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UK Feds came about when former members of Redditch band Shooze/set about creating a new loud and raw sound.
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They describe their music as ska, punk & reggae.
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They say: "We don't profess to be political, or that we are saying anything brand new, but we write songs about what we see going on and it works for us.
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"The same stuff that affected '70s bands is still affecting people like us today, except not many bands seem to wanna complain or write about it. We do."
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"Politically angry and not frightened to make their point with a vocal style reminiscent of The Police - only they probably hate the police too…" - Andrew Marston.

The Upton Blues Festival is expected to generate almost a million pounds for the local economy this weekend.
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The free festival, which started yesterday afternoon across the streets and pubs on the town, made more than £800,000 last year, according to independent research.
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The town is expecting 20,000 visitors across these three days.

Last Sunday, Radio 2's Jamie Cullum hosted the Ö÷²¥´óÐã Introducing and PRS for Music Foundation showcase at the Montreal Jazz Festival.
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The international event featured three excellent acts, discovered by local Ö÷²¥´óÐã Introducing shows, including our very own - who's originally from Bromyard and now living in Tenbury Wells.

Beer On The Wye took place in Hereford last weekend and one of the bands playing had just come off stage at Glastonbury.
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Slippery Slope, who are based in the Golden Valley, are regulars on the festival circuit.

They topped the Ö÷²¥´óÐã Music Sound of 2015 list and now Years & Years have just played their second Glastonbury Festival.
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Lead singer Olly Alexander studied Performing Arts at Hereford College Of Arts and became the band's lead singer after meeting at a house party and was overheard singing in the shower!
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He then went on to support last year's Ö÷²¥´óÐã Music Sound Of winner Sam Smith.

• Malvern Rocks is cancelled for 2016.
• Lineups for the Upton Blues Festival, NozstockÌýnear Bromyard, Bretfest near Evesham and Wizzafest in Droitwich.

Will Holland is a musician, DJ and record producer from Bewdley who's spentÌýthe last seven years in Colombia learning to play guitars, bass, double bass, piano, organ, saxophone, accordion and percussion.
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HeÌýnow runs his own record label in New York on which he releases heavy soul and funk.
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He has also remixedÌýmore thanÌý30 songs.

For the last few years, we've been taking over one of the main stages at the Wychwood Festival, on Cheltenham Racecourse, showcasing some of the very best acts from across Herefordshire & Worcestershire.
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It's a relationship that began with the seven counties that surround Gloucesteshire all putting forward their favourite acts - a competition, it seems, that we have won!
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Once again, we encountered blistering heat as the sun shone down on the Prestbury Hills and welcomed five acts, to the stage, who we'll be broadcasting through July and early August.

What an incredible career it's been for Ellie Goulding - and to think it all began here in Kington!

Back then she was performing at the open mic nights at Doodies on St Owen's Street in Hereford, which is no longer there, and having some of those early CDs played on Ö÷²¥´óÐã Hereford & Worcester.

Fast forward a decade - and she's now a household name across the globe, with many of her lesser heard singles in Britain flying high in the US Billboard charts.

Tonight - we bring you a couple of tracks from the global phenomenon as she plays Glastonbury.