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In 1992, Animal was told by JB that Metallica wanted him to guest at Wembley Arena, when they did their cover version of "So What".
They’re nothing like DBD, and now he’s concentrating his efforts on this band, who have an EP out on STP Records. It is with a heavy heart we announce we will be unable to perform at this weekends BCN Beach Beer Chaos event. The headliners Cockney Rejects need no introduction to any punk fan, as they are 40-year veterans of the scene. ROCK: Well, I tell you what, I’ll drop a few questions that you’ll probably cover in your book and I’ll hope to read about them shortly.This is … because it’s my 60th birthday, three anniversaries: it’s the 40th year of punk [in England], of course this year – it’s a big year in the UK for Punk. granarchy in the uk; Punk star Animal looks back on his wild times with the Anti-Nowhere League and tells how he dotes on Strictly star's tot. In the book there’s a lot of gritty details of how I started, why I did the band, right from the motorcycle background I had. ROCK: [laughter] Well I was going to ask what did you do to deserve it – but it just came from that song? ROCK: I’d imagine that you’d agree that punk certainly allowed someone like yourself to start a band.
ROCK: You came to Australia, I think it was in 2006 you guys came out to Australia, but you just went down the East Coast?Thankfully, Animal (real name Nick Culmer) has recovered enough to be able to perform, and played his comeback gig last weekend. Certainly when you get later on in life, you think, ‘fuck me, that was what it was all about,’ – I think it’s a good vehicle for that. Imagine this: you secure an interview with your favourite punk singer of all time, prepare some awesome questions that span the near-forty year history of the band, and within minutes you realise he has just written a book about his life and is – quite fairly – reluctant to spill all the beans!