Tag Archives: By Hook or by Crook

The Bad Shepherds To Perform At The o2 Academy, Liverpool.

Troy Dunkley at the Bilston Robin in 2010. Photograph by Ian D. Hall.

Adrian Edmondson is one of the most iconic faces on television. As part of the superb Comic Strip Presents…team, Vivyan in the cult anarchic series The Young Ones and in recent years appearing in programmes as diverse as Holby City and Hell’s Kitchen.  He also has a huge musical background and in the last few years has performed with the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, The Idiot Bastard Band and more notably, the exceptional Folk/ Punk crossover group The Bad Shepherds with Troy Dunkley and Andy Dinan.

The Bad Shepherds, By Hook Or By Crook. Album Review.

Originally published by L.S. Media. November 1st 2010.

When The Bad Shepherds released their debut album, Yan Tyan, Tethera, Methera! In 2009 the general public at large were unaware of the band who were about to change the way we think of Punk and Folk music.

Roll forward in time just over a year and the band are about to release the long awaited follow up to that quirky, intelligent and incredibly fun album in the pun driven title By Hook or by Crook.