One of the first Oi! bands, Cock Sparrer was playing loud, raw, Cockney working-class anthems as early as the first wave of British punk, although record company difficulties prevented them from issuing much material until the early '80s, when the Oi!movement was well underway. The group formed in London's East End in 1975, originally as a hard-edged pub rock combo in the vein of Dr. Feelgood. Four of the members -- vocalist Colin McFaull, guitarist Mick Beaufoy, bassist Steve Burgess, and drummer Steve Bruce -- had been schoolmates since age 11, and had been playing together in cover bands three years prior. They were joined by rhythm guitarist Garrie Lammin (Burgess' cousin), and soon began playing the Bridgehouse Pub in Canning Town on a regular basis.
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collecting funds for the holy fight like a door to door salesman in the dead of night russian guns help him on his way bought with money from the usa chorus. and the ordinary people say what's it for and the ordinary people say we want no more but the man at the top knows where to do the most harm, he's in he secret army. and this man with a gun says not a sound i want this aeroplane turned around he spent his life learning how to fill a man with lead he'll probably spend the rest of it dead when a bomb goes off in a city street when a man gets killed for his beliefs when a mother cries for the son she had that's when the world's gone mad