Toxik Ephex come from Aberdeen in the north of Scotland. They got together in 1979 and made their vinyl debut on the Bullshit Detector compilation LP on Crass records in 1982 with the track Police Brutality. They released their first 7", the classic Fallout Shelter on local Aberdeen record label Green Vomit records in 1986. First few copies that appeared had a hand made black and white sleeve glued together by the band themselves as they could not wait for the proper sleeves to arrive! Also on Green Vomit was the bands debut album which was a split record with Edinburgh's legendary anarcho punk band Oi Polloi. The band went on to release two further singles over the years and one full length album in addition to their contributions to many compilation albums.