The
following is a list of all the gigs we can remember, have references to,
or would like to have been. There are certainly huge gaps, and some of
the gigs listed are not 100% accurate. If you know any more information
please do get in touch. Many thanks to Mick Penguin for his invaluable
help.
| 1984 | ||
| February | ||
| 16th Islington | Bingo Hall (Later The Garage) | |
| 23rd Islington | Bingo Hall (Later The Garage) | |
| May | ||
| 16th Highbury | Hemingford Arms | Mayday Theatre co-op production of 'The Mother' by Berthol Brecht |
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| 17th Highbury | Hemingford Arms | 'The Mother' |
| 18th Highbury | Hemingford Arms | 'The Mother' |
| 23rd Highbury | Hemingford Arms | 'The Mother' |
| 24th Highbury | Hemingford Arms | 'The Mother' |
| 25th Cannonbury | Station House | |
| 26th Highbury | Hemingford Arms | 'The Mother' |
| 27th Highbury | Hemingford Arms | 'The Mother' |
| 29th Vauxhall | Bonnington Square | |
| 30th Highbury | Hemingford Arms | 'The Mother' |
| 31st Highbury | Hemingford Arms | 'The Mother' |
| June | ||
| 17th Westbourne Park | Meanwhile Gardens | |
| 23rd Westbourne Park | Meanwhile Gardens | |
| July | ||
| 7th Westbourne Park | Meanwhile Gardens | |
| September | ||
| 28th Nottingham | Co-op Conference, University | w/Chumbawamba |
| 29th Sutton Cum Lound | Village Hall | |
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| November | ||
| 9th Kentish Town | Interaction | |
| 17th Elephant & Castle | Ambulance Station | w/Chumbawamba |
| 24th Elephant & Castle | Ambulance Station | |
| 27th Oxford Street | 100 Club | w/Subhumans |
| December | ||
| 20th Hackney | Brougham Road | 'Little Touch of Harry' recorded |
| 1985 | ||
| (Andy
& Sarah's first gigs) |
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| January | ||
| 11th Dalston | Crown & Castle | w/Dynamics |
| 26th Kentish Town | Interaction | w/Cardiacs |
| 28th Hammersmith | Clarendon [Idiot Ballroom] | |
| February | ||
| 11th Kings Cross | Pindar of Wakefield | |
| 21st Oxford Street | 100 Club | w/Subhumans |
| March | ||
| 3rd Brixton | Crown and Anchor | |
| 10th Kings Cross | Pindar of Wakefield | w/Astronauts |
| 12th Warminster | King Arthur | w/A Heads |
| 13th Bristol | Demolition Ballroom | w/Idiot Strength & Astronauts |
| 14th Gloucester | Cherry Tree | |
| 15th Swansea | St Philips Community Centre | |
| 31st Camden | London Musician's Collective | w/Action Pact |
| April | ||
| 3rd Fulham | Greyhound | w/Subhumans |
| 5th Hackney | Blue House | w/Flowers In The Dustbin |
| 6th Elephant & Castle | Ambulance Station | w/Blood And Roses |
| 9th Islington | 3 Johns | |
| 29th Oval | Cricketers | |
| May | ||
| 1st Kentish Town | Bull & Gate | |
| 7th Bournemouth | Henry's Vegetarian Cafe | |
| 8th Hazelbury Plucknett | Village Hall | w/Idiot Strength |
| 10th Hammersmith | Clarendon [Upstairs] | w/Poison Girls |
| 17th Doncaster | Co-op Hall | |
| 18th Welwyn Garden City | Woodhall Community Centre | |
| 28th Stoke Newington | Three Crowns | |
| June | ||
| 4th Stoke Newington | Three Crowns | |
| 11th Hammersmith | Clarendon [Downstairs] | |
| July | ||
| 1st Soho | WC1 Marquee | w/Impossible Dreamers |
| 6th Stoke Newington | Three Crowns | |
| 7th Stockwell | Old Queens Head | |
| 12th Fulham | Greyhound | w/Subhumans |
| 13th Hackney | Blue House | |
