Rubella Ballet - DAY GLO DAZE (The Singles Album)

Rubella Ballet formed in 1979, with the nucleus of the band coming from a gig where Crass invited the audience to use their equipment and finish the gig. The band was formed by drummer Sid Truelove (drummer of Flux of Pink Indians), together with former Fatal Microbes Pete Fender (Dan Sansom, guitar), Gem Stone (Gemma Sansom, bass) and It (Quentin North, also bass), with vocalists Annie Anxiety and Womble. These young dayglo warriors would become the main nucleus and mainstay behind the biggest explosion of colour to hit the late 70's/early 80's bleakness of the UK punk scene. Rubella Ballet created that rare bright hue of primary discord amongst the hordes of combat Anarcho black. Their first gig was at the Triad Leisure Centre in Bishops Stortford on 5 August 1979, where they crashed the bar to play at a Crass/Poison Girls/Epileptics gig that was happening in the main hall. The band hailed from the Anarcho punk scene in North Essex and subsequently toured with Crass and the Poison Girls, but was equally at home playing the Goth scene as they were also part of its early conception as newly formed Goth bands supported Rubella Ballet.