UK Subs - Emotional Blackmail

The UK Subs were another group that emerged from the scene at The Roxy in London in 1977. Founder and Lead Vocalist Charlie Harper was playing in R&B and pub rock groups before being influenced by bands like The Damned to turn to punk.
From the vinyl - U.K. Subs -- Recorded 1979 - 1981
Credits -
Bass -- Alvin Gibbs, Paul Slack
Drums -- Pete Davis, Steve Roberts
Guitar -- Nick Garratt
Vocals -- Charlie Harper
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[@vinnylsjappa]

Im still getting goosebumps and happy tears from this one...im 60 ...played with them in Oslo 1986, Data Morgana..at Rock Alive...UNFORGETTABLE!!!!!!!!

[@ladyvi1579]

I have a Tape from Data Morgana. Bought it at Blitz in 89. Good one

[@jeffmartin2060]

Im 53 and and still love punk!! Best music ever!!

[@MaitreMark]

54 here and still rocking to old school punk!

[@vn7099]

... hört sich am Anfang echt an wie ... ... 1234 ...

[@arikanerva3178]

I am 58 year old fart. Once i was in the stage with Uk Subs over 40 years ago in Tarvasjoki(Finland) . I still have those albums from 80's

[@Vivaldijevich]

Also! 😀 I watched them in 1986 in Belgrade, Akademija Club, after this song, someone threw tear gas into the audience...

[@stavros-161]

hell yeah mate

[@bobstinkers7676]

One of the greatest openings to an album in any genre of music, it grips your nutsack and drags you in!

[@pancrack]

it was side two !

[@paulnewton9733]

My fave intro too. I was at Charlie's 80th last week-amazing gig!

[@deedeesplectrum9924]

That is possibly one of the best songs I've ever heard, and hardly anyone seem to know about it. It's a tragedy.

[@adamsoroczynski636]

Uk Subs have been cruelly written out of punk history why? because by 1979 sections of the music press in the uk were saying punk was dead. People have to remember the Uk Subs were one of the premier punk bands who were commercially successful from 1979 to 1981 in Britain.

[@alanknotts1844]

All the London posers had jumped ship by 1979. The Subs and Crass saved punk

[@rodolfobeneventi4788]

​@@alanknotts1844yehh,and sham 69,bussckocks and stiff little fingers too(and black flag in california)

[@bealmor1963]

They're still going.

[@wojtekgrzedzicki6138]

i'm 43 years old and i still love to hear the uk subs. i'm punk rocker.

[@mowhak1]

I am 51and I totally agree.

[@MrChipshopman]

My first show was the subs in1979 and it was my daughters first punk show last year. She got to meet Charlie!

[@woodenz]

wojtek grzedzicki lol, I’m 56 , and still luv it ...

[@paddycampbell576]

I'm 52 😜

[@michaelclifford6468]

I'm 50 and my first show was in 83, just before my 16th birthday. I was too young to actually be in the club. There was a tiny underground club called Brannigans in Leeds, UK. There was apunk gig every Wednesday. I got Charlie's autograph. He wrote, "I owe Charlie Harper A beer." With a circle around the A. I guess I still owe him it. I last saw them a few months ago. Great band!

[@davidmcgauchie9332]

that guitar is fantastic.

[@deeder2000]

Nick Garrat's guitar playing is very original and he has his own unique style, which made up the UK Subs 'sound'!

[@adamsoroczynski636]

spot on!

[@CrustPunklilith]

I agree, like kzbin.info/www/bejne/pJ-3oH5poLh-gck.

[@RockandRollMusic00]

The grossly underrated Nicky Garratt on guitar. Brilliant.

[@matthewsutton3677]

You must be Nicky Garrett? 😂

[@ryubelmont2259]

One of my favourite bands ever, I remember when I saw them in concert 15 years ago in my hometown, Palermo (Sicily). At that time I was 15 y.o.

[@pressuredrop6173]

I was 14 the first time I saw the UK Subs. Hitch hiked from Edinburgh to London and back again after the gig. They were the days.

[@regaininglife9084]

One of my favorite songs by them.

[@krystianluniewicz3881]

it is indeed...great band

[@unklecab]

One of my all time favorite punk bands then and now; lyrics and music still is relevant today as is did way back when. Great job you yobs! Keep the flag flying high!

[@steveroche4710]

yer dam right Charlie's a legend

[@dirtybiker420]

heroes of my youth, and still love the fact I can sit at the bar in a small venue 40 odd years later and buy Charlie and Alvin a few beers, get a selfie and chat shit 👍

[@JontheBerean]

Charlie bought me and my pal a pint once , top bloke !

