Military Surplus

The band have now reformed and are now known as Military Surplus/RDF.
Radical Dance Faction (RDF) were founded by Chris Bowsher in Hungerford, 1986, and were originally known as 'Military Surplus'. The band experienced many line up changes, and Chris remained the only original member up to the time RDF split up (sometime in the late 1990's).
RDF's music combined punk, dub, and ska, while Chris' lyrics, spoken rather than song, dealt mainly with political issues, such as the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 in the song Chinese Poem. Chris also witnessed first hand the Hungerford massacre, describing his experience in Hot on the Wire.
RDF were a regular act on the UK free festival scene prior to the 1994 Criminal Justice Act, and were part of the crusty and anarcho punk movement.
In August 2006 Military Surplus/RDF reformed and played at the Endorse it in Dorset festival. more gigs are planned.
* Steve Swann, one of RDFs original line-up, co-founded the Revolutionary Dub Warriors & is member of the reformed, dub, ska band Dub The Earth.
* Phil left RDF in 1995, and together with other ex-RDF members and John from AOS3 , formed P.A.I.N
* Linda went on to become a member of the band DF118 .
* Mark McCarthey joined The Wonder Stuff in 2004.
* Murph joined The Rhytmites



Discography:
Albums
* Taking Refuge cassette only
* Hot on the Wire cassette only
* Borderline Cases 1990
* Wasteland 1991
* Raggamuffin Statement 1995
Singles
* Landing Party
* Beast in the Doorway
You may find a last copy or two of RDF – Borderline Cases on VINYL at http://www.ironmanrecords.co.uk



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