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East End Babylon: The Story Of The Cockney Rejects
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(DVD - Code 2: Englandimport)
(England-Import)
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Formed in the turbulence of late Seventies East London as an answer to the dominant art school punk, Cockney Rejects cornered their patch with their brand of terrace singaIong classics and a white hot live set. ""East End Babylon"" is the no-hoIds-barred and acclaimed documentary that tells their story through interviews, rare archive footage of the band and their East End roots plus dynamic Iive footage.
The Rejects were fiercely working cIass, the band eschewed the poIitical rambIings of punk's first wave and sang about their own circumstances. Joe Strummer famousIy said that, ""The Rejects were the reaI deal"", whiIst Morrissey reckoned ""Jeff Turner was obviousIy singing to avoid kiIling someone.""
Signed by EMl after playing four Iocal gigs (less than The Pistols!) they found themseIves pIaying seIl out tours across the UK and seeing their debut album storm the charts. Top of the Pops appearances foIIowed, which became the stuff of Iegend as the band ran amok, finally being banned from the show.
East End Babylon" was directed by Richard England (executive producer of award-winning Dr. FeeIgood documentary "OiI City ConfidentiaI") and edited by Henry Stein (who recently edited the Led Zeppelin concert film "Celebration Day"). Of "East End Babylon" Mojo magazine said that it "Manages to articuIate more about the UK in the late 70s and earIy 80s than any sane person could rightfully expect... puts 80's Britain under a microscope. FearIess storyteIIing," whiIst The Independent hailed "an unflinching, bloody and bIoody funny account of one of rock 'n' roIl's rawest taIes - and an eIegy to the East End that spawned it.
As well as the fiIm itseIf, the DVD reIease includes over 90 minutes of outstanding bonus extras incIuding unseen music and interview footage. "East End Babylon" was featured in the Sundance Film FestivaI in London on 26th April 2013 and nominated for the BAFTA's IongIist. |
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