last Gig Of 2016 - Barnsley Rock n Blues (25th November)

Well folks last home town gig of 2016 and it's been one hell of a year. Debut Album completed, Rebellion full room gig, few problems but we are still alive and very much kicking anything that tries to beat us down. I don't usually write anything negative but tonight's audience is made up of 80% non-Barnsley folk, that's a shame but one couple (Mel & Gerry) have traveled over 3 hours from Heacham (the land you can see when you look seaward off Skegness beach). Anyway back to the business at hand, Rum Direction (Chris Heald) opens proceedings with his Punk Smut Acoustic X-Rated sing along, showing off his new Spunk Volcano tattoo, he's pushing the boundaries of decency and goes down quite well, good start. Next up, Doncaster's Inequality Street playing old school punk, nice full sound and cracking set, good rapport with crowd, great stuff. System Of Hate up last and wow, Insanity back in the set, what an opener, we blast thru the set, quick slick changes, Marcus tremendous engineering as usual but has upped his game, as the best sound engineer in Yorkshire is in the building 'John Turner'. The feedback is great and we can't thank people enough who come out everytime, your support is massive. Merry Xmas all, the album is now available all over the web, in HMV, get it, if you haven't got it. Best Wishes - System Of Hate.............see ya soon!!!!

Photo by Pam Hardcastle

Monday 14th November 2016 - Gateshead Mayhem (11th Nov)

A wonderful nite was had by all at the Black Bull, Gateshead. We traveled up just before 5pm and hit the venue round 7pm, Guinness straight in hand and a bit of footy on tv, we then set up and sound check really quickly, we feel so at home here. Prisoners Of War open the evening and bash out a great raucous noise, old school punk and they make some new friends here in Geordie-land, with a cracking set. Chris and Sandra Scales have come all the way from Rotherham just to see System, that is very humbling and we're gonna show our gratitude by playing outta our skins. We have some good mates here now and we owe em a great show, so now with Pat with pedals, we zoom thru a fantastic set, all members on fire, couple of songs for encore. What a night and we retire to the bar and drink it away, can't remember going to bed, but remember putting my ear plugs in(Shaun 'Paddy' O'Neill, you need to see a Doctor about your snoring son ;-)). What a great nite out !!!!!!

Thursday 27th October 2016 - REBELLION HERE WE COME - 2017 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tuesday 18th October 2016 - Mulberry Tavern, Sheffield (Friday 14th October)

A fantastic night in the Steel City, last Friday. We arrive in good time, sound check takes a little longer than normal as the normal guy is away but we get there and it sounds great. First up, Hull's Left Ahead blast through a shambolic Fall-style indie driven noise, mash up, not to everyone's taste but a great start to the evening. Next up, Prisoners Of War from East Midlands, a bit of the old school head down, no messing Punk Rock, we have shared a bill previous in Mansfield and it good stuff. We rage thru the System set, mainly the album, we are on fire, tight as, we've had a good night out and a good laugh. Great night, thanks to all involved in making it happen. Next stop: Gateshead, support comes from Prisoners Of War.

Monday 3rd October 2016 - Old Turk, Dewsbury (Friday 30th) & Cutlers, Rotherham (Sunday 2nd October)

We played our debut gig at the Old Turk, Dewsbury on Friday with Johnny Half-A-Day supporting. Real Ale pubs and Punk seem to go so well together (see Sunday, Cutlers.) Johnny opens up and gets a great reaction from the crowd, a right mixed bag of material, great start to the evening. System up next and the place is filling up nice, some friendly faces in and a few newbies. We kick off a stonewall of a set, no let ups, all power. It's a another great gig and more albums are sold, we are invited back, just need to sort a date. Thanks for your support! Next stop Rotherham.

Photo by Pam Hardcastle

Rotherham, Sunday and a 3pm start, weather is amazing and our mates Bones Park Rider are guesting today. Ian beck has also come down as well to take some photos (see below), fantastic. Bones Park Rider used to have a Clash-vibe/77 Punk feel but in my humble opinion, since Mick has joined on vocals it's taken a darker path, defo a Misfits vibe going on and I like it, fantastic set full of energy, tight as hell too. It's a fantastic turn out for a Sunday and Rotherham never lets us down, we have friends here now and each time a few new faces come along, after Thursday's rehearsal, Friday's gig, today we are on fire, we don't even have to look at each other, 'Rotherham you have been Systemised'. Thanks for your support this Weekend folks!!! Next stop: Sheffield, see ya down the Mulberry Tavern.

Wednesday 21st September 2016 - Spear Of Destiny support - Wakefield - 18th September 2016

Fantastic night at the Warehouse 23 supporting Kirk Brandon's Spear Of Destiny. We hadn't played in Wakefield for quite awhile, so could not wait to get back there. Slightly earlier start with it being a Sunday (7.45pm stage time for us) but a decent amount of people in the venue for a Sunday and a nice warm reception. We blasted thru a 45 minute set and then relaxed back and watched a superb Spear Of Destiny. Last day of their tour so they were red hot tight, brilliant gig, well organised and a pleasure to play. Cheers to Harry on sound, excellent work, plus big Thanks to Bryn and Staff for running it like clockwork and being made so welcome by Kirk and the lads. Next stop:- Rotherham, Sunday 2nd October.

Photo by Pickles Shark

***** BIG BIG SYSTEM OF HATE NEWS ***** 10th September 2016

SYSTEM OF HATE are very pleased to announce that they have signed a DISTRIBUTION Deal with PLASTIC HEAD to distribute "Unhallowed Ground", the debut album, Worldwide.

We are also booked to play the following gigs :-

Sunday - 18th September 2016 - Warehouse 23, Wakefield - supporting SPEAR OF DESTINY -
Sunday - 2nd October 2016 - Cutlers Arms, Rotherham with Bones Park Rider
Friday - 14th October 2016 - Mulberry Tavern, Sheffield - with Prisoners Of War, Left Ahead
Friday- 11th November 2016 - Black Bull, Gateshead - Change Of Date...........
Friday - 25th November 2016 - Rock & Blues Club, Barnsley - with Inequality Street, Rum Direction
Saturday - 21st January 2017 - Rock & Blues Club, Barnsley - supporting SPUNK VOLCANO & the Eruptions

We will be booking more gigs, please check www.systemofhate.com, for updates, Thank You.

Rebellion Festival 2016 - Blackpool, Winter Gardens - 4th - 7th August 2016

Wow, what a fantastic Rebellion Festival, System Of Hate had the time of their lives. A very full Pavilion, filled with very appreciative people, what's not to like. We had our best year by far in performance and merchandise terms, thanks so much Stefan & Mandy (Minx) for running the merch, we love you both. Special thanks to Jennie & Daz and all the Rebellion Team, this year was certainly special, big thanks to Walnut & Pedro and the Pavilion Stage team for helping us sound and look amazing. Cheers for all the people who support us; year in, year out and the newbies, keep spreading the word people, thanks a million !!!!

"Next up we head to the Pavilion for the first time to catch Northern post punks System Of Hate, a band who impressed me greatly with their recently released ‘Unhallowed Ground’ album. They seem to have impressed a fair few others too as the place is packed long before their countdown intro tape builds the atmosphere and temperature to boiling point as opener ‘Sanatoria’ does it’s best to rob me of whatever hearing I have left after The Dwarves. It’s ‘Crucified’ where the band really shines though, or is that flash of white light from singer Suty’s studded gauntlets catching the follow spot? A fine performance from a band fast moving up the Rebellion bill." - Review by Uber Rock - click here to see full review.

Sunday 17th July 2016 - Last Gig Before Rebellion - Barnsley Rock 'n Blues Club 8th July 2016

Sorry the news is late, back at the Barnsley Rock n' Blues Club (nee Polish Club) with our good friends Brainbomb and the very entertaining Johnny Half-A-Day. Last gig before Rebellion and a decent turn out, all the acts are brilliant and the crowd appreciate all their efforts. First home-town gig for System without keyboards and it worked, yes we had some Spinal Tap (Backdrop falling down etc) moments tonight, but thinking back now I am laughing to myself. We are the System and we are United! Thanks for coming down everyone, much appreciated! Next stop: Blackpool Winter Gardens, includung Martin Roberts as special guest on keyboards, we play Thursday 4th August at 7.25pm, Pavilion Stage - tickets available from www.rebellionfestivals.com/tickets - click link

Photo B.Feather

Friday 10th June 2016 - Gateshead , The Black Bull, (Friday 10th June)

A well overdue return to the stage for System and to Gateshead. God we love this venue; lovely people, lovely place and always a great gig. A nice 2 hour drive and we set our gear straight up, sounds fantastic, we play a couple of songs and then settle down for a few drinks. Juratory turn up not long after and quickly sound check. First game of the Euros and a decent turn out, we have a nice little fan base here plus some new faces. Juratory hit the stage at 9-15pm, Stoney of Keyside Strike fame is the frontman, it's heavy, grinding, drum machined noise chaos, there's a Ministry vibe in there and they do a great version of "Tortured And Abused", by Antisect, nice stuff. System up next, first gig in a while due to some personal problems within the ranks, but the lads stick together and it's time to get heavy. It warm on that there stage but the songs are rattled off, most of the new album, "Parasites In Paradise" back in and a revised version of "The Dogs Of War", especially for Big Steve Stanner's slightly overdue Birthday. It's a very welcome return to action and the North East, a good nite of album sales and a re-booking to sort. Thanks to everyone who came out and a big thanks to Maz & Shev at the Black Bull, see you all soon.

6th March 2016 - Skegness Weekender - Leather, Docs & Candyfloss (25th/26th/27th March 2016)

We had an absolute ball at the Grosvenor House Hotel in Skegness, Thanks so much to Dave Taylor & Lee Evans for booking us to play. 3 days of brilliant bands, the odd pull out and many bands playing with a missing member, just goes to show anything is possible. Thanks to everyone who watched us and bought albums.

Gig review by Lee Evans, Saturday March 26th

"Section 5 and Geoffrey Oi!cott had to pull out due to illness and family problems so after an early panic we ploughed on with the bands who made it. First up SENILE DELINQUENTS opened with a top notch set of classic punk and oi tunes much fun and haggling ensued of the Skegness lads. A re jiggled DISCHORD turned out a set of lovely noise. Another great young band on the way up. FIGHTBACK gave us a set of hard punk rock with charismatic frontman Tony on fine form. Last minute additions THE FEATHERZ added a bit of glam to proceedings a band who play hard and delivered the goods with a great set. DOGTOWN REBELS then proceed to give us 50 minutes of classic tuneful punk rock and go down a storm. Young upstarts B MOVIE BRITZ have some great tunes and much gusto and noise ensues. Andy does a Sterling job filling in on vocals and another great set whistled by. FUKDUST 4 played as a 3 piece and fired out some great singalong punk rock. Another band who play with heart and soul. The SENILE DELINQUENTS then jumped up and filled in for a missing band and turned out a completely different set of punk classics to tide the audience over. Much respect to Dave Taylor and the delinquents for their efforts and we were rewarded with some classic singalongs. Next up SYSTEM OF HATE turned out a set of dark deep heavy tunes. Great live band and what a noise. Top vocals. Great lads. Due to section 5 not able to play Andy Demob offered to play an extend set. DEMOB you were bloody awesome an hour and a quarter and about 25 songs later after a top set of classic tunes they came off stage knackered. Top band on fire at the minute. Then the mighty CHRON GEN. these lads were the sound of my teens so great to see them again after many years. With Kevin of anti pasti helping out on drums last minute they played 45 minutes of tight melodic lovely punk rock. As Kevin helped out last minute they hadn't had time to learn a full hour set so like true legends they played most of there set again. Bloody brilliant. Got to sing outlaw twice. Great end to a difficult and frustrating day due to the 2 unfortunate pull outs. But as in true punk rock spirit people and bands pulled together and a great night was had."

4th March 2016 - Unhallowed Ground Unleashed and Album Launch Gig (27th February 2016)

Well, well, well, the album is finally upon us and to say it's been a roller-coaster ride, is an absolute understatement. It has nearly killed us and with that statement I am not being over dramatic, we've been like 5 expectant fathers waiting for this baby to come out and Thank God, it's finally seen the light of day. The album came at the last minute but once here in our hands, we knew the waiting was worth every second. The packaging is equal to the music, it's looks the business and now it's time to let it go out into the World. Big Thanks to Paul Kelly at Retro for sorting all the Duplication and the setting up relating to the Album, Steve Mitchell for sorting the concept of the cover and back, Rory Garforth for the photographs, which look absolutely magnificent and everyone who's given us a gig, been to a gig, bought a t shirt / ep, you have paid towards this, Thanks so much.

We have to massively Thank Matt Eliss, for his expertise on the recording and his production is out of this World. Loads more to Thank, but you can read their names on the Album Thanks List.

Anyway about the Launch Night, Saturday 27th February at the Barnsley Rock & Blues Club (nee Polish Club). Johnny Half-A-Day opens the evening, he bangs through his Das Abyss acoustic set and really warms the crowd up, a good sized audience too, John never fails to entertain. Tony 'Pitman Poet' Goodwin up next, yes this is a Punk gig, so we have a poet on the bill, Tony storms thru his set of home-grown Love & Loss style poetry, another great performance and he's really warmed the people up. Next up, Leeds based Klammer, fresh from their UK support of Ritchie Ramone, of course they are tight, it's post punk and they are a class act, great songs, great set and lovely people, they really embrace the event and we will definitely play together again.

Well, System Of Hate up last and emotions are running high, we have to try and follow Klammer, and it's Martin's last gig, we rip into Sanatoria and wow, to say it's the first gig of the year, we are on fire. We blast thru 80 per cent of the Album and the crowd are really behind us (our biggest Barnsley audience yet), there's a lot of believers and converts in the audience and we can't Thank them enough for carrying us through, we end with a couple of covers and the brand new 'Rising' song. What a night, it's taken me days to come down and I'm now buzzing off the comments coming in about the Album, we knew it was good, but always nice to hear what the people say. Get one now while you still can. Email :- six67promo@hotmail.com or contact Pat Crawford via facebook (if you have it). Next GIG :- SKEGNESS.

