Slightly after Chimp Eats Banana, Dan began working on his acoustic solo career. He was a dangerously bold and knowledgeable individual who has become very notorious over the past years from committing atrocities which he has committed on and off stage. Born as Nigel Hunter in England on January 16th, 1962, but known to all by his nickname Danbert Nobacon, he grew up with his mom, dad and two brothers until he left home sometime during his early twenties. During his early life, Danbert went to all-boy schools, so he ended up not really 'knowing' too much about women until he reached his twenties, but he eventually lost his virginity at the age of twenty three. He was considered for having one of the most important political minds of the eighties and proved time and time again by uncovering the truth behind our leaders that he actually had something to say.
During February of 1985, Danbert recorded his 'The Unfairy Tale' record and released it on the Sky and Trees label. During his early gigs, he was known for exposing himself to his audiences, and he would often describe himself as a transvestite. During several gigs, he would often be seen wearing a nun's habit.
Not too long ago during the 1998 BRIT awards, he gained notoriety for dumping ice water on U.K. deputy prime minister John Prescott while shouting 'This is for the Liverpool Dockers!' while at the same time, his band that was playing on stage shouted out 'New labor sold out the dockers, just like they'll sell out the rest of us!'(they changed one line in the song they were playing to say that instead).
In 1987, Danbert released 'Bigger than Jesus' on Mind Matter Records, followed by 'Why are we still in Ireland' in 1989 on Rugger Bugger Discs. 'Bigger than Jesus' was sold inside brown bags in stores because he decided to use a photograph of his penis for the cover. Next, a notable gig was played in Scunthrope during 1989 which features a personal song called 'A Sort of Love Song' and an amazing version of 'A Million Wat Tylers'. Danbert eventually became the comedian 'Frank Nobacon' for a short while, and currently still continues to release music such as 'The Library Book of the World' on Bloodshot Records in 2007, and 'Woebegone' on Verbal Burlesque in 2010. Nobacon has been referred to as 'the punk rock king' in fanzines, and will best be remembered for being the lead vocalist of Chumbawamba.
"Why are we Still in Ireland?
Our settlers calling
our kingdom great.
Our banners raised on high.
Baptized with the tide of history
that won’t lie down and die.
Words from our own good book
Our banners raised on high.
Baptized with the tide of history
that won’t lie down and die.
Words from our own good book
to help us get by.
The sacrifice of our daily bread
The hallowed be our domain.
For ever and ever
the powers use their glory
to chain our minds again.
to chain our minds again.
Our lads growing into
our men.
The unicorn stands triumphant
But if we look a little closer
But if we look a little closer
it’s chained like a slave.
The lion
The lion
was crowned king of this land that
it’s only ever seen from behind
bars in a cage.
This history of the winning side
This history of the winning side
written on every page.
It’s not as simple as being mislead,
as us not wanting to see,
that most of us are born losers
that most of us are born losers
in the great society.
Fed on a diet
Fed on a diet
of how grand things used to be.
An empire,
two world wars,
and Wimbly ’66.
But a Gordon Banks save
But a Gordon Banks save
couldn’t save our ship
We were sinking like a brick
till we were washed ashore in the South Atlantic.
We were sinking like a brick
till we were washed ashore in the South Atlantic.
The unicorn stands triumphant
But if we look a little closer
But if we look a little closer
it’s chained like a slave.
The lion
The lion
was crowned king of this land that
it’s only ever seen from behind
bars in a cage.
This history of the winning side
This history of the winning side
written on every page.
And how can we as a people
be so blind
to taking so much
to taking so much
but to close our minds.
To be so afraid of stepping over the line.
To bury our heads in
To be so afraid of stepping over the line.
To bury our heads in
the sands of time.
To champion those
To champion those
who take our everything,
and pretend
and pretend
that none of this is happening.
To turn away and stop wondering
To turn away and stop wondering
how things could be any different.
Living in the hope
of a promise of a land
fit for heroes’ needs.
With the reason that if
With the reason that if
we got sod all
then at least we’re white
then at least we’re white
and free.
