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Chain gang...and Adam Hussain from GLC played prison officers Members of Newport rap group Goldie Lookin' Chain have taken unlikely roles in a film about the consequences of committing crime. The musicians play prison and probation officers in the... In this article: GLC and University of Wales, Newport |
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Wales Online | October 31, 2009
Music: Knows it! GLC to star in anti-drugs movie
...stars the band's Eggsy and Adam Hussain as prison officers Alan Woods and Greg Parfitt. Adam, 30, from Newport said: "It's great. It's going to be a film by a lot of wreckheads telling a lot of potential wreckheads not to be...
In this article: Sally Martin, Goldie Lookin Chain, Mel Gibson, and Mad Max
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Times Online | April 03, 2009
Goldie Lookin' Chain on their career highs
...it. Goldie Lookin' Chain, a gaggle of track-suit-wearing lads from Newport, South Wales, turned their love of cheap dope, ropey celebrities and gender-bending body parts into a musical draw more years ago than they care to remember. "GLC...
In this article: GLC, Maggot, Julie Myerson, Pickled onion, Bread, Walkers, and Fathers4Justice
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Wikipedia | October 18, 2009
Goldie Lookin Chain
...based in Newport, Wales. The group produces humorous, controversial and often explicit songs that satirise hip hop, today's consumer society, the chav culture and life in Newport and southern Wales in general. Many of the songs contain...
In this article: Goldie Lookin Chain, Maggot, GLC, Feeder, Safe as Fuck, and UK
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Your Missus Is a Nutter
The single reached #14 in the UK. They dedicated the song to Victoria Beckham, which resulted in them being summoned by the Newport mayor's office, who also objected to the title of their album, Safe as Fuck. In a further controversial...
In this article: GLC, Weird Science, Cannabis, Football Association of Wales, David Beckham, Victoria Beckham, Serge Gainsbourg, and England
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Welsh English
...the Lysaghts steelworks was opened, has also had some effect. Many aspects of the accent are clearly discernible in songs by Newport-based satirical rap group Goldie Lookin Chain. In a similar manner to that of the Cardiffian, the Swansea...
In this article: Wales, Swansea, Cardiff, Liverpool, Dylan Thomas, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and South Wales
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Description from Wikipedia:
Newport (Casnewydd) is a city and principal area of Wales in the United Kingdom. Standing on the banks of the River Usk, located roughly between Cardiff and Bristol, it is the largest urban area in the historic county of Monmouthshire and the preserved county of Gwent. The City of Newport, which includes rural areas as well as the built up area, is governed by the unitary Newport City Council. The whole City has a population of 140,200, making it the seventh most populous unitary authority in Wales. According to Census 2001 data the population of the core built-up area was 116,143, making it the third most populous urban area in Wales.
- Name:
- City of Newport
- Also Known As:
- Dinas Casnewydd
- Type:
- Principal area & City
- Motto:
- "Terra Marique"
- Government type:
- Principal area, City
- Founding Date:
- January 01, 2002
- Total Area (km):
- 190
- Time Zone:
- Greenwich Mean Time
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