[Brand] anvil

[Model] "DBC" Rasta Lion Union Jack "Fifth Column" design "Chris Townsed" hand printed in England

[Size] L

[Actual size]

Green Shoulder width 54cm Body width 55cm Length 74cm Sleeve length 23cm

Purple Shoulder width 55cm Body width 55cm Length 74cm Sleeve length 21cm

[Material] 100% cotton

[Country of Manufacture] Made in the USA (hand printed in the UK)

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【Description of item】

Hand-printed by Fifth Column founding member Chris Townsend using the original 80s printing. This is a special T-shirt that is one of only two to be made using deadstock bodies made in the USA in the 80s.

[Fifth Column]
A brand based in Camden, London that has been producing T-shirts for numerous bands, including the Clash, since 1977.
Chris Townsed is one of the founders of Fifth Column.

[DBC]

Dread Broadcasting Corporation (DBC) is a pirate radio station run by and for black people living in London.
Pirate radio is a so-called illegal radio station. It is broadcast from a studio built at home using an antenna installed in a public housing complex. Even today, if you go outside with an FM radio, you can listen to radio programs other than those on public radio stations.

From the end of the war until the 1990s, black music was rarely played on public radio stations in the UK. For this reason, a pirate radio station called DBC was established in 1981 for black people living in London. Famous DJs of the time, such as Neneh Cherry and Ranking Miss P, also hosted the station, and Joe Strummer of The Clash even appeared as a guest DJ.

The radio station, broadcast from a North London house, played soul, reggae and R&B, but DBC was more than just a radio station for black Londoners: they also functioned as a people's medium, urging people not to riot during Notting Hill Carnival, broadcasting in Jamaican patois and collecting petitions.

DBC's launch of a radio station for black people playing black music led to the rise of the pirate radio and internet radio scene in the UK that continues to this day. It's fair to say that Rinse FM, NTS Radio, Radar Radio and others wouldn't exist without DBC.

However, DBC was still an illegal radio station, and was closed down in 1984 after being arrested by police authorities.

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