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mark bowen from idles (photo credits 1, 2,3)

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Mark Bowen from Idles

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Doberman, they stood proud

The ferns loomed as I lay

The waves slapped like shin to wood

And I laid, I laid, I laid  

IDLES - The Beachland Ballroom

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IDLES and Kenny Beats at the 2023 Grammys

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“There are two arguments: one, they create a lot of money for tourism in Britain. That’s a fact, they create more money for the economy than they cost us. But they are one of the sole reasons there’s a sustenance of fascistic ideas, based on class, in England. It’s a disgrace that they still exist. It’s greed. It’s, like, so archaic and beyond my understanding of democracy! I mean it’s a fucking disgrace and I hate that it exists. But I can’t argue with the economy side, they do create money. But I think the idealogical weight of the royal family and the class system in England is crippling. It’s crippling. I’ve been attacked, not physically, but verbally by people for being middle class and being in a band like Idles. In England class is like…it’s like shackles on people’s perception and it’s just boring. The poor in our country are very overlooked and underappreciated and are starving. There’s food banks in our country. So to have a royal family at this point of time is a disgrace. […]” 

IDLES INTERVIEW by FOOD AND FUZZ

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IDLES by The Face Collective

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Joe and Bobo - Lollapalooza 2022

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Hello France!

📸 Tom Ham

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Happy Valentine's Day! May the people you love shower you with fantastic music you haven't heard.

by Eric Tra for KEXP

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IDLES Fopp Manchester

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IDLES - Sweat Series by Ralph Lindsen