23rd January 2016 - KEYBOARD PLAYER WANTED !!!!!!!!!!!

Martin Roberts has left SYSTEM OF HATE. Martin played with the band from October 2013 to December 2015, he played on the "Insanity ep" and the "Unhallowed Ground" album, we wish him well, with all his future projects.

So, we are looking for a Replacement KEYBOARD Player, who is possibly influenced by KILLING JOKE, GARY NUMAN, MINISTRY, Metal, Industrial and of course PUNK, an open mind is essential, we are based in Barnsley, anyone interested contact Pat Crawford (O777 307 67 11) with any questions.

We are just about to release our debut "Unhallowed Ground" ALBUM and are already booked for the REBELLION PUNK FESTIVAL 2016, at Winter Gardens in Blackpool.

Tuesday 29th December 2015 - Leeds Xmas Punk Gig - Brudenell (19th December)

A bit late on this update, it is a busy time of year after all. Anyhow we set off for Leeds at the invitation of our good friends, Geoffey Oi!cott to play the Leeds Xmas Punk Bash 2015, one hell of a line up to boot. As we are travelling thru the Xmas traffic, we learn the first two bands have pulled out, so on the plus side, a sound check and no rushed changed over, every cloud people. We set up and get plenty of time to catch up with half the Angelic Upstarts in the bar, Neil and Gaz, lovely fellows, while the other 2 have gone to Bradford for an authentic curry experience, with our good friend John Bolloten. We kick off the set and it's a good crowd for the 1st band of the day, we play a great set and heads are nodding and feet are tapping, always a good sign. It's great sound on stage and we end with Anti Pasti's "No Government", we mention the closing of Kellingley Colliery (the last deep coal mine in Britain) and dedicate the song, great end of year gig for System, loved every second. Note to self: order more merch!

Next up, Epic Problem, Street Punks featuring ex-Blitz guitarist, Mackie, they have had some problems on their European Tour, so basically, jumped out of the van, plugged in and played. Loads of energy and drive and get a great reception.

Oi!cott next, it's their party and they are up for it, the crowd are well and truly warmed up and it's a cracking set, well organised lads.

Our good friends, Dirtbox Disco next, and they've had one hell of a Year, another one for em, they work hard and it's paid off, classic set and likeable chaps, people are bouncing off the walls, so nice to be part of this event.

A blast from the past, Chron Gen the penultimate band of the day, and a nice addition to the line-up to give the punters something else from the world of Punk, a great set and much appreciated.

Now the main attraction, our pals, the brilliant Angelic Upstarts, with their new album "Bullingdon Bastards" to flog and a rejuvenated line-up, they are on it. What an end to a fantastic day, The Upstarts have a bagfull of classic songs and parade em all out in style, the audience sing every word and Mensi has em in the palm of his hand, 3 good covers as well, not even needed but show what a great band he has behind him.

Brilliant day !!! Merry Xmas !!!!!!!! Fantastic venue as seen on Emmerdale recently too and great friendly folk, Well Done all involved !!!

Monday 30th November 2015 - Rotherham Gig Cutlers Arms (29th November)

Back to Rotherham on the continued 'Don't Mention The Album' tour, and the weather is bad, Thank God we have such loyal support here. 3pm and the gig opens up with Sheffield's Seconds To Go, a newish band, it's Pop Punk with influence coming from bands such as; The Undertones & The Buzzcocks, a nice mix of covers and originals, well written songs and they go down very well. Tony Goodwin aka The Pitman Poet, is next and he revs up the crowd, while Seconds To Go pack down, he knocks out 20 minutes of quality poetry, it's well worth checking out, click here to find his cd - POEMS OF LOVE & LOSS - www.pitmanpoet.co.uk, Tony his also compere and does a fantastic job, always good to see him. System of Hate up last, it's a packed room and so glad the weather hasn't deterred anyone, some new faces too and people have come from Sheffield just to see us. We play 8 tracks from "the album" and end with an encore of 2 covers, another great gig. Next Gig : Doncaster on Friday 11th December 2015, 1st and only Doncaster Gig of 2015.

Friday 20th of November 2015 - ALBUM Title and COVER revealed !!!!

Monday 16th of November - Spunk Volcano & The Eruptions , Barnsley - Friday the 13th November 2015

Fantastic turn out for Friday the 13th in the Barnsley Rock & Blues Club, 4 acts, so no time to hang about. First up, Johnny Half A Day from the Doncaster punk band Das Abyss, playing acoustic, all originals tonight, good set and he gets a nice warm reception. Next up, The Sons Of El Roacho, our good friends from Sheffield / Chesterfield, a brilliant rock-a-billy act with a touch of Punk in there, 30 minutes of pure joy, the crowd love them, nice mix or covers and originals. System next, to darken the mood and it's a blast through 8 of the 10 songs from "the album", only time constraints stop them playing the lot, another great gig. Spunk Volcano & The Eruptions up last, Spunk far more well known for being in Dirtbox Disco, but this is a good band and in my opinion very relevant. Since their last visit, they have a number of heavier songs in the set which we haven't heard before and they are brilliant. They play a slick, tight set with loads of banter from the crowd and Spunk bats them back with style. Great set and always nice to see them in Barnsley. Thank You everyone for coming, Cheers to the Venue, Marcus great sound and lights and all the staff! Next gig :- Sunday 29th of November - Rotherham with Seconds To Go........see you soon.

Photo by Lee Harrison

Thursday 12th November 2015 - Evil Blizzard at Trades, Hebden Bridge (Wednesday 11/11/15)

The "Don't Mention The Album Tour" continues on into Hebden Bridge, at the Trades Club and we support our mates, Evil Blizzard. Nathan Sykes is driving us again and now turns out he's a top notch Merch man too, THANKS so much mate. It's not a bad drive, we avoid the M62 like a curse, so travel through the most picturesque landscape around, it's just a shame it's dark so early. As we arrive Blizzard are sound checking and it's a lovely rustic venue, real ale, lovely friendly family style welcome. We sound check, a few technical difficulties push us to the time limit, but ten out of ten to the soundman for patience and calm, sorts us out a great sound, brilliant mate. Beer time and the calm before the storm is Punk Poet, Keiron Higgins, a local lad with lots of vitriol and venom, great stuff and he gets a warm reception from the crowd. System up next, and it's straight into 'Sanatoria' and the crowd are in our face, almost on our feet, it's great and they are lapping it up, we are actually selling stuff before we take to the stage. We play our 30 minutes to a packed room and end with 'Unhallowed Ground' to a rapturous applause, wow, what a fantastic gig. Evil Blizzard up next and we spend a bit of time at the fire door with them, as they wait to make their big entrance, lovely lads, no evil at all. They rush the stage and the place goes crazy, people on tables, standing on chairs, the bar area is empty, it sounds fantastic. They even out PIL Public Image Limited on one song, it's dirty, dark and groovy, everything we wanted. A fantastic set, as they end on 'Watching', a big fellow joins them on stage, hockey masked, hoodied up, menacing, yes you guessed it, it's 'Shaun Paddy O'Neill', he's enjoying himself and the boy will sleep tonight. The Blizzard lads hand their bass guitars out into the audience, it's organised chaos, even Pat jumps up on stage and takes over on Paddy's bass, it's a wonderful end to an amazing show. What a gem this venue is, it's been a pleasure to play, Thanks; Ben for inviting us along, Brian Featherstone helped negotiate the support slot, cheers Bri. Cheers again; to the Soundman, brilliant job, the venue, bar-staff and everyone who's purchased merchandise, thanks a million. Next gig :- Friday the 13th Spunk Volcano (Of Dirtbox Disco) comes to town, The Sons Of El Roacho, Johnny Half-A-Day, be frightened, be very frightened!

Photo by Carl Gulliford - Can you spot Paddy??

Monday 9th November 2015 - Mansfield Punk Weekend 2015 (Sat 7th Nov)

Well folks the 'Don't Mention The Album Tour' rolls on into Mansfield, at the New Cross pub in Sutton In Ashfield. Our very good friend Mr. Lee Terry of Kingcrows fame is driving us and we can't thank him enough, cheers son. We arrive just as the first act is finishing, load the gear in and get a beer. This is the 2nd day of the Mansfield Punk Weekend and yesterday XSLF headlined, today our good friends the UK Subs, headline. The list of bands are :-

4.30 / 5.00 - First Wave
5.15 / 5.45 - Prisoners of War
6.00 / 6.30 - Rabid
6.45 / 7.15 - Septic Psychos
7.30 / 8.00 - Tenplusone
8.15 / 8.45 - Hung like Hanratty
9.00 / 9 .30 - Headsticks
9.45 / 10.15 - System of Hate
10.30/ 11.30 - UK Subs

It's a nice mix of punk styles and the organisers have thought about it, we are chuffed with our slot and enjoy the day watching bands. Rabid even have a former 'Gaye Byker On Acid' member in their band, nice chaps and good music. Our mates, Septic Psychos play a great energetic set of brand new stuff and Hung Like Hanratty bring the chaos and fill the stage with fans, great to see. Tenplusone all the way from South Wales bring a more modern punk mix to the party, another good set. Headsticks calm it down a bit, more a Levellers come Spear Of Destiny feel and it's time for us to get ready. System up, for their first gig in these parts and it's a good reaction from the crowd, we blast straight through and again no sound check but who'd know, we have a great on stage sound and play very well, it's nice to see the SUBs watching us, means a lot. Thanks a lot to Al, Lee and Jayne for inviting us to play and the soundman really looked after us, said he enjoyed it too which always helps. Pack down time and then to watch the Subs, pure joy for us boys. It's been a long day but a great day, the bar prices are realistic too, Thanks for all the positive comments and everyone who bought merch, we will be back. Next gig - Evil Blizzard, Wednesday 11th November - Hebden Bridge.

Photo by Colleen Stout

Thursday 5th November 2015 - TV Smith & The Bored Teenagers - Leeds (Wednesday 4th Nov)

A very good turn out in Leeds for a foggy Wednesday night, good friend of the band, Nathan Sykes picks us all up and drives us through to The Library Venue in Leeds, cheers so much Big Lad. It's a nice atmosphere and we relax waiting for Suzy and Los Quattro to open proceedings. They've flown in from Barcelona today and hit the stage running, it's Pop Punk, nice tunes and sung with passion, great set and goes down very well. System up next and it's line-check only tonight due to time constraints, we blast through 35 minutes worth of Dark Punk and again get a nice warm reception. TV Smith and the Bored Teenagers up last, it's a set of classic Adverts songs, Tim ain't no spring chicken but he's really going for it, it's full on, no gaps between songs, bang, bang, bang, the audience are lapping it up. He encores with some solo material and it goes down just as well. It's been a great evening, to say we've been up against the Killing Joke and Hugh Cornwall gigs, it's been well attended. Good sound and nice people, great to catch up with friends. Next Gig :- Saturday at the Mansfield Punk Weekend, UK Subs headline, see you there!

Photo by Nathan Sykes

Tuesday 3rd November 2015 - Geoffrey Oi!cott Comes to Tarn & The start of the "Don't Mention The Album Tour"

A wonderful mixed bag of Punk Rock at the Barnsley Rock & Blues Club last Friday evening (30th October). Das Abyss opened the innings with a revitalised Johnny Half-A-Day, now main vocals, a chap from Tickhill on bass and young Barnsley lad on drums. They are tighter and sharper that previously seen and pull out a great performance, surely, time to record lads! The raffle prize tonight is again provided by Nathan Sykes, a good friend to System Of Hate and the winner is a guy from Ripon, worth the trip after all. System up next and straight into madness, with "Sanatoria, Sanatoria, Sanatoria", full steam ahead and a nice tribute to Tony Van Frater from the boys and a version of "Wanna Be Your Dog" by Iggy, to end a fantastic set. It's lovely to see Geoffrey Oi!cott in Barnsley at long last, brand new line-up, new drummer and they are bashing out the hits. It's a great set and nice for the Punks of this Parish to see another kind of Punk, Rebellion favourites in our own backyard, excellent. A great night of music and friendship, great work from Marcus the Soundman, the Rock & Blues Club staff and everyone who made the effort to support this event, thanks so much. Next gig :- Leeds with TV Smith playing the Adverts (Wednesday 4th November) see you down the front !!!

Saturday 24th October - *** MAJOR NEWS *** "The Album" is now recorded and mixed !!!!!!!!!!

We made our 1st visit to Axis Studios, Doncaster on Friday the 19th of June 2015.

Carl records Drums - 19th (full band), 20th & 21th June

Paddy records Bass - 9th July

Pat records Guitars - 12th & 13th July

Martin records Keyboard parts - 26th & 27th August

Suty records Vocals - 3rd & 4th (part day) September

Andrew Blower Saxophone & Backing Vocals - 30th September

Final Mixing - 15th October 2015

Axis Studio is a full time, full on Professional operation, so bands are constantly booked in throughout the year, sometimes for weeks at a time. Due to work shifts and holiday constraints, System Of Hate recorded as and when it suited both parties, but "The Album" was more or less completed in 4 months, and we are so pleased with the results, in fact we can't wait to get it out. More news soon.

