Third World War - Stardom Road I & II (1971)

Third World War were an English rock & roll band formed in 1970 by manager and producer John Fenton together with songwriters Terry Stamp and Jim Avery. Fenton came up with the band’s name and provided a large part of its musical direction; Phill Brown, the recording engineer on the band’s first album, quotes him as saying, “I want a no-bullshit, working class band—I’ve had enough of all this pseudo peace crap.“[1] Due to this attitude, the band’s raucous sound and its revolutionary lyrics, they have been described as “England’s first punk band.“ [2] They have received praise from several notable figures, including Henry Rollins and Steve Albini. Joe Strummer has claimed that Third World War “were doing it when everything else was dead.“[citation needed] In 1970 the band recorded their first album, Third World War, which was released in 1971 on Fly Records. Largely, the themes of the album espoused far-left political sentiment. It featured Stamp on