The astounding debut album thatestablished the Subhumans as a genuineforce to be reckoned with, The Day TheCountry Died captured both the bandsserious anarcho punk ideology and theirirreverent sense of humour. It wasapparent from the off that here was a bandthat could not only stimulate your brainbut also put a big shit-eating grin on yourface as you jumped about to them. And thenow-iconic artwork by Nick Lant - probablyhis most recognisable piece of work for theband - has adorned countless thousands ofjackets and T-shirts since. Recorded overjust four days during the heady summer of1982, and released six months later inJanuary 1983, when it quickly climbed toNo. 3 in the UKs then-importantIndependent Charts, this exhilaratingcollection of songs has endured for fourdecades, the band still regularly kickingtheir live set off with the opening track, AllGone Dead.