The Exploited
Formed: 1979
From:
Edinburgh,
United Kingdom
Last Known Status: Active
The Exploited Interviews and Features
Below are our features and interviews with The Exploited.
Interview
The Exploited On Health, Legacy And Brexit
Some bands wear their hearts on their sleeves. Others don't just represent their beliefs, they embody them. Manowar, it could be said, were the embodiment of heavy metal, George Clinton was funk personified and if ever there was a band that were punk incarnate, it's Edinburgh's own, The Exploited. With no less than eight stellar albums over thirty nine years, the group has given the world such anthems as, "Punk's Not Dead," "UK82" and "Fuck The U.S.A." and despite lineup changes, feuds with other bands and musicians and health problems, the Scottish legends are still going strong today. At a recent show in Bristol, I had the pleasure of sitting down with iconic frontman Wattie Buchan, as well as his brother, Wully, who plays drums in the band, to discuss a variety of subjects such as punk, Brexit, why they were banned from Top Of The Pops and what was redeeming about Margaret Thatcher "being a cunt."
On his recent health problems, Wattie said:
"I've had like five heart attacks, quadruple bypass, a gastric bypass, two hernia operations and a blood clot. I should be dead, that's what six doctors have told me but now I'm easily in the best shape I've been for ten years."More...