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| origin = [[Bangor, Gwynedd|Bangor]], [[Wales]]
| origin = [[Bangor, Gwynedd|Bangor]], [[Wales]]
| genre = [[Punk rock]]
| genre = [[Punk rock]]
| years_active = 1982&ndash;1995, 2007
| years_active = 1982–1995, 2007
| label = [[Anhrefn Records|Anhrefn]], Workers Playtime
| label = [[Anhrefn Records|Anhrefn]], Workers Playtime, Crai
| associated_acts = Mangre
| associated_acts = Mangre
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| current_members = Sion Sebon<br />Dylan Hughes<br />Sion Jones<br />Ryan Kift
| past_members = Rhys Mwyn<br />Sion Sebon<br />Hefin Huws<br />Dewi Gwyn<br />Dafydd Ieuan<br />Dylan Hughes<br />Sion Jones<br />Ryan Kift<br />Gwyn Jones
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| past_members = Rhys Mwyn<br />Hefin Huws<br />Dewi Gwyn<br />Dafydd Ieuan
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'''Yr Anhrefn''', also known simply as '''Anhrefn''', were an influential [[Wales|Welsh]] [[punk rock]] group of the 1980s and 1990s.
'''Yr Anhrefn''', also known simply as '''Anhrefn''', were an influential [[Wales|Welsh]] [[punk rock]] group of the 1980s and 1990s.


==History==
==History==
Anhrefn ([[Welsh language|Welsh]] for "Disorder") formed in 1982,<ref name="Hill">Hill, Sarah (2007) '''Blerwytirhwng?' the Place of Welsh Pop Music'', Ashgate, ISBN 978-0-7546-5898-6, p. 87</ref> and initially sang only in Welsh.<ref name="BBC">"[http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/music/sites/genres_artists/rock_pop/anhrefn.shtml Yr Anhrefn]", [[BBC Wales]]</ref> The band were not supported by [[Radio Cymru]] or Welsh-language TV channel [[S4C]], beyond an occasional interview, and bassist Rhys Mwyn became known as an outspoken critic of the Welsh pop industry.<ref name="Hill" /> Mwyn (born Gareth Rhys Thomas) set up his own [[Anhrefn Records|Recordiau Anhrefn]] label in 1983, helping to promote like-minded Welsh bands as well as their own music.<ref name="BBC" /> The band were championed by [[John Peel]] and recorded three sessions for his [[BBC Radio 1]] show; Peel even travelled to Wales to see the band perform.<ref name="Hill" /><ref name="KIP">[http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/johnpeel/artists/a/anhrefn/ Anhrefn], ''Keeping It Peel'', [[BBC]]</ref> The band played up to 300 gigs a year at their peak,<ref name="BBC" /> and were featured on [[Channel 4]] TV show ''[[The Tube (TV series)|The Tube]]'' in 1987, although they were largely ignored by the British music weeklies.
Anhrefn ([[Welsh language|Welsh]] for "Disorder") were an influential punk rock band from Bangor, North Wales and formed in 1982,<ref name="Hill">Hill, Sarah (2007) '''Blerwytirhwng?' the Place of Welsh Pop Music'', Ashgate, {{ISBN|978-0-7546-5898-6}}, p. 87</ref> and initially sang only in Welsh.<ref name="BBC">"[http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/music/sites/genres_artists/rock_pop/anhrefn.shtml Yr Anhrefn] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090203180920/http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/music/sites/genres_artists/rock_pop/anhrefn.shtml |date=3 February 2009 }}", [[BBC Wales]]</ref> The band were not supported by [[Radio Cymru]] or Welsh-language TV channel [[S4C]], beyond an occasional interview, and bassist Rhys Mwyn became known as an outspoken critic of the Welsh pop industry.<ref name="Hill" />
Mwyn (born Gwynedd Rhys Thomas) set up his own [[Anhrefn Records|Recordiau Anhrefn]] label in 1983, helping to promote like-minded Welsh bands as well as their own music.<ref name="BBC" /> The band were championed by [[John Peel]] and recorded three sessions for his [[BBC Radio 1]] show; Peel even travelled to Wales to see the band perform.<ref name="Hill" /><ref name="KIP">[http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/johnpeel/artists/a/anhrefn/ Anhrefn], ''Keeping It Peel'', [[BBC]]</ref> The band played up to 300 gigs a year at their peak,<ref name="BBC" /> touring Europe several times, including Czechoslovakia,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://link2wales.co.uk/1990/gigreviews/anhrefn-play-bratislava/|title=Anhrefn play Bratislava |website=Link2wales.co.uk|date=5 September 1990 |access-date=21 September 2020}}</ref> Germany and the Basque Region of Spain.

