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{{Short description|British socialist garage punk band from Surrey, England}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = Thee Faction
| image             = [[File:Thee Faction Live Putney.jpg|Thee Faction Live Putney]]
| caption           = Red Scare (left), Babyface (right)
| origin            = [[Surrey]], England
| genre             = [[Garage punk (fusion genre)|Garage punk]], [[punk rock|punk]], [[garage rock]]
| years_active      = 2010–present
| label             = Soviet Beret<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sovietberet.wordpress.com/ |title=Soviet Beret Records &#124; Home of Socialist R&B and official record company for proletarian struggle |website=Sovietberet.wordpress.com |date=8 July 2013 |accessdate=4 July 2014}}</ref>
| website           = {{url|theefaction.org/}}
| current_members   = Billy Brentford Nylons<br />Babyface<br />Dai Nasty<br />Kassandra Krossing<br />Thee Citizen<br />Red Scare<br />Nineteen Nineteen<br />The Ol' One Hand
| past_members      = The G.A.<br />Horace Hardman<br />Christine Campbell
}}
'''Thee Faction''' are a British [[garage rock]]/[[Garage punk (fusion genre)|garage punk]] band from [[Surrey]], England, noted for their explicit [[Socialism|socialist]] agenda.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/neil-scott/not-a-review-reviews-are-_b_939271.html |title=Neil Scott: Not a Review. Reviews are Bourgeois |website=Huffingtonpost.co.uk |date=30 August 2011 |accessdate=4 July 2014}}</ref> They refer to their music, which incorporates elements of [[garage rock]], [[pop music|pop]] and [[rhythm and blues]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tastyfanzine.org.uk/albums114sep11.htm#TheeFaction |title=Album Reviews – 2010 |website=Tastyfanzine.org.uk |date= |accessdate=4 July 2014}}</ref> as "Socialist RnB".<ref>{{cite web|author=Simon Andrew |url=http://www.beat-surrender.com/2012/11/15/thee-faction-singing-down-the-government/ |title=Thee Faction – Singing Down the Government |website=Beat-surrender.com |date=15 November 2012 |accessdate=4 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Keen |first=Ross |url=http://louderthanwar.com/thee-faction-an-interview/ |title=Thee Faction: An Interview. |website=Louderthanwar.com|date=15 May 2012 |accessdate=4 July 2014}}</ref> Their album ''Up The Workers!'' was rated one of the [[Daily Mirror|''Daily Mirror'''s]] top twenty albums of 2011.<ref name="Mirror">{{cite web|url=http://theefaction.wordpress.com/2011/12/23/thee-factions-up-the-workers-the-daily-mirrors-17th-best-album-of-2011/ |title=Thee Faction's Up The Workers: the Daily Mirror's 17th best album of 2011 &#124; Thee Faction |website=Theefaction.wordpress.com |date= 23 December 2011|accessdate=4 July 2014}}</ref>
== Biography ==
Thee Faction's debut album ''At Ebbw Vale'' was released in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Thee-Faction-At-Ebbw-Vale/release/4068105 |title=Thee Faction – At Ebbw Vale (Vinyl, LP) at Discogs |website=Discogs.com |date= October 2010|accessdate=4 July 2014}}</ref> Dubbed 'rhythm and booze' and 'timely'<ref>{{cite news|author=Simon Price |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-thee-faction-at-ebbw-vale-soviet-beret-2140096.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-thee-faction-at-ebbw-vale-soviet-beret-2140096.html |archive-date=7 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Album: Thee Faction, At Ebbw Vale (Soviet Beret) – Reviews – Music |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |date=21 November 2010 |accessdate=4 July 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref> by [[Simon Price]] in [[The Independent]] it was rated 8/10 in [[Vive Le Rock (magazine)|Vive Le Rock]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://vivelerock.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2419&Itemid=13 |title=Vive Le Rock! |publisher=Vive Le Rock! |date=12 March 2014 |accessdate=4 July 2014}}</ref> Is This Music? praised the record, comparing the band to [[Dr. Feelgood (band)|Dr. Feelgood]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.isthismusic.com/thee-faction |title=is this music?" long players Thee Faction " is this music? |website=Isthismusic.com |date=2 December 2010 |accessdate=4 July 2014}}</ref>
