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| Background information | ||
| Origin |  England |
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| Genre(s) | Ska 2 Tone |
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| Years active | 1976 – Present | |
| Members | ||
| Buster
Bloodvessel - Vocals Simon Cuell - Guitar Lee Thompson -Bass Rickesh Macwana - Keyboards Tony 'Treacle' Richardson - Sax Mark Harrison - Drums Carlton Hunt - Drums Warren Middleton - Trombone Dave Welton - Trombone Trev Irving - Trumpet Chris Bull - Trumpet |
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| Former members | ||
| Winston
Bazoomies - Harmonica Louis Alphonso - Guitar David Farren - Bass Brian Tuitt - Drums Martin Stewart - Keyboard Paul 'Gus' Herman - Trumpet Chris Kane - Sax Andrew Marson - Sax |
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Bad Manners are a long-lived English 2 Tone ska band. Fronted by Buster Bloodvessel (born Douglas Trendle), the band was formed in 1976 while the members were together at Woodberry Down Comprehensive School near Manor House, North London, and among their early incarnations were known as Stoop Solo and the Sheet Starchers.
None of the members had any formal musical training, not even the ability to play any instruments. Bad Manners were at their most popular during the late 1970s and early 1980s, during a period when lots of similar ska bands filled the charts such as Madness and The Specials
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Some of Bad Manners more notable hits include "My Girl Lollipop", "Lip Up Fatty", "Ne Ne Na Na Na Na Nu Nu", "Special Brew", "Lorraine", "Just A Feeling", "Walking In The Sunshine" and the "Can Can". Bad Manners are perhaps most renowned for their song "Special Brew". The song is ambiguous in meaning, but the most common interpretation of the song is that it is a love song to the famous alcoholic drink after which it appears to be named.
One of the main reasons for their notoriety was their due to their outlandish, larger-than-life, huge tongued & shaven-headed front man Buster Bloodvessel. Buster's exploits got them banned from the British TV chart show Top of the Pops(which included dressing as Henry VIII and singing to a blow-up doll for the song "Lorraine", pouring a large can of baked beans over his head, and dressing in a can-can dancer's dress to promote their single "Can-Can"). They were also banned from Italian TV when Buster had decided after a particularly successful concert that he should moon the crowd, having been told that the Pope was watching on TV.
In 1986 Bad Manners went their separate ways, but Buster reformed the band with Louis Alphonso, Martin Stewart, Winston Bazoomies & Chris Kane a year later. In 1989 he licensed the Blue Beat Records name & logo, and set up office in a 50ft barge in his back garden in Spring Hill, London (much to his neighbours amusement.). He closed the label in 1990, and two years later moved back to Stoke Newington, despite having scored many hits and featuring prominently in the UK charts of the early 1980s.
In 1995 Buster moved to Margate & fell in love with the seaside resort. So much, that he opened up a hotel on the seafront called "Fatty Towers" , which catered for people with huge appetites. Whilst living in Margate at the hotel, Buster was a regular spectator at Margate F.C. and Bad Manners sponsored the club for one season. "Fatty Towers" closed in 1998 & Buster moved back to his native North East London. As of 2007, Buster Bloodvessel still performs with Bad Manners in venues all over the UK & Europe. He is the only original member left in the band.
They now headline their own annual
Louis Alphonso stated this year, that Warner Bros intend to re-issue the group's first 4 albums on cd for the very first time.
| Title | Released | UK Singles Chart position |
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| "Ne-Ne Na-Na Na-Na Nu-Nu" | February 1980 | 28 |
| "Lip Up Fatty" | June 1980 | 15 |
| "Special Brew" | September 1980 | 3 |
| "Lorraine" | December 1980 | 21 |
| "Just A Feeling" | March 1981 | 13 |
| "Can Can" | June 1981 | 3 |
| "Walking In The Sunshine" | September 1981 | 10 |
| "Buona Sera" | November 1981 | 34 |
| "Got No Brains" | May 1982 | 44 |
| "My Girl Lollipop" | July 1982 | 9 |
| "Samson And Delilah" | October 1982 | 58 |
| "That'll Do Nicely" | April 1983 | 49 |
| "Blue Summer" | August 1985 | - |
| "What the Papers Say" | December 1985 | - |
| "Tossin' In My Sleep" | March 1986 | - |
| "Skaville UK" | May 1989 | 86 |
| "Gonna Get Along Without You Now" | July 1989 | - |
| "Christmas Time Again" | November 1989 | - |
| "Fatty's Back In Town E.P" | September 1995 | - |
| "Millennium Knees Up" | December 1999 | - |
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