CONFLICT RELEASE NEW SINGLE ‘THE COLLUSION EXCLUSION’ FROM THEIR RECENT ALBUM, ‘THIS MUCH REMAINS’.

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10” VINYL OUT 31^ST OCTOBER 2025

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“The Collusion Exclusion – The Serenade is Dead for the modern generation.” Gav King

Conflict formed in 1981 in Eltham, a district of Southeast London, when frontman Colin Jerwood, inspired by early encounters with the Pistols ‘Spunk’ bootleg and following The Clash on tour, struck up a friendship with Crass and set about crafting a whole new kind of punk that totally upped the ante in terms anger and confrontation. Crass, the renowned anarchist punk collective, having got Conflict started by releasing their debut single ‘The House That Man Bult’ in 1982 on Crass Records, ended in 1984 as they had always intended. Now it was up to Conflict to pick up the baton and run with it. And they did, charging into the battle lines of authority. A genuine threat. An unstoppable battering-ram of power. THE UNGOVERNABLE FORCE.

The years that followed saw Conflict go from strength to strength, and from threat to threat, peaking on the 18^th of April in 1987 at the London Brixton Academy for the ‘Gathering of the 5,000’ concert. It was an ambitious gathering of the tribes. A climax and explosion of rage and rebellion that inevitably ended up in a police provoked full-scale riot across Brixton with police injuries, arrests, and with the band hopelessly in debt and banned from the majority of major London and UK venues.

Undeterred, Conflict continued into the 90s with their acclaimed ‘Conclusion’ album and remained a mainstay of the live punk circuit throughout. However, after more than two decades since the release of their (2003) ‘There’s No Power Without Control’ album, the band finally released a new album, ‘This Much Remains’ in May this year through Mortarhate/Cadiz Music.

Unfortunately the album was only out for a few weeks before Colin passed away from a short illness.

“Colin had talked with us all over the past year or so about future plans and releases and this is one of them. We’re trying to honor as much of that as possible” states guitarist and long standing member Gav King.

The maddening insanity of global politics is never far from Conflict’s agenda. ‘The Collusion Exclusion’ is, says Fiona, “about how we are divided and set against each other in order to maintain control, unwittingly colluding in our own oppression. The more we fight amongst ourselves, the more they can exploit the situation to their advantage. Colin wrote the first verse and chorus, and I just finished it off, with my version of the chorus and a second verse. I wanted to use the imagery of a pantomime, as watching what’s happening feels like one sometimes. I mean, Boris Johnson and Donald Trump look like caricatures of human beings, it’s absurd that anyone would vote for them, but they did and have done again in the case of Trump. They are using the devices of turning people against each other. “Look over there! That other poor person is your enemy, not me, the billionaire”.

“Conflict are stronger than ever,” stated Colin Jerwood in May just before his premature passing, “and more relevant than ever.”

For this release they had some friends remix tracks including the legendary Youth (Killing Joke etc) and Sid Truelove (Rubella Ballet) who was one of Colin’s oldest & closest friends:

“I was more than honoured to be asked by Gav King to do a remix for Conflict as a tribute. ‘Take your pick’ Gav said, so I picked the track ‘When the lights go out’ as there was something in Colin’s words that spoke to me lyrically. This was the track.

Colin always said we would do a Rubella Ballet & CONFLICT Dub remix….. I just never imagined he wouldn’t be here to give me his loyal support and honest feedback.

We were always the greatest of friends from late ‘79 when me and Zillah Minx met him for the first time. I still hear his infectious laughter echoing around the house.

The lights may have gone out but Colin’s spirit remains strong in his music, his words, his and Conflict’s fight for human and animal rights everywhere.

Rest in peace dear friend.” – Sid Truelove (Rubella Ballet)

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