Second album ''Up The Workers! or, Capitalism is Good For Corporations That's Why You've Been Told Socialism is Bad All Your Life''<ref name="Discogs UTW">{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Thee-Faction-Up-The-Workers/release/4062591 |title=Thee Faction – Up The Workers! (CD) at Discogs |website=Discogs.com |date= 15 August 2011|accessdate=4 July 2014}}</ref> was described by the Daily Mirror as "Power-packed garage rock 'n' soul underlined by a defiantly political edge."<ref name="Mirror" /> The title track featured Ivan Chandler ([[The Echoes (English group)|The Echoes]]) on piano.<ref name="Discogs UTW" /> The album was rated 7/10 by [[Drowned in Sound]] who praised it as "a lot of fun, undeniably stirring.. Thee Faction write showstoppers" but also criticised the music as "entertaining in a very conventional way".<ref>{{cite web |last=August |first=Els |url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/16413/reviews/4143314 |title=Album Review: Thee Faction – Up The Workers! / Releases / Releases // Drowned In Sound |website=Drownedinsound.com |date=11 August 2011 |accessdate=4 July 2014 |archive-date=17 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180817124828/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/16413/reviews/4143314 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
The band's third album ''Singing Down The Government, or, The War of Position and How We're Winning It'',<ref name="discogs.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Thee-Faction-Singing-Down-The-Government/release/4062619 |title=Thee Faction – Singing Down The Government (CD, Album) at Discogs |website=Discogs.com |date= October 2012|accessdate=4 July 2014}}</ref> was released in 2012, and introduced all-female horn section Brass Kapital.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vivelerock.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1718&Itemid=13 |title=Vive Le Rock! |publisher=Vive Le Rock! |date=12 March 2014 |accessdate=4 July 2014}}</ref> The album was promoted by headlining appearances at the Marxism Festival<ref>{{cite web|url=http://marxismfestival.org.uk |title=Home &#124; Marxism 2014 |website=Marxismfestival.org.uk |date= |accessdate=4 July 2014}}</ref> and [[Tolpuddle Martyrs festival]] and included contributions by [[Richard Archer]] from [[Hard-Fi]] and rapper Clencha.<ref name="discogs.com"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.myspace.com/clencha |title=clencha &#124; Listen and Stream Free Music, Albums, New Releases, Photos, Videos |website=Myspace.com |date=6 April 2013 |accessdate=4 July 2014}}</ref> Free download-only [[Single (music)|singles]] for tracks 'Soapbox'<ref>{{cite web|author=Bill Cummings |url=http://www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk/2012/09/12/thee-faction-get-on-their-soapbox-for-free-release/ |title=Thee Faction get on their 'Soapbox' for FREE release |website=Godisinthetvzine.co.uk |date=12 September 2012 |accessdate=4 July 2014}}</ref> and 'Sausage Machine'<ref>{{cite web|url=http://louderthanwar.com/comrades-thee-faction-needs-you/ |title=Comrades, Thee Faction Needs You! |website=Louderthanwar.com |date=6 February 2013 |accessdate=4 July 2014}}</ref> were accompanied by promotional videos.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/user/theefaction |title=theefaction |publisher=[[YouTube]] |date= |accessdate=4 July 2014}}</ref> [[Q (magazine)|Q Magazine]] praised the album as "a critique of societal hegemony on the back of a grimy blues'n’b twang, rife with the contagious energy of people who know they're right",<ref name="Projekta">{{cite web|url=http://projekta.is/thee-faction |title=Thee Faction. – Projekta |website=Projekta.is |date= |accessdate=4 July 2014}}</ref> and it was rated 7/10 by [[Mick Farren]] in [[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock Blues]] magazine.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.facebook.com/TheeFaction/posts/282586058539608 |title=Thee Faction – Did we share this with you? Your actual... |website=Facebook.com |date=6 March 2013 |accessdate=4 July 2014}}</ref>
