Sure he got a conviction for fighting with arsenal down Highbury when sundland visited in the seventiesMight have been Arsenal then
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Sure he got a conviction for fighting with arsenal down Highbury when sundland visited in the seventiesMight have been Arsenal then
j c ?Had both jabs and still had covid. Just heard about this an hour ago. A relative was a promoter for toy dolls and angelic upstarts. I met olga a few times and mensi, pete zulu etc. Police Oppression still relevant now as well as the anti racism and fuck EDL stance. RIP MENSI
Only thing I can remember Bushell for is liking crap Oi! bands and shitting his trousers literally after JJ Burnell beat him up and locked him in his car boot.Can’t remember that, was Bushell always a right wing prick? Intelligent bloke but sold out writing shit for The Sun.
Strange that all of those journos you mention have been involved in controversies around right wing opinions.He was a half decent music writer to be fair - took the piss mercilessly out of Mensi and did the same with the Cockney Rejects. He was the early champion of Oi as a sub genre of Punk and was responsible for a few compilation albums promoting it which always prominently featured the Upstarts
A lot of journos used the music press as a springboard to the Nationals in those days - Parsons, Burchill, Baker - Bushell just went in a different direction as not many went to the right wing press like he did
Bollingbroke Hall my first Upstarts gig.First band I saw. Bolingbroke Hall in South Shields.
I didn't think that was Bushell - in the boot I meanOnly thing I can remember Bushell for is liking crap Oi! bands and shitting his trousers literally after JJ Burnell beat him up and locked him in his car boot.
Aye in the bands and the crowdThey played at the punk festival at Durham student union must say that day was an experience, was working on the security about ten years ago, was some head cases in
Exactly thatAye in the bands and the crowd
Sad news, a socialist, Sunderland and Celtic fan so all good with me.. Not my go to music but some vehement, vital songs that captured a time and he stuck to his guns RIP
Rest in peace mate, I'll never forget Norwich away, what a day that was.
Johnny?Mentioned earlier in the thread my mate has been drumming for the Upstarts so I've seen them a couple of times in the last few year. Great at Independent but they played a cracking gig at Newcastle Riverside not long after and he was topper. Sad news, he'll be a big loss to many people.
Nah, Andy.Johnny?
16 kidsThomas ‘Mensi’ Mensforth obituary
Charismatic, outspoken frontman of the punk band Angelic Upstarts, pioneers of raw and raucous Oi musicwww.theguardian.com
3 or 4 continents mate. Strong swimmers16 kids