Cockney Rejects

Cockney Rejects wasted no time on stage as they blasted out a classic British punk show, undiminished in its power and glory even after forty-plus years.

It only took forty odd years and two postponements, but on Sunday night The Cockney Rejects finally made it to Auckland. And their fans were ready and waiting.

Forty years on from their teenage beginnings as New Punk saviours, touted by Bushell in Sounds and the Rejects are a punk institution whether music-snobs like it or not.

Currently on a sell out tour the band’s fire has not been dimmed as Richie Rocker reports… First of all apologies to the support band who I missed due to the pub next door doing a fine selection of real ales.

El Rey Theatre, Los Angeles, USA

The veteran French trio recall Irish contemporaries Stiff Little Fingers elevated with two-tone bass lines and melodic vocals.

East End Babylon could be the name of a kebab house, but it’s also the title of the warts’n’all rockumentary about the Cockney Rejects. Its premiere saw a packed Koko learn how they came, fought and conquered. As the titles went down, the curtain went up to reveal the four East End heroes more than ready to r