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The band was formed in 1976 by a group of University of Leeds art students: Jon Langford, Kevin Lycett, Mark White, Andy Corrigan and Tom Greenhalgh — Gang of Four and Delta 5 formed from the same group of students. [6] They took the band's name from the Mekon, an evil, super-intelligent Venusian featured in the British 1950s–1960s comic ...
- 1976–present
The entire film is a musical with every line being delivered in rap verse. Williams starred in HBO's Boardwalk Empire for its five seasons (2010–2014), appearing as Albert "Chalky" White, the leader of 1920s' Atlantic City's black community.
MARK “CHALKIE” WHITE: Mekons’ original lead singer who prides himself for possessing “no musical ability whatsoever.” Teaches art in Cranbrook, Kent, where he lives. ANDY CORRIGAN: The Mekons’ other original lead singer, Corrigan runs a company which provides technical and logistical support for touring bands.
9. Sept. 2021 · Remembering Michael K. Williams, a Defender of Black Fictions. The death of the actor, who played Omar Little in “The Wire” and Chalky White in “Boardwalk Empire,” has cut tragically short one...
1 976. Mekons start out in the Leeds scene. Original lineup included Jon Langford on drums, Tom Greenhalgh and Kevin Lycett on guitars, Ros Alien on bass, and Andy Corrigan and Mark White on vocals. 1977. October 29/30: Recording of Never Been In A Riot / 32 Weeks, Heart and Soul.
Williams also co-starred in HBO's critically acclaimed series Boardwalk Empire (2010), in which he played Chalky White, a 1920s bootlegger and the impeccably suited, veritable mayor of Atlantic City's African American community. In 2012, "Boardwalk Empire" won a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama ...
1. Nov. 2018 · This prompted Langford and Greenhalgh to reunite with fellow original Mekons Andy Corrigan, Kevin Lycett, Mark ‘Chalkie’ White and Ros Allen to play Mekonville, a mini festival that took...
