Barry Ashworth
By the mid-90s Barry was DJing and had started the act that he remains the lynchpin of to this day – the infamous Dub Pistols. The name captures the essence of Barry and the band’s music – punk ethics with a dub mentality – and they initially made waves with their ‘Point Blank’ album in the late 90s big beat scene that spawned Norman Cook, aka Fatboy Slim, and the Chemical Brothers.
The Dubs then signed to Sunday Best Records, the label run by BBC Radio 1’s Rob Da Bank – of Bestival fame. The ‘Speakers & Tweeters’ album saw them again collaborate with Terry Hall from The Specials on a number of tracks, including a version of seminal Specials song ‘Gangsters’ that they started playing out live.