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The Proletariat

Proletariat
Formed 1980Ended 1987United States6 albums

punk rock band from Southeastern Massachusetts

Biography

The Proletariat are a punk rock band from Southeastern Massachusetts, whose heyday was during the 1980s, when they were active in the early Boston hardcore scene, sharing the bill with many of the best punk and hardcore punk acts of the time, despite their recorded output having a decidedly non-hardcore aesthetic. The Proletariat show more strongly the musical influences of early British post-punk bands such as Wire and the Gang of Four in their fractured guitar sound and Marxist-themed lyrics.

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People

Members

Frank Michaelselectric guitar · 1980–1985Peter Bevilacquaelectric bass guitar · 1980–1985Richard Brownlead vocals · 1980–1984Tom McKnightdrums (drum set) · 1980–1984Laurel Bowmanlead vocals · 1984–1985Steve Welchdrums (drum set) · 1984–1985

Songs recorded

  1. An Uneasy Peace3 versions
  2. Avoidance3 versions
  3. Blind3 versions
  4. Condition3 versions
  5. Decide on Change3 versions
  6. Famine3 versions
  7. Hollow Victory3 versions
  8. Marketplace3 versions
  9. No Lesser of Evils3 versions
  10. Pictures3 versions
  11. Scars3 versions
  12. Torn Curtain3 versions
  13. Voodoo Economics3 versions
  14. Abstain2 versions
  15. Allegiance2 versions
  16. Another Banner Raised2 versions
  17. Better Man2 versions
  18. Bomb Throwing Practice2 versions
  19. Columns2 versions
  20. Death Of A Hedon2 versions
  21. Decorations2 versions
  22. Embraced2 versions
  23. Events / Repeat2 versions
  24. Homeland2 versions
  25. Indifference2 versions
  26. Instinct2 versions
  27. It's More Than Soil2 versions
  28. No Real Hope2 versions
  29. Piecework2 versions
  30. Pride2 versions
  31. Purge2 versions
  32. Recollections2 versions
  33. Sins2 versions
  34. Splendid Wars2 versions
  35. Subsidized2 versions
  36. The Guns Are Winning2 versions
  37. Trail Of Tears2 versions
  38. After the Rise
  39. Bread & Circus
  40. Bread and Circus
  41. Choice
  42. Consumption
  43. Incarceration Incentive
  44. Indian Removal Act
  45. Move
  46. No Real Hope (Prelude)
  47. No Real Hope / Prelude
  48. Options
  49. Reach Exceeding Grasp
  50. Religion Is the Opium of the Masses
  51. Scab
  52. Shale
  53. Soft Targets
  54. Ten Years
  55. The Murder Of Alton Sterling
  56. Trophy Kills
  57. Vultures
  58. Wealth Of Nations
  59. Westernization
  60. White Hands

Albums

Live - WERS Metrowave September 26, 1982
Live - WERS Metrowave September 26, 1982The Proletariat · 1982
Soma Holiday
Soma HolidayThe Proletariat · 1983
Marketplace
MarketplaceThe Proletariat · 1985
Indifference
IndifferenceThe Proletariat · 1986
Voodoo Economics and Other American Tragedies
Voodoo Economics and Other American TragediesThe Proletariat · 1998
Move
MoveThe Proletariat · 2019

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