The Cortinas

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Daniel Swan Nick Sheppard Jeremy Valentine Dexter Dalwood Mike Fewings

The Cortinas were a Bristol-based punk rock band, originally active between 1976 and 1978. Guitarist Nick Sheppard went on to play with the Clash. In 2001, the band's debut single, Fascist Dictator (originally released in June 1977), was included in a leading British music magazine's list of the best punk-rock singles of all-time

ALBUMS

Defiant Pose - Singles & Demos 1977/1978

Punk Rock Anthology

2010, CD, Comp, RM, Anagram Records

Fascist Dictator / Television Families

1977, 7", Single, Step-Forward Records

Defiant Pose / Independence

For Fucks Sake Plymouth

2019, CDr, Album, Unofficial, Retro Records (5)

GBH Studio Demos 1977

The John Peel Session

7", EP, Unofficial, Not On Label,

Please Don't Hit Me.

CDr, Album, Unofficial, Retro Records (5)

APPEARANCES +

Please Don't Hit Me.

2009, 12xFile, MP3, Album, Bristol Archive Records

For Fucks Sake Plymouth

2008, 13xFile, MP3, Album, Bristol Archive Records,

The Bristol Punk Explosion Vol 2, 1977-1981

P.R.O.B.L.E.M.S.

Make It Through The Night

Punk 77-07 - The Italian Tribute To 30 Years Of R'n'r Swindle

2007, Box + CD, Tre Accordi Records,

Punk/Garage Rock/Rock & Roll/Oi

Never Mind The S*x P*stols Here's The Bollocks

2006, CD, Comp, CIA (3)

DeRita Sisters 77*

Back To No Future

2003, CD, Kotumba Records,

Dead Punks Live

2003, CD, Album, Kotumba Records

The Hot Pockets

Fascist Dictator

1998, 7", High School Reject Records

Punk's Not Dread

Hardcore/Punk/Grindcore

The Defiant Pose

1983, LP, Comp, Illegal Records (2)

Alternative Rock/Punk

1977 (The Year Punk Broke)

2019, 3xCD, Comp, RM + Box, Cherry Red,

Punk/New Wave/Power Pop/Pub Rock

Action Time Vision (A Story Of Independent UK Punk 1976-1979)

Bristol Boys Make More Noise!: The Bristol Music Scene 1974-1981

2014, CD, Comp, Bristol Archive Records

The Bristol Punk Explosion

I Wanna Punk Rock - The Step Forward Singles Collection

New Wave/Punk/Garage Rock

The Entire History Of Punk

2001, 20xCD, Comp + Box, Dressed To Kill,

Alternative Rock/Oi/Punk/New Wave/Psychobilly/Ska

Killed By The Queen - Volume 1

2000, CDr, Comp, Killer Boot Records,

The Shit Factory

1998, 6xCD + Box, Comp, Dressed To Kill,

100% Pure Bollocks: The Unacceptable Stench Of Bullshit

1997, 6x CD, Box Set,

Punk/Oi/Rock & Roll

Agitprop. The Politics Of Punk

1996, 3xCD, Comp + Box, Dressed To Kill,

Kill Your Radio

Terrorist Generation

1992, CD, Comp, Beaky Records

We're So Pretty Part One -- Vol. 3

CD, Comp, Dressed To Kill,

16 Thoughts Of Punk Rock Vol.1

LP, Comp, Not On Label,

Cass, Comp, Rare Trax (4)

Killed By John Peel Vol 1

2020, LP, Comp, Unofficial, Vatican Radio Records,

Punk/Alternative Rock

Killed By Television (Punk Rarities 1977-'83)

2017, CDr, Comp, Ltd, Unofficial, Fab Fuhrer Records,

Rare Peel Discs 1-4

2010, 4x7", Unofficial + Box, Not On Label, Not On Label, Not On Label, Not On Label,

Forever Young (1977-1985)

2010, Cass, Comp, Num, Unofficial, C90, Funtomias Records,

Best Of No Waffe 4

Cass, Comp, Unofficial, Not On Label,

The Punk Sessions John Peel

CDr, Unofficial, Not On Label,

British Underground - The Best Of The UK Punk New Wave 1977 - 1982 Vol. 3

Punk's Not Dread

Hardcore/Punk/Grindcore