The Blaggers late '80s line up: Matty Blag: vocals / Tim 'Bilko' Wells: vocals / Serious Steve: guitar / Matt Vinyl: bass / Jez the Jester: drums
Blaggers ITA classic Mid 1990s Line Up: Matty Blag: vocals / Christy: rap / vocals / Serious Steve: guitar / Matt Vinyl: bass / Jason: drums / Brendan: trumpet and design / Carlos: keyboards
Current Blaggers AKA Line Up: Olaf: vocals / Christy: rap / vocals / Marcel: guitar / Matt Vinyl: bass / Jason: drums / Brendan: trumpet, design and www
Influences
Sounds Back in the Day:
Angelic Upstarts / Bad Brains / Crass (some) Clash (others) / Dub Syndicate / EMF / Fugazi / Gary Clail / Happy Mondays / Infra Riot / The Jam / Killing Joke / Laibach / Mantronix / Nirvana / On U Sound / Public Enemy / Quadrophonia / The Ruts / Shinehead / Tackhead / UK Subs / V / The Warriors / X Ray Spex / Yabby You / Zoviet France
Films and TV:
American History X / Blue Velvet / Carry on Camping / Deliverence / Evil Dead / Fawlty Towers / Goodfellas / Here Come the Double Deckers / The Immoral Mr Teas / Jaws / Kelly's Heroes / Last Exit to Brooklyn / Monty Python's Life of Brian / Nighty Night / Once Upon a Time in America / The Prisoner / Quadrophenia / Reservoir Dogs / Scum / 24 Hour Party People / Un Chien Andalou / V for Vendetta / The Wicker Man (UK original!) / X the Unknown / You Only Live Twice / Zombie
"The most vital, invigorating pop group since the Happy Mondays ... a speed-freak violent splurge of the Beastie Boys, dub and the Clash, but with a rasping chainsaw of a tune buzzing away on top." Paul Moody, NME
We originally formed in the late 1980s as The Blaggers - an anti-fascist Oi! / punk band. However, influenced by the rave scene, we began to play a unique mix of dance-influenced punk rock and changed our name to Blaggers ITA.
Over the next few years, we played hundreds of gigs in the UK and Europe and released several albums and singles on various indie labels (including United Colors, which remained at the top of the UK indie charts for several months). By the early 1990's we had become the best-known anti-fascist band on the punk / alternative music scene. We signed to EMI/Parlophone in 1993, with whom we released one album (Bad Karma) and four singles.
The band split in 1995 and our lead singer, Matty, tragically died in 2000.
The band reformed in 2002 as Blaggers AKA to play the occasional gig in the UK and abroad. Some promoters have also been billing us as The Blaggers. Vocals are now shared between rapper Christy and Olaf from the Stage Bottles.
Check our website www.blaggersita.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk for more info and photos.
Check out the video for the single 'Stresss' released in 1993 below.
Saturday the 23rd of May Against all forms of repression / opression Athens ,Strasbourg ,London ,Villiers-le-bel
In Solidarity with Strasbourg, Tarnac Rebels, and all Political Prisoners, world wide.
- Against raids carried out on illegal migrants - Against facial discrimination - Against the criminalizatio of Anti-Fascist Aktivism - Against social repression on strikers - Against DNA and photographical filing of activists, workers, individuals - Against the no-hooding policy, and for:
THA RIGHT to demonstrate under the cover of anonymity.
fight the nazis - glukoza says: don..t let the chance slip! ..
Das 10. Jubiläum des "Fluch der Skaribik Festivals" findet am 20. Mai in der Maria am Ostbahnhof statt. Es wird ein Doppel-Record-Release Konzert vom Berlin Boom Orchestra, welches eine neue EP mit heißen Reggae-Dancehall-Tracks veröffentlichen werden. Zudem wird Carlos de Nicaragua sein neues Latin-Reggae-Album in Europa veröffentlichen. Das ex Mitglied & Songschreiber von Mano Negra spielt nur 3 Konzerte auf seiner Tour in Deutschland. Supporten wird das ganze Hans der Kleingärtner, die schon beim Album-Record-Release vom Berlin Boom Orchestra im SO36 eingeladen waren. Die Aftershowparty werden Berliner Szene-Größen wie P.R. Kantate, Ganjaman und
Gig starts at 4pm with first bands on at 4.30, so if you don'r wana miss ICH, Street Drunk Punks, Flowers of Flesh and Blood or Armed Response Unit then get there early its £5 b4 7pm & £7 after so no excuses!!!!
New Turku Romantic Movement album is ”The Album of the Week” in MySpace Finland. Click www.myspace.com/turkuromanticmovement to listen to it and enjoy!
