There are multiple artists with this name.

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1. Formed in the San Francisco East Bay in 1989, from the ashes of Isocracy, the Vagrants, and Crimpshrine. Filth was a hardcore band that would help define the "East Bay hardcore" style. The band combined the more upbeat, sometimes poppy guitar styles of Isocracy's Lenny Rokk with harsh screamed vocals, courtesy of Crimpshrine roadie, Jake Sayles. The rhythm section was composed of an East Bay punks as Mike-o the Psycho, on bass, Jim Gray, a Canadian who temporarily moved to SoCal, on guitar, the more well-known Dave (E.C.) Henwood of the Vagrants. Dave left the band after recording the Live The Chaos 7"(1990) and Toby was brought in to replace him. This line-up recorded a split LP with Blatz, known as the Shit Split(1991), which is now available on CD, containing both bands complete discography via www.alternativetentacles.com, and the This Is Why We Are the Drunks split 7" with Submachine. Toby left the band, and Joey of Blatz stepped in shortly before the band's premature 1991 break-up.

2. Filth is the Texas noise project of Rob Buttrum.

3. Filth is a dubstep producer most famous for his remix of Eminem's "'Till I Collapse".

4. Holland's first wave punk band The Filth, whose tracks appear on Killed By Death comps...

5.Australian "white trash wankin' grind rock" band, Filth.

6. Oxford-based UK indie rock trio

7. North Carolina based hardcore

8. Ambient instrumentalist from Sofia, Bulgaria

Banned From the Pubs
Filth Lyrics

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[Originally by Peter and the Test Tube Babies]

Banned from the pubs get out of that door.
Banned from the pubs or I'll call the law.
Banned from the pubs get out of this place,
banned from the pubs so we'll spit in your face.

Banned from the pubs 'cause they don't like punks.

Banned from the pubs, they treat us like drunks.

Banned from the pubs go on get out, go.
Banned from the pubs can we have a drink? I said No!
Banned from the pubs go on get out, go.
Banned from the pubs can we have a drink? I said No!

Banned from the pubs 'cause they don't like punks.
Banned from the pubs, they treat us like drunks.

Banned from the pubs go on yer way, banned from the pubs no punks they say.
Banned from the pubs you lot get out, banned from the pubs no punks they shout.

Banned from the pubs 'cause they don't like punks.
Banned from the pubs, they treat us like drunks.
Banned from the pubs get out of this place,
banned from the pubs so we'll spit in your face.

Banned from the pubs 'cause they don't like punks.
Banned from the pubs, they treat us like drunks.

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of "Banned From the Pubs" by Filth, originally by Peter and the Test Tube Babies, speak to the discrimination and exclusion that punks faced from mainstream society, particularly within the pub culture of Britain in the late 70s and early 80s. The song is an anthem of defiance and protest against the unfair treatment of punks at the hands of pub owners and patrons who refused to accept their subculture as legitimate. The chorus of "banned from the pubs" is a rallying cry for those who have been excluded to stand up against the oppression and fight for their right to be themselves.

The song captures the anger and frustration of young people who were trying to assert their identity in a society that refused to accept them. The lyrics suggest that punks were banned simply for being punks, with no other explanation given. The line "they treat us like drunks" suggests that punks were being unfairly lumped in with alcoholics and troublemakers, further stigmatizing their subculture. The repeated refrain of "can we have a drink? I said no!" is a commentary on the hypocrisy of pub owners who were happy to take punks' money but unwilling to serve them, illustrating the double standard and discrimination that punks faced.

Line by Line Meaning

Banned from the pubs get out of that door.
We are being kicked out of the pubs and are told to leave immediately.

Banned from the pubs or I'll call the law.
If we don't leave the pubs, the authorities will be called to handle the situation.

Banned from the pubs get out of this place,
We are being asked to leave the pubs right now.

banned from the pubs so we'll spit in your face.
We are angry about being banned and will show our disgust towards the establishment by spitting in their face.

Banned from the pubs 'cause they don't like punks.
We are excluded from the pub because of our punk appearance and personality.

Banned from the pubs, they treat us like drunks.
People assume that we are drunk and therefore banish us from the establishment.

Banned from the pubs go on get out, go.
We are ordered to leave the pubs

Banned from the pubs can we have a drink? I said No!
Despite being banned from the pubs, we still try to bargain and beg for a drink but are refused.

Banned from the pubs go on get out, go.
We are ordered to leave the pubs.

Banned from the pubs can we have a drink? I said No!
Again, we try to ask for a drink even though we are banned, but are still refused.

Banned from the pubs go on yer way, banned from the pubs no punks they say.
We are told to leave the pubs and are reminded that punks are not welcome here anymore.

Banned from the pubs you lot get out, banned from the pubs no punks they shout.
We are shouted at to leave the pubs and are informed again that no punks are allowed.

Banned from the pubs 'cause they don't like punks.
Once again, we are banned from the pubs because of our punk appearance and personality.

Banned from the pubs, they treat us like drunks.
We are often mistaken to be drunkards and not welcomed in the pubs.

Banned from the pubs get out of this place,
We are once again asked to leave the pubs.

banned from the pubs so we'll spit in your face.
We are still angry about being banned and will show our disgust towards the establishment by spitting in their face.

Banned from the pubs 'cause they don't like punks.
Our exclusion from the pubs is largely based on the establishment's discrimination against punks.

Banned from the pubs, they treat us like drunks.
Once again, we are faced with the negative assumption that we are drunks and therefore unwelcome in the pubs.

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