Take It or Leave It

The film tells the story of a music group. The group is called Madness. The members play themselves in it. The account goes back to their early days. The band played under the name The Invaders to begin with. They took the stage in pubs. The money they made was small. Then they changed their name. Their songs began reaching the charts. They set out on a tour abroad. The film goes into the members’ own stories as well. The disagreements among them are shown. Their early songs appear in the film. The account shows both the stage and what is behind it. The film rests on the group’s own telling. Suggs and Mark Bedford play themselves in the eighty three minute documentary. It is a British production Dave Robinson finished in 1981.