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Birmingham Music Network @birminghammn.bsky.social · 23h

Tom Dunne: Bill Drummond, KLF and the decision to set fire to a million quid buff.ly/BYJ5npR #music #musicians #KLF

Birmingham Music Network @birminghammn.bsky.social · 1d

Birmingham’s busking crackdown - The street is our stage, our training ground and sometimes, our only source of income. This isn’t just about performance spaces being taken away – it’s about opportunities being stripped from people who need them most. buff.ly/i3UX7sO #music #musicians #Busking

Birmingham Music Network @birminghammn.bsky.social · 3d

Morbid Angel ‎– Altars Of Madness (Vinyl) - Iron Man Records buff.ly/hf9K1sX #music #musicians #vinyl #rock #punk #metal

Birmingham Music Network @birminghammn.bsky.social · 3d

Entombed ‎– Wolverine Blues (Vinyl) - Iron Man Records buff.ly/OWcZZbH #music #musicians #vinyl #rock #punk #metal

Birmingham Music Network @birminghammn.bsky.social · 3d

Entombed ‎– Clandestine (Vinyl) - Iron Man Records buff.ly/tfCd2Uz #music #musicians #vinyl #rock #punk #metal

Birmingham Music Network @birminghammn.bsky.social · 4d

Birmingham Busking Ban - ‘The street is our stage’ - Inside Brum's busking crackdown row. #Birmingham Council's new city centre restrictions to target 'excessive noise' have split opinion, with some calling it 'draconian' buff.ly/m7q4gci #music #musicians #busk #busker #busking

Birmingham Music Network @birminghammn.bsky.social · 4d

TC Lethbridge - Moon Equipped (Vinyl) + Free T-Shirt - Iron Man Records buff.ly/FU1zVPV #music #musicians #vinyl

Birmingham Music Network @birminghammn.bsky.social · 4d

Tour Management Services - Cost effective Touring Solutions for Music, Film and TV - Iron Man Records buff.ly/x2lEXuD #music #musicians #touring #tourmanagement #driver #carryontouring

Birmingham Music Network @birminghammn.bsky.social · 4d

Join Iron Man Records Channel on Telegram - Iron Man Records Telegram Channel for real-time updates, tour posters and flyers, releases, inteviews, and other news you may not find elsewhere buff.ly/47R56Ec #music #musicians #channel #telegram #news

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Birmingham Music Network @birminghammn.bsky.social · 4d

To The Gig Or To Oblivion (T-Shirt) Support Grassroots Music Making - Iron Man Records. buff.ly/dxuPwOh #music #musicians #tshirt #grassroots #Birmingham

Birmingham Music Network @birminghammn.bsky.social · 5d

Thames Water wants to pollute illegally until 2040. Ofwat must say NO. Ofwat is making its decision on the 22nd October. Make sure your name is on this petition by Tuesday 21st October, when we’ll be handing it in at their headquarters. buff.ly/QUScPjA #water #pollution #thames #ofwat #petition

Thames Water wants to pollute illegally until 2040. Ofwat must say NO.

Thames Water wants to make at deal with Ofwat, to pollute illegally for 15 years

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Birmingham Music Network @birminghammn.bsky.social · 5d

Reusable Bamboo Coffee Cup - 12oz / 350ml Black. Stop the 100 billion single use coffee cups that end up as landfill. Support Grassroots Music Making and Choose to Re-use buff.ly/oFC7GwY #music #musicians #grassroots #reuse #coffee #bamboo

Birmingham Music Network @birminghammn.bsky.social · 5d

Iron Man Records - Immanentize The Eschaton (Hooded Sweatshirt) This hopes to raise much needed funds for Iron Man Records. Sweatshirts suitable for men and women (in sizes: Small, Medium, Large, Extra Large and Extra Extra Large) buff.ly/SRhzLTW #music #musicians #grassroots #Birmingham #punk #rock

