The Redskins - Keep on Keepin' On (High Quality)

[@ptangyangkipperbang3295]

In my youth ,a day never went by without playing their Album.I would go and see them all over London, think town and country was the last time I saw them .Awesome live.

[@terryhindley3292]

were there any skins following them?? old school working class or did poseur bm/nf weekend punks ruin their gigs as well?? !!

[@glenmorgan4597]

​@@terryhindley3292I was at one gig when they tried to start but came unstuck

[@davidbeeson9408]

Best band ever. An absolute crime that ‘Moscow’ was their only official album. An absolute capital crime.

[@Vidrinskas]

Saw them live around this time. Fantastic gig.

[@michaeljoshuamcblain2727]

seen The Redskins support The Clash circa 1980 excellent gig -one of the best ever

[@madpierre476]

+michael joshua MCBLAIN where was that mate

[@garycee]

Always loved this song and the album too. Great band and should have been massive. Keep on keepin' on...'til the fight is won!

[@rjjcms1]

Didn't realise how close this song came to breaking into the Top 40 for them - just a small handful of places at most short for much of November 1984.

[@scarletharlot69]

Victory to the Miners!!!!

[@paulgrahamedwardspencer5161]

They lost mate

[@scarletharlot69]

I know. We all did. Look where we are now even more bitter times.... I can't remembers such a bitter time....

[@paulgrahamedwardspencer5161]

this country is a mess now worst than the 80's

[@chrisparnham]

@@paulgrahamedwardspencer5161 They stayed out on strike for a whole year while the Tories employed all the trappings of a police state against them. Unlike almost every one they had the guts and strength to fight against impossible odds. Everything they said they were fighting to stop happening happened and the Union movement was set back for decades. Until now of course, with the most reactionary viscous Tory government giving the top 1% huge tax relief and bonuses for the bankers who cost us £147 billion in 2008, and the rest of us the worst cost of living crisis, astronomical energy bills and a crumbling economy, the unions are fighting back. No doubt you are sniping at them, hoping they lose and sycophantically on your knees to the Tories. They love people like yourself or rather your votes don't expect any loyalty or consideration in return they don't give a damn about you.

[@gizmotriner]

More relevant today than ever....back together soon please?

[@perrystownTV]

takes me back to a time and a place my missus will never understand...

[@FizzyGLA]

Sounds like yer mrs is too young for you

[@simonchesterfield7517]

The tube Great show.

[@jonnyhaw]

The Tube thrived on controversy, and the producers were very much left-leaning, so i still think, on the balance of probabilities, it's much more likely to have been a technical cock-up, rather than a deliberate act of censorship. Real shame that it didn't work out - it would have been a great moment - and the miner did finally get to air his speech on a recent Tube documentary on Channel 4....

[@rjjcms1]

It is at odds with Channel 4's irreverent approach and their,and sometimes the BBC's,at times bold programming decisions covering and giving a platform to ideas and issues that made them a frequent scourge of the right wing press,the blue rinse brigade and the establishment in the 80s.

[@jonathanhadley2555]

Apparently on The Redskins FB page it was a mistake & not a cover up!

[@grogogoll]

"recent Tube documentary on Channel 4...." where's the link ?

[@jonnyhaw]

@@grogogoll My comment is from 10 years ago, so not so recent now! It was called “Rewind The Tube” and was shown in Sept 2013. Unfortunately it doesn’t seem to be available online.

[@grogogoll]

@@jonnyhawthanks ever so much then, didn't mean to be rude

[@Yagamy204]

Viva os mineiros!!!

[@jerrysmith2360]

I must have been only kid at school that bought the cassette of Neither Washington or Moscow. Some 25 years later, just mentioned that I’d liked the Redskins at work and I was shocked that three of my fellow male colleagues ( sadly no women) were fans. That tape got quite an outing and copied a few times I bet. I rarely lend my stuff out, it goes missing, but I made sure I got that back.

[@glenmorgan4597]

LP has recently been re mastered with additional tracks, great LP

[@jerrysmith2360]

@@glenmorgan4597 thanks for the info, wasn’t aware it had been remastered and rereleased. Just checked it out, the vinyl is selling for somewhere around £30

[@kayprout3234]

brilliant, all

[@dn5803]

This one's for Mick Lynch

[@herbiegobananas1744]

Fucking great band. The fascists theft of skinhead was a nauseating cultural crime

[@jamesguy1030]