Hiding behind
Hiding behind
hand-me-down bigotry.
A nation of jurors
A nation of jurors
judging others
by the color of a book.
That was written for us
That was written for us
on our behalf.
‘Cause we can’t be bothered to look
beyond the headlines written
‘Cause we can’t be bothered to look
beyond the headlines written
verbatim by government crooks.
And tell me when is a lie not a lie?
When it’s told by someone
who owns the truth.
And when is a joke
And when is a joke
not a joke?
When the punchline is
When the punchline is
the Union Jackboot.
When is a war
When is a war
not a war?
When those who started it
When those who started it
know it can’t be won,
and when is a country
and when is a country
not a country?
When it’s partitioned
When it’s partitioned
and ruled by British guns.
England,
oh England,
I’ll never sing your praise
For all the blood you shed
For all the blood you shed
in long-gone days.
You still can’t put your mind
You still can’t put your mind
to changing your ways.
And while Britain’s first
and virtually its last
remaining colony
remaining colony
is fighting
with its very life
to bring this monster
to bring this monster
to its knees.
We can’t see the wood
We can’t see the wood
through the trees
who the monster is.
And how can we as a people
be so blind
to taking so much
to taking so much
but to close our minds.
To be so afraid of stepping over the line.
To bury our heads in
To be so afraid of stepping over the line.
To bury our heads in
the sands of time.
To champion those
To champion those
who take our everything,
and pretend
and pretend
that none of this is happening.
To turn away and stop wondering
To turn away and stop wondering
how things could be any different.
The unicorn stands triumphant
But if we look a little closer
But if we look a little closer
it’s chained like a slave.
The lion
The lion
was crowned king of this land that
it’s only ever seen from behind
bars in a cage.
This history of the winning side
This history of the winning side
written on every page.
or still pretend we’re the master race?
Do we stand against the tide
Do we stand against the tide
or still pretend we’re the master race?
"The Birningham Six"
Birmingham,
1974,
there occurred a
bloody murder.
Twenty-one people killed by bombs,
Twenty-one people killed by bombs,
Britain reeled in horror.
Within three hours
Within three hours
the British State
found the first available scapegoats–
Five Irish men
Five Irish men
bound for Belfast,
about to board the boat.
And this is their story,
very sad, but true.
Of how six men were falsely imprisoned
Of how six men were falsely imprisoned
for something they didn’t do.
And if any should say, “British justice
And if any should say, “British justice
is the very best in the world”
tell them,
tell them,
“Well of course it is,
for the vested interests it serves”
The men were taken to Morkham
to be tested for explosives.
Tests which have since proved ambiguous
Tests which have since proved ambiguous
but were at the time held as conclusive.
One scientists’ word was sufficient
One scientists’ word was sufficient
to condemn the Irish men.
Like vultures
Like vultures
the police moved in
to begin interrogations.
In the circumstances
how well do you think the men’s rights
were observed?
The cops thought they had the bombers;
The cops thought they had the bombers;
do you think they kept
their judgement reserved?
Does ‘innocent till proven guilty’
Does ‘innocent till proven guilty’
have any meaning at all?
When you’re alone in a police house surrounded by cops
When you’re alone in a police house surrounded by cops
being kicked around like a ball.
In a dark windowless room
half a dozen detectives were waiting.
Billy Power was thrown in,
Billy Power was thrown in,
the serious questions about to begin.
He was kicked
He was kicked
and hit
and punched from all sides,
spread-eagled against the wall.
They kicked him
They kicked him
and hit him again,
a voice from the dark said,
“Stretch his balls”.
Soon after, poor Billy surrendered,
screamed,
“I’ll tell you anything you want me to say”
Sat in his own excretia,
Sat in his own excretia,
he could hardly speak he remained in a daze,
whilst cops compiled his statement
whilst cops compiled his statement
of how he planted the bombs.
They threatened him
They threatened him
with the treatment again
so Billy signed a confession.
Thursday night
became Friday night,
the five men were took back to Birmingham.
The threats and the violence continued–
The threats and the violence continued–
a taste of what was to come.
