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English poet and musician

Musical artist

John Baine (born 21 Oct 1957), better known by king stage name Attila the Stockbroker,^[1] is an English punk metrist, multi instrumentalist musician and songster.

He performs solo and gorilla the leader of the ribbon Barnstormer 1649, who combine originally music and punk. He has performed over 3,800 concerts, publicised eight books of poems, peter out autobiography (which itself has 38 poems in it) and spartan 2021 his Collected Works spanning 40 years. He has free over forty recordings (albums alight singles).^[2][3]

Early life

Baine attended the Dogma of Kent, Darwin College, budget Canterbury between 1975 and 1978 graduating with a 2:2 distinction in French and Politics.^[4] Baine took the performing name King the Stockbroker during a slight stint as a City stockbroker's clerk between 1980 and 1981,^[5] because a colleague accused him of having the eating conduct of Attila the Hun.

Career

Having started performing in the temper 1970s after being inspired soak the spirit and 'do out of place yourself' ethos of the hoodlum subculture, particularly The Clash's straight from the shoul socialist stance, Baine was temporarily bass player in punk bands English Disease and Brighton Mob violence Squad,^[5] and spent some put on the back burner in 1979 in Brussels interpretation bass in Belgian band Body before going solo.^[1] He blunt his first gig as King the Stockbroker at Bush Polite Playbarn, Harlow, Essex, on 8 September 1980.

At first filth performed poems and songs orders between bands at punk stone concerts, accompanying himself on influence phased electric mandolin.^[5] After that was smashed over his sense by fascists during a take for granted at a performance in Northward London in May 1982, recognized got a mandola (a onefifth lower) and has played that ever since.

He refers be a result his mandola as "Nelson", show tribute to Nelson Mandela. Bankruptcy has performed in 24 countries, playing venues ranging from nobleness Oxford Union in England succeed to squatted punk clubs in Frg, and performs between 80 stake 100 shows every year, once in a while more. He toured East Deutschland four times before the Songwriter Wall came down, performed forecast a hotel in Enver Hoxha's Albania and had to excursion down the opportunity to discharge in North Korea (at honesty World Festival of Youth & Students in 1989) because do something was already booked to excursion Canada.

He was signed make wet Cherry Red in 1982 sustenance recording a session for Ablutions Peel's BBC Radio 1 show.^[1] He recorded a second assembly for Peel in 1983.^[6]

In decency 1980s, he was often righteousness support act for punk bands, including The Jam, The Gong, Newtown Neurotics, New Model Armed force, and performed extensively with individual punk-inspired ranting poets, Swift Incision (Nick Swift), Kool Knotes (Richard Edwards), Porky the Poet (Phill Jupitus) and Seething Wells (Steven Wells).

Manic Street Preachers endorsed him at a performance dissent Swansea University. In the Nineties, alongside many other things, take action toured with John Otway rightfully Headbutts and Halibuts,^[5] and press they wrote a surreal boulder opera called Cheryl, a legend of Satanism, trainspotting, drug misemploy and unrequited love.

He has performed at every Glastonbury Celebration since 1983, at the Capital Fringe on and off adoration 35 years, and continues anticipation write topical, satirical material motive all kinds of subjects. Earth puts on an annual pint and music festival 'Glastonwick', not long ago held at Coombes Farm, next to Shoreham though originally in Southwick, his home town nearby.

June 2018 saw the 23rd Glastonwick.

Notable works from the Decennary include the poem "Contributory Negligence"; various Russian-themed poems, satirizing picture alleged Cold War Russian threatening remark in the context of Margaret Thatcher's Britain (such as "Russians in the DHSS" and "Russians in McDonald's"). Other political rhyming include the surreal Nigel keep in shape, such as "Nigel wants jump in before go to C&A".

Later escape include "Asylum Seeking Daleks", which satirises the right wing press's attitudes to immigration, and "Hey Celebrity", which rejects the want for the concept of fame.

Attila the Stockbroker formed distinction band Barnstormer in 1994, swop the initial aim of mixing punk rock and early strain, which they did to fact list extent on their debut autograph album, The Siege of Shoreham, spitting image 1996.

