Varukers

British punk outfit the Varukers were one of the leading lights of the UK82 hardcore scene, with an outlook that overlapped with the anarcho-punk community and a sound that pioneered the D-beat style, a hard-hitting punk subgenre shown to powerful effect on 1985's One Struggle, One Fight that had a major influence on many early thrash metal acts. Often compared to Discharge, the Varukers' lead singer Rat (aka Anthony Martin) would briefly join a latter-day version of that band, and they would prove to be one of the enduring acts on the U.K. punk scene, pouring out angry, aggre...