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Waiting in the Bar: Mekons Scrapbook 1977-81
By Mekons
Paperback
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By Mekons
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The autobiography in words and images of a legendary art-punk band’s early years.
Fueled by the DIY punk aesthetic, the Mekons emerged from the Leeds university art scene in 1977 with the firm belief that anybody could do it — so they did. Their first singles (“Never Been in a Riot” and “Where Were You?”) are now underground classics, and their 1979 debut album, The Quality of Mercy Is Not Strnen, widely derided as “amateurish” at the time, is about to receive the deluxe box set treatment ...
Fueled by the DIY punk aesthetic, the Mekons emerged from the Leeds university art scene in 1977 with the firm belief that anybody could do it — so they did. Their first singles (“Never Been in a Riot” and “Where Were You?”) are now underground classics, and their 1979 debut album, The Quality of Mercy Is Not Strnen, widely derided as “amateurish” at the time, is about to receive the deluxe box set treatment ...