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John Lennon
John Winston Ono Lennon was an English musician, songwriter and activist. He gained global fame as the founder, co-lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the Beatles. Lennon's songwriting partnership with Paul McCartney remains the most successful in history.
Roger Waters
English musician, co-founder of Pink Floyd (born 1943)
The Clash
British punk rock band
Peter Gabriel
British singer and musician
Brian Eno
British musician, music producer, music theorist and visual artist (born 1948)
Thom Yorke
English musician and singer for Radiohead
Morrissey
Steven Patrick Morrissey (; born 22 May 1959) is an English singer and songwriter. He came to prominence as the frontman and lyricist of the rock band the Smiths, who were active from 1982 to 1987. Since then he has pursued a successful solo career. Morrissey's music is characterised by his baritone voice and distinctive lyrics with anti-establishment stances and recurring themes of emotional isolation, sexual longing, self-deprecation, and dark humour.
Joe Strummer
British singer, musician and songwriter (1952–2002)
Simple Minds
Scottish rock band
The Jam
English rock band
Eddy Grant
British singer
Primal Scream
Scottish rock band
Paul Weller
English recording artist; singer-songwriter, musician
Billy Bragg
English singer-songwriter and left-wing political activist
Skrewdriver
Skrewdriver were an English punk rock band formed by Ian Stuart Donaldson in Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire, in 1976. Originally a punk band, Skrewdriver changed into a white power skinhead rock band after reuniting in the 1980s. Their original line-up split in January 1979 and Donaldson reformed the band with different musicians in 1982. The new iteration of the band played a leading role in the Rock Against Communism movement.
Ewan MacColl
British folk singer, songwriter, communist, labour activist, actor, poet, playwright, and record producer (1915–1989)
Ian Stuart Donaldson
British neo-Nazi musician (1957–1993)
Alan Bush
British composer, musician, and educator (1900-1995)
The Style Council
English band active 1983–1989
Cornelius Cardew
English composer and improviser
Muslimgauze
Muslimgauze was the main musical project of Bryn Jones (17 June 1961 – 14 January 1999), a British experimental musician who was influenced by conflicts and history in the Muslim world, often with an emphasis on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. With dozens of albums released under the Muslimgauze name, Jones was prolific, but he never achieved mainstream success. His music, categorized as an example of ethnic electronica, has been described by one critic as "among the most startling and unique in the noise underground".
Labi Siffre
British poet, songwriter, musician, and singer
Lowkey
Kareem Dennis (; born 23 May 1986), better known by his stage name Lowkey, is a British-Iraqi rapper and activist from London. He first became known through a series of mixtapes he released before he was 18, before taking a hiatus from the music business. He would return in 2008, with appearances on BBC Radio and at various festivals and concerts including the BBC Electric Proms, Glastonbury, T In The Park and Oxegen in the buildup to his first solo album Dear Listener, as well as collaborating with other British musicians to form the supergroup Mongrel. He released his second solo album, Soun
Dick Gaughan
British musician
Penny Rimbaud
writer, poet, philosopher, painter, musician and activist
Dan Bull
English rapper and songwriter
Vi Subversa
British musician (1935-2016)
Attila the Stockbroker
British punk poet, folk punk musician and songwriter
Akala
British rapper, journalist, author, and activist
Roy Bailey
British musician (1935–2018)
Skullhead
Skullhead was a nationalist Oi! band from the Newcastle area. It was part of the Rock Against Communism (RAC) movement.
Alistair Hulett
British singer (1951-2010)
No Remorse
UK musicial group; white power rock band
Steve Ignorant
singer and artist