Special Duties- Violent Society (full ep 1981)

Special Duties was created in October 1977 by schoolfellows Steve Green (Aka Arrogant), Steve Norris (Aka Duty) and Nigel Baker. They were punk at school, but the idea of forming their own band came when they saw The Adverts in Colchester. The fact that the three schoolboys couldn’t play and didn’t own any instruments didn’t discourage them. They decided to put Arrogant on vocals, Duty on guitar and Baker on Bass. The band was originally going to be named X-pelled, but they switched to Special Duties when a box of around 200 badges with “Special Duties“ printed on them which had been stolen from a school in Colchester came into their possession, the band deciding that they could save money on getting badges made by simply changing their name to match the stolen ones. A- Violent Society B1- It Ain’t Our Fault B2- Colchester Council