Abbott grew up on the Farley Hill Estate in Luton in the 1960s where he attended Rotheram High School and Luton VIth Form College where in 1978 he joined local punk band The Rezistors as a guitarist.
Moving to vocals and guitar, Abbott renamed the Rezistors 'UK Decay' in 1979 after a front page headline in the Daily Mirror. The band's music was far from the proto-punk of 1977 ... Show More