UB40

Music
,
1

Setting the record straight

2

I havenā€™t even heard the first 39 UBs!

9 Likes
3

Reminds me of when this happened

3 Likes
4

thereā€™s a rat in their history, what are they gonna do

5

Iā€™m sorry, this has me howling :rofl:

3 Likes
6

There was a bbc4 doc about them that documented their career, which got really bizzare after he left

2 Likes
7

lead me to discover this from last year

8

I kinda love it, reminds of that thing in the 60s where unscrupulous American promoters would put together fake versions of British bands to tour the US. Absolute Wild West business practises.

3 Likes
10

Thereā€™s two, one is Greg Ginn and some jokers playing behind a skateboarder and the other is actual good members and Keith Morris singing, think they go by the name Flag

12

This was freakin brilliant. Years after the fact the lyric turned out to have been written by an uncredited woman by the name of Deborah Banks. She took the Red Red Wine hitmakers to court for a slice of the royalties and won.

13

Canā€™t they all get together and amicably agree never to perform music again?

10 Likes
14

We canā€™t have nice things, ffs you know this.

1 Like
15

featuring Ali Campbell

2 Likes
16

Red red whine

3 Likes
17

So thatā€™s why the arena here is advertising ā€œUB40ā€ and ā€œUB40 featuring Ali Campbellā€ on two different nights 6 months apart

1 Like
18

Was a brilliant show but it also exposed how petty and childish the entire band are. A sad story. A glorified covers band.

Actually Iā€™m remembering wrong. Itā€™s Ali Campbell who has ā€˜lead singer syndrome.ā€™

19

I just had the ā€˜Baby Come Backā€™ in my head for no reason a minute before I even saw this thread ooooh :ghost:

although that is technically a Pato Banton ft. Ali & Robin Campbell of UB40

20

(their version of ā€˜Red Red Wineā€™ slaps though, right)

21

Yeah he seemed to be a raging egomaniac. At the time I had no idea that they were so big so it was a real shock