why control

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Mark "Rip" Hodgkinson drummer for Why Control and was also pretty good at banging on the typewriter keys for Bombsite fanzine. picture about 1978. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Why Control partial song lyrics for "Sold Out"  written by Mark "Rip" Hodgkinson.  Anti-bureaucrats and freedom for creative expression was a lifestyle philosophy for Why Control     

  

 

 

 

 

Why Control gig flier late 1977

The group, believed in complete control  to design and create, clothes, music, lyrics, posters and brand themselves. Not to get eaten by the machine.