2007
Sat 22 Dec: Bridlington -The Queen’s Hotel; we played for about 1 hour 50 minutes, to a very enthusiastic and appreciative crowd
Fri 21 Dec: Wigan - The Tudor; organised by the Wigan Music Collective; Rob from Gunpowder Plot did the sound.
Weds 19 Dec: Preston - Mercury Flux, w. Dying for Toto, Dammit and others; Dammit were sons of the British diplomatic colony in Brussels; they stayed at Ste's house
Sun 9 Dec: Manchester - Ruby Lounge, w. The Distrakted, Clown Shoes and Big Mo; on Saturday nights this venue is the north west’s only rock lapdance club - the gig, unfortunately, was on Sunday
Fri 7 Dec: Bolton - The Albion, w. The Minions of Jeffrey
Sat 1 Dec: Kettering - Keystone Escape, w. another band; Keystone is a youthclub – rather like a Midland Byker Grove
Thu 22 Nov: Oldham - Jackson’s Pit, w. Flat Caps and Boddingtons and The Fractions; a SLiT gig (the second one, if we recall correctly); we played Two Minutes to Midnight again, to the bemusement of the punk crowd; OMD reviewed the night
Fri 16 Nov: St Helens, Fluid - w. Jeff’s Rock Night; Jeff's 40th; Kev could only get there at 23.45…so we went on at two minutes to midnight, opening with Two Minutes to Midnight - Alan Gaskell joined us to sing it
Sat 10 Nov: Lancaster - Leppard Punk Weekender @ The Yorkshire House, w. The Scabs, Outlaw, Stuntface, The Guilty Pleasures, Middle Finger Salute, Paul Carter and more
Weds 31 Oct: Liverpool - Django’s Riff, w. Apple Cannon, The Massacretts and Heads of State; promoted by Richie Yates
Sat 27 Oct: Darwen - Marigold’s, w. The Kirkz, Nightmare Visions and many others; an Oxjam event, organised by Corrupted; we arrived to discover that the supposed alldayer had been delayed by about three hours; that was no problem in itself, but it meant that were on at about midnight...as the venue turned back into an ordinary nightclub at 11pm, we played to a packed house of unsuspecting townies. They liked Thatto Heath, but it went downhill from there
Tue 16 Oct: St Helens - The Bell and Barrell, w. Pete’s Rock Night
Fri 5 Oct: Perth - Bliss and Envy, w. Friday First, MAFAFI and Seanie Sean doing poetry, to our amusement and the locals’ bemusement; our first gig in Scotland
Thu 20 Sept: Bradford - The Gasworks, w. The Lurkers and Most Likely to Fail; promoted by OMD Fungalpunk
Weds 12 Sept: Manchester - The Castle, w. Russel Can’t Drive, Failed Entry and others; promoted by Pingu; at The Castle for the second time in just over a week, replacing another band at 48 hours notice
Sun 9 Sept: Worcester - TJ’s, w. Jon Crocker and others; venue double booked, so had to play a short set
Sat 8 Sept: Liverpool - Hannah’s Bar, w. Jon Crocker, One Man Orgy, Dirt Blonde and others; promoted by Richie
Thu 6 Sept: St Helens - The Royal, w. Jon Crocker, Carl Allen, Chris Scotty, These Silent Movies and Hissy Fit; an Aponepunk night
Tues 4 Sept: Manchester - The Castle, w. Jon Crocker, The Body Doubles and Echo; promoted by Kev Hawke
Sat 1 Sept: Stockport - SAS Weekender @ The Thatched House, w. Jon Crocker and many more; promoted by OMD Fungalpunk; Jon Crocker and I stayed up drinking with Hugh, John and Nicola from Dead Lamb, in Hugh’s room at the Britannia Hotel, drinking cider from a teapot; we woke to discover that Hugh had somehow collapsed asleep across Jon on his way to the bathroom…and wet himself – and Jon; these are the moments we live for
