“It all started as a bit of fun and something to do really.” GBH guitarist Jock Blyth is talking about the band he formed with three friends 45 years ago in Birmingham, England. Like many other British youth at the time, GBH formed after seeing The Clash live. The enthusiastic teens set about their craft with a determination typical of their working-class upbringings. “We were writing songs at a furious pace then and would throw them in the set straight away”, says Blyth. Their energy paid off as the band was quickly signed to Clay Records, an independent label run by Mike Stone. “He came to see us supporting Discharge on one of our early tours and came up to the dressing room afterwards to say how much he’d enjoyed our set. He asked us to join Clay reco...