Pissed & Proud

Peter & The Test Tube Babies | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 21, 1994)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Century Media
• ASIN: B000005HLW
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #64,325 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Moped Lads

2. Banned From The Pubs

3. Elvis Is Dead

4. Up Yer Bum

5. Smash 'N Grab Raid

6. Run Like Hell

7. Shitstirrer

8. Intensive Care

9. Keep Britain Untidy

10. Transvestite

11. Maniac

12. Disco

Editorial Reviews

PETER & THE TEST TUBE BABIES Pissed And Proud (2008 UK '25th Anniversary Edition' digitally remastered 2-CD set comprising the classic 13-track Punk album plus Bonus CD featuring 18 rare studio cuts from their punk heyday, including the two Indie chart hits 'Banned From The Pubs' & 'Run Like Hell', a 4-track radio session from 1980, their very first demo and their contributions to the seminal compilations 'Oi! The Album' & 'Carry On Oi!'; complete with a picture booklet containing original LP artwork with rare original insert, song lyrics & sleevenotes by author Ian Glasper). --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Gig Ever, November 16, 2003

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terry mellor (Perth) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pissed & Proud (Audio CD)

I wish I was there. I reckon anyone with even half a sense of humour could have walked into this gig off the street, not knowing any of the songs, and still have an excellent night. I loved this album the first time I heard it, and still do 17 years later!!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Im a maniac, February 5, 2011

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Bloodbath_and_Beyond (usa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pissed & Proud (W/Book) (Bonus CD) (Dlx) (Audio CD)

Peter and the Test Tube Babies were a British punk band that did the strange thing of releasing a live album as their debut record following a couple singles. Recorded at 3 different venues, it really captures the intensity of an early 80's punk gig, ripping roaring, violent, and very dangerous. You can feel the blood and sweat from the band and the audiance. Much like the vintage The Exploited's On Stage live bootleg album, its heavily raw and has that dirty, rough unpolished feel. No major label or radio station would ever touch this. P&TTB are still a somewhat forgotten band even in the punk pantheon, them along with groups like The Business, Chaos UK, The Exploited, The UK Subs, GBH were the heart of the genre, playing fast and extremely volatile rock n roll, taking the formula the Sex Pistols laid down and making it more raw and more dirty.

The album features some powerful renditions of cuts like Banned From The Pubs, Elvis Is Dead, Smash N Grab, Run Like Hell, Transvestite and Disco, as well as a cover of Leader Of The Gang. But the best cut here is Maniac, a true to it's name, listening to this song you really feel the danger of a real punk show in the 80's as it was. The genre is so commercial these days with Ramones t shirts in every mall store, it's forgotten how underground and unacceptable punk was in its time. This song brims with danger and these guys really make you think they could jump off the stage and hurt you as by the last 10 seconds the singer is literally foaming at the mouth. So if you're looking for the soundtrack to a mosh party or you want some real authentic skull crushing rock, this is a perfect addition to your collection, a classic punk gem.

5.0 out of 5 stars Pissed and Proud is not Malcom Maclaren fabricated punk foeces!, September 2, 2008

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James De Weaver (Byron Bay,Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pissed & Proud (W/Book) (Bonus CD) (Dlx) (Audio CD)

If you had ever thought the Sex Pistols were the be all and end all of British Punk, you were way wrong!
Peter and the Test Tube babies are the real deal,not some stylized illusion of some promoter or Vivien Westwood clad pinheads!
We never heard too little about those Sex Pistol Twerps, but the media didn't even bother with Peter and the Test Tube babies,even though they have THE most original and punky derived lyrics you'd ever likely too find!Moped Lads,Banned from the Pub,Intensive care,Up yer Bum to name only a few of these gems,which fortunately were recorded in their full on and uncompromising fashion of pissed off youth.This is FULLY SICK,and I would definately,highly recommend this,and would be in my personal Top 10 of all time records!
James DeWeaver