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lot of people run a mile when they hear the word ‘folk’. They think it’s all markets and slipper and pipes and all that bollocks

Frank Turner’s got a mouth like a sailor with tourettes’, which backs up his claim that he’s mixing folk with “the ideals of punk rock”.

When punk-post-hardcore-types Million Dead imploded due to private grievances in September 2005, no-one really expected the various members to stay quiet for long. What was slightly less expected, was for former frontman, Frank Turner, to change direction and jump from the caustic punk-sneer of Million Dead to the altogether different flavour of folk.

“The general public perception is that I was involved in hardcore bands for 3 or 4 years, but I’d been involved with it for much longer than that, and I’ve just had enough of it at the moment. There was a lot of emotion invested in Million Dead, especially towards the end. I find it refreshing to do stuff solo at the moment. It’s just me personally evolving.”

“A lot of people run a mile when they hear the word ‘folk’. They think it’s all markets and slipper and pipes and all that bollocks. I enjoy the challenge to breaking down these misconceptions.”

No-one could claim Turner’s doing any otherwise on that score, with airplay of Radio 1’s Tuesday night punk show, The Lock-Up, and the kind of intensive touring schedule that would have lesser artists curling up in a foetal position and begging the tour manager to add a bucket of Savlon to the rider. Not content with just taking his guitar around the UK, Turner has taken his live performances as far a-field as Eastern Europe.

“I think I’ve done 130 shows in the last year. This is my only source of income. I fucking love touring, I like to work hard. I completely and utterly adore Black Flag and the punk ethic. And that’s what I’m trying to achieve – folk music with the ideals of punk rock.”