  angelic upstarts are an english punk rock/oi! band formed in south shields in 1977.[ angelic upstarts biography]. allmusic. url accessed july 3, 2006. the band espoused an anti-fascist and socialist working class philosophy, and have been associated with the skinhead subculture. more than two decades after its release, their debut single, "the murder of liddle towers", was included in mojo magazineâs list of the best punk rock singles of all time.mojo (october 2001) - 100 punk scorchers , issue 95, london; ==lineups==  the band's original members were thomas mensforth (mensi) on vocals, ray cowie (mond) on guitar, steve forsten on bass guitar, and derek "decca" wade on drums. keith bell was the manager until 1980, when he was jailed for four and a half years for arson. the band has split and reformed a few times, and former members include ronnie rocke and bassists ronnie wooden, glyn warren and tony feedback (now in long tall shorty and kiria's live band). drummers have included sticks warrington (who later joined cockney rejects), paul thompson (ex-roxy music), chris white, evo (who has also played in the blood, major accident and warfare) and max splodge. wade rejoined the band for a few years before leaving again. hayes originally joined the band as second guitarist until mond left, leaving hayes as the only guitarist. mensi was the only original member still in the band. in august 2006, mensi announced he was resigning, however he requeste
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