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September 3, 2002

Mekons Turn Twenty-Five

British post-punk legends still growing
May 20, 1998

'Me' As in Mekons

Jon Langford pushes the pornography button and out comes -- surprise! -- politics
September 27, 1997

Mekons Play Surprise Rainbo Gig

Recordings and Reviews

Natural

Thirty years after they formed in Leeds, and fifteen or so after most of them relocated to America, the Mekons return to England for their quietest and weirdest album since 1982's The Mekons Story. Replete with chants, harmonicas, found percussion and an extra helping of haunted London holdout Tom G...

2007 RS: 3of 5 Stars

Punk Rock

2004

Journey To The End Of The Night

2000

1998

Pussy, King Of The Pirates

1996

I Love Mekons

1993

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Biography

No one expected all that much from the Mekons when they emerged in the late '70s from the same Leeds University scene that spawned Gang of Four. A bunch of sloppy, anticapitalist punks who loved country music and liquor, the Mekons expressed their collectivist ideology by making music that sounded like the work of a free-flowing, sometimes anarchic collective, complete with screeching fiddles, sho...

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