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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An easy job but it went wrong, I could not understand.
But how could they stop me with this magnum in my hand ?
Just a kid now he always will be.
Gunned down gunned down.
Fell like a stone in a war of his own.
It can blow a hole in a steel door it can blow a hole in you.
It can blow the guts out of any cop, but then what would I do ?
The blood is spilt it burns my eyes a pain I cannot bear.
I'm lying in the gutter crying in despair.
So I've failed in my quest of crime my one and only vice.
Gunned down by a sniper, for trying to improve my life.