New Model Army

Their lyrics are the antithesis of pop - emotional, controversial and political, they have had one song banned by the L.B.A. and another discussed in The New Statesman!

The band's early, hard core following derives from both their live shows and their success in the independent charts, where their mini album `Vengeance` reached number one in May 84 and remained in the top 20 for a year. Increasing media coverage and sessions for Jensen, Skinner and Peel combined with intensive giging created the perfect climate for a major label to step in and provide the necessary commercial muscle for the band to hit a wider audience. EMI won the race to sign them and NMA now have a top 20 single (`No Rest`/Heroin`) and a successful album (`No Rest for the Wicked`) under their belts. The band's professed aim is to make audiences feel "anger, joy, glad to be alive, to stir people's hearts, to give them power, to stand against a society based on fear." The discipline and power of their music should achieve at least some of these intentions at Glastonbury.