The Exploited at Broken Goblet

Wednesday, September 18, 2024, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM

One of the leading bands of the second wave of U.K. punk, the Exploited championed a raw, no-frills sound that found common ground between fans of street punk, Oi!, and hardcore with their anthems of anti-authoritarian fury.

On early albums like 1981’s Punks Not Dead and 1982’s Troops of Tomorrow, the band cranked out buzzy four-square punk enlivened by the passionate bark of lead singer Wattie Buchan. By 1987, when they issued Death Before Dishonour, the Exploited had added elements of crossover thrash metal to their formula, which suited their defiant attack quite well.

While studio releases were few and far between after 2003’s Fuck the System, the Exploited continued to tour the U.K. and Europe on a regular basis, leaving ringing ears and chaos in their wake.

While they released no studio albums in the decades that followed Fuck the System, they remained one of the hardest-touring acts in U.K. punk, and while they often changed guitar players, the group had their most stable lineup from 2004 onward, with Wattie Buchan, Jamie Buchan, and bassist Irish Rob (aka Robert Halkett) part of every tour.

The band continued to periodically issue live and archival material in this period; 2022’s Apocalypse Punk Tour 1981 preserved rare tapes of a package tour with the band sharing the bill with Anti-Pasti, Chron Gen, and Discharge.

In 2023, Cleopatra treated fans to a collectible 7″ single that featured a 1984 studio recording of the tune “Race Against Time,” backed with a live take of “Sex & Violence.”

Doors at 7:00 PM. Must be 18+ to enter with a valid ID, Tickets are $37.50

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