Sunday 11th October 2015 - "We Shall Overcome" Sunday 4th October - Barnsley

It was an absolute privilege to be part of the WE SHALL OVERCOME Protest Weekend at the Barnsley Rock & Blues Club. Special Thanks to Jason White from Alternative Barnsley for inviting us to play. The Sunday started at 1-30pm, an extra stage had been built in a room that is never opened on normal gig days, mainly for Poetry & Acoustic Acts. The first act we catch is the charismatic Mark Jackson with 'His Criminal Waste Of Talent' (featuring our very good friend Dollar Dalton on guitar), a good set and great reception. The place is full of folk and catching up is lovely, we get the gear in and then settle to watch Two Car Family, a cracking band from Leeds and it's line check time. System up at 4-30pm and it's a 30 minute set, we start with Crucified for a change and are playing to mostly people we have never seen before. It's going well and as the day is about Protest and Rebellion, Paddy belts out two blinding rants, one about the injustice of Miners receiving compensation for wrongful arrests during the Strike and not one police office being dealt with over it (see the video below). The event is to raise money for Barnsley foodbanks and the second rant is about Cameron being so rich he could actually take food for granted and use it for non-eating purposes, I think you know the story. We end with 'No Government', a brilliant reaction and we're so proud to support this event. It's drinks time, then straight into watch, our mate the Pitman Poet, refreshing rants and anti-government rhetoric, nightclubs, workingmen's club and so much more, excellent. Louise Distras sadly had to pull out due to illness so long time friend, Jethro Platts fills the slot, again poetry/ranting, bit more laid back in style and very heartfelt, all relevant to the day, great stuff, a must see. Next up and we have members of Chumbawamba in the house, Interrobang!? hit the stage, imagine Sleaford Mods in a band guise and I reckon they would sound like this, ranting, shouting stuff, the order of the day, good tight band, again from Leeds and it's great they came here. The Hurriers play a blinder and we knew they would, this is their hometown and they care so much about trying to stop the rot in this country, Tony Wright (singer) had a lot to do with organising this Weekend and it's gone so well. There was a few more acts which I'm sorry to say I didn't catch, but how could they fail. Well Done all involved and the Barnsley Rock & Blues Club came up trumps, Marcus, sounds and lights once again fantastic !!!!!! See you next year.

VIDEO BELOW BY IAN ROEBUCK SHOWS SOME OF THE ACTS FROM SUNDAY (4TH OCTOBER)
REMEMBER TO STOP THE PLAYER ABOVE WHEN YOU PRESS PLAY ON THIS.

POST REBELLION WRITE UP August 2015

Rebellion was BLOODY BRILLIANT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! No other words for it, we had a great crowd and we met some brilliant people, including a few we really look up to! Thanks to everyone who attended it means the World and a BIG THANKS to the organisers for sticking by us and giving us another shot!! Hopefully see everyone next year ! We have a little bit of Merch left over if anyone wants anything, pop over to the Merch Page or give a member of System a message! Cheers.

Tuesday 28th July 2015 - Rebellion Warm Up Gigs (Barnsley 25/7/15 & Rotherham 26/7/15)

Rebellion Warm-Up Weekend and System Play their only Barnsley Headline gig this Year, with good friends; Brainbomb and The Kingcrows on Friday 24th July. It's a fantastic turn-out and Brainbomb open proceedings, a 4 piece tonight but it's still good and Andy Blower is on great bantering form, he has the audience laughing and loving every second of the show, great gig. Kingcrows up next and another Rebellion band, it's a great sleazy punk n roll show, you know the songs and these lads work hard, their album 'Funland' is out soon and should sell well, great set and again banter aplenty. At this point I would like to say a massive thanks to Nathan Sykes for providing the Raffle Prize, as so many bands know these lovely acts of kindness really help bands survive and keep us afloat, cheers Big Man. So, System up last and it's warm, we bang thru our as yet unreleased"album" set, few birthdays in the room, Paddy, Kim & Helen, there's a kind of party atmosphere despite the dark vibes coming from the stage. Quite a few new faces and it's good to see it busy, we end with Iggy's "Wanna Be Your Dog", Lee Terry joins us a stage, drummer from Kingcrows and why no he's covered for us before and a great friend. Brilliant sound & lights from Marcus, the Club looks after us again, cheers. So part 1 accomplished, Barnsley warmed up, next stop Rotherham Sunday 26th July.

A very rainy Rotherham and we arrive just after 1pm, plenty of time for a 3pm start. It's a DIY p-a, and all adds to the fun, Amanda's Blinds have provided the Raffle Prize today, so grateful to Daz and Minx, cheers guys. So our good friend, John "Half A Day" Chels from Das Abyss opens the gig, Acoustically on a nice Gretch 6 string. He's good and it's a fantastic set of originals and covers, even our Good friend Kelvin Shambollic gets up and does a nice, "Hurry Up Harry" cover with him, great banter with the crowd, John rides the wave, excellent set son! It's almost 4pm and as per usual people roll into the venue at the last minute and it's packed, we love this venue and the Rotherham folk, same set as Friday and it's going down a storm. We end with a stage invasion full of reprobates to sing along to "Wanna Be Your Dog", Andy Morton, Kelvin, John Chels, Pitman Poet, Minx, Chris Scales, Bri Feather, plus a few folk I've never seen before. We throw "No Government" in and these people are the same as us, they get the sentiment. A brilliant final gig before Rebellion, cheers Mick Hill and all at Cutlers, we are well and truly warmed up for Blackpool, see ya a week on Thursday, 6-20pm in the Arena !!!!!!!! Please spread the word, cheers.

Thursday 9th July 2015 - Membranes Vs Evil Blizzard - Brudenell, Leeds (4th July)

If this was the last gig you ever attended in your life, you would die very happy. John Robb is already talking about it, in seismic proportions, "One day someone will write about this gig, in a few years time it will turn up in some book," I have to agree, on my bucket list, I had down to play a gig with Evil Blizzard, ever since Paddy put me onto them, we've been trying to get them to Barnsley, logistically it's not worked out yet, so when we got offered this one, it was like a gift from God. The Membranes being on the bill also, what a fantastic bonus with John Robb being a supporter of ours, a punk friend and a super genuine guy. Being in an Evil Blizzard sound check, with the guys not in costume, is even better, still sounds great too. Anyway, Super Luxury open proceedings, young local lads, banging out shouty noise in a rocky style, sounds great and they set the mood for the evening, heavy pounding slabs of riff-age, excellent lads. System up next, we open with Rogue Apostle and it's a good receptive audience, it's a warm day so we had to drag people out of the sun, in to the Darkness, which we do, it goes down well and it's nice to see members of Evil Blizzard and The Membranes in the audience, another Big Step in the Life of System. Evil Blizzard up next and the room is rammed, a lot of tickets have been sold tonight, like our friend Andy Morten says, "If you have a soul, you must see this band", he's right of course, absolutely sublime, Paddy is even presented with a Blizzard Bass Guitar at the end of the set, to jam along to the chaos, utterly brilliant. The Membranes end the evening and they're gonna struggle to follow "the last Days of Pompeii Blizzard performance", but guess what, The Membranes bring along a modern Membranes sound, it's post punk and it's edgy, it's hard to dislike John Robb, he's so positive and enthusiastic. The music is great and a lot of people aren't going to get it in one listen, it's different to the older Membranes stuff, but they still perform some older numbers, the new stuff is excellent and times have moves on, so why wouldn't it. Excellent and still relevant !! A brilliant event, Well Done Brudenell !! Special Thanks to Andy Morten (28 years since he last saw the Membranes) and Greg Bartle for driving the band to Leeds, also Brian for all his help, and all the people who travelled over, especially the Scales & Roebuck Clans. Still Buzzing now.......Thursday 9th July, Paddy returns to the studio for his bass parts.

Bri Vs. Blizzpig Paddy & Filthy

Monday 15th June 2015 - Gateshead Revisited (Friday 12th June)

A fantastic return trip to the Doll at The Black Bull, Gateshead. We arrived just after 6, dropped the gear, ordered a pint and relaxed 'til sound check. We've smuggled some pork pies over the boarder and washed em down with some lovely beer. We sound check 3 songs and all sounds great, the roof top beer garden is open and Mr. Neil Newton (Angelic Upstarts / Crashed Out) joins us, good lad that Neil. Fat Albert up first and these lads are great, nice rocky version of punk, great set and I'm sure we'll do something with em again. 10 o'clock and it's stage time, a decent crowd has assembled and we have a dancer, one guy moshing up and down side to side, who says you can't dance to System. We play well, straight from one to the next, we have added "Dogs Of War", for brand new Grandad, Steve Stanners and a very special, "I'm An Upstart", just for Neil Newton. It's a great night and the merch now needs replenishing. We love this venue and will be back soon, with maybe a Scotland trip tagged to it.

**** BIG STUDIO ANNOUNCEMENT COMING VERY SOON !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ****

Tuesday 2nd June 2015 - Vibrators/Lurkers/SVATE Warehouse 23 Gig (Sunday 31st May)

We arrive at the Warehouse 23, Wakefield very early, no one else turns up for a sound check so we get a nice little extra warm up. Spunk Volcano and his Eruptions turn up next and we have a good chin-wag and catch up before stage time. 4-45pm and we kick into Rogue Apostle which starts off another re-jigged set list, yes you lucky people, you get something different each time. The on stage sound is great and we play a great set to a very receptive, decent audience, the merchandise sells well too, Well Done Brian.

Spunk Volcano and the Eruptions up next, people move a little closer and it's a great set from the masked hero and his boys. The Lurkers 3rd, and it's business as usual, the sound is great and they are rocking the place, Arthur even mentions our good mate, Pete 'Manic Esso' Haynes, who was their original drummer. It another great received set and I think some people are shocked by the amount of folks in here for a Sunday. Vibrators up last, and we've been chatting to Darrell Bath (Vibrators Guitar ex UK Subs / Dogs D'amour) about his time with the Subs and Pete Honkamaki (Bass) who has played with em too, Pat even changed a string for Darrell when he busts one about 2 songs in, they dedicate "Troops Of Tomorrow" to System Of Hate, a great set from em and Eddie on Drums is still on the money. Brilliant day all round, we've had a good drink, a good catch up with friends and played in a Great Venue. Special thanks to everyone involved; sound, doors, bar staff, promoters, Excellent. Next Gig :- Gateshead, Friday 12th June 2015.

Wednesday 20th May 2015 - Dirtbox Disco Barnsley Gig (Friday 15th May)

System Of Hate played their 1st Barnsley gig of 2015 and it's not a bad line-up; Dirtbox Disco and New Party Army. The Polish Club is packed and it's a great atmosphere, New Party Army open the night with Dave Pearsall (Cry Lead Singer and Barnsley Live Festival Guru), a laptop full of magic, a bass guitar and the truth. It's an Industrial Rock Punky sound scape, it's not to everyone's taste but it's different and inventive, and the CD he his promoting is great, good set and a brilliant debut performance. System Of Hate up next and it's a brand new set from their last performance in Town, the set is powered through and a lovely reaction from the audience, most of the stuff played will appear of the "album", recording starts next month. See below "Antichrist", the last song written, only 2 weeks old.

So wipe away the gloom and doom, it's Dirtbox Time. Wow, the lads and back for a second go in Barnsley, new material in the set, new faces in the audience and it's a slick fast set, the lads are on it. They are promoting their 4th album "In It For The Money", lots of the classics are played and 4 from the latter mentioned CD, the room is jumping and very satisfied. It's been a total success and Punk is Alive and well in Barnsley once again. Thanks So Much to all the bands, the Polish, Marcus on Sound/Lights, Brian Featherstone - System Management and as always everyone who made it down, especially the travellers!!!! Next Gig :- Sunday 31st May, Wakefield with Vibrators, Lurkers, Spunk Volcano & The Eruption, Doors 4pm - System on 1st - Spread The Word !!!!!!!!!!!

Saturday 25th March 2015 - Carl's Back & The UK SUBS - Sheffield (22-04-2015)

We are back into the live arena after a short lay off, due to Carl's shoulder operation. He's back and fit and banging them like a good-un. It's Sheffield and our first trip to the Corporation with our good friends; the UK Subs and The F*uckwits. Being a Wednesday night gig, it's an early start and a rush but we make sound check just it time, 7-45pm stage time. We blast through the set and it's nice to be back in the saddle, we get a great reaction, now time for a beer. We decide on a set of stuff we have never recorded, a fact that didn't go unnoticed by one Mr. Charlie Harper, "It just gets better", he says. F*ckwits up next and it's a good tight set, the lads have got a 'Clash' vibe going on and perform an excellent gig. UK Subs up last and to say it's the first gig of their tour and I believe they haven't rehearsed, you wouldn't know, they bash from one to the next, everyone of 'em playing out of their skins. It's good to catch up with them and they always take time to talk and a special thanks to all the F*ckwits for sharing their gear and looking after us. Great, great night !!!! Next gig :- Friday 15th May - Dirtbox Disco in Barnsley.

Tuesday 10th March 2015 - Batley with Dirtbox Disco (06-03-2015)

An absolutely cracking night for the opening of Punk In Batley 2015. We had a part in the promotion for this one, getting Dirtbox Disco to headline the night, Das Abyss our friends from Doncaster open the night. Das open and with a couple of members walking out recently, John did not want to let anyone down, he gets his pal in on bass and battles on, sounds good to me and they pull it off. Next up System, now talking about line-up changed, Carl has had a shoulder operation recently, so Lee 'Ratbag' Terry from The Kingcrows is standing in tonight. It's a set full of everything we have recorded, so Lee could pick the songs up easier, plus a couple of covers and 2 brand new ones, the lad does brilliant and we can't thank him enough, excellent. The set ends with "Unhallowed Ground" and a lot of people are asking about this song, we promise we will record it as soon as we can. Dirtbox up last, and the lads have been in make-up and look great, Danny Fingers back in the fold and they sound great. It's a greatest hits package tonight as they do when they play a brand new area, it's very slick and the lads are on fire. They win the crowd over and the people want them back! A fantastic evening of PUNK, 3 versions but it's all punk and the punters have been serviced! Next gig :- UK SUBS, Sheffield, Tickets available from System, only a tenna.

