Time for Action

by Garry Bushell

180 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 2012

About the author

English newspaper columnist, OI! music journalist, television presenter, author, musician and political activist. Bushell also sings in the Cockney OI! bands GBX and the Gonads. He managed the New York City Oi! band Maninblack until the death of the band frontman Andre Schlessinger. Bushell's recurring topical themes are comedy, country and class. He has campaigned for an English Parliament, a Benny Hill statue and for variety and talent shows on TV. His TV column Bushell on the Box still appears weekly in the Daily Star Sunday, and he writes for the Arts & Entertainment section of the Sunday Express.

Reviews

[Craig Brackenridge · Rating 5 out of 5]

Street level view of the 1979 Mod 'renewal' as it happened. Packed with vintage features for the legendary newspaper 'Sounds' and more. Great read and so much seems to have been packed into a short period of musical history. One for the Glory boys & girls indeed!

[Christopher · Rating 4 out of 5]

A deceptively slim tome that took quite a while to read. The majority seems to be a collection of reviews from the time although nicely edited to provide an overview of how quickly the scene emerged, developed and prematurely dwindling tho with still smouldering ashes that won't go out.
I knew next to nothing of this scene. I was given the book not long after it came out by a dear friend who saw some parallels with the garage rock revivalist band we had set up at the time.
I was going to give it 3 stars but I've upped it to a 4. It's been put together with real affection. Certainly The Chords, I will check out further before long. All the photos of the scene towards the rear of the book are very evocative and quite poignant in 2020 with the UK live music scene utterly devastated, barren and scorched to see how brightly burn youthful musical dreams and how often overlooked they are despite their glory.