An all time classic Bad Manners tune: Lead singer Buster Bloodvessel ran a hotel called “Fatty Towers” for a time that only rented to the very heavy. It wasn’t a huge success, but I still admire him for his love … Continue reading
This is actually something of a dark ska song. I’ve never in all these years listened to the lyrics closely enough to know what specifically it is about, but I’ve always thought it was about greed. Someday, I will read … Continue reading
Come to think of it, maybe this was their actual “almost hit” in the U.S.A. That appears to have been played on VH1 fairly recently, which suggests that this song had a reasonably long shelf life in the U.S. This … Continue reading
This is the only Bad Manners song I had on my iPod before last night. It is one of my all time favorite 80′s tunes. It reminds me of all that was good about WXCI, Western Connecticut State University’s radio … Continue reading
From Top of the Pops: Buster makes a great Henry VIII. They were banned from British TV I think at one point. Can’t recall with 100% certainty. I just rediscovered this song yesterday, too, while looking for other Bad Manners … Continue reading
I really like most of the British ska revival bands from the late 1970′s and early 80′s. We’ll be hearing more from several of them in future years. Bad Manners was probably the least successful of the ska bands stateside … Continue reading