They were featured on [[Channel 4]] TV show ''[[The Tube (1982 TV series)|The Tube]]'' in 1987, although they were largely ignored by the British music weeklies, and played with [[Joe Strummer]] on the Rock Against Rich UK tour in 1988.


Original members Hefin Huws and Dewi Gwyn left the band in the late 1980s and were replaced by Dylan Hughes (formerly of [[Y Cyrff]]) and Sion Jones (formerly of Maffia Mr Huws).
Original members Hefin Huws and Dewi Gwyn left the band in the late 1980s and were replaced by Dylan Hughes (formerly of [[Y Cyrff]]) and Sion Jones (formerly of Maffia Mr Huws).


The band made their first [[English language]] recording in 1990, on a single with [[Pauline Murray]], and also collaborated with [[Margi Clarke]] (they released a cover of [[Cole Porter]]'s "[[Anything Goes (song)|Anything Goes]]" as a single).
The band made their first [[English language]] recording in 1994, on a single with actress [[Margi Clarke]] (they released a cover of [[Cole Porter]]'s "[[Anything Goes (Cole Porter song)|Anything Goes]]" as a single), and had earlier collaborated with [[Pauline Murray]] (of the punk band [[Penetration (band)|Penetration]]) in 1990, who co-wrote ''Llygad wrth Lygad,'' which is on the B-side of the cassette version of ''Rhedeg i Paris.''


In 1995, brothers Rhys and Sion changed musical direction to a more techno sound. They changed their name and released a self-titled album ''Hen Wlad fy Mamau – Land of My Mothers'', It also featured producer Ronnie Stone who aided the duo in creating a world beat collection of re-mixed Welsh folk music, samples and electronic sounds featuring Welsh singers [[Siân James (musician)|Siân James]], Lowri Ann Richards, June Campbell Davies and Elinor Bennett, Punjabi rapper Harvinder Sangha and African dub collective [[Zion Train]].<ref>{{Cite web|title = Yr Anhrefn|url = http://www.link2wales.co.uk/biogs/anhrefn.htm|website =Link2wales.co.uk|access-date = 2015-12-25}}</ref>
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In 1995 the band released ''Hen Wlad fy Mamau - Land of My Mothers'', before splitting up.


Mwyn and Sebon formed a new band, Mangre, in 2000. Mwyn went on to manage the Crai label and work as an agent. He managed [[Catatonia (band)|Catatonia]] and more recently [[Jeb Loy Nichols]], which prompted a resurrection of Recordiau Anhrefn.<ref name="Hill2">Hill, Claire (2007) "Musical detour for a Welshman who took on an American singer", ''[[Western Mail (Wales)|Western Mail]]'', 30 June 2007, p. 22</ref>
The band soon split after that release, but brothers Rhys Mwyn and Sion Sebon formed a new band, Mangre, in 2000. Mwyn went on to manage the Crai label and work as an agent. He managed [[Catatonia (band)|Catatonia]] and more recently [[Jeb Loy Nichols]], which prompted a resurrection of Recordiau Anhrefn.<ref name="Hill2">Hill, Claire (2007) "Musical detour for a Welshman who took on an American singer", ''[[Western Mail (Wales)|Western Mail]]'', 30 June 2007, p. 22</ref>


In 2007 Anhrefn reformed without Mwyn, now with Ryan Kift on vocals.<ref name="Stevens">Stevens, Huw (2007) "[http://www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/columnists/2007/07/27/saying-goodbye-to-zabrinski-and-packing-up-lots-of-new-music-for-my-summer-hols-91466-19526915/ Saying goodbye to Zabrinski and packing up lots of new music for my summer hols]", ''[[Western Mail (Wales)|Western Mail]]'', 27 July 2007</ref>
In 2007 Anhrefn reformed briefly without Mwyn, with Ryan Kift on vocals.<ref name="Stevens">Stevens, Huw (2007) "[http://www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/columnists/2007/07/27/saying-goodbye-to-zabrinski-and-packing-up-lots-of-new-music-for-my-summer-hols-91466-19526915/ Saying goodbye to Zabrinski and packing up lots of new music for my summer hols]", ''[[Western Mail (Wales)|Western Mail]]'', 27 July 2007</ref>


