Scritti Politti

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Scritti Politti are a British band formed in 1977 in Leeds by singer-songwriter Green Gartside, who is the sole remaining member of the original band. |title=Biography by Uncle Dave Lewis |publisher=AllMusic|access-date=13 April 2009}}
Initially formed as a punk-aligned underground act influenced by leftist politics, they transitioned into a commercial pop music project in the early 1980s, achieving success on the record charts in the UK. The group's most successful album, 1985's... meer