Some press clippings showing Steve's chart entries from NME, Sounds, Melody Maker, Zig Zag etc... recent review of Messthetics at foot of page.

MESSTHETICS Volumes 1-8 reviewed by Jack Hemsley in Ugly Things magazine]

Now lemme tell ya. Volume 3 is my favorite of the bunch so far, For one reason, battin' leadoff is the infamous "Shark Fucks" by the Tronics, This is another one of those inductees I into the Valhalla Of Amateurism's Hall of Heroes wing, Yeah daddy, this has got it all tinny cheapo guitar, plodding drums, and your typical English twit vocalist, Well there's lots more (Thermometers, Vacants, UK Decay) where that came from, And hey I like Hugh Volk cuz he sounds just like me when I pick up my gnitsr and try and come up with a song, But what really grabbed me on this volume were the three stupendous cuts by Steve Treatment, Dunno who he was, but, man oh I man. I'm gonna hefts safari through odorous thrift shops, flea markets and ... gasp gimme some air, record fairs till I hunt I down his three singles (one where he's backed by noise other than the Swell Maps), The liners nail hint as paying direct homage to the hippie dippie days of Tyrannosaurus Rex. So true, and when ya hear him it's obvious that Steve's whole twinky delivery is stolen from Bolan, I was so gone on these tracks -best of which is maybe "Step Inside A Worn-Out Shoe"- that I immediately called my pal Dave, a certified I punk connoisseur and collectus extremus, and blurted out, "All I want is Steve Treatment singles!" And he replied, "Aww, no you don't, Those are like real stupid rekkids... etc. etc." YES, yes they are, but l want em!!! Well, anyway like I said this here volume is a killer and stands up to multiple blastaroonies and there really ain't no dud in the hatch unless you count Tiny Town (I don't) You gotta get dis on and then you'll be hooked.

Messthetics #3 [H2D #25] UK DIY singles & LP tracks Ti-to-U: 1978-82. 26 songs from 21 bands: Tronics, Tiny Town, Steve Treatment, Trwynau Coch, Thermometers, 23 Skidoo, Trance, Thought Police, Twelve Cubic Feet, Tronics, The Turn, Vandells, Vacants, Trwynau Coch, Hugh Volk, Vdus, Tiny Town, U.X.B., Treatment, UK Decay, Toys, Two Fingered Approach, Steve Treatment, They Must Be Russians, U-Turn. $9.00

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STEVE TREATMENT -25 "A"-Sides / Your Friends Are in the News double CD (Messthetics #202/203)
140+ minutes of brilliant DIY'n'roll from 1977-1979 including all of Steve's singles, plus later highlights of his incredibly colorful career, including almost all of the songs that were headed for Steve's never-released LP. We couldn't afford the full-color 16-page booklet we were hoping to bring you, but it's all really handsome anyway. The bio, meanwhile, covers not just the music but also Steve's varied interactions with Marc Bolan, the Swell Maps, the Moors Murderers, Derek Jarman, and Paul McCartney's brother-in-law...among others. Essential DIY. "All my songs are 'A' sides." -S.T. $14.00