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Crux are a Punk / Oi band and come from Nuneaton in Warwickshire. They were formed in 1978 once known as Rough Treatment and started off as a punk band but never got very far. At the end of 1979 Crux changed to a Skin band as well because Andy their singer has always been a Skin and because it was mostly Skins that went to their gigs. They find gigs hard to come by in the Midlands because they are banned from most places there because promoters think they bring trouble because they are an Oi band. They once played at an open air concert in Nuneaton which the Ruts were headlining and because it started raining the organiser took away the PA because he thought it would be too dangerous to carry on. Crux said ‘Fuck It!’ and brought on their own PA but still weren’t allowed to play. This resulted in a riot taking place and unfortunately meant a lot of the Skins that were there got arrested. In the end the Police let Crux play to stop the trouble and they had a great gig. The band are trying to line up gigs in most parts of the country and the band’s debut single has just been released on No Future. It is a 12" E.P. which they share with a band called Crash. Crux’s 4 contributions to the record are ‘Keep on Running’, ‘Streets at Night’, ‘Brighton Front’ and ‘I’ll Die with my Boots on’. They have also appeared on the ‘Oi Oi – That’s yer Lot!’ album with a track entitled ‘Liddle Towers’ and also have a track on the No Future compilation album ‘A Country fit for Heroes’ called ‘C.L.A.’. The bands line up is Andy McGrath (vocals), Mick McGrath (guitar), Brendan McGrath(Higgy) (bass), and Andy Garner on drums.-(http://www.fortunecity.com/tinpan/morrison/285/issue1.htm#subculture) SONGS-Andy Mcgrath (taken from Captain Oi insert)
>C.L.A-This song was written for a laugh at first- one of our mates made up the name C.L.A(camphill liberation Army)and i wrote the words. it was well known in our town and on weekends when we were on the piss it was sung in the pubs by everyone.

Keep on Running-"i keep on running,but i cant get away dont know what to do just live from day to day. when it happen i just dont know,but when the bomb drops,there will be nowhere to go" just another one of them bomb songs.!.

Streets at Night-This was written about what happens in our town at weekends-go out,get pissed and have a good punch up. Those were the days.

Brighton Front-"another hot day on the Brighton Front,skins and punks getting ready for the hunt,Mods on scooters Rockers on bikes,cops at the ready to break up fights" day trippers song!

Ill Die With my Boots On-A song About the old Faithful Doc Marten Boots a Crucial part of the Skinhead Uniform.

Liddle Towers-We used to sing the Chorus at the cop in town on friday nights,taking the piss out of the law. We thought it was great so i put words to it and made a song up. It always went down well at gigs 'cos it was easy to learn the words."You got Liddle Towers but you ain't got me,Do-Da Do-Da"

Give us Work-A song for all the unemployed,having a knock at the Tory government.

Riot-"we all love a riot sometime in our lives".When we played this song at gigs it really did turn into a riot!

War-This song was our attempt at a discharge type song,Fast and you could hardly tell what i was singing so it didn't matter if i forgot the words.

Skinhead-When we wrote this song,out town and most towns were full of skinheads. We wrote it for them and it always went well at gigs. "SKINHEAD HERE,BACK IN TOWN,LOOKING FOR A FUCKING MOD TO DOWN". A skinhead Anthem.!....

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