Herbie Go Bananas ~ Yeah, The Division in the Skinhead Scene started back in the Late 1970’s & Early 1980’s . Throughout the Late 1979’s & early 1980’s Skinhead & Punk was big news. Bands like Sham69, Madness, The Cockney Rejects, Stiff Little Fingers, & Splodge were all in the Top Ten at the 100 Club . & Skunks (Skins & Punx) were regular venues for Skinhead & Punk Bands. Along with the growth of Punk in 1977/1978 there had also been a steady increase in Racial Violence. So the mainstream media blamed this on the violent youth & the violent youth culture music ~ Punk & Oi! Oi! That they were listening to. Of course the fact that every major city & town was now overrun with immigrants had nothing to do with it whatsoever. The fact that most of the Punk Bands at the time were Left Wing especially the Tommy Robinson Band & The Clash also didn’t seem to matter as the media launched it’s very own Cure. A musical umbrella movement called ROCK AGAINST RACISM Working alongside the GLC (Greater London Council) & this new movement Organised quite a few festivals in & around London. Plus after the Southhall Riots back in 1981 were the 4-Skins & various other Oi! Bands played in the Hambrough Tavern & a Large Mob of Angry Asians with petrol bombs burned down the building, Skinhead & Oi! Bands weren’t really welcome anywhere. So in response to all this the Right Wing launched it’s very own musical umbrella movement called ROCK AGAINST COMMUNISM. & Started To Organise their Own shows & mini festivals & for the people concerned after Southhall it was Just what their Scene needed. A self financed, self motivated underground gig scene that attracted over 500 people to each gig. Simply by word of mouth, they said that the New Breed had arrived. So Now there was an army of Right Wing activists Listening to the new bands Like = SKREWDRIVER, THE OVALTINEES, PETER & THE WOLF, BRUTAL ATTACK, LONDON BRANCH, & THE DIE HARDS, They were the first Bands to play under the R.A.C Banner . Some of these bands entertained & inspired the people Present. However, only a couple of them gained any real notoriety.

[@glenmorgan4597]

​@jamesguy1030 had a work college who was heavily into RAC & would go to loads of gigs but eventually drifted away from it

[@jonnyhaw]

The mic wasn't turned off - it was a prop mic for the bassist and was never even plugged in! If only he'd gone to the singer's mic...

[@jdclover]

Victory to the miners!

[@tendrosstoodross2976]

The miners got smashed.

[@jdclover]

@@tendrosstoodross2976 well, they did but with honour. The provocation to strike by the Thatcher government and their preparedness to defeat the miners was a cynical ploy that ushered in the modern era of British politics and society and look where we are now. Cool that this is a response to a comment I made a decade ago!

[@chrisparnham]

@@tendrosstoodross2976 Fuck you they didn't get smashed they stayed out for a year against effectively a police state and they all walked back into work with a huge pay rise far larger than anyone else got, the postponement of the closure of the five pits: Cortonwood, Bullcliffe Wood, Herrington, Polmaise and Snowdown and their pride that they had done something snivelling pricks like you wouldn't have lasted more than a couple of days attempting. None of the gains made for the people or workers wasn't made without a struggle if it had been left to people like you we'd still be a feudal society with you occupied full time as the village idiot.

[@tendrosstoodross2976]

Thank the heavens they turned that scruffy miners microphone off.

[@luluc1]

I agree

[@Charlies247]

Tidy!

[@bethanywilliams8496]

Keep on keeping on!! Awesome😇

[@feline1973]

the bit at the start where the introduce a miner reminds me fondly of "The Intro & the Outro" by the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band. They shoulda done more of that bit. The song would've greatly benefitted from Adolf Hitler on vibes, for instance.

[@DrMattDestruction]

Universal Basic Income today! give money to the homeless today! i gave $2.50 CDN to the homeless this week!

[@johnhyde7454]

Justice for Orgreave

[@stephenwalker850]

Voice

[@paulbradley4933]

the voice isn't unlike billy bragg or paul weller, bit of adam and the ants vibe , almost a haircut song with an early abc horn section but with disregard for being fashionably late. just cough mate and you'll sound better.

[@jacob13299]

Channel 4 censorship of striking miners

[@malvinmainwaring3443]

And the bbc

[@Polemicist0]

I actually once saw The Redskins perform live as part of benefit gig which I believe was actually organised for striking miners in the mid-1980s. For such a so-called politically left-wing group they use to attract a very aggressively violent and racist skinhead following. Consequently, there was often both fights and trouble at their gigs as they toured the country.

[@knotknown847]

I saw them 3 times in London - never once saw a fascist skinhead at these gigs. Saw thousands of people dancing their tits off tho. I think you are confusing one attack by nazi skins at the infamous GLC gig where the bone heads got their asses kicked and had to run for it and then trying to make a narrative that fits your erroneous opinion?

[@lloyddwyer6759]

Not true. The band was targeted by right wing fascist skinheads. I toured with them and witnessed it for myself.

[@jonathanhadley2555]

Apparently on The Redskins fb page it was a technical problem & not a cover up!

[@HarryDeano]

Who's buying all this coal???

[@knotknown847]

Steel industry, power stations

[@SJ-gg8fm]

Speak up son ,I can't fockin hear you.