Thee Faction released fourth album ''Good Politics: Your Role As An Active Citizen Within Civil Society''<ref name="Projekta" /><ref>{{cite web|last=Shepherd |first=Sam |url=http://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/thee-faction-good-politics-your-role-as-an-active-citizen-within-a-civil-society |title=Thee Faction – Good Politics: Your Role As An Active Citizen Within A Civil Society &#124; Album Reviews |website=Musicomh.com|date=8 July 2013 |accessdate=4 July 2014}}</ref> in 2013, preceded by single 'Better Than Wages',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://theefaction.wordpress.com/2013/04/08/thatcher-dies-thee-faction-launch-new-video/ |title=Thatcher dies. Thee Faction launch new video. &#124; Thee Faction |website=Theefaction.wordpress.com |date= 8 April 2013|accessdate=4 July 2014}}</ref> remixed from the album by [[Andy Lewis (producer)|Andy Lewis]]. The album featured (on one track each) guest vocals from writer [[Francis Wheen]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Thee-Faction-Good-Politics/release/4666912 |title=Thee Faction – Good Politics (CD) at Discogs |website=Discogs.com |date= 8 July 2013|accessdate=4 July 2014}}</ref> and saxophone from [[Departure Lounge (band)|Crayola Lectern]], and was rated 8/10 in Classic Rock<ref>{{cite web|url=http://theefaction.wordpress.com/2013/07/08/this-machine-kills-capitalism-buy-good-politics-the-new-album-from-thee-faction/ |title=This Machine Kills Capitalism – Buy Thee Faction's 'Good Politics' – the new album &#124; Thee Faction |website=Theefaction.wordpress.com |date= 7 July 2013|accessdate=4 July 2014}}</ref> and 4/5 in The Independent<ref>{{cite news|author=Simon Price |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-review-thee-faction-good-politics-soviet-beret-8707567.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-review-thee-faction-good-politics-soviet-beret-8707567.html |archive-date=7 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Album review: Thee Faction, Good Politics (Soviet Beret) – Reviews – Music |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |date=13 July 2013 |accessdate=4 July 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref> and [[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://theefaction.wordpress.com/2013/07/05/thee-faction-land-four-star-review-in-mojo/ |title=Thee Faction land four star review in Mojo &#124; Thee Faction |website=Theefaction.wordpress.com |date= 4 July 2013|accessdate=4 July 2014}}</ref> who called it "wildly galvanising, blisteringly angry, insanely entertaining blue-collar rock'n'roll".
[[File:OTJC_180614.jpg|thumb|Flyer for a Thee Faction-curated gig in aid of the [[Battle of Orgreave|Orgreave Truth & Justice Campaign]].]]
Thee Faction released fifth album ''Reading Writing Revolution: The Tendency of the Rate of Profit to Fall'' in June 2015,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rhythm-and-booze.co.uk/?p=12037|title=Default Parallels Plesk Page|website=Rhythm-and-booze.co.uk|accessdate=2020-06-11}}</ref> preceded by a track on double-CD fundraising album ''Orgreave Justice''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://louderthanwar.com/orgreave-truth-and-justice-cd-out-now/|title=Orgreave Truth and Justice CD Out Now feat. Paul Heaton, Sleaford Mods, TV Smith, Billy Bragg and more|date=20 February 2015|website=Louderthanwar.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://otjc.org.uk/otjc-cd-out-now/|title=OTJC CD out now! – Orgeave Truth and Justice Campaign|website=Otjc.org.uk|date=20 February 2015 |accessdate=2020-06-11}}</ref> and free download single "Choose Your Enemy", released on 29 March with accompanying video.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahlsxIry67E|title=Thee Faction - Choose Your Enemy (Official Video)|last=Thee Faction|date=29 March 2015|publisher=[[YouTube]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://theefaction.wordpress.com/download-choose-your-enemy/ |title=DOWNLOAD 'CHOOSE YOUR ENEMY' &#124; Thee Faction |access-date=30 March 2015 |archive-date=2 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402090630/https://theefaction.wordpress.com/download-choose-your-enemy/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> A second free download single "(You've Got The) Numbers (Why Don't You Use It)" accompanied the release. The album received 5/5 in the [[Morning Star (British newspaper)|Morning Star]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-7735-Factional-activity-a-revolutionary-gem|title=Factional