TY  - GEN
T1  - Wild colonial boys a Belfast punk story
A1  - Burgess, T. P.
LA  - English
PP  - Manchester
PB  - Manchester University Press
YR  - 2024
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_dda_on1419252037
AB  - Ruefrex were one of Northern Ireland's most popular and uncompromising punk rock bands.Emerging from the Belfast street-gang culture of the late-1970s, the group, inspired by The Clash, enjoyed a turbulent, decade-long career. They played for millions on CNN and Channel 4, toured with The Pogues and recorded the controversial 'The Wild Colonial Boy', which attacked American donations to Northern Irish terrorist organisations.Throughout it all, founder member, songwriter and spokesperson Thomas Paul Burgess ensured the band remained faithful to their Protestant, working-class origins. This candid memoir takes us on a journey from the streets of Belfast to encounters with U2, Shane MacGowan, The Cure, The Fall and Seamus Heaney.From strife-torn 1970s Belfast to bohemian London, Wild colonial boys tells the story of a punk band who refused to give up and stayed true to their punk roots.
CN  - ML421.R79
SN  - 9781526173386
SN  - 1526173387
SN  - 9781526173379
SN  - 1526173379
KW  - Burgess, T. P.
KW  - Ruefrex (Musical group)
KW  - Punk rock musicians : Northern Ireland : Biography.
KW  - Punk rock music : Northern Ireland.
KW  - Punk culture : Social aspects : Northern Ireland.
KW  - Musiciens punk : Irlande du Nord : Biographies.
KW  - Punk (Musique) : Irlande du Nord.
KW  - Punk (Mouvement) : Aspect social : Irlande du Nord.
KW  - MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Punk.
KW  - Belfast.
KW  - Bono.
KW  - Northern Ireland.
KW  - Ruefrex.
KW  - Shane MacGowan.
KW  - The Clash.
KW  - The Cure.
KW  - The Fall.
KW  - The Pogues.
KW  - class politics.
KW  - cultural identity.
KW  - loyalism.
KW  - political songs.
KW  - punk rock.
KW  - the Troubles.
KW  - unionism.
KW  - Electronic books.
ER  -