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The New Face of Rock n Roll

from Never Mind the Boolocks by Insane Society

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Wag: Ideally, with the vinyl sound at the beginning, this should have been the opener, but although it is quite powerful, it can't compete with 'United'. This took a bit of time to cut & paste Garry's poem to fit, and some lines may have suffered, hence some effects to tidy it up. The backing vocals before the chorus was a guide that was to be replaced by twin guitars, but I quite liked it as it was, so the oohs stayed. At the end is a clip from the Ramones 'Rock n Roll radio' and a great dual guitar solo that I'm very proud of.

Garry: Just a pop lyric really with no hidden message. The story of a wannabe kid wanting to be a rock star.

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Oi Oi 'ere we go, the new face of rock n roll
Oi Oi 'ere we go, skinny kids straight off the dole,
Oi Oi 'ere we go, the new face of rock n roll,
Oi Oi 'ere we go.

The new face of rock n roll, real life, not a show,
street level points of view, songs written in the dole queue,
they tried to give it a name,
the year that losers found fame.

High street fashion, we don't buy your clothes,
we don't like your elitist pose,
We are the kids who live on the street,
the sub-culture you don't meet.

Oi Oi 'ere we go, the new face of rock n roll
Oi Oi 'ere we go, skinny kids straight off the dole,
Oi Oi 'ere we go, the new face of rock n roll,
Oi Oi 'ere we go.

You sneer down your pink gins,
like you did safety pins,
the researchers of the dole queue,
write books and movies too.

The new face of rock n roll, seen it on the T.V. chat show,
being discussed by you know who,
politicians and vicar too.

Oi Oi 'ere we go, the new face of rock n roll
Oi Oi 'ere we go, it's me and you and life on the dole.

Guitar solo

This is it....

Oi Oi 'ere we go, the new face of rock n roll
Oi Oi 'ere we go, skinny kids straight off the dole,
Oi Oi 'ere we go, the new face of rock n roll,
Oi Oi 'ere we go, the new face of rock n roll.

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from Never Mind the Boolocks, released March 28, 2020
Music © 2015 Paul D Waghorn
Words by Garry Johnson

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Insane Society Royal Tunbridge Wells, UK

Insane Society have been around for about 18 years. The first three albums had Sheldon Hannaford on lead vocals. Steve and Wag are almost ever present and Chris is the 4th bassist following Stefan (died) Gavin (retired due to fatherhood) and JJ Kaos who is still playing bass for The Last Resort. Sheldon took a free transfer to Vicious Rumours in 2011 before being dropped. ... more

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