The Metros - Last Of The Lookers

To begin with, the band's influences were ska, punk, The Libertines and The Strokes. As habitué's of Sydenham and Peckham, they also absorbed the prevailing urban soundtrack of R&B and grime. But The Metros sound developed into something truly distinctive after Saul discovered his dad's old vinyl record collection everything from The Specials and The Clash to Ray Charles and Bo Diddley, but most crucially Squeeze and Ian Dury & The Blockheads. The latter spurred him and Jak to write gritty, witty character songs inspired by the edgy, semi-criminal underworld on their doorstep, as well as their own colourful teenage lives.

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