The Exploited

You would be excused for thinking that a band who sing about kicking a Mod in the head to the tune of Jingle Bells, fronted by a very menacing Scots man with a towering Mohican hair do, may be the band least likely to play on Top Of The Pops. But they did!

Tracks of note from The Exploited included Troops Of Tomorrow, Army Life and the aforementioned Fuck The Mods. Based in Edinburgh, the band was fronted by vocalist Wattie Buchan, whose supporting cast changed several times since the group's inception around the end of the 70s.

The band gained a sizable hardcore audience in the UK for its anti-authoritarian stance and criticism of the government, particularly in the Reagan/Thatcher era. 

 

The Band
Wattie Buchan Vocals