What follows is a list of gigs, with images of tickets, adverts and flyers where possible, either at GU postcode venues or featuring bands, listed in bold, we like to claim are part of the Woking/GU Soundscene in 1984:

January 2
Target, Reading: Glib Thicket

January 4
The Royal, Guildford: The Spin Dolls

Animal House flyer. Image courtesy of Michael Krabbers

January 7
Memorial Hall, Luggershall: Organised Chaos w/ A-Heads and Black Easter

January 10
Palais D’Hiver, Lyon, France: Death In June

January 11
The Royal, Guildford: Cavalcade of Perversion

January 12
La Sébale, Paris, France: Death in June
The Royal, Guildford: Pendragon w/ Capricorn

January 14
The Old Schoolhouse, Woking: Screaming Lullabies w/ Dark Paradise, COW and The Spin Dolls

January 18
The Royal, Guildford: Intensive Care w/ G.B.H.

January 19
The Royal, Guildford: Pendragon w/ Capricorn

January 22
?, St. John’s: Salt Solution

January 25
The Royal, Guildford: Cow w/ Rough Justice

January 26
The Royal, Guildford: Seducer

Advert from Sounds’ 28 January 1984 issue. Image courtesy of Pete Cole

January 27
University of Surrey, Guildford: John Peel Road Show w/ Shoot! Dispute and Geisha Girls

January 28
The Royal, Guildford: Rusty’s Dumpy Nuts

January 29
Silks, Thatcham: AWOL w/ Black Easter and The Abattoir

January 30
The Sty, West End Centre, Aldershot: The Contaminated w/ The Plague and Maxi Puch and the Macho Moped Men

30 January 1984: The Plague organized ‘The Sty’ rock / punk club nights the West End Centre, Aldershot. Picture courtesy of Ade Street

February 1
The Royal, Guildford: The Contaminated w/ Crisaticit

February 2
The Royal, Guildford: Southbound w/ Jokers Wild
The Old Schoolhouse, Woking: Lifespan

February 3
The Royal, Guildford: ZZ Toppers w/ Backstage Pass

February 4
The Royal, Guildford: Cacophony Again w/ The Photogenix

February 9
Old School House, Woking: The Contaminated w/ Black Easter, and Maxi Puch and The Macho Moped Men

February 16
Civic Hall, Guildford: Thomas Dolby

16 February 1984: Advert from Smash Hits 16 Feb ’84 issue for Thomas Dolby tour. Image courtesy of Pete Cole.

February 17
Salvation Army Hall, Woking: Blood and Fire w/ Salt Solution

February 18
The Royal, Guildford: The Click w/ Southbound

February 23
The Royal, Guildford: Geneva w/ Capricorn
The Old Schoolhouse, Woking: Lifespan

February 24
Borough Hall, Godalming: Zugang w/ Kalibre, and Cow
The Royal, Guildford: Seducer

February 25
Caird Hall, Camberley: Black Easter w/ Panzer Korp, The Plague, and Maxi Puch and the Macho Moped Men
West End Centre, Aldershot: Zila
The Royal, Guildford: Mad Jocks and Englishmen
Bellerby, Theatre: Keith James

February 27
West End Centre, Aldershot: Dark Paradise

March ?
University of Surrey Student Union, Guildford: Longpig w/ Dark Paradise

March 1
Robin Hood, Standford: Boys in Trouble
The Royal, Guildford: Blue Murder w/ Jonny Cranmer Band

March 2
Westborough United Reformed Church, Guildford: Salt Solution
Royal Oak, Passfield: Rattlesnakes
The Royal, Guildford: Truffles w/ Chain Reaction

March 3
Royal Oak, Passfield: Geneva
The Royal, Guildford: After Dark

March 4
Scratchers, Peamarsh: Rattlesnakes
Valentine’s, Cranleigh: Basher

March 6
Royal Oak, Passfield: Trick of the Light

March 7
The Royal, Guildford: The Plague w/ Dark Paradise

March 8
Robin Hood, Standford: What the Curtains
Three Lions (Scratchers), Farncombe: Willy
The Royal, Guildford: After Dark w/ Capricorn

