City Baby Attacked by Rats

by Charged G.B.H

City Baby Attacked by Rats cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: July 1982
  • Label: Clay
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 33:48
  • Community rating: 3.69/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: Jock, Wilf, Ross Lomas, Colin Abrahall, G.B.H, Mike Stone

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A defining cornerstone of the UK82 punk movement, this debut full-length weaponized distorted guitars and relentless drumming into an aggressive, metallic evolution of the genre. The album's uncompromising lyrical obsession with street violence, horror, and urban decay provided a direct blueprint for the impending thrash metal explosion.

Genres

Descriptors: rhythmic, violence, crime, fast, distorted, old-school, DIY, political

Tracklist

  1. Time Bomb (2:29)
  2. Sick Boy (2:33)
  3. Wardogs (1:31)
  4. Slut (2:33)
  5. Maniac (2:11)
  6. Gunned Down (2:35)
  7. I Am The Hunted (2:49)
  8. City Baby Attacked By Rats (2:29)
  9. The Prayer Of A Realist (2:25)
  10. Passenger On The Menu (2:48)
  11. Heavy Discipline (2:10)
  12. Boston Babies (2:07)
  13. Bellend Bop (5:08)

Credits

  • G.B.H. - primary artist
  • Tina Simmons - artwork
  • Ross Lomas - bass
  • Wilf - drums
  • Jock - guitar
  • Denis Blackham - lacquer cut by
  • Bob Williams - painting [front cover]
  • Colin Abrahall - vocals

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