Collected/Contextualized is a double-LP and 2xCD set compiling all known studio recordings and several live songs together with extensive liner notes and vintage photography detailing the Meat Whiplash story. With one LP/CD gathering Meat Whiplash’s recorded output, the second disc will feature contemporary artists covering the band’s songs – most notable of which is A Place to Bury Strangers’ cover of “Walk Away”.

Prior to recruiting Alex Taylor (Shop Assistants) to reform as Motorcycle Boy (their debut single “Big Rock Candy Mountain” reached #2 on the UK Independent Chart), Meat Whiplash were a humble quartet that signed to Creation Records for their debut single “Don’t Slip Up” (which stayed on the UK Independent Chart for 19 weeks reaching #3) in 1985.

Also from East Kilbride, Jim and William Reid (The Jesus and Mary Chain) produced their first single and recruited them to open up for them as they toured the UK. Also sharing a bass player in Douglas Hart, both bands become somewhat notorious for the infamous "riot gig" at the North London Polytechnic where fights broke out and, along with the Jasmine Minks, became near household names.