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Citizen Fish
Citizen Fish
	Citizen Fish in Manchester, 2008
Background information
Origin	Bath, England
Genres	Ska punk; anarcho-punk;
Years active	1990–present
Labels	Bluurg; Lookout!; Fat Wreck Chords; Alternative Tentacles;
Members	Dick Lucas (vocals); Jasper Pattison (bass, vocals); Phil Bryant (guitar); Silas Berney (drums); Alex Gordon (trumpet, piano, accordion); Matt Dowse (trombone)
Past members	Larry (guitar); Trotsky (drums); Minty (trumpet); Roberto Miguel Reyes (trombone); Jessica Mills (saxophone)

Citizen Fish are an English punk rock band that has been active since 1990 and shares members with Subhumans.^[1] Citizen Fish does not emphasize the raw political statements and nihilistic viewpoint of the former, instead focusing on issues of social alienation and human interaction, viewed through a more optimistic lens. Both bands deal with themes such as anti-consumerism and vegetarianism.

History

Based around Bath, England, the original members were Dick Lucas (vocals), Jasper (bass), Trotsky (drums), and Larry (guitar). Following their first album, Free Souls in a Trapped Environment, Larry left the band and was replaced by Phil, who, along with Dick and Trotsky, had previously been a member of the Subhumans. Jasper and Dick had previously played together in Culture Shock.

In July 2006, Silas (formerly of Bath-based band Cooper S with Jasper and Andy Evans) replaced Trotsky on drums. In the following month, after a five-year recording hiatus, the band returned to the studio to record songs for a split album with the New York band Leftöver Crack, Deadline.

Their latest and eighth full-length studio album, 2011's Goods was hailed as a return to form,^[2] and they remain active, releasing the Manmade EP in 2015.^[3]

Discography

Free Souls in a Trapped Environment (Bluurg Records Fish 24, 1990)
Disposable Dream 7-inch EP (Bluurg Records Fish 27/Lookout! Records No. 60, 1992
Wider Than a Postcard (Bluurg Records, 1992)
Live Fish (Live in Germany) (Bluurg Records Fish 28, 1992)
Citizen Fish/AOS3 split EP (Bluurg Records Fish 29, 1992)
Flinch (Bluurg Records Fish 31, 1993)^[4]^[5]
Millennia Madness (Bluurg Records Fish 34, Lookout! Records No. 123, 1995)^[6]
Thirst (Lookout! Records No. 152, 1996)
Psychological Background Reports (Bluurg Records, 1996) - collection rare and previously unreleased material
Habit 7-inch EP (Lookout! Records, 1998)
Active Ingredients (Lookout! Records No. 212, 1998, Bluurg Records FISH38, 1999)
Life Size (Honest Don's Old English Recordings, 2001)^[7]
What Time We On? Live Album, (Bluurg Records Fish 47, 2006)
Baby-Punchers/Meltdown Split 7-inch EP with Leftöver Crack (Fat Wreck Chords FAT-226, 2006)
Deadline split album with Leftöver Crack (Fat Wreck Chords, FAT-720, 2007)
Goods (Studio Album, Alternative Tentacles - virus424, 2011)^[2]^[8]
Dancing on Spikes (EP, 2012)
Manmade (EP, 2015)^[3]

Compilations

Heide Sez... (Lookout! Records, 1996)
This Is The A.L.F. (Mortarhate Records, 1998)
Forward Till Death (Lookout! Records, 1999)
Welcome To The Welfare State (BYO Records, BYO 66, 1999) Song: "Will Swap" (This is a different version from the one released on the Life Size LP)
You Call This Music?! Volume 1 (Geykido Comet Records, 2000)
This Are UK Ska, Volume (Do The Dog Records, 2001)