“Destroy The Youth” / “No One Knows” +2 (Kamara ERA 003) March 1982
Charge | Destroy The Youth | (Kamara) 1982 | Not being accustomed to grime-level herbertism, I can’t quite grasp the true significance of angst-ridden lyrical content which sounds rather more like I’m smaller than you than the accredited title. The guitarist’s name is Stu P. Didiot. Need I add more? (Sounds, 20/03/82)
CHARGE: ‘Destroy The Youth’ (Kamera). Handsome. A great punch intro steams right into a demented hundred mph verse that sounds unholy like a rabies-ridden version of the old-time Subs with its plenty persuasive fervent furty and great singalong chorus.
Definitely one of the records the word ‘blistering’ was invented for, but, a bit sadly, head and shoulders above the rest of the ep. ‘No One Knows’ is a Crassier dawdle that aims at insistency and doesn’t quite make it, while the b-side is okay in the belligerent noise stakes (though it’s a shame singer Moose is muffled by the manky mix) but doesn’t quite attain the staggering sulphate standards of the title track. (Garry Bushell, Sounds, 06/03/82)
Apocalypso punk rant. Fast, dynamic, reminiscent of first-generation punk and believe me, that’s a compliment. Certainly a considerable improvement on the last Charge pressing to pass this way. (Record Mirror, 27/03/82)
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