Tickas a geordie, Buns a geordie ... K - bell is a grass ... the graffiti of my youth ...

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1st 3 Upstarts l.p's were great, esp the 2nd but poor Mensi was so confused politically, he always alleged that the "right wing" was the enemy when any1 w/ coherent functionability knows the Left is the evil red beast! Mensi r.i.p *rock against communism*

Wow! Just wow!

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6:12 .....no punkrock wasn't about "being against something" it was about the preservation of rockNroll, bringing in back to the mid 60s when it was @ its apex! I.e. the Ramones, Surf Punks, the Gears ...& in the UK the Barracudas, Surfin Lungs etc.

1st 3 Upstarts l.p's are good but when Mensi got hooked on communism by the mid 80s he'd lost it... The 'right' didn't ruin music/society.. the left did; Skrewdriver didn't go astray musically til after their 3rd l.p but many dolts deprive of great music by dismissing their early/mid 80s output. Rock against communism! 🎶

I worked with the inspector who was on duty the night he was brought into the station . I remember him going to all the hearings afterwards, he was proud they had killed him , he bragged about it . A vile animal probably dead now .

Upstarts is the real deal. RIP Mensi. Your legacy lives on in our generation

O'Jay on Bass and Lee on Percussion recorded 3 days ago kzbin.info/www/bejne/bHqzaHqmgb-mg68

Mensi man, what a lad. RIP brother.

What killed mensi? 💉🚫

RIP Mensi, true performer, entertainer and all round good guy. Such great nights watching him and the Upstarts play down the years. Had a tear in my eye at Rebellion 2022 seeing the tribute to him.

Oooof! See you at Thornfest!

r.i.p mensi?

Rip Tommy Mensi anti fascist and true socialist.

Oh look. A hardly-viewed gemstone in my recommendations. I've just discovered Smoove & Turrel thanks to Craig Charles. Here's a bunch musicians, talented, hard working, who care enough about their music enough to still have fun. How did it take me so long to find them?

That statement what mensi makes about lidle towers daughter resonates More than ever now he's gone rip kidda

R.i.p mensi, incredible frontman and person. Thank you for the great music.

The Red Flag Of Communism is soaked in much blood . Socialism is Just a Watered Down Communist ideology . However, Please Don’t take me the wrong way people. i Hate all forms of Dictatorship including fascism, etc. But now we have the New World Order Bringing in their new style of a Chinese style credit system . All under the false Pretence of public Health. Can you believe that these mask wearers still haven’t figured out that none of this is about protecting them from a Virus. . . And the plan all along was to reduce them to a state of perpetual Fear, so that they keep surrendering their freedoms to power hungry politicians in exchange for the illusion of protection, which is really Just the roll out of a dystopian, Ai Controlled, Total surveillance smart grid know as the NEW WORLD ORDER.

What a band.

RIP Mensi. Working class hero

R.I.P Mensi, great overview of The Upstarts thankyou

Fucking amazing! I had to come back and watch this again after the sad passing of Mensi. What a frontman and what a band! RIP Mensi, yr gonna be missed by so many of us.

R.I.P Mensi, true working class hero and Collier.

RI.P

Chris Wright is from Hebburn, but used to fight out of a Jarrow boxing club, St. Kilda's ABC. I know this because I was going to the same gym at the time. He was a few years older than me, so I'd say about 16 (around 1983). I was a bit in awe of him, he definitely looked the part...

Original, no bullshit!

Superb!

Excellent sound!

The best cover of Jolene ever, thanks Charli :-)

Great job Ojay!💖👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

What a fucked up asshole mensi is.

How many people have a gut feeling that the powers that are allowed by our own mistrust or each other. Probably sorted out all the shit that used to go on not exclusively but how many time do these types light the fuse them point at someone else. This young generation 18 to 30 years old are more controlled than anything before wow no imagination sad man well sad.

Is it Simon Donald talking at the very beginning talking about a working class area? Donald is a middle class hypocrite, pretending he is working class. He is from Jesmond, the poshest part of Newcastle. Jesmond, Gosforth, Heaton, Fenham, in that order. Funny bloke but a bit of a tosser.

incredible band

Crackin' band

these guys do the most incredible gigs. never experienced anything like it

I didn't know Fozzie Bear played bass but I'm glad he does. I totally dig this dudes style, he is doing his own thing.

Formerly of the Dust Junkys. This guy is special.

haway the lads!!!!!

Dude is definitely unique... Very nicely done.

was expecting more than that by the title etc was not impressed by that at all only started sounding ok when all the effects kicked in & did all the playing for him

Awesome

Its like being back in 1979 nice

Best North East band and have been for a while

Freakin awesome 👏

Brocka garages gig and daves house hahahaha I remember it well! Class day in my brocka life 👏👏👏👏👍

Upstarts fucking class man. Still to this day. Give you what you want at a gig. Always. Brocka born and bred. 👍👍👍👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧🍻🍻🍻

Wow that was awesome