Goldblade are an English punk rock band from Manchester, England. The band formed in early 1995 when ex Membranes frontman, John Robb, put the band together with Wayne Simmons and former Membranes and A Witness vocalist Keith Curtis on bass, Rob Haynes (ex Houndgod and Killing for Pleasure/K.F.P.) on drums and Jay Taylor on guitar.
The band signed to Ultimate Records and released their first single, "Soul Power", before releasing several more singles and two albums - Home Turf (1996/97), and Goldblade Drop the Bomb (1998) before Simmons departed. In 2000, Goldblade then recruited a new percussionist, Martin Gray, into the line up and recorded two further singles "AC/DC" and "Who Was The Killa?" together with a third album Do You Believe In The Power Of Rock 'n' Roll all released in 2002 on a new label, Twenty Stone Blatt.
In 2001, Jay Taylor left the band to concentrate on his Bonebox project, and two new members Johny Skullknuckles and Pete 'Gorgeous' Byrchmore (ex-Nightingales, and U.K Subs) were recruited to begin work on the next album, Rebel Songs (2004). Second percussionist Gray left shortly after the recording sessions, and the album was released in 2005 on the Captain Oi! label. The band continued gigging and recording as a five-piece, with the next album Mutiny (also on Captain Oi! Records) released in 2008. Both "Rebel Songs" and "Mutiny" were also issued internationally.
Seaside born and seaside bred - hail, hail, mutiny!
Strong in the arm and strong in the head
I seek my love on the high seas
I found my love between your knees!
Mutiny, mutiny
Let's take the ship with a mutiny
Avast ye swabs and clean the decks
All god's children and scalawags
Ship to sea and ship to shore
I had a salty girl in every port
To live beyond the law you gotta be honest
To live beyond the law you gotta tell the truth
To live beyond the law you got to be honest
To live beyond the law you gotta tell the truth
This city's on steroids, it's pumped up and wild
You're never so lonely than when you're a face in the crowd
Finger on my pistol I'm going to explode!