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| 15th Kings Cross | Pindar of Wakefield | |
| 17th Leeds | Adam & Eves | |
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| 19th Birmingham | Peacocks | w/Seers & Dee's Poetry |
| 23rd Soho | Pyramid Club [Gossips] | |
| 24th Darlington | Coachman Hotel | |
| 25th Hull | Adelphi | |
| 26th Sunderland | Bunker | |
| 27th Ambleside | Village Hall | |
| 28th Ambleside | Village Hall | |
| August | ||
| 10th Westbourne Park | Meanwhile Gardens | |
| 23rd Hackney | Chats Palace | w/Poison Girls |
| 24th Hammersmith | Clarendon [Downstairs] | w/Bloodsports |
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| 31st Telford | Amphitheatre | w/Chumbawamba |
| September | ||
| 1st Bristol | Thekla | Cancelled due to glass breakage in soundcheck |
| 3rd Fulham | Greyhound | |
| 6th Stroud | Marshall Rooms | |
| 28th Hammersmith | Clarendon [Downstairs] | w/Bloodsports |
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| October | ||
| 6th Brighton | Richmond | w/Push |
| 8th Fulham | Kings Head | w/Push |
| 11th Bath | Longacre Hall | |
| 12th Ilfracombe | Collingwood Hotel | w/Cult Maniax, Vern the Carrot and the Bushroadies & Jive Turkey |
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| 13th Hammersmith | Clarendon [Upstairs] | w/Cardiacs & Tenpole Tudor |
| 14th Soho | WC1 Marquee | w/Impossible Dreamers |
| 17th Harrow on the Hill | Roxborough | w/Push |
| 18th Finsbury Park | Red Rose | w/The Fifteenth & New Kick |
| 26th Wood Green | Arts Centre | w/Eat Shit |
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| 27th Stevenage | Bowes Lyon House | w/Tenpole Tudor |
| November | ||
| 1st Hammersmith | Clarendon [Upstairs] | w/Three Johns & Marc Riley |
| 7th Finsbury Park | Red Rose | w/All About Eve |
| 8th Birmingham | Mermaid | |
| 10th Liverpool | Bradys Cavern | |
| 12th Chesterfield | Gotham City | |
| 16th Sunderland | Bunker | w/Dynamics |
| 17th Middlesborough | Teeside Polytechnic | w/Dynamics |
| 19th Manchester | University | Hunt-Sab Benefit w/Dynamics |
| 21st Leeds | Trades Club | w/Chumbawamba & The Ex |
| 22nd Leamington Spa | Hod Carrier | w/Magic Mushroom Band |
| 23rd Swansea | St Philips Community Centre | |
| 30th Oxford | S. Oxford Community Centre | |
| December | ||
| 4th Brixton | Fridge | w/Mekons, Poison Girls & Rory McCleod |
| 7th St Albans | Crypt | w/Astronauts, Musical Melodies & The Shout |
| 11th Stoke Newington | Town Hall | Blue House Benefit w/Angels ov Light(Psychic TV) Astronauts & Zos Kia |
| 14th Nottingham | Queenswalk Community Centre | |
| 19th Tufnell Park | Boston Arms [Dome] | w/Play Dead & The Bolshoi |
| 20th Welwyn Garden City | Ludwick Youth Club | w/Benjamin Zephania & Astronauts |
| 1986 | ||
| January | ||
| 17th Kings Cross | New Merlins Cave | w/Stars of Heaven & Stitched Back Foot Airman |
| 22nd Mallet Street | ULU | |
| 24th Stoke Newington | Three Crowns | w/Thatcher on Acid |
| 25th Euston | Central London Polytechnic | |
| February | ||
| 27th Fulham | Greyhound | w/World Domination Enterprise |
| March | ||
| 1st Stratford | Tom Allen Centre | w/Stitched Back Foot Airman |
| 8th Hammersmith | Clarendon | w/Red Lorry Yellow Lorry, The Bolshoi & Gangland Funeral |
| 17th Exeter | Boxers | |
| 18th Southampton | West Indian Club | |
| 2?th Mallet Street | ULU | w/Balaam And The Angel, Guana Batz & Shop Assistants |
| April | ||