[@paul-88E]

This is more like it. I remember buying UK Subs 7" as a teenager - definitely bought 'Warhead'.

[@jamesgentner1356]

I'm 60 yrs old caught Subs Nowhere League at Kyber Pass in Philly very early 80s they were fast and tight right on top of us it was Fucking Great !

[@bobstinkers7676]

When I brought this vinyl back to Vermont back in 1995 and plaid it for me blokes, this song opened with that charging guitar, and we were mesmerized. One of, if not the best opening tracks of any album.

[@zaccandels6695]

are u an american using the word 'bloke'

[@mongopunisher91]

Saw these guys at a restaurant/bar. There was 5 people there. 3 locals and me and my friend. They sounded just like this. Awesome show.

[@Deadlypunker]

another Truth brought to you through punk rock .great track .punk rock for life

[@mikedavies3361]

Love the Subs. Think you’ve listened to a band to death find myself rotating through all the punk bands couple of years later you listen again and it’s just as good. Never fails

[@gammalpunkrock]

same here, its abit sad they never got the respect i think they deserved.

[@gmanzano89gm]

I saw them live at the Allen theater in SG. They had alot of punk fans cheering them on.

[@MsJp467]

@@gmanzano89gm ya see them a few times hope to see them more fab group

[@mowhak1]

How could I forget about the Eighties when Charlie Harper is facing them? Go ahead, Kudos.

[@drawfilms3000]

Brand new world!! Love this record...reminds old viena in the 80s...Squat...Aegidigasse

[@catherinepialoux9251]

A fucking classic..learned to play bass guitar with warhead..as all punk players...paul slack is a fucking genius. Thanks so much. A parisian old punk fan and loving cats..cathy

[@RicardoReis-q2k]

60 anos e não me canso disso UK subs punk sonzeira punk lenda

[@cromptoniser]

Lockdown meant it was time to dig my guitar out which I never really got good at back in the day and I can sort of bang this and Stranglehold out along with other bands stuff.

[@matthewjdouglas6471]

Haha good on you. Keep on practicing. I've been doing the same. Got a few tunes nailed. Just keep thrashing out those powerchords

[@cromptoniser]

@@matthewjdouglas6471 cheers check out MattVinyl emotional blackmail take4 wardance nothing left etc

[@MsJp467]

@@matthewjdouglas6471 good on you

[@cromptoniser]

and part 2!!

[@ukulelesubs452]

Great editing job.

[@stavros-161]

Really emotional blackmail greets from Greece/ATHENS/ RIOT . . .🙃😉

[@kevinwhitaker119]

MY FAVOURITE ALL TIME PUNK BAND... I'VE SEEN THEM PLAY AT LEAST 18 TIMES ☺️ AND THEY ARE ALWAYS AWESOME...I GOT INTO PUNK IN 79 AND I'M 52yrs. OLD AND STILL A PUNK TODAY 😁😎🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️ 🏴‍☠️🏴🅰️ N 🅰️ RCHY AND FREEDOM PEACE UNITY ☮️❤️☯️🦔🦔🦊🦔...BIG UP FOR THE PUNX..🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴🏴🏴💣💣💣💥💥💥🔥🔥💥💥

[@hunorhonor]

Still makes me move! Great band!

[@blueoranda5724]

First Subs song I heard, rocks.

[@avalynI]

One of the greatest songs! To see live.

[@seanevans8364]

Brilliant Subs at their best...loved their early stuff

[@tomislington7785]

What I could never understand is that in this song and many others, Charlie writes so lucidly about drugs and drug use ("rooms splashed with blood, needles dipped in mud" - I mean, brilliant!) yet he claims to have never taken or been in to drugs!!!!? One of life's many mysteries I guess!

[@thegreenmage6956]

He would have seen things like this destroying his friends, he was deep-in enough to be able to describe it even as a non-user.

[@thiscorrosion900]

You see things around you, and you write about it, I'm assuming. Most writers write best what they know. or the genres they know. But when it comes from real life, it's a lot better and more authentic.

[@prfu1222]

my two year old is dancing. timeless.

[@steverawlinson9635]

Long live charlie

[@zoltanjanostar187]

Masterpiece of the UKS

[@brucehubbard4546]

fuck this rocks, real.

[@johndowning8585]

class, even better live.

[@matthewsutton3677]

Im 65 remember this from 70s😂❤

[@eg-zj9mp]

...championship ... I love it more than 30 years!!!! ♥

[@MsJp467]

still here 2021

[@remenarpavlovic1479]

The best live band , first time in Zagreb 1984. or 1985 . , next time 1989. or 1990. this is true punk- rock 😎

[@suzesiviter6083]

Awesome band I only heard thru a guns and roses cover of down on the farm, how can quality like this remain under the radar?

