Cockney Rejects - The Farewell Tour - LOW TICKETS
Cockney Rejects + Slobheads
The Forum presents
COCKNEY REJECTS
plus guests Slobheads
Rarely in the long history of British rock’n’roll has there been a story of such depth, magnitude and sheer turbulence as that of the Cockney Rejects.
The band were formed in the late Seventies in East London as an answer to the art school punk that had dominated the scene up until then. Fiercely working class in stance and attitude, the band eschewed the political ramblings of punk’s first wave and sang about the circumstances that surrounded them and millions of street kids in Britain’s inner cities- Police harassment, street battles and football to name three.
Signed by EMI after playing four local gigs (less than the pistols!) they found themselves playing sell out tours the length and breadth of the UK and seeing their debut album storm the charts. Top of the pops appearances followed, which became the stuff of legend as the band generally ran amok in the hallowed White city studios, finally getting banned from the show for their boisterous behaviour.
In 1980 the band recorded a riotous version of ‘I’m forever blowing bubbles’ to celebrate the fact that their beloved West Ham United had reached the FA cup final that year, but their devotion to all things claret and blue proved to be their downfall as the gigs became battlegrounds between the band and rival supporters, culminating in the vicious ‘Battle of Birmingham’ that led to serious criminal charges that in turn led to the band being finished as a touring unit.
With the band’s first phase being over, in the interim they were discovered by a brand new fanbase such as US bands Rancid and Green Day, who cherished the Rejects and their terrace punk singalong anthems which, in turn, inspired a new generation of kids to check them out.
Due to overwhelming demand, the band returned to the live circuit in 2000, and have since gone from strength to strength, playing to hundreds of thousands of people across the globe with a live set that is so energetic that it has to be seen to be believed. With the fractionalization of the late ‘70’s and early ‘80’s now gone for good, with every gig becoming a party for fans and band alike, the Cockney Rejects go from strength to strength.
There has never been a better time to check out the band that inspired a generation with their timeless brand of terrace sing along classics and white hot live set.
Line Up
Cockney Rejects
SLOBHEADS! We're two blokes in our mid twenties in a hard-hardhitting punk rock duo from the suburbs of south west London, specifically around Heathrow. We both met while skateboarding in Southbank, London, we were both wearing bad brains t-shirts and got chatting about our interests in punk rock music. After hanging out and skating with each other over a couple months we both decided to put a band together and write our own music. Our music reflects trashy and loud late 70s / early 80s punk rock, influenced by bands such as Sham 69, UK Subs, Stiff Little Fingers and The Stooges. We're also influnced by The Streets, Slowthai, Idles and Slaves. Our music lyrically is quite tounge n’ cheek, throaty and aggressive. Chanting songs with political ideology to drinking down the pub and the frustrations of day to day life. Hard hitting drums, thudding bass that'll rattle through your bones, catchy, distorted guitar riffs that you'll find stuck in your head like glue. We're SLOBHEADS!
A big achievement for us as a band was playing the video premier of a skateboarding filmed called 'blokes' which generated 46k views on YouTube. We played the premier show at the Peckham working mans club to a full capacity of 300 which exploded with energy, sweat, blood, broken glass from start to finish.
We're no strangers to being on local radio stations and up and coming showcase podcasts such as Killa Kella and switchbox TV which we always jump at when we get asked because we love to have a chat and chew the ears off anyone that makes the mistake of having us on their show.
To us it doesn't matter whether people listen or not. We'll always give our tracks and performances 110% as its what we love doing and we'll be at it till we can't no more!
