World Domination Enterprises - Classic or Classic?

Shit, rough news. His biog on discogs says the following...

Steve started in the music business at Charmdale Records in 1976, then moved on to Faulty Products in 1978. After a falling out with Miles Copeland (2) he moved on to Rough Trade working in the record shop but notably persuading The Fall to sign with the label. Played briefly with Alternative TV and appeared onstage with The Fall.
A founding member of World Domination Enterprises in 1985.

Looks like he's a listed vocalist on the last track of Vibing Up The Senile Man - never knew that before. RIP Steve.

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z149/pengy1966/pengy1966%20stuff/KYPP595.jpg

I dip into World Dom every year or so and always forget how much I like them. Asbestos Lead Asbestos is all-time.

RIP Steve.

Some old Simon Reynolds pieces on World Dom here:
http://reynoldsretro.blogspot.com/2008/08/world-domination-enterprises-mini.html

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_soXI82GSn1A/SJMgxutxoiI/AAAAAAAAATU/6b70f10Vtz0/s1600/WordDomFEATURE1.jpg

Asbestos Lead Asbestos is all-time.

Right? I only heard it about ten years ago and it took my head off. Absolutely sublime post-punk. Can't say I dig them beyond that and a few other tracks.

But I adore "Vibing Up The Senile Man" and I didn't know that tidbit, either!

nice recent photo of steve...

https://www.instagram.com/p/BeKlxH1j0Lv/

That recent photo is incredible. V

Very sad news.

Asbestos is all time classic, as are their cover versions of 'I can't live without my radio', and 'Funkytown'.
Wish I had had a chance to see them live.

From the location on that IG he seems to have stayed in Ladbroke Grove to the end. Lovely photo.

Like the opening to this thread, I also saw them on a bill with Loop and Godflesh (but Edinburgh and not the T&C Club).

And their cover of "Jah Jah Call You", maybe their finest moment live. I was fortunate to see them play many times. Never less than incendiary.

Like the opening to this thread, I also saw them on a bill with Loop and Godflesh (but Edinburgh and not the T&C Club).

Ha, over on my FB page Alexis Petridis saw that exact same bill, but at "a further education college in Ruislip -- one of those gigs you can hardly believe happened, especially in Ruislip." He added, "My abiding memory of them is that instead of a guitar strap, the frontman had a length of rope *nailed* into his guitar."

Bands you wouldnt have thought would be on twitter but actually they bloody well are. Sharing some nice arkive photos

username !?

all i got was 'world dom central' and that aint all that.

spoke too soon ..
seems to be a newly active account.
is this the one you meant nickb ?

I think Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine got me into this band (they shout ASBESTOS LEAD ASBESTOS during the chorus of Rubbish)

I only have a couple of 12"s, and neither of them are Asbestos Lead Asbestos, unfortunately.

I do have the 012 LP though, which has an earlier version of that song

~ just hoping CPs email thing is still valid ~

i.e. check your ilm email account sir.

This is a bit tangential, but worthwhile, a reminder of Kif Kif/Dobson's deep roots.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsg8cMdYtuM

I have often thought about starting a Here & Now thread but always figured it would see almost no action.

From a cultural viewpoint I find them super interesting but I never totally clicked with the music. I wonder if there is a catch-all 70s-80s 'festival' band thread? We should be able to talk about The Oroonies and Nodens Ictus somewhere with impunity.

I like the split with ATV

hang on .. sorry for the "too drunk too google check" vibe ...
but i have a live 'here & now' live album on cd.
as far i can tell, it's the only thing they officially released.
what's the connection to WDE !?

(it was a random charity shop purchase of course !)

Keith Dobson was in Here & Now. and (Planet) Gong!

I was talking about this:

https://www.discogs.com/Alternative-TV-Here-And-Now-What-You-See-Is-What-You-Are/master/1189980

Here & Now have 23 albums listed on discogs btw!

23 !
having listened to the one cd i have i think i am good.
thank goodness he moved onto WDE.

Sorry, only a mere 19 of them are albums

I also like their song on the Folk In Hell cassette compilation, which is another link between Here & Now and the punk/post-punk world - most of the other bands on that are anarcho-punk (the Mob, Steve Lake) or DIY post-punk (Instant Automatons etc). Mark Perry's on that as well. My copy is probably unofficial, on BBP tapes, an anarcho label, the original was on Fuck Off Records but is rare as fuck.

I love the No Comment song on that, sounds like some lost Flying Nun band or something

I saw Here & Now live several times when I was a teenager. I like the records but they really were best in a live setting and their live tapes was my preferred way to listen to them.

'Give And Take' is a good album but 'Fantasy Shift' is perhaps their finest and never fails to lift my spirits. I still listen to it every now and then.

Also of massive note is their contribution to Planet Gong's 'Live Floating Anarchy 1977'. Steffe Sharpstrings forever!

Ooh! Ooh!

Two previously unreleased World Domination Enterprises tracks are set to be released as a digital single on 3rd July 2020. Further info coming down the pipe…

Wow I love What You See Is What You Are. Gonna listen through a couple of albums. I think I saw some incarnation of Here And Now at least once in der 90s.

Please do free festival bands / crusty spacerock thread someone.

"What You See Is What You Are" is all time.

i ended up watching a bit of this 1985 gig last night; great seeing how much the crowd were dancing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1TEFdM3MyQ