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Rock Against Racism

Rock Against Racism

Birmingham has played a central role in the history of Rock Against Racism albeit not a role it may wanted to be associated with. In 1968, the Conservative MP Enoch Powell made his “Birmingham speech’ more widely referred to as the ‘Rivers of Blood’ speech in which he spoke about immigration in the UK. In… Read More »Rock Against Racism

The Androids

The Androids were an exuberant bunch of teenagers from Birmingham inspired by the punky-ska sound and spikey political awareness of the Two Tone movement that swept the West Midlands between 1979-1980. They played a number of shows at venues such as the Golden Eagle in Hurst Street, Digbeth Civic Hall and Aston University where they… Read More »The Androids