Suresh Singh, better known as The Cockney Sikh, reflects on growing up Sikh in 1970s East London and becoming the UK’s first Punjabi punk. He talks about drumming in hostile punk spaces, being guided by his father’s advice 'not to lose his dharm,' touring with Spizzenergi and Siouxsie and the Banshees, and how music became a means of survival, discipline, and spiritual grounding.

Suresh Singh, better known as The Cockney Sikh, reflects on growing up Sikh in 1970s East London and becoming the UK’s first Punjabi punk. He talks about drumming in hostile punk spaces, being guided by his father’s advice 'not to lose his dharm,' touring with Spizzenergi and Siouxsie and the Banshees, and how music became a means of survival, discipline, and spiritual grounding.

Suresh Singh, better known as The Cockney Sikh, reflects on growing up Sikh in 1970s East London and becoming the UK’s first Punjabi punk. He talks about drumming in hostile punk spaces, being guided by his father’s advice 'not to lose his dharm,' touring with Spizzenergi and Siouxsie and the Banshees, and how music became a means of survival, discipline, and spiritual grounding.

THE COCKNEY SIKH: BECOMING THE FIRST PUNJABI PUNK

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