Inner Terrestrials

Inner Terrestrials is a British punk band from South London, England. Originally formed by Jay Terrestrial and Fran Webber, their first gig was in February 1994. Their music is a mix of punk, dub, ska and a touch of folk, with lyrics that are more often than not aggressively political and cover subjects such as anarchism, animal rights, land ownership, the class system, war, and many other subjects. Completely anti-establishment, they prefer to deal only with underground and DIY distributors and collectives, and as such became "legendary" in the underground punk and squatter scene in the UK and across Europe.

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Career

Originally formed by Jay Terrestrial and Fran Webber, their first gig was at the Queen Adelaide Pub in Penge, South London on 14 February 1994. The band has gigged every year since their beginnings, and by 2015, they had played thousands of gigs across the UK, Ireland, mainland Europe, Réunion Island, and Japan.

Benefits

In 2009, the band played alongside the Fun Lovin' Criminals to raise funds for direct action against logging.
In February 2015, the band played a fundraiser for victims of the Gaza–Israel conflict in Uplands, Swansea, Wales.

Members

Jay Terrestrial – vocals, guitar, whistle
Fran Webber – vocals, bass
Ben Swan – drums

At the start of 2014 Ben "The Boy Wonder" Swan joined the band.

Former

Paco Carreno – drums

Paco Carreno came in on drums for the debut album in 1996. Paco stayed with the band until 2006 when he took a break for health reasons. Before he returned in 2007 Inner Terrestrials drumming was covered by Kevin and Michel. In 2013 Paco's health again meant he could no longer continue, and Martin drummed for the band for the 2013 touring schedule. Paco died on 20 February 2015, at the age of 49.

Discography

Albums

iT! X Tales of Terror

''Heart of the Free''

Live albums

Escape from New Cross Live in Auxerre

''Mud, Sweat and Beers ''

EP

Enter The Dragon

''Guns of Brixton''

Singles

''Barry Horne''

Collaborations

IT filmed a video of "The Toreador March" for actor Christopher Lee's 2006 operatic album Revelation.
In 2005 Jay Terrestrial collaborated with members of The Filaments, Ex-cathedra, Sonic Boom Six, The King Blues. Suicide Bid released 'This is the generation' album on Household Name Records in 2005 and 'The Rot Stops here' on Maloka records in 2006.