Alternative

Alternative, Scottish anarcho punks, first surfaced with the poppiest (and by far best) cut on 1981's execrable 'Bullshit Detector'. “Change It’, lifted from their demo, was a pretty crap song, but it had a tune and the whole LP was so miserable that even this innocuous ditty sounded good. So, having released their first recording via Crass, they spent the rest of their career being compared to them. By the time of the 'In Nomine Patri' EP, they had a second guitarist -Dougie McHale (Actives)- and Wilf Surman had been replaced by Gordon 'Gogs' Smith. With the addition of another vocalist (Linda 'Linger' Rotherham) they then shared a split cassette with Dirt and Reality Control ('Live 23.10.82 The Bunker'), and underwent more lineup changes. The new band released 'If They Treat You Like Shit - Act Like Manure', an LP which is considered an anarcho punk classic. They split in 1986 after recording more demos with yet more personnel revisions. [SOURCE: PUNKY GIBBON]