Fatal Microbes
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[[Image:Fatal microbes.jpg|thumb|right|Image of Fatal Microbes on back of their Violence Grows
7"]]The '''Fatal Microbes''' was a [[United Kingdom|UK]] [[punk rock|punk]] group that existed in the late 1970s. [[Honey Bane]] (Donna Tracey Boylan) was the lead singer. Other band members were Gem Stone (Gemma Sansom) on drums, Pete Fender (Dan Sansom) on guitar, and Scotty Boy Barker (Scott Barker) who was briefly replaced as bassist by It (Quentin North).
In 1979, Small Wonder and XNTRIX Records co-released a split [[12"]] [[EP]] entitled "Violence Grows", which also featured the (at that time) [[Epping]] based [[Poison Girls]] (whose singer, [[Vi Subversa]], was also mother to Gem Stone and Pete Fender). Due to the popularity of Fatal Microbes, [[Small Wonder records]] released a 7" single featuring "Violence Grows", which was hailed as a classic by the late [[John Peel]]{{Fact|date=February 2007}}.
Honey Bane later had a career as a solo artist, a film and stage actress, and a model (''see [[Honey Bane]]'').
Pete Fender subsequently went on to form [[Rubella Ballet]] with Gem Stone (bass) and Sid Ation (drums) who was later also in [[Flux of Pink Indians]]. It also made a brief appearance, as did Annie Anxiety. Pete Fender later released a 7" EP, "Four Formulas", under his own name on XNTRIX records. Pete Fender and It had originally met when they formed the band Punktuation in 1977. With an average age of just 13 years, it would make them probably the youngest punk band in the country at the time. Later, Pete was also a pivotal member of [[Omega Tribe]].
==External links==
* {{myspace|honeybaneband|Honey Bane Band}}
[[Category:English musical groups]]
[[Category:Early punk groups]]
[[Category:Anarcho-punk bands]]
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