I was about 12 in '83 and a mate (in durban South Africa) had a cassette and said listen to this shit my sister brought home. It was the most beautiful sound I ever heard. Never imagined I'd get to see them nearly 30 years later in Johannesburg... and at almost 40 years of age, I moshed my fucking head off for 2 hours 😂. Came out with a few injuries but no gig before and no gig in future will be as special as that night. Fuck yeah!!!!
saw the original line up few times & first 2 albums were great but they have been a shit Thrash Metal band for most of their existence inc now about 20 years ago or so Wattie was into Rave he used to go to Rave clubs in Holland etc Big John brilliant guitarist played in Nirvana for a bit aswell he came out as being Gay
hahaha oh my god ffs you idiot you honestly don't understand do you how old are you about 15? what an idiot you are ffs Thrash Metal(pretending to be punk & they are a cartoon punk band any way) have good day at school won't you
Rhythmn guitarist. Gave Horror Epics a flick thru, 4 years ago. Different line up, different production. My Exploited thing is the first 2 lps and all the singles pre '83. Got everything there (studio) on CD plus the Anarchy from Oi! But i can't play Rival Leaders on guitar. That gave me problems.
@@Kelly14UK yeah, Horror Epics is really different than their other stuff, it had such a... I don't know... different amazing sound. Then I ran out and got lets start a war, and had to mail order the other stuff. I still dream of the day that Wattie kicks billy bob from greengay ass
FUcking hell it's 2024....I remember first hearing of them in 1990/91....right along with a fucking war teared thru my country I couldn't tell you which blew me away more
I was a bit overdue for the exploited because of my age but came across them in the early 2000s,in middle school. They drove my love for punk through the roof and are still one of my favorite bands from the times. Also helped piss off the emo kids that were on the rise then.
Me and my little brother likes The Exploited. Got their compilation CD singles and rarities. Love their early stuff and later stuff in the 80's. The Exploited really got me into playing bass cause of Gary and Wayne. Great punk band
Saw em in 92 in Miami Beach with Biohazard and Type-o-Negative. One of the craziest shows ever. Would love to see em again after so many years. Will never stop listening to these 82 classics
I saw them on the Let's Start A War tour when I was 14, fast forward 35 years and my most recent gig was Steely Dan, both bands are quite similar when you think about it.
Remember seeing The Exploited somewhere, possibly Newcastle, and a load of Hibernian lads harangued Wattie non-stop throughout the gig from the front of the stage, because he supports their rivals Hearts. It was constant "Wattie ya fu(king jambo (unt" and "Wattie ya jamtart wanchor" for a solid hour, he definitely wasn't amused, put him off a bit
I have been listening to THE EXPLOiTED Since '88! One of my first favorite bands...How long has it been since their last album? About 20 years...? Let's hear a new one ! No ballads please.
Seen the guys many times , fun times back in the day in and around Edinburgh, sniffing glue in Princes Street gardens. ...the original barmy army, we would travel into the city and create hell. ..the Exploited were just some of the guys to us Oi! Oi! Oi! That would have been about 1980-82 ish
Still see Big John when he's over fae the Dam,wullie was a good guy when we were Happy Humpers,gave a lift tae wullie on my Royal Enfield a few times to dae gigs,cool people,be yer ain selves...
@@manicmedia7714 was the best of times mate an army of punks, skins and Herbert's as far as the eye could see. ..still a skin to this day and proud of it. ......gonna grow old disgracefully
As I grew up with this band...All the Punks I knew had to wear at least a patch, buttons and shirt. Because the imagery was cool. But in reality nobody liked their musik. At least the guys I knew. I don't know why. It is a great and somewhat underrated band. My first LP...When I was 14...20years ago,Was let's start a war...said Maggie one day. I still own it. And any other Exploited LP followed over the years. Exploited Live always is a kick in the arse. Credits for constantly touring anyway. Despite Watties health problems. This band gets much hate from some people. Too metal / hardcore for some punks and to punk for the rest ha ha. Hope there will be a new album anyway. Wattie told something about a few years ago. Hope this will happen.
