Rebellion punk festival in Blackpool

[butchersapron]

Aye,i'm not as shocked by that as i would've thought...lifestyle anarchists

I'd like to work out how he did. I'm emailing them after the cricket (and if it carries on this bad i'll ring them tonight).

 

[butchersapron]

Yeah, Blackpool must be a bit of a surprise after Bristol...

Are you serious?

 

[bamalama]

I'd never even heard of him till i read it on this thread...rebellion,i've never been,has always seemed a bit strange to me,it's a very broad church with bands playing who i'd never have expected to see on the same bill,but there ye go.

 

[moose]

No offense moose but i think you're being a wee bit naive here,until they organised their own thing on the same weekend in blackpool,there was plenty of dodgy racist, fascist boneheads knocking around rebellion,maybe not very visible until the stiff right arm shite started(and in the early days it did),and maybe not more than a few tens or a hundred but they were definitely there.
As far as i know they were never openly challenged in any significant way either and allowed to go about their business (getalongerism it's called where i come from).Although i think a few bands,hard skin for one, might have drawn attention to it.
They do their own dodgy thing under the real british oi flag now(most of it is badly played metal shite),with bands like pressure 28,skinful,close shave etc.
As far as i know it's on the same weekend as rebellion,so you can bet they're still haunting the place trying to get people to come to their shite dos,and listen to their shite music...

Sorry, I can't offer an opinion on what goes on outside the festival. There are always a fair few non-white skins at Rebellion - I may be naive in using them as a barometer, but compared to the rest of Blackpool, where you can't spend 2 minutes in a taxi without the racist comments spilling out, it seems ok.

 

[bamalama]

Sorry, I can't offer an opinion on what goes on outside the festival. There are always a fair few non-white skins at Rebellion - I may be naive in using them as a barometer, but compared to the rest of Blackpool, where you can't spend 2 minutes in a taxi without the racist comments spilling out, it seems ok.

This was and probably is happening inside the festival.For what it's worth there is a well known black bonehead who has a huge collection of white power music and is well known for his backward rightwing views and lyrics,he's a yank

edit: one of the shite, fence sitting bands he drums for played london in the spring

 

[butchersapron]

Sorry, I can't offer an opinion on what goes on outside the festival. There are always a fair few non-white skins at Rebellion - I may be naive in using them as a barometer, but compared to the rest of Blackpool, where you can't spend 2 minutes in a taxi without the racist comments spilling out, it seems ok.

Is that right. I give up. All cab drivers are racist. Bristol is some back water that could not deal with black punks or skins and finally, you are a fucking idiot.

 

[moose]

This was and probably is happening inside the festival.For what it's worth there is a well known black skinhead who has a huge collection of white power music and is well known for his backward rightwing views and lyrics,he's a yank

Thanks for letting me know. Like the majority of people I met this weekend, I had no idea.

 

[moose]

Is that right. I give up. All cab drivers are racist. Bristol is some back water that could not deal with black puns or skins and finally, you are a fucking idiot.

What??? I didn't say anything about Bristol being a backwater. Are you drunk?

Edit: Ah, I see what you did there. I meant that after somewhere as diverse as I am led to believe Bristol is, Blackpool must seem like a backwater of the 70s. You numpty.

 

[bamalama]

Thanks for letting me know. Like the majority of people I met this weekend, I had no idea.

Fair enough,i don't think many do or care for that matter

 

[killer b]

Plenty of dodgy fucks at rebellion if you look for 'em. Its one of the things that puts me off going back. That and all that godawful oi! Stuff they keep booking...

 

[bamalama]

I'd like to work out how he did. I'm emailing them after the cricket (and if it carries on this bad i'll ring them tonight).

Did you get a reply? Be very interesting to hear what they have to say about it,if they did give ye one

 

[butchersapron]

I emailed them asking them if this was an accident or if it reflected their views. Plenty of space for them to distance themselves and their operations from this prick.

 

[killer b]

someone mentioned some dodgy bands playing a few years ago (trev or josef perhaps?), although i think the organisers are more likely apolitical idiots rather than actually dodgy themselves.

dunno what john robb's excuse is. has anyone tackled him directly?

 

[bamalama]

dunno what john robb's excuse is.

He's a dickhead?

 

[killer b]

certainly, but i've never noticed him being that kind of dickhead before.

 

[butchersapron]

I think it can only be down to being unaware on Robb's part. I think his band are a joke but i love the energy he has put into many things over the years and i'm getting buried at sea to spike milligan's tape recorder, i can see where openness passes into idiocy, but don't think that's happened here.

 

[killer b]

one of his bands is great!

 

[butchersapron]

one of his bands is great!

...and how many people can say that (morrissey).

 

[killer b]

loads of people. that guy from thee whatsits we were talking about last night for example.

 

[killer b]

I think it can only be down to being unaware on Robb's part.

while i'd like to think that, surely this suggests not?

John Robb just gave platform to a conspiracy theorist and didn't challenge any of his shit including anti-semitism. Punk as fuck.

 

[butchersapron]

while i'd like to think that, surely this suggests not?

Because he was just hearing this mad shit for the first time? Thinking of other stuff? Don't know, but i agree he needs to give an account of what happened.

 

[bamalama]

That sounds about right butchers,but he must have realised what was going on when this twat started comin out with his dodgy shite.I mean robb's never struck me as a stupid individual.He should have pulled it or at least challenged the stuff that was being said,if the set up there made it possible

 

[butchersapron]

That sounds about right butchers,but he must have realised what was going on when this twat started comin out with his dodgy shite.I mean robb's never struck me as a stupid individual.He should have pulled it or at least challenged the stuff that was being said,if the set up there made it possible

That's how it sounds to me - only CNT36 was there though. I think we need to give him room to a) either admit he fucked it up and say how/why b) maybe he did something later we don't yet know about when he got clued up. Either way, i doubt he'll be quiet!

 

[butchersapron]

Fuck me, Gary Bushell and Cas 'want to buy a badge' Pennant were the warm up acts. I'm serious.

 

[bamalama]

Hope he does say something because this stuff should be put to rest quick

 

[bamalama]

Fuck me, Gary Bushell and Cas 'want to buy a badge' Pennant were the warm up acts. I'm serious.

That's what i mean about rebellion,it's fuckin strange

 

[CNT36]

I emailed them asking them if this was an accident or if it reflected their views. Plenty of space for them to distance themselves and their operations from this prick.

I'm doing the same tomorrow.

Edited to add I'll try to email John Robb as well.

 

[butchersapron]

I'm doing the same tomorrow.

I'll let you know if i get any response before then.

 

[William of Walworth]

Kinnell! Never made it to Rebellion, though I've loved the look of some lineups. This thread is really informative .... to say the least ...

Will rely on moose and others for my festie guides if I ever make it ... not at all likely that soon realistically, but you never know.

 

[butchersapron]

No response as of yet. Sure it's the mist bust time of the year and that though.