Venom P Stinger offered an indifferent Australia unwanted acres of tricksy, lurching, tempo-shifting, art rock sea-shanties, doubtless as difficult for the band to play as they were for the merely curious to tolerate.
The guitarist Mick Turner and the drummer Jim White went on to supply tastefully distressed licks and off-beat percussive flourishes to Warren Ellis’ post-rock gypsy fiddle trio The Dirty Three, but here’s a complete document of the five years they spent turning spit-flecked rock filth into free punk noise silver.
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Alex Quarmby, Edfringe.com
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Dominic Cavendish, Telegraph
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Anon, BBC Complaints Log
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Lucinda Locketts, Twitter
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Maninabananasuit, Guardian.co.uk
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Esme Folley, Actress, cellist, Twitter
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Genghis McKahn, Guardian.co.uk
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Cojones2, Guardian.co.uk
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James Dellingpole, Daily Telegraph
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John Robins, Comedian
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Yukio Mishima, dontstartmeoff.com
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Dave Wilson, Chortle.com
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Frankie Boyle, Comedian
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Meanstreetelite, Peoplesrepublicofcork
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Nicetime, Guardian.co.uk
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BBC iPlayer edition of discussion of Stewart Lee on A Good Read
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Al Murray, Comedian
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Anonymous, don'tstartmeoff.com
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Tin Frog, Twitter
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Sam Rooney, Youtube
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Syhr, breakbeat.co.uk
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Joskins, Leeds Music Forum
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Pudabaya, beexcellenttoeachother.com
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Aiden Hearn, Twitter
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Shit Crit, Twitter
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Stokeylitfest, Twitter
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Robert Gavin, Twitter
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Joe, Independent.co.uk
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Johnny Kitkat, dontstartmeoff.com
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Liam Travitt, Twitter
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Aaron, comedy.co.uk
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Sidsings000, Youtube
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Idrie, Youtube
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Lee Mack, Mack The Life, 2012
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Richard Herring, Comedian
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Cabluigi, Guardian.co.uk
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Chez, Chortle.com
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Wharto15, Twitter
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Karen Laidlaw, Edfringe. com.
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Slothy Matt, Twitter
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Pnethor, pne-online.com
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Peter Ould, Youtube
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General Lurko 36, Guardian.co.uk
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Dominic Cavendish, Daily Telegraph