Seen them in Edinburgh when I was 14. We were from S.Q and we would get to the gig, get in ort not, and walk 11 miles home cause the last bus was shit as 11 O'clock. Edinburgh was wild at this time. Quick shout out to the Shattered Family from Edinburgh too at this time. Anyway. Hitler's in the charts again.
Muistan Suistomaan soittopäiviltä Suomen Porissa kun Wattie tuli lavalle ja potkaisi kaksi vispipuuro pakkausta yleisöön jonka jälkeen kaaos oli valmis.kasarina siis😮
Bought it in '86, didn't get into it (bootleg quality for a 17 year old novice), but a few years ago i jammed to one or two. It's not bad. Think it was Dojo records that published it. Turned out their song arangements are every bit as good as Pistols, Subhumans and early Damned.
Somewhere in the mid 80's in Edinburgh they attacked the backing band 'Shattered Family', also from Edinburgh/S.Q/Kirky, and tear gassed their van and then hit them with bats as they ran out. I think it was cause one of the Shattered boys were bangin' one of the Exploited's girls...
We'd sit with them in Edinburgh at the west end, on the steps of an old record store in what must have been 1982 or 83. (Can't mind the name.) Big John would take the piss out of my skinhead Slade tee shirt or my Burning Spear T. Shirt and Wattie would slap him. I mean, skelp him a fucker. 🤣 I was just a kid and he was kinda' always like a big brother to everyone. He looked out for kids. He liked the fact I didn't know their music.
@@skinheadyouth66 ..though l have seen many amazing bands/gigs in my lifetime,and l loved the exploited when l was 12 in 82(l still have a soft spot fer em)..l would like to see em live before l (or wattie) dies but 15x..?
colin gross nope not for me I’m 16 what got me into punk was The Casualties then found The Exploited, got their singles and rarities on CD. Sure I wear me boots and spike my hair but it’s not about the fashion I mean sure it gives expression but theirs more to punk than just the clothes. Love the music and all about it really but the toxic part about it like Boneheads and all that
@@jimber6850 pushead rules. Love his art. I love some expoited too. But septic death had a lot more classics. But then again fuck the usa and sid vicous was inocent is fucken pretty classic too.
The public's idea of punk. This is the image that has stuck. A descent into stereo-types, archetypes and self-parody. Did anyone see hair-cuts like this on the (early) Pistols, Buzzcocks, Undertones, Clash? I blame Sidney Viscous. Wattie makes John Lydon look like Byron.
How could you compare the Exploited to the pistols? No comparison. Its as though the Exploited were an extinction of the pistols. What a joke! All they had was the image of that period in time. Shock value.
Punk rock was a game changer for me...... I'm 55 and still listening to punk/crust!!!
dito
@@cave1970same,got onboard in 84. Never looked back
I can't listen to this shit anymore,personally.Theres so much great music out there,why settle on one sound it's so limiting.
I was about 12 in '83 and a mate (in durban South Africa) had a cassette and said listen to this shit my sister brought home. It was the most beautiful sound I ever heard. Never imagined I'd get to see them nearly 30 years later in Johannesburg... and at almost 40 years of age, I moshed my fucking head off for 2 hours 😂. Came out with a few injuries but no gig before and no gig in future will be as special as that night. Fuck yeah!!!!
No brain no pain:-)
One of the best bands I have ever seen live. Authentic to this day. Wattie is a legend. Long live The Exploited
saw the original line up few times & first 2 albums were great but they have been a shit Thrash Metal band for most of their existence inc now about 20 years ago or so Wattie was into Rave he used to go to Rave clubs in Holland etc Big John brilliant guitarist played in Nirvana for a bit aswell he came out as being Gay
hahaha oh my god ffs you idiot you honestly don't understand do you how old are you about 15? what an idiot you are ffs Thrash Metal(pretending to be punk & they are a cartoon punk band any way) have good day at school won't you
1.you obviously don't get out much
2.define authentic
3.l agree,wattie is a legend
The Exploited, Discharge, GBH and Broken Bones the best of UK85 !
Arbaab Sheytaan it’s Uk 82
@@tomaskiraly4612 all this genre crap ! Basically it's just the 2nd wave of UK punk in the early 80's !
