Public Enemy

Public Enemy is an American hip hop group consisting of Chuck D, Flavor Flav, DJ Lord, The S1W group, Khari Wynn and Professor Griff. Formed in Long Island, New York, in 1982, Public Enemy is known for their politically charged lyrics and criticism of the American media, with an active interest in the frustrations and concerns of the African American community. Their first four albums during the late 1980s and early 1990s were all certified either gold or platinum. The group have been controversial with members supporting a black supremacist organisation called the Nation of Islam, who have been known for advocating anti-semitism and homophobia.

Links To Peel

The group got the attention of Peel, who was impressed with their innovative use of sampling and scratching, using riffs from bands such as Slayer in the track She Watch Channel Zero to the band's political lyrics that promoted black awareness, rather than the stereotypical hip hop image of degrading women. The band were regularly played on Peel's show and even entered in the Festive Fifty in 1987 and 1988. After 1992 Peel lost interest in them, until a few remixes of the band's material were played on his show, including one from Evolution Control Committee, who used a mashup of Public Enemy's "By the Time I Get To Arizona" and "Rebel Without a Pause" with music from Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, which entered at number 20 in the 1998 Festive Fifty.

Festive Fifty Entries

1987 Festive Fifty: 'You're Gonna Get Yours #38
1987 Festive Fifty: 'Rebel Without A Pause #14
1988 Festive Fifty: Night Of The Living Baseheads #50

Sessions

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Other Shows Played

(The following list was compiled only from the database of this site and Lorcan's Tracklistings Archive and is certainly incomplete. Please add further details if known.)

1987

09 March 1987: Timebomb (LP - Yo! Bum Rush The Show) Def Jam
25 March 1987: You're Gonna Get Yours (LP - Yo! Bum Rush The Show) Def Jam
30 March 1987: Rightstarter (Message To A Black Man) (LP - Yo! Bum Rush The Show) Def Jam
31 March 1987: Miuzi Weighs A Ton (LP - Yo! Bum Rush The Show) Def Jam
01 April 1987: Public Enemy No.1 (LP - Yo! Bum Rush The Show) Def Jam
08 April 1987: You're Gonna Get Yours (LP - Yo! Bum Rush The Show) Def Jam
13 April 1987: Yo! Bum Rush The Show (album - Yo! Bum Rush The Show) Def Jam 450482-1 (JP: "It's always bottoms with you Americans, isn't it?"
27 April 1987: Timebomb (LP - Yo! Bum Rush The Show) Def Jam
April 1987 (Radio Bremen): Raise The Roof (album - Yo! Bum Rush The Show) Def Jam
11 May 1987: Yo! Bum Rush The Show (LP - Yo! Bum Rush The Show) Def Jam
26 May 1987: You're Gonna Get Yours (album - Yo! Bum Rush The Show) Def Jam Recordings 450482-1
HO John Peel 2 1987: Yo! Bum Rush The Show (album - Yo! Bum Rush The Show) Def Jam Recordings
12 June 1987 (BFBS): You're Gonna Get Yours (album - Yo! Bum Rush The Show) Def Jam Recordings 450482-1
24 June 1987: 'You're Gonna Get Yours (12 inch-Dub/Terminator X Getaway Mix)' (Def Jam) (This was the version that made the 1987 Festive Fifty at #38)
29 June 1987: You're Gonna Get Yours (7" - You're Gonna Get Yours / Miuzi Weighs A Ton) Def Jam
30 June 1987: 'Rebel Without A Pause (12 inch)' (Def Jam)
06 July 1987: Rebel Without A Pause (Vocal Mix) (12") Def Jam
08 July 1987: You're Gonna Get Yours (Dub / Terminator X Getaway Version) (12") Def Jam
10 July 1987 (Radio Bremen): You're Gonna Get Yours (Dub / Terminator X Getaway Version) (12" - You're Gonna Get Yours / Rebel Without A Pause / Miuzi Weighs A Ton) Def Jam
10 July 1987 (Radio Bremen): Rebel Without A Pause (Vocal Mix) (12" - You're Gonna Get Yours / Rebel Without A Pause / Miuzi Weighs A Ton) Def Jam
12 July 1987 ( BFBS): You're Gonna Get Yours (Dub / Terminator X Getaway Version) (12") Def Jam
17 July 1987 (BFBS): Rebel Without A Pause (Vocal Mix) (12" - You're Gonna Get Yours / Rebel Without A Pause / Miuzi Weighs A Ton) Def Jam
13 August 1987 (Radio Bremen): Yo! Bum Rush The Show (album - Yo! Bum Rush The Show) Def Jam
23 November 1987: Bring The Noise (v/a LP - Less Than Zero (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)) Def Jam
30 November 1987: Bring The Noise (v/a LP - Less Than Zero (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)) Def Jam
08 December 1987: Bring The Noise (No Noise Version) (12") Def Jam Recordings 651335 6
13 December 1987 (BFBS): Bring The Noise (No Noise Version) (12") Def Jam Recordings 651335 6
15 December 1987: Bring The Noise (No Noise Version) (12") Def Jam
23 December 1987: 'You're Gonna Get Yours (12 inch-Dub/Terminator X Getaway Version)' (Def Jam) FF #38
29 December 1987: 'Rebel Without A Pause (LP-It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back)' (Def Jam) FF #14

