Bad Manners

Bad Manners are an English two-tone and ska band led by frontman Buster Bloodvessel. Early appearances included Top of the Pops and the live film documentary Dance Craze (1981).

Bad Manners
Bad Manners performing at Bodega in Wellington, New Zealand, 2015
Background information
OriginLondon, England, United Kingdom
Genres
  • Ska
  • two-tone
Years active1976present
Labels
  • Magnet
  • Portrait
  • Blue Beat
  • Pork Pie
  • Moon Ska World
  • Bad
Members
  • Buster Bloodvessel
  • Simon Cuell
  • Lee Thompson
  • Richie Downs
  • Matt Goodwin
  • Matt Bane
  • Colin Graham
  • David Turner
  • Russell Wynn
Past members
  • Winston Bazoomies
  • Louis "Alphonso" Cook
  • David Farren
  • Brian Tuitt
  • Martin Stewart
  • Paul "Gus" Hyman
  • Chris Kane
  • Andrew Marson
  • Marcus Bush
  • Nick Welsh
  • Terry Whitten
  • Jerry Tremaine
  • Jimmy Scott
  • Alan Perry
  • Tony "Rico" Richardson
  • Matty "Bingo" Bane
  • Andy Perriss
  • Colin Graham
  • Justin Dodsworth
  • Dave "Essex" Welton
  • Art Zamora
  • Mark Farmer
  • Tom Massey
  • Mark Hamilton
  • David Edwards
  • Chris Rand
  • Sam Adams
  • Stuart Garside
  • Chris Bull
  • Adrian Cox
  • David Turner

They were at their most popular during the early 1980s, during a period when other ska revival bands such as Madness, the Specials and the Selecter filled the charts. Bad Manners spent 111 weeks in the UK Singles Chart between 1980 and 1983, and they also achieved chart success with their first four studio albums, with Ska 'n' B (1980), Loonee Tunes! (1980), and Gosh It's ... Bad Manners (1981) being their biggest hits.

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