Fronted by Buster Bloodvessel (real name Douglas Trendle),[1] the band was formed in 1976,[4] while most of the members were together at Woodberry Down Comprehensive School,[2] near Manor House, North London.

[citation needed] Early versions of the band date back to 1976 but Bad Manners were formed and played their first ever gig in January 1978.

Dougie Trendle (Buster Bloodvessel), Alan Sayag (Winston Bazoomies), David Farren, Brian Tuitt, Paul Hyman (Gus 'Hot Lips' Herman) and Louis Alphonso were all at school together.

His manic exploits got them banned from the British BBC TV chart show Top of the Pops, for painting his head red.

[4] The album was assisted with a television advertisement, and it brought the band back to the attention of the media and the British public – but no further chart hits.

The capital's venues were often packed to capacity and this prompted the then 20 stone vocalist to reform Bad Manners with his fellow original members Louis Alphonso, Martin Stewart, Winston Bazoomies and Chris Kane.

During 1988, the revamped Bad Manners band line-up started to play a number of shows at universities and at scooter rallies and they licensed the name and logo of Blue Beat Records, setting up office inside a 50-foot (15 m) barge called the Blood Vessel in the back garden of Buster Bloodvessel's former home in London.

[citation needed] In 1996, Buster Bloodvessel moved to Margate and opened a hotel on the seafront called Fatty Towers, which catered for people with huge appetites.

[citation needed] Martin Stewart left Bad Manners in 1991, and performed and recorded with the Selecter for fifteen years.

Paul Hyman, another original member who left the band in the late 1980s, lives in Enfield and works in the London Stock Exchange, an occupation he has had since leaving Bad Manners.

"What Simon Says" was released via download just before the festive season, and the music video featured Bad Manners fans from across the world but none of the band members themselves.

Paul Hyman, Martin Stewart, Brian Tuitt and Chris Kane met with band historian and harmonica player David Turner, and Christopher 'Dell' Wardell, a music writer and promoter from Darlington.

On 18 July 2013, seven of the original nine members reunited at The Brownswood public house, near Finsbury Park, that is within striking distance of their old school, Woodbery Down Comprehensive.