The intention [with forming the band] was literally to try and smarten me act up a little bit, but unfortunately, it backfired a bit. Read more about the condition New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. It’s with sad heart that we have to report a near fatal incident involving the Anti Nowhere League’s lead singer known as Animal (real name Nick Culmer).

Because, obviously, we came in when punk music came back in with its second wave – should we say – of 1980, with The Exploited and GBH and all this, the aggressive, grungy side of punk.I think if I put the book out a few years ago, it wouldn’t be a problem, but now they’re a bit scared. Thankfully, Animal (real name Nick Culmer) has recovered enough to be able to perform, and played his comeback gig last weekend. Once you get in a band and start playing the local venues, [then] it just keeps them off the streets.

I think everybody should just wait to read the first bits of it to see whether it’s too hot to handle. Me, in my bike days, listening to Lynyrd Skynyrd, going along to see Genesis and that, it never made me think, ‘cor, fuck me, I want to be in a band. Autobiography written by Animal frontman of the Anti Nowhere League (aka Nick Culmer) in his own words. However, there was a belated 'farewell' show at the Victoria Hall in Tunbridge Wells, in 1989, which was recorded and can be heard on their live album, Live Animals. On 26 October, the band joined Angelic Upstarts, Sham 69 and The Damned for the academy in the UK 2006: 30th Anniversary of Punk gig at London's Shepherd's Bush Empire.

And don’t forget So What, the obscenity-laden B-side which saw their single Streets Of London banned, and was covered by Metallica! For me personally, punk music was a vehicle to get out of the road I was going – back to prison, if you know what I mean. But then all of a sudden – wow – there was The Stranglers and The Clash… I thought, ‘wow, that did something for me. After a mini European tour in late spring 2009, they embarked on an American tour in June and July 2009, before appearing at the Punk Rebellion festival in Blackpool. Unfortunately, because I sung the song, ‘I’m an Animal’ – and got me into trouble, that one – ‘Animal’ sort of stuck and I didn’t like it, but I couldn’t do much about it really.