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Pork Dukes

Pork Dukes
Origin London, England
Genres Punk rock, New Wave
Years active 1976–1979, 1993, 2001–present
Labels Wood, Vinyl Japan, Snail, Damaged Goods, Detour
Website http://www.porkdukes.com/
Members Colin Goldring
Stewart Goldring
Vince Santini
Bonk
Past members Scabs
Germun LePig
Mack E. Valley
Guardian Angel
Pink Pork
Studio album by Pork Dukes
Released November 1978 (first pressing)
28 December 1979 (second pressing)
Recorded Late 1977
Genre Punk Rock, New Wave
Label Wood Records
Pig Out Of Hell
Studio album by Pork Dukes
Released December 1979
Recorded May 1978-December 1978
Genre Punk Rock, New Wave
Label Wood Records
Pig ln A Poke
Studio album by Pork Dukes
Released January 1982
Recorded 1978-1979
Genre Punk Rock, New Wave
Label Wood Records
Filthy Nasty
EP by Pork Dukes
Released 1994
Recorded live at London, January 1977
Genre Punk Rock, New Wave
All the Filth!
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Compilation album by Pork Dukes
Released 1999
Recorded 1977-1978, 1993
Genre Punk Rock, New Wave
Length 59:48
Label Vinyl Japan (Re-issued by Damaged Goods Records, 2007)
2007 reissue cover
30th Anniversary Edition
30th Anniversary Edition
Squeal Meat Again
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Live album by Pork Dukes
Released 2002
Recorded The Cartoon Club, Croydon, 10 May 2002
Length 51:55
Label Snail
Producer Henry Krinkle
Kum Kleen!
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Compilation album by Pork Dukes
Released 2003
Recorded 1976 − 79
Genre Punk Rock, New Wave
Length 47:26
Label Damaged Goods

The Pork Dukes are an English punk rock band, formed 1976 during the first wave of British punk in London, England.

The band was originally composed of twin brothers and former Gnidrolog members Colin Goldring (vocals / guitar) and Stewart Goldring (guitar / vocals) using the pseudonyms Vilos and Horrendus Styles, respectively – alongside Scabs (aka Rick Kemp of Steeleye Span) (bass guitar), Germun LePig (aka Nigel Pegrum, also of Steeleye Span) (drums) (later replaced by Bonk aka. Rocky Rhythm) and Mack E. Valley (keyboards. He was later replaced by Guardian Angel prior partway through the recording sessions for the second album.

Combining a Buzzcocks-style pop punk sound with bawdy subject matter, gross-out toilet humour and profanity in their songs, the band released their debut single "Bend and Flush" b/w "Throbbing Gristle" in 1977 on Wood Records, a subsidiary of Caroline Records UK created specifically for the band.

Due to the lyrical content of their recordings, the band struggled for airplay, though BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel was a fan.

The true identities of the Pork Dukes were originally a closely guarded secret, the band playing in pig masks during live performances. Various rumours circulated amongst fans and in the music press that the band was actually Led Zeppelin, Steeleye Span, The Rezillos, Fairport Convention or Tenpole Tudor in disguise. It was also suggested that either Keith Moon or Dudley Moore may have been lead singer.


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