"40 shades of gangreen"Year: 2007
Label: Foad
Format: CD
Tracks: 15
Time: 40 min.
Lyrical themes: anarchism, pacifism
Genre: rock
Style: Post Punk
Paranoid Visions are a punk band from Dublin, Ireland who formed in 1982. They broke up in 1992, had reunion shows and eventually decided to reunite. The band ran their own label, F.O.A.D. (Fuck Off And Die), during the 80s and 90s. The label was based in Dublin and run by guitarist, P.A. as is the bulk of their current administration to date. In 1987, the band started the FOAD2U2 campaign (meaning fuck off and die to U2). These letters could be seen sprayed all over Dublin at the time.[citation needed] Their EP, I Will Wallow is a parody of U2's album, Boy, and their single "I Will Follow". In . The band went on hiatus in the early 1990s reforming for shows in 1996 with the Sex Pistols on the Filthy Lucre Tour and the Damned on their 25th anniversary tour of 2001. In 2005 Toxic Records released the compilation "Outside in" resulting in the band reforming for a few shows in support of the release.The reformation led to a huge creative burst and resulted in the "Missing in Action" ep. The critical and commercial success of the record continued the creative vein and between 2005 and 2017 the band released 5 new albums and 12 singles. The January 2009 release Beware of the God.[6] was voted number 107 in the list of the most important Irish albums in Hot Press magazine, whilst the singles Politician, Treasure on the Wasteland and Outsider Artist (featuring TV Smith) all hit the Irish top 10. In 2013 the band formed an unlikely alliance with Crass vocalist Steve Ignorant which started out life as a single track and led on to regular live performances, 2 albums and 2 singles. The band alongside Steve have played some of the biggest alternative festivals in the world including Chicago's Riot Fest (att 80,000), Canada's Amnesia festival (att 60,000) and the annual appearance at the UK's Rebellion Festival, at which the band performed a set featuring Crass songs for the first time in 7 years alongside tracks by Flux of Pink Indians, Poison Girls, DIRT and Conflict as well as their own material.
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"beware of the God"Year: 2009
Label: Foad
Format: CD, LP
Tracks: 13
Time: 40 min.
Lyrical themes: anarchism, pacifism
Genre: rock
Style: Post Punk
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"escape from the austery complex"Year: 2012
Label: Overground
Format: CD , LP
Tracks: 15
Time: 40 min.
Lyrical themes: anarchism, pacifism
Genre: rock
Style: Post Punk
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Year: 2013
Label: Overground
Format: CD, LP
Tracks: 12
Time: 40 min.
Lyrical themes: anarchism, pacifism
Genre: rock
Style: Post Punk
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"cryptic cross words"Year: 2015
Label: Overground
Format: CD
Tracks: 10
Time: 40 min.
Lyrical themes: anarchism, pacifism
Genre: rock
Style: Post Punk
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"now and then..."Year: 2016
Label: Overground
Format: CD, LP
Tracks: 10
Time: 40 min.
Lyrical themes: anarchism, pacifism
Genre: rock
Style: Post Punk
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Year: 2017
Label: Overground
Format: CD, LP
Tracks: 9
Time: 40 min.
Lyrical themes: anarchism, pacifism
Genre: rock
Style: Post Punk
Paranoid Visions formed in 1981 and are regarded as Irelands longest serving punk rock band. The band have played with and toured with artists like Jello Biafra, UK Subs, GBH, Poison Girls, Dirt, Conflict, Dickies, Theatre of Hate, New Model Army and The Damned. In 2013 they formed an alliance with Crass vocalist Steve Ignorant and continue to perform and record with him, so far the collaboration has produced two full length albums and two extended play singles. Set for release on August 4th 2017 and available from Advance Records , Paranoid Visions have recorded an extended set of tracks that would have been released as an EP but they have added five bonus tracks creating a hybrid EP/LP release. The album is pressed on beautiful pink vinyl and featuring a Lowry inspired painting of the band outside the Wintergarden in Blackpool, the home of the annual Rebellion festival. After charting in Ireland with their last release with Steve Ignorant, Deko and the band have another chance with this one delivering on 35 years of punk rock innovation and sheer dedication. The simply magnificent opener, No Pasaran (Are You Getting The Picture) is epic in scope and sound. With superb female/male vocal alternating the leads and a massive chorus with keyboard enhancement, I was simply stunned at one of the tracks of the year with some brilliant anti-racism lyrics. Ego Mania (It’s All About You) focuses on the social media trend creating self obsessed citizens “you’ve got a smart phone, but you’re not too bright”! It’s a powerful punk rock song and Paranoid Visions are a band at the top of their game full of power, anger and melody with some great songwriting chops – the sound reminds me of Anima Mundi, a superb Los Angeles anarcho-punk band…loved it! On Greytown the focus turns to a mosh-pit friendly song about living in despair at banality and it packs a serious punch with a UK Subs vibe. The focus on societies decline continues with Dead Zoo as the band tackles the subject of drug and alcohol abuse. The song opens with a mournful guitar and Deko’s signature voice delivers a ballad style restrained punk/folk track. With some soaring guitar work, the lyrics hit hard and the echoing female backing vocals add an eerie atmosphere to a powerful track. The record is strictly limited to 500 copies and some even more limited edition copies come with a cd version cased in a printed tin. The five bonus tracks consist of three tracks recorded live in the studio (no overdubs / first takes) The Angelus combines military drums with church bells, a priest and builds, and builds with single strummed power chords before launching into a churning head banger with a New Model Army vibe. Murder Most Foul creates a lonely street scene with footsteps and dogs barking before the pounding bass and reverb tinged chords lead into a great guitar lick to produce a slower number led by the female vocals and telling a story with aplomb – “You Watch your Back” – indeed! The third of the five bonus tracks is a ska-infused boot stomper whereas West One is a heavier punk rock track covering The Ruts classic. The album concludes with a total departure in sound with a stunning dance remix of the 2012 track Statement of Intent featuring the Shend (from the Cravats) – it’s a raver and its bloody brilliant.
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