MENACE - Live Bermondsey - RARE Album GENERATION X Cockney Rejects SEX PISTOLS
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MENACE - LIVE IN BERMONDSEY ALBUM - RARE.
Menace were London’s first generation no-nonsense boot boys, they pre-dated Sham 69 and the Cockney Rejects who eventually overtook them in terms of mass popularity.
They formed in 1976 at the Hope And Anchor in Islington when Webster met the other three members at the bar and before they knew it they were playing at the Roxy.
Their high-energy, unpretentious sets won them few admirers in the Press, but they swiftly built a strong local following that brought together both punks and skinheads, the band are often cited as the first to unite this potentially volatile mix.
However, there was nothing premeditated about the audience they attracted. “Sham were more overt in their leanings towards skinheads,” Martin said. “We had that crossover thing. We liked that idea.” Partly because most of the band were skinheads in their youth".
"We were working class lads from around King’s Cross. Charlie and me came over from Ireland when we were about 14, but we didn’t actually know each other until we met in England"
"We were in the same class together, at St William Of York school, and believe it or not in the year below us was John Lydon, when we saw him later on TV, when the punk thing started, we couldn’t believe we knew him at school"
"Mind you at school he was quite and not the deranged nut job screaming down the microphone that we saw on the TV...ha ha ha ha"
This is now long deleted and very hard to find in this condition - featuring some fantastic and electrifying live menace tracks, an absolutely essential punk rock record purchase.
Lots more to list in the coming months so keep checking my listings.
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