Advert for The Royal Guildford from Sounds, 10 March 1984. Image courtesy of Pete Cole

March 9
Royal Grammer School, Guildford: Salt Solution
Royal Oak, Passfield: Urban Fox
The Royal, Guildford: Sleepwalker w/ Matrix

March 10
Royal Oak, Passfield: Bag of Tools
The Royal, Guildford: Stray w/ Seducer

Picture courtesy Martin Rochefort via Guildford Town Past and Present

March 11
Three Lions (Scratchers), Farncombe: Jakes Band
Valentine’s, Cranleigh: Kid James

March 14
Country Club, Fleet: Little Skeletons w/ Black Easter

March 15
The Royal, Guildford: Here & Now w/ Cardiacs
The Old Schoolhouse, Woking: Lifespan w/ Flow Motion
Civic Hall, Guildford: Hawkwind

March 16
The Royal, Guildford: Dumpy’s Rusty Nuts w/ Steamboat Willy

March 17
The Royal, Guildford: Station 360 w/ Kalibre

March 19
The Royal, Guildford: Bernie Torme w/ Jokers Wild

March 22
Civic Hall, Guildford: Rory Gallagher w/ John Martin, David Lindsey,, David Lindsey, and Richard Thompson
The Royal, Guildford: Jackie Lynton’s Band w/ Berlin

Advert for The Royal Guildford from Sounds, 10 March 1984. Image courtesy of Pete Cole

March 23
Community Centre, Knaphill: Backstage Pass w/ Glib Thicket
The Royal, Guildford: Clive Burr’s Escape w/ Jokers Wild
“Aldershot Rock Weekend”, West End Centre, Aldershot: Controls w/ The Waltons, In Hill House, and The Service

23 March 1984: Controls with The Waltons, and The Services played the West End Centre, Aldershot. Source: Stupid Rabbit Tapes

March 24
“Aldershot Rock Weekend”, West End Centre, Aldershot: (morning) Spearing Fish w/ Ranting Family Robinson, and Desperate Remedies
“Aldershot Rock Weekend”, West End Centre, Aldershot:(afternoon): Black Easter w/ Panzer Korp, The Plague, and Maxi Puch and the Macho Moped Men
West End Centre, Aldershot (evening): Capricorn w/ Boogie Chillun, Phone for Details, Drama, and Trident
The Royal, Guildford: Chuck Farley w/ Kiowa

March 25
“Aldershot Rock Weekend”, West End Centre, Aldershot: Dynamite Joe w/ Bullitproof, and Rattlesnake

March 26
“Aldershot Rock Weekend”, West End Centre, Aldershot: Little Skeletons w/ The Slingshots, and The Abrasives.
Civic Hall, Guildford: Nik Kershaw w/ Illustrated Man

March 27
Technical College, Guildford: Salt Solution
Civic Hall, Guildford: Julian Cope

March 28
Civic Hall, Guildford: The Kings

March 29
The Royal, Guildford: Desolation Angels w/ Ruff Justice

March 30
The Royal, Guildford: The Click w/ Photogenix
Community Centre, Knaphill: Glib Thicket

April 1
The Marquee, London: Larry Miller Band

April 2
Civic Hall, Guildford: Howard Jones w/ Endgames

2 April 1984: Howard Jones plays Civic Hall, Guildford. Picture courtesy of Pete Cole

April 10
Royal Hotel, Guildford: Black Easter

April 11
Fleet Country Club, Fleet: Dark Paradise

April 19
Jailhouse Club, The Old Schoolhouse, Woking: LongPig

April 21
The Old Schoolhouse, Woking: Larry Miller Band w/ Seducer
Community Centre, Frimley: Last Chance to Dance w/ In Hill House, and Zero Zero

21 April 1984: Last Chance to Dance, In Hill House, and Zero Zero played the Easter Disco at the Community Centre, Frimley. Picture courtesy of Steve Excell

April 26
The Royal, Guildford: Jackie Lynton Band w/ Blue Murder
The Old Schoolhouse, Woking: In-Excelsis w/ Screaming Lullabies, COW, No Joy, and The Spin Dolls (not listed)

April 27
The Royal, Guildford: Southbound
West End Centre, Aldershot: Squire w/ The Dansette

April 28
The Royal, Guildford: Mad Dogs and Englishmen w/ Kiowa

April 29
The Maltings, Farnham: The 3rd Farnham Folk Day – Brass Monkey, The Cooper Family, The Andrew Cronshaw Band, The Dead Sea Surfers, The English Country Blues Band, Flowers & Frolics with Eddie Upton, Jo-Ann Kelly with Pete Emery and Mike Deacon, La Ciapa Rusa, R. Cajun, Martin Simpson, and Peta Webb & Pete Cooper.

