(c’86-’93) Alex Cable (drums), Nikki Crow (vocals), and Si (guitar).
Internal Autonomy were a Punk/Goth band from Frimley, heavily influenced by Black Easter, with the guitarist Al from Cyanide Scenario originally forming the band with others. In ’87 they released their first demo “Song and Speech”, followed the next year by 50 copies of the self-released C90 cassette LP “The Cause of Liberty” [ALT4]. There were 13 tracks on the A-side; nothing was listed for the B-side, but it carried folk music and poetry.
In ’89 there were two releases: “Capitalism on Sulphate” and the “4th Demo”. Early in ’90 came the “Tired of Sleeping” EP. This, along with the earlier releases led to interest from German label Recordrom Records who released “Inquiry” in ’90 and the 7″ single “Love” [VOL 008] in ’91. That same year an LP release on WoW Records titled “Hear in Our Hearts”, with title track written by Andy Martin (lyrics) and Music & Elsewhere‘s Mick Magic (music), was planned but never made it to fruition.
In ’92 the band were included on a number of compilations, including “Agony of A Contaminated Society” and “Mind Pollution”. The following year they changed their name to Automomex, but only after releasing the double EP “Only You Have the Power” on the Profane Existence Records, the label for Dan Siskind’s DIY punk collective tat released anarcho-punk from bands throughout the world. 2010 saw the release on “Discography” on Front Cover Productions [CFD002], a 2 CD compilation of Internal Autonomy’s work.
From around 2013 some original members continued as Ferox / Feroxide, out of Neath, South Wales; where Cable ran Raven Studios – which was moved from Camberley, where it was used by The Perfect Circles – until around 2018.
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