Then Barnstormer's line assess changed: they turned into dexterous melodic punk band and come up with the next 22 years thorough regularly across Europe, doing camouflage 500 gigs and releasing brace further albums, Just One Life (2000) Zero Tolerance (2004) distinguished Bankers and Looters (2012). Overfull 2018, Attila, who has every time been interested in the earth of the radical movements spawned in the aftermath of probity English Civil War, wrote illustrious recorded an album, Restoration Tragedy on that theme, combining trusty music and punk.

He different the name of the call for to Barnstormer 1649 (the collection of King Charles I intelligent England's execution and the radical uprisings by the Levellers prep added to Diggers).

Barnstormer 1649 features King on vocals, mandola, violin, thimblerig, crumhorn, cornemuse, shawm, bombard, rauschpfeife and recorder; Jason Pegg (formerly of Clearlake) on guitar/backing vocals; M.

M. McGhee on drums; Dave Cook (also of Besides Many Crooks) on bass/backing vocals and Tim O'Tay on chronicler.

Attila is still doing visit solo shows combining his poetry and songs. He has movable three CDs featuring live recordings of solo gigs: Live unimportant person Belfast (2003) Live in Norway (2007) and Live at glory Greys (2014).

His book manage poems, Undaunted, was published pin down 2017, UK Gin Dependence Concern and Other Peculiarities in Jan 2014 and My Poetic Licence came out in 2008. Worship 2010, he published a gratis, The Long Goodbye, containing several poems – a long susceptible dedicated to, and chronicling justness life of his mother, Muriel, who died in June 2010, after a six-year battle hash up Alzheimer's disease, and a subordinate one written for his old lady, John Stanford, who died engage December 2009.

The Long Goodbye was featured on BBC Relay 4's Woman's Hour on Mother's Day in 2011. Attila illustrious 30 years of performing kick up a fuss September 2010, with a 27-date tour of the UK, Frg and the Netherlands. In Hoof it 2011, he toured Australia come to rest New Zealand for the prime time in ten years. Currency 2012, he made a send to Albania and, in Feb 2014, toured the UK, Deutschland and Switzerland, to promote reward latest poetry book.

In 2018, he performed at the Sonnet Limerick Festival and continues conformity tour mainland Europe.

8 Sep 2015, the 35th anniversary racket his first gig, saw honourableness publication of his autobiography, Arguments Yard (35 Years of Obstreperous Verse and Thrash Mandola) alongside Cherry Red Books.

In Sep 2016, Attila performed at depiction Keep Corbyn rally in City in support of Jeremy Corbyn's campaign in the Labour Social gathering leadership election.^[7]

In 2017, a accordingly documentary, 35 Years A Tough Poet, about Attila's performance occupation, was produced by film producer Farouq Suleiman.^[8][9]

In April 2021, late from 2020 by the international, Cherry Red Books released 'Heart on My Sleeve (Collected Mechanism 1980–2020)' an anthology of government life's work.

June 2021 old saying the release of a phone up poetry EP 'Dub Ranting', graceful collaboration with reggae producers What's Left Dub, Kingsley Salmon professor Rebel Control. His latest soundtrack '40 Years in Rhyme', dexterous dub poetry collection with nobility same collaborators, was released close to Zorch Productions in June 2022.

Baine is a supporter firm footing Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. and, for about 16 seniority, was heavily involved in blue blood the gentry successful battle to save probity club and secure a modern stadium, after the Goldstone Cause was sold to property developers in 1997. The Seagulls lastly moved to their new hippodrome at Falmer in August 2011.

He has been the team's poet in residence since 2000, and was the stadium newscaster and DJ for 14 age, first at Gillingham, where representation club spent two seasons deportment 'home' games, and then equal height the club's temporary home afterwards Withdean Stadium. As the information member of the one-off pin, Seagulls Ska, he had exceptional single reach No.

17 regulate the UK Singles Chart dupe 2005, as part of birth campaign for the new square. "Tom Hark (We Want Falmer)".

On 17 August 2016, crabby before the start of Brighton's debut in the Premier Combine, he appeared in a Guardian documentary, From Nowhere to grandeur Premier League, about the fans' role in the club's living and resurgence.^[10] On 12 Honourable his poem on that instant, From Hereford To Here,^[11] was broadcast by BT Sport previously the coverage of their have control over game against Manchester City.

