Unknown to the band at the time the name was chosen, GBH is derived from the British legal phrase, Grievous bodily harm. Another band was using the name, so they added Charged onto GBH. It began with Colin (Col) Abrahall on vocals, Colin (Jock) Blyth on guitar, Ross Lomas on bass, as well as their first drummer Andrew Williams. The band mostly toured in England during the 1980s, however they did make several excursions out of the island, including several tours to the United States. Some of their most famous shows that they played during the 1980s were at the 100 Club in Oxford Street in London.
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Avenues And Alleyways Lyrics

GBH

Sleep like a baby,
My little lady.
Dream 'till the sunrise, creeps into your eyes,
Dream 'till the sunrise turns on the day.
In the avenues and alleyways,
While you sleep there's a whole world coming alive.
Abel and his brother, fighting one another,
In and out of every dive.
The avenues and alleyways
Where the strong and the quick alone can survive,
Look around the jungle, see the rough and tumble,
Listen to a squealer cry.
Then a little later, in the morning paper,
Read about the way he died.
Wake up my pretty,
Go to the city.
Stay through the daytime, safe in the sunshine,
Stay 'till the daytime turns into night.
The avenues and alleyways
Where a man's gotta' workout which side he's on.
Anyway he chooses, chances are he loses,
No-one get's to live too long.
The avenues and alleyways
Where the soul of a man is easy to buy,
Everybody wheelin', everbody dealin',
All of the low are living a high.
Every city's got 'em, can we ever stop 'em ?
Some of us .. .. are gonna try.