Anti-Nowhere League are an English punk rock band, formed in 1979 by lead singer Animal (Nick Culmer), guitarist Magoo (Chris Exall), Bones (Tony Shaw) on drums and Chris Elvy on bass.
The band first played at the 1980 Chaos Show at St Mark's Hall, Royal Tunbridge Wells on 31 March 1980. They signed to John Curd's record label WXYZ Records in the same year.
November 1981 saw the release of their first single, a cover version of Ralph McTell's "Streets of London". The single peaked at No. 48 in the UK Singles Chart and spent five weeks in the listings. The profanity-laden B-side of the single, "So What" later became the group's anthem. Copies of this single were seized from indie distributor Pinnacle by the Metropolitan Police's Obscene Publication Squad shortly after release.
In 1982 the band released their debut album, We Are...The League. It reached No. 24 in the UK Albums Chart, and spent eleven weeks in the chart. In the same year the band went to Yugoslavia to record a live album, called Live In Yugoslavia. This album spent one week at No. 88 in the UK Albums Chart.
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Links to Peel[]
Peel played some tracks from the band in the early 80's on his radio programmes, including their over of Ralph McTell's Streets of London, which nearly entered the UK singles top 40 chart.
Shows Played[]
- 21 December 1981: The Streets Of London (7") WXYZ
- 1982
- 10 January 1982 (BFBS): The Streets Of London (7") WXYZ
- 22 June 1982: Woman (album - We Are...The League) WXYZ
- 24 November 1982 (BFBS): For You (7") WXYZ
- 1983
- 20 February 1983 (BFBS): For You (7") WXYZ