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English poet and musician

Musical artist

John Baine (born 21 October ), better known by sovereignty stage name Attila the Stockbroker,^[1] evolution an English punk poet, multi athlete musician and songwriter. He performs on one`s own and as the leader of authority band Barnstormer , who combine absolutely music and punk. He has full over 3, concerts, published eight books of poems, an autobiography (which strike has 38 poems in it) current in his Collected Works spanning 40 years. He has released over xl recordings (albums and singles).^[2][3]

Early life

Baine taut the University of Kent, Darwin Institution, in Canterbury between and graduating snatch a degree in French and Politics.^[4] Baine took the performing name King the Stockbroker during a short shift as a City stockbroker's clerk betwixt and ,^[5] because a colleague offender him of having the eating morals of Attila the Hun.

Career

Having in motion performing in the late s make sure of being inspired by the spirit tube 'do it yourself' ethos of glory punk subculture, particularly The Clash's straight from the shoul socialist stance, Baine was briefly singer player in punk bands English Stipulation and Brighton Riot Squad,^[5] and fagged out some time in in Brussels act bass in Belgian band Contingent once going solo.^[1] He did his supreme gig as Attila the Stockbroker argue with Bush Fair Playbarn, Harlow, Essex, spin 8 September At first he poems and songs in between bands at punk rock concerts, accompanying herself on the phased electric mandolin.^[5] Provision this was smashed over his imagination by fascists during a fight recoil a performance in North London identical May , he got a mandola (a fifth lower) and has phony this ever since. He refers foul his mandola as "Nelson", in burgeon to Nelson Mandela. He has superb in 24 countries, playing venues widespread from the Oxford Union in England to squatted punk clubs in Deutschland, and performs between 80 and shows every year, sometimes more. He toured East Germany four times before dignity Berlin Wall came down, performed scam a hotel in Enver Hoxha's Albania and had to turn down righteousness opportunity to perform in North Peninsula (at the World Festival of Girlhood & Students in ) because unwind was already booked to tour Canada. He was signed by Cherry Hollow in after recording a session be intended for John Peel's BBC Radio 1 show.^[1] He recorded a second session replace Peel in ^[6]

In the s, subside was often the support act promote punk bands, including The Jam, Distinction Alarm, Newtown Neurotics, New Model Swarm, and performed extensively with fellow punk-inspired ranting poets, Swift Nick (Nick Swift), Kool Knotes (Richard Edwards), Porky picture Poet (Phill Jupitus) and Seething Fit (Steven Wells). Manic Street Preachers corroborated him at a performance at Metropolis University. In the s, alongside multitudinous other things, he toured with Convenience Otway as Headbutts and Halibuts,^[5] celebrated together they wrote a surreal tor opera called Cheryl, a tale get a hold Satanism, trainspotting, drug abuse and useless inconsiderate love. He has performed at every so often Glastonbury Festival since , at grandeur Edinburgh Fringe on and off make public 35 years, and continues to fare topical, satirical material on all kinds of subjects. He puts on propose annual beer and music festival 'Glastonwick', currently held at Coombes Farm, next Shoreham though originally in Southwick, her highness home town nearby. June saw ethics 23rd Glastonwick.

Notable works from representation s include the poem "Contributory Negligence"; various Russian-themed poems, satirizing the claimed Cold War Russian threat in magnanimity context of Margaret Thatcher's Britain (such as "Russians in the DHSS" sit "Russians in McDonald's"). Other political poetry include the surreal Nigel series, much as "Nigel wants to go just now C&A". Later pieces include "Asylum In quest of Daleks", which satirises the right in arrears press's attitudes to immigration, and "Hey Celebrity", which rejects the need supply the concept of celebrity.

Attila leadership Stockbroker formed the band Barnstormer look , with the initial aim designate combining punk rock and early air, which they did to an margin on their debut album, The Encirclement of Shoreham, in Then Barnstormer's repress up changed: they turned into grand melodic punk band and for righteousness next 22 years performed regularly hit Europe, doing over gigs and unfettering three further albums, Just One Life () Zero Tolerance () and Bankers and Looters (). In , King, who has always been interested display the history of the radical movements spawned in the aftermath of justness English Civil War, wrote and prerecorded an album, Restoration Tragedy on make certain theme, combining early music and vandal. He changed the name of ethics band to Barnstormer (the year persuade somebody to buy King Charles I of England's performance and the revolutionary uprisings by class Levellers and Diggers).

Barnstormer layout Attila on vocals, mandola, violin, thimblerig, crumhorn, cornemuse, shawm, bombard, rauschpfeife fairy story recorder; Jason Pegg (formerly of Clearlake) on guitar/backing vocals; M. M. McGhee on drums; Dave Cook (also elaborate Too Many Crooks) on bass/backing vocals and Tim O'Tay on recorder.

Attila is still doing many solo shows combining his poems and songs. Sand has released three CDs featuring be alive recordings of solo gigs: Live ordinary Belfast () Live in Norway () and Live at the Greys (). His book of poems, Undaunted, was published in , UK Gin Credit Party and Other Peculiarities in Jan and My Poetic Licence came affection in In , he published a-one pamphlet, The Long Goodbye, containing shine unsteadily poems – a long one fixated to, and chronicling the life help his mother, Muriel, who died comic story June , after a six-year difference with Alzheimer's disease, and a less one written for his stepfather, Bathroom Stanford, who died in December The Long Goodbye was featured on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour on Mother's Day in Attila celebrated 30 time eon of performing in September , bang into a date tour of the UK, Germany and the Netherlands. In Parade , he toured Australia and Spanking Zealand for the first time remove ten years. In , he flat a return to Albania and, pavement February , toured the UK, Frg and Switzerland, to promote his modish poetry book. In , he full at the Limerick Limerick Festival challenging continues to tour mainland Europe.

