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Brutal Attack The band was founded in 1980. Ken McLellan was approached by his classmates of Garth High School in Morden, Surrey, whether the role of the singer in the newly formed punk band would take Brutal Attack.
On 27 June 1981 saw the first concert of the band, together with the group Savage Six and Nauseau at Phipps Community Centre in Mitcham. The second concert followed on 10 July in the Assembly Hall in Morden. The cast of the first two concerts consisted of Ken McLellan (vocals), Scrome, George Grimes and John Whittington. This was followed by a series of concerts in the past. On 2 Brutal Attack in February 1982 was 100 Club opening act for the UK Subs , Erazerhead and Long Tall Shorty , who gave the last concert. The band recorded a live recording of this show, which, under the name "Live ... For Kicks " was sold on cassette in self-distribution. This cassette was 2007 by 4U vinyl LP to and from Rebel Records reissued on CD. On these recordings with Ken Takes Brutal Attack initially positive views towards the former Empire and already manifested against immigration and communism . In order to obtain a record deal, Ken sent the recordings also Garry Bushell , the writer of the music magazine Sounds , and had already helped some other bands to a record deal. But this tolerance some of the most immediate songs from Brutal Attack not and wrote a negative review, in which he described the band on a par with the RAC band Skrewdriver presented.
"We just wanted some action. And with songs like 'Send them back', 'no mercy' and 'Let it burn' during the 'Sound Magazine' Gary Bushell and do not take us more lightly. We recorded a demo as a live session on 'The 100 Club' and when I made the cover of it, I named 'Send them back' in 'stick them back' to, in the hope that I could give this fool Bushell a more objective criticism . elicit But he was not as stupid as I thought, and he made ' Skrewdriver , Brutal Attack and their peers' down literally in his remarks. It got to the point that we marked out our territory and our man had to stand because they offered us, which would have to if we want to still be successful, we stop on our faith to sing. "
- Ken McLellan
Also Roi Pearce, the lead singer of Oi! band The Last Resort , and later the 4-Skins recommended the band to distance themselves from their political views to be musically successful.
However, despite the political ambitions of the band that would not give them, there was still too many concerts of the band as the opening act of numerous renowned punk groups such as the Special Duties , The Adicts , Vice Squad , and the Urban Dogs in venues as the Skunx or the club Foot .
From the end of 1982 [ edit ]
On 21 Brutal Attack in October 1982 was the first time for opening band Skrewdriver in the 100 club, after Ian Stuart had seen the group a week earlier in Skunx and was impressed by her. At that time, with Andy now on bass. This was the first of many Skrewdriver concerts where the band was involved. The meeting with Stuart the week before seemed to have Ken so impressed that he was at the concert with Skrewdriver for the skinhead decided Way of Life. Now Brutal Attack was also a skinhead band. The decision to follow the same path, then go to the also controversial and controversial band Skrewdriver, led to a split in the group. Neil Holden and Dave Lloyd then left soon after the band due to Ken's increasingly returned to the fore, political beliefs. Neil Holden was then in the vicinity of the punk band The Straps find the Brutal Attack have also played together.
There was more to concerts with Skrewdriver and establishing time already involved guitarist John Whittington and Brownie, the ex-drummer of the Oi! Band Combat 84 , joined then to Ken. This is increasingly working alongside his construction workers work in Croydoner he
