ENGLISH DOGS TO THE END OF THE EARTH EP RARE 1984 HC Rot Discharge Exploited GBH

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English Dogs ?– To The Ends Of The Earth
Label:  Rot Records ?– ASS 17
Format:  Vinyl, 12", 45 RPM, EP 
Country:  UK
Released:  1984
Genre:  Rock
Style:  Punk, Heavy Metal
Tracklist:
A1 Ambassador Of Fear 3:05 A2 The Chase Is On 3:56 (Murray, Pinching, Butt, Abbott) B1 Incisor 3:07 B2 Survival Of The Fittest 3:41 (Murray, Pinching, Butt) 
Credits:
Producer, Engineer – Ian Blackburn Producer - Dunk Cover by - Tim "The Hippy" Spence
English Dogs formed in October 1981 in Grantham and produced two demos during 1982 entitled 'Show No Mercy' and 'Free To Kill'. The band toured as support to fellow punk band Charged GBH in Germany during early 1983 and followed this with a British tour supporting Discharge. In 1983 they signed to Clay Records and released a 6 track EP titled 'Mad Punx And English Dogs' July 1983.
English Dogs' first full length album, 'Invasion of the Porky Men', emerged a year later. Personnel changes ensued after the debut album emerged with vocalist Wakey departing to be replaced by ex-Ultraviolent singer Ade Bailey. At this juncture the band also decided to augment their live and recorded sound by adding ex-Destructors guitarist Graham 'Gizz' Butt who added Metal riffing, guitar leads and contributed to the English Dogs songwriting.
This change saw them leave Clay records to sign with Rot Records and release the decidedly metal tinged 'To The Ends Of The Earth' EP in September 1984. The metal leanings increased with Forward into Battle. English Dogs, culminating with the "Metalmorphosis " 12" and 'Where Legend Began' album through Under One Flag in 1986. In Spring of that that year the Dogs toured the USA to sold out shows at the LA Olympic auditorium, Fenders Ballroom, San Diego, San Francisco, Baltimore, New York, Chicago, in fact all over the East and West coast. Upon their return to the UK Jon Murray left the band.The group appeared on the legendary Shades promoted Thrash bill at Camden's Electric Ballroom with Possessed and Voivod later in 1986. Pinch also left the band around Winter '96. . The band carried on with Adie, Gizz and Wattie playing with other musicians until calling it a day in the fall of that year.
In 2011 three original members of the 1984 Crossover line up, Pinch, Gizz and Adie, announced they were going to reform to perform the "Forward Into Battle" and "To The Ends Of The Earth" releases in their entirety . This led to a sell out tour of USA and Canada in Feb 2012 which received great reviews. After the tour the lads announced they were to write new material in the vein of the Crossover material and plan more touring.
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"The English Dogs were a major force in the punk/metal crossover that was exploding by late 1984...  This record still give me goosebumps..."
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