AIG = Arrogance Ignorance & Greed
February 3rd, 2010
Just heard this track from Show of Hands on Radio 4’s ‘Midweek’ with Francine Stock. The West Country ‘acoustic roots’ band — comprising Steve Knightly and Phil Beer — were inspired to write this song by the social injustice of the banking bailouts and in particular by the nickname for American International Group (Arrogance, Ignorance and Greed). You can really sense the anger in lyrics and the rendition. Show of Hands has already sold out the Albert Hall three times, played at the Glastonbury and Womad music festivals and they’re about to embark on a tour of Germany before touring the UK in April.
- For an expose of wrongdoing by HBOS’s corporate arm, Bank of Scotland Corporate, read Banking’s Abu Ghraib.