Surrounded by haters his entire life, god bless you watty oioi
like more the 4 skins/roy pearche
20 yrs ago, The Exploited definitely became one of my fav bands ever at the time. Punks not dead is still in my top 10 albums
Stumbled upon Horror Epics in 85, changed everything for me. The Exploited 4 life
Rhythmn guitarist.
Gave Horror Epics a flick thru, 4 years ago. Different line up, different production. My Exploited thing is the first 2 lps and all the singles pre '83. Got everything there (studio) on CD plus the Anarchy from Oi! But i can't play Rival Leaders on guitar. That gave me problems.
@@Kelly14UK yeah, Horror Epics is really different than their other stuff, it had such a... I don't know... different amazing sound. Then I ran out and got lets start a war, and had to mail order the other stuff. I still dream of the day that Wattie kicks billy bob from greengay ass
Same here... epic!
The Exploited was One Of the First Punx Bands I Ever Heard.Changed My Life
As I can see it was the same for a lot of us. First punk band to hear. It was love at the first sight.
Punk’s not dead, it’s just middle aged.
I just barfed thanks
My knee hurts now, thanks.
Genius!!!
I'm 52, I have not died yet! Greetings from Poland!
(A)narchy (A)nd Pe(A)ce!!!
@@robertmiler9227 Oi !!!!!!!
One of the best punk bands ever.
Was there any other true punk band
Troops of Tomorrow is a classic album. The Exploited are the godfathers of thrash metal!
..who's gonna tell him???
The close captions when Wattie is talking is hilarious! They have no idea what he is saying.
Holly shit. That is Funny!
Thank you for pointing this out!
Im 65 and started rediscovering the exploited 3 years ago... I play them insistently now !!!
The music before their debut was the best imo.
saw them back in 1982 sweden still love their singles n 3 first albums , SO THERE ! 😊
One of the best punk bands Britain has ever produced,along with the sex pistols, one way system and the Adicts.
Took my lady to see them last sunday, she absolutely loves them, going to go see them again this sunday!
Still have their debut on cassette. When new music gets under my skin, I always put on old school punk to get my head back on right.
FUcking hell it's 2024....I remember first hearing of them in 1990/91....right along with a fucking war teared thru my country I couldn't tell you which blew me away more
I was a bit overdue for the exploited because of my age but came across them in the early 2000s,in middle school. They drove my love for punk through the roof and are still one of my favorite bands from the times. Also helped piss off the emo kids that were on the rise then.
Always fall back on theses lovable chaps
THE EXPLOITED is always welcome
Greetings from Brazil
Beat the Bastards is their best album. Great production, crushing sound. Love their other albums too.
Had a live album and the guitarist played the riff from the Rupert the Bear theme. I remember thinking "Oh. They really can play, then!"
Best Punk band ever. Period.
Whatever...yer ignorance is showing...
I prefer Good Charlotte and Avril Lavigne !
I still have this VHS tape. 💯👍
Hitler's in the charts again .
I have that 7"
fool !!!!!!,s.h
The Exploited were my first contact with Punk. I was hooked!
If remember correctly it was Let's start a war and Horror epics. What revelation it was!
I still remember buying this on dvd at tower records back in the early 00s
Me and my little brother likes The Exploited. Got their compilation CD singles and rarities. Love their early stuff and later stuff in the 80's. The Exploited really got me into playing bass cause of Gary and Wayne. Great punk band
g.b.h is better!
@@bierigblondje They are a great punk band,love them to
Saw em in 92 in Miami Beach with Biohazard and Type-o-Negative. One of the craziest shows ever. Would love to see em again after so many years. Will never stop listening to these 82 classics
Exploited are legends
I saw them on the Let's Start A War tour when I was 14, fast forward 35 years and my most recent gig was Steely Dan, both bands are quite similar when you think about it.
I had this on vhs.. I thoroughly enjoy the shit out of this awesome doc.
My favorite punk band. Not just the music but what they stand for. Wattie is unique.
Watttie was the Photographer the Lot for my Wife and me Long time Ago , Lovely Manxxx
Remember seeing The Exploited somewhere, possibly Newcastle, and a load of Hibernian lads harangued Wattie non-stop throughout the gig from the front of the stage, because he supports their rivals Hearts. It was constant "Wattie ya fu(king jambo (unt" and "Wattie ya jamtart wanchor" for a solid hour, he definitely wasn't amused, put him off a bit
Mayflower club Hyde road Gorton manchester was one great place for bands like this ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,I remember it well
Automatic subtitle generator for this guy? You kidding me?
