Rubella Ballet

The band released one album on cassette tape, entitled Ballet Bag and a 4 track 7" EP, "Ballet Dance". Following these early releases they went on to produce 4 further albums. The first two on Ubiquitous Records were 'At Last Its Play Time' (1985) and 'If' (1986). The next album 'Cocktail Mix' (1987) was produced on the Red Rhino label and the last album release 'At The End of The Rainbow' (1990) on Brave Records. The band also did two John Peel Sessions

The band also did two John Peel Sessions

Rubella Ballet formed in 1979 by Sidation (Flux of Pink Indians), Zillah Minx, Pete Fender & Gem Stone (Fatal Microbes) at the Crass gig at Conway Hall where Crass invited the audience to use their equipment and finish off the evening doing their own thing as they wanted and left the crowd in charge, so Sid being 6" 9 inches tall and at the front of the stage climed up with Zillah and jumped on Penny's drum kit, Zillah grabbing Steve's mic, Pete & Gem jumping staight up and taking the bass and guitar, plugged in and started playing. Sounding like rather organised chaos this was the start of a very colourful part of what was and is the British anarcho punk scene. Sid was also drumming for Flux of Pink Indians as he lived near the band with Pete Fender and Gem Stone (Fatal Microbes), son and daughter of Vi Subversa who lived with the rest of Poison Girls at Burghley House in Epping (before the M25 ploughed through it) Sid went on to drum on the single Tube Disaster that Flux released on Crass records as well as composing the music for the b-side 'Sick Butchers' and 'Background to malfunction' at Dial House in the studio Crass rehearsed in. Flux did many gigs with Rubella Ballet and Sid ended up playing for both bands every night. Sid left after about a year touring with Flux to play full time for Rubella Ballet.

The band are well known for their tribal power, haunting lyrics, psychedelic stage show and the use of nothing more than a UV lights, strobes and a bit of smoke to illuminate the band, the music has the same innovative psychedelic qualities fusing punk, tribal, dance and absolute weirdness into a myriad of music styles. Zillah Minx is synonymous for the shock value of wearing home made ultraviolet hand painted day-glo clothes along with their multi coloured day-glo hair do's through the east end of London's, dark, violent, poor, ghettoized, shithole, (a direct result of Thatcher's Government) everywhere they went not everyone smiled and laughed, some people started hurling abuse or wanting to beat them up or even threaten to kill them for being so different.

Zillah Minx original punk in 1976 created and designed her own day-glo death rock clothes scene that has been copied by bands and clothes designers throughout the world and keep glowing and growing around the world.

Rubella Ballet are very happy to announce the release of a their full back catalogue through Overground Records on two CD's with a full colour 12 page booklet in both.

The first release 'ANARCHY IN THE U.V.' is now available on Overground Records

The second release 'NEVER MIND THE DAY-GLO' is to be released August 2010

Anarchy In The U.V. includes two unreleased tracks, their debut cassette tape Ballet Bag (1982) , the 4 track 7" EP Ballet Dance (1982), their debut album At Last Its Play Time (1985) and the 12? version of Money Talks (1985) all digitally remastered and packed in a 12-page booklet designed by Sid and Zillah. The band are also working on new material for a long awaited new album with possible release time late 2010

Rubella Ballet's Limited Skull design T.Shirts are now sold out apart from about 20 XXL. New Skull t.shirts are being printed with the release of the second part of Rubella Ballet's back catalogue 'Never mind The Day-Glo' also on Overground Records coming soon. Check out the remastered remixed Money Talks on You Tube's UVPTV & on DVD to be available with the best of Rubella Ballet's videos remastered on DVD coming soon.

So watch this space for new back catalogue CD release, New skull design t.shirts and the release of the long awaited 90 min DVD of the best bits of Rubella Ballet including the video's of 42f, Twister and Money Talks and unseen live footage.

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