Warsaw Pakt


Warsaw Pakt was a short-lived punk group which were active in the years of 1977-78, though some of its members had heritages linking them to the 1960s underground. This was apparent in their sound, which was a sophisticated punk thrash with plenty of energy but also more structure than some contemporaries.
Drummer Lucas Fox had been in the first incarnation of Motörhead with Larry Wallis of the legendary Pink Fairies, while Colquhoun's other work includes spells in The Deviants and Pink Fairies reunions.
Their claim to fame is to have recorded an album that was in the shops 24 hours after the first note was recorded. The band was trying to make a point about technology in doing this, and the album sleeve was a 12" square brown bag with stickers and rubber stamping to display the band name and album title.
After Warsaw Pakt, guitarist Andy Colquhoun joined Brian James' Tanz Der Youth, subsequently moved on to the band The Pink Fairies, and then a band with ex-MC5 guitarist Wayne Kramer.
When Needle Time was deleted by Island Records within a week of release, the band released a few out-takes under the title "See You In Court" before evaporating.
Also released a 7" Single on Island, Safe and Warm.
The seminal post-punk band Joy Division, changed its name to the former in late 1977 for fear of being confused with Warsaw Pakt.

Needle Time

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