Photo by Norman Sansom

Monday 2nd February 2015 - Black Bull at Gateshead with Media Whores (31-01-2015)

We hit the North, bound for Geordieland. We make great time, pass the Angel Of The North and get to the bar for around 2pm, a good few rounds of Guinness and John Smiths, then it's time for the sound check.

Photo by Carl

We meet the Media Whores who have travelled down from Scotland (Edinburgh via Falkirk) and they are nice people, really looking forward to seeing them play. It's a lovely compact venue, great sound and we can't wait to get on. The Black Bull has filled up very nicely, we have some good friends in the audience, who we've met on our travels plus new faces, we have yet to convert. Martin starts the intro tape and we blast into 'Insanity', the crowd are lapping it up and we are amongst friends now, the new songs are going down very well and we end on a blistering version of "Unhallowed Ground". An orderly queue has formed at the Merch-desk and it's selling like hot cakes, the Insanity CD has totally sold out, 2 CDs and a T Shirt for a tenna is a massive hit. Thank You for your support.

The Media Whores up next and they play their own brand of post punk, it's intelligent, political stuff, well played and well written, they've even brought along their own Burlesque dancer for one song, great stuff lads, great set. The Media Whores are travelling back for the Old Firm Derby tomorrow, we stay over, it's a great set up and we've been looked after brilliant, we will be back. Special Thanks to Maz & Shez for putting us on, putting us up. Next Gig :- Batley with Dirtbox Disco on Friday 6th March - if you need a ticket give us a shout, cheers !

Monday 26th January 2015 - Sheffield (23.01.15) and Rotherham (25.01.15) Gigs in 1 Weekend

Sunday (25.01.15) and we return to the Cutlers Arms in Rotherham, 3pm kick off and we love this boozer, 2 sets today, nothing like making it easy for yourselves. At half past 2 the pub is empty, it's looking bleak, then all of a sudden they start trickling in, by 3-15pm the pub is full. First set is all the songs we have played many times, and we execute them to perfection (if I say so myself), time for a quick break, few beers and then back up. The second set is filled with what we think is going on "the album", now some of these have never been played live but no one can tell! We carry on the good work, it's been a triumphant success and the crowd have really enjoyed it! It's been one hell of a weekend, roll on the next - Gateshead, next Saturday (31.01.15), yes folks we head up North, the Black Bull playing with The Media Whores. Spread the word !!!!

No Maggie Thatcher & No Government. Photo by Minx

Our debut gig in Sheffield at the Mulberry Tavern, on a rainy Friday (23.01.15) in January, it's a bugger to find and the traffic is bad, we arrive a little late. We've missed sound check but that can't be helped. Our Doncaster mates Nexus Noise are up first, sounding brilliant, mainly covers but some really nice originals in there, there's a strong influence of Dr. Feelgood but it's not harming anything, great set lads. System up next and it's a good solid crowd, we got mates from Doncaster in there and some old friends from Sheffield, the sound is tip top and a it's great set, with a fantastic crowd reaction, a brilliant debut in the Steel City, we will be back! '77 up last, the local boys, this is a full covers set and they make a superb crowd, very happy. It's been a very well organised night, they are trying to do something good here, great promoter, soundman & bar staff. Right, time to get all the gear back up the stairs and get back to Systemland. Great night out !

photo by Bones Park Rider

Tuesday 9th December 2014 - Spunk Volcano Came to Town (Saturday 6th December 2014)

The Annual Barnsley Punk Xmas Bash at the Barnsley Polish Club (voted Barnsley Venue of the Year by fans of Barnsley Live) was a roaring success. Das Abyss opened proceeding, fresh from their own Doncaster Xmas Bash the night before and god had it made a difference, they were tighter than we've ever seen them and totally enjoying themselves, great set and good people. The Sons Of El Roacho up next and we've known these lads a while and they are good friends and a brilliant band, we never tire of seeing them, a real pleasure to have them on the bill, great set of punk-a-billy, brilliant. System up next and Martin begins the set with a lovely piece of music, then it's bang, bang, bang and straight into a brand new song, "Rogue Apostle", the crowd like it and then it's straight through, slick changes, great ending to the year. 'No Government' (Anti Pasti cover) concluded the set with an appearance by the man in the Thatcher mask, great tight set. The headliners up next 'Spunk Volcano & The Eruptions', you've got 3 members from the fantastic Dirtbox Disco plus 2 other great musicians, it can only lead to a fantastic set of Spunk songs, the crowd all move forward and are loving every minute. A cracking set seems to be over all too quickly, always a good sign, it's been a belter of a night and Spunk wants to come back next year, WATCH THIS SPACE!

It's been a great year and this caps it off very nicely, thanks for all who attended, everyone who has bought merch and raffle tickets, we can't thank you enough. Special thanks to all the bands, Steve 'Dollar' Dalton for compere duties, Bri Feath (Everything), Sam - stage duties, Marcus (Soundman of the Year), Jeff and all the other great helpful people at the Polish Club, All the Barnsley Punks, friends and travelling Punk people, can't thank you enough, cheers for the support, "without you we are nothing".............................. Merry Christmas and a prosperous New YEAR !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tuesday 2nd December 2014 - Rebellion Confirmation & Leeds with XSLF & Oi!cotts

SYSTEM OF HATE have been confirmed for Rebellion 2015 - end of message...................

We haven't played in Leeds since 28th June 2013, so it's nice to be back. What a wonderful place the Wharf Chambers is to play, an old pork-pie factory and such a relaxed place. Geoffrey Oi!cott are sound checking as we arrive and have it nailed very quickly, we sound check and then it's relax time, til we play at around 8-30. The place starts filling up nicely and it's great to see some familiar faces, we kick off and the sound on stage is great and the faces in the crowd tell us it's good their side too, a great friendly Leeds welcome and I really want to play here again.

2 great photos by John Bolloten (many thanks John)

Oi!cott up next and they have a new guitar player and it's nice to see them so close, you appreciate that they can actually play and are not just a novelty act, a couple of nice covers thrown in too, good set lads. Next up and the main attraction, XSLF (2 ex members of the Stiff Little Fingers, Henry Cluney and Jim Reilly), the room is now full, they play all the classics, and whatever you think, the audience are bouncing around the room, there are some great songs, no doubt. "Alternative Ulster", is sang as "Alternative Yorkshire", and the crowd go wild, it's a nice touch from Henry. A great night, and nice to finally gig with Geoffey Oi!cott. Special thanks to Tom for putting us on, the soundman (sorry didn't catch your name) great sound, the whole vibe of the venue is amazing.

Live footage of 'Ashes Of Divinity' by our good friend - Steve Iles (Thanks Steve)

Monday 17th Nov 2014 - UK SUBS (Wakefield) & Rotherham Cutlers Arms

Friday night and we return to the Hop in Wakefield, it's been quite a while, January to be precise but we love this venue and we love the UK SUBS. Great to meet up with the Subs not seen them since Rebellion, we arrive as they are sound checking, such a privilege to witness, as they play some new songs from the forthcoming "Yellow Leader" album. We load our gear on stage and sound check "Apostle 13", Bleed load their gear on and that little stage is brimming over, all done, 1st band 8-20pm.

The venue is filling up, we see faces we know from Barnsley, Batley, Doncaster, Wakefield, Leeds and there's even some who have crossed the Yorkshire boarder, it is the Subs afterall. Bleed blast into their heavy punk, plenty of noise and power all rolled into one driven machine, it's a good set and goes down well. System up next, the on stage sound is great and by the reaction of the crowd the sound coming through the PA speakers must be decent too. The room is packed and we can see, a sea of heads bobbing up and down to the Dark Punk Groove, we end on "Infected" for a change due to time constraints. Great gig and thanks everyone for kind words and for buying our stuff at the Merchandise desk.

Subs up next, and the room is sardine packed, the most people I've seen in the Hop, I think they open with "Suicidal Girl", and then it's into the collection of classics, they are on fire and Jet, Jamie, Alvin and Charlie blow the roof off the place, great night, roll on the next gig with the Subs. Special Thanks to the Hop also for a great, well run night and good sound, cheers !!!

Sunday and we are Rotherham bound, the Cutlers Arms, 2nd visit and a lovely return to this earthy real ale pub, with all it's original glass in the windows quite a sight to see. It's a 3pm start so we don't know what to expect numbers wise, as time ticks by people slowly trickle in to create a decent sized audience. Das Abyss our good friends from Doncaster hit the stage and play their version of punk, it's noisy, loud and with Kevin riffing his head off, it all adds up to a nice 'straight to the point' punk rock set. System next and it's straight to business, "if we ain't tight today folks we ain't never going to be", the rehersals and the gigs payoff, we are on fire, 4 songs return to the set list from fridays cut down one, a great gig and lovely to see a crowd invation on 'I Want to Be Your Dog' and 'No Government', thanks again Rotherham !!! You made it a fantastic afternoon!

Next gig :- Leeds with XSLF and Geoffrey Oi!cott, Friday 28th November 2014 (See Gigs)

Wednesday 5th Nov 2014 (Bonny Neet) - Polish Club - Barnsley (Fri 31st October 2014)

A slight change to the Halloween gig billed due to a last minute pull-out of Lizzy and the Banshees, because of a family bereavement. So it's was back to System and Brainbomb, we tried to get a third band but it was too short notice. Steve 'Dollar' Dalton comes in as compere and helps make it a great night. Brainbomb play a great set, with a lovely mix of originals and covers. System are fantastic and Marcus goes to town on the lights as well as giving a great sound. A few new faces tonight see a System Of Hate on fire, and hear the brand new "Apostle 13" song, a sign of brilliant things to come.

Photo by R.Pearson

Next gig:- UK Subs at the Hop, Wakefield.

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Friday 24th October 2014 - Polish Club - Barnsley (Sunday 19th October 2014)

Back at The Polish for our Sunday afternoon punk gigs slot, we tried to mix it up a bit by inviting another Rebellion band, but alas The F*ckwitts pulled out with illness, so very good friends Brainbomb fill the gap. A slightly quieter than normal affair, I guess so much else going on over the weekend doesn't help, but 2 bands gave their absolute.

Brainbomb kick off and there's a least 2 new original songs in their set, and they're 'good uns', Andy Blower can certainly write a decent ditty, no doubt. System up at six o'clock sharp and they blast out the set list from the last gig but in reverse order, wow it's powerful, strong, driving and pounding along like a steamroller with a headache. Great stuff !!!

Thanks for all your support, especially people travelling again, means the world, next gig : Halloween !!

Wednesday 8th October 2014 - Batley Gig With Peter & TTTBs (Friday 3rd October 2014)

A year to the day since we last play at Brooklands, Batley with Peter & The Test Tube Babies and it's great to see the lads again. Yes we like these lads and the venue, always a good punk turn out in Batley too. 'Vomit' have called in sick, so we are down as the only support band, we can set our gear up and leave it set up, time to relax. There's a lot of System t-shirts in the audience tonight and it's great to see people have traveled from Rotherham and Doncaster just to listen to us. We blast through a revised set to suit a total punk audience and get a great reception, the special CD and T-Shirt deal is still selling well (see SHOP PAGE for details). Pat and Paddy do a quick chaotic interview with Del Test-tube for his radio show, the language barrier is definitely causing a problem, can't wait to hear this one, link coming soon. Peter &The Lads play a classic Test Tubes set of songs, brilliant! Early finish due to the place turning in to a disco and we're home just before 12, another great night !!!!!

24th September 2014 - Launch Gig for Insanity Industrial Remix CD - Barnsley Polish (21st September 2014)

A lovely autumnal afternoon at the Polish Club in Barnsley, four acts and free entry, what else do you want? Steve 'Dollar' Dalton opens proceedings, 'Dollar is Criminally Insane' is his stage moniker and he's doing Spoken Word, he does about 25 minutes of Punk Poetry, the audience listen, laugh and cry with some of these stories, but it's a great act and Steve is confident and delivers his words, very well. He has a CD on sale 'An Ill Favoured Thing e.p.', which is also very good.

Next up Doncaster's 'Das Abyss', a mixed age band from the very very young to the very very old (only kidding guys), Punk with a constant soloing guitar thru the tracks, it's different and we like that, no formula, if it sticks -it sticks, their enthusiasm is contagious, come on guys lets have a recording out soon, great set, great people.

'Brainbomb' up next, we know these lads very well and it's a great set, as printed here before, the originals are great as well as the covers, extremely entertaining and the audience love it. Our friend Stefan, who we met at Rebellion this year, has traveled up especially from the South to see System play, it's a lovely surprise he sees 'System Of Hate' play a blinder! The set starts with 'Lyndon Scarfe's' remix of 'Infected' being blasted out over the PA and then the lads rip straight into 'Insanity', lovely, 'Halos Of Deception' is back in the set and the brand new 'Sanatoria' ends the set to gasps of brilliance (if I say so myself). The audience is graced with members of the Abrasive Wheels, Shambolix and the Servers, probably more. The pub runs out of BEER, always a good sign, with absolutely no thoughts of doing an encore, System bend to pressure and bang out 'No Government', a total success of an event, a great crowd, great sound, great company, love it!

It is also the first outing for our brand new stage banner and bass drum skin, special thanks to the guru - Brian Featherstone, looks magnificent,. Thank You for all your continued support!!!!!!!! Next Gig - Batley with Peter and The Test-Tube Babies - 3rd of October, we have tickets for sale, shout if you want one - see you down the front !!!!

Monday 1st September 2014 - Summer Break Over - Next GIG - Rebellion 2014 Vids

Hello Good People, we return from our little break for Summer, still buzzing from Rebellion!

Next gig:- 21st September to Promote the Launch of the REMIXED Insanity EP by Lyndon Scarfe.
Please click on our Feedback page to read a review or click HERE to visit the original source.

Meanwhile here's some videos from REBELLION !!!!!! Thanks again for all your SUPPORT !!!!

