{"id":27242,"date":"2025-10-13T10:41:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T09:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=27242"},"modified":"2025-10-13T10:41:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T09:41:06","slug":"conflict-the-collusion-exclusion-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=27242","title":{"rendered":"Conflict &#8211; &#8216;The Collusion Exclusion&#8217; Video"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>CONFLICT RELEASE NEW SINGLE \u2018THE COLLUSION EXCLUSION\u2019 FROM THEIR RECENT ALBUM, \u2018THIS MUCH REMAINS\u2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>DIGITAL OUT NOW<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>10\u201d VINYL OUT 31<sup>ST<\/sup> OCTOBER 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>PRE-ORDER <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cadizmerchstore.com\/products\/conflict-the-collusion-exclusion-10-eco-vinyl-ep\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a><strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Colin-Jerwood-pic-credit-Simon-Balaam-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"705\" src=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Colin-Jerwood-pic-credit-Simon-Balaam-1024x705.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Colin-Jerwood-pic-credit-Simon-Balaam-1024x705.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Colin-Jerwood-pic-credit-Simon-Balaam-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Colin-Jerwood-pic-credit-Simon-Balaam-768x529.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Colin-Jerwood-pic-credit-Simon-Balaam-1536x1058.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Colin-Jerwood-pic-credit-Simon-Balaam-2048x1410.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Colin-Jerwood-pic-credit-Simon-Balaam-1140x785.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pic: Simon Balaam<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cThe Collusion Exclusion &#8211; The Serenade is Dead for the modern generation.\u201d<\/em> <strong>Gav King<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Conflict formed in 1981 in Eltham, a district of Southeast London, when frontman Colin Jerwood, inspired by early encounters with the Pistols \u2018Spunk\u2019 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 \u2018The House That Man Bult\u2019 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"CONFLICT - The Collusion Exclusion\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AmFk3BnND84?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The years that followed saw Conflict go from strength to strength, and from threat to threat, peaking on the 18<sup>th<\/sup> of April in 1987 at the London Brixton Academy for the \u2018Gathering of the 5,000\u2019 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Undeterred, Conflict continued into the 90s with their acclaimed \u2018Conclusion\u2019 album and remained a mainstay of the live punk circuit throughout. However, after more than two decades since the release of their (2003) \u2018There\u2019s No Power Without Control\u2019 album, the band finally released a new album, \u2018This Much Remains\u2019 in May this year through Mortarhate\/Cadiz Music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unfortunately the album was only out for a few weeks before Colin passed away from a short illness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cColin had talked with us all over the past year or so about future plans and releases and this is one of them. We\u2019re trying to honor as much of that as possible\u201d<\/em> states guitarist and long standing member Gav King.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The maddening insanity of global politics is never far from Conflict\u2019s agenda. \u2018The Collusion Exclusion\u2019 is, says Fiona, \u201cabout 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\u2019s happening feels like one sometimes. I mean, Boris Johnson and Donald Trump look like caricatures of human beings, it\u2019s 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. \u201cLook over there! That other poor person is your enemy, not me, the billionaire\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cConflict are stronger than ever,\u201d stated Colin Jerwood in May just before his premature passing, \u201cand more relevant than ever.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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\u2019s oldest &amp; closest friends:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cI was more than honoured to be asked by Gav King to do a remix for Conflict as a tribute. \u2018Take your pick\u2019 Gav said, so I picked the track \u2018When the lights go out\u2019 as there was something in Colin\u2019s words that spoke to me lyrically. This was the track.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Colin always said we would do a Rubella Ballet &amp; CONFLICT Dub remix\u2026.. I just never imagined he wouldn\u2019t be here to give me his loyal support and honest feedback.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>We were always the greatest of friends from late \u201879 when me and Zillah Minx met him for the first time. I still hear his infectious laughter echoing around the house.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The lights may have gone out but Colin\u2019s spirit remains strong in his music, his words, his and Conflict\u2019s fight for human and animal rights everywhere.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Rest in peace dear friend.\u201d<\/em><strong> \u2013 Sid Truelove (Rubella Ballet)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Conflict <a href=\"https:\/\/conflictband.com\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/conflictband.com\/\">Website<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CONFLICT RELEASE NEW SINGLE \u2018THE COLLUSION EXCLUSION\u2019 FROM THEIR RECENT ALBUM, \u2018THIS MUCH REMAINS\u2019. DIGITAL OUT NOW 10\u201d VINYL OUT 31ST OCTOBER 2025 PRE-ORDER HERE: \u201cThe Collusion Exclusion &#8211; The Serenade is Dead for the modern generation.\u201d Gav King Conflict formed in 1981 in Eltham, a district of Southeast London, when frontman Colin Jerwood, inspired [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27244,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[8889,2654,1681],"class_list":["post-27242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-coin-jerwood","tag-conflict","tag-rpmnews1"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27242"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27242\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27245,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27242\/revisions\/27245"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/27244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}