[[Super Furry Animals]] drummer Dafydd Ieuan was also in Yr Anhrefn for a time, playing on their 1993 Peel session,<ref name="KIP" /><ref name="Strong">Strong, Martin C. (2003) ''The Great Rock Discography'', Canongate, ISBN 1-84195-312-1, p. 1022</ref> and SFA had started out as a [[techno]] band, supporting Yr Anhrefn on a tour of [[France]] in 1993.<ref name="Buckley">Buckley, Peter (2003) ''The Rough Guide to Rock'', [[Rough Guides]], ISBN 978-1-84353-105-0, p. 1034</ref>
[[Super Furry Animals]] drummer Dafydd Ieuan was also in Yr Anhrefn for a time, playing on their 1993 Peel session,<ref name="KIP" /><ref name="Strong">Strong, Martin C. (2003) ''The Great Rock Discography'', Canongate, {{ISBN|1-84195-312-1}}, p. 1022</ref> and SFA had started out as a [[techno]] band, supporting Yr Anhrefn on a tour of [[France]] in 1993.<ref name="Buckley">Buckley, Peter (2003) ''The Rough Guide to Rock'', [[Rough Guides]], {{ISBN|978-1-84353-105-0}}, p. 1034</ref>


Rhys Mwyn gave up his regular show on [[Llangefni]] based community radio [[Môn FM]] in 2016, to start broadcasting a regular Monday night show on [[BBC Radio Cymru]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://link2wales.co.uk/north-wales-a-m/north-wales-mj-mz/|title=North Wales: Mj – Mz|website=Link2wales.co.uk|date=15 May 2008 |access-date=21 September 2020}}</ref>
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==Discography==


In 2016, Rhys Mwyn and Sion Jones teamed up with Neil Crud and Alan Matthews (both previous members of North Wales punk bands 4Q and [[Sons of Selina|Sons Of Selina]]) to play Anhrefn's debut album ''Defaid, Skateboards a Wellies'' live under the banner Welsh Rebel Outpost.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://link2wales.co.uk/2015/gigreviews/blog-rhys-mwyn-welsh-rebel-outpost-neuadd-ogwen-bethesda/|title = link2wales|website =Link2wales.co.uk| date=12 November 2015 }}</ref> Rhys Mwyn also played bass with Welsh post-punk band White Ether (2016-2020).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/WhiteEther/|title=White Ether|website=Facebook.com|access-date=2020-06-10}}</ref>

In 2020 Rhys Mwyn played bass on Helen Love's single "1234 Dee Dee Ramone".

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==Discography==
===Albums===
===Albums===
*''Defaid, Skateboards a Wellies'' (1987), Workers Playtime
*''Defaid, Skateboards a Wellies'' (1987), Workers Playtime
*''Bwrw Cwrw '' (1989), Workers Playtime
*''Bwrw Cwrw '' (1989), Workers Playtime
*''Soft Lights And Loud Guitars (Part 2)'' (1989) Released Emotions (split LP with Last Rough Cause)
*''Rhowch Eich Teitl Eich Hun'' (1990), - live cassette-only album, title translates as ''Fill in Your own Title''
*''Rhowch Eich Teitl Eich Hun'' (1990), – live cassette-only album, title translates as ''Fill in Your own Title''
*''Dial y Ddraig'' (1991)
*''Dragons Revenge'' (1990), Lithograph, Crai, Probe Plus
*''Dave Goodman Sessions'' (199?), Incognito
*''Rhedeg i Bohemia Live'' (199?), Pro Art
*''Dial y Ddraig'' (1990), Incognito
*''Dragons Revenge'' (199?), Lithograph
*''Rhedeg i Bohemia Live'' (1991), Pro Art
*''Hen Wlad fy Mamau - Land of My Mothers'' (1995), Crai
*''Dave Goodman Sessions'' (1991), Incognito, Crai
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*''Hen Wlad fy Mamau – Land of My Mothers'' (1995), Crai


