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Idles - Always Poor, Never Bored 

6 Music Artist Collection: Idles: Idles - Always Poor, Never Bored

Idles - Always Poor, Never Bored

Idles

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Steve Lamacq looks at the spectacular rise of Idles.

Steve Lamacq combines exclusive new interviews with archive material from across the BBC to tell the story of the rise of Idles.

They've clocked up an average of almost 100 shows a year, earned a Mercury prize nomination, an Ivor Novello award and 6 Music Album of the Year, they’ve played triumphant sets across the globe including Glastonbury Festival, BBC Introducing sages across the country, headlining the Bataclan in Paris and London's Alexandra Palace, they even have their own on-line cult - the AF Gang. 

Now here for the first time, in their own words, featuring previously unheard interviews, archive and session tracks is the story of how a ragtag group from the West Country came to make some of the greatest punk rock albums of this generation.

6 Music Artist Collection: Idles

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