2008
Sat 27 Dec: Burton on Trent - The Appleby, w. The Sex Pistols Experience, Blow Up Doll and others
Fri 19 Dec: St Helens - Fluid Live Lounge, w. Paul Carter & DJ Jeff
Sun 14 Dec: Manchester - Christmas Alldayer @ Star and Garter, w. Argy Bargy, Geoffrey Oi!Cott and loads of others. Kev filled in; organised by Steve Lillis (Ageless Chaps)
Sat 6 Dec: Bielefeld (DE) - The FIRM Christmas Party @ Gaststätte Esser, w. ZZZ Hacker and Motex; one of our best gigs, and a very memorable night
Sat 29 Nov: Stockport -The Thatched House, w. PANDA (Belgium) and others; promoted by OMD
Sat 22 Nov: Birmingham - SAS / Sister Crowe alldayer @ Swinging Sporran, w. D’ Corner Bois, Born to Destruct and others; the sound was terrible
Sat 8 Nov: Bradford - The Mannville Arms, w. Blow Up Doll and others; Andy and Tom Penn’s first gig; Ossie drove us part way there…then his van broke down; got there in a recovery truck; antics all round
Sat 25 Oct: Egerton (north of Bolton) - Cricket Club, w. Russel Can't Drive; Kev Hawke's wedding; reunion for original line up, joined by Mark from Sparehed 3 for a couple of songs, for even more nostalgia
Weds 23 July: Bolton - Dog & Partridge, w. Rentokill; Andy Dazzler was there - discussed him joining the band, sat at a table out the back
Sun 6 July: Manchester - Scottfest @ Satan’s Hollow, w. lots of bands; organised by Scott Bradley
Fri 27 June: Bridlington - The Queens, Ste solo, w. Jon Crocker
Sat 21 June: Stockport - Thatched House with the Anti-Nowhere League and others; second gig of the day
Sat 21 June: Burton on Trent - Summer Alldayer @ The Appleby alldayer; the first part of the day was cancelled shortly after we arrived, as the PA hadn't showed; w. it was nice to see Rodeo Clown again, though! Kev paid us anyway - nice fella
Weds 18 June: St Helens - Fluid Live Lounge, w. Jon Crocker and DJ Jeff
Sat 24 May: Morecambe - Nice n Sleazy Festival @ Trimpell SSC, w. loads of others, including Geoffrey Oi!Cott, The Kirkz and Resistance 77 and Sham 69
Thu 15 May: Oldham - Whittles Bar, w. Pink Hearse and Geoffrey Oi!Cott (first time we played together); just before we started Kev announced it would be hist last gig
Weds 14 May: St Helens - Fluid Live Lounge; end of tour piss up, after a very long night driving home, the later stages amidst pissed Rangers fans (in Manc for UEFA Cup Final)
Tue 13 May: Plymouth - The Skiving Scholar, w. Russell Can’t Drive; the gig was in the cellar, the stage was beneath the gents....the ceiling leaked...Tom got wet
Mon 12 May: Hove - The Portland Arms: Ossie managed to set this gig up on the day by phoning around venues between Brighton and Plymouth; we stripped off and were paid in sandwiches
Sat 10 May: Bielefeld (DE), w. ZZZ Hacker; out first time in Bielefeld, and what a night; Ste went watching DSC play Dortmund that afternoon (2-2)
Fri 9 May: Oberhausen (DE) - Anti-fascist youth festival @ Druckluft, w. The Commandantes, Runnin’ Riot and Lion Shield; organised by K.G.E.L.S.E.; Sondaschule are a ‘party-ska’ band from Oberhausen - Ste had put them up a few weeks previously; they had promised they would have a bottle of Jaegermeister for him in Oberhausen - when we arrived, one of them was waiting outside the venue, bottle in hand, and with a set of photographs taken at Ste's house; the others showed up for the after show party, having been to see KISS at the local arena
Mon 5 May: Burton on Trent - The Appleby; tour warm up gig
Sun 27 April: Leicester - Timebomb Alldayer @ Firebug, w. Kill Youth Culture, The Rocket Polishers, The Juvies, Kelly Kemp, Matt Reynolds and Paul Carter ; organised by Stevie McHaggis, formerly of Barnyard Masturbator; Gray couldn’t make it, so it was Flat Back Three, and Ste completely lost his voice
Sat 26 April: Halifax - The Shay, w. Mispelt 2.0, Wild Trash, Most Likely to Fail and others; a Slit and Sawdust gig, promoted by Dean and OMD Fungalpunk; we played the whole Once More Unto the Breach EP, in order
Sat 19 April: Bolton - Dog and Partridge, w. The Steady Boys and others; a Fungalskapunka gig
Sun 13 April: Stockport - SAS Weekender @ Thatched House, w. The Bullet Kings, Two Sick Monkeys, and many more; organised by OMD Fungalpunk
Tue 8th April: Liverpool (Netherton) - British Legion: with Bob Gave Birth and The Elysium Falls; 'promoted' by Seanie Sean. Elysium Falls had a white Marshall rig; six people saw it
Fri 5th April: Birmingham - The Black Horse, w. Most Likely to Fail and about five other bands; Gray couldn’t make the gig, so we were a trio, with Ste on bass; other bands overran, leaving us with 20-odd minutes; promoted by Sister Crow
Thu 3 April: Manchester - The Thirsty Scholar, w/ The Minions and the Dangerous Aces; the PA died, leaving us yelling at the tops of our voices and the punters lip reading; The Minions – armed with a roving brass section – managed much more effectively
Weds 2 April: Manchester - The Castle, w. Russel Can’t Drive and others; organised by Kev Hawke
Tue 1 April: St Helens - Bell and Barrel, w. Russel Can’t Drive and Pete’s Rock Night; about our 100th gig
Sun 30 March: Preston - Mercury Flux, w. Pink Hearse and the Hyperjax
Sat 29 March: Birkenhead - The Crooked Billet, w. Stuntface, Instant Agony, The Shadowcops and others; a charity gig in aid of the Merseyside Cleft Lip and Palette Association
Sun 23 March: Wakefield - Snooty Fox, w. Keyside Strike and Lowlife UK; first time we met these two bands; a recording of this gig exists, somewhere
Sat 8 March: Bolton - Dog and Partridge, w. Most Likely to Fail, Sense of Urgency and The Fractions; a Fungalskapunka gig
Sat 1 March: Burton on Trent - The Appleby, w. Cedric’s Belly, Danny and the Deadbeats and DETERANT
Tue 26 Feb: Liverpool (Netherton) - British Legion; the concert hall could hold 300….but actually held about 12; Gray Cooper's first gig; 'promoted' by Seanie Sean.