Selfish Cunt – England Made Me II

i don't know what percentage of my income i spend on records. probably as much as i pay for rent. maybe even more. anyway, spending a great amount of money on records doesn't mean i just pay shitloads for anything. i usually try to find the best deal or real bargains. which usually brings me to foreign, mostly overseas internet shops. and that usually brings me to browsing pages and pages of random stuff looking for something else i might want, to save on postage. even the greatest one dollar record can be overpriced when you have to add twelve dollars on postage.
and what else i might want is rarely stuff i know because mostly i already have it or at least have ordered it from somewhere else. no, it's the stuff that i don't have. the stuff that sounds interesting by the review, by the bands it gets compared with or just by the fact that it was released by the same small indie label that also released the record i initially went for.
what caught my interest on this record was the band name. simple as it is. a band called Selfish Cunt can't be bad. actually it needs to be good since airplay seems impossible and promotion difficult. and try finding their stuff on eBay! is it “cunt” with one or two stars replacing letters?
that's how i came upon this little cockney gem. and the song blew me away from the first note. it got power, it got enthusiasm, it got the “fuck you” attitude that made the charm of old heroes like MC5 or Dead Kennedys. vocalists Martin Tomlinson sporting a Dead Kennedys shirt in the video is no surprise. he seems to be very influenced by Jello Biafra not only in respect of the vocals but also his stage appearance.
ensuing i had to learn that the band not only just released their second album but also that they are about to tour mainland europe and i'll have the chance to see them live in a few weeks. lucky me, usually i find out about a band a couple of weeks after they toured.

Selfish Cunt myspace