Comments | bobmonster: Now, I knew about the new model army

bobmonster

Now, I knew about the new model army

Jul 25, 2008 23:01

I did not grow up in this country. I have an excuse not to know. Anyways, I was reading the life in the UK book, when I discovered that the Levelers was another group from around the English Civil War. So, now I have a question... How many alterna-hipply-punky bands from the mid 80s-90s era did this? Was this an intentional trend? Coincidence? What ( Read more... )

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godgirl July 26 2008, 02:34:09 UTC

*lol*

Wonderstuff the name of Cromwell's manor house?

*lmao*

jonnytuna July 26 2008, 13:55:29 UTC

yeah I think there's a social link between the two bands, which might explain it.

hsb September 6 2008, 20:40:08 UTC

When I first got into the Army and the Levellers as music, I was studying A-level history, specialising in the English Civil War*. I made a music fan nearly choke to death when I mentioned that my latest essay title was "Discuss the effect of the Levellers on the New Model Army" while he was trying to drink coffee.

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*Note for those not aware who actually see this comment, History A-level is taught in two modules, one a focus on a fairly specific event/country, the other a wider timespan covering a related country or region. So I did the English Civil War and about a hundred years of European history from around the same period (Hapsburg dynasty and all that), a *lot* of people did French Revolution (cool) and a bunch of social history from the same era in England (dull).