Vicious Circle

Vicious Circle are an Australian hardcore punk band, which formed in 1983 and included founding members Paul Lindsay on lead vocals and Les Rumincik on lead guitar. They disbanded in 1990 and Lindsay and Rumincik formed Rue Morgue in the following year. Rue Morgue issued two albums, Soul Museum (1993) and Freak Nation (1995), before Lindsay and Rumincik revived Vicious Circle in 1995. That group's albums are Price of Progress (1985), Reflections (1986), Into the Void (1988), Reactivate (compilation album, 1995), Internal Headstrength (1997) and Perfect World Disaster (1999). History Vicious Circle formed in late 1983 as a hardcore punk band in Melbourne by Alby Brovedani on bass guitar and guitar (ex-Politburo), Paul Lindsay on lead vocals, Les Rumincik on lead guitar (ex-Politburo) and Michael on drums. Michael was replaced on drums by Russell Hopkinson in 1984. Two early tracks, "Blood Race" and "Police Brutality" appeared on a Various Artists compilation album, Eat Your Head (1984) via No Master's Voice, which was re-released on CD in 1997 by Au Go Go Records. The group's debut five-track extended play, Search for the Solution, appeared in early 1985 via Reactor Records, which was owned by Phil McDougall. The hardcore group followed with their first studio album, Price of Progress, in September 1985 also on Reactor. According to Australian musicologist, Ian McFarlane, it was "a ground-breaking release in the annals of the local hardcore scene." The album was also issued by Children of the Revolution record label in the United States and Europe. From their US contacts they teamed up with American punk rockers, Youth Brigade to issue a split album Epitaph/Care in April 1986. They released their first single, "A Nightmare so Quick", in that month. By that time David Ross had replaced Hopkinson on drums and Keith Chatham joined on bass guitar to allow Brovedani to focus on rhythm guitar.