Chris liberator biography

English punk rock band

Hagar the Womb are an English punk rock band, originally active in the early 1980s and part of the anarcho-punk movement.

Chris started djing back in playing his first ever party in a squat in North London (organised with the fledgling Liberator crew featuring himself.

Chris started djing back in playing his first ever party in a squat in North London (organised with the fledgling Liberator crew featuring himself.

Pioneering British DJ and producer, Chris Knowles aka Chris Liberator, has been responsible for pushing his distinctive brand of acid techno around the globe.

Chris Liberator is a pioneering British DJ and producer, who has been responsible for pushing his distinctive brand of acid techno around the globe for over

He's the self-styled champion of the free party scene or the squat party, where anyone attends and anything goes.

Acid techno crew Liberator DJs celebrate 30 years this weekend in London.

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.

History

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.^[1] 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).^[1] One week after forming they played their first g