| Skrewdriver were a typical second
generation punk band hailing from Blackpool and were well known on the
scene playing clubs such as the Roxy and Vortex. They went thru quite
a few image changes as punk progressed. They first appear as a sort of
punky Mud, then
punkified in front of Blackpool tower, then on Anti Social one is
dressed as a Ted, then the skinhead image for All
Skrewed Up before moving to a more rockier image for
Built Up Knocked Down.
Before
Skrewdriver Ian Stewart was in a Rolling Stones cover
band called Tumblin Dice which explains why 19th Nervous Breakdown was on
the bside of Anti Social and why in their third rockier incarnation
they included Honky Tonk Women !!! I can just imagine him singing
Lady Jane or Angie ! er maybe not ! After seeing the
Pistols in Manchester Skrewdriver were formed. Violence
seemed to follow the band, not helped by the skinhead
image, with even Bob Geldof being knocked out at one of
their gigs !!! The end came for them when they relocated
to Manchester. Armed with yet another new image and a rockier sound they released the poorly received single on DJM
'Built Up, Knocked Down' which is so embarrassingly
bad its laughable. If you can imagine Skrewdriver turning into a poor mans Lynyrd Skynyrd with Suffragette City thrown in the mix
then you'll get the
picture. The cover says it all !!! They called it a day until Ian Stewart
resurrected the band without the others. The rest is history.
Really I feel sorry for the other members in the band coz these
singles should be recognised as classic punk instead they
are forever tarnished. |
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