Tag: punk rock
*The Ramones, The Prisoners – Poole Arts Centre, Poole, Dorset, UK – 8th May 1986
*Husker Du, Shock Headed Peters, Phranc, Hi-Power Mighty Ballistics – Electric Ballroom, London, UK – 26th March 1986
*Husker Du, Hi-Power Mighty Ballistics – Bierkeller, Bristol, UK – 25th March 1986
*Records of the Year – 31st December 1985
1980:
Damned – Machine Gun Etiquette
Dead Kennedys – Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables
1981:
Restricted Code – First Night On
Nine Below Zero – Three Times Enough
Dead Kennedy’s – Too Drunk To Fuck
Crass – Penis Envy
1982:
Black Flag – Damaged
1983:
Social Distortion – Mommy’s Little Monster
Minor Threat – Out Of Step
1984:
Husker Du – Diane
DOA – Bloodied But Unbowed
Anti-Sect – In Darkness There Is No Choice
Subhumans – Cradle To The Grave
Black Flag – My War
UK Decay – Werewolf
Cult Maniax – Cold Love
Black Flag – Slip It In
Black Flag – Family Man
Subhumans – Rats
Wasted Youth – Wild and Wandering
Phone Numbers:
Paul Chambers
Andy Anderson
Justin Butler
Simon Bradbury
Dave Brown
Alan (Josh and John)
*Husker Du, Inner City Unit, Crime and the City Solution, Mile High Club – Electric Ballroom, London, UK – 26th September 1985
Diary entry: Got back at 7.40 a.m.
Thrasher In The Toilet – 25th September 1985
Trash in the pit
Thrasher in the toilet
Trash in the pit
Thrasher in the toilet
One the floor
In the dirt
Feel the pain
Begin to hurt
On the floor
Beer and piss
Violence smells
Just like this
On the floor
Grunt and groan
Boots don’t hear
Agonised moans
Trash in the pit
Tread in the shit
Violence will spoil it
Thrash in the toilet
12th Mar 2025 – Us punks thrashing in the pit was violent but fun and friendly. No one got hurt that much, and there was definitely no malice involved. That seemed to be changing at the bigger venues around this time and inspired this write.
Paler Shade of Black, Atrox, Suicide Pact, All The Glory – West Indian Club, Southampton, Hampshire, UK – 19th September 1985
Diary entry: Last (Atrox) gig in Southampton. Went really well.
12th Feb 2021 – A Thursday night, no less. Not being too familiar with Southampton after having only been there a couple of times, we often got misdirected by the locals, whether by accident or folks not appreciating these scruffy young punks in their city.
We did establish many lifelong friendships from these times though. The West Indian Club was a magical place (in my mind now) though I had no real idea of the workings of organising shows or even understanding how sound was mixed in a live situation. I just stood on the stage and shouted as loud as I could and hoped I could be heard. Folks seemed to enjoy it, either way.
*Virus, Blare, Atrox, (Bad Noise), General Belgrano and the 368 – Greyhound, Bridport, Dorset, UK – 2nd May 1985
15th Oct 2022 – A quick search for this venue indicates the Greyhound Hotel is in the centre of town and is now a Wetherspoons. My memory though is of a shack behind a pub out in the countryside somewhere.
Atrox, Disciples of the Elder, (A poet), Other Side Of The Fence – Cornwall Hotel, Dorchester, Dorset, UK – 15th March 1985
28th Aug 2022 – Disciples of the Elder, I think was Andy Andersen’s band at the time. I had tried previously to get a band together with him called Violent Rubbish or possibly Satan’s Children (which I self-tattooed on my left wrist) along with Justin Butler on bass and Simon on drums. We had one practice at Justin’s school somewhere in Hamworthy but never got it together for another as we had few transport options and all lived in different towns.
This was my first show singing with Atrox, having finally begged my way into my favourite band and convincing them that having two singers wasn’t a bad thing. It was pretty unusual at the time. I say singer but I always correct myself to say, vocalist. I was so stoked to be up on stage with my new friends and in a band that I considered far superior to Andy’s.
Other Side Of The Fence was Rich Waitland’s band I believe and a couple of years later he would play a small part in my life in another band (Hate That Smile).
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