RIOT/CLONE
RECORDS
Independent label: Riot/Clone
Records Former Address: PO Box 2795, London NW10 9 AY. Due to financial
problems in 1984 Riot/Clone Records was threatened with legal action for debts
and the sales of EP RCR 004 would decide the future of the
label.Riot/Clone was a punk band often associated with the anarcho-punk scene,
active from 1979–1983 and then revived in the early 90's until they split up
again in 2005. The band were originally known as Riot but the name became
Riot/Clone after two members of the original lineup wanted the band's name to
become Clone. They were formed by Dave Floyd in August 1979. They went through
many line-up changes in the first few years, something which contributed greatly
to them being almost unheard of outside their native West London. Their first
two cassette albums, Musical Destruction (1980) and Crime Pays (1981) were only
ever released in very small quantities, and it was only when they finally got
the money together to release an EP in April 1982 (There's No Government Like No
Government) did they make the jump to a wider audience, the EP completely
selling out within three weeks. A track from that EP, "Death to Humanity", was
also included on the compilation album, Punk & Disorderly - Further Charges.
All royalties from this release were donated to the ALF, and Riot/Clone had the
record company state exactly that on the cover. Two more EPs followed. August
1982 saw the release of "Destroy the Myth of Musical Destruction" and after many
unfortunate delays, their third EP, "Blood on Your Hands?", finally came out in
January 1984, however the band's line-up had disintegrated a couple of months
earlier. Distributed By Plastic Head Records.
82
Riot
Clone
There's No Government
Like No Government
RIOT/CLONE
RC
001
82
Riot Clone
Destroy The Myth Of Musical
Destruction
RIOT/CLONE
RC
002
83
Lost
Cherries
Stop Fighting, Stop War, No
More [Ep]
RIOT/CLONE
RCR
003
84
Riot Clone
Blood On Your Hands
[Ep]
RIOT/CLONE
RCR
004