INSANITY - LIVE REBELLION 2014

PARACITES IN PARADISE - LIVE REBELLION 2014

Monday 11th August 2014 - REBELLION 2014 - AMAZING !!!!!!!!!!!

Sunday 3rd August 2014 - Hallcross Doncaster - 26th July Gig

Doncaster, the location of our first ever gig, the Hallcross, we enter to a heroes welcome, to a night billed as Punk Armageddon, 3 bands - Inequality Street, Das Abyss & System. It's a beautiful warm evening, as we step out of the vehicle it feels like Spain, going to be hot one.

Inequality Street up first, 3 piece punk rock, old school, there's a good crowd in and they are really receptive to the lads, a slower GBH style, the singer is a dead ringer for Boggy from 3CR, (you can't win em all), it's a decent set, I'm sure we'll see these guy again. Das Abyss, next up, we played with these guys at Rotherham recently, now they are on their own turf, good energy, not sure how to describe them but they are definitely doing their own thing, the singer puts the work in and steps into the crowd, as does the lead guitar player, great set well received by the audience, we like this band.

Last but not least, System and it's now ten o'clock and a little bit cooler but you wouldn't know, back to a 13 song set, banging straight through, beginning to see a few faces turning up at all the gigs now, it's brilliant.

photo by Kelvin Caudwell

This is the last gig before Rebellion so the lads are really going for it, it's been a brilliant turn out. Doncaster is a great place to play, we will be back, next stop BLACKPOOL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tuesday 15th July 2014 - DIRTBOX DISCO comes to tarn (11-07-14)

Wow, Friday was absolutely brilliant, Spunk Volcano and the boys played out of their skins to entertain a very large appreciative Barnsley audience, plus quite a few who'd travelled from Leeds, Wakefield, Sheffield, Doncaster, Rotherham, Newcastle, Derby and probably a few more I've missed. In the crowd are members of :- Brainbomb, X-Rippers, Abrasive Wheels, Geoffrey Oicott, Septic Psychos, Hospital Food, Kingcrows, Sons Of El Roacho and probably others.

System walk on stage at 9pm sharp and hit the stage running, straight in Insanity, then another, then another, relentlessly banging from one song to the next, only stopping for the odd drinks break, yes it's warmer than Brazil in the Polish Club tonight and the people and loving it. It's hot in the room and as soon as System finish their set, everyone vacates to the beer garden for a well earned breath of fresh air. This is the best System Of Hate have ever played by the way !

10-15pm and it's Dirtbox time, the sound is perfect and everyone moves forward, Dirtbox have a bagful of songs, each one a sing-a-long classic. Lots of people have been converted tonight, one guy said, "I've never heard the songs before but feel like I know everyone", high praise indeed. I had to laugh when Spunk Volcano was complaining it was hot and Weab says, "You chose to wear the balaclava!", classic line, another Weab-ism directed at Spunk was, "Bloody Hell he must mean business, he's tuning up now!" A great set, by a great set of lads and even an encore thrown in, just fantastic !!!

It was a great night for Barnsley Punk Promotions, System Of Hate and the people of Barnsley, Dirtbox Disco will be returning to Barnsley, they can't wait to play again. Thanks to everyone who supported this event, you made it happen and created an incredible night !!!!!! Big big Thanks to Brian Featherstone!

Next Gig :- The Hallcross, Doncaster - Saturday 26th July 2014 - back to the scene of System's first ever gig ! Das Abyss and Inequality Street also play - free entry!

Tuesday 15th July 2014 - SLAMfest (05-07-14)

We had a fantastic day at SlamFest 2014 (05-07-2014) Rotherham, it was a pleasure to share the stage at the Trades Club with :- The Thurmanators, First Wave, UK Skunk, Brainbomb, Mark Jackson's Criminal Waste Of Time, Septic Psychos, Diamond Velocity, The Lurkers and 999. Everyone played really well and it was a honour to be part of the event.

We were lucky enough to be on after the Septic Psychos who really got the room rocking, we played a great set and got a lovely reception from the people of Rotherham. Another lovely bonus was Steve Ellis (who recorded our second e.p.) was doing the sound, so we got a great sound too. Great day and good see friends old and new.

Thursday 26th June 2014 - Vive Le Rock Rebel Rouers, Suprise Release & Gig News

It seem like we've been quiet but some lovely stuff has been going off behind the scenes. We have a special release coming out very soon, more news when it's complete, we are very excited about it as we know you will be.

We appeared in the latest edition of VIVE LE ROCK magazine (Issue 19 - UK Subs on the front) under the Rebel Rousers section - see below

We have 3 great gigs this month (999/Lurkers all-dayer at Rotherham, Dirtbox in Barnsley and a nice headline gig in Doncaster, the scene of our first ever show - see gigs page for more info.) then of course Rebellion, we are playing nice and early on SUNDAY, 12.45pm on the new CASBAH Stage, please support us!!!! More news soon - cheers for sticking with us !!!!

Monday 19th May 2014 - Rotherham, Cutlers Arms Gig (16/05/14)

Our first visit to Rotherham and a great time was had by all. The Cutlers Arms is a real ale pub and very welcoming. Das Abyss from Doncaster opened the evening, a cross between Subway Sect & Slaughter & The Dogs, it a quick fire, slick set, couple of covers, very good and a really nice bunch of lads. System up and it's a DIY p-a so it's has more of a punk feel and comments afterwards tell us, was not a bad thing. Its a great success with nice audience participation on a couple of songs, great to see some old friends in the crowd and the new ones, thanks for travelling over! Next gig, as of now is Rotherham, we are hoping something might come in before hand.

Don't forget - DIRTBOX DISCO tickets are still on sale - ring 07940 564886

Thursday 8th May 2014 - Bank Holiday Gigs - Courthouse (02/05/14) & Batley (04/05/14)

Friday (2nd May 2014) we were back at the Courthouse in Barnsley with our good friends BrainBoMB, a great crowd and some new faces, Brainbomb play a great set and really get the room rocking, as we say something for everyone on the Barnsley Punk Promotions nights. Next up, System power through a set of songs from the first two singles plus songs which will appear on "the album", Halos Of Deception makes it's first ever outing and gets a lovely reception. Great night!

Sunday (4th May) and it's over to Brooklands Bar for the 4th Batley Punk Festival with Hospital Food, System Of Hate, Chapter 13, The Guttersluts and Lizzy & the Banshees. It's a decent turn out and sales are very good, the new e.p. is selling well. We use friday's set list, make a few crossings out to make 40 minutes up, another a good crisp performance, a great weekend !!!!!!! Next gig:- 16th of May - Cutlers Arms, Rotherham with Das Abyss. First trip to Rotherham for System.

April 2014

We've had a quiet April but behind the scenes we completed our 'Madness' track (no not 'Insanity', Suggs and the Nutty Boys - that Madness). "Stepping Into Line", has been recorded for the Specialized Teenage Cancer Trust Project, Martin has done a tremendous job on the track piecing it all together and organising the recording of each member and our good friend Andy Blower has popped up on Sax, and what a job he's done, as have all the lads!!! More news on the release date, etc, soon!

Monday 24th March 2014 - Insanity E.P. and the Launch (Polish 23rd March 2014)

Well folks the brand new CD is finally upon us! The "Insanity e.p." is now available via this website and at gigs. The launch evening yesterday (Sunday 23rd March at the Polish Barnsley) was a wonderful gig, System Of Hate played out of their skins, it certainly helps with a good sound on stage and the extra rehearsals have really made a difference. Big thanks to Brainbomb who played as well as they have in ages, a couple of gigs and they're back to their brilliant selves. Thanks to the Polish Club for their continued support and Marcus again for the great sound and lights!!! Get your copy now !! Visit the merch page ! Keep spreading the word !! T H A N K - Y O U !!

Tuesday 11th March 2014 - Courthouse - Barnsley Gig (friday 07/03/14)

System played their first gig at the Courthouse in Barnsley last friday to a well packed room. Brainbomb opened the evening with a set full of crowd pleasing covers and well crafted originals, their first gig of the year and a total success.

Next up System, who open up with their brand new "Intro Tape", then straight into "Insanity", the first track off the brand new Single. It's a very tight set , slick changes with brand new song "Killing Fields" introduced into the mix, Iggy Pop's "Wanna Be Your Dog" makes a nice return and as a special 30 Years since the Miners Strike, "No Government" gets an extra loud applause. Great crowd, good sound from Matt Black-Vines and a very accommodating venue, cheers everyone involved.

Next gig:- "SINGLE LAUNCH at the Polish Club - Sunday 23rd of March 2014 - 5pm start"

Sunday 2nd March 2014 - SINGLE E.P. LAUNCH / AIRPLAY

The SINGLE LAUCH has been booked for the Polish Club in Barnsley on Sunday the 23rd of March, Brainbomb will open the gig. It starts at 5pm sharp and entry is free, the Insanity e.p will be available for £3.

We now have the tickets for DIRTBOX DISCO, if you want one for the JULY show please contact us.

We have done very well with Airplay for the new single, getting plays in England, Germany & America so far. It's hard to keep up with everyone playing it but we appreciate everyone who takes the time to play a song. We are very proud of the songs and now they are packaged up with the artwork and disc, it looks amazing, Well Done all involved !!!!

Wednesday 5th February 2014 - Hop, Wakefield Review with DISCHARGE (31st January 2014)

It's been a while since we've played at the Hop, we thought we were playing with Anti-Pasti but due to their recent split, Discharge are now headliners. It's a cold, wet night but still a decent turn out, Bob from the Guttersluts is our driver tonight and we can't thank him enough! We open the night, a re-jigged set list, 30 minutes of heavier stuff, seems to go down very nicely, with an Anti-Pasti cover in the middle, you know the one. We have friends in the audience and it's good to see them, cheers for coming.

Photo by: andrewbellisphotography@gmail.com - cheers Andy !!

Hospital Food up next, a nice steady set, new drummer, couple new songs since we last saw them and the audience like it, all good. Discharge up next and we expect a barrage on noise on the ear-holes but what we do get is a lovely surprise, great musicianship (Rainy & Bones), a drummer as fit as a bull and Rat (vocals) giving it, everything he's got, just brilliant lads! A great night, good sound, nice vibe and special thanks to Bri Feather for running the Merchandise and selling well............Another fantastic night on Planet System !!!

Thursday 30th January 2014 - Final Mix of Insanity E.P.

Paddy, Carl & Martin went over to Orion Studios to finalise the mix of our 2nd single, the "Insanity e.p." It's been a long time coming, with Steve Ellis being in such high demand as; Producer, Engineer and Live Sound-man plus we decided to add Martin's parts at the last minute (he wasn't in the band when we started). Steve had sent mixes over and all in all they were near perfect, a few tweaks and 'bob's yer uncle'.

With a few listens, tests on different systems, the car test and the Bose test and everyone in the band "okayed" it by 10pm - so that's it!

The cover artwork has been ready for a few weeks, Jambo from the Krayons set the cover up, Steve Mitchell @ Mitchellworks completed the back cover a few days ago. So this has now been sent over to Paul at Retro Records (Punk Domain) to package together, more info soon. A launch night will also be organised in Barnsley, probably in March!

Monday 20th January 2014 - First Gig Of 2014 - Yorkshire Punk Night - Polish Club (18th Jan '14)

A rare Saturday night gig at the Polish Club for Barnsley Punk Promotions and we see quite a few new faces. The Krayons (a Young Wakefield Street Punk band) open the show and play a very slick set, it's fast loud and gritty, just what the 'post xmas blues' doctor ordered, for a 3 piece they make a lovely full-on noise, great stuff.

Old friends, the Kingcrows up next, and you know what you are going to get with this 4 piece from Leeds, loads of energy, nice bouncy Punk 'N Roll with a touch of Sleazy Glam in there, again an outstanding set and the audience are very appreciative.

Last up, System Of Hate and after two great sets the boys are really 'Punked -Up' and going for it, no nonsense slick changes between songs only interrupted by much required refreshment breaks, it's hot in the room tonight and a total success numbers wise, it's packed. System introduce a new song into the set, "I Wanna Be Your Dog" by Iggy & the Stooges and it's a winner. Great night, fantastic sound, brilliant to see all the punk rock family travelling from all over Yorkshire, Many Thanks.

Next gig - 31st of January - the Hop, Wakefield with DISCHARGE & Hospital Food.

Tuesday 7th Janaury - 2014 - HAPPY NEW YEAR !! Upstarts Review (27-12-13) - Leopard, Doncaster.

A return to the Leopard after our fantastic support gig with the UK Subs (29-11-13), we got booked straight back and we meet the Angelic Upstarts and Crashed Out again (last time - York 8/11/13). Well the place is absolutely rammed, I can only think people want some respite from the Turkey and the Family, plus see 3 great bands for only 10 quid (cheers for buying tickets off us!!). It's great to see so many people, a good few have traveled over from Barnsley, Steve Ellis works his magic on sound and who'd know we hadn't had a rehearsal due to Xmas commitments. Martin opened up our set with "God Rest You Merry Gentlemen", a Victorian carol which talks about the power of Satan, a bit of culture, the calm before the storm and it's 1-2-3-4 and we blast through an intense set. Magic !

Crashed-Out rush the stage as we are on quick turnarounds, they blast out their Ruck 'N Roll, Street Punk and really warm the audience for the main act. May I say at this point, The Upstarts and Crashed-Out have treated us really well once more, even allowing us access to their rider, oh yes!!!!!! Thomas "Mensi" Mensforth and his lads hit the stage and play better, louder and longer than I remember, and he has the audience in the palms of his very massive hands, it one hell of a show, with all the trimmings. The roof has been blown off tonight, we all meet again in 2014, a brilliant end to a BRILLIANT year!!!!

There is a review of the evening at www.PUNX.CO.UK - link here - http://www.punx.co.uk/angelic-upstarts-leopard-doncaster-27-december-2013 - click to see it.

