RIP Mensi

RIP Mensi, gone out in a puff of smoke.

@l.salisbury1253

2 жыл бұрын

SHIT! This is first I heard of this!!

amazing to think this is over forty years old, but then again, so am i

Remember when they got chased off the stage in Lincoln, must have been about 1979. They had a couple of "security" skinhead bully boys on each side of the stage punching a few people at random. The audience didn't take too kindly to that and after a couple of songs, invaded the stage, the band (and the bully boys - who got completely mashed up by the mob) ran into the dressing room and the crowd proceeded to smash up all their instruments. Would have been a great concert if they had left the bully boys at home. The funny thing was that when the stage was totally destroyed and the concert was abandoned, the club DJ took to the decks and played "Smash it up" by the Damned, the whole place took to the dancefloor like wildfire. Although that´s what I remember most, Angelic Upstarts were a great band.

@neilstrachan9860

Жыл бұрын

I'm surprised Mensi ran.

@kookadams85

Жыл бұрын

The American band Bully Boys started a few years later, they were good .

@mokitoko

Жыл бұрын

Sounds like fun

@FBInc666

Жыл бұрын

@@mokitoko I have to admit it was

@Iloveyounixvova

8 ай бұрын

Классная история😮

I remember my uncle getting me this LP a long time ago and saying don't play it near your parents, it's got a bit of swearing in it. Great album, might have to get another copy ;-)

@ryantimony6669

4 жыл бұрын

Love this story

@juancarlospedernera1095

2 жыл бұрын

@@ryantimony6669 w. Ki7

Pil when in the mood,upstarts when in the mood.all great!

Always loved the Upstarts first saw them age 14 in 1979 supporting Adam & the Ants london Lyceum.

@badbasstrilogy

4 жыл бұрын

Me too ,14 at Digbeth Civic Hall ,they played loads in Brum...A couple of doors down from Steelhouse Lane nick...It was always a bit lively once we got to THOSE songs!! Hhhh,great teenage days!

they wont make em like this anymore.....classic album...great riffs and music.....if u don't own this album then you dont know good music !!!!!

Brilliant first four albums. Love them.

@kookadams85

2 ай бұрын

1st 3. Almost as good as Skrewdriver.

Love this album

@johnlopez605

4 жыл бұрын

Punk Indie Pom it’s awesome

I like also the music and the cover art. Love this band. Good ilustration for those times. Poland 1981

Saw them live first time may of 2018 with GBH. Was a good show !!!

@thefrankieteardrop

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah great band. First seen them in Bradys Liverpool 81 with support band Infa Riot. Great times....

The greatest original skinhead bands were these and Sham 69, R.I.P Mensi, you'll always be a part of me x

@kookadams85

Жыл бұрын

Skrewdriver 77 thru 85 were top notch!

@paulgriffiths1062

Жыл бұрын

@@kookadams85 yes mate....far better than the upstarts ( who played on the skinheads with the fake patriotism ) and sham ( who didn't have a clue what was going on lol). All screwed up ....practically unbeatable...both as a punk lp or a skinhead lp.

@garethjohn6067

Жыл бұрын

Mensi stated in an interview that they were a PUNK band not OI! or skinhead.lovely guy will be sorely missed.

@jladams85

10 ай бұрын

​@@paulgriffiths1062 all skrewed up & hail the new Dawn. + the boots n braces/voice of Britain comp

I had forgotten just how much this album was a part of my youth. First Upstarts album I stole (My local Woolworths if I remember correctly). Still a great album, up there with the best

Great album, really in need of a remaster, so at least all the songs seem like they were recorded in the same studio :)

never get sick of listening to the upstarts ,its for life

🌹Mensi🕯️✨🔥🖤🔥

thanks for uploading this.

@skyxcream8921

2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome mate

this álbum is my Best remember

First band I ever saw circa 1980. Quite proud that they were so scared of us teenagers that the security for the gig was provided by the Wolverhampton Hells Angels and the infamous Jimmy the Con.