Sat 1 Sept: Wakefield - Broken Promise alldayer @ The Jockey, w. Jon Crocker, These Silent Movies and many more; Heads of State were supposed to play, but pulled out because Tom George had a hangover and threw up out of the window of Richie’s car window; Richie took him home and brought the bass amp anyway, trooper as he is
Fri 24 Aug: Birkenhead - w. The Vibrators and John Doe & the Fuck Ups
Fri 3 Aug: Nykpöng (SW) - Kuggnäs Festivalen, w. lots of other bands; the presence of some vocal right wingers rather marred the experience
23 July, Manchester, The Thirsty Scholar: with Stuntface, Global Parasite, Echo and Mafafi
Fri 20 July: Bolton - The Alma: with Most Likely to Fail, Mafafi, Global Parasite & The Bastard Son of Charlie Brown
Sun 8 July: St. Helens - St. Helens Festival @ Sherdley Park, w. lots of other acts; it rained heavily, there was hardly anyone there and we were turned off after 10 minutes when the organisers took a dislike to the Thatto Heath Song
Sat 30 June: St Helens - Rendezvous Bar, w. The Murmurs of Tension & one other band; organised by St. Helens Music Collective
Fri 29 June: Ashton Under Lyne - The Witchwood
Sun 3 June: Rhyl - Dirty Weekend Festival @ The Dudley, with lots of other bands
Sat 26 May: Morecambe - Nice n' Sleazy Festival @ Trimpell SSC, w. Holy Racket and lots of others; promoted by Big Ivan
Sat 21 April: Retford - The Broken Wheel, w. Most Likely to Fail, The Negatives, The Fractions & The Straitjackets; promoted by OMD
Thu 19 April: Manchester - The Castle, w. 2 Sick Monkeys, Kamikaze Sperm & Roadkill; first encounter with 2SM - loved them from the 'American Idiot' cover until forever
Thu 12 April: Boston - The Indian Queen: with Mis*En*Scene, Rise to Awe and Starting Point of Genocide
Weds 11 April: Liverpool - The Magnet, w. Mis*En*Scene & John Doe & the Fuck Ups; Ste played in a suit
Thu 5 April: Berlin (DE), Pirate Cove, w. Francesco
Sun 1 April: St Helens - The Royal: with An Invitation to An Accident, Autopilot and Chris Scotty; an Aponepunk night.
Sat 31 March: Wakefield - The Jockey, w. Hot Prophecy and An Invitation to An Accident
Fri 30 March: Manchester - The Castle, w. GFA, The Kirkz, An Invitation to An Accident & Dying for Toto
Thu 15 March: Earlestown - The Gravy Train, w. The Magpyes; our first gig for the St Helens Music Collective
Sat 10 March: Bradford - SAS Tour @ The Exchange, w. Suspicious Stains, Barnyard Masturbator, Most Likely to Fail, Ambush UK and The Scabs; our first SAS gig; organised by OMD
Sun 4 March: Manchester - Joshua Brooks', w. The Shuffle, GFA & others
Sat 23 Feb: Bolton - The Soundhouse, w. Emmet, The Slutch Girls & others
Mon 19 Feb: Manchester (Fallowfield) - Bar XS, w.. Wrist Action Heroes (who played in fancy dress and did spot of drama improv part way through), Aurora Project, Institution & Page
Fri 2 Feb: Birkenhead - Hotel California, w. Stuntface & Duty Paid.; one of Duty Paid played in a balaclava
Thu 1 Feb: Liverpool - Bar Fresa, w. Violet Must Die, Straight Out of Moscow, Duty Paid, The Stopouts & Under God Fury; an an alcoholic haze, but it got a good review
Weds 24 Jan: Wigan - Bar Fever, w. Charlie Sez & others; Charlie Sez had a rousing song for a worthwhile cause: Free Darren Ackers, in protest at the said Ackers’ (former Avatars drummer) disappearance since he got married