29 April 1984: Poster / Flyer for The 3rd Farnham Folk Day. Source: Ian Anderson via Historic Farnham Town And Surrounding Villages

May 2
Lees Cliff Hall, Folkstone: Bruce Foxton w/ Shoot! Dispute

May 3
The Royal, Guildford: Geneva w/ Bullet Proof
Civic Hall, Guildford: Bruce Foxton w/ Shoot! Dispute

Advert for Bruce Foxton supported by Shoot! Dispute at Civic Hall, Guildford. Picture courtesy of Steve Smith

May 4
The Royal, Guildford: The Click w/ Phone for Details
West End Centre, Aldershot: The New Sound Hurricane Force Steel Band

May 5
Queensway Hall, Dunstable: Bruce Foxton w/ Shoot! Dispute

May 6
Gold Diggers, Chippenham: Bruce Foxton w/ Shoot! Dispute

May 7
Academy, Bournemouth: Bruce Foxton w/ Shoot! Dispute

May 8
Guild Hall, Portsmouth: Camel

May 9
Odeon, Nottingham: Bruce Foxton w/ Shoot! Dispute

May 10
The Royal, Guildford: Capricorn w/ Black Tiger
University of Warwick, Warwick: Bruce Foxton w/ Shoot! Dispute
Civic Hall, Guildford: Psychedelic Furs

Advert from Sounds 12 May 1984 issue. Image courtesy of Pete Cole.

May 11
The Royal, Guildford: Cardiacs w/ Panixphere
Odeon, Birmingham: Bruce Foxton w/ Shoot! Dispute

May 12
The Royal, Guildford: Berlin w/ Blue Murder
University of Loughborough, Loughborough: Bruce Foxton w/ Shoot! Dispute

May 16
Town Hall, Middlesborough: Bruce Foxton w/ Shoot! Dispute
Dortmunder Bier Keller, Leeds: Angelic Upstarts w/ Mania, and Capricorn

We are pretty confident this is ‘our’ Capricorn on the Dortmunder Bier Keller, Leeds listing on 16 May 1984.

May 17
The Royal, Guildford: Buzzard w/ Snowblind
Royal Court, Liverpool: Bruce Foxton w/ Shoot! Dispute

May 18
The Royal, Guildford: IQ w/ One Burning Heart
Shalford University, Manchester: Bruce Foxton w/ Shoot! Dispute

May 19
The Royal, Guilford: Chuck Farley
Sheffield University, Sheffield: Bruce Foxton w/ Shoot! Dispute

May 21
Top Rank, Brighton: Bruce Foxton w/ Shoot! Dispute

May 22
The Lyceum, London: Bruce Foxton w/ The High Five, and Shoot! Dispute

22 May 1984: Shoot! Dispute support Bruce Foxton. Advert from Sounds 28 April 1984 courtesy of Pete Cole

May 24
The Marquee, London: Larry Miller Band
The Royal, Guildford: Dumpy’s Rusty Nuts

May 25
The Royal, Guildford: The Baseball Boys

May 26
The Royal, Guildford: The Band Bamboo
Nag’s Head, High Wycombe: Nashville Teens

Tringham Hall, West End: Fra Angelico

26 May 1984: Fra Angelico played Tringham Hall, West End. Source: Paul Steffens

May 28
Civic Hall, Guildford: Blancmange

May 30
The Royal, Guildford: Seducer

May 31
The Royal, Guildford: Jackie Lynton Band

June 6
The Royal, Guildford: Actifed

June 7
The Old Schoolhouse, Woking: Glib Thicket w/ Fra Angelico

June 8
Westborough United Reformed Church, Guildford: Salt Solution

June 9
University of Surrey, Guildford: Longpig, D Fabulous, Dark Paradise, No Joy, Betrayed, and Asylum Sounds (June Jiggerbug)

