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Nineteen Eighty-Four
Nineteen Eighty-Four, often published as 1984, is a dystopian novel by English writer George Orwell published in June 1949, whose themes centre on the risks of government overreach, totalitarianism and repressive regimentation of all persons and behaviours within society. The novel is set in an imagined future, the year 1984, when much of the world has fallen victim to perpetual war, omnipresent government surveillance, historical negationism and propaganda.
In the novel, Great Britain ("Airstrip One") has become
, and established themselves on the London pub rock circuit prior to the advent of punk.
History.
The group was named after the squat where they lived together: 101 Walterton Road, Maida Vale, although it was for a time rumoured that they were named for "Room 101", the infamous torture room in George Orwell's novel "Nineteen Eighty-Four".
The band's early gigs included several at the Windsor Castle and a residency at the Elgin. They were supported by the Sex Pistols at