{"id":23745,"date":"2023-12-07T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=23745"},"modified":"2023-12-07T21:44:56","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T21:44:56","slug":"black-bombers-pay-the-price","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=23745","title":{"rendered":"Black Bombers pay &#8216;The Price&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\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=\"Black Bombers  - The Price\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6X0d2HtHKpM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Birmingham proto-punks BLACK BOMBERS have unveiled a new video from their forthcoming new album.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018The Price\u2019 casts a withering eye over the antics of the UK government, particularly with regard to their handing of the Covid pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Coincidentally, the video drops on the same day that former Prime Minister Boris Johnson appeared before the official Covid Inquiry.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/BLACK-BOMBERS-press-photo-by-Tim-Mobbs-small.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/BLACK-BOMBERS-press-photo-by-Tim-Mobbs-small.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23746\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/BLACK-BOMBERS-press-photo-by-Tim-Mobbs-small.jpg 600w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/BLACK-BOMBERS-press-photo-by-Tim-Mobbs-small-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe running of the country seemed like a game show,\u201d says guitarist and vocalist Alan Byron. \u201cMatt Hancock appearing on reality TV months after the song was penned only seemed to confirm that. A huge part of the population seeming blind to the culling of the most vulnerable &#8211; and of the VIP lane making obscene amounts of money out of PPE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOn a personal level the band lost several loved ones, parents, life-long friends, and had to deal with all the restrictions around hospital visiting and funerals &#8211; basically, following all the rules that, in time, we found the lawmakers were breaking themselves. \u2018The Price\u2019 expresses all of&nbsp;that anger and frustration.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The single is drawn from the quartet\u2019s second album\u00a0<em>Vive La R\u00e9volution<\/em>, their first album to feature new lead guitarist Steve Crittall, formerly of The Godfathers and the UK Subs. The album was produced and mixed by Crittall and Alex McGowan (Jim Jones &amp; The Righteous Mind, Urban Voodoo Machine) at Space Eko East Studios in East London and follows on from 2019\u2019s mini-album\u00a0<em>Volume 4<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Out on 26 January through Easy Action,&nbsp;<em>&#8216;Vive La R\u00e9volution&#8217;&nbsp;<\/em>is available to pre-order&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/easyaction.co.uk\/product\/black-bombers-vive-le-revolution-new-album\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Black Bombers play The Hare &amp; Hounds, Kings Heath, Birmingham on Sunday 10 December with Desperate Measures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/black_bombersuk\/\">INSTAGRAM<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BlackBombers150\">FACEBOOK<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BLACKBOMBERS_\">TWITTER<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Birmingham proto-punks BLACK BOMBERS have unveiled a new video from their forthcoming new album. \u2018The Price\u2019 casts a withering eye over the antics of the UK government, particularly with regard to their handing of the Covid pandemic. 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