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When you think of
Chiswick records two things probably come to mind 1) Home of the mark 3 Damned
during their excellent
Machine Gun Etiquette
phase and the home of the infamous Skrewdriver. However a closer inspection into
their history will reveal a record company that helped start the birth of small
labels, gave a number of non London bands their first chance and competed with
the big boys striking gold with The Damned. A small label that released
bands with a hard edge around 1976 just as that sort of music was about to
become even harder and explode. Furthermore the history of the Sex Pistols and
punk in general frequently crossed paths with Chiswick and its founders Roger
Armstrong and Ted Carroll in many strange ways.
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