Music Style '77 Street Punk

Musical Influences Sham 69, The Business, Buzzcocks, Sex Pistols

Similar Artists SHITE

Artist History In the winter of 1977, Mick Jagger found himself without a home. 16 years old and living on the mean streets of Berkinghamshireton with nothing but a pair of doc martins and an electric guitar to his name, he sought shelter with high school chum and bassist Thom Davis. The two dreamt of a world where the working classes could regain their pride of old. Music was their only weapon against the evils of the government, the stifling oppression of poverty and the recalcitrance of their elders. Mick and Thom conceived of Bayonet UK that spring, along with drummer Benny Lonsdale. They gave the repressed a voice, the homeless a home, and the ignorant a place in public discourse. Bayonet UK made a name for themselves with an unrelenting sonic and poetic assault on the prevailing culture, and a mercilessly violent, loyal presence in the streets and gutters of their home town. The movement was building. It seemed one could stop the bricks and bottles of the working class. Following the independent release of their debut EP, Chris Downing is Innocent, Bayonet UK were courted by greedy capitalist record companies. Punk rock had become big business, and everyone was looking for a piece of the pie - the Money pie. It threatened to tear the band apart, but Bayonet UK stayed strong. A lifetime in poverty had instilled in them not the opportunism of the alley cat, but the stalwart pride of the mighty lion. For more than twenty years, the band toured tirelessly throughout the greater United Kingdom, breaking periodically to record. Though fame and fortune were never in the cards, and Thom Davis is now mostly retarded from three decades of knife fighting and alcoholism, their mission has never been more clear - to Bayonet yer arsehole!

Group Members Thom Davis-Bass Guitar, Vocals Mick Jagger (No Relation)-Guitar, Vocals Benny Lonsdale-Drums

Albums Chris Downing is Innocent EP, Bricks & Bottles, Bayonetting Our Favourite Arseholes, Benny's Boys Live

Location Berkinghamshireton, Liverbloke - United Kingdom

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