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“A lot of early Genesis and Roxy Music comes from Family… I think we set a certain kind of style for the next generation”: Roger Chapman recalls Music In A Doll’s House
With its twisted arrangements and otherworldly vocals, Family’s mind-boggling 1968 debut set a benchmark in underground music
45 years ago
Pete Shelley of the English punk band The Buzzcocks performs on stage at the Rock Against Racism festival at Alexandra Park on July 15, 1978
45 years ago today, 100,000 people watched the #RockAgainstRacism gig in Victoria Park with The Clash, Steel Pulse, Tom Robinson Band, X-Ray Spex and more.
Remember when people stood up for themselves?
On 30 April 1978, 100,000 people marched six miles from Trafalgar Square to the East End of London (a National Front hotspot) for an open-air concert at Victoria Park in Hackney. The concert featured The Clash, Steel Pulse, Tom Robinson Band, X-Ray Spex, Jimmy Pursey (from Sham 69), and Patrik Fitzgerald. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xRaVbW-iBM
Tomorrow is the anniversary of the Rock Against Racism concert in Victoria Park in 1978. I was there. The Times Red Box podcast has an interesting segment about the interaction of music and politics at that time.