Deprived of food and sleep,
Deprived of food and sleep,
all part of procedure to break the men.
Johnny Walker
Johnny Walker
blacked out twice;
they untied his hands while he signed his confession.
And Richard McIlkenny
was threatened
with a gun
The cop said it was OK to shoot him,
The cop said it was OK to shoot him,
that the home officer’d given permission
The cop asked him
The cop asked him
if he was going to sign,
put the gun against his head.
Playing Russian roulette with a blank;
Playing Russian roulette with a blank;
when he banged
McIlkenny thought he was dead.
Hugh Callaghan,
Hugh Callaghan,
a sixth man,
was picked up in Berm and tortured
He, too, hadn’t done it
He, too, hadn’t done it
but they made him sign a confession
to mass murder.
Six men kept in isolation
Six men kept in isolation
no contact with each other
And it weren’t until
And it weren’t until
Monday morning
that they each got a duty solicitor
Still separate each unbuttoned his shirt to show how he’d been beaten up
The solicitors,
Still separate each unbuttoned his shirt to show how he’d been beaten up
The solicitors,
filling in legal aid forms,
said there wasn’t time
and refused to look
The only obvious injury,
The only obvious injury,
Johnny Walker’s black eye in court that day
When he tried to unbotton his shirt
When he tried to unbotton his shirt
all the majistrates said,
“Let’s take him away”
Leland workers staged a walkout,
their banners read
“Hang the IRA”
The labor government
The labor government
empowered at the time
rushed through the PTA
In their war on the Irish people
In their war on the Irish people
the British wanted vengeance.
Despite glaring omissions in the so-called confessions
Despite glaring omissions in the so-called confessions
the six men hadn’t a chance.
The judge dismissed their claims,
said it would’ve meant there’d been a conspiracy.
Between fifteen officers from two different forces,
Between fifteen officers from two different forces,
as if it was an impossibility.
The police in fact became heroes,
The police in fact became heroes,
got their promotion and victory medals.
The six men got life imprisonment
The six men got life imprisonment
and fifteen years on they’re still in jail.
The men protested their innocence
but it fell mainly on deaf ears.
They wanted to bring
They wanted to bring
the policemen to trial,
the appeal took
seven years.
Lord Denning dismissed their case out of hand, saying “These actions cannot go on”
Lord Denning dismissed their case out of hand, saying “These actions cannot go on”
What he really meant
was the State machine
could never admit it’s done wrong.
Another six years,
another appeal,
another set of judiciary.
To uphold the original convictions
To uphold the original convictions
as safe and satisfactory.
For if it ever gets out that the State judges wrong,
For if it ever gets out that the State judges wrong,
well
what would people say?
We’d say,
We’d say,
“We know who are real enemies are now”,
and we’d form our own IRA
Oh, let me tell a story,
very sad, but true
of how six men were falsely imprisoned
of how six men were falsely imprisoned
for something they didn’t do.
And if any should say, “British justice
And if any should say, “British justice
is the very best in the world”.
Tell them,
Tell them,
“Well of course it is,
for the vested interests it serves”.
For as long as we remain ignorant
they’ll fight their war against Ireland.
For as long as we remain silent
For as long as we remain silent
they’ll imprison any they want.
For as long as we keep our eyes shut
For as long as we keep our eyes shut
they’ll continue
to contain us.
For as long as we remain passive
For as long as we remain passive
they’ll trample us into the dust.
Hugh Callaghan,
Patrick Hill,
Richard McIlkenny,
Johnny Walker,
Gerry Hunter,
and Billy Power
Still fighting
for their freedom
fifteen long years on.
Their spirits
Their spirits
shall remain
when our State is dead.
When our State is dead.
When our State is dead
When our State is dead.
When our State is dead
and gone.
Soon to come downloads:
The Unfairy Tale 1985 Sky & Trees
Bigger Than Jesus 1987 Mind Matter Records
Why are we Still in Ireland? 1989 Rugger Bugger discs
Why are we Still in Ireland? 1989 Rugger Bugger discs
Live in Scunthrope 1989
(There are various demo's and newer material out there, but I'll stop here)
