{{Short description|English ska punk band}} {{More citations needed|date=April 2020}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}} {{Use British English|date=July 2016}} {{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== {{reflist}}

==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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