Name: Ancient and Modern 1911-2011
Brand: The Mekons

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

87214

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Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2011-09-26

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Signed copies: No

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Tax rate GB

Standard:20

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Total Cap

1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

The Mekons

Genre GB

Punk / Hardcore

Label GB

The Mekons are a British rock band that formed in 1977 in Leeds, West Yorkshire. Originally inspired by the villainous Venusian from the British comic strip Dan Dare, they adopted their name as a tribute. In the mid-1980s, The Mekons transitioned their style to folk and folk rock.

With a career spanning several decades, The Mekons have become an influential force in the music industry. Their unique blend of rock and folk elements has garnered them a dedicated following worldwide. 

Similar artists to The Mekons include The Soft Boys, The Fall, Tom Verlaine, Wire, Young Marble Giants, Swell Maps, Pylon, The Feelies, Mission Of Burma, Josef K, Television,Wyre,Plyon ,The Raincoats,Au Pairs,Pil,Magazine ,The Dream Syndicate,Gang Of Four,and The Modern Lovers.

mekons take you for a walk down memory lane, to the world as it was just before wwi - to the edwardian era, to the naughty naughties; cricket on the village green, punting down the river in a striped blazer and boater, off with the hounds, picnic hampers, community singing, mistresses and wives, mysticism, secret societies, dangerous poetry, radical modern art, freud, national strikes, revolution, anarchists, and bombers!rough trade east in-store - mekons - sunday 13th november, 12pm

Ancient and Modern 1911-2011

Music GB