The Pop Group

Formed in Bristol, 1977 | MGMT: freaks(at)freaksrus(dot)net / @freakartists

[Mark Paytress🌿 @Paytress]

Look at the song titles - Justice, Feed The Hungry, Blind Faith, Forces Of Oppression, There Are No Spectators. Nothing being produced in 2025 competes with this in terms of insight and relevance. The Pop Group - more than just a pop group. @ThePopGroup

[The Pop Group @ThePopGroup]

DON'T MISS IT! THIS WEEKEND!

[mark stewart @_markstewart]

BRISTOL join us for a jam packed weekend of celebrating MARK's crucial work from this Friday July 25th - Sunday July 27th at the amazing settings of Rockaway Park with fellow outsiders, musicians, film and exhibition!
The event is Free, but we ask for a minimum donation of £5 to go to the incredible work of @HBHomeless
Here is a schedule of this amazing event:
Friday 25 July
Exhibition opening hours: 3pm - 6pm
Screening: ON OFF Documentary 6pm – 7:10pm
Music: 7:10 – 11pm (In no particular order)
PINCH / DJ MILO aka DJ NATURE / SMITH & MIGHTY
Saturday 26 July
Exhibition opening hours:12-6pm
Music: 6-11pm (in no particular order)
DJ KRUST / TESSA POLLITT (The Slits) DJ set / GARETH SAGER (The Pop Group) Live / JANINE RAINFORTH (Maximum Joy) DJ set/
STASH MAGNETIC Live / RASTU & OM SHANTI Live
Sunday 27 July
Exhibition opening hours: 12-6pm
Screening: ON OFF documentary: 4pm
Rockaway Park do an amazing Sunday roast, please sign up for it on their website https://t.co/Ls2RPifIcF
@ThePopGroup / @stewysstencils / @GarethSager / @maximumjoyreal1 / @BristolLive / @BBCBristol / @bristol247 / @BristolCable / @DJKRUST

[mark stewart @_markstewart]

BRISTOL join us for a jam packed weekend of celebrating MARK's crucial work from this Friday July 25th - Sunday July 27th at the amazing settings of Rockaway Park with fellow outsiders, musicians, film and exhibition!
The event is Free, but we ask for a minimum donation of £5 to go to the incredible work of @HBHomeless
Here is a schedule of this amazing event:
Friday 25 July
Exhibition opening hours: 3pm - 6pm
Screening: ON OFF Documentary 6pm – 7:10pm
Music: 7:10 – 11pm (In no particular order)
PINCH / DJ MILO aka DJ NATURE / SMITH & MIGHTY
Saturday 26 July
Exhibition opening hours:12-6pm
Music: 6-11pm (in no particular order)
DJ KRUST / TESSA POLLITT (The Slits) DJ set / GARETH SAGER (The Pop Group) Live / JANINE RAINFORTH (Maximum Joy) DJ set/
STASH MAGNETIC Live / RASTU & OM SHANTI Live
Sunday 27 July
Exhibition opening hours: 12-6pm
Screening: ON OFF documentary: 4pm
Rockaway Park do an amazing Sunday roast, please sign up for it on their website https://t.co/Ls2RPifIcF
@ThePopGroup / @stewysstencils / @GarethSager / @maximumjoyreal1 / @BristolLive / @BBCBristol / @bristol247 / @BristolCable / @DJKRUST

[The Pop Group @ThePopGroup]

RT @_markstewart: 'THE FATEFUL SYMMETRY'
ALBUM OF THE DAY ON @Bandcamp 🔥🔥🔥

"Mark Stewart remains an uncompromising firebrand, raising a…

[mark stewart @_markstewart]

MARK'S New Album ‘THE FATEFUL SYMMETRY’ — OUT NOW on @MuteUK!

'The Fateful Symmetry' is "a love letter to life" (Uncut), an astonishingly expressive and innovative record; a fierce and beautiful manifesto for a better world.

GET this beauitful album on limited edition red vinyl, CD and digital from: https://t.co/KACW3PzB0t

“This is a true original demonstrating his complex individuality to the end.” 4/5 @theartsdesk https://t.co/NKydfBb1O2

"As commnanding as he ever was as frontman of The Pop Group"
THE WIRE

"The Fateful Symmetry finds this political / music-making radical at his most approachable and reflective" 4/5 MOJO

In conjunction with the release of 'The Fateful Symmetry' two events are taking place to celebrate Mark's crucial work // London July 16th - 18th at Farsight Gallery & Bristol at Rockaway Park 25th - 27th.

[The Pop Group @ThePopGroup]

MARK'S New Album ‘THE FATEFUL SYMMETRY’ — OUT NOW on @MuteUK!

GET this beauitful album on limited edition red vinyl, CD and digital from: https://t.co/n5xHJEITye

[The Pop Group @ThePopGroup]

Details to order the Ltd edition vinyl before they disappear! 🔥🔥🔥

[mark stewart @_markstewart]

Mark's album 'The Fateful Symmetry' is out this Friday July 11th on @MuteUK
"As commnanding as he ever was as frontman of @ThePopGroup" @thewiremagazine
"The Fateful Symmetry finds this political / music-making radical at his most approachable and refelctive" 4/5 @MOJOmagazine
Pre-order your copy of the album here:
https://t.co/KACW3PzB0t

[The Pop Group @ThePopGroup]

MARK 😍 😍
Two events coming up London & Bristol with
@GarethSager doing a special performance!

