[Brand] 80-90's Unknown

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

[Size] M

[Actual size] Width 59cm Length 66cm Sleeve length 78cm

[Color] Mint green


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

[Condition] Dead stock

[Product Description]

Hand-printed by Fifth Column founding member Chris Townsend using the original 80s print. This is a special sweatshirt that is unique and made using deadstock bodies made in the USA in the 80s and 90s.

[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, 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 and Radar Radio 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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