Inner London Violence BAD MANNERS (1980)

Buster Bloodvessel formed the band Bad Manners in 1976 while he was in school in London. None of the members had any formal music training, they didn’t even know how to play instruments, but they loved the ska movement and that was all that mattered. 

They hit their stride in the early 80s with stunts, like when Buster got them banned from British TV’s Top of the Pops for dressing as Henry VIII, or when he mooned a crowd in Italy only to find out later the Pope was in the audience.  Here are some bad bad boys, recorded live in 1981…Bad Manners with Inner London Violence…

Rude Boy went in handsome hats

Policeman knocking with a rat-a-tat-a-tat

Them bored around the streets at night

They're not looking but they find a fight

I say inner London violence

Policemen coming there's no relief

Even your best friend is a thief

Soon locked up in your council flat

Machine gun go a rat-a-tat-a-tat

I say inner London violence

Hey hey hey

Source: Musixmatch

Songwriters: Bad Manners

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