TOM ROBINSON BAND
A chance mid-week gig at a small London pub. The Tom Robinson Band have been together for six months, working infrequently, held together by Robinson's ambition and belief that it is possible to combine rock and political action in a totally unambiguous way— and to make that commercially viable.
TOM ROBIN
OUT OF THE CLOSET AND INTO THE STREETS
Penny Valentine
by
Summer Of '77
A chance mid-week gig at a small London pub. The Tom Robinson Band have been together for six months, working infrequently, held together by Robinson's ambition and belief that it is possible to combine rock and political action in a totally unambiguous way— and to make that commercially viable. Only Bob Dylan and John Lennon have been there before, leaving a silent arena which Bowie tiptoed into and left for the safer pastures pf sci-fi.
"A reluctant political person" is how Robinson described himself, "making this kind of music because of the times we live in. I'm a musician first and foremost and that's why the Tom Robinson Band exists. If—within that— I can put a message over to people then I'll do it, but I'd still be playing and singing, whatever happened."