19 MARCH 2005, Page 18

The wrong punks

From Calvin Evans

Sir: Matthew Parris’s column (Another voice, 5 March) cited the punk band 999 as being composers of the song ‘Police Oppression’. Ïn fact it was the band Angelic Upstarts, for their 1978 LP ‘We Gotta Get Out Of This Place’ — probably the finest punk album ever released.

Calvin Evans

Chon Buri, Thailand