Shows/1981-06-23
| June 23, 1981 | |
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| Moonlight Club | |
| City |  London
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Listing
NME
June 20, 1981[1]
Reviews
Music Week
July 18, 1981
Simon Steele
West Hampstead's small Moonlight Club recently played host to The Red Crayola, a loose consortium of radical musicians with an LP entitled Kangaroo? just out on Rough Trade.
Mainstay of the band is Mayo Thompson, whose sweat-drenched figure drew some abuse and heckling from the crowd, probably because of his very "square" appearance and his eccentric, faintly comical vocals. His tinkling, jazzy-sounding guitar hid discreetly behind the more strident saxophone of Lora Logic and these two were sometimes complemented on vocals by The Raincoats' bassist Gina Birch, whose relaxed style thankfully added variety to the group's static stage presence.
Unlike other "political" groups, such as The Beat or The Clash, The Red Crayola deliberately reject just about every rock convention especially with their satirical lyrics, spattered with socialist terminology. This won't help them get their message across to a wider public. But they attract those who think that big-selling rebel bands make only token gestures of defiance, and they have found a home with a label in sympathy with their attitudes.
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