Stream and revisit the review: our pick of the albums reviewed on these pages during the past week is the reissue of The Redskins’ 1986 debut ‘Neither Washington Nor Moscow’.
“It was then (and remains now) the greatest mission statement any band has ever had: fronted by hip shooting polemicist Chris Dean, Motown punks The Redskins’ declaration of intent was simply, ‘To sing like The Supremes and walk like The Clash’.”
“From York not Detroit, the trio – Dean (Guitar), Nick King (Drums) and Martin Leon (Bass) first came to the attention of The Mekons’ Jon Langford at a 1981 Against Racism gig in Leeds. Known then as No Swastikas, Langford recalls they made quite a first impression; ‘Left wing skinheads, brilliant!’.”
“The seeds of the RAR movement came from a recognition that music could unite disparate strands of youth, a power belatedly also understood by the oppositional and often violent extremists of the far right.”
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