About Paranoid Visions
Formed in 1981, Paranoid Visions quickly allied themselves to the anarcho punk fraternity of the second wave of punk rock in the early 80's. Heavily influenced by the crass ethic of DIY music, the band formed their own F.O.A.D label and licensed their records to All The Madmen Records, home of the Mob, Thatcher on Acid, Blyth Power and the Astronauts. Paranoid Visions played gigs and toured with the likes of Poison Girls, DIRT, Blyth Power, the Subhumans and the Instigators.
Throughout the 90's Paranoid Visions became Ireland's premier punk band, featuring on several TV shows, newspapers and being offered numerous record deals from major labels (all of which were ignored). In the early 90's the band played with bands like Snuff, The Macc Ladds and Manic Street Preachers before calling it a day in 1992.
In 1996 they reformed briefly to play support on some dates for The Sex Pistols Filthy Lucre tour.
In 2001 they reformed again and played with The Damned, The Dickies and at the Wasted Festival in Morecombe. While these reunions were always designed to be short lived, the 2005 reunion line up formed in support of the re-release of the back catalogue, Outside In (the vinyl years 1986 - 1989), the band decided to carry on. Late in 2005, the band remastered and released their long lost (and quite funny) Xmas album "Bollox to Xmas". A live album called "Live in Stab City" was released in April 2006. A new album, "40 shades of Gangreen" was released in March 2007, the first new material released by the band in 16 years.
The January 2009 release Beware of the God was voted number 107 in the list of the most important Irish albums in Hot Press magazine, whilst the singles "Politician", "Treasure on the Wasteland" and "Outsider Artist" all hit the Irish top 10.
In 2013, the band formed a collaboration with Steve Ignorant, the vocalist of the anarcho-punk band Crass. What began as a one-off track quickly grew into a regular partnership, resulting in two albums and two singles. Together, they performed at some of the world’s biggest alternative festivals, including Chicago's Riot Fest, Canada’s Amnesia Festival, and the iconic UK-based Rebellion Festival. At Rebellion, they played a set that included Crass songs for the first time in seven years, alongside tracks from Flux of Pink Indians, Poison Girls, DIRT, Conflict, and their own original material. Their 2016 album Now and Then...! featuring Steve Ignorant debuted at number 6 on the Irish charts.
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Paranoid Visions - City of Screams (RTE TV 1988)
Paranoid Visions - Murder Most Foul (Live studio recording 2013)
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