Just A Feeling

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I think now everybody’s got mortgages and settled down with children the idea of fighting and being silly, things that they may have done when they were younger, has just gone out the window. In fact they’re the people who are now looking at the kids doing exactly the same thing and telling them off! The group then went on to sign a contract with Portrait Records in the United States and Mental Notes was released in 1985. For two years the band toured continuously all over the world but decided to disband in 1987. When, in the early 80s the first single I ever bought was Bad Manners’ ‘Just a Feeling’ (for 65p!), little did I know that some 25 years later I would meet up with the bands larger than life frontman Buster Bloodvessel in a disused airfield in deepest Bedfordshire! It’s going to be a solid three days of bands playing because there’s also a lot of small bands that will be going on. We’ll also have the bar running up at the museum end. The whole thing is going to be growing and in the next five years we hope to make it into a place where people will come along and really enjoy themselves – not just for this event but for other events.

Q. So, what bands are confirmed? "Anybody who comes along will just go to themselves – “Wow I can’t wait for next year!"

They [other bands] all have their bouts of doing maybe more gigs than us for two or three years but not 30 years. Not even the Rolling Stones have done that much. And they fly everywhere and it’s all luxurious!

They have been fronted from day one by Buster Bloodvessel, one of the biggest voices in show business with the personality to match! Buster: Yes - it’s my 30th year in the business – it sounds like I should have given up a long time ago but I really enjoy doing what I do and I’ve never been able to stop it! The fans have always been that loyal and loved what Bad Manners have done and of course I’ve got to this stage of the game now where what else can I do but be Buster?! It’s what I’m good at!

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With Bad Manners, Buster won a place in the nation’s hearts as the bald headed, tongue wagging, Can Can dancing bootboy who spread the band’s philosophy of partying, having a good time and not taking yourself too seriously around the world. From their beginnings as a school group in 1976, throughout their chart success of the 80s (11 top 20 hits) right up to the present day this troupe of ska troubadours have maintained a punishing live schedule and deserve their billing as 'the hardest working band on the planet'. Q. You are billed as ‘the hardest working band on the planet’– how many gigs do you normally do in a year? It’s increased my will to live and it’s made my health and fitness so much better. It’s a shame because I was a very happy fatty but now I understand both sides of the fence and I wish I’d done this a long time ago because health is the most important thing. a b c d e f g h i j k "Bad Manners upcoming tours 2023". eventim.co.uk. 20 January 2023. Archived from the original on 20 January 2023. {{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL ( link)

But this July it is going to be the venue for another exciting music event, Badfest, a three day extravaganza featuring some of the bigger names from the past 25 years that continue to play live even though shunned by the bigger festivals and music companies. It will be an annual event. After five years without releasing any new material, Bad Manners issued their Heavy Petting album in 1997. Six years later, Buster set up another record label and the band released Stupidity on Bad Records in 2003.

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Buster: Well – just Bad Manners being there will make it a little bit different I can assure you! But it’s the quality of the bands that have been chosen and the fact that I know that when people come and see anything to do with ska it creates a good party atmosphere. It makes people drink and celebrate a bit more than maybe they should but I’m encouraging people to come here and enjoy themselves so that is really what this weekend will become.