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Bad Manners

Led by enormous, bald-headed, high octane front man Buster Bloodvessel, Bad Manners became an institution of the ska punk scene in the early 1980s and infiltrated the charts with a string of boisterous, bouncy pop hits. Formed in 1976 by a gang of North London school friends, they latched on to the 2 Tone scene that linked punk's DIY adrenaline rush with the ska and reggae music Jamaican immigrants had brought to Britain. With Bloodvessel gurning, poking his tongue out and leaping around the stage, the band was thrust onto television shows such as Tiswas and Top of the Pops and b...