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Steve White

About Me

"Steve White- The man came from London to play this show, I was in awe. The understands how to write a song. Words, music and the feelings they convey all come together so effortlessly for this guy, face it, when you have it, you have it" - Cull The Herd, NYC
“East end punky fireman with a guitar who wraps dark and political observations in a layer of laughter as evidenced by the barbed It’s Always Summer In Sainsburys and Steve Is Dead (Brel’s Funeral Tango with lager top/Woodbines instead of Merlot/Gauloises)” – Blang
“One of a select number of artists to have written a song about his own death, Steve's acoustic punk nonsense also muses on McDonalds, the internet and crap television” – Antifolk Rule Of Four
“He's apparently Walthamstow's answer to Billy Bragg.” – BBC Berkshire
"Steve White, a heavily tattooed ‘ordinary joe’ with a good sense of tune and a handful of cheerfully delivered lyrics cram packed with social commentary – global warming, the tyranny of trying to be thin, and a chirpy condemnation of supermarkets ..." - Alice Biglow, Babyshambles Official Blogspot
"In a utopia, he would be Prime Minister" - Club Velocity
"Steve White is AFUK's resident fireman and family man. He plays simple cheerful songs on his guitar like It's Alway's Summer In Sainsburys and Steve Is Dead (a tribute to be sung at his funeral) He's wearing shorts tonight, perhaps to show off the tattoos round his ankles, or maybe cos it's always summer at the 12 Barwhich explains the er, high demand for cold alcoholic beverages Chris The Lips does a guest spot on harmonica and Steve dedicates a song to a dead fireman who had his pay docked for the last hour he worked cos he died in the middle of it. The song's called People Are Cunts. True that." - Deedee W, House Of Tracks magazine
"Steve White is a ledgend" - Kate Nash
"What a cracking night.. Steve White is not only a credit as singer/ songwriter / punk poet but as a top O's fan..... Anyone that can work Tamika Mkandawire into a song is a genius......" - fiddler, Leyton Orient FC Official Fans Message Board
"First up was a storming set by acoustic-punkster STEVE WHITE, whose songs of wit and wisdom brought toes-a-tapping and smiles to faces to the much appreciative audience. Highlights include the addition of Chris 'Da Lipz' Craske on mouthie, the wry 'Steve Is Dead', and the e17 anthem 'Walthamstow Dogs'." - Tunnel Vision Thursday
"Singing East London fireman Steve White is as great a political songwriter as they come. Savage, witty and thought-provoking. Billy Bragg, time to move over." - Blang
"Richard Digance with attitude" - The VAS
Thanks to loads of people for their support including Keith for starting it all off, Alan, Llew and the original believers, JJ and Frankie, the world famous Chris The Lips, Vis the Spoon, Filthy, Tom, Paul and all the AFUK crew, Ian n Gab at Fresh n Live, Rob and Tina at the VAS, Egg at The Eddie, Daryl Alien Jazz Party, Wingy, Hello Wembley, Fran and Brian from Box Of Crayons and of course Christine, George and Charlie for their patience and inspiration.If you, or anyone you know has been affected by this profile and you would like to talk to someone in confidence about Antifolk, you can contact The Antifolk Helpline at any time.
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Member Since: 22/11/2005
Band Website: www.antifolk.co.uk
Band Members:

STEVE WHITE - Guitars, vocals, baking

CHRIS "DA LIPZ" CRASKE - Harmonicas, attitude

BIG C - Backing vocals on Santa Is English

Influences: Real beer, good wine and average whiskey. Rum. Proper bread that's never seen a machine, organic vegetables. People called John.

Guitars and tattoos.
(Tattoos by Yan Spencer at Holy Cow Tattoos, Eastbourne)

Leyton Orient Football Club.

Sounds Like: You tell me. Click on the link below.....

Record Label: Primark
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Fuck Off White

That was a really good show, I was well pleased with that. The band fed off the crowd at Spoonful and it was all great fun to do. For those of you that missed it well....It was three quarters of 6 Of ...
Posted by on Tue, 16 Jun 2009 01:45:00 GMT

6 Of White (in pictures)

Us Lot....You Lot....Great night....thanks everyone.Pictures courtesy of Dave Winter
Posted by on Tue, 19 May 2009 04:58:00 GMT

6 Of White

Ever thought you'd never hear those songs off "It's Orient's Time" performed live? Yeah, us too, but actually we're all wrong because tomorrow night that's what's gonna happen, along with a few surpri...
Posted by on Fri, 15 May 2009 02:02:00 GMT

Friend Adding Machine

Would you like to add me as a friend?Yeah I know I've got 50,000 friends already. Yeah I know I've never actually visited their pages or listened to their songs. Yeah I know I've never actually commen...
Posted by on Wed, 18 Mar 2009 03:30:00 GMT

Pictures By Librasnake Photography

There's some pictures of the Camden Calling gig at Bridge House 2 hereThanks Gemma!
Posted by on Sun, 15 Mar 2009 04:01:00 GMT

Details To Follow

I'll be listing some more gigs soon, but in the meantime stick these dates in your diary....14th May The Grove Tavern, Wimbledon. A fundraiser for the Firefighters Charity24th May VAStonbury II, Walth...
Posted by on Tue, 10 Mar 2009 02:17:00 GMT

RBS, Climate Change and How To Download Money

So the words credit crunch and recession are still very much on everybodys lips, and we all know that its all the banks fault for fucking up the economy (I think thats the correct term) Nonetheless...
Posted by on Fri, 13 Feb 2009 02:12:00 GMT

Music And Stand-Up Comedy

Music and stand-up comedy don't mix.There, I have said it.
Posted by on Sat, 07 Feb 2009 16:37:00 GMT

Brisbane Road

So, I'd been talking to George for a while about writing a song for Orient. The O's feature heavily in Walthamstow Dogs (the 2005/6 and 2008/9 squads) and in Steve Is Dead, but I wanted to do and out-...
Posted by on Fri, 30 Jan 2009 08:17:00 GMT

Merry Christmas n all that

Merry Christmas everyone, I hope Santa brings you everything on your Christmas list if you've been good enough. Personally I've given up asking for an end to war, genuine democracy and winning lottery...
Posted by on Wed, 24 Dec 2008 02:56:00 GMT