Anti-Nowhere League
Country	England
Years active	1980 - 1989, 1992 - Present
Genres	Punk Rock
Labels	Impact, Captain Oi!, Nowhere
Members	Animal, Jez, PJ, Shady

Anti-Nowhere League are an English Punk band formed in 1980, by lead singer Animal (real name Nick Kulmer) and rhythm guitarist Magoo (real name Chris Exall), with Bones on Drums and Baggy Elvy on Bass. Their first gig was at Tunbridge Wells, on the day of the annual carnival, at which they promptly got arrested. This led to their first press coverage with the local newspaper describing their gig as a 'cacophany of noise'. In 1981, Gooky (who left the same year), Hopper and Clive "Winston" Blake came in on Lead Guitar, Drums and Bass respectively, although Hopper was quickly replaced with PJ ('Persian John') (real name Djahanshah Aghssa). They managed to get a slot in the Apocylypse tour along with The Exploited, Chron Gen and Anti Pasti. This led to them signing to John Curd's record label WXYZ, with Curd and Chris Gabrin co-managing the band. Image File history File links Anti-Nowhere League Logo File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification    - by Athelstan 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi   - Water (%) Population... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Impact Records is an American record label, once a subsidiary of MCA Records. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification    - by Athelstan 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi   - Water (%) Population... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Ercole de Roberti: Concert, c. ... Nick John Kulmer AKA Animal. Vocalist with punk band The Anti-Nowhere League. ... A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. ... Rhythm guitarist known as Magoo, with punk band The Anti-Nowhere League between 1980 & 2001 Categories: Guitarist stubs ... Bones is the original drummer for The Anti-Nowhere League. ... A session drummer at practice A drummer is a musician who plays the drums, particularly the drum kit, marching percussion, or hand drums. ... Bass guitarist for The Anti-Nowhere League. ... Martin EB18 Bass Guitar in flight case The electric bass guitar (also called electric bass or simply bass) is an electrically amplified plucked string instrument. ... Tunbridge Wells (officially Royal Tunbridge Wells) is a Wealden town in west Kent in England, just north of the border with East Sussex. ... Swabian-Alemannic carnival clowns in Wolfach, Germany A carnival is a public celebration or parade combining some elements of a circus and public street party, generally during the Carnival Season. ... Clive Harvey Blake was the Bass guitarist for the punk group The Anti-Nowhere League between 1981 and 1997. ... Djahanshah Aghssa Drummer (known as PJ or Persian John) with the punk group The Anti-Nowhere League Categories: Musician stubs ... The Exploited are a seminal rock band, from the second wave of U.K. punk rock, but now musically defined as Crossover thrash (especially in post-1987 period). ... Anti-Pasti (not to be confused with the Italian Hors dÅ“uvre antipasti) was a British punk band founded by vocalist Martin Roper and guitarist Dugi Bell in 1979, featuring Kev Nixon on Drums and Will Hoon on Bass. ... WXYZ is the ABC affiliate in Detroit, Michigan. ...

Later that year, they also opened for The Damned on a short tour round the north of England. November 1981 saw the release of their first single, a cover version of Ralph McTell's 'Streets of London', with the song that was to become the group's anthem, "So What" on the B side. The Damned are a punk rock group formed in London in 1976. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification    - by Athelstan 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi   - Water (%) Population... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ralph McTell (born Ralph May in Farnborough, England, 3 December 1944) is an English singer/songwriter and acoustic guitar player who has been an influential figure on the UK folk scene since the 1960s. ... So What? is a controversial, hilariously profane song written by British punk band The Anti-Nowhere League. ...

In 1982, things were looking good for the band, with the 'So What Tour' in the company of such groups as Chelsea, Chron Gen and the Defects, and the release of their debut album We Are...The League. However, the Obscene Publications Squad seized all copies of their records, which were removed from shops and they were banned from TV and Radio. To top it all, they were thrown out of the Top Of The Pops studio...just because Animal happened to be carrying a 3ft axe around with him! However the year finished on a high, with the 'Hardcore Storms America' tour with the UK Subs. Chelsea was an early punk band, formed in London in 1977. ... Top of the Pops was a long-running British music chart television programme shown each week on BBC and now licensed for national versions around the world. ... A foot (plural: feet) is any of several old units of distance or length, measuring around a quarter to a third of a meter. ... The UK Subs are a British punk band, the mainstay of which is vocalist Charlie Harper, a veteran of Britains R & B scene. ...

