#secondwaveukpunk

"YOU'RE DIRTY, YOU'RE NO GOOD, YOU'RE A ROTTER... A BAD MAN."

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on front and back cover sleeve art, plus a record advert, for the "Bad Man" 7" UK vinyl single, the third vinyl single release by UK street punk/Oi! band, the COCKNEY REJECTS, released in February 1980 under the EMI label.

"Go on, pinch your old man's money, go on, Don't turn out for the football, you're a bad man, Leave your bird on her own, never tell her anything, Never give her no money to buy either, you're a bad man, You're dirty, you're no good, you're a rotter and we all know that."

-- "Bad Man" (1980) by the COCKNEY REJECTS

"GOTTA BREAK OUT, FIND SOMETHING ELSE TO DO, I CAN'T STAND BEING STUCK IN HERE WITH YOU."

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on the "I'm Not a Fool" (1979) 7 inch vinyl single, sophomore vinyl release by UK punk rock band the COCKNEY REJECTS. EMI Records.

TRIVIA/SONGFACTS: "Released on the EMI label in 1979 backed by "East End," this group composition was produced by Jimmy Pursey and engineered by Peter Wilson. Entirely autobiographical, it has the same type of inspiration as "Police Car." The latter song relates only to the arrest of lead singer Jeff Geggus (as he was then known) at the West Ham football stadium, but "I'm Not A Fool" alludes too to his previous arrest and conviction for an ambitious if not entirely believable attempt to extort £200,000 from a victim of harassment and criminal damage."

TRACK LIST:

SIDE A: "I'm Not a Fool" -- 3:47

SIDE B: "East End" -- 2:12