Anti-Nowhere League is a hardcore punk band from England. It has seen a revolving door of musicians but the one constant was lead singer Nick "Animal" Culmer. Their first album We Are The League was released in 1982. "Woman" is a track from this album. The album reached #24 on UK charts. The first single was a cover of the song "Streets of London". However, it was the B-side that became the band's anthem. The song "So What" (remember what I said about cursing) was a hit and the single was actually confiscated by the Metropolitan Police's Obscene Publication Squad.
Metallica covered "So What" on their Garage Inc. album. I do not what kind of following The Anti-Nowhere League had in the states prior to this but this definitely helped them win American fans. Metallica invited Animal to appear at Wembley Stadium in 1992, when they sang "So What". On his website Animal wrote something along the lines "As I waited on the edge of the stage waiting to go on it suddenly dawned on me I was just about to stand in front of 10,000 punters who didn’t know me from Adam and sing a song that I couldn’t fucking remember; all that kept running through my head was run you silly old fucker!"
Anti-Nowhere League is still touring but unfortunately all I see are UK shows.
I've got my deed, I've married you
What did I do to deserve you?
Woman, Why me
Other song suggestions, glad you asked, "So What, I Hate People, Queen and Country, Streets of London, For You, Dead Heroes, Snowman, Out on the Wasteland and a kick ass cover of Paint It Black".
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