June 10
The Royal, Guildford: Salt Solution

June 12
Civic Hall, Guildford: The Bluebells w/ Friends Again

June 14
The Old Schoolhouse, Woking: Actifed
The Royal, Guildford: Ore w/ Deliverance

June 15
The Royal, Guildford: The Vetos w/ Long Weekend

June 16
University of Surrey, Guildford: Hanoi Rocks w/ Pet Hate, and Asylum Sounds
The Old Schoolhouse, Woking: Lifespan
The Royal, Guildford: Ocean w/ Phone for Details

June 18
Heaven, Charing Cross, London: Rubella Ballet w/ In Excelsis, Actifed, and Bone Orchard

18 June ’84: Actifed played Heaven, along with Rubella Ballet, In Excelsis, and Bone Orchard

June 19
The 100 Club, London: The Angelic Upstarts w/ Capricorn

June 23
The Lye, St. John’s: Salt Solution (Centenary Festival)

June 24
5’s Wine Bar, Aldershot: The Innocence 

July 6
The Royal, Guildford: Cardiacs

July 13
Flying Bull, Rake: No Requests

July 19
The Royal, Guildford: Seducer w/ The Grip

July 1984: The Royal advert from Sounds 22 July ’84. Image courtesy of Pete Cole

July 20
The Royal, Guildford: Manhole w/ Duel

July 21
The Royal, Guildford: Truffle w/ Explorer

July 26
The Royal, Guildford: Blue Murder

July 28
The Pit, Community Centre, Knaphill: Carnival

August 2
The Royal, Guildford: Chateaux w/ Z-Blunt

August 3
The Royal, Guildford: Fra Angelico w/ The Name

August 4
The Royal, Guildford: ADX w/ Capricorn

August 9
The Royal, Guildford: Wolfen w/ Engine

August 10
The Royal, Guildford: Jackie Lynton
The Wooden Bridge, Guildford: The Larry Miller Band w/ Kalibre

August 26
Stage II, Greenbelt Festival, Castle Ashby House, Castle Ashby: Salt Solution

August 29
Electric, Brixton: Death In June w/ Current 93

September 6
Odeon, Munster, Germany: Television Personalities w/ Fenton Weills, and Go! Service

September 1984: Tour poster for Go! Service support of Television Personalities European Tour

September 7
JZ, Saarbrucken, Germany: Television Personalities w/ Fenton Weills, and Go! Service

September 8
Dachauer, Munchen, Germany: Television Personalities w/ Fenton Weills, and Go! Service

September 9
Maxim, Stuttgart, Germany: Television Personalities w/ Fenton Weills, and Go! Service

September 10
Rathaussaal, Liechtenstein: Television Personalities w/ Fenton Weills, and Go! Service

September 12
Rote Fabrik, Zurich, Switzerland: Television Personalities w/ Fenton Weills, and Go! Service

September 13
Aktionshaus Graben, St. Gallen, Switzerland: Television Personalities w/ Fenton Weills, and Go! Service

September 14
The Royal Oak, Bordon: Fra Angelico
Fri-Son, Friebourg, Switzerland: Television Personalities w/ Fenton Weills, and Go! Service

September 15
Gaskessel, Biel, Switzerland: Television Personalities w/ Fenton Weills, and Go! Service

September 16
Komm, Nurnberg, Germany: Television Personalities w/ Fenton Weills, and Go! Service

September 17
Cookys, Frankfurt, Germany: Television Personalities w/ Fenton Weills, and Go! Service
Upstairs at Ronnie’s, London: Shoot! Dispute

Picture courtesy of Fred Pipes

September 19
Loft, Berlin, Germany: Television Personalities w/ Fenton Weills, and Go! Service

September 20
Forum Enger, Enger, Germany: Television Personalities w/ Fenton Weills, and Go! Service

