“We talk about political things in the pub, so it would be weird if we didn’t sing about it.”“It’s not like we’ve tapped into a zeitgeist, it’s more that the zeitgeist has tapped into us,” adds Talbot. “I wanted to use this album to rebuild ourselves in a cheap, easy way. It works out to just £1 per week, to receive our next 6 issues, our 15-year anniversary zine, access to our digital editions, the L&Q brass pin, exclusive playlists, the L&Q bookmark and loads of other extras. He basically took all this work Kanye had done with loads of different producers and went, ‘keep that bit, ditch that bit.’ He took Daft Punk and Evian Christ and boiled it down. If you didn’t know they were both in a band, you’d think they were two good friends chatting shit.“People often say we’re an angry band. In 1981 John left the band and Ross Fletcher replaced him on guitar. The band continued to tour heavily throughout the remainder of the 90s and into the new millennium with all the heavyweights of the day. A lot of ‘Yeezus’ is like that – Kanye really took a risk on it.”With the dregs left of my pint, I ask Idles about how they’re dealing with all their growing attention. We are, but more as individuals,” says Talbot when I ask the pair about their last single, ‘Well Done’.

This is a song reminding you of what a prick sounds like.”Both songs tap into the sense of frustration and anger that is following in the wake of Brexit and Trump’s victory. We wanted to take things back to fundamental principles and work from the ground up. Mick Jones from The Clash also joined Vicious' backing band filling in on guitar on the last live date. Relentless touring resulted in them quickly getting on the radar of punk rock fans worldwide. “‘Yeezus’ really helped us come out of our shell,” enthuses Talbot.

The Teen Idles were an American hardcore punk band formed in Washington, D.C. in September 1979. They were named “The Idols” after a voting between the regulars of the night Club/Restaurant ‘Auto Club’ in Kifissia in 1965. Eyewitness punk special 1978 - featuring The Idle Idols (clip 2) They were named “The Idols” after a voting between the regulars of the night Club/Restaurant ‘Auto Club’ in Kifissia in 1965. Joe Talbot is forthright and articulate, talking passionately about music, politics and his home in Bristol. Kill Your Idols was a hardcore punk band from Long Island/New York City, New York.The band was active from 1995 through 2007. One of the areas last old boozers, its white-lined pool table and flat screens showing the bowls are at odds with the stone-baked pizza and craft beers they sell over the road. Named after the harsh concrete architecture that sprung up in the aftermath of the Second World War, it’s as unsettling and monolithic as the buildings that inspired it. Check out the latest tracks, merch & gig dates. “People are a lot more socially aware than they were five years ago. “It would be lame to be like Green Day singing all that American Idiot stuff; it’s, like, well done. It’s an analogy that really works for us – like many great things; it clicked.

Like the group's appearance, their lyrical subject matter reacted against the then dominant new wave scene, and the perceived complacency that many first-wave punk bands, including The Teen Idles in 1980. Yet, Idles seem at home here. I know that word has a slightly different meaning these days, but in our case, it means combing all our individual likes while still managing to work together.”Despite being a punk band, Idles are a mess of competing influences. The Idols continued to play shows up and down the east coast but broke up in 1979, the last line up consisting of Jerry Nolan, Steve Dior, Barry Jones, Arthur Kane, and Walter Lure. Talbot and bassist Adam Devonshire met in sixth form college in Exeter. 3-4 names were proposed by the famous singer of that time Mrs. Danae and the one that won was the one proposed by the main singer and leader of the Band , Jo Michat. The Teen Idles were among the first punk groups from the early 1980s hardcore movement to break out of their regional scene to tour and sell nationally.In 1978, Washington teenager MacKaye discovered punk rock through a local After seeing a Bad Brains concert, MacKaye and Nelson began playing in a punk band, The Slinkees, with school friends Grindle and Mark Sullivan.To revive the fervor of punk, which the band felt was being distorted by After a number of concerts in D.C. opening for bands such as the Upon returning to D.C., the Teen Idles were asked by Skip Groff, owner of the Washington record store Yesterday and Today, to record some tracks at In late 1980, the Teen Idles decided to break up, mostly because Grindle had fallen out with Nelson.

It points a finger at people who use their convictions to shut down dialogue.