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Independent label: The Sussed were a seminal Irish Punk/New Wave band
based in Dublin, Ireland between 1979 & 1984. Members were Rory (vox), Paul
(guitars), John (drums) and The Masked Bassman (bass). They shot to fame with
the release of their debut single "Don't Swim On The East Coast" in 1981 (First
pressing of 500 copies in red sleeve, 2nd pressing of 500 copies in yellow
sleeve) which was about the English Nuclear plant Windscale that was leaking
radioactive material into the Irish sea (Windscale later changed its name to
Sellafield as Windscale had such a bad reputation). The single went to number 3
in the charts despite some radio stations not playing it because of its lyrics.
which was released on the bands own label Dead Records. Some of The Sussed first
ever gigs were as support band to a bunch of northsider dublin upstarts called
U2. Distributed By Dead Records .
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