2015
[Some late 2015 gigs still to be fished from the archive - think we even played somewhere later on 21 Nov]
Sat 21 Nov: Liverpool - The Dead Good Gathering @ Constellations, w. Casual Nausea and many more
Sun 1 Nov: Wigan - What Rocks Beneath Festival @ The Boulevard, w. Modern Tribes and more. Promoted by Rob Fairhurst. We were on early and played to almost no-one. The whole town appeared to be hungover from a busy Halloween night
Sun 4 Oct: Bolton - The Alma, w. AVAS and Spam Javelin; promoted by Ant Booth; a good gig to end the trip
Sat 3 Oct: Hastings - The Tubman; no other band. Chaotic fun. Someone was cycling around the room on a bike festooned with Christmas lights. There was a dog on stage at one point, too
Weds 30 Sept: Munich (DE) - Südstadt, stripped down set. Ste lost his voice and came out in a rash. It was later diagnosed as urticaria, and he still takes tablets to manage it
Fri 25 Sept: Mainz (DE) - Haus Mainusch, w. I Animal; promoted by Cornelius Koog (Keep it a Secret Bookings). A good night. Ste & Sharrock stayed with Cornelius. Ste Ste slept in the van, and anywhere else he found himself
Thu 24 Sept: Canterbury - The Lady Luck, w. On Trial UK, Brocker and The Half-Wits. A good night all round. Straight to the ferry port at Dover afterwards
Weds 23 Sept: Sheffield - South Sea Live, w. a solo acoustic chap named Lewis, or similar. No one but his family there. Venue on its last legs, partly due to falling victim to Ben Jenner
Sat 19 Sept: St. Helens - Rendezvous Bar. annual Rondy bash, w. Wonk Unit, Riggots & The Vermin Suicides
Fri 18 Sept: Nottingham - The Doghouse, w. Wonk Unit and ASBO Peepshow. Baz (landlord, ex-Consumed) recorded some of the set
Sat 5 Sept: Halifax - Bar Up, w. The Kirkz, Kickback Generation and The Victims. Had originally been booked with Steve Blackman at JCB, but changed venue and promoter
Fri 4 Sept: Bradford - Black Swan, w. Mammoth Tank. Ste & Ste Ste kipped in the van.
Sun 30 Aug: St. Helens - The George; Ste L solo as part of alldayer, joined by Sharrock for a couple of songs. With The Patriots
Sat 27 June: Stoke (Tunstall) - Stoke Punk & Ska Fest @ The Talisman (Tunstall);promoted by Lee Evans, with Mick O’Toole, Destination Venus, Potential Victims, The Negatives, Headstone Horrors and others. Kipped in the van
Fri 26 June: Abertillery - The Doll’s House, w. Arizona Law & X-Ray Junction. A good laugh. Ste & Sharrock ended the night drinking in a derelict garage
Sun 21 June: Manchester - Punks 4 the Homeless gig @ Star & Garter: 'soliDarItY' gig, w. Lazlo Baby, Headsticks, Dispute Settlement Mechanism, The Crash Mats, Tio Rico, Buff, CSOD, Wolf Bastard, Eagle Spits, Dischord and Burning from the Insides; promoted by Wingnut, Horn Hoof, Evil Music and Fungalpunk
Fri 22 May: Morecambe - Nice 'n' Sleazy Festival @ Trimpell Club; Ste came down with a bug and had to conk out in the van straight after the set, He was out of action for 24 hours
Sat 16 May: Kendal - The Loft / Passions, w. Boycott the Baptist and DownPipe. A very enjoyable gig. Ste & Sharrock kipped in the van & the rest of the gang at the promoter's house; Shameless Elf Promotions
Fri 15 May: Gateshead - The Black Bull, w. Boycott the Baptist & one other band. A very, very short set, for reasons outside our control. Stayed at the venue
Sat 9 May: St. Helens - The George; Ang Lingard's 40th, a stripped down gig
Fri 8 May: Sheffield - The Mulberry Tavern, w. Geoffrey Oi!Cott and Rotten Love! Promoted by Nige
Sat 7 Feb: Warrington - Brewhouse; alldayer benefit gig for St. Luke's Hospice, .w. No Blame, Dead Neck, Maxwell's Dead, Revenge of the Psychotronic Man, Jenkem, Like I Care, Epic Problem, Fair Do's, Sammy H Stephens and Hogwash. Promoted by Adam Ambrose and others
Sat 17 Jan: Aberdeen - Downstairs, w. Rope Spasm, Love Nasty, Rats of Reality and Haiverin' Shite. Promoted by Bry Middleton (BYH). Ste, Sharrock and Bry watched Aberdeen draw 3-3 with Dundee at Pittodrie that afternoon. Stayed in Bry's flat
Fri 16 Jan: Dunfermline - Monty's Rock Bar: Blood Red Letter Day, w. Rope Spasm, Kingpin, Disposable, Haiverin' Shite, Tower of Flies and Red Command. Promoted by Groundead Gigs. Drove up in snow. Stayed with Steve Cairns (Rope Spasm, Drug Couple) in Perth