Blaggers ITA - Victory To The ANC (1992) - Video
PUBLISHED:  Oct 27, 2013
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The African National Congress (ANC) was founded as the South African Native National Congress (SANNC) in 1912 to increase the rights of the black South African population.
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Blaggers ITA (formerly The Blaggers) were a British Oi!/punk and agitpop band founded in 1988 and active until the mid-1990s. Vocalist Matty 'Blagg' Roberts had previously fronted Oi! band Complete Control who released an LP on Oi! Records. Blaggers ITA were noted for their strong anti-fascist and left wing lyrics and activism.
Although the band initially played in a generic Oi! style, they later added a trumpet player and incorporated influences from hip hop and electronic dance music, including sampling, and added the letters ITA to their name ("In The Area".)
The band had close links with Anti Fascist Action (AFA), donating money to the organisation and promoting its ideology. The band's support for revolutionary politics and AFA, along with their earlier association with the Oi! scene, meant that in the early 1990s they became a target of neo-Nazi groups such as Combat 18.
In 1993 they signed a record deal with EMI and enjoyed some commercial success with three minor hit singles. Stresss and Oxygen benefitted from promotional videos, while Abandon Ship saw an appearance on The Word.
The record deal resulted in criticism from some individuals in the independent music scene due to EMI's former links with the arms trade and because EMI was seen as a large corporation dominating the music industry. In a debate strongly echoed four years later in the case of Chumbawamba, the band justified the move with the argument that it is pointless having a political message that can only reach a small number of people; they also argued that the deal gave the band more money to spend on political causes.
In the summer of 1993, during a tour with The Manic Street Preachers a journalist from the Melody Maker was given a slap for calling singer Matty Blag a fascist and saying the bands methods and imagery was no different to the British Movement. The band were blacklisted by most of the mainstream music press & in 1994 EMI dropped the band.
Shortly afterwards Matty Blagg left the band, which for a short time continued without him. Blagg died in February 2000.
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