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The Black Assassins are an early '80s punk band from Brisbane, Australia. Keen exponents of the have a go and do it yourself ethos of the era, The Black Assassins formed in the middle of 1981, one week before their first gig. It was the height of Premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen's Reich in the state of Queensland, oppression loomed large in the land and people were scared to speak. The Black Assassins were a loud, raucous assertion of the right to free speech against everything Jackboot Joh and his corrupt police state stood for. The Black Assassins had strong political opinions but were very inexperienced musicians. Many of the scores of new Brisbane bands of the time would rehearse for six months to try to sound good enough before venturing out for a public performance. The Black Assassins however, knew no shame. We had three rum-soaked rehearsals during our first week to get a set of 8 songs together before hitting the stage for our debut performance at the QIT Campus Club in Brisba...