Social Unrest (band)

Steven Paul "Abbo" Abbott (born January 1960 in Luton) is an English producer, A&R executive, artist manager, concert promoter and media consultant. Formerly a singer/songwriter, Abbott was lead singer of the band UK Decay from 1979-1983.

Abbott grew up on the Farley Hill Estate in Luton in the 1960s where he attended Rotheram High School and Luton VIth Form College where in 1978 he joined local punk band The Rezistors as a guitarist.

Moving to vocals and guitar, Abbott renamed the Rezistors 'UK Decay' in 1979 after a front page headline in the Daily Mirror. The band's music was far from the proto-punk of 1977, instead inspiring bands of the early 80s with their deep, dark imagery and slow grinding rhythms. In an interview with Steve Keaton for Sounds music paper, Abbott described the band as "Goth" and has since been credited with the first usage of the term that became a notable music and fashion movement. The band toured extensively around Europe on the rock and art circuits. Having supported the Dead Kennedys on their debut UK tour, the band were invited to play with them in the US and toured for 5 weeks in March/April 1981, playing on bills with the fledgling West Coast scene bands like Black Flag, DOA, Circle Jerks, Subhumans, Flipper and Social Unrest. The Band were outspoken against racism and discrimination and were often targeted by Right Wing political groups. They made one album, entitled For Madmen Only and 5 singles between 1979 and 1983, spending months in the UK Independent Charts, including the punk standard For My Country. Abbott split from UK Decay in 1983 and formed Furyo, an experimental 4-piece band, releasing a mini-album and EP in the UK and a full-length album in Japan.

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