Uploaded April 2009 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago

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"Thankyou...And now, in a major new onslaught on the Conservative Party of Great Britain and ALL...OTHER...GOVERNMENTS, Xero Slingsby and The Works bring you 'SHOVE IT!' "

Xero Slingsby & The Works: 'Shove It!'
from the LP 'Shove It!', released 1985 and recorded at Cafe Click, Esssen

Xero Slingsby, a.k.a. Matthew Coe (saxophone) Louis Colan (bass) Harvard Gene Velocette (drums)

To find out more, your first port of call should be Solomon Robson's fantastic e-book about his life on the road as "administrator" for Xero Slingsby and the Works: solomonrobson.com/xintro-new-writing.htm

You should then read Ben Watson's article about 'punk jazz' from 'The Wire', back in the 80s when it was still a jazz magazine and not obsessed with trends and obscure classificatory systems (OK, what is 'punk jazz' but a classification, but you know what I mean). The article is called 'sod good taste'.

"A triumph of the proleteriat!" (The Morning Star)