WOH Radio: Cockney Sikh - The Footprints of Love // 16-08-25

Punk fans may remember Suresh Singh as the drummer from the band Spizzenergi, who toured with Siouxsie and the Banshees and the Cure in 1979. In this charming playlist Singh shares his love for music and his Sikh immigrant parents and his childhood in east London. His youth is filled first with National Front racism, punk music and rebellion. It is a timely reminder of all that modern Britishness encompasses.

Join him on the WOH Radio stage for “Footprints of Love”. On the show he plays music that celebrates his life growing up in East London. He loved the idea of not conforming –and his parents’ acceptance of punk made him feel that it was of value and it gave him more confidence in his own anarchic understanding of what was valuable in life. At that time, black culture was becoming more accepted in this country and, through sharing music, people learned to respect other cultures.