SELF ABUSE - Unestablished Since 1982 LP Female-Fronted Composed as a geographical tone

Composed as a geographical tone poem

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MD's Sacred Love continues to take giant steps forward with every recording

they foreshadowed an entire world of independent music which would emerge across the '80s and well into the '90s

" "Hellnation" and "Chicken Farm"

SELF ABUSE - Unestablished Since 1982 LP Female-Fronted Composed as a geographical toneSelf Abuse was formed in Bournemouth, Dorset in January 1982 when Andy Nazer [vocals bass] and Dave Brown [guitar vocals] both 16 old and still at school, got together with Roger [later Jarvis] Smale [guitar] and Steve Ridgeway [drums] both age 17. The first gig was played in at the Sloop pub, Poole, [with Barbed Wire] in October and the first cassette 'State of Mind' was recorded and released on their own 'Abused Tapes' label later that year. 1983