"First up were local boys from sunny Barnsley, System of Hate. I hadn’t seen them before, but they made a good noise. Growling vocals, wailing guitars, all with a screeching synth background, what’s not to like? If I notice them playing somewhere nearby again I’ll definitely be going along to see them."

Thank You so much for all your support throught 2013 !!!!!!!!

Tuesday 17th December - Xmas Polish Club Gig (13th December 2013)

Last home-town gig of the year and it's a very good turn out at the Polish Club. Mark Jackson's Criminal Waste Of Talent opens the night and it's a tremendous set from Barnsley's Master of Mirth, Author and Recording Star. He's got great stage presence, good gags and a crackingly tight band behind him, excellent lads, great show! Quick raffle read out and again thanks so much everyone who has bought tickets, you help support us!!!

System Of Hate up next and it's a very tight set, slick changes between songs and a great audience reaction, 'Crucified' comes back in, to end the set and goes down a bomb! A few new faces in the crowd which is always good, including Mr. Andrew Bellis who takes some fantastic photos (see below). Special thanks to everyone at the Polish Club, you have really looked after us this year.

Next gig - 27th December at the Leopard, Doncaster with Angelic Upstarts and Crash-Out - yes we meet again! Tickets available from System Of Hate, only a tenna ! Have a Great Christmas and a fantastic New Year !!!!!!!!!!!!! CHEERS FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT !!!!!!!!

Sunday 15th December - 2013 - Orion Studio Visit for Martin (10th December 2013)

On Tuesday the 10th of December Martin Roberts made his way to Rotherham to add his keyboard parts to 3 of the 4 previously recorded tracks with Steve at Orion Studios. Due to the fact loads of people are plaguing the life out of us to release new material, we are putting out a 4 track e.p. as soon as possible. So Martin is adding to Ashes Of Divinity, Dogs Of War and Infected, we are leaving Insanity as it is, due to the fact it has Saxophone on it (click here for a preview link on soundcloud). We were going to do an album next and add to these tracks but due to time constraints, we feel we can't wait that long, we will let you know as soon as it's out. Martin added several parts to each song and really enhanced what is already there, we also felt it was imperative to get Martin on the songs, as he is now firmly in the band. More news soon........

Thursday 5th December - 2013 - Brand New Member - Martin Roberts

We've been so busy lately that we have not properly introduced our brand new band member. Mr. Martin Roberts on keyboards ! See him below picture with Charlie Harper and Alvin Gibbs of the Legendary punk band the UK SUBS!!!

Wednesday 4th December - 2013 - UK Subs Review (29th November) - Leopard, Doncaster

With 4 big UK Subs fans in the band, we'd been looking forward to this one for ages, cheers to Steve Ellis for putting us forward. The traffic was bumper to bumper all through Doncaster, a couple of accidents at either side of town nearly brings us to a stand still but with good planning and an early start, we arrive first. We get the gear up the iron outside staircase, thank god it's not icy, then wait for the others, we are shown to the dressing room, yes Dear reader, dressing room and it's shared.

Jamie, Alvin, Jet and Charlie arrive next, then Nexus Noise not long after, we are behind time so quick sound checks and everyone's happy. The doors open and slowly people start trickling in, by the time its show time the room is nicely full, System Of Hate open and blast into "Insanity" and the crowd are getting it, great warm reaction from the audience. As we get further into the set the room is full, the sound is absolutely brilliant (Steve Ellis the guy who we've been recording with is doing the sound and he's very good), the crowd are moving to the music and Charlie Harper is at the back nodding away as well. We end with "No Government", now with added Martin Roberts keys and the place goes wild, brilliant gig (note to self - order more T-shirts). We get some great feedback from Alvin Gibbs and Charlie Harper, as they tell us to help ourselves to another drink from the rider (oh yes, oh yes!!!).

Nexus Noise up next and they play mainly covers but they do them very well, very similar choices to our good friends Brainbomb, the crowd enjoy them too, the night is set up nicely for the Subs.

Wow, it's packed, apparently this place hasn't been as busy in a good while, the Subs are on fire and blast through there "no set list" set, very nice chaps as well.

Special thanks to Greg for looking after the merch desk, Tracy, Spider, Paul and especially Steve E. Gear down the big Iron stairs, I even help Alvin with his bass amp, I'll regret that in the morning but not tonight, we are all buzzing from another Great, great night in Doncaster !!!!!!!! Big thanks to Smudge and Jimmy Mac for the transportation !!!

We have been booked back at the Leopard on 27th December with our good friends; Angelic Upstarts & Crashed-Out!!! See ya there!!!!!!!!!!!

Sunday 1st December - 2013 - REBELLION 2014

We are very pleased to announce SYSTEM OF HATE are playing Rebellion 2014 !!!! We can not thank you enough for your support through 2013. And to the special PEOPLE who have been plugging, pushing and pulling us in the right direction, we will always be in your debt........T H A N K - Y O U !!!!!

Saturday 30th November 2013 - LONDON, 12 Bar Club (23th November '13)

We set off from Barnsley at 9pm sharp on Saturday the 23rd of November, heading for Meadowhall Bus Interchange. The bus arrived a little late, but 3.5 hours later we hit the 'Big Smoke'. 5 minutes later and we're in the Digs, a lovely Hostel over-looking Battersea Power Station, we check in, quick pint of Guinness and then make up our beds. Yes Dear Reader, we have to put our own sheets on, pillows in pillowcases and the big tester duvets inside the duvet covers, this was the subject of much mirth and the bonding session had started. A quick wash and we get back to the Guinness; we feast upon Barnsley pork pies, which Paddy has kindly brought along.

After some chill out time we order a taxi and make our way to the 12 Bar Club on Denmark Street (as seen on BBC's The One Show recently), we leave our gear in the lock up room and then go for a quick pint at the Intrepid Fox. We return around 7pm for sound check and blast through "Who Bleeds?” sorted, sounds great! A quick bite to eat, on our return, Pete 'Manic Esso' Haynes from the Lurkers (who watched us at Rebellion 2013) and Leigh Heggarty (Ruts DC / TV Smith, Department S, plus many more) have come to show their support and it's great to see them!!! Tom Halpin of 16 Guns, a good mate of the band has also made the trip with his wife, always good to catch up with them.

Salvators Gun open the evening, I believe it's their 1st ever gig and they have a post punk vibe, an older singer with younger guys around him, I quite enjoyed their set. Next up; The Band Of The Underhand, these lads can really play, with a piano keyboard sound, they remind me of REM, Squeeze with a little bit of the Blockheads in there, it’s very good indeed!

System hit the stage just after 10pm and it's been along day but we are here to play, so play we do! There's not a lot of room on this stage, as the photos and videos show but we made it Rock, in more ways than one ;-) A great reception and a very tight set if I say so myself, Tom from 16 Guns joins us on stage for the Anti Pasti 'Classic' "No Government", great job and totally unrehearsed!

Time for a drink and Mr. Barnet treats us all to a drink, Hobgoblin's all round - brilliant mate, thanks so much for putting us on. Electric Eyes next on stage and it’s a laid back blend of Punk, Blues and Rock 'n Roll, we watch most of the set on the TV screen in the bar, as our old legs need to rest, it's all good stuff. The place is now full to the rafters, the after show party for the Meteors is now in full swing, Green Monsters hit the stage. They play good time Rockabilly, a great vibe, a great show. Taxi!!! Then Bed. We wake for breakfast at 7am, taxi, bus at 9-30am. We are back in Barnsley for 1-30pm - brilliant, brilliant, brilliant !!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you London! We will be back! ...................................Video by Tom Halpin

 Tuesday 19th November 2013 - Short Notice Gig at The Polish, Barnsley (15th November '13)

With half of Barnsley migrating to Holmfirth to watch Stiff Little Fingers, the live England v Chile football game and 'Children In Need' on our screens, we were very pleasantly surprised and extremely happy to play to a good sized audience at The Barnsley Polish Club. The Septic Psychos opened the show with their fast paced old school punk rock, and they did not disappoint, brilliant lads! I'm sure we'll be seeing you in Barnsley again soon. System Of Hate, Martin Roberts now firmly in place and qnother great show, the sound is great and the light show just as strong, with each song ending in total darkness, Well Done! Marcus. Thanks to the Polish for their continued support and everyone who came out !! Thanks-so-much !!!!!!!! Photo by Simon Eastwood, Cheers!

Saturday 16th November 2013 - Angelic Upstarts / Crash-Out Gig (8th November '13)

A nice road trip to York and traveling with us, our brand new shipmate Mr. Martin Roberts (Keyboards, yes that's correct Keyboards). We arrive in good time, although we do struggle to find the Duchess, we make sound-check and receive some complimentary drinks on our entry courtesy of the Upstarts, great start to the evening. We hit the stage at 8.00pm sharp and bang through our 30 minute set, it's brilliant, tight and you can feel the warmth from the crowd. A lot of people hearing Martin for the first time, are quite 'taken a-back', we get loads of nice comments, including Jase of Geoffrey Oicott fame. Highlight for me, during the playing of "Zealot's Path", I looked round to see Mensi in the doorway nodding away, 'priceless'. Next up Crashed-Out start right on time, a punchy more rockier version of punk rock, these lads are good, regulars at Rebellion and another 30 minutes of noise gets the crowd revved up for the Upstarts. The Upstarts take to the stage to a heroes' welcome, Mensi commands the stage and it's a set of classic 3 minute punk gems, the band are on it and the sound has been perfect for all 3 bands. It's a brilliant turn out and we sell out of cd singles, we've been treated well by everyone, no egos, no silliness, brilliant, brilliant, brilliant night, well done Chris Jones, another corker!

Friday 25th October 2013 - Polish Club Review (18th October '13) - Special Guests

First gig back in Barnsley for a while (July being the last) and we have two very special guest playing with System tonight, Paul Gilmartin still covering on drums and Martin Roberts (Danse Society : Bass Player) on keyboards. We are also very privileged to have Mark Jackson (local Author, Poet, Singer and all round good egg) compere for the evening. Brainbomb kick off the evening with their 1977 sounding punk rock, a set of originals and covers, these lads get better with every gig, great set and a nice contrast to make it a real mixed PUNK night.

Mark introduces System, he says, "it's like having Lionel Messi on the subs bench", referring to Paul Gilmartin and he's right, we can't thank Paul enough for what he has done for us, keeping the System ticking over. We hit the ground running, for the first time ever with a keyboard player and everyone agrees it makes a brilliant addition to the dark punk sound, Martin plays a blinder of a gig. It's a great, tight, fast set and Phil the soundman has really looked after us, as have the Polish Club as per usual. We finish with a brand new song, "Tears Of Blood", it's a great end to a fantastic night. Thanks everyone for coming along and supporting live music, especially Barnsley Punk Promotions.

Paddy, Paul, Pat & Martin after the gig!

Next gig - Friday 8th of November 2013, Angelic Upstarts & Crashed Out at the Duchess in York. See you all down the front !

Tuesday 8th October 2013 - Carl On The Mend & Test Tubes Gig (4th October)

System's first gig since Carl's car accident and we are supporting Peter & The Test Tube Babies. Paul Gilmartin (of legendary Barnsley 80's Chart band - Danse Society) is standing in until Carl is totally fit to return. Carl has traveled through tonight with P&TTB being a gig he just did not want to miss, he is on the Merch desk tonight and even does Peter's too, it's great to see him.

Peter & Carl

Hung Like Hanratty open proceedings and try their damnedest to warm the crowd up, a nice bunch of lads, I'm sure we'll play together again and thanks Lads for the use of your bass amp, Cheers. Next up, System and we tear into "Insanity", sounds great and Paul is pounding the Drums like they owe him money, next into "Who Bleeds?", it's going well and we all relax a bit. The rehearsals have paid off and we are enjoying it, although we did play the fastest version of "Parasites in Paradise" ever, with Paul just upping the tempo a little too much, he obviously has a hardcore beat in him just trying to break-out, no harm done. We play Zealot's Path which hasn't had an outing for quite a while and all in all we get a great reaction from the Batley faithful, Thank You People! Paul is buzzing and so are we, Carl says it sounded great, and we all watch the Test Tubes. A nice bunch of lads and a great set of classics P&TTB stuff, it's been a great night!!

Next gig:- 18th October 2013 - Barnsley Polish Club, our first gig in Barnsley since July, featuring a very special guest on Keyboards.

Saturday 28th September 2013 - Dep. Drummer

The Drummer from Barnsley's first ever punk band (The Restricted) Mr. Paul Gilmartin, will be covering for Carl on drums until he is fit enough to return. Paul more famous for being the drummer with Barnsley legendary Goth band - Danse Society, is very excited to be involved and can't wait to play live with System Of Hate.

Paul plays his first gig on the 4th October at Batley, where S.O.H. support Peter & The Test Tube Babies, Hung Like Hanratty open the gig.

Thursday 18th September 2013 - Carl News

Carl our drummer was in a car accident last Wednesday the 11th September. He is ok, other than a number of broken ribs, an injury to the back of his head, which has been stitched and is healing well. He is black and blue where the seat belt did it's job, has pain in one shoulder and general "fed-up-ness". He is back at home now after a number of days in the hospital and we wish him a speedy recovery, get well soon mate !!!!!

Sheffield's Bone Park Rider have kindly stepped in at the last minute to headline the Courthouse gig (20th September) and Cambodia open proceedings as originally planned.

Sunday 1st September 2013 - BREAKING NEWS !

SYSTEM OF HATE'S DEBUT LONDON GIG

Saturday - 23rd November 2013 - 12 Bar Club, LONDON
25 Denmark Street, London WC2H 8NL

The nearest tube is Tottenham Court Road Station.

We are absolutely chuffed to announce this gig and hope to see as many of you as possible, please pass it on !!

