He ran the Fat Pig club nights in Glasgow, booking bands like 80s
agit-pop legends Big Flame.
A little devil, a teacher, a punk, a debater, a musician, a creator, a socialist, a drummer, an engine, a furnace of comedy, a working-class hero, a fantastic human being and a friend forever. Rest easy, pal It's a toss-up whether their fans will still rally behind their latest brand of despondent, yet politically correct,
agit-pop.
TOM ROBINSON Only The Now *** His
agit-pop credentials shine on his first album in 20 years with guest slots from Billy Bragg, Martin Carty and more
Manic Street Preachers - Some Kind Of Nothingness After decades of flag-burning
agit-pop polemic, Blackwood's finest Generation Terrorists finally reached the point in their careers they'd alway strived to attain - playing their latest single, from their tenth album Postcards From A Young Man, on Strictly Come Dancing.
The video, from subversive ad agency
Agit-Pop Communications, begins by showing the unspoiled beauty of New York State, followed by a vision of an Exxon sign, a gas explosion and water so toxic that a lighter can set tap water on fire.
WHAT DO VERT SKATER Jason Ellis, the Metal Mulisha, and the frantic
agit-pop sound of the band Nurses have in common?
The ADF boys are
agit-pop done well and should give the Oxford boys a real run for their money in the performance stakes ...
Their noughties take on the
agit-pop of XTC and The Talking Heads is full of promise; it's an engaging and fresh sound, and unlike contemporaries Franz Ferdinand, the focus is less on the image (seriously dishevelled) and more on the music.
MAC's open air Arena is playing host to
agit-pop anarchists Chumbawamba, who've been a thorn in the side of the British establishment for more than 20 years.
Hovering between famous and once-were famous is Ali Nawaz, formerly of
agit-pop outfit Fun-Da-Mental and performing at The Colosseum on Monday, along with Earthtribe and Fusing Naked.
Agit-pop activist Franti has found a seamless way of integrating protest shouts and party grooves.
Leeds's finest may have scored a surprise number one with Tubthumping, but as far as ugly,
agit-pop whinging goes they've been in a league of one since the Gang of Four knocked it on the head.