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Years Active
1985 – 1990 (5 years)
Founded In
Barking, Barking and Dagenham, London, England, United Kingdom
McCarthy were an English band, formed in Barking, East London in 1985 by schoolmates Malcolm Eden, Tim Gane, John Williamson and Gary Baker. They mixed a sweetly style, dominated by Gane's 12-string guitar playing, with Eden's overtly political lyrics, often satirical in tone, which reflected the band's far left leanings. After a string of singles, including 'Red Sleeping Beauty' and 'Frans Hals', and a track on the NME album, their debut album 'I Am A Wallet' was released in 1987 to much critical acclaim. Two furthe… read more
McCarthy were an English band, formed in Barking, East London in 1985 by schoolmates Malcolm Eden, Tim Gane, John Williamson and Gary Baker. They mixed a sweetly style, dominated by Gane's 12-string guitar playing, with Eden's overtly political lyrics, often satiri… read more
McCarthy were an English band, formed in Barking, East London in 1985 by schoolmates Malcolm Eden, Tim Gane, John Williamson and Gary Baker. They mixed a sweetly style, dominated by Gane's 12-string guitar playing, with Eden's overtly political lyrics, often satirical in tone, which reflected the band's far left leanings. After a … read more

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1 Play track That's All Very Well But? Red Sleeping Beauty
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2 Play track I Am a Wallet An Mp Speaks
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3 Play track I Am a Wallet The Well of Loneliness
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4 Should The Bible Be Banned (20.10.87) Should The Bible Be Banned (20.10.87)
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5 Play track That's All Very Well But? We Are All Bourgeois Now
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6 Play track I Am a Wallet Monetaries
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7 Play track I Am a Wallet Charles Windsor
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8 Play track That's All Very Well But? Frans Hals
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9 Play track I Am a Wallet Antinature
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10 Play track I Am a Wallet The Funeral
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  1. 22,871 listeners

    31 Dec 1985 · 22 tracks

    That's All Very Well But?
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  2. 13,190 listeners

    1987 · 14 tracks

    I Am a Wallet
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  3. 4,009 listeners

    31 Dec 1988 · 25 tracks

    I Am A Wallet/Banking Violence And Inner City Life Today
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  4. 3,239 listeners

    Apr 1990 · 11 tracks

    Banking, Violence and the Inner Life Today
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