Newtown Neurotics

The Newtown Neurotics (later just The Neurotics) are an English punk rock group formed in Harlow, Essex, England, in 1979. They are noted for their openly political music.
As The Newtown Neurotics, the band began their career playing punk heavily indebted stylistically to The Clash and The Ramones. They released a series of singles from 1979 – later collected on the album 45 Revolutions per Minute – and debut album Beggars Can Be Choosers in 1983. Over the course of the 1980s, the band dropped the "Newtown" from its name and became simply The Neurotics; along with the name change came a stylistic broadening, including slower tempos and horn arrangements. They released several albums on noted UK postpunk label Jungle Records including Repercussions in 1986 and Is Your Washroom Breeding Bolsheviks in 1988.
Lead singer and guitarist Steve Drewett took openly socialist stances in his lyrics throughout the course of the band's career, and currently displays an anarcho-syndicalist sticker on his guitar. From 1986, the Neurotics became one of the first Western bands to play behind the Iron Curtain, with successive tours of East Germany alongside artists like Billy Bragg and Attila The Stockbroker.
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==Links to Peel==
Peel played the band's debut single in 1979 and would play further material from the group, including a session they recorded for his programme in 1983. 
On his 02 August 1989 show, Peel mentioned receiving a postcard from North Korea by Steve Drewett, who was playing a few gigs there.
In 1992, Peel revisited the group when he played a track from their 1986 album, 'Kickstarting A Backfiring Nation'.
==Sessions==
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1. Recorded: 1983-03-07. First Broadcast: 21 March 1983. Repeated: 05 April 1983
*Wake Up / Agony / Life In Their Hands / March / Jimi Jingle Peel
==Other Shows Played==
;1979
*07 July 1979 (BFBS): Hypocrite (7") No Wonder  
*27 September 1979: Hypocrite (single) No Wonder
;1980
*06 September 1980 (BFBS): Hypocrite (7") No Wonder 
;1982
*02 May 1982 (BFBS): Hypocrite (7") No Wonder
*07 July 1982: Mindless Violence (7" - Kick Out The Tories) CNT Productions
*11 July 1982 (BFBS): Mindless Violence! (7" - Kick Out The Tories! / Mindless Violence!) CNT Productions
*21 July 1982: Mindless Violence (7" - Kick Out The Tories! / Mindless Violence!) CNT Productions
*01 December 1982: Licensing Hours (7") CNT Productions
*12 December 1982 (BFBS): Licensing Hours (7") CNT Productions
*14 December 1982: Licensing Hours (7" - No Sanctury) CNT Productions
*19 December 1982 (BFBS): Licensing Hours (7") CNT Productions 
*29 December 1982 (BFBS): Licensing Hours (7") CNT Productions
;1983
*05 January 1983 (BFBS): Mindless Violence! (7" - Kick Out The Tories! / Mindless Violence!) CNT Productions 
*31 July 1983 (BFBS): Blitzkrieg Bop (7") Razor
*01 October 1983 (BFBS): Does Everyone Know Where The March Is? (album - Beggars Can Be Choosers) Razor 
;1984
*23 February 1984: Licensing Hours
*04 December 1984: 'Suzi (7 inch)' (No Wonder)
*17 December 1984: Suzi (single) No Wonder
*24 December 1984 (BBC World Service): Suzi (7") No Wonder 
;1985
*03 June 1985: This Fragile Life (album - Repercussions) Jungle
*12 June 1985: Sects (LP - Repercussions) Jungle
*15 July 1985: Fighting Times (album - Repercussions) Jungle
;1986
*23 July 1986: Living With Unemployment (12") Jungle
*15 September 1986: The Mess (LP - Kickstarting A Backfiring Nation) Jungle
*07 October 1986: No Respect (LP - Kickstarting A Backfiring Nation) Jungle
;1992
*30 October 1992: Living With Unemployment (LP – Kickstarting A Backfiring Nation) Jungle
==External Links==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
*Official Website
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