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The Blackwater Fever
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The Blackwater Fever

The Blackwater Fever formed in London in 1982, playing a raw punk sound that found its audience in the underground scene. Their 1984 debut album included...

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The Blackwater Fever's raw London punk

A short-lived 80s band whose gritty tracks like 'Don't Fuck With Joe' became underground anthems.

If you want to hear what they were about, 'Don't Fuck With Joe' and 'Better Off Dead' frame it pretty well. That's the sound they had.

For a stretch in the 80s, their music provided a specific, gritty soundtrack that felt more lived-in than polished. Songs like 'Better Off Dead' and 'Burn Baby Burn' carried that same unapologetic energy. Their 1984 debut album included 'Don't Fuck With Joe,' a track that became something of an anthem for the underground crowd.

The Blackwater Fever formed in London in 1982, playing a raw punk sound that found its audience in the underground scene. They released two more albums, 'All the Way Down' in 1986 and 'No Mercy' in 1988, before calling it a day.

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The Blackwater Fever formed in London in 1982, playing a raw punk sound that found its audience in the underground scene. Their 1984 debut album included 'Don't Fuck With Joe,' a track that became something of an anthem for that crowd. They released two more albums, 'All the Way Down' in 1986 and 'No Mercy' in 1988, before calling it a day.

Joe Byfield was the band's lead vocalist. Songs like 'Better Off Dead' and 'Burn Baby Burn' carried that same unapologetic energy.

They weren't around for long, but for a stretch in the 80s, The Blackwater Fever's music, 'Blackwater,' 'Back Roads', provided a specific, gritty soundtrack. It was the kind of punk that felt more lived-in than polished.

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