| Menace
are the best punk band in England today!" enthused
Sniffing Glue way back then. Menace were one of the wave
of punk bands to explode out of the London scene in the
summer of '77. They epitomised everything about that
incredible year. they played all the main punk gigs like
the Roxy, Hope & Anchor and Vortex, as well as Rock
Against Racism festivals, building up a large following
which was boosted by regular support slots with Sham 69.
They were pure punk! Initially
signing to Illegal Records, their first charting single
was 'Screwed Up/Insane Society'. However, their second
single 'GLC' was much more controversial. It was a superb
rant against the then Tory-run Greater London Council
which tried to ban punk gigs in the capital. It was hard
hitting with it's take no prisoners 'you're full of
shit!' lyrics and was promptly banned my many radio
stations. Three more singles followed, but by now, 1979,
trouble was brewing. Fascist attendance at Sham 69 gigs,
hostile press borne out of ignorance finally led Menace
calling it a day. " From Vinyl Japan
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