Hagar the Womb are an English punk rock band, originally active in the early 1980s and part of the anarcho-punk movement. In hiatus from 1987, members went on to form We Are Going To Eat You and Melt, with vocalist Julie Sorrell. A 2011 compilation of their back catalogue brought members back into contact with each other, and invitations to reform and play gigs and festivals led to Hagar The Womb gigging again from 2012. The band released a new EP in 2016.
The band was formed in London in 1980, in the toilets of the Wapping Anarchy Centre, established by the efforts of seminal anarchist bands Crass and Poison Girls. The original line-up was all-female, reflecting the band's purpose of giving women a voice in the anarcho-punk scene: Ruth Elias (vocals), Karen Amsden (vocals), Nicola Corcoran (vocals), Janet Nassim (guitar), and Steph Cohen (bass guitar).
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Links to Peel[]
Peel seemed to have first played Hagar The Womb in January 1984, according to available tracklistings on this site, via their debut single, 'The Word Of The Womb' via the Mortarhate label. Further material from the group were played on his radio programmes including a session they recorded for his show in February 1984. After 1985, Peel seemed to have lost interest in the group's records.
Sessions[]
Hagar the Womb - Peel Session (Feb 20, 1984)
1. Recorded: 1984-02-11. First Broadcast: 20 February 1984. Repeated: 06 March 1984, 03 May 1984
- Today's Miss World / Armchair Observer / By Force / A Song Of Deep Hate
Other Shows Played[]
- 02 January 1984: What's Your Flag? (12" - The Word Of The Womb) Mortarhate
- Peel Mixtape 1984: Truth? (12" - The Word Of The Womb) Mortarhate
- Another Peel 80's Mixtape: Dressed To Kill (12" EP - The Word Of The Womb) Mortarhate MORT 2
- 14 January 1984 (BFBS): Dressed To Kill (12" EP - The Word Of The Womb) Mortarhate
- 14 January 1984 (BFBS): What's Your Flag? (12" EP - The Word Of The Womb) Mortarhate
- 23 January 1984 (BBC World Service): Dressed To Kill (12" - The Word Of The Womb) Mortarhate
- 25 January 1984 (BFBS): Cardboard Theatre (12" EP - The Word Of The Womb) Mortarhate
- 27 June 1984 (BFBS): For The Ferryman (v/a album - Who? What? Why? When? Where?) Mortarhate
- 02 July 1984 (BBC World Service): For The Ferrymen (v/a album - Who? What? Why? When? Where?) Mortarhate
- 1985
- 12 February 1985: One Bright Spark (12" - Funny In A Nunnery) Abstract Sounds
- 06 March 1985: 'Come Into My Soul (12"-Funnery In A Nunnery)' (Abstract Sounds)