2025 will be the last year with The Exploited playing live gigs
Met Deptford John at an Oi gig in Stoke couple of weeks ago. Fuckin top bloke
I have been listening to THE EXPLOiTED Since '88! One of my first favorite bands...How long has it been since their last album? About 20 years...? Let's hear a new one !
No ballads please.
16 years on... "Fuck The System" got out back in 2003.
Seen the guys many times , fun times back in the day in and around Edinburgh, sniffing glue in Princes Street gardens. ...the original barmy army, we would travel into the city and create hell. ..the Exploited were just some of the guys to us Oi! Oi! Oi! That would have been about 1980-82 ish
1980-82 are their best years. Sounds like a cool time.
Still see Big John when he's over fae the Dam,wullie was a good guy when we were Happy Humpers,gave a lift tae wullie on my Royal Enfield a few times to dae gigs,cool people,be yer ain selves...
@@manicmedia7714 was the best of times mate an army of punks, skins and Herbert's as far as the eye could see. ..still a skin to this day and proud of it. ......gonna grow old disgracefully
Oi! Mate! Cheers!💪🍺🍻🎸🎶
@@trojanjock30 What is actually a "herbert" as you call it. Heard that before...
As I grew up with this band...All the Punks I knew had to wear at least a patch, buttons and shirt. Because the imagery was cool. But in reality nobody liked their musik. At least the guys I knew. I don't know why. It is a great and somewhat underrated band. My first LP...When I was 14...20years ago,Was let's start a war...said Maggie one day. I still own it. And any other Exploited LP followed over the years. Exploited Live always is a kick in the arse. Credits for constantly touring anyway. Despite Watties health problems. This band gets much hate from some people. Too metal / hardcore for some punks and to punk for the rest ha ha. Hope there will be a new album anyway. Wattie told something about a few years ago. Hope this will happen.
Haven’t heard these guys in years !
Loved there early stuff the secret years but beyond that never much liked the metal sounding later stuff but huge respect for Wattie.
Live at the whitehouse great live album.
Gary Bushell ist just talking shit. I think that guy never listened to any music at all.
Bushell ain't lying,l remember people carrying rats as a fashion statement....even a stopped clock etc
The Legend 🍻
wish this was in English
Sailed punk rock through the 80s and 90s, still going , are we gonna be protesting, about pensions bus passes and wheelie bins soon !
My favorite song is " Hitlers in the charts again"
*B a R M y*
*a R m Y*
Best line up with Big John and Gary. After that their sound changed and it was too metal.
Seen them in Edinburgh when I was 14.
We were from S.Q and we would get to the gig, get in ort not, and walk 11 miles home cause the last bus was shit as 11 O'clock.
Edinburgh was wild at this time.
Quick shout out to the Shattered Family from Edinburgh too at this time.
Anyway. Hitler's in the charts again.
Muistan Suistomaan soittopäiviltä Suomen Porissa kun Wattie tuli lavalle ja potkaisi kaksi vispipuuro pakkausta yleisöön jonka jälkeen kaaos oli valmis.kasarina siis😮
I like the Exploited, but I can hardly understand the singer because of his accent.
I always liked them...
Punks not dead
shared to our fb group
Punks not dead im just dead almost..
working class legend
Wattie singing that he will never join the Army after he joined the Army...
Barmy army from 🇲🇾🇲🇾🇲🇾
Live on Stage is a terrible album. Troops of Tomorrow however is a classic.
Troops is the best one I have that and all the Secret Records 7"s too
Bought it in '86, didn't get into it (bootleg quality for a 17 year old novice), but a few years ago i jammed to one or two. It's not bad. Think it was Dojo records that published it. Turned out their song arangements are every bit as good as Pistols, Subhumans and early Damned.
Shack Live on stage is a moment in history captured on vinyl.
@@beetrootjuice8849 No it was shit. It is hard to believe that it was the same band who recorded Troops Of Tomorrow.
