Anti-Nazi League carnival in 1978
In 1978, the Anti-Nazi League and Rock Against Racism held a huge Carnival at Victoria Park in Mile End where The Clash and other bands played
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Build up to the Anti-Nazi League carnival
The Anti-Nazi League Carnival in 1978 was a unique demonstration led by bands like The Clash and TRB against the rising power of the National Front
NWOBHM – new wave of British heavy metal
NWOBHM was the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, which was a hard rock movement at the start of the 1980s that spawned bands like Motorhead
The look of new technology in 1983!
New technology in 1983 involved TVs with text services, washing machines with computer chips and a new generation of microwave ovens
Amazing pop music in 1980s Liverpool
The great sound of 1980s Liverpool music was celebrated in the first half of the 80s at a festival called Larks in the Park in Sefton Park
WH Smith goes ska in 1980
1979 and 1980 were the glory years of the so-called “second wave” of ska music – first wave in Jamaica twenty plus years before and now the 2Tone wave came crashing out of Coventry. The Specials seized the charts by the scruff of the neck with a string of hits. And even WH Smith felt…
David Bowie – it wasn’t always adulation
David Bowie – it wasn’t always adulation. Critics of Bowie could often be very harsh and bitter.
The Specials in Northern Ireland
In early 1981 The Specials and The Beat were set to play gigs in Northern Ireland to raise money for deprived children in Ulster