| 1st Brighton | Art College Basement | w/Wat Tyler & Hysteria Ward |
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| 2nd Kentish Town | Timebox | w/Astronauts |
| 4th Woolwich | Thames Polytechnic | w/Wolfhounds |
| May | ||
| 2nd St Albans | College Of Further Education | w/Into a Circle |
| 6th Camden | Dingwalls | w/Watermelons |
| 7th Leeds | Adam & Eves | w/Len Bright Combo [Wreckless Eric] |
| 8th Scunthorpe | Hangar | |
| 10th Hull | Adelphi | w/Pulp |
| 14th Kendal | Brewers Arts Centre | |
| 15th Bradford | 1 in 12 @ Queens Hall | |
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| 16th Leamington Spa | Hod Carrier | (Joseph meets Bambi for the first time) |
| 28th Portobello | Bay 63 | w/Stump & Scientists |
| 30th Norwich | University | w/Mighty Lemon Drops |
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| June | ||
| 3rd Finsbury Park | George Robey | w/Thatcher On Acid |
| 8th Dublin | Project Arts Centre | |
| 10th Dublin | Spinning Wheel | |
| 11th Wexford | Heffermans Bar | |
| 13th Limerick | Savoy Hotel | |
| 17th Chesterfield | Moulin Rouge | |
| 19th Walthamstow | Royal Standard | |
| 25th Brighton | Sussex University Crypt | w/Astronauts & Thatcher on Acid |
| 28th Westbourne Park | Meanwhile Gardens | w/Impossible Dreamers |
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| July | ||
| 3rd Camden | Electric Ballroom | w/Three Johns, Poison Girls, The Janitors & Bomb Party |
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| 12th Fulham | Greyhound | |
| 13th Croydon | Underground | w/Mighty Ballistic Hi Power |
| 25th Hammersmith | Clarendon [Upstairs] | w/Easterhouse |
| 26th Bolton | Queens Park | w/Membranes (Fall due to play, but cancelled) |
| September | ||
| 11th Woolwich | Tramshed | |
| 19th Leatherhead | Fetcham Riverside Club | |
| 26th Berlin | Ex Club | |
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| 27th Berlin | Kob | |
| 30th Mannheim | Old Vienna | |
| October | ||
| 3rd Ravensburg | Jugend Haus | |
| 4th Passau | Zeuhaus | |
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| 10th Kentish Town | Town & Country | w/Robyn Hitchcock & Marc Riley and the Creepers |
| 15th Kentish Town | Bull and Gate | w/Goats Don't Shave & Thatcher on Acid |
| 18th Euston | Polytechnic of Central London | w/Culture Shock |
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| 21st Whitechapel | City of London Polytechnic | w/The Mousehounds |
| 22nd Reading | Paradise Club | w/Pressgang & Thatcher On Acid |
| 27th Bradford | University | w/Hot and Horrid |
| 31st Warwick | University | w/Guana Batz & Shop Assistants |
| November | ||
| 7th Chelsea | Kings College | |
| 8th Bournemouth | Rooftops | w/Crowforce |
| 13th Mile End | Queen Mary College | |
| 19th Preston | Rumble Club | w/Dandelion Adventure |
| 20th Manchester | International | w/Wedding Present |
| 23rd Brighton | Richmond | |
| 25th Finsbury Park | North London Polytechnic | |
| 26th Finchley | Westfield Polytechnic | w/Wedding Present & The Bridge (Joseph sacks band) |
| 28th Islington | City University | |
| December | ||
| 12th Uxbridge | Brunel University | w/Men They Couldn't Hang & Then Jericho |
| 14-21st Crystal Palace | RMS | 'Wicked Women, Wicked Men and Wicket Keepers' recorded |
| 18th Finsbury Park | George Robey | Raymond's Birthday w/Thatcher on Acid & We Are Going To Eat You |
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