When bassist Colin Dredd contracted pleurisy , he left the band; Mac (Travis Cut /The Pharaohs /The Skabilly Rebels) was brought in to play bass for some farewell shows (at which the band’s entire catalogue was played), and the band called it quits in October 1988.
Lead singer and guitarist Steve Drewett took openly socialist stances in his lyrics throughout the course of the band’s career, and currently displays an anarcho-syndicalist sticker on his guitar. From 1986, the Neurotics became one of the first Western bands to play behind the Iron Curtain , with successive tours…
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As The Newtown Neurotics, the band began their career playing punk heavily indebted stylistically to The Clash and The Ramones . They released a series of singles from 1979 – later collected on the album 45 Revolutions per Minute – and debut album Beggars Can Be Choosers in 1983. Over…
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