Blaggers I.T.A.

UK punk rock band Blaggers ITA made an immediate impact in 1993 with a raw, if untutored, debut album that was banned in Germany because of the burning swastika depicted on the cover. Two subsequent singles entered the UK Top 50 and a tour with the Manic Street Preachers and Credit To The Nation saw them take their confrontational politics on the road. Then came an after-concert fight with a journalist. Though vehemently anti-fascist, spokesperson Matty ‘Blag' (b. Matthew Roberts, 1964, Oswestry, Shropshire, England, d. 22 February 2000, London, England; vocals) had candidly r...