Yr Anhrefn
| Yr Anhrefn | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Bangor, Wales |
| Genres | Punk rock |
| Years active | 1982–1995, 2007 |
| Labels | Anhrefn, Workers Playtime, Crai |
| Associated acts | Mangre |
| Past members | Rhys Mwyn Sion Sebon Hefin Huws Dewi Gwyn Dafydd Ieuan Dylan Hughes Sion Jones Ryan Kift Gwyn Jones |
Yr Anhrefn, also known simply as Anhrefn, were an influential Welsh punk rock group of the 1980s and 1990s.
Anhrefn (Welsh for "Disorder") were an influential punk rock band from Bangor, North Wales and formed in 1982, and initially sang only in Welsh. The band were not supported by Radio Cymru or Welsh-language TV channel S4C, beyond an occasional interview, and bassist Rhys Mwyn became known as an outspoken critic of the Welsh pop industry.
Mwyn (born Gareth Rhys Thomas) set up his own Recordiau Anhrefn label in 1983, helping to promote like-minded Welsh bands as well as their own music. The band were championed by John Peel and recorded three sessions for his BBC Radio 1 show; Peel even travelled to Wales to see the band perform. The band played up to 300 gigs a year at their peak, touring Europe several times, including Czechoslovakia, Germany and the Basque Region of Spain.
They were featured on Channel 4 TV show The Tube in 1987, although they were largely ignored by the British music weeklies, and played with Joe Strummer on the Rock Against Rich UK tour in 1988.
Original members Hefin Huws and Dewi Gwyn left the band in the late 1980s and were replaced by Dylan Hughes (formerly of Y Cyrff) and Sion Jones (formerly of Maffia Mr Huws).
The band made their first English language recording in 1994, on a single with actress Margi Clarke (they released a cover of Cole Porter's "Anything Goes" as a single), and had earlier collaborated with Pauline Murray (of the punk band Penetration) in 1990, who co-wrote Llygaid wrth Lygaid, which is on the B-side of the cassette version of Rhedeg i Paris.
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