The Exploited was formed by ex soldier Wattie Buchan and John Duncan (Big John) in the early 1980. All the members were from Edinburgh. The line-up at that time was: Wattie Buchan - vocals John Duncan - guitar Danny - bass Dru Stix - drums After a while they released their debut Ep "Army Life". The Ep climbed into 35th place on the indie chart and it became single of the week in Sounds Magazine. The Exploited gigs were very violent and lots of them tured out to riots. In 1981 The Exploited appeared on the music compilation album Oi! The Album. The songs that they had on that compilation was "I still believe in anarchy" and "Daily news". They also released their second Ep called "Exploited Barmy Army". In March 1981 The Exploited signed to the record label Secret, and three weeks later they released the Ep "Dogs Of War". They also released a live album called "On Stage". Later in 1981 they released their first studio album "Punkīs Not Dead" (but it also contained some live material). And some weeks later they released the Ep "Dead Cities". They appeared on the Tv Show Top of the Pops with the song Dead Cities (This Tv apperiance is legendary). And that show made the people think they had sold out. The Exploited went out on the Dead Cities Tour that took the band across whole Europe. Which in U.K. started off with the road manager breaking his arm in 5 places and finished with a riot at the Rainbow in London. The tour then went on to Polland, Germany, Finland, Sweden and Norway,the Dutch tour ended in the band being banned from the country. In germany they got banned after riot troops broke up a gig with teargas and Finland saw an over enthusiastic girl fan biting the end of Wattie's tongue off. In Norway they had their shortest gig ever,3 minutes before the stage was invaded and the equipment smashed. In 1982 they realeased the Ep "Attack / Alternative" and their second album "Troops Of Tomorrow" and it reached the top 10 on the album chart. After that they released the Ep "Computers Donīt Blunder". They also went out on their first Us tour at this time. At this time their drummer Dru Stix was arrested for armed robbery and put in jail for 7 years. The new drummer was Danny but he didnīt last for long (he was a fucking wanker) and was replaced by Watties brother Willie. Now the band changed record label to Pax. They signed for a Ep and a Album. But Danny also quit the band and was replaced by Billy. John Dunchan had also decided to leave the band after recording the "Rival Leaders" Ep and the "Lets Start A War" album. John was replaced by Carl. And Carl was later replaced by Wayne. In 1985 they released the album "Horror Epics". They also released another live album called "Live At The Whitehouse". In 1986 they released their first 12" - single "Jesus Is Dead". They also released yet another live album called "Live and Loud". In 1987 they released the album "Death Before Dishonour". At this time the line-up was: Wattie - vocals Gary - guitar Smeeks - bass Willie - drums In 1988 they released their second 12" - single "War Now". In 1990 they released the album "The Massacre". And after some years of silence and rumors that said Wattie was dead, the Exploited released a new album in 1996 called "Beat The Bastards". For this album they have changed the band members completely to: Wattie - vocals Jamie - guitar Jim - bass Willie - drums