Despite rain that Noah would be proud of and Pudsey Bear on TV, over 150 music fans, trade unionists and anti-racist campaigners came out to rock against racism organised with Malifiwho Promotions and Subways.
The British National Party have been spreading their vile racist propoganda in the Maldon recently but a week after rememberance day, young people in the town came together in unity to show that we would rather party together than listen to the neo Nazi BNP.
The Drafts got the crowd warmed up with the lead singer wearing a rather fetching Fuck the BNP t-shirt.
The ever brilliant funk outfit Curly Circus got the crowd up dancing and were not to be out done with bass player Tim in the same attire. .
DJ Sean E dropped DnB and Grime all night to a mixed crowd of hoodies and indie kids.
Metal was the order of the day when The Morning After turned up the volume and the leather / demin quotient to dangerous levels.
The finale and set of the night was UK hip-hop supplied by Artcha, G-range, Mr. Sounds and Chrome. The indie / metal kids don’t get to see live MCs very often in Maldon – but when they they see top quality beatboxing n freestyling – they love it!
And its all for a good cause – as Dave Smith (an old duffer with no hair) said from the stage: “When I was young Joe Strummer was a hero of mine – not just because he was the lead singer with The Clash – but because he was prepared to stand up and be counted. He was one of the founder members of Rock against Racism and used music to bring people together to campaign against the nazi skinheads and National Front in the 1970s. Today we carry on that tradition with Love Music Hate Racism”
