Fact #169433
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Short story:
It is announced in the UK press that the Anti-Nowhere League (ANL) has been found guilty of obscenity under the Obscene Publications Act because of the lyric of So What?, the b-side of their single The Streets Of London.
Full article:
Nick Culmer (vocalist, Anti-Nowhere league) : All our records were removed from shops and we were banned from radio and tv although, during this, we did a Top Of The Pops appearance but when they found I had brought a three foot axe with me they would not let us go on.
John Curd (head of WXYZ Records) ; Everybody knew the song was of jovial quality. It was a joke, written after the League overheard a Crombie-coated gangster sitting in a pub and claiming, ‘I’ve done this and I’ve done that.’
(Source : Mojo, September 2008)
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John Curd (head of WXYZ Records) ; Everybody knew the song was of jovial quality. It was a joke, written after the League overheard a Crombie-coated gangster sitting in a pub and claiming, ‘I’ve done this and I’ve done that.’
(Source : Mojo, September 2008)