WILL STONE fact-checks the colourful life of Ozzy Osbourne
Timely tribute to Neurotic legends
ATTILA THE STOCKBROKER recommends a new documentary capturing the inspirational acts of a political punk band
Neurotics frontman Steve Drewitt
JAMES CROSSLEY applauds a lucid biography of the German radical preacher who reemerged as a hero in the GDR
Prizes all round: the Bard hands plaudits to the Miners Gala, OT&JC, Joe Solo, Black Sabbath’s frontman and the Lionesses
Star cartoonist JAMIE BRITTON is in awe of a graphic novel of epic proportions that explores class, religion and globalisation via the strange cultivation of Ginseng in the US Midwest
GUILLERMO THOMAS is intrigued by a history of the Middle East that demonstrates how promising post colonial beginnings were snuffed out by Western imperialist interests
MARIA DUARTE recommends the intricate study of a high-performance and highly dysfuntional German family
SOME important and influential contributors to the rich history of radical punk rock get a bit more of the recognition they definitely deserve with the debut screening of the documentary Kick Out: The Newtown Neurotics Story on Saturday April 25 in Leytonstone, east London.
I’ll lay my cards on the table. When it comes to the Neurotics — as they’ve inevitably been called over the decades — I’m biased. They charged out of the Essex new town of Harlow about the same time as Thatcher crawled out of the Finchley slime into Number 10 and were a constant thorn in her side through the great battles of the 1980s.
They were there for The Right to Work Campaign, the miners’ strike and the Wapping dispute, along with countless other worthy causes, and I was often right beside them. They were a truly dedicated bunch and singer Steve Drewett is my best mate.
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