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Indie stars-in-waiting assemble to fuck the BNP right off. KEEP BRITAIN TIDY -
In May 2008, close to 70,000 Londoners voted for the British National Party (BNP) in the London Mayoral Elections, giving the BNP their first seat on the London Assembly and, with it, the potential to directly influence the way London is run, and an extra layer to their façade of respectability. The BNP are a party founded and run as an offshoot from the neo-Nazi National Front. Their leader, Nick Griffin, is an outspoken Holocaust-denier who has described Islam as a "wicked and vicious faith", openly blames Muslim immigrants for the entire country's drug problems, and has twice been arrested for incitement to racial hatred. If London (arguably) leads the way, the chances of the BNP achieving decent electoral results in other parts of the UK suddenly seem uncomfortably healthy. "I am well aware that the orthodox opinion is that six million Jews were gassed and cremated and turned into lampshades. Orthodox opinion also once held that the world is flat ... I have reached the conclusion that the 'extermination' tale is a mixture of Allied wartime propaganda, extremely profitable lie, and latter witch-hysteria." - Nick Griffin, leader of the BNP, writing in 1998 In response to this madness, R>E>P>E>A>T Records has assembled a 23-track compilation featuring some of the most exciting new bands in the country (and one or two old favourites) to raise money and, most importantly, support for Love Music Hate Racism, an organisation which uses the positive energy of music to fight back against the racism being pushed by Nazi organisations like the BNP. KEEP BRITAIN TIDY - A Public Service Announcement With Guitars will be available on CD from Monday 18th August by mail order from the R>E>P>E>A>T website - www.repeatfanzine.co.uk - for a measly £3 (including P&P). Buy it by paypal here or send cheques (payable to 'Love Music Hate Racism' please) or well secured cash to R*E*P*E*A*T, PO Box 438, Cambridge, CB4 1FX
Some of the bands will be touring in support of the compilation, and the cause - catch them at the following dates: Weds 30 July - LONDON BRIXTON WINDMILL - Popular
Workshop, Subliminal Girls DJs, Ten City Nation, Nebraska & KunK
No-one involved in this compilation is daft enough to
believe that a bunch of mostly Southern English indie bands can single-handedly
wipe out racism by putting out a CD and playing a few gigs in tiny venues
to people who (largely) agree with what we're saying. That's not the
point at all. What we want is to get people involved, to show them how
easy it is to organise an event, to hand someone a leaflet or a flyer,
to let people know what the BNP's intentions really are. If we can help
prevent just one more person from voting BNP, we can all die just that
little bit happier for knowing that we tried.
The Tracks 1. WILLIAM - Five Minute Wonder (William) Recorded
by Owen Turner 2. WE START FIRES - Hot Metal (Stefani) 3. TEN CITY NATION - Positive Sickness (Baldwin/Patrick/Smith) Recorded by Sam Marsh Taken from the album Ten City Nation, free to download from www.tencitynation.com 4. POPULAR WORKSHOP - Sunday Morning 10AM (Popular
Workshop) 5. KUNK - Little People (KunK) Produced by Jack
Ruston 6. NEBRASKA- New Uniform (Hall/Todd) Produced & mixed by
Adrian Hall 7. LILY RAE - Diane (Lily Rae) 8. THE INDELICATES - Big Beat Better To Know 9. JACOB'S MOUSE - Twist (Boothby/Boothby/Marsh) 10. DEXY - The Dying Breed (D. Klepacz) Produced & mixed
by Matt Frost 11. MY BROKEN TEX LA HOMA - Evil Tune (live) (Gowing/Tomkinson) 12. ROBERT RORISON - Death Dance For Miss Misbehaviour (Rorison)
13. JOHNNY PANIC - Heroes Of Villlains (Johnny Panic) 14. BRETTON - Everything You Asked For (Bretton) 15. THE SHILLS - Mexico '20 (The Shills) 16. THEE VICARS - I Don't Wanna Be Like You (Thee Vicars) 17. STAGECOACH - No Ded Enz (Stagecoach) 18. SUBLIMINAL GIRLS -Self Obsession Is An Art Form (Subliminal
Girls) 19. VOLUNTEEERS - UK Hardcore Anthem (Marsh) 20. THE HOPE - Confessions Of A Whore (The Hope) 21. FALLINGFAST - Fighting Type (demo) (FallingFast) 22. GREG MCDONALD - Stranger At The Door (Greg McDonald) 23. ATTILA THE STOCKBROKER - Spirit Of The Age (live)
KEEP BRITAIN TIDY - A Public Service Announcement
With Guitars www.repeatfanzine.co.uk www.lovemusichateracism.com
"Lots of our songs are about growing up in our small Surrey town. You kinda don't question those places until you get a bit older and hairier and wiser. As a kid it never seemed strange that everyone we knew was white. If you saw a black guy walking down the street - it was pretty rare. That was the 80s. By the time we were finishing school, there were kids from all different countries and backgrounds sat there in class. And what you learn is this: kids adapt pretty quick. When you're young you just get on with it. You make new friends. You discover new things. You don't care about stuff like the colour of people's skin. That's the kind of lesson you can learn from kids. And that's the kind of message we hope this album promotes." - Stagecoach "Part of the reason we started this band was to make a stand against those who promote fear and inequality. Whether it be individual or institution, we are but one race of the people (in this already fucked up world) where sole judgment should not be laid down on the basis of colour, creed or culture. We proudly wear our heart on our sleeves and wave a big middle finger to the likes of the BNP" - The Hope
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