John Baine (born October 21, 1957), better known by his stage name Attila the Stockbroker , is a punk poet, and a punk folk musician and songwriter. He performed solo and as the leader of the band Barnstormer. He describes himself as "a sharp and energetic social surgeon and songwriter." He has performed over 3,300 concerts, published eight poetry and autobiographical books (which have 38 poems in it) and released over forty recordings (albums and singles).
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Baine attended the University of Kent, Darwin College, in Canterbury between 1975 and 1978 with a 2: 2 degree in French and Politics. During the period at the university he stood for the president of UKC student union. Baine took the name Attila the Stockbroker's show during a short stint as a town broker scribe between 1980 and 1981 (A colleague accused him of eating Attila the Hun).
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Careers
Having begun appearing in the late 1970s after being inspired by the spirit and 'do it yourself' of the punk subculture ethos, especially Clash's clear socialist attitude, Baine briefly became a bass player in punk bands English Disease and Brighton Riot Squad, and spent some time in 1979 in Brussels playing bass in a Belgian band contingent before going solo. (Contingent has now been reformed and still performing from time to time) He performed his first show at Bush Fair Playbarn, Harlow, Essex, on September 8, 1980. At first he performed poems and songs among bands at punk rock concerts, accompanying himself own. electric mandolin gradually. After this was smashed his head by a fascist during a fight in a show in North London in May 1982, he got mandoly (the fifth lower) and has played this ever since. He has performed in 24 countries, playing various places ranging from Oxford Union in England to punk clubs in Germany, and featuring between 80 and 100 shows each year, sometimes more. He toured East Germany four times before the Berlin Wall collapsed, performing at a hotel in Enver Hoxha's Albania and had to refuse an opportunity to perform in North Korea (at the World Festival of Youth & Students in 1989) because he had already booked for a Canadian tour. He was signed by Cherry Red in 1982 after recording a session for the BBC BBC 1 Radio Peel event. He recorded a second session for Peel in 1983.
In the 1980s, he often became a supporter for punk bands, including The Jam, The Alarm, Newtown Neurotics, New Model Army, and performed extensively with fellow poet-themed Swift Nick (Nick Swift) punk, Kool Knotes (Richard Edwards), Porky the Poet (Phill Jupitus) and Seething Wells (Steven Wells). Manic Street Preacher supported him in a performance at Swansea University. In the 1990s, he toured with John Otway as Headbutts and Halibuts, and together they wrote a surreal rock opera called Cheryl , a story of Satanism, trainspotting, drug abuse and unrequited love. She has performed at every Glastonbury Festival since 1983, and continues to write satirical material on all sorts of subjects. He puts on the annual 'Glastonwick' beer and music festival, currently held at Coombes Farm, near Shoreham although initially in Southwick, his hometown is nearby. End of May 2015 saw Glastonwick 20th.
Important works from the 1980s include the poem "Controversial Negligence"; various Russian-themed poems, insinuating the alleged threat of the Russian Cold War in the context of British Margaret Thatcher (such as "Russia in DHSS" and "Russia at McDonald's"). Other political poems include the surrealist series Nigel, such as "Nigel wants to go to C & amp; A", with the line "... but I do not understand why/'cos they do not sell nerve gas in C & A/not even to an SDP member in a cashmere sweater. "Then the pieces include" Asylum Seeking Daleks ", which satirizes the right wing press stance for immigration, and" Hey Celebrity ", which rejects the need for the concept of celebrity.
Attila the Stockbroker formed the band Barnstormer in 1994, combining punk rock and medieval music. The band released their debut album The Siege of Shoreham in 1996 and performed regularly throughout Europe. So far the band has released four albums: Just One Life , the second, out in 2000, Zero Tolerance in 2004 and more recently, Bankers and Looters , was released in January 2012. Barnstormer featured Attila on vocals, mandolas, violins, crumhorns, and recorders; And Woods on guitar; M. M. McGhee on drums; and Dave Beaken on bass - the last three were also members of The Fish Brothers.
The main focus of Attila is his solo work and his live performances combine his poems and songs. He has released three live CDs featuring live solo performances: Live in Norway (2003) Live in Norway (2007) and 'Live at the Greys' (2014) his poetry book, The British Gin Dependence and Other Privileges was published in January 2014; The previous collection, my Poetic License , came out in May 2008. In January 2010 he published a pamphlet, The Long Goodbye , containing two poems - a long poem dedicated to and recounting the life of his mother Muriel, who died in June 2010 after a six-year battle with Alzheimer's Disease, and a shorter one written for his stepfather John Stanford, who died in December 2009. The Long Goodbye featured on BBC Radio 4's < i> Woman's Hour on Mother's Day 2011, and repeated on Pick of the Week . Attila celebrates 30 years of performing in September 2010 with a 27-date tour from England, Germany and the Netherlands. In March 2011 he toured Australia and New Zealand for the first time in ten years, back in 2012 in Albania and in February 2014 toured the UK, Germany and Switzerland to promote his latest poetry book.
September 8, 2015, the 35th anniversary of his first appearance, saw his autobiographical publications, Arguments Yard (35 Year Row Ayat and Thrash Mandola) by Cherry Red Books. Undaunted , the eighth poetry book, published in April 2017, illustrated by Dan Woods.
In September 2016, Baine appeared on the Keep Corbyn rally in Brighton to support Jeremy Corbyn's campaign in the Labor leadership election.
Soccer support
Baine is a loyal supporter of Brighton & amp; Hove Albion FC, and for 16 years was heavily involved in successful battles to rescue the club and secure a new stadium, after the Goldstone Ground was sold to property developers in 1997. The Seagull eventually moved to their new stadium in Falmer in August 2011. He has became a team poet at residence since 2000, and became a stadium and DJ announcer for 14 years, first at Gillingham, where the club spent two seasons playing 'home' games, and then at the club's Withdean Stadium. As a lead member of the one-off Seagulls Ska band, it has the No. 1 single range. 17 on the UK Singles Chart in 2005, as part of a campaign for the new stadium. "Tom Hark (We Want Falmer)". In 1989 he appeared on The Channel Four Daily's
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