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Levellers - Guest Editors - Day five 9th April 2010

It's been a great week with the Levellers, to round off we have Mark and Jon performing No Change from their first album A Weapon Called The Word at the Metway in Brighton. We also have Q&A's with Jon and Jeremy.

Keep an eye out in the next few days for another video of them performing Carry Me

  • No Change
  • Jon Sevink
  • Jeremy Cunningham

No Change

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Mark and Jon perform No Change from A Weapon Called The Word

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Jon Sevink Q&A
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charlie
What was the first album that you bought and where?
Blondie-Parallel Lines. Worthing

What was the most recent album you've bought?
Bought? Nick Harper-The Last Guitar & Dreadzone-Eye On The Horizon

What was the last book you've read?
Led Zeppelin-when Giants Walked The Earth

What was the first gig you went to, and what is the best gig you've ever been to?
Saxon-Brighton Centre. Underworld supported by Chemical Brothers, London 1995?

Was there an album or artist that inspired you to become a musician?
The deputy head teacher at my junior school

What was the first festival you went to?
Glastonbury 1984

Apart from Beautiful Days, which is your favourite festival?
Glastonbury

Which Levellers album is your favourite, and why?
Levelling The Land. It's the best one.

And which Levellers song sums up the band for you?
Carry Me

Which is your favourite song from 'Weapon...'?
Carry Me

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Jeremy Cunningham Q&A
Bass, Artwork

charlie
What was the first album that you bought and where?
'Give 'em enough rope' By The Clash in WH Smiths, Crawley

What was the most recent album you've bought?
Joy Division - 'Best Of'

What was the last book you've read?
The Cambridge History Of Christianity vol 1: Origins to Constantine (still reading it!!)

What was the first gig you went to, and what is the best gig you've ever been to?
First was The Clash at Crawley Leasure Centre, and the best, The Waterboys at Brighton Event 1989

Was there an album or artist that inspired you to become a musician?
Joe Strummer and Clash/ Crass 'Feeding of the 5000'

What was the first festival you went to?
Probably BUFF, Brighton Urban Free Frestival.

Apart from Beautiful Days, which is your favourite festival?
Probably Roskilde in Denmark or Lowlands in Holland

Which Levellers album is your favourite, and why?
'Weapon Called the Word' ; for all its flaws, our band were at the top of our game, driven and self confident

And which Levellers song sums up the band for you?
England my Home

What is your favourite dinosaur?
Neil Young...
Plesiosaur(us) - big underwater beast

Which is your favourite song from 'Weapon...'?
Probably 'England My Home' but I love it all 'Freakshow' 'I Have No Answers' etc...

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