Wednesday 28th August 2013 - REBELLION FESTIVAL Report

Rebellion 2013 - Winter Gardens - Blackpool - Pavilion Stage

"Straight out of Barnsley comes a Punk Rock tsunami of noise with extremely dark lyrics.....Portraying the darker side of Punk with intensity and a deep sincerity. The heart of South Yorkshire is bared to you all ... watch it bleed." - from the Rebellion 2013 Programme

What can we say ? Rebellion the big one, everyone want's to play this Festival and we've done it! So proud of all the System lads, special thanks to Gary and Pete for looking after the merchandise, Paddy's Family for coming over and mucking in and big big thanks to so many people for supporting us! Means the world to us!!! A Few gremlins with the sound but all in all, it was a superb gig !

We all woke early like kids on Christmas morning, eager to get this one under our belts, we set off at 10am only to be held up on the M62 by cows, yes I kid you not cows at Leeds. A slight delay and we're off, "the first one to see the Tower gets a kick in", happy days, we arrive around 1pm, load in at the Hotel and get up to the venue for the wristbands. A slight queue which is filled with 'Stars of Punk', no egos, it great, we get our bands and relax, time to take in some music before we go back and pick our gear up.

Quick change at the hotel and it's back to Winter Gardens with the gear, the New Band Stage looks great and we watch a few bands to get a feel, there's a nice sized crowd. A few drinks and we're on, we play really well and the audience reaction is great, we have Gary and Pete on the merch desk and they are working their socks off, it's been a very good day! We all watch the Cundeez and try and take in what we've just achieved, we drop the gear off at the hotel and it's our time now to watch some PUNK!! Cheers folks !! See you soon !

Wednesday 14th August 2013 - Late Polish Club - Headline Gig REVIEW

Brilliant turn out on Sunday at the Polish Club, on one of the warmest days of the year, for the Return Of PUNK In The Afternoon. The last gig for System before Rebellion, (6pm Thursday 8th of August 2013 - New Band Stage - Pavilion, Winter Gardens, Blackpool). Brainbomb open proceedings with a cracking set of mainly covers, great energy and great sound. Mark Jackson's Criminal Waste Of Talent up next and with Mark also the compere, he's working hard, with a book and cd single to promote, there's much to do. Now with his full band including drums and bass it a great sound, not unlike the Fall, it extremely entertaining and the best I've seen him. The stage is red hot now and System are ready, the Polish club are even sending water up to the stage, one of the highlights for me is Marcus (Soundman) telling Paddy to look up at something in the sky and then turning his bass amp down, he's good that Marcus. Quick 35 - 40 minute set, finished off with No Government, a little nod to the Confusion days and the crowd love it. System are now having a few weeks off before Blackpool, remember 6pm sharp, Pavilion Stage!

Wednesday 10th July 2013 - Vice Squad -Cockpit Report - 28/06/13

It's the Cockpit tonight (28th June) for the System, earlier than normal sound check finds the lads in Leeds for 5-30pm, yes I kid you not. We are playing under a hot tin roof and you can feel the heat already in an empty room. We are providing most of the gear tonight, that's us, generous to a fault! We know the Segregates' singer (the opening band tonight), Smell, formerly of the band - Comply Or Die and it's great to see him. Vice Squad arrive late, commandeer the full merchandise area, bit rude but this is all part of the game, enough negativity, on with the show.

Segregates open up with a Punk 'n Roll driving power, there's a metal influence, guitar and bass players both have Motorhead tattoos, they wear their influences on their sleeves and it's in the music, good set lads! System next up and my god, it warm, we pound through a 30 minute set of what we deem to be most suitable for this audience and they love it, a fantastic reaction and the merchandise booth we have made our own on the lower deck is buzzing with activity. Wayne Stuntface (Bass player from Vice Squad) watches the whole set of both support bands and that's really nice to see. Vice Squad get up and the place is extremely hot now, lots of bodies in a small space, they do just over a hour and the audience show their appreciation. It's been a great night to be honest, an early finish 10-30pm curfew, and we might get home to watch some Glastonbury on tv. Chris has put on another fantastic night of punk rock, we love this guy, good to see everyone, from Batley and Wakefield too, 'til next time, good night !

Wednesday 19th June 2013 - First Headline Gig / Backing Vox in Studio

Studio Backing Vocals (16th June 2013)

Back in the studio, Sunday (16th June) just after lunch, Paddy, Pat & Carl, here to do the 'shoutie' bits on the new e.p. Its individual backing vocals, the lads normally do a group shout at the mic, but this is Orion Studios, so we're doing it right! If someone is slightly out on a group one, there's not a lot you can do, but if it's done individually then the take isn't completely lost. Each person takes their turn to scream all their anger out in the vocal booth (order is :- The Dogs Of War, Infected, Insanity and Ashes Of Divinity), God knows what the neighbours think ('They're arguing again Bert, listen to him screaming!'). All goes very well, there's some intricate ooohhhhhhhhhhhh's on 'Infected', takes a little bit longer but we get it down, you will know what we mean, when you hear it, another great session!

First Headline Gig (14th June 2013)

Friday 14th of June and we make our 3rd visit this year to the Hallcross in Doncaster, the infamous venue where we were stranded in the snow, the night we supported Vice Squad. We arrive last MLC (Mid Life Crisis) are sound checking, we sound check straight after, move things round a bit and then relax. We chat with the other bands and everyone is really nice and respectful. MLC are up first, a four piece from Manchester, not too dissimilar to our good pals Brainbomb, pop punk songs that don't hang around too long, tell a quick tale and then the next one comes up, they end with 'Women' by Anti Nowhere League. No Brain UK are up next, a 3 piece from Hull, the first song reminds me of an early punky Beastie Boys, they have youth on their side and are definitely enjoying themselves. System step up quite late and blast straight into 'Insanity' (back as first song), 'Crucified' second now and then into the normal run of things, we are tight ("Rippers tight", Pat says, in reference to old Barnsley Punk Band known for being tight) and the audience really show their appreciation. It's been a nice trip out and we've met some good people, no sleep-over tonight, Thank You, Everyone who came out !

See video below from the Hallcross - Parasites In Paradise by David Melvin (MLTF)
(Remember to turn the player off at the top if you want to listen to this! Thanks !)

Saturday 15th June 2013 - Busy times - Goth Gig & Suty's Vocals

Vocals & Saxophone at Orion Studios (12th June 2013)

Studio time again, Suty and Paddy take the trip over to Orion, as previously mentioned the "Insanity e.p." is mainly recorded, tonight Suty fills in the vocal blanks with his dark dulcet tones. Old friend Andy Blower makes a guest appearance with his saxophone, Andy is putting sax on the 'Insanity' song and nails it in a couple of takes, cheers Andy, can't wait to hear the final version. Suty gets in the box, in the zone, really in the mood and blasts through, in this order :- Insanity, Infected, The Dogs Of War and Ashes Of Divinity. He doubles up a few parts and listens back, both parties are very satisfied with the evening's work. Next stage, backing vocals Sunday (16th June), mixing and a pencilled in release date for August 2013.

Goth Night / Snooty Video (8th June 2013)

We've been so busy news is a little late. We were booked on to this bill quite awhile ago and as the night approached we were worried we might not appeal to a Goth audience. When we arrived we were made very welcome by all the band members of Lupine and 13 Candles and then went straight to sound check. We were the only band with real drums so Carl set up from scratch really quickly, a few technical problems with Pat's amp, (this was solved by a loan from the Snooty of a Marshall) and Bob's your Uncle, the System are ready. A little break and then it's stage time, a little earlier than billed but the lads are up for it, the Snooty do a live internet streaming service (texts tell us we came across very well) and a live video recording ( which we got a copy of), we will be releasing the odd tracks to YouTube from time to time (Stay Tuned!). A brand new song to open 'Crucified' and then into the set as normal, 'Ashes Of Divinity' makes it's second appearance, a newish song that appears on the new e.p. (yet to be realised). We get a very good reaction from the crowd and the pre-gig apprehension about not being compatible with the genre, is totally unfounded. 13 Candles up next and 'Wow', these guys can play, some intricate guitar playing and a solid sound makes some very powerful songs, this is good for us to see something different, it can only help expand our ideas. Headliners, Lupine hit the stage and you can tell this band has been at it quite a few years, they seem older school Goth to me but I'm no expert, a more performance based show, front man Lemmy holds it all together, with great supporting vocals from Katie (also Pedigree Skum's singer), great musicianship all round. A great night, something different but totally enjoyable - video footage soon !!

Friday 7th June 2013 - Elsecar (Barnsley) Punk Pub Crawl (1st June 2013)

Suty and Pat travelled back from the coast on the morning of the gig (Saturday 1st June), straight into Live Arts rehearsal studios for 1-30pm and prepared for their slot at the Elsecar Pub Punk Crawl 2013. The event originally involved our good friend Dave Fungal Punk (who felt he had to pull out for reasons I'm not going to go into on here), the reins of the event were taken over by Elsecar promoter Simon Piper and old contact Rossi from Hoyland. The basic idea was, 3 venues all within 100 yards of Elsecar train station were to be used in a rotating order, with bands playing from 2pm til 11pm, one act plays, then all the audience walk to the next venue, on paper a great idea and in real time, a total success. No egos, no backbiting, no trouble, everything was really well executed, Mark Jackson compered the whole event and lead everyone like the Pied Piper from pub to pub. The Clothiers, The Fitzwilliam and Cobcar Social Club all up for the event were filled for every act and The Fitzwilliam even had an outside stage. It was a pleasure to be involved in such a great day, Big Thank You to Simon, Rossi and Mark Jackson for working so hard, plus all bar staff and the crowd for sticking with it. The bands involved in the day were - Fluffy Gremlins, CSOD, Bruce Tality, Hospital Food, Dischord, Mark Jackson's CWOT, The Hurriers, System Of Hate, Septic Psychos, Senton Bombs. With a number of bands travelling over from Blackpool they were blown away with the brilliant Barnsley turn out. I believe this will now become an annual event, which we are 100% behind.

Here is System Of Hate on the day with a video recording of Fractured by Dave Melvin (from Most Likely To Fail ) live in the Cobcar Social Club - 1st June 2013
(Remember to turn the player off at the top if you want to listen to this! Thanks !)

Friday 17th May 2013 - Orion Studios Revisited

Pat made the return journey over to Rotherham to put the guitar parts down last Sunday (12th May) for the 'Insanity e.p.' He was firstly greeted and very grateful with the New Model Army autographs that Steve had kindly got for him, as he was doing their live sound the night before at Sheffield (NMA play Rebellion 2013 the same day as System Of Hate). A nice pot of tea and a few level checks and it's down to some dirty, dark punk rock courtesy of fender telecaster meets 5150 Peavey and ENGL guitar amps. I know the order he recorded was ; Insanity, Infected, The Dogs Of War, Ashes Of Divinity and he played each song quite a few times through each amp and Steve kept pushing and pushing for a better take. So each guitar part will be doubled up with the odd lead part thrown in for good measure. I also know much tea was consumed through the session and he was absolutely buzzing when he came away, with the power of the recording, next part the vocals!

Tuesday 14th May 2013 - Orion Studios Visit 5th May 2013, Rotherham

On Sunday the 5th of May, we travelled through to Rotherham to start recording our second single, the "Insanity e.p.", the songs will be :- Insanity, Ashes Of Divinity, Infected and The Dogs Of War. This is the first time we have recorded at Orion Studios with Steve Ellis but Pat has worked with him about a decade ago and really pushed to get in his new studio. Luckily Carl arrives early and most of the drum gear has made it's way up the small windy stairs, result! We spent quite a time setting the Drums up but with Steve being so well-known for his incredible drum sound, we know it's worth it. I'm not going to give away his secrets but there are 2 things he took time doing, which I have never seen any other engineer do. We lock Carl away in the drum room, work out the levels of the other instruments in his headphones and away we go. A couple of run thoughts and we are still tight from Friday's Sham 69 gig. Carl wants perfection and so does Steve, so we bang through Insanity about six times and have a great take, Carl comes back in to have a listen and it's smiles all round. A little food and drink and the beast is back in the cage, Carl is raging now and we get a perfect take on Ashes Of Divinity, only thing is, it was just a run through, we didn't record it, we all burst out laughing, next take and it's perfect. More food and Paddy's suitcase sized cool bag is being attacked by Carl, he leaves the watermelon but the pies are a big hit and it's back into the locked room to start, The Dogs Of War. Carl starts this one and he pounds out the beat, we all follow his lead, a couple of takes and we've got another one in the bag. Another listen and another dip into Paddy's cool bag and Carl's back in his box for Infected. Infected takes a little longer but we get there and it's been a good work-out for Mr. Gulliford.

Next up we need to record the bass and Paddy's in very positive mood (must have been the watermelon), a little tinkering from Steve with the sound and the bass is booming, clanking and blasting through like a jackhammer. He puts the Bass lines down confidently, we have played these over and over today, so he's tight and the bass fits perfect with the drums, it's a great foundation! That's it, a full day in the studio and we've achieved what we came to do, next stage guitars.

Tuesday 14th May 2013 - Sham 69 Gig (3rd of May 2013) - Batley

Late News - A great night was had by all at the Sham 69 gig at Brooklands Bar in Batley. It was our first visit, we arrive in good time, flyer the tables and it's time for sound check, the soundmen we know from Rebel Truce, the superb Clash tribute act. The room starts filling and it's a nice sized crown to say we are on at 8-15pm, we play a great set and do very well on the merchandise. Some people have come to see us solely on the strength of our Hop gig (Wakefield supporting Goldblade) performance, which is really encouraging. Wild Trash are up next and the local lads play a good tight set. Sham 69 hit the stage and blast straight into a set of classics, there's the odd new song in there but the diehard fans just want the sing-along anthems. The crowd is a real mixed bag; Skins, Punks, Mods and dare I say the odd trendy, it's good to see everyone having a great time together. Thanks Shaun for putting us on, there is a rough YouTube video below here courtesy of Duesy. (Remember to turn the player off at the top if you want to listen to this! Thanks !)

