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    The Breeding Ground Of Vile is a double album of protest songs and songs to make people think in a world where thought seems to have become an outdated concept. Comprising 24 tracks over two volumes, the album comments on injustice, political incompetence, and senseless conflict, but also carries the powerful message that people still have the power.

    All songs were written by me, but huge thanks are extended to the other musicians on the album for their innovative and intuitive contributions: Kieran Heaney, Emma Perry, Kate Ferris, Matt Steady, Duncan Reed, Kristen (Hatt) Lewis and Matthew Lewis of the Lewinskies, Peter Robinson, and last but by no means least, the man who makes it all happen and our very good friend HeyGamal.

    The album is presented in a cardboard sleeve with my initial design concept being professionalised by the fabulous team at ThinkCr8, Leigh, Greater Manchester. Thanks also to the super talented Frank Roper Photography for the band images.

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Inspired by a story I read in the Guardian newspaper about a Palestinian family whose lives were spent beneath the level of their windowsill for fear of taking a sniper’s bullet, The Madness could also be about any of the conflicts that have afflicted the world in the last thirty years: Lebanon, Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Libya, Egypt, Yemen – remember the hope that sprang from Arab Spring? Whose hope was that?...

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THE MADNESS

Fear in darkness
Fear in the cold
Terror for the young
Despair for the old
Life under windows
Or down in a hole
Trying to survive
In a world without soul

Then the madness returns
As the city burns
And the madness remains
As the city is razed
And the madness may go
But it will come back again
And the madness kills
Generations slain

Silence creeps
From the depths of craters
To shelled facades
And burned out spaces
Barricades rise
From the rubble of night
And dust storms clear
In a world without light

Then the madness returns
As the city burns
And the madness remains
As the city is razed
And the madness may go
Only to come back again
And the madness kills
Generations slain

© Copyright John Reed May 2016. All rights reserved.

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from The Breeding Ground Of Vile - Double Album, released June 29, 2018
JOHN REED: Vocals
KRISTEN HATT-LEWIS: Accordion
MATTHEW LEWIS: Acoustic guitar
HEYGAMAL: Production

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John Reed Berwick Upon Tweed, UK

John is a Blackpool born singer-songwriter and radio show host whose songs cover themes of social injustice, environment, politics, love, & life

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