20/02/2016

Booking Enquiry

Angelic Upstarts + The Oppressed @ The Fleece, Bristol

20/02/2016

About this Event

Angelic Upstarts

www.angelicupstarts.net



Formed in 1977, the Angelic Upstarts soon attracted notoriety due to their aggressive music and uncompromising attitude. Debut single "The Murder Of Liddle Towers" was self-released in 1978 and then picked up by Rough Trade and went on to sell many thousands of copies. It told the story of a boxing coach who was killed while in police custody and is one of the most incendiary punk 45s ever released.



Critical acclaim led the band to sign a major label deal and the release of their second single "I'm An Upstart". Once again this was a blistering piece of UK punk that hasn't lost its intensity over thirty years later. The band eventually received mainstream success with their third effort "Teenage Warning", which got them on Top Of The Pops and was to be their biggest hit.



Over thirty years after their greatest anthems were released, the songs of the Angelic Upstarts take on a new resonance in these times of global recession and rising unemployment, not to mention the UK continuing to be involved in imperial adventures overseas. These tunes are arguably far more relevant than anything The Clash or the Sex Pistols ever put out.



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The Oppressed

https://www.facebook.com/The-Oppressed-sharp-attitude-108930239188615/

http://www.last.fm/music/The+Oppressed





Fleece website:

www.thefleece.co.uk



TICKETS:



£12adv | All Ages*



www.seetickets.com/see/price.asp?code=914550



Also available from:



www.musicglue.com/fleecebristol/events/20-feb-16-angelic-upstarts-the-fleece/



www.gigantic.com/angelic-upstarts-fleece-2016-02-20-19-00



www.bristolticketshop.co.uk/?/160220FLEANGE1



*Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult

The Fleece, 12 St Thomas Street 12 St Thomas Street, Bristol BS1 6JJ