20 September 1984: Tour poster for Go! Service support of Television Personalities at Forum Enger, Enger, Germany

September 21
Waldgaststatte Bluntschli, Husby, Germany: Television Personalities w/ Fenton Weills, and Go! Service

September 22
Markthalle, Hamburg, Germany: Television Personalities w/ Fenton Weills, and Go! Service

September 23
Somewhere?, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany: Television Personalities w/ Fenton Weills, and Go! Service

September 24
Butlins, Bognor Regis: Salt Solution

September 25
Musiktheater Bad, Hannover, Germany: Television Personalities w/ Fenton Weills, and Go! Service

September 26
St. Mary’s Church Hall, Byfleet: Milky Bar Kids & F.E.G.
?, Netherlands: Television Personalities w/ Fenton Weills, and Go! Service

September 27
Vera, Groningen, Netherlands: Television Personalities w/ Fenton Weills, and Go! Service

September 28
Doornroosje, Nijmegen, Netherlands: Television Personalities w/ Fenton Weills, and Go! Service

September 29
The Marquee, London: Larry Miller Band
Kurhaus, Dangast, Germany: Television Personalities w/ Fenton Weills, and Go! Service

October 3
Splinters, Cambridge Hotel, Camberley: Controls

3 October 1984: Controls played Splinters, Cambridge Hotel, Camberley. Source: Stupid Rabbit Tapes

October 4
The Royal, Guildford: Backstage Pass & Soundbound

October 5
ICA, London: SPK w/ Big Flame and Shoot! Dispute

October 14
Stoke Hotel, Guildford: Stoke Hotel House Band w/ Iain Bellamy

1984: Jazz Club flyer for events at The Stoke Hotel c80s. Picture by Heather Tipton via Guildford Town Past & Present

October 24
Silks, Newbury: Death In June
Stoke Hotel, Guildford: Stoke Hotel House Band

October 25
The Royal, Guildford: Joker’s Wold w/ Raider

October 26
The Royal, Guildford: Function

October 27
Student Union, University of Surrey: Shoot! Dispute w/ Press Any Key, Buddy & the Bloodsuckers, Line Design and Swivelcorps
The Royal, Guildford: Magic Mushrooms

October 28
Stoke Hotel, Guildford: Stoke Hotel House Band w/ Iain Bellamy

October 30
Splinters, Camberley: Black Easter w/ Duraphat M, Fatal Attraction, and Little Skeletons

November 1
Civic Hall, Guildford: Sisters of Mercy w/ Skeletal Family

November 6
Arts Centre, Windsor: Lifespan

November 7
Electric Ballroom, London: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds w/ Death In June, Non, and Psycho Circus

1984 supporting Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds at the Electric Ballroom

November 8
The Royal, Guildford: Dumpy’s Rusty Nuts w/ Hurricane Jane

Advert from Sounds 10 November 1984 issue. Image courtesy of Pete Cole

November 9
The Royal, Guildford: Jokers Wild w/ The Tease (stepped in for Nightfly)

November 12
Civic Hall, Guildford: The Alarm

November 15
The Royal, Guildford: Marseille w/ Siege

November 23
The Royal, Guildford: Jackie Lynton w/ Southbound

November 30
The Royal, Guildford: Cardiacs

December 7
Clarendon Hotel Ballroom, London: Death In June

December 8
Village Hall, Crondall: The Cruisers

December 20
The Royal, Guildford: Mournblade

December 21
The Royal, Guildford: Jackie Lynton Band

December 22
The Royal, Guildford: Jokers Wild w/ Rough Justice
Camphill Club, West Byfleet: The Click
West End Centre, Aldershot: The Guest Stars

December 24
The Royal, Guildford: LongPig w/ Funtime
West End Club, Chobham: The Click

December 27
The Royal, Guildford: Dumpy’s Rusty Nuts w/ Hurricane Jane

27 December 1984: Dumpy’s Rusty Nuts rocked The Royal. Image of advert from Sounds, 15 December 1984 courtesy of Pete Cole

December 28
The Royal, Guildford: The Magic Mushroom Band

December 29
Sea Cadet Hall, Guildford: Milky Bar Kids
The Royal, Guildford: Southbound w/ Empyre

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