From the book: 1950's by Nick Yapp (Getty images) I found various quotes on this notorious sub culture. " Adolescents in the fifties suddenly found themselves labelled youths".
It can be called the first real youth movement in Britain, "the teds draped and duck arsed themselves into a national outrage that made headlines". (The look, Adventures in Rock and Pop Fashion, Paul Gorman, Adelita Publishing).
The whole idea of the Teddy Boy emulated from the old Edwardian style that Saville Row championed, the fact that this youth movement tore down the elitist ideal that surrounding this style and made it their own is something that really interests me. It was punk before punk really existed.
In the song Lizard State, there are many musical influences, the main one that stands out is the big band dancehall vibe that would have been prominent at the very beginning of the Ted's. The introduction the song is also reminiscent of the rockabilly style that was coming out of America and becoming popular with this set of youths.
In an interview with the Guardian he has also been described as a punk poet, they made a connection to the artsist Billy Bragg who was known for his gritty political guitar songs, although King Krule's lyrics are less political and more taken from his personal experience of heartbreak/youthful disillusionment. His style of music is very much a mish mash of many styles, as a stage character he comes across as a 'jack the lad' kind of character which reminds me of the tongue in cheek style of the Ted's and also the suited and booted punks that could be found in the later 70's.
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