Tuesday 23th April 2013 - Goldblade (Wakefield) - Bleed (Halifax)

It's was a very busy week, Wednesday (17th April) rehearsal, Thursday (18th) live at the Hop (Wakefield) supporting Goldblade and Friday (19th) a trip to Halifax, supporting our old friends Bleed.

We made great time to Wakefield and it's straight into sound check, 30 minutes later and we're on stage. We blast through the set, the stage sound is awesome and the crowd give us a very warm reception. We end with "No Government" by Anti Pasti, this is definitely the right time to play it as the old witch Thatcher was buried Yesterday (17th April 2013).
Kleine Schweine the Leeds based Indie/Punks are next up and it's not punk as we know it, but it's full on melodic noise, there's a Damned cover in the mix and it's all makes for a great set.
Goldblade hit the stage, now a 4 piece and showcasing new harder punk songs from their forthcoming album, “The Terror of Modern Life”. We've seen them quite a few times but this is more intense, nice to see them in a more intimate setting and John has the crowd in the palm of his hand. He even takes time to mention the support bands, "Did anyone see the first band - System Of Hate? What a brilliant band!", thank you kindly Mr. Robb. It's been a great night and the cds are nearly all sold out!

Friday and we hit the north to Halifax - M1 then M62, tonight we play with Bleed and the Krayons at Cookies Bar. There are technical problems and the sound checks are way, way behind but give the venue their due; they keep our glasses topped up as they rectify the gremlins. The Krayons open up proceedings somewhat inebriated; we aren't much further behind them. They play a brand of quick fire Street Punk and its good stuff, very likeable lads, great set!
Next up and a very relaxed System Of Hate, 3rd day in a row playing these songs and we have a sureness about us and really enjoy playing another great set. The cds are completely sold out – result!
Bleed up next, with their 2nd album almost ready "Hooligan Element", they play some beauties from it and some older songs from their "Bedlam" debut cd, it's a good tight set of old school punk rock. As with last night - 3 very different styled bands flying the flag for Punk Rock ! It's good to be alive !!!

Next gig - Sham 69 (Tim V's) - Brooklands Bar, Batley - 3rd Of May, we have a few tickets left for sale for this - they are only £6 and we can post them out if need be, or meet up within reason. Wild Trash are also on the bill and there will be a bus traveling from Barnsley if anyone is interested - Please get in touch with a member of the band - thanks.

Tuesday 26th March 2013 - Vice Squad, Doncaster and the Snow

We made our way from a white-over Barnsley into a snow-free Doncaster on Friday (22nd of March 2013), taking no heed at the warnings, "you'll get stuck if you go!". Making great time and sound checking more or less straight away, with Vice Squad's brilliant pedigree and once signed to EMI, the Hallcross is full to the brim.

System play a quick fire, cocksure set to a very receptive crowd, cd sales of the 'Immortal e.p.' tell us we've had a brilliant gig. The snow is now coming down with a vengeance, Vice Squad play a brilliant 60 minute set and it's smiling faces all round.

We hang around for a while having some photos with Becky, Violet, Paul and Wayne until our transport arrives. He's not coming, he's stuck at Marr and can't get beyond the Trucks stuck in the snow, we make our gear safe and venture into the night.

We hit a rock bar looking for a friend of a friend who's said she'll put six of us up, Laura goes out for a cigarette and is never seen again. We drop on an old mate of Carl's and explain the situation, Greg says he'll put us up, this is brilliant news and off we go back to his pad. We watch a recording of the England v San Marino game and then all drift off in to dreamland. "Greg we can not thank you enough !!!"

Saturday morning we walk into Doncaster and have 6 massive fry ups, beautiful, just what the doctor ordered! Andy rings, our driver and he's on is way, he picks us up and takes us back to safety of God's town (Barnsley).

A couple of hours at home and then it's another visit to Doncaster to pick the gear up.

We all slept that night after our little punk rock adventure :- Simon, Barry & Paul, we hope you will join us again, on the road! Thanks lads and all the Doncaster Punks, you made us very welcome !!!

Next Gig - GOLDBLADE at the Hop, Wakefield !!!!!!!

Stay tuned for more amazing adventures of System Of Hate !

Sunday 17th March 2013 - Demo, Goldblade & Rebellion

Firstly, hope you are enjoying your Guinness today? Secondly to say we are very very excited here at the System Of Hate, is an understatement.

The results of recording the 3 songs; Infected, Ashes Of Divinity and Insanity are spellbinding, we knew the songs we good but once on tape they have shaped up lovely, including brilliant saxophone on Insanity by Mr. Andy Blower, we can't wait to record them officially.

We are also happy with the news we will be supporting GOLDBLADE at the Hop, Wakefield on the 18th of April.

Lastly, we are chuffed to bits to be playing the Rebellion Festival 2013 (Blackpool Winter Gardens) on Thursday the 8th of August (whole festival runs from 8th to the 11th). We are on the NEW BANDS STAGE and our time has not yet been confirmed. Full line up/ticket prices etc are here - click link - www.rebellionfestival.com

Next gig - FRIDAY 22nd Doncaster supporting VICE SQUAD ! Free entry ! No Excuses !

Thursday 28th February 2013 - Demo & Peter & The Test Tube Babies

Very brief news - Rehearsals have been going great and we are booked into Mr. Andy Blower's Attic Studios this Saturday (2nd March) to demo 3 new songs. We are very pleased to be included on the bill of the Peter & The Test Tube Babies gig at Batley (October) and the Bleed gig in Halifax (April), see gigs for more details.

We still have a few SHAM 69 tickets left for Batley, please get in touch if you want one, thanks.

Sunday 10th February 2013 - SHAM 69 & VICE SQUAD

We have some really good support slots coming up - SHAM 69 on the 3rd of May at Batley and two gigs with VICE SQUAD, Doncaster 22nd March and Leeds 28th June, see GIGS for more details.

We have tickets for sale for the SHAM 69 gig - they are only £6 if you want one please contact us, thanks.

Tuesday 5th February 2013 - Debut Barnsley Gig at Elsecar (02-02-13)

We had a brilliant debut Barnsley gig at the Clothiers Arms in Elsecar. A really enjoyable experience with great support, we can't thank the people who traveled over enough. A big thanks must go to the Kingcrows for inviting us along for a 2nd time and this kindness has certainly helped our live development. Also we must thank the Promoter who worked very hard and all the staff at the Clothiers, we will return! See the FEEDBACK page for a review of the gig or click www.alternativebarnsley.com

Big gig news, we have got one of the support slots with SHAM 69 in Batley on friday the 3rd of May 2013 (we have tickets to sell only £6 and we will be running a mini-bus from Barnsley to Batley). We also have a support with VICE SQUAD at the Cockpit in Leeds on Friday 28th of June, again transport is being organised.

Again, thanks for everyone's support we really appreciate it !!!

Friday 25th January 2013 - Debut Gig at the Hallcross, Doncaster (19-01-13)

Snow and Ice still on the ground and the System Of Hate and friends set off for Doncaster, to play their debut gig supporting the Kingcrows. The Hallcross is a nice venue, nice stage, good p-a and Russell in-house engineer does a great job. It's a brilliant turn out especially with the weather and we see some familiar faces, thank you so much for your support and new. We hit the stage and blast through a 30 minute set of original material, it's a complete success and the sales of the cd single and t-shirts, tell us we've done something right. The Kingcrows also 'fly' through a very tight/slick set and make it a complete night.

The gig offers are now coming in, we will update as and when we confirm them, some nice supports with big bands being offered too, remember to book us please - email - six67promo @ hotmail.com (with no gaps).

Next Gig :- 2nd of February - again with the Kingcrows at the Clothiers Arms, Elsecar, the Debut Barnsley gig. See you down the front !

Tuesday 15th January 2013 - GIGS GIGS GIGS

Hello SOH fans, we have added a few gigs to the page. Keep them coming !

Monday 7th January 2013 - Rehearsing Like Demons

Back to Normal and the band are rehearsing like dogs ! Not long to the debut gig hopefully a few of you are going to travel over?

We are now on Twitter - click this link - www.twitter.com/systemofhateuk

Monday 24th December 2012 - Demo Update & Merry Xmas

Well folks the 2 demo'd songs turned out really, really well. Mr. Blower put some synthesizer on the tracks too just to give us an idea of how they could sound with a synth player, brilliant is the verdict! So watch this space as we may be introducing a new member in the not too distant future (anyone interested ? drop us a line).

The debut single is now with us - the "Immortal E.P." It has been packaged together by our good friend Paul Kelly from PUNKDOMAIN.com, it looks brilliant and we can't thank him enough for the time and effort he has put in. Its on sale locally and further a field after Christmas.

We have got our first gig in January, the 19th to be precise in Doncaster supporting our good friends the Kingcrows, there will be a mini bus running if we can get enough interest, let us know if you're interested.

One last thing to say - "Have a great Christmas and New Year!", from everyone at System Of Hate and keep supporting us ! Thank You !!!

Thursday 5th December 2012 - Demo Time (Part 3)

A quick session tonight, just over 3 hours at Andy Blower's Attic Studios and we get down the previously mentioned, "(Our) Dogs Of War" and "Garden Of Gethsemane". Dogs is a rough and raw in your face number, while Garden is heading more down a Gothy Dark Punk path, both sound great, just waiting on mixing now.

You can now join us on Facebook, please "click here " and spread the word, many thanks.

Tuesday 27th October 2012 - Radio-Play

With the release of the "Immortal e.p." only a week or so away, we've decided to let some of our friends in Radio-Land have a listen, with the hope they might play a track or two. The feedback has been brilliant, beyond our expectations in fact.

We will list the the stations and airplay very soon.

November 2012

We have two brand new songs; "(Our) Dogs Of War" and "Garden Of Gethsemane". 'Dogs' was written from a rehearsal jam and has become a band favourite, while Garden was from a Paddy bass-line with all members chipping ideas in as per usual. Both songs are ready to be demo'd and will be as soon as we can get back into Andy Blower's Studio.

September / October 2012

We work out a set list with all the best songs in it and practice as much as we can and with System being system we can't help but work on new ideas/songs. Also Paul Caves takes photographs for the forthcoming cd release, "Immortal e.p." and for use on the website.

August 2012

More holidays and it's Filey, Skeggy & Sutton On Sea, these dark places inspire more songs.

Thursday the 12th July 2012 - Mastered Tracks

System Of Hate will be putting a demo cd out using 4 songs from the Nafro Studio Sessions. They have been mastered by Steve Ellis and the tracks and running order with be:- Dark Winged Immortal, Am I Evil?, Parasites In Paradise and Sins Of Father (see lyrics page for full e.p. words).

The title will be the "Immortal e.p." and the release date will be close to the band's live debut.

Thursday the 31st May 2012 - Demo Time (Part 2)

A slight break due to holidays and shift pattern clashes, but still finding time to get together, it's 'demo' time again. This time a trip to Andy Blower's Attic Studios, also in Barnsley, looking for a raw live sound, to mainly check that progress is still on the up and to get finalised versions. The band record freshly written tracks; Who Bleeds?, Fractured, Zealot's Path and Screw Me Down. All musicians record simultaneously, it's quick and the results are very favourable.

Tuesday 12th of June 2012

We are proud to announce the brand new logo - designed especially by friend of the band - Shirley Cousen, a Barnsley artist and tattooist. I'm sure you agree it's brilliant !

Saturday 10th of March 2012 - Studio Visit Part 2 - Backing Vocals

A few sore heads this morning, Total Confusion were gigging last night and it was a late one but System are so committed to this new cd, they are in the studio for 10-30am. A surprise meeting with Eddie of the Vibrators on the way and it's back to the grindstone. Black coffees all round, no milk and we start warming the vocal chords up, to be honest it goes like a dream. Nath comes up with some good ideas, all System have ideas, we try all of them and it's all very positive. We do some brief mixing but still the main part remains. Nathan has added some great Keyboard/Synth parts and it's coming together very nicely, home to relax and more booze, the life - more soon.

Saturday 3rd of March 2012 - Recording with The System - Nafro Studios

A very bleak rainy morning in Barnsley and it's like a day trip - pop, crisps and sandwiches packed in with guitars, cabs, amps and it's off to the Studio we go ! Nafro Studios to be precise in the centre of town, we are aiming to record seven brand new tracks 'live' with our good old pal - Nathan King - Owner, Producer and Engineer.

We set up quickly and are all very grateful when all the gear is up the steep metal staircase, pot of tea supped and we start rehearsing the tracks :- Parasites in Paradise, God Is Dead, Am I Evil?, Bleed And Die, Sins Of Father, Bureaucrat and Dark Winged Immortal.

We start banging through the songs, then Paddy's decides he's not happy with his bass sound, he calls his wife to bring through his other rig (think Giant Haystacks and you can gage the size), Suty and Pat exchange glances, (Suty pulls the Gary Linekar face - you know the one where Gazza starts crying and Gary questions the manager - is he alright?) Pat mentions - "Do you think she'll be okay getting it into the car?", - Paddy says - "Forget about the car, am more concerned how she's going to get it up them stairs." The room erupts in to laughter and this sets the tone for the day, anyway as if by magic the bass sound is restored and off we go !

We start the recording and it's the usual nervous starts and stops but all in all, it's going well - a few technical difficulties especially with fingers, drumsticks and computers. (Computers Don't Blunder - yes they do!) Man Of the Match - is Suty - he sings the songs over and over as if it's the last song he'll ever sing, we see the Gary Linekar look a few more times but all is well. Carl (Drums) has also played very well, the boy will sleep tonight, the songs will be going round and round and round in our poor heads all night long but the top and bottom of it is - we have recorded 7 great tracks - that's it - home time - drink time - mixing next.