[mark stewart @_markstewart]

Ahead of Mark's 'TASTE IS A FORM OF PERSONAL CENSORHSIP' events in London & Bristol, watch him talk about pranksterism / cut ups / art / dub at the @peterbyproxy & Lee 'Scratch' Perry collab exhibition some years ago...
Watch the full interview: https://t.co/uOnOHXFC2v

Mark's 'TASTE IS A FORM OF PERSONAL CENSORSHIP' event details:
LONDON: July 16th - 18th at Farsight Gallery, Free entry.
PLEASE register for the opening eve on the 16th (6pm - 9pm) here: https://t.co/SA6XVI59qi
with special performances by @GarethSager and Rastu & Om Shanti

BRISTOL: July 25th - 27th Rockaway Park, Entry on a donation basis, with proceeds going to @HBHomeless
Fellow musicians playing: DJ Milo / @TectonicPinch /Smith & Mighty / @GarethSager / Tessa Pollit of The Slits / @jurainforth with more to be announced...

@ThePopGroup

[The Pop Group @ThePopGroup]

Brilliant! 😍⚡️💥💥💥

[mark stewart @_markstewart]

Incredible life size stencil of Mark has appeared, created by artist @stewysstencils in Bristol harbourside where @ThePopGroup rehearsed back in 2019 some feet away from where the picture of Mark was taken against the #banksy!

@MuteUK @ThePopGroup @HBHomeless @BristolPostEnts @BBCBristol @TheBristolCable #PostPunk #Bristolstreetart @BristolStreets

[The Pop Group @ThePopGroup]

FOR HOW MUCH LONGER DO WE TOLERATE MASS MURDER?

[The Pop Group @ThePopGroup]

@_markstewart NEW SINGLE & EVENTS COMING UP! ❤️

[mark stewart @_markstewart]

New track 'Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime (Bébe Durmiendo Cumbia Bootleg)’ from Mark's new album 'The Fateful Symmetry' is shared by @MuteUK.
Watch video created by BombArt collaborator Peter Harris here: https://t.co/gXwABIu3HS

Mixed by @onusound orignator Adrian Sherwood, the rework of Korgi's 1980 hit, is steeped in Mark's tranformative cut up techinques. “I grew up doing montages; I did this collage of Ronald Reagan's head on this gay porno cowboy. In fact, I've never really grown up at all. I'm still trying to put round things into square holes.” - Mark Stewart

In conjunction with the release, two events have been announced.

London: EXHIBITION at Farsight Gallery 4 Flitcroft Street WC2H 8DJ from 16 -18 July (16 July from 6-9pm, 17 - 18 July from 12-6pm – free entry). Sign up for tickets for the Private View on 16 July here: https://t.co/SA6XVI59qi

Bristol: Weekender at Rockaway Park, Eastcourt Rd, Temple Cloud, Bristol BS39 5BUT from 25 - 27 July. EXHIBITION / MUSIC / FILM Artists & Musicians taking part are Milo Johnson [aka DJ Nature], Smith & Mighty, Pinch, Janine Rainforth of Maximum Joy, Tessa Pollitt of The Slits, Andy 'Beezer' Beese, BombArt collaborator Peter Harris, screening of ON I OFF Documentary, with more tbc. The event will be on a donation basis, with proceeds going to @HBHomeless, whose flagship project converts shipping containers to a secure accommodation for those sleeping rough.

[Mark Paytress🌿 @Paytress]

Have to say that the 80s dream, where bands such as PiL, The Pop Group and the Banshees led the way, soon faded.

[The Pop Group @ThePopGroup]

Second single from Mark's new album ❤️

[mark stewart @_markstewart]

mark stewart
@MuteUK ANNOUNCE MARK'S LATEST SINGLE ‘NEON GIRL’ FROM FORTHCOMING ALBUM, THE FATEFUL SYMMETRY, OUT 11th July.

Feat backing vocals by longtime affiliate Gina Birch (The Raincoats) and co-produced by Youth. Mark’s eloquent, singular lyricism is as prescient as always, and evermore poignant now: “His arms were too short to box with God (sorry the irony’s lost on me)”.

WATCH VIDEO for 'NEON GIRL': https://t.co/UWuef1ftSp

'Neon Girl' video was created by Mark's BOMBART collaborator Peter Harris & Hugo Glendinning.

Photo: Chiara Meattelli & Dominic Lee

[Scottish Post-Punk @ScotsPostPunk]

If Carlsberg did double bills…

Pere Ubu & The Pop Group

Paradiso Club, Amsterdam / Thursday, 4th May 1978

@ThePopGroup @GarethSager @_markstewart @GCPunkNewWave @NewWaveAndPunk @caroline_binnie @creepingbentorg

[The Pop Group @ThePopGroup]

❤️

[mark stewart @_markstewart]

"Mark is with us Forever" -
Love to all from Hilda (Mark's mum)

Photo of Mark at Dismaland by @freakartists

[mark stewart @_markstewart]

"TASTE IS A FORM OF PERSONAL CENSORSHIP"
- Mark Stewart
Clip of first single 'Memory of You' from upcoming album 'The Fateful Symmetry' out July 11th on @MuteUK @MuteUSA
Full video: https://t.co/4gM4evDe0z

[Sounds Clips @SoundsClips]

The Pop Group's album 'Y' reviewed by Giovanni Dadomo in Sounds 14th, April 1979.
@ThePopGroup @GarethSager

[mark stewart @_markstewart]

We are extremely honoured to announce Mark's new solo album The Fateful Symmetry, a vital masterwork completed early 2023, released via Mute on 11 July 2025.
A fierce and beautiful manifesto for a better world.
Pre-order & listen: https://t.co/10qo9YGRtt