InterviewCockney Rejects16/04/00 (Interview with Micky Geggus in a pub in Plaistow, East London, 14 March 2000) Please give a brief history of the band, including current line up.Formed in 1979 by Micky Geggus and brother Jeff "Stinky" Turner.
Bass and Drum duties have been handled by several different players over
the years, but the mainstays were Vince Riordan on Bass and Keith "Stix" Warrington
on Drums.
Signed to EMI in 1979 following 1st single on Small Wonder Records, by the end of 1980 they had recorded Greatest Hits Volume 1 and 2, together with 7 singles, two of which made the UK Top Forty and saw the Rejects on Top Of The Pops. 1981 saw Greatest Hits Volume 3 - Live and Loud, and The Power and The Glory, which saw the Rejects developinh towards their rock roots. The Wild Ones (1982), Quiet Storm (1984) and Lethal (1989) developed this rock direction, but by the 1990s the Rejects were effectively over. In summer 1999 the Rejects were approached with an offer to re-record some of their old songs - the result is the new album. To record this we thought who we could involve because we've lost touch with Vince and Stix is no longer drumming, and we hit upon the boys from Red Alert, because they know the Rejects stuff probably better than us ! Therefore the line-up is :- Micky Geggus - Guitar Jeff Turner - Vocals Tony Van Frater - Bass Lainey - Drums Discogrpahy.
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