Bob Vylan: “If you feel like you can’t say something on an elevated platform, you probably shouldn’t have said it in the first place”

Bob Vylan were never meant to get this far. A pair of musical outlaws who emerged, mysteriously, from London’s underground with fire in their bellies and revolution on their minds, not only did they inhabit a grime-punk hinterland in which few others had found meaningful success, but their provocative politics – delivered with intimate, uncensored conviction, often calling for violence to meet violence – were the very antithesis of the beige modern mainstream. Hell, even the members’ taken names Bobby Vylan (vocals/guitar) and Bobbie Vylan (drums) seemed like the eccentricities of a resolutely cult concern. And still, their superb second album Bob Vylan Presents The Price Of Life landed at Number 18 on the UK Albums Chart, Number Four in physical sales and Number Three ...

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