Editing Citizen Fish

{{Short description|English ska punk band}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = Citizen Fish
| image             = CitizenFishinManchester2008.JPG
| image_size        = 260
| landscape         = yes
| caption           = Citizen Fish in Manchester, 2008
| origin            = [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]], England
| genre             = {{hlist|[[Ska punk]]|[[anarcho-punk]]}}
| years_active      = 1990–present
| label             = {{hlist|Bluurg|[[Lookout! Records|Lookout!]]|[[Fat Wreck Chords]]|[[Alternative Tentacles]]}}
| associated_acts   = {{hlist|[[Culture Shock (band)|Culture Shock]]|[[Subhumans (U.K. band)|Subhumans]]|[[Leftöver Crack]]}}
| current_members   = [[Dick Lucas (singer)|Dick Lucas]] (vocals)<br />Jasper Pattison (bass, vocals)<br />Phil Bryant (guitar)<br />Silas Berney (drums)<br />Alex Gordon (trumpet, piano, accordion)<br />Matt Dowse (trombone)
| past_members      = Larry (guitar)<br />Trotsky (drums)<br />Minty (trumpet)<br / >Roberto Miguel Reyes  (trombone)<br />Jessica Mills  (saxophone)
}}

'''Citizen Fish''' are an English [[punk rock]] band that has been active since 1990 and shares members with [[Subhumans (UK band)|Subhumans]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/citizen-fish-mn0000782983/biography|title=Citizen Fish &#124; Biography & History|website=[[AllMusic]]|accessdate=2020-04-01}}</ref> Citizen Fish does not emphasize the raw political statements and nihilistic viewpoint of the former, instead focusing on issues of  social alienation and human interaction, viewed through a more optimistic lens. Both bands deal with themes such as [[anti-consumerism]] and [[vegetarianism]].

==History==
Based around [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]], England, the original members were [[Dick Lucas (singer)|Dick Lucas]] (vocals), Jasper (bass), Trotsky (drums), and Larry (guitar). Following their first album, ''Free Souls in a Trapped Environment'', Larry left the band and was replaced by Phil, who, along with Dick and Trotsky, had previously been a member of  the [[Subhumans (U.K. band)|Subhumans]]. Jasper and Dick had previously played together in [[Culture Shock (band)|Culture Shock]].

In July 2006, Silas (formerly of Bath-based band Cooper S with Jasper and Andy Evans) replaced Trotsky on drums. In the following month, after a five-year recording hiatus, the band returned to the studio to record songs for a split album with the New York band [[Leftöver Crack]], ''[[Deadline (Leftöver Crack and Citizen Fish album)|Deadline]]''.

Their latest and eighth full-length studio album, 2011's ''Goods'' was hailed as a return to form,<ref name="amgoods"/> and they remain active, releasing the ''Manmade'' EP in 2015.<ref name="pn">{{Cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/review/13900/citizen-fish-manmade-10-inch|title=Citizen Fish - Manmade [10-inch]|website=Punknews.org|date=24 September 2015 |accessdate=2020-04-01}}</ref>

==Discography==
*''Free Souls in a Trapped Environment'' (Bluurg Records Fish 24, 1990)
*''Disposable Dream'' 7-inch EP (Bluurg Records Fish 27/Lookout! Records No.&nbsp;60, 1992
*''Wider Than a Postcard'' (Bluurg Records, 1992)
*''Live Fish'' (Live in Germany) (Bluurg Records Fish 28, 1992)
*''Citizen Fish/AOS3'' split EP (Bluurg Records Fish 29, 1992)
*''Flinch'' (Bluurg Records Fish 31, 1993)<ref>{{cite web |title=Flinch - Citizen Fish |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/flinch-mw0000053530 |website=AllMusic |access-date=13 July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Sacher |first1=Andrew |title=12 classic ska-punk albums to prepare you for the impending ska-punk revival |url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/12-classic-ska-punk-albums-to-prepare-for-you-the-impending-ska-punk-revival/ |website=BrooklynVegan |access-date=July 26, 2024 |date=February 11, 2020}}</ref>
*''Millennia Madness'' (Bluurg Records Fish 34, Lookout! Records No.&nbsp;123, 1995)<ref>{{cite web |title=Citizen Fish: Millennia Madness |url=https://www.visions.de/review/citizen-fish-millennia-madness/ |website=VISIONS.de |access-date=13 July 2024 |language=de}}</ref>
*''Thirst'' (Lookout! Records No.&nbsp;152, 1996)
*''Psychological Background Reports'' (Bluurg Records, 1996) - collection rare and previously unreleased material
*''Habit'' 7-inch EP (Lookout! Records, 1998)
*''Active Ingredients'' ([[Lookout! Records]] No.&nbsp;212, 1998, Bluurg Records FISH38, 1999)
*''Life Size'' (Honest Don's Old English Recordings, 2001)<ref>{{cite web |title=Life Size - Citizen Fish, Life Size |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/life-size-mw0000005770 |website=AllMusic |access-date=13 July 2024}}</ref>
*''What Time We On?'' Live Album, (Bluurg Records Fish 47, 2006)
*''[[Baby-Punchers]]/Meltdown'' Split 7-inch EP with [[Leftöver Crack]] ([[Fat Wreck Chords]] FAT-226, 2006)
*''[[Deadline (split album)|Deadline]]'' split album with [[Leftöver Crack]] ([[Fat Wreck Chords]], FAT-720, 2007)
*''Goods'' (Studio Album, Alternative Tentacles - virus424, 2011)<ref name="amgoods">{{cite web |title=Goods - Citizen Fish |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/goods-mw0002099445 |website=AllMusic |access-date=13 July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Citizen Fish - Goods |url=https://www.punknews.org/review/10025/citizen-fish-goods |website=www.punknews.org |access-date=13 July 2024 |date=1 March 2011}}</ref>
*''Dancing on Spikes'' (EP, 2012)
*''Manmade'' (EP, 2015)<ref name="pn"/>

==Compilations==
*''Heide Sez...'' ([[Lookout! Records]], 1996)
*''This Is The A.L.F.'' ([[Mortarhate Records]], 1998)
*''Forward Till Death'' ([[Lookout! Records]], 1999)
*''Welcome To The Welfare State'' (BYO Records, BYO 66, 1999) Song: "Will Swap" (This is a different version from the one released on the Life Size LP)
*''You Call This Music?! Volume 1'' (Geykido Comet Records, 2000)
*''This Are UK Ska, Volume'' (Do The Dog Records, 2001)

==Music videos==
* Dividing Lines (1995)
* Talk About the Weather (1996)
* Human Conditioner (2011)
* Discomfort Zone (2011)
* Better (2011)
* Unemplode (2012)

==References==
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==External links==
*{{official website|http://www.citizenfish.com/|Subhumans and Citizen Fish website}}
*{{cite web |url=http://www.loserdomzine.com/images/interview%20pdfs/Citizen_Fish.pdf |work=loserdomzine.com|title=1996 interview with Dick Lucas from Citizen Fish}}

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[[Category:English punk rock groups]]
[[Category:Fat Wreck Chords artists]]
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[[Category:Musical groups from Somerset]]
[[Category:Musicians from Bath, Somerset]]
[[Category:Ska punk musical groups]]
[[Category:Anarcho-punk groups]]
[[Category:1990 establishments in England]]