A BIT OF CRUMPET WITH MARK SEARBY

Leonard here. The following column is written by my colleague Mark Searby highlighting British cinema past and present. Please enjoy A Bit of Crumpet. Music in mid-1970s Britian was becoming fractured. Punk was rising quickly led by The Sex Pistols. Rock music was going through a change with raw-er bands like Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin. Pop music was being dominated by flamboyant artists such as Elton John and Freddie Mercury. And David Bowie was ushering in a wave of androgyny. Then, lower down the music pole were bands from working class towns that weren’t about being the most proficient, but were about just have a damn good time. Slade was one of those bands. Mainly known today for their mega-Christmas hit ‘Merry Xmas Everybody.’…