This is the release of the first new Rubella Ballet album for the best part of 25 years. Entirely the work of Sid and Zillah, ‘Planet Punk’ represents the distillation of a lifetime spent in unwavering opposition to those who seek to exploit and control. It is quite evidently a labour of love, and as is the case with the most significant anarcho material, that love shines through the maelstrom of deceit – a beacon of positivity shining out across the multilayered mists of lies, disinformation and obfuscation.

Here, both the medium and its message are rendered with skill and passion to produce an album that equals, and in some respects exceeds, the best of Rubella Ballet’s back catalogue. In particular, Sid’s abilities as a multi-instrumentalist and producer are made manifest, while Zillah’s vocals display impressive authority across several of ‘Planet Punk’s 15 tracks. Providing a neon-lit route map of post-millennial oppression and exploitation, the album hits its lyrical targets with precision. While the pedantic may decry Rubella Ballet’s evocation of the term ‘illuminati’, this is simply semantics: Illuminati, Babylon, the System, call it what you like – whichever way you cut it there are people out there whose prosperity depends upon our oppression and exploitation – and they mean to ensure it stays that way.
Whatever expectations you may have about this album, be prepared to have them both confounded and surpassed. ‘Planet Punk’ is not only a superb summation of everything that made Rubella Ballet unique but also takes the group into new, exciting realms. Explore with them.
‘Planet Punk’ is available on vinyl and CD, as well as in download format from Overground Records from 31 March
Dick Porter - March 27th, 2014


14. Vampire Wedding

Thank Christ for Rubella Ballet! Punk went from being this fun colourful place to be, to all these miserable bastards wearing black! 
I knew what I’d see at Crass gigs, I knew what I’d hear played there ... Rubella Ballet where a breath of fresh air.” Steve Ignorant, Crass

Built around the enduring nucleus of Sid Truelove and Zillah Minx, Rubella Ballet formed in 1979 when Crass invited their audience to use their equipment and finish the gig. The newly formed group took to the road with Crass and the Poison Girls and quickly established a unique niche, standing out from the multitudes in black combat wear with their day-glo visual image and a diverse range of material that encompassed elements drawn from across the sonic spectrum.

Having made an initial impact with their groundbreaking ‘Ballet Bag’ cassette pack in 1981, Rubella Ballet gigged heavily, presenting a celebratory spectacle of ultraviolet defiance that was driven relentlessly onward by Sid’s mighty rhythms and given context by Zillah’s unmatchable siren-song vocals. After their debut, ‘Ballet Dance’ EP and subsequent ‘42f’ single impacted on the Independent Top Ten, the group continued to release new material intermittently across the decade.
The group returned to the studio in 2014, releasing Planet Punk, their first full length album in almost 25 years. A hit with critics and the group’s faithful following, the album drew upon a lifetime’s opposition to oppression and exploitation, emerging as what many cite as the band’s crowning achievement. The album also saw Sid emerge from behind the drumkit to demonstrate his prowess as a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and engineer.
Now, four years on, Rubella Ballet have built upon the edifice of resistance defined within the grooves of Planet Punk, recording their latest studio LP, Danger Of Death, which will be available via Overground Records from late Summer 2018. Heralded by the singles compilation, Day Glo Daze, issued on Last Hour Records, Danger Of Death throws the pure light of reason on a modern world torn asunder by forces that seek to control, obfuscate and exploit. A lambent beacon of pure ultraviolet truth, shining vividly against a backdrop of fake news and government lies, Danger Of Death features material that confront today’s issues with honesty and defiance.
Ahead of the album release, Rubella Ballet will be playing a number of special shows, including a hotly anticipated reunion with their anarcho comrades Hagar The Womb to launch Gail Thibert’s memoir, Soap The Stamps, Jump The Tube, at the Victroia, Hackney on 21 July. Ahead of a landmark Californian Tour in August, the group will also be returning to the Rebellion Festival on 3 August 2018 to play the Oper House again.

Danger Of Death – Tracklisting

Danger Of Death
Tower Block Terror
Cradle To Grave
Gender Control
Crash And Burn
Blood Money
Terminator Technology
Death From Above
Genocide Agenda
We Don’t Eat The Dead
Robot Dystopia

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To be released on pink clear vinyl with a full day-glo cover that changes colour under UV/Black light probably the first time a punk band or any band for that matter has ever released.

8. DEATH FROM ABOVE

7. TERMINATOR TECHNOLOGY

6. BLOOD MONEY

5. CRASH & BURN

4. GENDER CONTROL

3. CRADLE TO GRAVE

2. TOWER BLOCK TERROR

Rubella Ballet where a breath of fresh air. Punk went from being this fun colourful place to be, to all these miserable bastards wearing black! 
I knew what I’d see at Crass gigs, I knew what I’d hear played there  Thank Christ for Rubella Ballet! ... ” Steve Ignorant, Crass

Built around the enduring nucleus of Sid Truelove and Zillah Minx, Rubella Ballet formed in 1979 when Crass invited their audience to use their equipment and finish the gig. The newly formed group took to the road with Crass and the Poison Girls and quickly established a unique niche, standing out from the multitudes in black combat wear with their day-glo visual image and a diverse range of material that encompassed elements drawn from across the sonic spectrum.

Having made an initial impact with their groundbreaking ‘Ballet Bag’ cassette pack in 1981, Rubella Ballet gigged heavily, presenting a celebratory spectacle of ultraviolet defiance that was driven relentlessly onward by Sid’s mighty rhythms and given context by Zillah’s unmatchable siren-song vocals. After their debut, ‘Ballet Dance’ EP and subsequent ‘42f’ single impacted on the Independent Top Ten, the group continued to release new material intermittently across the decade.
The group returned to the studio in 2014, releasing Planet Punk, their first full length album in almost 25 years. A hit with critics and the group’s faithful following, the album drew upon a lifetime’s opposition to oppression and exploitation, emerging as what many cite as the band’s crowning achievement. The album also saw Sid emerge from behind the drumkit to demonstrate his prowess as a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and engineer.
Now, four years on, Rubella Ballet have built upon the edifice of resistance defined within the grooves of Planet Punk, recording their latest studio LP, Danger Of Death, available via Overground Records 2018. Heralded by the singles compilation, Day Glo Daze, issued on Last Hour Records.

 Danger Of Death throws the pure light of reason on a modern world torn asunder by forces that seek to control, obfuscate and exploit. A lambent beacon of pure ultraviolet truth, shining vividly against a backdrop of fake news and government lies, Danger Of Death features material that confront today’s issues with honesty and defiance. Dick Porter


Danger Of Death – Tracklisting

Danger Of Death
Tower Block Terror
Cradle To Grave
Gender Control
Crash And Burn
Blood Money
Terminator Technology
Death From Above
Genocide Agenda
We Don’t Eat The Dead
Robot Dystopia

1. DANGER OF DEATH

The original Remix of Vampire Wedding by Kitty Lectro

Taken from the album Planet Punk by Rubella Ballet

Vampire Wedding Remix

Kitty Lectro wedding horror mix 

Rubella Ballet remixed

From the album Planet Punk

Planet Punk

Vampire Wedding Horror Mix

Here are links to Rubella Ballet who have just released a new album called Danger of Death, written by Sid Truelove and Zillah Minx released on Overground records.

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