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For|the practice of mercy killings|EuthanasiaInfobox musical artist| name = Youth in Asia| image =| alt =| caption =| image_size =| landscape = | background = group_or_band| alias =| origin = London, England| genre = Anarcho-punk | years_active = start date|1981–end date|1984| label =| associated_acts =| website =| current_members =| past_members = Kay Byatt Mark Wayne Preston Punky Pete Olga Eddie Lou Mick Clarke Bernie Youth in Asia were an early 1980s UK anarcho punk Band (music)|band from London , whose name was a word play|jeu-de-mots of the word euthanasia .Glasper, p. 161 They were differentiated from many other bands within that scene by their prominent use of the synthesizer . The band's first live performance was in Brussels in December 1981. They played several gigs at squatting|squat ted venues, including Crass's squat gig at Zig Zag in London,Berger and the Wapping Autonomy Centre with other bands including The Apostles (band)|The Apostles , Crass , Flux of Pink Indians , Twelve Cubic Feet , The Mob (British punk band)|The Mob , Poison Girls , Hagar the Womb , Riot/Clone , DIRT (band)|DIRT and others.
The band sung 'political' lyrics about issues such as war, sexism and state terrorism .
The initial line-up was Kay Byatt (vocals), Mark (guitar), Wayne Preston (bass guitar), Punky Pete (drums), and Olga (vocals/keyboards). Pete was soon replaced by Eddie on drums, and Lou, formerly of The Witches joined on rhythm guitar . In 1983, Eddie and Lou both left the band with Mick Clarke and Bernie, both previously of Windsor's Disease, replacing them.Glasper, p. 163 The new line-up recorded a single for Crass Records , but the band split up before it was released, with some of the members forming a new band, Decadent Few.Glasper, p. 164
Byatt later sang with Radical Dance Faction and The Astronauts.
They released one Cassette culture|cassette album entitled Sex Object on Millennium tapes (1983). They also had their song "Power And The Glory" included on Volume II of the Crass Records Bullshit Detector compilation series.Glasper, p.160 "When the Wind Blows", from the band's final recording session, was included on the Overground compilation Anti-War, Anarcho-Punk Compilation Volume One".
; Sex Object tracklist: # C.B.S. (Cash Before Sincerity) # Paper Love # Power And The Glory # They Shoot Children Don't They? # Blind Reality # Victim of Rape # How They Live # Armygigolo Time # Happy Families # Sunday Bloody Sunday # Lady Madonna
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Berger, George (2008) The Story of Crass , Omnibus, ISBN 978-1847724649
Glasper, Ian (2006) The Day The Country Died - A History of Anarcho Punk 1980 - 1984 , Cherry Red Books, ISBN 978-1-901447-705
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