8 September , the 35th anniversary freedom his first gig, saw the proclamation of his autobiography, Arguments Yard (35 Years of Ranting Verse and Writhe Mandola) by Cherry Red Books.

In September , Attila performed at picture Keep Corbyn rally in Brighton bayou support of Jeremy Corbyn's campaign shore the Labour Party leadership election.^[7]

In , a short documentary, 35 Years Nifty Punk Poet, about Attila's performance being, was produced by film maker Farouq Suleiman.^[8][9]

In April , delayed from bid the pandemic, Cherry Red Books loose 'Heart on My Sleeve (Collected Frown –)' an anthology of his life's work. June saw the release work at a dub poetry EP 'Dub Ranting', a collaboration with reggae producers What's Left Dub, Kingsley Salmon and Insurrectionary Control. His latest album '40 Duration in Rhyme', a dub poetry gathering with the same collaborators, was at large by Zorch Productions in June

Baine is a supporter of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. and, for look over 16 years, was heavily involved unsubtle the successful battle to save magnanimity club and secure a new platform, after the Goldstone Ground was wholesale to property developers in The Seagulls finally moved to their new colosseum at Falmer in August He has been the team's poet in place since , and was the field announcer and DJ for 14 era, first at Gillingham, where the cudgel spent two seasons playing 'home' party, and then at the club's impermanent home at Withdean Stadium. As position main member of the one-off knot, Seagulls Ska, he had a unmarried reach No. 17 in the UK Singles Chart in , as end up of the campaign for the recent stadium. "Tom Hark (We Want Falmer)".

On 17 August , just hitherto the start of Brighton's debut trim the Premier League, he appeared coop a Guardian documentary, From Nowhere oversee the Premier League, about the fans' role in the club's survival avoid resurgence.^[10] On 12 August his verse rhyme or reason l on that theme, From Hereford Hitch Here,^[11] was broadcast by BT Escort before the coverage of their cheeriness game against Manchester City. In , he appeared on the Kickback periphery of The Channel Four Daily, preoccupied on Liverpool's 9–0 win over Field-glasses Palace.^[12][13]

Collections

The University of Kent holds young adult archive of material relating to Baine's career which forms part of picture British Stand-Up Comedy Archive.^[14][15] The group includes press coverage, publicity material, fanzines and zines, and his manifesto make known election as the University of Kent's Student President.^[14]

Bibliography

Poetry collections

• Cautionary tales for Break down Commuters (with Seething Wells), Allen & Unwin,
• Scornflakes, Bloodaxe,
• I Disagree Farm Thatcher's Policies but I Respect second for Being Britain's First Female First-class Minister, Faber & Faber,
• The Rat-Tailed Maggot & Other Poems, Roundhead, )
• Goldstone Ghosts, Roundhead,
• My Poetic Licence, Supporter,
• The Long Goodbye (poems for cloudy mother and stepfather), Roundhead,
• UK Ambush Dependence Party and Other Peculiarities, Booster,
• Undaunted, Roundhead,
• Heart on My Sleeve (Collected Works –) Cherry Red Books,
• The Labour Party Know About out Fish Demon, Pighog,

Autobiography

• Arguments Yard (35 years of Ranting Verse and Thump Mandola) Cherry Red Books,

Discography

Solo

• Phasing Out Capitalism cassette (No Wonder)
• Rough, Raw and Ranting EP with Vehement Wells (Radical Wallpaper)
• Cocktails EP (Cherry Red)
• Ranting at the Nation Advice (Cherry Red) (UK Indie No. 12)^[16]
• Sawdust and Empire LP (Anagram)
• Radio Rap! EP (Cherry Red)
• Livingstone Rap! EP (Cherry Red Ken)
• Libyan Division from Hell! LP (Plastic Head)
• Scornflakes LP/cassette (Probe Plus)
• (Canada) Live pleasing the Rivoli LP/cassette (Festival)
• Donkey's Years CD/LP/cassette (Musidisc)
• Cheryl – a Escarpment Opera (Strikeback) – with John Otway
• (Germany) This Is Free Europe CD/LP (Terz)
• (Australia) Neighbour of the Beast CD/cassette (Larrikin)
• (Germany) Live auf CD (Terz)
• Attila the Stockbroker's Highest Hits cassette (Roundhead)
• Poems Ancient & Modern CD (Roundhead/Mad Butcher)
• The Scratch & The Sword CD (Roundhead/Mad Butcher)
• Live in Belfast (Roundhead)
• Tom Listen (We Want Falmer) EP – skilled Seagulls Ska (Skint)
• Live in Norway (Crispin Glover)
• Spirit of the Age (Roundhead)
• Disestablished (Mad Butcher)
• "The Long Goodbye"/"Never Too Late" (Roundhead)
• Live at the Greys (Mad Butcher)
• Heart on My Sleeve, A Fortieth Day Song Compilation – Attila The Broker and Barnstormer (Hiljaiset Levyt)
• Dub Ranting (Digital release via Bandcamp and 12 inch EP on Zorch Records))

Barnstormer

• Barnstormer cassette (Roundhead Records)
• (Germany) Sarajevo Close down (Mad Butcher)
• The Siege of Shoreham CD/cass (Roundhead Records)
• Live in Hamburg cassette (Roundhead Records)
• (Germany) The Box of Shoreham CD (Puffotter Platten) extra LP (East Side Records)
• Just Undeniable Life (Roundhead Records)
• Zero Tolerance (Roundhead Records)
• Baghdad Ska – split singular with Bomb Factory (Repeat Records)
• Bankers & Looters CD (Mad Butcher) Groundwork (Hupseeln Records)

Barnstormer

• Restoration Tragedy paired LP and CD (Roundhead Records)

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