The Victims were a punk band from Perth, Western
Australia, active in 1977-79. The band's members were Dave Flick (Dave
Faulkner) on guitar and vocals, James Baker (drums) and Rudolph V (Dave
Cardwell) on bass.
In 1977, The Victims released their debut single,
"Television Addict" (Faulkner/Baker)/"I'm Flipped Out Over
You" (Baker/Buncle), of which only 1,000 copies were pressed. The
following year they released an EP entitled simply The Victims (also known as
No Thanks to the Human Turd), which included five tracks: "I
Understand", "Open Your Eyes", "TV Freak", "High
School Girls" and "Disco Junkies". Only 500 copies of the EP
were released. Baker went on to play in the first line-ups of The Hoodoo Gurus
and The Scientists. Faulkner was also a founding member of The Hoodoo Gurus.
In 1989, a compilation album, All Loud on the Western
Front was released. It included all the songs from their single and EP, as well
as "Perth is a Culture Shock".
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