===Singles===
===Singles===
*"Dim Heddwch" / "Priodas Hapus" (1983) Anrhefn (Cat no ANRHEFN01; green vinyl)
*"Dim Heddwch" / "Priodas Hapus" (1983) Anrhefn (Cat no ANRHEFN01; green vinyl)
*"Be Nesa 89" / "Bach Dy Ben " (1988) Anhrefn
*"Be Nesa 89" / "Bach Dy Ben " (1988) Anhrefn
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*"Rhedeg i Paris" / "Y Ffordd Ymlaen" / "Llygad Wrth Lygad" (1990) Crai C008s
*''Bwtleg Powerhaus Llundain 1.3.1990'' (1990), Information Libre
*''Bwtleg Powerhaus Llundain 1.3.1990'' (1990), Information Libre (12" EP)
*"Dim Heddwch" / "Priodas Hapus", Anhrefn
*''Clutter From The Gutter'' (1994) Incognito, Crai (with [[Margi Clarke]] on vocals)
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*"Rhedeg i Paris" / "Y Ffordd Ymlaen" / "Llgad Wrth Lygad" (1990)Crai C008s


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[https://myspace.com/anhrefn Yr Anhrefn] on [[Myspace]]
*{{MySpace|anhrefn}}
*[http://www.rhysmwyn.com/ Rhys Mwyn's official website]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090926131601/http://www.rhysmwyn.com/ Rhys Mwyn's official website]
*[http://www.llygredd.moesol.btinternet.co.uk/yrAnhrefn.htm Free mp3 download of "Defaid, Skateboards a Wellis"]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110526123820/http://www.llygredd.moesol.btinternet.co.uk/yrAnhrefn.htm Free mp3 download of "Defaid, Skateboards a Wellis"]


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For the record label, see Anhrefn Records.
Yr Anhrefn
Background information
OriginBangor, Wales
GenresPunk rock
Years active1982–1995, 2007
LabelsAnhrefn, Workers Playtime, Crai
Past membersRhys Mwyn
Sion Sebon
Hefin Huws
Dewi Gwyn
Dafydd Ieuan
Dylan Hughes
Sion Jones
Ryan Kift
Gwyn Jones

Yr Anhrefn, also known simply as Anhrefn, were an influential Welsh punk rock group of the 1980s and 1990s.

History

[edit]

Anhrefn (Welsh for "Disorder") were an influential punk rock band from Bangor, North Wales and formed in 1982,[1] and initially sang only in Welsh.[2] The band were not supported by Radio Cymru or Welsh-language TV channel S4C, beyond an occasional interview, and bassist Rhys Mwyn became known as an outspoken critic of the Welsh pop industry.[1]

Mwyn (born Gwynedd Rhys Thomas) set up his own Recordiau Anhrefn label in 1983, helping to promote like-minded Welsh bands as well as their own music.[2] The band were championed by John Peel and recorded three sessions for his BBC Radio 1 show; Peel even travelled to Wales to see the band perform.[1][3] The band played up to 300 gigs a year at their peak,[2] touring Europe several times, including Czechoslovakia,[4] Germany and the Basque Region of Spain.

They were featured on Channel 4 TV show The Tube in 1987, although they were largely ignored by the British music weeklies, and played with Joe Strummer on the Rock Against Rich UK tour in 1988.

Original members Hefin Huws and Dewi Gwyn left the band in the late 1980s and were replaced by Dylan Hughes (formerly of Y Cyrff) and Sion Jones (formerly of Maffia Mr Huws).

The band made their first English language recording in 1994, on a single with actress Margi Clarke (they released a cover of Cole Porter's "Anything Goes" as a single), and had earlier collaborated with Pauline Murray (of the punk band Penetration) in 1990, who co-wrote Llygad wrth Lygad, which is on the B-side of the cassette version of Rhedeg i Paris.

