Wild colonial boys

<p>Ruefrex were one of Northern Ireland's most popular and uncompromising punk rock bands.<br><br>Emerging from the Belfast street-gang culture of the late-1970s the group inspired by The Clash enjoyed a turbulent decade-long career. They played for millions on CNN and Channel 4 toured with The Pogues and recorded the controversial 'The Wild Colonial Boy' which attacked American donations to Northern Irish terrorist organisations.<br><br>Throughout it all founder member songwriter and spokesperson Thomas Paul Burgess ensured the band remained faithful to their Protestant working-class origins. This candid memoir takes us on a journey from the streets of Belfast to encounters with U2 Shane MacGowan The Cure The Fall and Seamus Heaney.<br><br>From strife-torn 1970s Belfast to bohemian London <i>Wild colonial boys</i> tells the story of a punk band who refused to give up and stayed true to their punk roots.</p>