Rejects Quiet Storm -1985- Heavy Metal (vinyl)
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Cockney Rejects were formed in 1978 by brothers Jeff and Micky Geggus, with their brother-in-law Chris Murrell on bass and Paul Harvey on drums. Their firstdemo, “Flares n’ Slippers”, caught the attention ofSmall Wonder Recordsowner Pete Stennett, who introduced the band to Bob Sergeant. With Sergeant, they recorded theirsingle”Flares n’ Slippers”, which sold out its first pressing. Murrell and Harvey were then replaced by Vince Riordan on bass and Andy Scott on drums, from fellowEast End Londonband, The Tickets. This became known as Cockney Rejects’ classic lineup, and its debut at the Bridge House inCanning Townin June 1979 is considered a turning point for the band. In September of that same year, the band signed withEMIand released their albumGreatest Hits, Vol. 1in February 1980.
Their biggest hit single in the United Kingdom, 1980’s “The Greatest Cockney Rip-Off”, was a parody ofSham 69’s song “Hersham Boys”. Other Cockney Rejects songs were less commercial, partly because they tended to be about hard-edged topics such asstreet fightingorfootball hooliganism. Other singles to appear in the UK were “Bad Man,” “We Can Do Anything,” “I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles ” and “We Are the Firm” all from 1980.
The violence depicted in their lyrics was often mirrored at their concerts, and the band members often fought to defend themselves (often from supporters of opposingfootballteams) or to split up conflicts between audience members.Jeff and Mick Geggus (who are brothers) had both been amateur youthboxers, and had fought at the national level. Bass player Vince Riordan’s uncle wasJack “The Hat” McVitie, a Cockney gangster who was murdered byReggie Kray.
Cockney Rejects expressed contempt for all politicians in their lyrics, and they rejectedmediaclaims that they had aBritish Movementfollowing, or that the band members supported the views of thatfar rightgroup. In their firstSoundsinterview, they mockingly referred to the British Movement as the “German Movement” and stated that many of their heroes wereblackboxers.Jeff Turner’s autobiographyCockney Rejectdescribes an incident in which the band members and their supporters had a massive fight against British Movement members at one of Cockney Rejects’ early concerts.
EMI records released a definitive Rejects retrospective on 29 August 2011. CalledJoin the Rejects, the Zonophone years ’79-’81, it’s a 3-disc collection of all their EMI recordings including all the Peel sessions and rare demos from the day. Also included is a colour booklet with a blow-by-blow account of the stories behind the music by Micky Geggus.
The Rejects movieEast End Babylonand analbum of the same namewere released in 2013. Tony Van Frater died in October 2015, aged 51.
In February 2016, it was announced that former Cockney Reject bass player Vince Riordan had re-joined the band again.
Label:Heavy Metal Records Canada HMC-5005Format:Vinyl, LP, AlbumCountry:CanadaReleased:1985Genre:RockStyle:Heavy Metal
Tracklist
| A1 |
It Ain’t Nothing |
4:30 |
| A2 |
I Saw The Light |
4:26 |
| A3 |
Back To The Start |
6:01 |
| A4 |
I Can’t Forget |
4:12 |
| B1 |
Feeling My Way |
3:26 |
| B2 |
Quiet Storm |
3:02 |
| B3 |
Leave It |
3:49 |
| B4 |
Fourth Summer |
2:31 |
| B5 |
Jog On |
4:35 |
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