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What Kunt & The Gang tells us about offence in 2021
Kunt & The Gang's offensive attack on Boris Johnson was one last year's top-selling singles. Tim Burrows looks at the work of the Essexploitation songwriter and argues that there's still an important place for his brand of offensive pop in 2021.
Tim Burrows, The Quietus, 11th January 2021Kunt makes No 5 in the Christmas charts
The Kunts have made it to No 5 in the Christmas charts with their not-so-festive track Boris Johnson Is A Fucking Cunt.
Chortle, 25th December 2020Kunt: Boris Johnson song is No. 1 on Amazon chart
An offensive Christmas song about Boris Johnson has claimed the number one spot on the Amazon Music chart. The insulting track, titled Boris Johnson Is A F****** C*** by The Kunts, was released back in October but gathered momentum in the Christmas number one race after the prime minister implemented strict new coronavirus rules, including tier four ruining festive fun for millions of people.
Alicia Adejobi, Metro, 24th December 2020Review: The Kunts - Boris Johnson Is A F****** C***
The Kunts well-rounded, sophisticated minds have constructed a perfect Christmas song to represent not just this year, but the magnificently malefic leadership we have had paraded across our television screens for the duration. A passionate and personal message that resounds through each bar of the song.
Jess Milner, Joyzine, 22nd December 2020Kunt's Boris song in Christmas chart race despite Radio 1 censorship
Controversial comedian Kunt is in the chart race for Christmas number 1 with his song Boris Johnson Is A F****** C***. However, it appears that BBC Radio 1 will neither name nor play the track.
British Comedy Guide, 21st December 2020Kunt & The Gang releasing Boris Johnson song for Xmas
Looking for an erudite satirical barb at the hubris, disinformation and cronyism at the top of the Conservative government? Then look elsewhere, as Kunt & The Gang, has a more succinct message about the Prime Minister, which he's releasing for the Christmas market. He intends to make his new song the Christmas No. 1, a song called Boris Johnson Is A Fucking Cunt.
Chortle, 10th December 2020Interview: Kunt and the Gang
I try to make these blogs fairly immediate. But, in this case, I have failed miserably. After trying and failing two or three times to meet up online during the early days of the coronavirus lockdown, Kunt (of Kunt and The Gang - is there any other?) and I eventually chatted via FaceTime on 14th May - that's almost a month ago now.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 9th June 2020Kunt: Why did the internet's filthiest singer quit?
On 31st October this year, now retired Malcolm Hardee Comedy Award winning tunesmith Kunt and The Gang released some of his most entertaining and potentially offensive songs translated into French in an album Bite ô Ma Bite: Les Plus Grandes Teubs de Kunt and The Gang. We agreed to have a blog chat about this. That was over a month ago. We eventually met up this week. It is now past mid-December and we had both forgotten why we were meeting up.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 22nd November 2019Kunt and The Gang: The end of an era
Kunt and The Gang's last ever performance after 13 years of touring the UK.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 6th November 2016The Kunt and The Gang monologues
I thought it would also be interesting to chat to him for a blog, but he told me: "I stopped doing face to face stuff as it never comes across in print quite as well as the email interviews." I told him: "I'm never very keen on written Q&A 'interviews' because they never sound like a lively conversation. Writing in grammatical perfection is always a killer." So, inevitably, we did do a Q&A email interview. This is it.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 15th September 2016