Wild colonial boys : a Belfast punk story / Thomas Paul Burgess.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burgess, T. P., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Punk culture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : 24 black & white illustrations

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Manchester, England : Manchester University Press, [2024]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Ruefrex were one of Northern Ireland’s most popular and uncompromising punk rock bands.Emerging from the Belfast street-gang culture of the late-1970s, the group, inspired by The Clash, enjoyed a turbulent, decade-long career. They played for millions on CNN and Channel 4, toured with The Pogues and recorded the controversial ‘The Wild Colonial Boy’, which attacked American donations to Northern Irish terrorist organisations.Throughout it all, founder member, songwriter and spokesperson Thomas Paul Burgess ensured the band remained faithful to their Protestant, working-class origins. This candid memoir takes us on a journey from the streets of Belfast to encounters with U2, Shane MacGowan, The Cure, The Fall and Seamus Heaney.From strife-torn 1970s Belfast to bohemian London, Wild colonial boys tells the story of a punk band who refused to give up and stayed true to their punk roots.

Contents:

Front Matter

Epigraph

Dedication

Contents

Preface

Sleeve notes

Side 1 – Origins

1 TC

2 ‘Pastures not greener but meaner’

3 Anderson, Kelly and Greene

4 The Pride of Ardoyne

5 Bad vibrations

6 The boy looked at Clarkey

7 Lousy body

8 If you go down to the Harp today …

9 GOT-8

10 Cross the Line

11 ‘Wasted Life’

12 The fly and the dandelion

13 The indignity of labour

14 A sense of Ireland

15 The Black Catholics

16 Of giants and sandcastles

Side 2 – Second coming

17 ‘The Wild Colonial Boy’

18 ‘Change of Attention’

19 Our Tune

20 Home thoughts from abroad

21 Hot to trot

22 If it ain’t stiff, it ain’t worth a fuck

23 The fourth estate

24 It’s too late to stop now

25 Sarm East is east, Sarm West is west

26 Brixton nights

27 On The Tube with Sonnie Rae

28 Shane MacGowan’s smile

29 Jumping the shark

30 Green and pleasant land

31 The return of the native

Coda

Appendix 1

Appendix 2

List of illustrations

Dedications, acknowledgements and thanks

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Jun 2024)

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781526173362

1526173360

9781526173386

1526173387

OCLC:

1467876898