Since 1993, Asian Dub Foundation have burned up the airwaves, fusing genres and engaging in ferocious political commentary. Unafraid to engage with challenging issues, the band built Comin’ Over Here around a Stewart Lee sketch skewering UKIP’s Paul Nuttall, an odious and divisive figure in the UK’s political undergrowth. If anyone deserves to be relentlessly…
As far as song lyrics go, “Boris Johnson is a f****** c***” is not exactly what you’d call chart-friendly. But that didn’t stop comedy punk group The Kunts getting their politically charged track (called, naturally, “Boris Johnson is a F****** C***”) to No 5 in the official Top 20 at Christmas. Just a few weeks…
“Stewart Lee has absolutely no capacity to see the world through anyone’s eyes other than his own. He is a stupid person’s idea of what a ‘clever’ comedian is like.” – Paul Embery, UnHerd columnist, Trade unionist (FBU and NUJ), Blue Labour, Made in Dagenham, Author: ‘Despised: Why the Modern Left Loathes the Working Class’.…
Collected positive tweets for Comin’ Over Here by Asian Dub Foundation feat Stewart Lee (all profits to Kent Refugee Action Network). It was the UK’s most downloaded/purchased song on Brexit day, though Wham’s Last Christmas beat it in the streaming charts which are for losers. Thanks for buying it if you did.