activity a revolutionary gem|website=Morningstaronline.co.uk|accessdate=2020-06-11}}</ref> 9/10 at MaximumVolumeMusic,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.maximumvolumemusic.com/review-thee-faction-reading-writing-revolution/|title=REVIEW: THEE FACTION - Reading, Writing, Revolution|website=MaximumVolumeMusic.com|date=28 April 2015|accessdate=2020-06-11}}</ref> and a positive review in [[Socialist Standard]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/socialist-standard/2010s/2015/no-1335-november-2015|title=No. 1335 November 2015 - The Socialist Party of Great Britain|website=Worldsocialism.org|accessdate=2020-06-11}}</ref> while R*E*P*E*A*T zine called it "highly enjoyable, dangerously tuneful, subversively catchy and dialectically danceable, as well as being (as the title implies) properly educational - thought provoking and agitational."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.repeatfanzine.co.uk/Reviews/Reading%20Writing%20Revolution%20thee%20faction.htm|title=Reading Writing Revolution : Thee Faction|website=Repeatfanzine.co.uk|accessdate=2020-06-11}}</ref> The band announced a number of summer festival dates, including [[Glastonbury Festival|Glastonbury]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://vivelerock.net/thee-faction-get-their-rs-in-gear/|title=THEE FACTION GET THEIR RS IN GEAR! - Vive Le Rock Magazine|website=Vivelerock.net|accessdate=2020-06-11}}</ref> and a return to Tolpuddle<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.tuc.org.uk/about-tuc/regions/billy-bragg-returns-tolpuddle-festival-2015 |title=Trades Union Congress - Billy Bragg returns to Tolpuddle Festival in 2015 |access-date=10 June 2015 |archive-date=10 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610174020/https://www.tuc.org.uk/about-tuc/regions/billy-bragg-returns-tolpuddle-festival-2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and the Matchwomens Festival.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.matchfest.co.uk/matchfest-line-up.html|title=Matchfest Line up|website=Matchfest.co.uk|accessdate=2020-06-11}}</ref>
Thee Faction guitarist Babyface, under cadre name "Chris Fox", won the [[Beard Liberation Front]]'s 'St David's Day Beard of Wales' title in 2015, 2017 and 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kmflett.wordpress.com/2017/03/01/st-davids-day-beard-of-wales-poll-sees-triumphs-for-mp-paul-flynn-musician-chris-fox/|title=St David's Day Beard of Wales poll sees triumphs for MP Paul Flynn & musician Chris Fox|website=Kmflett.wordpress.com|date=1 March 2017|accessdate=2020-06-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kmflett.wordpress.com/2018/02/28/musician-chris-fox-shaves-times-journalist-senior-labour-am-to-win-st-davids-day-beard-of-wales/|title=Musician Chris Fox shaves Times journalist & senior Labour AM to win St David's Day Beard of Wales|date=28 February 2018}}</ref> He was runner-up in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/the-filter/st-davids-day-beard-of-wales-winners-announced/beard0/|title=St David's Day 'Beard of Wales' winners announced|date=1 March 2016|website=Telegraph.co.uk|accessdate=2020-06-11}}</ref>
Thee Faction keyboard player and vocalist Kassandra Krossing, aka [[Cassie Fox]], started the [[Loud Women]] organisation and festival in 2015. She also now plays bass in "mummycore" band [[I, Doris]], along with Thee Faction trombonist Nineteen Nineteen. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://louderthanwar.com/girl-clapham/|title=I, Doris: 'The Girl From Clapham' – the Squeeze classic from her point of view|date=8 March 2019|website=louderthanwar.com|accessdate=2021-10-20}}</ref>
Thee Faction's most recent gig to date was a 2017 benefit show for the anti-[[Haringey Development Vehicle]] campaign. The band has not officially confirmed a hiatus, although a slogan on one of their web-pages, "R&B [[Entryism#Deep_entrism/entryism_sui_generis|sui generis]]",<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en-gb.facebook.com/pages/category/Musician-Band/TheeFaction/about/|title=Thee Faction|website=En-gb.facebook.com|accessdate=2020-06-11}}</ref> may indicate that, like other left-wing groups, they have gone into the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]].