@thomasgunn597

2 жыл бұрын

The Upstarts are scared of no one

@sgbh8874

2 жыл бұрын

Thomas Gunn - hi ya TG. Sorry, didn't mean that the Upstarts were scared of us. I meant the local authorities were so scared of a bunch of teenager going to see a band, they called Jimmy the Con and the Angels in. Some Gigs in late 70s early 80s were like football matches - very very violent. Upstarts concerts could be a tad tasty, hence the Angels. There was, however, no trouble at the gig (Walsall town hall). To be really honest though, The Upstarts alone would have shit breeze blocks in regards to Jimmy the Con. You can read about him in the JBs (Dudley) book.

@thomasgunn597

2 жыл бұрын

@@sgbh8874 Fair enough mate. Thanks for clearing that up. You are right in your description of these late 70s early 80s gigs. They could get quite brutal.

Thi is definitely one of me all time greats!!! Thanx for posting and cheers from the states☆

Never had any of their stuff except punk comps. Woman in disguise, police oppression and last night another soldier were about the only songs I heard.

Upstarts absolutely magic...any chance of a belfast gig lads...

@regvarney5582

3 жыл бұрын

Belfast is in Britain.

RIP MENSI, UPSTARTS 4LIFE

Great band i had the 3 first albums but no more love them

Great album! The only track I don't dig is the title track-cover

Classic

Capital City sounds like The Clash Clash City Rockers!

Is that deka on drums? Great bloke, great drummer!!!

@garethjohn6067

4 ай бұрын

His name is Decca.

@tommytommytommytommyrobins496

4 ай бұрын

@@garethjohn6067 yeah he’s my mate, whole family are

Gotta get a turntable and take this LP for a spin

Nice 👍

RIP Mensi

Get it right theres only one upstarts sound and only one mensi love em since a kid .

This shit is real.

This was their peak. In the mid 80s when Mensi went communist that was the end. RIP

Oi😀

0i!

@sgbh8874

2 жыл бұрын

No way .....clash influenced punk.

Ha muerto Mensi?

@skyxcream8921

2 жыл бұрын

Sí, en diciembre del año pasado.

@angeltebasgarcia

2 жыл бұрын

@@skyxcream8921 Joder no lo sabía, gracias por decírmelo. Es una gran perdida para todos los que amamos el Punk y el OI! y para todos los antifascistas del mundo. Descansa en paz 😪

@garethjohn6067

Жыл бұрын

Fucking COVID got him like Dave Greenfield from the stranglers.

Nö

Loved upstarts first couple of albums....then they decided to go down the political route. Not for me. But early upstarts material was just as good as anything out there at the time.

@kookadams85

2 жыл бұрын

Yep they went communist after ...sad.

@kookadams85

2 ай бұрын

Exactly. Good til they became commies. They should've take the same route as Skrewdriver. 💯

Que wea cantan estos weones?? O.o

@skyxcream8921

3 жыл бұрын

No entendiste nada weon, volve a nacer.

@sbtemi9682

3 жыл бұрын

@@skyxcream8921 Y pa que te enojai weon??.... Si estaba preguntando no mas jajajaja

Banda consagrada el los anales de la historia del punk, eso es nada!

Garbage . Johnny , and PIL were over this crap by 1979. NOTHING original here

@lifeandliberty0172

3 жыл бұрын

PIL fucking sucks. And what, are you going to bitch about Dylan and Springsteen still playing the same styles? Probably not.

@jiveturkey9993

3 жыл бұрын

@@lifeandliberty0172 whether these guys were original or not is debatable. But PIL was pretty damn good.kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZXh6z66nedywXc4.html

@jonathansemler369

3 жыл бұрын

@@lifeandliberty0172 PIL sucks? Lol

@lifeandliberty0172

3 жыл бұрын

@@jonathansemler369 Yes. They're awful. If they didn't have the sex pistols connection, no one would have ever listened to them.

@lifeandliberty0172

3 жыл бұрын

@@jonathansemler369 Like ever. It's garbage.

Rip singer dec 10

RIP Mensi