1988

05 January 1988: Bring The Noise (v/a LP - Less Than Zero (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)) Def Jam
29 June 1988: Terminator X To The Edge Of Panic (album - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back) Def Jam Recordings 462415 1
29 June 1988: Cold Lampin With Flavour (album - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back) Def Jam Recordings 462415 1
29 June 1988: Mind Terrorist (LP - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back) Def Jam
HO John Peel 6 1988: Louder Than A Bomb (album - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back) Def Jam Recordings 462415 1 prob 04 July 1988
04 July 1988: Caught, Can I Get A Witness? (album - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back) Def Jam Recordings 462415 1
05 July 1988: She Watch Channel Zero?! (LP - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back) Def Jam
06 July 1988: Night Of The Living Baseheads (album - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back) Def Jam
09 July 1988 (BFBS): 'Louder Than A Bomb (LP-It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back)' (CBS)
Peel July 1988 Lee Tape 12: Mind Terrorist (album - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back) Def Jam Recordings 462415 1
11 July 1988: Cold Lampin With Flavour (LP - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back) Def Jam
13 July 1988: She Watch Channel Zero?! (LP - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back) Def Jam
19 July 1988: Night Of The Living Baseheads (LP - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back) Def Jam
26 July 1988 (Radio Bremen): Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos (album - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back) Def Jam
27 July 1988: 'Louder Than A Bomb (LP-It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back)' (CBS)
30 July 1988 (BFBS): Night Of The Living Baseheads (LP - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back) Def Jam
July 1988 (BBC World Service): She Watch Channel Zero?! (LP - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back) Simply Vinyl
05 October 1988: Night Of The Living Bassheads (LP - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back) Def Jam
11 October 1988: Night Of The Living Baseheads (12”) Def Jam
25 October 1988: Night Of The Living Baseheads (12”) Def Jam
20 December 1988: 'Night Of The Living Baseheads (LP-It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back)' (Def Jam) FF #50

1989

13 November 1989: Welcome To The Terrordrome (single) Def Jam Recordings
27 December 1989: 'Welcome To The Terrordome (vocal) (12 Inch)' (Def Jam)

1990

02 January 1990: Welcome To The Terror Dome
09 January 1990: Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos (Radio Version) (CD single - Welcome To The Terrordome) Def Jam
13 January 1990 (BFBS): Welcome To The Terrordrome (single) Def Jam Recordings
Peel March 1990 Lee Tape 67: Revolutionary Generation (Vocal) (12" - 911 Is A Joke / Revolutionary Generation) Def Jam
26 March 1990: Revolutionary Generation (Vocal) (12" - 911 Is A Joke / Revolutionary Generation) Def Jam
HO John Peel 20 1990: Revolutionary Generation (album - Fear Of A Black Planet) Def Jam 466281 1
07 April 1990 (BFBS): Revolutionary Generation (album - Fear Of A Black Planet) Def Jam 466281 1
09 April 1990: Who Stole The Soul? (album - Fear Of A Black Planet) Def Jam 466281 1
10 April 1990: War At 33 1/3 (album - Fear Of A Black Planet) Def Jam 466281 1
11 April 1990: Fear Of A Black Planet (album - Fear Of A Black Planet) Def Jam
12 April 1990: Brothers Gonna Work It Out (album - Fear Of A Black Planet) Def Jam 466281 1
19 April 1990: Who Stole The Soul? (LP - Fear Of A Black Planet) Def Jam
21 April 1990 (BFBS): Who Stole The Soul? (LP - Fear Of A Black Planet) Def Jam
21 April 1990 (BFBS): War At 33 1/3 (album - Fear Of A Black Planet) Def Jam 466281 1
28 April 1990 (BFBS): B-Side Wins Again (12" - Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos) Def Jam
18 June 1990: Brothers Gonna Work It Out (Remix) (12") Def Jam Recordings 656018 6
21 October 1990: 'Can't Do Nuttin' For Ya Man (Bass In Your Face 7 inch mix)' (Def Jam)
28 October 1990: 'Can't Do Nuttin' For Ya Man (Bass In Your Face 7 inch mix)' (Def Jam)
02 November 1990 (BFBS): Can't Do Nuttin' For Ya Man (Bass In Your Face 7" Mix) (7") Def Jam
05 November 1990 (BBC World Service): Can't Do Nuttin' For Ya Man (Bass In Your Face 7" Mix) (7") Def Jam

