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Levellers is een Britse band. Hun repertoire omvat voornamelijk folkrock of indierock, met invloeden uit de punk en traditionele Engelse volksmuziek.

De band is afkomstig uit Brighton, Engeland, waar de band in 1988 ontstond. De naam is afgeleid van de levellers, een radicale fractie van het New Model Army van Oliver Cromwell. De naam verwijst ook naar het relatief vlakke gebied in Brighton waar de meeste bandleden opgroeiden. Onderwerpen als natuur en milieu, vrede en anarchisme zijn vaak terugkerende onderwerpen.


The band was formed with Mark Chadwick on guitar and lead vocals, Jeremy Cunningham on bass guitar, and Charlie Heather on drums. Jon Sevink, the brother of Chadwick's girlfriend, was brought in to play the fiddle. Chadwick's flatmate "Bucky" was brought in to play the guitar, but lost interest after a few months.

Chadwick and Cunningham composed their first recordings for the compact cassettes An Agreement of the People and All the Free Commons of England. A group of fans known as the "happy hitchers" would hitch-hike around the country, following the band while they were on tour.

Their first EP, Carry Me, was released in 1989 and contained the songs "Carry Me" and "England My Home", which received Radio 2 airplay. At that time the band recruited Alan Miles to play harmonica, guitar, and mandolin and to perform backing vocals. This lineup produced the EP Outside/Inside and toured throughout 1989 and most of 1990.

After re-releasing two EPs on their own Hag label, in 1989, the Levellers signed a contract with French record label Musidisc. Their first album A WeaponCalled the Word was released in 1990 and went platinum. The first single from the album was "World Freak Show".


Ik heb ze live gezien op Lowlands 1992.
Was top.