R*E*P*E*A*T MANIFESTO

1. THE HISTORY OF ALL POPULAR MUSIC IS THE HISTORY OF STRUGGLE. ELVIS AGAINST FRANK SINATRA, THE STONES AGAINST THE BEATLES, THE PISTOLS AGAINST JUST ABOUT EVERYONE ELSE, THE MANICS AGAINST THE MINDLESS INDIE EPITOMISED BY BLUR.

2. IT IS THROUGH THIS STRUGGLE THAT PROGRESS IS MADE. AS THE TWO OPPOSITES (THESIS AND ANTITHESIS) GROW OLD AND FAT TOGETHER, THEY MAKE WAY FOR SOMETHING NEW, VIBRANT AND AGGRESSIVE, STEALING THE BEST OF BOTH STRANDS, READY TO ANNOY THE NEXT GENERATION.

3. THE LACK OF SUCH STRUGGLE IN THE PRESENT PERIOD IS THUS A BAD THING. THE BIGGEST BANDS APPEAL TO MUMS AND DADS SENSE OF WHAT’S "NICE" AND "TUNEFUL", WHILE REBELLION IS CORPORATION OWNED: THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SLIPKNOT AND BOB THE BUILDER IS THAT THE FORMER STEALS MORE POCKET MONEY FOR ''MERCHANDISE''.

4. IT'S TIME FOR A BAND READY TO GET UP THE COCAINE ENCRUSTED NOSES OF THE MUSICAL STATUS QUO AND TO START RE-CREATING GENERATION GAPS.R*E*P*E*A*T WANTS TO NURTURE THESE BANDS.

5. WE WANT TO PLOW OVER THE BONES OF THE DEAD.

6. IN A WORLD WHERE NO ONE READS PAPERS, LISTENS TO POETRY, BOTHERS TO VOTE OR TRIES TO CHANGE THINGS, MUSIC IS THE ONLY MEDIUM WHICH CAN TOUCH MILLIONS OF PEOPLE AND IGNITE THEM INTO ACTION. R*E*P*E*A*T WANTS TO EFFECT THIS CHANGE. GIVE US A FIRM PLACE TO STAND AND WE CAN MOVE THE EARTH.

7. EVEN LOCAL SCENES CREATE THEIR OWN CONSERVATIVE CLIQUE WHOSE SOCIAL LIFE AND REASON D’ÊTRE IS BOUND UP WITH KEEPING THINGS AS THEY ARE. IT IS OUR DUTY TO ANNOY THE FUCK OUT OF THEM.

8. IT IS BETTER TO PLAY TO 10,000 PEOPLE WHO HATE YOU THAN TO CONFORM AND OBEY: IF ONE PERSON HAS UNDERSTOOD AND IGNITES, THEN IT WILL HAVE BEEN WORTH THE BOTTLING.

9. EXUBERANCE IS BEAUTY. ORIGINALITY IS UNOBTAINABLE AND WORTHLESS.

10.STAGE ''ACTS'' SHOULD NOT BE ROCK'N'ROLL BUT THE GEOMETRY OF CONTEMPT.

11. THE ONLY WAY TO FIND OUT IF YOU'VE GONE FAR ENOUGH IS TO GO TOO FAR.

12. A RIOT IN ARBURY IS MORE GLAMOROUS THAN A SELL OUT AT APU.

13. THE CISTERN CONTAINS THE FOUNTAIN OVERFLOWS.

14. HATRED IS MORE POWERFUL (AND MORE INTERESTING) THAN LOVE.

15. SELF-MUTILATION (WANKING?) IS MORE SATISFYING THAN STARING AT EFFECTS PEDALS.

16. CHIPS ARE BETTER THAN CRACK, GOLDEN BEARS BETTER THAN SEX.

17. FLY POSTING IS THE NEW POETRY.

18. HISTORY BOOKS, NEWS BROADCASTS AND MUSIC MAGS ARE ALL FULL OF PEOPLE WHO'VE LET US DOWN: "WE DON'T WANT YOUR FUCKING HEROES!"

19. WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CONTRADICT OURSELVES COMPLETELY: "WE'VE GOT NOTHING LEFT TO BELIEVE IN."

20. WE HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE BUT OUR CHAINS. R*E*P*E*A*T WANTS TO HAND OUT THE BOLT CUTTERS.

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WITH HELP FROM THE VIRGIN SUICIDES, WILLIAM BLAKE, ARISTOTLE, ENGELS, KARL MARX AND AGRIPPA.