An Isle of Wight band has released a new single evoking memories of the aftermath of firebomb attacks on the Isle of Wight, which caused £3million damage.
In 1994, four shops were targeted, including Boots in Newport and Ryde's Sports and Model Shop.
Described as being in the style of Welsh rockers, Manic Street Preachers, Killing Morton's Militia recalls singer and guitarist Jack Gorman's early memories of the incidents.
Activist Barry Horne was arrested in Bristol in 1996 and homemade incendiary devices he was carrying matched those which had destroyed shops on the Island.
In 1997, Horne was convicted of multiple counts of arson and attempted arson, and one count of possessing bomb making equipment.
He had denied some of the charges and later launched an appeal.
Killing Morton's Jack Gorman said: "I have a hazy memory of seeing news coverage of the Boots fire on TV, when I was 4 years old or it might have been later, when Barry Horne was convicted for it.
"It came back to me when I saw a user on the Isle of Wight Heritage Facebook group had posted pictures of the damage to the branch of Boots."
Militia, is Killing Morton’s first release since the 2021 EP Disinformed, Now Smile.
It was recorded at Hungry Hound Productions, with Stuart Heath.
Jack added: "The video was meant to be a super cheap and easy thing to do so that we had some video content for the single release.
"I’m not a fan of old-fashioned video filters on social media, but I used them on the footage I shot in my living room, and it made the video look like it was an old VHS tape of a small activist group presentation from the 90s, which works really well for the song."
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