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What more can be said about this legendary band? The Angelic Upstarts formed in South Shields, North-East England 1977. Influenced by bands such as The Clash and The Sex Pistols, The Angelic Upstarts are a meeting of working class ideology and musical aspiration. Mensi was always liable to provoke reaction, his lyrics making much of his working class roots, and lashing out at police and politicians. The original line up consisted of Mensi (vocals), Mond (guitar), Steve Forsten (bass) and Decca Wade (drums). The Angelic Upstarts launched their punk crusade with the independently released single 'The Murder of Liddle Towers' in 1978. The band paid for the recording and pressing of 500 singles which they released themselves and sold at gigs and local record sh More... (Submit New Angelic Upstarts Lyrics) (Submit New Angelic Upstarts Lyrics) typical mensi | Reviewer: mark stapley ------ About the song Two Million Voices performed by Angelic Upstarts i love this song, at the time it was released there were aprox 2 million people on the dole. thatcher was a bastard, let them eat bricks.most people wanted work but for working class kids such as myself it was "get yourself an education or start you`re own buisness" spoken like a true twat. those who read the lyrics please note that it not "never to return at dawn" but "never to return as dogs". im an upstart oi! oi! classic mensi | Reviewer: stapesy ------ About the song Two Million Voices performed by Angelic Upstarts i love this song, its about the 2 million unemployed in the early 80s. i love mensi`s contempt for that bastard thatcher. he was right, it was an angry time for us young kids and this song helped lots of people to realize what a twat she was oi! oi! You could review the artist/band Angelic Upstarts in Biography page You could review Angelic Upstarts album by visiting Albums page and selecting an album You could review Angelic Upstarts song by clicking the song which you like | | ||||||||||
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