Gilly (real name Mark Gilham) joined the band in 1983 as an extra guitarist, which according to the bands website,[1], was because Magoo was drinking heavily and was often unable to carry out his commitments as guitarist. The band went to Yugoslavia to record a live album, imaginatively called Live In Yugoslavia, but even this was dogged by problems with the authorities insisting that references that Animal had made about recently deceased president Tito be removed from the master tapes, and any language which they deemed to be offensive be bleeped (including a few "when’s", "it’s" and "ands" according to Animal!). Guitarist (known as Gilly) for punk band The Anti-Nowhere League between 1983 and 1996. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Yugoslavia (Jugoslavija in all South Slavic languages, Југославија in Serbian and Macedonian Cyrillic) is a term used for the three separate but successive political entities that existed during most of the 20th century on the Balkan Peninsula in Europe. ... Live in Yugoslavia is a live album from the punk band The Anti-Nowhere League. ... Josip Broz Tito (May 7, 1892 - May 4, 1980) was the ruler of Yugoslavia between the end of World War II and his death in 1980. ...

By 1984, things were not looking too good. PJ quit, unable to cope with the pressures of the drugs and alcohol lifestyle the band were now leading and they were musically inactive. 1985 saw Michael Bettel on the drums, followed in 1986 by JB (Jonathan Birch). During this time they signed for GWR Records, and recorded the Perfect Crime album. However, once again there were problems, when GWR refused to put up the money to finish the album once they heard its rough cut, and it was released unfinished to try to get back some of the money already invested in it. This was the final straw, and in 1987 ANWL disbanded. There was a "Farewell" show in 1989. 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Fast forward to 1992, and Animal was working on his car, in the rain. The phone rang, and it was JB, with the news that Metallica wanted Animal to guest at Wembley Arena, when they did their cover of 'So What'. Apparently Animals response was "Who the fuck are Metallica?, and anyway I'm working on my car!!" JB phoned back later, and managed to persuade Animal to do the slot. Animal put it thus on ANWL's website. "As I waited on the edge of the stage waiting to go on it suddenly dawned on me I was just about to stand in front of 10,000 punters who didn’t know me from Adam and sing a song that I couldn’t fucking remember………….all that kept running through my head was RUN you silly old fucker!". However, after the show, the bug had bitten again. Mark joined that year on Lead Guitar, and 1993 - 1995 was spent playing gigs in the small venues the band had started out in. In 1996, they signed up with Impact Records and recorded their next EP Pig Iron. Beef also joined the band after Mark's departure. 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Metallica is an American heavy metal band. ... Wembley Arena (Taken at a live WWE Show). ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Impact Records is an American record label, once a subsidiary of MCA Records. ...

1997 saw another personnel change when Winston left the band to be replaced by Jon Jon, and recording the album Scum. 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Danny joined on drums in 1998. 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...

The album Out of Control was released a year later in 1999. In 2001 Magoo quit playing live shows. 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...

2002 - present

Jon Jon, Beef and Danny all left, to be replaced by PJ (original drummer), Jez, and Shady. This lineup released the band's fifth studio album, Kings and Queens in 2005. In 2006, the band set up their own independent record label, Nowhere Records Ltd. – with Pig Iron - The Album being the very first release on this label in August 2006.[2] For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... An independent record label is variously described as a record label operating without the funding (or outside the organizations) of the major record labels, and/or a label that subscribes to indie philosophies such as DIY and anti-corporate art. ...

In 2006, a person wearing an Anti-Nowhere League t-shirt could be seen in a Vodafone advertisement shown in Ireland. T-Shirt A T-shirt (or tee shirt) is a shirt with short or long sleeves, a round neck, put on over the head, without pockets. ... Vodafone Group plc is a British mobile phone operator headquartered in Newbury, Berkshire, England, is the largest mobile telecommunications network company in the world by turnover and has a market value of about $134 billion (June 2006). ... Generally speaking, advertising is the paid promotion of goods, services, companies and ideas by an identified sponsor. ...

Discography

Studio Albums

• We Are... The League (1982)
• The Perfect Crime (1987)
• Scum (1997)
• Out of Control (2000)
• Kings and Queens (2005)
• Pig Iron - The Album (2006)

Singles/EPs

• Streets of London (1981)
• Anti Nowhere League (1981)
• I Hate People (1982)
• Woman (1982)
• World War III (1982)
• For You (1982)
• Out On the Wasteland (1984)
• Crime (Date unknown)
• Fuck Around the Clock (1989)
• Pig Iron EP (1996)

Live Albums

• Live in Yugoslavia (1983)
• Long Live The League (1985)
• Live And Loud (1989)
• Return To Yugoslavia (1998)
• Live Animals (2002)

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Compilations

• Best Of The Anti-Nowhere League (1992)
• Anagram's Punk Collectors Series - Complete singles collection (1995)
• Anti Nowhere League - Anthology (1999)
• So What? (2000)

Tribute Albums

• So What! - A tribute to the Anti-Nowhere League
• Ya Can't Polish a Turd - An Australian Tribute to the Anti-Nowhere League

External links

• The Official Anti-Nowhere League Website