1991

15 September 1991: Can't Truss It (album – Apocalypse 91... The Enemy Strikes Black) Def Jam
22 September 1991: Can't Truss It (album – Apocalypse 91... The Enemy Strikes Black) Def Jam
27 September 1991 (BFBS): Can't Truss It (album – Apocalypse 91... The Enemy Strikes Black) Def Jam
06 October 1991: By The Time I Get To Arizona (album – Apocalypse 91... The Enemy Strikes Black) Def Jam 468751 2
06 October 1991: How To Kill A Radio Consultant (LP – Apocalypse 91... The Enemy Strikes Black) Def Jam
13 October 1991: Nighttrain (LP – Apocalypse 91... The Enemy Strikes Black) Def Jam
18 October 1991 (BFBS): By The Time I Get To Arizona (LP - Apocalypse 91... The Enemy Strikes Black) Def Jam
18 October 1991 (BFBS): How To Kill A Radio Consultant (LP - Apocalypse 91... The Enemy Strikes Black) Def Jam
19 October 1991: By The Time I Get To Arizona (LP – Apocalypse 91... The Enemy Strikes Black) Def Jam
20 October 1991: 1 Million Bottlebags (LP – Apocalypse 91... The Enemy Strikes Black) Def Jam
25 October 1991 (BFBS): Lost At Birth (LP – Apocalypse 91... The Enemy Strikes Black) Def Jam
25 October 1991 (BFBS): 1 Million Bottlebags (LP – Apocalypse 91... The Enemy Strikes Black) Def Jam
26 October 1991: How To Kill A Radio Consultant (album – Apocalypse 91... The Enemy Strikes Black) Def Jam 468751 2
Peel Late Autumn 1991: Shut 'Em Down (12") Def Jam
01 November 1991 (BFBS): How To Kill A Radio Consultant (album – Apocalypse 91... The Enemy Strikes Black) Def Jam 468751 2
21 December 1991: By The Time I Get To Arizona (CD – Apocalypse 91: The Enemy Strikes Black) Def Jam
28 December 1991: Bring The Noise (duet with Anthrax)
Best Of 1991 Vol 1: By The Time I Get To Arizona (CD – Apocalypse 91: The Enemy Strikes Black) Def Jam
Best Of 1991 Vol4ii: Lost At Birth (Apocalypse 91... The Enemy Strikes Black LP) Def Jam

1992

11 January 1992: 'Shut Em Down (12 inch)' (Def Jam) (JP: 'Just a trifle repetitious.')
04 September 1992: Welcome To The Terrordome (12") (Def Jam)
06 September 1992 (BFBS): Welcome To The Terrordome (12") Def Jam
02 October 1992: Tie Goes To The Runner (LP – Greatest Misses) Def Jam
17 October 1992: Hazy Shade Of Criminal (album - Greatest Misses) Def Jam
24 October 1992: 'Hazy Shade Of Criminal (12 inch])' (Def Jam Recordings)
Best Of 1992 Vol 1: 'Shut Em Down (12 inch)' (Def Jam) (JP: 'Just a trifle repetitious.')

2000

21 June 2000: Do You Wanna Go Our Way (23 Skidoo Mix) (12" - Poison Remixes) Pias

2002

24 April 2002: Da Noise (single) white label (with Freak Nasty)

2004

20 April 2004: 'Seven Nation Army/Bring the Noize/Rebel Without A Pause (CD Single)' (White Label)
01 December 2004 (Rob Da Bank): 'Rebel Without a Pause' (LP - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back) (Def)
16 December 2004: 'Bring The Noise (CD-It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back)' (Def Jam)

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