In 1995, brothers Rhys and Sion changed musical direction to a more techno sound. They changed their name and released a self-titled album Hen Wlad fy Mamau – Land of My Mothers, It also featured producer Ronnie Stone who aided the duo in creating a world beat collection of re-mixed Welsh folk music, samples and electronic sounds featuring Welsh singers Siân James, Lowri Ann Richards, June Campbell Davies and Elinor Bennett, Punjabi rapper Harvinder Sangha and African dub collective Zion Train.[5]

The band soon split after that release, but brothers Rhys Mwyn and Sion Sebon formed a new band, Mangre, in 2000. Mwyn went on to manage the Crai label and work as an agent. He managed Catatonia and more recently Jeb Loy Nichols, which prompted a resurrection of Recordiau Anhrefn.[6]

In 2007 Anhrefn reformed briefly without Mwyn, with Ryan Kift on vocals.[7]

Super Furry Animals drummer Dafydd Ieuan was also in Yr Anhrefn for a time, playing on their 1993 Peel session,[3][8] and SFA had started out as a techno band, supporting Yr Anhrefn on a tour of France in 1993.[9]

Rhys Mwyn gave up his regular show on Llangefni based community radio Môn FM in 2016, to start broadcasting a regular Monday night show on BBC Radio Cymru.[10]

In 2016, Rhys Mwyn and Sion Jones teamed up with Neil Crud and Alan Matthews (both previous members of North Wales punk bands 4Q and Sons Of Selina) to play Anhrefn's debut album Defaid, Skateboards a Wellies live under the banner Welsh Rebel Outpost.[11] Rhys Mwyn also played bass with Welsh post-punk band White Ether (2016-2020).[12]

In 2020 Rhys Mwyn played bass on Helen Love's single "1234 Dee Dee Ramone".

Discography

[edit]

Albums

[edit]
  • Defaid, Skateboards a Wellies (1987), Workers Playtime
  • Bwrw Cwrw (1989), Workers Playtime
  • Soft Lights And Loud Guitars (Part 2) (1989) Released Emotions (split LP with Last Rough Cause)
  • Rhowch Eich Teitl Eich Hun (1990), – live cassette-only album, title translates as Fill in Your own Title
  • Dragons Revenge (1990), Lithograph, Crai, Probe Plus
  • Dial y Ddraig (1990), Incognito
  • Rhedeg i Bohemia Live (1991), Pro Art
  • Dave Goodman Sessions (1991), Incognito, Crai
  • Hen Wlad fy Mamau – Land of My Mothers (1995), Crai

Singles

[edit]
  • "Dim Heddwch" / "Priodas Hapus" (1983) Anrhefn (Cat no ANRHEFN01; green vinyl)
  • "Be Nesa 89" / "Bach Dy Ben " (1988) Anhrefn
  • "Rhedeg i Paris" / "Y Ffordd Ymlaen" / "Llygad Wrth Lygad" (1990) Crai C008s
  • Bwtleg Powerhaus Llundain 1.3.1990 (1990), Information Libre (12" EP)
  • Clutter From The Gutter (1994) Incognito, Crai (with Margi Clarke on vocals)

References

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  1. ^ a b c Hill, Sarah (2007) 'Blerwytirhwng?' the Place of Welsh Pop Music, Ashgate, ISBN 978-0-7546-5898-6, p. 87
  2. ^ a b c "Yr Anhrefn Archived 3 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine", BBC Wales
  3. ^ a b Anhrefn, Keeping It Peel, BBC
  4. ^ "Anhrefn play Bratislava". Link2wales.co.uk. 5 September 1990. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  5. ^ "Yr Anhrefn". Link2wales.co.uk. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  6. ^ Hill, Claire (2007) "Musical detour for a Welshman who took on an American singer", Western Mail, 30 June 2007, p. 22
  7. ^ Stevens, Huw (2007) "Saying goodbye to Zabrinski and packing up lots of new music for my summer hols", Western Mail, 27 July 2007
  8. ^ Strong, Martin C. (2003) The Great Rock Discography, Canongate, ISBN 1-84195-312-1, p. 1022
  9. ^ Buckley, Peter (2003) The Rough Guide to Rock, Rough Guides, ISBN 978-1-84353-105-0, p. 1034
  10. ^ "North Wales: Mj – Mz". Link2wales.co.uk. 15 May 2008. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  11. ^ "link2wales". Link2wales.co.uk. 12 November 2015.
  12. ^ "White Ether". Facebook.com. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
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