Primitive Calculators

For many years, Primitive Calculators’ sizeable legend thrived on their self-released 1979 single I Can‘t Stop It, a live album released in the early 80s, the legendary Little Bands nights they curated of one-off acts such as Too Fat to Fit Through the Door and Thrush & the C**ts, and their involvement in Richard Lowenstein’s 1986 film Dogs In Space, starring INXS’ Michael Hutchence and based around the Little Bands scene. Primitive Calculators reformed for the film, appearing in several scenes and recording bleak stomper Pumping Ugly Muscle for the soundtrack. Primitive Calculators are also heavily featured in Lowenstein’s recent Australian post-punk documentary We’re Living On Dog Food, released to coincide with the DVD reissue of Dogs In Space.

Chapter Music reissued Primitive Calculators' landmark 1979 live recordings in 2004, then followed up with Primitive Calculators And Friends in 2007, a compilation including the first single, the legendary 1979 Little Bands EP and a host of bonus obscurities. A single Sick Of Myself appeared in 2012 as first recorded evidence of the reformed band.                    

Debut studio album The World Is Fucked emerged in 2013 to rave reviews around the world. Monosyllabic new songs such as Why, Dead, No and God show that the band have lost none of their bleak humour and sonic adventurousness, while presenting their glorious atonal din in studio high-fidelity for the first time.

Primitive Calculators went on to release another album On Drugs via It Records in 2018.