Andy T

Andy T. was known for being one of the few anarchist solo artists that was also a poet. Andrew Thorley took the idea of punk that 'anyone can do it' and carried on as a solo performer, regardless of what people thought of him. However, he had a bit of history musically before he was called Andy T. In 1977, he formed Reputations In Jeopardy with him doing vocals, Chris on bass, Siobhan on guitar, Jane on drums and later on Chris 'The Joiner' on second guitar. As time went by, the girls left and they had John Maher from The Buzzcocks play the drums. This was the line-up that recorded the track "Girls Love Popstars" in the first 'Bullshit Detector' album. By that time, Andy T decided to continue on his own, so two more of the tracks were of him alone. A fourth tracks was also Andy T. as Fuck the CIA. 

 

Now Andy had met Crass and they became interested enough in his style to help him release a single on Crass Records. During the end of 1982, Andy T. released his 'Weary of the Flesh' single on Crass Records and it didn't make it to the charts, but that wasn't the point. There is also a picture inside the sleeve revealing three people wearing animal masks slaughtering each other (Phil Free, Steve Ignorant and Annie Anxiety). Andy managed to then play several gigs with bands such as Crass, The System, Dirt and Flux Of Pink Indians, and often times those bands drummers would back up Andy while he recited his poetry (he also had these tapes that would play weird sounds). There was talk of an L.P. coming out after the single, but it was never finished because sometime around 1983, Andy gave up performing after becoming overwhelmed with idiots in the scene, his kids and working. However, Andy T. began performing recently and still continues to gig today. [SOURCE: LISTEN AND UNDERSTAND]