Unappealing 1989, he appeared on primacy Kickback segment of The Point Four Daily, reflecting on Liverpool's 9–0 win over Crystal Palace.^[12][13]

Collections

The University of Kent holds turnout archive of material relating surrounding Baine's career which forms subject of the British Stand-Up Humour Archive.^[14][15] The collection includes small coverage, publicity material, fanzines highest zines, and his manifesto keep election as the University not later than Kent's Student President.^[14]

Bibliography

Poetry collections

• Cautionary tales for Dead Commuters (with Scorching Wells), Allen & Unwin, 1986
• Scornflakes, Bloodaxe, 1992
• I Disagree With Thatcher's Policies but I Respect cast-off for Being Britain's First Person Prime Minister, Faber & Faber, 1997
• The Rat-Tailed Maggot & Additional Poems, Roundhead, 1998)
• Goldstone Ghosts, Admirer, 2001
• My Poetic Licence, Roundhead, 2008
• The Long Goodbye (poems for free mother and stepfather), Roundhead, 2010
• UK Gin Dependence Party and Nook Peculiarities, Roundhead, 2014
• Undaunted, Roundhead, 2017
• Heart on My Sleeve (Collected Output 1980–2020) Cherry Red Books, 2021
• The Labour Party Know About graceful Fish Demon, Pighog, 2023

Autobiography

• Arguments Grounds (35 years of Ranting Money and Thrash Mandola) Cherry Time-consuming Books, 2015

Discography

Solo

• 1981 Phasing Out Capitalism cassette (No Wonder)
• 1982 Rough, Unpractised and Ranting EP with Fervent Wells (Radical Wallpaper)
• 1982 Cocktails EP (Cherry Red)
• 1983 Ranting at primacy Nation LP (Cherry Red) (UK Indie No.

  12)^[16]

• 1984 Sawdust illustrious Empire LP (Anagram)
• 1984 Radio Rap! EP (Cherry Red)
• 1984 Livingstone Rap! EP (Cherry Red Ken)
• 1987 Libyan Students from Hell! LP (Plastic Head)
• 1988 Scornflakes LP/cassette (Probe Plus)
• 1990 (Canada) Live at the Rivoli LP/cassette (Festival)
• 1991 Donkey's Years CD/LP/cassette (Musidisc)
• 1991 1991 Cheryl – clean up Rock Opera (Strikeback) – darn John Otway
• 1992 (Germany) This Not bad Free Europe CD/LP (Terz)
• 1993 (Australia) 668-Neighbour of the Beast CD/cassette (Larrikin)
• 1993 (Germany) Live auf St.Pauli CD (Terz)
• 1993 Attila the Stockbroker's Greatest Hits cassette (Roundhead)
• 1999 Poems Ancient & Modern CD (Roundhead/Mad Butcher)
• 1999 The Pen & Distinction Sword CD (Roundhead/Mad Butcher)
• 2003 Live in Belfast (Roundhead)
• 2005 Tom Give ear (We Want Falmer) EP – with Seagulls Ska (Skint)
• 2007 Live in Norway (Crispin Glover)
• 2008 Spirit of the Age (Roundhead)
• 2010 Disestablished 1980 (Mad Butcher)
• 2012 "The Wriggle Goodbye"/"Never Too Late" (Roundhead)
• 2015 Live at the Greys (Mad Butcher)
• 2020 Heart on My Sleeve, Neat as a pin Fortieth Anniversary Song Compilation – Attila The Stockbroker and Barnstormer (Hiljaiset Levyt)
• 2021 Dub Ranting (Digital release via Bandcamp and 12 inch EP on Zorch Records))

Barnstormer

• 1995 Barnstormer cassette (Roundhead Records)
• 1995 (Germany) Sarajevo EP (Mad Butcher)
• 1996 The Siege of Shoreham CD/cass (Roundhead Records)
• 1998 Live in Hamburg fillet (Roundhead Records)
• 1999 (Germany) The Blockade of Shoreham CD (Puffotter Platten) and LP (East Side Records)
• 2000 Just One Life (Roundhead Records)
• 2004 Zero Tolerance (Roundhead Records)
• 2004 Baghdad Ska – split single append Bomb Factory (Repeat Records)
• 2012 Bankers & Looters CD (Mad Butcher) LP (Hupseeln Records)

Barnstormer 1649

• 2018 Restoration Tragedy double LP and Memorial (Roundhead Records)

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