..on stage is a great album,well it was when l was 11,though its dubbed to fuck,its still great.
wish there were subtitles 4 wattie !
The golden times
You knocking one out gary.
When it comes to english punk bands from this era I think the UK Subs are the only ones that beat these guys.
Somewhere in the mid 80's in Edinburgh they attacked the backing band 'Shattered Family', also from Edinburgh/S.Q/Kirky, and tear gassed their van and then hit them with bats as they ran out. I think it was cause one of the Shattered boys were bangin' one of the Exploited's girls...
I don’t understand this English though love the band
Watie Punker 👍🍺
Anyone know how long Wattie did in the Army?
I think he was in the Royal Scots?
@@yungee3921 Classic track!
Alternative!
Punk rock is for people who want to be musicians but cant really play
Inventors of hardcore punk
I wonder what language Wattie is speaking?
Try the UA-cam auto generated subtitles for a good laugh
They had nice jet for punks...
Damn!!!, hard to understand, what's Wattie Saying
..is it not bushell doing the voice over??
No, it's Stuart Newman who did Control fanzine at the time
Gary McCormack not Danny.
Что за песня на 1:10
Un grupazo.
We'd sit with them in Edinburgh at the west end, on the steps of an old record store in what must have been 1982 or 83. (Can't mind the name.) Big John would take the piss out of my skinhead Slade tee shirt or my Burning Spear T. Shirt and Wattie would slap him. I mean, skelp him a fucker. 🤣
I was just a kid and he was kinda' always like a big brother to everyone. He looked out for kids.
He liked the fact I didn't know their music.
EXPLOITED Francis BEGBIE ARMY !!!!
Oui monsieur.....
Aye,Franco..
WATTIE TWEAKING LIKE FUCK!
Don’t fuckin mess
WHA !? YALL NEVER SEEN A WHITE BOY WIT A CORN ROW ?? Wa matta u mate
Name of song at 34:34 ?
MAGGIE from LET'S START A WAR lp
... and a little barmy army formed in every city around the world
The music that is made now is shit that says nothing, just stupidity, punk will never die!!!!
seen them about 15x
fucking great live band
..not something to crow about...
@@davedennison7386 lol indeed
@@skinheadyouth66
..though l have seen many amazing bands/gigs in my lifetime,and l loved the exploited when l was 12 in 82(l still have a soft spot fer em)..l would like to see em live before l (or wattie) dies but 15x..?
@@davedennison7386 yeah all in USA fuck the USA !!! Lol
Sad,Punk is a uniform nowadays!
colin gross nope not for me I’m 16 what got me into punk was The Casualties then found The Exploited, got their singles and rarities on CD. Sure I wear me boots and spike my hair but it’s not about the fashion I mean sure it gives expression but theirs more to punk than just the clothes. Love the music and all about it really but the toxic part about it like Boneheads and all that
@@goregore6259
"I dont wanna be an individual on my own"!!
@@davedennison7386 ha what that suppose to mean?
@zim zam insulting ppl means that you dont have any arguments on that topic!so shut up and leave me alone with your crap
@zim zam boredom incoming lol
Have you paid Pushead yet for the logo ? haha
And Wattie is talking about bootlegged...and they ripped off PUSHEAD!!! 30 year Exploited Fan, but I found that a little funny!!
@@jimber6850 pushead rules. Love his art. I love some expoited too. But septic death had a lot more classics. But then again fuck the usa and sid vicous was inocent is fucken pretty classic too.
Subtítulos en castellano pleas¡¡🤘
The public's idea of punk. This is the image that has stuck. A descent into stereo-types, archetypes and self-parody. Did anyone see hair-cuts like this on the (early) Pistols, Buzzcocks, Undertones, Clash? I blame Sidney Viscous. Wattie makes John Lydon look like Byron.
Song on 1:23;
vasilismar 666 Ripper
@@toxicmartoc thanks!!!!
How could you compare the Exploited to the pistols? No comparison. Its as though the Exploited were an extinction of the pistols. What a joke! All they had was the image of that period in time. Shock value.
agh ja,al die punks waren ook grote egoisten,het zou noot veranderen,daar doet een hanekam ook nix aan.en sid vicious was een grote eikel.