[@johnnymunzel2425]

Yeees,thanks for your konzert in luzern,love the uk subs over 40 jears,keep on,johnny

[@steveroche4710]

best punk band ever

[@insight9111]

Woot! Take that...and have some of this while your at it. Wait! Don't run off- got some more coming for you.

[@izzystradlin67]

always in my top 5

[@oomph8890]

fantastic song , still sounds great

[@modquadrophenia1964]

Kickass video

[@iansutherland5230]

Superb!

[@riverhewgill9485]

that's awesome

[@sunnyvaledrunk6688]

True punk rockers listen to Uk subs!

[@MsJp467]

so fecking good

[@miliserbo]

thumbs high up for the video, great job mate !!!

[@l.salisbury1253]

Check out the Anti Nowhere League's tribute to the Subs: "Uncle Charlie"...

[@robertedwards4102]

Great punk years

[@elkiewernicke6257]

Tolle Band,immer gewesen

[@avalynI]

I seen them play this song, at the country club in Resada, California, in the early 80's.

[@elkiewernicke6257]

Wow,tolle Band

[@ursulaschlapbach311]

Great!

[@raymondo6162]

Brilliant!

[@bobbob-wz7tl]

kicked a few mods with this tune in my head. back in the day.

[@tijgerpoes936]

punks not dead

[@elliottblake6806]

I love part 2

[@brucedunkle9136]

Agreed! Nicky Garratt's guitar playing was such a big part of the Subs sound. What a tight band.

[@ursulaschlapbach311]

Great

[@kingBenTheBadger]

Seeing them in Leicester on the 30th YES

[@MrFKatz]

Great video!!!!

[@LJCloves]

Nice, thank s for putting this up : )

[@johnlopez605]

This is awesome

[@geraldinnconnery6996]

yes 🌞😙🔥

[@Petegrin1]

fucking awesome!

[@andrelourenco818]

watch in youtube......TRINCHEIRA , from Rio de Janeiro-Brazil......enjoy and share !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!thanks.....we playing this music...

[@gniewko69]

szantaże uczuiami właśnie się SKOŃCZYŁY!

[@ericpayne8837]

I'm not even a rock and roller but this is the shit!

[@51-73-i6w]

It's not rock and roll, it's punk fecking rock

[@ericpayne8837]

@@51-73-i6w thank you 😁👍

[@reecehorner3736]

quality

[@andrewdarbyshire2558]

Brilliance 🎶

[@dunfermentin]

harper the man

[@JoeSatellite]

Bang on!!!!

[@mickwebster3166]

A very good montage.

[@theroundoff2171]

Yeaaaahhhh And you died the other day They took you away To your hospital bed Keep screwing up my head with Emotional blackmail Emotional blackmail Emotional blackmail Emotional blackmail In this game of survival There's too many rivals You sink or you swim Why bother jumping in And now I can't go home To razor cuts on bone Rooms splashed with blood Needles dipped in mud and Emotional blackmail Emotional blackmail Emotional blackmail now Emotional blackmail

[@gazzbooth66]

Charlie Harper I still owe you @ beer 14 year old kid I was I'm now 56 WTF

[@philippusbakker9857]

What my wife tried ..... once ... that ....

[@akr4476]

Its cool

[@Awsomeaton]

Compression is fucked up because it's off of vinyl NICE!

[@milenius123]

"Punkeri rockeri i metalci" how much fans? :D

[@HonorableMention83]

The Partisans. Power & greed

[@matthewsmith3611]

Emotional Black Man

[@zombxboi]

Meo tema

[@aHiddenLocation]

They wrote the damn book..

[@Thunder_Goose]

playing the conservative party conference this year.

[@jorgeluizlettieridemoraes8415]

🎸💯🇧🇷

[@SuperUkuleleGirl]

Does anyone else hear "I smoke crack now"?

[@gniewko69]

osądzanie bliźniego też się skończyły w tym momencie

[@alanknotts1844]

Live version on 'Crash Course' is much better.

[@MrBOROLOYAL]

Class🇬🇧

[@matthewsmith3611]

Emotional Black man

[@date4457]

実にPUNK! 正にPUNK! 流石！

[@АлексейШаптала-ц1я]

yeeeaaaah wooooaaahh

[@davesaussieduster]

Easily their best rockin track

[@RobBates-u1l]

punk perfecto, Original combo unbeatable, confrontation street, party in paris, tomorrows girls..still the old buggar keeps rolling on and on last seen in Stoke, happy to confirm, punks not dea,

[@teenage_doomer]

Who is the guy in the middle 1:16