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