Birmingham Music Network @birminghammn.bsky.social · 5d

Police Bastard - Police Bastard LOGO (T-Shirt) Sizes available in Small, Medium, Large, Extra Large, Extra Extra Large and Extra Extra Extra Large - Iron Man Records buff.ly/Tyj3pw8 #punk #rock #Birmingham #music #musicians

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Birmingham Music Network @birminghammn.bsky.social · 5d

John Sinclair - Kick Out The Jams (T-Shirt) Kick Out The Jams - All The Jams - Break Everything Loose - Iron Man Records buff.ly/Y3uvH8n #music #musicians #JohnSinclair #Poet #MC5 #Detroit

Birmingham Music Network @birminghammn.bsky.social · 11d

Come and find Iron Man Records Channel on Telegram - Music and ideas. Published when something happens. Music will find a way. buff.ly/HA3iLMl #music #ideas #musicians #telegram

Birmingham Music Network @birminghammn.bsky.social · 12d

Tour Management Services - Cost effective Touring Solutions for Music, Film and TV. Fully insured with Public Liability and Professional Indemnity Insurance. I can handle requirements for crossing UK / EU Border - Iron Man Records buff.ly/x2lEXuD#music #musicians #tour

Birmingham Music Network @birminghammn.bsky.social · 13d

How The MC5 were determined to "blow away" hippie rock. "...Marshall amps turned up to 10 and lyrics that try to deal with reality." buff.ly/P95hT1G #music #musicians #MC5

How The MC5 were determined to "blow away" hippie rock

Straight out of the Motor City, these punk rock pioneers weren't just political radicals, they wanted to destroy the dull California sound of the late 1960s.

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Birmingham Music Network @birminghammn.bsky.social · 14d

The Political Circus: Red Flags of the Righteous. Politics isn’t about governance anymore. It’s about performance.Campaigns are music videos. Debates are wrestling promos.
And democracy? buff.ly/RNNn4aY

The Political Circus: Red Flags of the Righteous

War poetry for rigtheous (song) writers

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Birmingham Music Network @birminghammn.bsky.social · 18d

“The absurd is capable of achieving the impossible.” - Miguel de Unamuno. Total Assault On The Culture - October 2025 buff.ly/AghYNw8 #music #musicians

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Birmingham Music Network @birminghammn.bsky.social · 23d

In eternal loving memory of Risky Rich - 3rd / 4th October 2025 at Fox and Firkin, London - Iron Man Records buff.ly/0rZRMNp #music #musicians #punk #rock

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Birmingham Music Network @birminghammn.bsky.social · 24d

The Official Record Of Opposition To The Death Penalty buff.ly/m7jPv1t

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Birmingham Music Network @birminghammn.bsky.social · 24d

Total Assault On The Culture - October 2025. “The absurd is capable of achieving the impossible.” “Fascism is cured by reading, and racism is cured by travelling” buff.ly/AghYNw8#music #musicians #Brexit

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Birmingham Music Network @birminghammn.bsky.social · 24d

In 1969, 28-year-old activist, poet, and supporter of the Detroit rock band the MC5, John Sinclair was arrested after unknowingly buying two joints from an undercover policeman. He was arrested and charged with possession, receiving a prison sentence of ten years buff.ly/47TBJFF #JohnSinclair #MC5

The First Person in Michigan to Legally Buy Marijuana: 2019

He was thrown in jail in 1969 for possession of marijuana.....50 years later he became the first person in Michigan to buy it legally...

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Birmingham Music Network @birminghammn.bsky.social · 24d

“Punk was really at its height at the time of the MC5 in 1969. They were more important than anything that came out of the UK in ’76. Punk was supposed to be about gutsy honesty. Most of it was young poseurs pretending to be angry because it was the thing to do.”

The band Ian Anderson called "more important" than punk rock

Punk rock would stomp out the likes of prog rock, but Ian Anderson felt the greatest acts could put any leather-clad punk to shame. Read more here.

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