==Politics==
The band have performed with, and for, various artists and organisations of the broad [[Left-wing politics|Left]] including [[Attila the Stockbroker]], [[Robb Johnson]], [[Chris T-T]], [[Grace Petrie]], [[Colour Me Wednesday]], [[The Tuts]], [[Billy Bragg]], [[TV Smith]], The Hurriers, [[Mark Steel]], [[Josie Long]], the [[Socialist Workers Party (UK)|SWP]], the [[Communist Party of Britain|Welsh Communist Party]] and the [[2015 Jeremy Corbyn Labour Party leadership campaign|Jeremy Corbyn Labour Party leadership campaign]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/podcasts/|title=Marxism and the left|first1=Alex|last1=Callinicos|first2=Eli|last2=Zaretsky|first3=Amy|last3=Mollett|first4=Cheryl|last4=Brumley|date=19 July 2012|website=Blogs.lse.ac.uk|accessdate=2020-06-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://welshcommunists.org/ |title=Grym Go Iawn i Bobl Cymru – Real Power for the People of Wales – Plaid Gomiwnyddol Cymru – Welsh Communist Party |access-date=11 June 2020 |archive-date=11 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611143902/http://welshcommunists.org/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-71f1-A-celebration-of-a-class-resurgent#.VfG5x03JDcs|title='A celebration of a class resurgent'|website=Morningstaronline.co.uk|accessdate=2020-06-11}}</ref>
The band appear to be unaligned with any particular organisation or tradition but are noted for promoting ideas associated with [[guild socialism]], [[democratic socialism]], [[classical Marxism]] and [[left communism]], while supporting a range of [[Left-wing politics|left-wing]] and [[trade union]] causes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://theefaction.wordpress.com/ |title=Thee Faction &#124; "Taking down the Tory government, one song at a time" (The Guardian) |website=Theefaction.wordpress.com |date= |accessdate=4 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Bennett |first=Peter |url=http://louderthanwar.com/thee-faction-capitalism-is-good-for-corporations-album-review/ |title=Thee Faction 'Capitalism Is Good For Corporations' – album review |website=Louderthanwar.com |date=11 November 2011 |accessdate=4 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://otjc.org.uk/music-news-orgreave-truth-and-justice-gig-date-set/|title=MUSIC NEWS: ORGREAVE TRUTH AND JUSTICE GIG DATE SET – Orgeave Truth and Justice Campaign|website=Otjc.org.uk|accessdate=2020-06-11}}</ref> Notwithstanding the band's use of [[ostalgie|Ostalgic]] [[Trope (literature)|tropes]] and apparent (possibly parodic) [[anti-revisionism]], in a 2013 interview they declared themselves "[[libertarian socialism|libertarian socialists]] of one kind or another".<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://internationalsocialistnetwork.org/index.php/ideas-and-arguments/171-love-music-hate-capitalism-an-interview-with-thee-faction |title=IS Network – 'Love music, hate capitalism': an interview with Thee Faction |website=Internationalsocialistnetwork.org |date=10 July 2013 |accessdate=4 July 2014}}</ref> Thee Faction have however attracted criticism for their political views; notably, a 2012 gig review by [[Ruth Dudley Edwards]] for [[The Daily Telegraph]] angered the newspaper's [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] readership.<ref name="Telegraph">{{cite web|last=Dudley |first=Ruth |url=http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/ruthdudleyedwards/100194107/its-christmas-join-hands-and-dance-with-our-socialist-brethren/#disqus_thread |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130101072622/http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/ruthdudleyedwards/100194107/its-christmas-join-hands-and-dance-with-our-socialist-brethren/#disqus_thread |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 January 2013 |title=It's Christmas: join hands and dance with our socialist brethren – Telegraph Blogs |website=Blogs.telegraph.co.uk |date=13 December 2012 |accessdate=4 July 2014}}</ref>
== Discography ==
===Albums===
*''At Ebbw Vale'' LP/CD (Soviet Beret, 2010)
*''Up the Workers! or, Capitalism Is Good for Corporations That's Why You've Been Told Socialism Is Bad All Your Life'' CD (Soviet Beret, 2011)
*''Singing Down the Government, or, The War of Position and How We're Winning It'' CD (Soviet Beret, 2012)
