{"id":20101,"date":"2022-10-08T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-08T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=20101"},"modified":"2022-10-07T09:25:29","modified_gmt":"2022-10-07T09:25:29","slug":"cockney-rejects-announce-new-album-power-grab-to-be-released-october-28th-via-cadiz-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=20101","title":{"rendered":"COCKNEY REJECTS ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM \u2018POWER GRAB\u2019 TO BE RELEASED OCTOBER 28TH VIA CADIZ MUSIC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Power Grab is the ninth studio album from terrace rock legends the <strong>Cockney Rejects<\/strong>. Pre Order <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.viveleshop.com\/products\/cockney-rejects-power-grab-cd-lp\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.viveleshop.com\/products\/cockney-rejects-power-grab-cd-lp\" target=\"_blank\">Here<\/a> Bosh!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-medium\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/CADIZCD225_1024x1024.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/CADIZCD225_1024x1024-300x300.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20102\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/CADIZCD225_1024x1024-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/CADIZCD225_1024x1024-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/CADIZCD225_1024x1024-65x65.webp 65w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/CADIZCD225_1024x1024.webp 462w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Having created the \u2018Street punk\u2019 phenomenon with their EMI released debut album \u2018Greatest Hits Volume One\u2019 in 1979 and its eponymous follow up, \u2018Greatest Hits Volume Two\u2019 in 1980, the band shifted direction to their preferred hard rock leanings with the Pete Way produced \u2018The Wild Ones\u2019 in 1982, to much critical acclaim. After the \u2018Lethal\u2019 album in 1990 the band called it a day, exhausted by the \u2018Hooligan Rock\u2019 accusations and the lack of live work. In 1999 they enlisted new bass player Tony \u2018Van\u2019 Frater and drummer Andrew Laing, and now a touring tour de force they played to ecstatic audiences all over the world and released several albums right until Tony\u2019s untimely death in 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After much soul searching, the band recruited former bass player Vinny Riordan (from the band\u2019s classic first line-up) and powerhouse drummer Joe Perry Sansome (from Reigning Days) and the boys hit the road again, to even more rabid response than before. Then came covid, and like many thousands of bands the world over, they reluctantly had to down tools. Never a band to rest on their laurels, Mick and Jeff began to write, and the band spent long weekends in the studio with producer Kevin Poree creating their finest, and possibly last, studio album, \u2018Power Grab.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Power Grab boxset\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nIVHHyLzFFc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And what an album it is. It\u2019s the culmination of 43 years on the road and in the studio (\u201cit\u2019s a microcosm of everything we have learned and loved since 1979,\u201d says guitarist Mick Geggus) resulting in the most cohesive work they have ever done. From their fledgling Punk days to their Rock heyday, it\u2019s all here; the hooks, heartfelt lyrics, searing guitar work and thunderous rhythm section, all in one package. From the gentle, acoustic intro to the blistering Punk snarl of the opener, \u2018We were never bothered\u2019 through the mighty title track, to the closer \u2018MUG\u2019, there isn\u2019t any filler here- in fact the band jettisoned some six songs to make this collection the most vibrant and vital thing they have ever created.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s 40+ years rolled into one. It&#8217;s the culmination of evolution. Everything is on this album\u201d states drummer Joe Sansome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Cockney Rejects - Same &#039;Ol Same &#039;Ol\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_iZLWyAIBZU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>At the end of 2023 the Cockney Rejects will be retiring from the touring scene. They will leave behind a legacy matched by very few of their contemporaries. Catch them while you still can. And listen to \u2018Power Grab\u2019- It\u2019s what Rock \u2018N \u2019Roll SHOULD sound like. The caged beast. And something so alive it hurts. If this indeed is going to be their swansong, they couldn\u2019t go out on a bigger high.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Find the Cockney Rejects <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cockneyrejects.com\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.cockneyrejects.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Here<\/a> Bosh!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Power Grab is the ninth studio album from terrace rock legends the Cockney Rejects. Pre Order Here Bosh! Having created the \u2018Street punk\u2019 phenomenon with their EMI released debut album \u2018Greatest Hits Volume One\u2019 in 1979 and its eponymous follow up, \u2018Greatest Hits Volume Two\u2019 in 1980, the band shifted direction to their preferred hard [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20106,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[7977,3016,1787,1818,1710,1681,2052],"class_list":["post-20101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-cadiz-records","tag-cockney-rejects","tag-its-a-revolution","tag-new-album","tag-rpm-online","tag-rpmnews1","tag-vinyl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20101"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20103,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20101\/revisions\/20103"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}