The CHAMELEONS - 'In Shreds' - 12" 1981

[SamHell310]

I, for one, think that whoever you are IndieAnnieJones, your videos tend to rock and the commentator a couple of rows down is an idiot. :)

[madaikings]

Simply grand! 20 plus years and it still sounds like a new song.

[mrpurpletrophy]

your a fag you idiot you dont deserve to have a youtube account with all your shit videos your a faggot

[loopybear96]

20+ years on and still loving this song...

[dadaqueen55]

Great song, great band!

[dinsdalesharon]

ABSOLUTE CLASSIC!

[MichaelBeckettesq]

A class, classic track dripping with raw emotion...

[athleticscoach2012]

This sounds even better now than when it was released

[tenhundredchicago]

1982 "In Shreds" / "Less Than Human" (Epic)

[jayfatzthedude]

I watched this movie "Beneath the Dark" and this was the song playing at the end of the credits and it truly embodied the movie in fullness, blended the ending scene and the viewers imagination together with ease.

[geminigoth]

Excellent song!

goth box cd III

[divineomens]

fucking nailed it.



[xXxKoUkLaxXx]

someone might hurt me for saying this but am i the only one who thinks the sure when they hear this ???? :P

[madaikings]

Classic, this is the music that helped me through the 80's and now through this misery.

[MEfraulein]

@madaikings DUDE! no sh*t.....*sigh*

and I totally forgot how frigen sexy this song is :-D

[MEfraulein]

@madaikings dude....no s*it *sigh*

and YET, I forgot how sexy this song is :-D

[madaikings]

@MEfraulein Sexy in a cold way I guess.

[killjovyt]

Oh the nights I spent in the clubs dancing to this song. So glad to find others who know what a great song this is!

[belter21]

best post punk record, period...still got my rare 7" copy...fantastic band..

"it seems, it seems to me, to be, to be self contradictory!!!! "

and now we are all part of the machinery, lol yes indeed

[prozacpeople]

..."my life meant nothing at all"...



[chrislees69]

Middleton's finest!

[TheeJudderman]

Theres been nothin as good as this since!

I left a big part of me at York Racecourse Festival, summer 1984 while taking in this band (along with The Sisters, The Bunnymen, Spear of Destiny and more)

GOLDEN days. This track makes it like yesterday.

[grungeboy7777]

absolute classic

[avalanchealonso]

Without The Chameleons, we would of never had bands like Interpol, The Charlatons, the Editors and The Horrors.

[TheMarcvanGardon]

The most powerful Chameleons song of all.Ideal for getting rid of all your aggressions,while dancing.

[EditorTasha]

These are one of the most under-rated bands of all time, dont u think??

[mcmaul]

Magnificent band, the jewel in Manchesters crown, along with Joy Division. This music encapsulates the time perfectly, Britain in decline, and nowhere to hide. You can shove Madchester up yer rickers, this is what truly represents true Mancs, and real music connosieurs. Dug mcleod

[JMR83]

This deserves to be revived by virtue of appearing in the soundtrack to some Hollywood teen movie.

[kemicon]

@JMR83 maybe an indy teen movie, but hollywood it would be sung by Justin Bieber and it would have a rap part done by Omarion.

[EdwoodCA]

@JMR83 Revived for more to be exposed to it, absolutely.  But, I think this song is way too intense and serious for virtually any teen movie.

[JMR83]

@EdwoodCA

When I said a teen movie I was thinking more that it should have been in a teen movie back in the 80s!

[EdwoodCA]

@JMR83 Ah, makes a bit more sense, now.

[babylon616]

It seems to me to be self-contradictory It seems to me you count your blessings while they're there You count your blessings while they're there Count your victories while they're there It seems, it seems, it seems It seems to me To be To be self-contradictory It seems to me you've become part of the machinery Part of the machinery Part of the machinery Become part of the machinery

[creasesofhope]

This song, more punk and honest than most, more biting and honest than most. It inflates and empowers, like the blues; and, like the blues, fills your glass with tap water so you can taste all of life, not some distilled version. I love this song. I love this band.

[xxgolgothasaurxx]

That drum part at the end sounds like the birth of grunge.

[hartmusc]

Tell me about the picture above.

It's very similar, but not the same, as on the record I bought (I think it was a 12" single".

But it's just as spooky.

[IndieAnnieJones]

The only other cover I've seen was a re-drawn close-up of the helmeted girl + killer teddy on a white background.

Is that the one?

[PrincessVioletWeasel]

Reminds me of the Brunswick....Midd, Mcr, circa 1986.....

[RoboRiise]

@IndieAnnieJones

Only two years late, apologies for that. IndieAnnieJones is spot on, the other cover is a re-framed drawing of the helmeted girl with the teddy on a plain background. Both covers are original drawings by Reg, as talented an artiist as he is a guitarist.

[inshreds66]

This (the 12") was a re-issue from 1985 on Static. The original release was a 7" with sleeve as you describe (no 12"). That was released on a major label Epic and produced by Steve Lillywhite. He then got the call to produce U2's WAR and the Chameleons lost out. The rest is history.

[inshreds66]

The re-issued sleeve was again drawn by Reg and was an expanded reworking of the original 7" sleeve.

[Globalsourcer]

@hartmusc oops sorry, should have been a thumb up... :(