*''Good Politics: Your Role as an Active Citizen in Civil Society'' CD (Soviet Beret, 2013)
*''[[Reading Writing Revolution]]: The Tendency of the Rate of Profit to Fall'' CD (Soviet Beret, 2015)
===Singles/EPs===
*''Better Than Wages'' (remix) CD [promo single]
*''Songs To Remind the Class of the Glorious Victory to Come and the Work That Must Be Done to Get There'' CD [[Extended Play|EP]] (Soviet Beret, 2013) [ft. Attila The Stockbroker and [[Judy Dyble]]]
===Compilation appearances===
*"Deft Left" on ''Now Hear This 103'' ([[The Word (UK magazine)|The Word]]) (CD) 2011
*"Relentless" (Judy Dyble with Thee Faction) on Judy Dyble - ''Gathering The Threads'' (3CD) 2015
*"Police State" on ''Orgreave Justice'' (2CD) 2015
*"Rent Strike" on ''Don't Be Left Without Us'' (2CD) 2016
==Members==
;Current members
*Billy Brentford – vocals <small>(2010–present)</small>
*Dai Nasty – drums <small>(2010–present)</small>
*Nylons – face-melting guitar <small>(2010–present)</small>
*Babyface – guitar, polemic <small>(2010–present)</small>
*Kassandra Krossing – vocals, organ of truth <small>(2010–present)</small>
*Thee Citizen – bass and superstructure <small>(2012–present)</small><ref name=bass>{{cite web|url=https://theefaction.wordpress.com/2012/01/13/introducing-thee-factions-new-line-up/|title=Introducing: Thee Faction's New Line-up|date=2012-01-13|accessdate=2017-02-11}}</ref>
*Red Scare – trumpet <small>(2011–present)</small><ref name=brass>{{cite web|url=https://theefaction.wordpress.com/2011/10/31/you-want-to-see-thee-faction-with-brass-kapital-here-they-are/|title=You Want To See Thee Faction With Brass Kapital? Here They Are|author=Thee Faction|date=2011-10-31|accessdate=2017-02-11}}</ref>
*Nineteen Nineteen – the 'bone of contention <small>(2011–present)</small><ref name=brass />
*The Ol' One Hand – saxophone <small>(2015–present)</small><ref name=sax>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/TheeFaction/posts/962716220435786|date=2015-04-15|author=Thee Faction|title=Tomorrow night Brass Kapital...|website=[[Facebook]] |accessdate=2017-02-11}}</ref>
;Former members
*Horace Hardman – bass <small>(2010–2011)</small><ref name=bass />
*The G.A. – saxophone <small>(2011–2015)</small><ref name=brass /><ref name=sax />
;Live members
*Bert 'iggins – Welsh harp
*[[Charley Stone|Charley Marx]] – auxiliary guitar
*Jenny Marx – auxiliary drums
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*[http://www.theefaction.org/ Thee Faction website]
*[https://theefaction.bandcamp.com/ Thee Faction bandcamp]
===Reviews===
*[http://www.isthismusic.com/thee-faction At Ebbw Vale review]
*[http://louderthanwar.com/thee-faction-capitalism-is-good-for-corporations-album-review/ Louder Than War review]
*[http://www.tastyfanzine.org.uk/albums114sep11.htm#TheeFaction Up The Workers review]
*[http://www.beat-surrender.com/2012/11/15/thee-faction-singing-down-the-government/ Singing Down The Government review]
*[http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/news/content/view/full/129751 Review] in [[Morning Star (British newspaper)|Morning Star]]
*[http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/news/content/view/full/125263 Morning Star live review]
*[http://www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk/2013/10/22/thee-faction-le-pub-18th-of-october-2013/ God Is In The TV live review]
*[http://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/socialist-standard/2010s/2015/no-1335-november-2015/music-review-thee-faction-reading-writing-revolu Reading Writing Revolution], [[Socialist Standard]]
===Interviews===
*[http://agirlcalledjack.com/2013/02/02/exclusive-music-should-be-a-hammer-not-a-mirror-a-night-with-thee-faction-at-the-railway-hotel/ Interview] by [[Jack Monroe]]
*[http://internationalsocialistnetwork.org/index.php/ideas-and-arguments/171-love-music-hate-capitalism-an-interview-with-thee-faction ISN interview]
*[http://theefaction.wordpress.com/2012/08/12/which-class-which-class-war/ Thee Faction on class]
*[http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-71f1-A-celebration-of-a-class-resurgent#.VfG5x03JDcs 2015 interview]
*[http://theefaction.wordpress.com/2011/10/24/interview-with-baby-face-in-r2-rocknreel-magazine/ Interview] by [[Rock n Reel]]
*[http://louderthanwar.com/thee-faction-an-interview/ Louder Than War interview]
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