There's a lot of music in the book, mostly punk and reggae tunes from 1979 and a bit earlier. There are quite a few favourites of mine mentioned.
Here's the first part of the soundtrack to the book.
Mucky Pup – Puncture
Bird Song – Lene Lovich
Jilted John – Jilted John
Salvation – Misty In Roots
Lucky Number – Lene Lovich
Babylon’s Burning – the Ruts
Champagne Charlie – George Leybourne
Satisfaction – Otis Redding
A Night at the Hop – Derrick Morgan
Wet Dream – Max Romeo
Cat Nip - Hippy Boys
You’ve Got My Number – the Undertones
What A Waste! – Ian Dury and the Blockheads
Ku Klux Klan – Steel Pulse
Typical Girls – the Slits
All Sewn Up – Patrik Fitzgerald
Shadow – the Lurkers
Living On the Frontline – Eddie Grant
Bela Lugosi’s Dead – Bauhaus
G.L.C. – Menace
No Time To Be 21 – the Adverts
