Monday, May 3rd: Attila The Stockbroker
Sharp-tongued, high energy, social surrealist rebel poet
and songwriter. His themes are topical, his words hard-hitting,
his politics unashamedly radical, but Attila will make you
roar with laughter as well as seethe with anger...
 Inspired by the spirit and 'Do It Yourself' ethos of punk
rock, and above all by The Clash and their overtly radical,
political stance, Attila started performing in 1980, blagging
spots for his poems and songs in between bands at punk gigs.
He quickly got a couple of John Peel radio sessions, a deal
with London independent record label Cherry Red Records and
before very long was on the front cover of Melody Maker...and
he hasn't looked back since!
Attila has spent the last 23 years performing his work across
the world at literary and music festivals, rock venues, arts
centres, pubs, universities, schools, folk clubs and punk
squats in the UK, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada, Australia,
New Zealand, the US, Euskadi, France, Scandinavia, Austria,
Switzerland, Italy, Poland, Hungary - and more improbably
in Romania, Bulgaria and a hotel basement in Stalinist Albania.
 He's released 14 music/poetry albums in 5 countries and
4 books of poems. He's written for many national and local
publications including The Guardian, Time Out, NME, Sounds
Magazine and The Independent.
In 1994 Attila formed his first-ever band, BARNSTORMER,
combining his two great musical loves - medieval music and
punk! - and giving him the chance to use his classical violin
training and play loads of his favourite medieval instruments.
The band released their debut album, 'The Siege of Shoreham'
in 1996. The latest Barnstormer album, 'Just One Life', was
released in October 2000.
'Live in Belfast', his latest CD of poems and songs, was
released in March 2003. For a full list of Attila's releases
go to www.attilathestockbroker.com
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