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| Iron Man PAIN | P.A.I.N have moved here P.A.I.N Press releases: LET ME GROW MORE WEED South London conspiracy P.A.I.N, pioneers of Nuclear Dub, GM Ska, Foot ‘n Mouth laced Punk, previous guests at Her Majesties Pleasure and Button Factory associates celebrate the forthcoming General Election with the re-release on April 30th 2001 of their epic HOWARD MARKS collaboration ‘LET ME GROW MORE WEED’ . The record underlines the point that no headway is really being made towards legislative de-criminalisation of dope, despite the Metropolitan Police Force announcing on the 28th of March that they are to soften their approach towards cannabis use. P.A.I.N who are associated with the new bete-noir of the broadsheets - the Button Factory activists - will no doubt receive plenty of uncomfortable media attention with this CD, especially as the re-release also coincides with the Global Cannabis Action day on Saturday June the 16th when P.A.I.N and HOWARD MARKS headline a massive event at Brockwell Park, South London . With the General Election just around the corner, it seems only fitting that this timeless call to skin up should be the soundtrack for the events of May/June 2001……. This re-release is in addition to the release on April 2nd of P.A.I.N ‘s second album ‘Our Universe Commences Here’ which also features a version of ‘Let Me Grow More Weed’ The album, which has seen P.A.I.N gather an unlikely yet welcome ally in Kate Bush, is about the prison system, it’s use against the defenceless and laws that cannot be defended. P.A.I.N tour mainland Europe in April and the UK in May. OUR UNIVERSE COMMENCES HERE P.A.I.N release their second album "Our Universe Commences Here" (O.U.C.H) thru Iron Man Records on April 2nd 2001. The long awaited second album from P.A.I.N, sees the South London conspiracy offer the world a radioactive audio file crammed full of Nuclear Dub, Genetically modified Ska, and BSE laced Punk rock. The album features the work of amongst others, John Dillinger, who is currently one of the most prolific writers operating in the UK underground scene. The theme is about the prison system, its use against the defenceless and laws that cannot be defended. The band have found allies in both expected and unexpected places, such as the well documented liason with Howard Marks and the welcome support of Kate Bush. Always outspoken, P.A.I.N see their music as a vehicle of political expression; “There is much more to 'Our Universe' than the prohibition of Cannabis, you only have to look at the poetic irony of simultaneous fuel protests and widespread environmental catastrophe. Everyone will talk of the necessity for radical change, yet still, nothing changes. Are we all just consumers for the profit of the IMF? Do our lives really amount to a column of figures? Just who has the power now? Surprisingly, it’s still all of us. The Protest Movement has become global in response, and we now have a genuine opportunity to fight back at the real enemy; no longer the copper, or politician, but the evil bastards who claim with a straight face that they own 90% of the worlds resources. We are all born on this planet and every single human being alive has an equal right to life, air, water, and food. They tell us that this is being naive and unrealistic. We tell them that we will never rest until our demands are met, they had better sleep lightly”. (P.A.I.N) P.A.I.N and Howard Marks Play : !!!!!!STOP PRESS!!!! RE-RELEASE!!!!!! South London conspiracy P.A.I.N, pioneers of Nuclear Dub, GM Ska and Foot ‘n Mouth laced Punk re-release their epic Howard Marks collaboration ‘LET ME GROW MORE WEED’ on April 30th 2001. The re-release is to coincide with the Global Cannabis Action day on Saturday May the 5th when P.A.I.N headline a massive event at Brockwell Park, South London. An event of this nature and size so close to the General Elections is bound to stir up all sorts of media attention so it’s only fitting that this timeless call to skin up should be the soundtrack for the event. This re-release is in addition to the release on April 2nd of P.A.I.N ‘s second album ‘Our Universe Commences Here’. Both releases are on Iron Man Records and are distributed thru Universal. O.U.C.H : PRESS RELEASE November 2000 Our Universe CommencesHere is the long awaited second release from P.A.I.N, the Propaganda and Information Network, South London’s finest exponents of Nuclear Dub, Genetically modified Ska, and BSE laced Punk rock. The second LP is a follow on from their first and although far apart in terms of time is none the less closer than close in it's politics, this is Volume No2. It's theme this time is about the prison system and it's use against the defenceless, and laws which shouldn't be, and can't be defended. In Our Universe they don't exist...!!!!! Many individuals have contributed to this project with enthusiasm and integrity. We have been pleasantly surprised to find allies in unexpected places, such as the welcome endorsement from Kate Bush herself which we presume is due to her genuine understanding of the songs meanings. The issues raised on the album could not be more relevant; with the likes Anne Widdecombe rearing her UGLY head in particular, we see once again that the people who desire control of our daily lives, are so chronically out of touch with the country they live in, that even the police themselves are forced to laugh back in their faces. There is much more to Our Universe than the prohibition of cannabis, you only have to look as far as the current poetic irony of simultaneous Fuel Protests and widespread environmental catastrophe. Everyone will talk of the necessity for radical change, yet still, nothing changes. Are we all just consumers for the profit of the IMF? Do our lives really amount to a column of figures? Just who has the power now? Surprisingly, it’s still all of us. The Protest Movement has become global in response, and we now have a genuine opportunity to fight back at the real enemy, no longer the confused copper, or deluded politician, but the evil bastards who claim with a straight face that they own 90% of the worlds resources. We are all born on this planet and every single human being alive has an equal right to life, air, water, and food. They tell us that this is being niave and unrealistic. We tell them that we will never rest until are demands are met, and they had better sleep lightly. OUCH will be available on Vinyl and CD, illustrated by Pete Loveday of Russell Fame. There is a planned poster by Pete and a tour of the UK and Europe in the spring. Expect to see and hear a lot more about us by then. As they say.......... first came the word! A P.A.I.N Records release, on license through Iron Man Records Birmingham ..................................................................................................................... GROW MORE WEED Howard Marks and the Propaganga and Information Network (P.A.I.N.) have recorded a song through Birmingham based Iron Man Records called "Let me grow more weed." |