The 25th of May

This controversial and short-lived rap act from Liverpool, England, courted trouble with singles like ‘Fuck THE PROPER To Vote’ and ‘It’s Alright’, which extolled the virtues of shoplifting. Inaugurated in the Sefton Recreation area Trade Union Center, the music group comprised Steve Swindells (vocals), Jimmy Mathias (DJ) and Nigel Deal (bass). They found prominence at exactly the same time as Merseyside was swaying towards the noises of 60s vintage pop functions like Rainfall and the true People. This is anathema to Swindells in an interval when he judged dark hip-hop to become ‘eclipsing all the types of music’. They authorized to Arista Information just like Mathias and Deal had been busted for medication possession in-may 1991. Conquering the contradictions to be a ‘white’ General public Enemy proved a large stumbling block, nevertheless, and their press blitz experienced cooled by the next year.