Punk and New Wave thread.
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I went to the Apollo to see Sham 69 & the Drones when i was a nipper without my mum finding out and she thought i was bone idol!!
I used to work with a guy called Nigel Crosthwaite, he has been in a couple of Blackpool based bands, Sick 56 and One Way System. He lived in Fleetwood, he was just about to open his front door and his elderly neighbour came out and said “there’s a strange bloke with big green hair trying to break in your house”. Nigel said “don’t worry it’s a mate of mine, I’ve given him a key to the door”. It was Charlie Harper just visiting.
I had a drink with Mensi outside a pub in Morecambe at Wasted festival years back. Really nice bloke. This pissed up guy with a Mohican kept giving him shit asking if he thought he was hard etc, fair play to Tom he warned him to fuck off three times then BANG and the guy realised he should have listened at the start. The last time I saw the upstarts he said in a break between songs " It's not often the Upstarts do requests but David Moyes will you please fuck off from my football club" RIP Tommy.
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Last time I saw Mensi and The Upstarts was in Manchester just before I went Russia for the world cup in 2018 that's how I remember the year. Only just found out this news on this thread cos don't do social media and none of my pals are punks. R.I.P Thomas Mensforth.
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Not one of their most memorable songs but one of their most powerful lyrical messages.
As the Polish workers fight to make their stand
And behind them every honest working men
In unity there's each other
And your friend becomes your brother
And in the tyrant's heart will be a lesson learned
Give them hope, give them strength, give them life
Like a candle burning in the black of nights
We are with you in our hearts and in our minds
I know that your hearts are made of a further kind
And a riot stick won't kill your piece of mind
You can fight with all the spirit that you possess
Because your fight is a struggle that is blessed
And we'll pray for our nation through its darkest times
The tyrant has no smile upon his face
'Cause he knows that in his mind he's in disgrace
Remission of you will take his breath away
Until we come and we will have our day
Give them hope, give them strength, give them life
Like a candle burning in the black of nights
We are with you in our hearts and in our minds
And we'll pray for our nation through its darkest times
As the Polish workers fight to make their stand
And behind them every honest working men
Join hands with your brother
And then you can help each other
Watch the tyrant burn in the fire that he had built
Give them hope, give them strength, give them life
Like a candle burning in the black of nights
We are with you in our hearts and in our minds
And we'll pray for our nation through its darkest times
Give them hope, give them strength, give them life
Like a candle burning in the black of nights
We are with you in our hearts and in our minds
And we'll pray for our nation through its darkest times.
As the Polish workers fight to make their stand
And behind them every honest working men
In unity there's each other
And your friend becomes your brother
And in the tyrant's heart will be a lesson learned
Give them hope, give them strength, give them life
Like a candle burning in the black of nights
We are with you in our hearts and in our minds
I know that your hearts are made of a further kind
And a riot stick won't kill your piece of mind
You can fight with all the spirit that you possess
Because your fight is a struggle that is blessed
And we'll pray for our nation through its darkest times
The tyrant has no smile upon his face
'Cause he knows that in his mind he's in disgrace
Remission of you will take his breath away
Until we come and we will have our day
Give them hope, give them strength, give them life
Like a candle burning in the black of nights
We are with you in our hearts and in our minds
And we'll pray for our nation through its darkest times
As the Polish workers fight to make their stand
And behind them every honest working men
Join hands with your brother
And then you can help each other
Watch the tyrant burn in the fire that he had built
Give them hope, give them strength, give them life
Like a candle burning in the black of nights
We are with you in our hearts and in our minds
And we'll pray for our nation through its darkest times
Give them hope, give them strength, give them life
Like a candle burning in the black of nights
We are with you in our hearts and in our minds
And we'll pray for our nation through its darkest times.
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I must admit that Tommy Mensforth's(Mensi) recent passing has got to me more than I'd have ever thought possible.
Been playing a fair amount of the tunes I grew up listening to as a kid since his death, particularly from their second album 'We Gotta Get Out of This Place'.
Mensi was a salt of the earth Mackem from South Shields who said it as he saw it. A former coal miner who was influenced by The Clash to start his own band, The Angelic Upstarts.
There were no playing up to Bill Grundy(Granada TV) and the cameras from their end. It was just the reality of growing up in Thatchers Britain of the impoverished North East under Maggie's Iron Fist conservative rule.
Their songs reflected their plight of the ordinary North East man.. And having worked quite extensively throughout the North East myself i know that Maggie's legacy has left unhealed scars even to this day in certain former Pit villages, so sad to see.
Anyway, here's 3 of the lesser known tracks from their second album -
Been playing a fair amount of the tunes I grew up listening to as a kid since his death, particularly from their second album 'We Gotta Get Out of This Place'.
Mensi was a salt of the earth Mackem from South Shields who said it as he saw it. A former coal miner who was influenced by The Clash to start his own band, The Angelic Upstarts.
There were no playing up to Bill Grundy(Granada TV) and the cameras from their end. It was just the reality of growing up in Thatchers Britain of the impoverished North East under Maggie's Iron Fist conservative rule.
Their songs reflected their plight of the ordinary North East man.. And having worked quite extensively throughout the North East myself i know that Maggie's legacy has left unhealed scars even to this day in certain former Pit villages, so sad to see.
Anyway, here's 3 of the lesser known tracks from their second album -