Artist · chart history
Bad Manners
Band London United Kingdom Formed 1976 UK ska band
Bad Manners formed in 1976 in London, United Kingdom. Bad Manners has 7 chart appearances on 5 radio countdowns from 2 stations on RockLists, spanning 1988–1996. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “That'll Do Nicely”, which appears on 2 lists with a best position of #112. The station that charted Bad Manners most often is KROQ (Los Angeles, CA), with 5 appearances.
Bad Manners were the ska revival's rowdiest party, a London band formed in 1976 with the larger-than-life Buster Bloodvessel out front and a band behind him that never stopped skanking. In a revival crowded with Madness, the Specials, the Selecter and the English Beat, Bad Manners were the knees-up.
They were everywhere in the early '80s, turning up on Top of the Pops and in the concert film Dance Craze, and their first run of albums, Ska 'n' B, Loonee Tunes! and Gosh It's ... Bad Manners, were their biggest sellers. Forging Ahead, in 1982, kept the pace up with a bouncing "Samson and Delilah", and "That'll Do Nicely" swaggered in the following year. Mental Notes in 1985 brought "Bang the Drum All Day", played with the same beery gusto.
Plenty of players have been part of the band, keyboardist Tramper Price and violinist Johnny T among them, but Buster has always been the one leading the charge.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Bad Manners on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That'll Do Nicely | 2 | #112 | – | – | |
| 2 | Bang on the Drum | 3 | #219 | – | – | |
| 3 | Bang the Drum All Day | 1 | #178 | – | – | |
| 4 | Samson and Delilah | 1 | #494 | – | – |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
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