Mad Pride is the first great civil rights movement of the 21st Century. Sick of discrimination, prejudice, media witch-hunts, marginalisation, war games, medication, and generally being treated like shit, mental patients have risen from the psychiatric ghetto to shout "It's Blairite capitalism that brings us down!" and "What's so great about being `normal' anyway?". Mad Pride appreciates the musicians and bands who disdain to lick the arse of a system which shits on them too: benefits have already been played by Alternative TV, Alabama 3, Ceramic Hobs, Gertrude and Hysteria Ward. We've picketed hospitals and parliament and suicide sites and joined mass demonstrations. We've staged a punk rock festival in Clissold Park, issued a cult t-shirt, published a book - Mad Pride: A Celebration of Mad Culture - and released a compilation CD, Nutters With Attitude.
