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 1992:
January 3
The Cricketers, Westfield: The Ha Ha Men
January 4
West End Centre, Aldershot: Slug w/Phobia, The Rachel Papers, Flavour and The Vinegar Blossom
January 5
Army & navy, Aldershot: Thieves of Dreams
January 7
The George, Ash Vale: Blue Velvet
January 10
West End Centre, Aldershot: Who Moved the Ground?
January 11
West End Centre, Aldershot: Blue Velvet
January 28
Ragamuffins, Camberley: Peachrazor
January 31
The Lion Brewery, Ash: Capture the Light
West Surrey College of Art & Design, Farnham: Peachrazor
February 1
Farnham Maltings, Farnham: Gutter Brothers
The Three Lions, Farncombe: Rock Doctors
The Four Horseshoes, Camberley: Fate
Buzz Club, West End Centre, Aldershot: The Ha Ha Men w/ The River Thieves, Pretty Green, and Peachrazor
February 4
The George, Ash Vale: Blue Velvet
February 9
Army & Navy, Aldershot: Blue Velvet
February 12
Bull & Gate, Kentish Town: Who Moved the Ground?
February 14
The Abinger Arms, Abinger: Nightshift
February 15
The George, Ash Vale: Flavour w/ Slug
Technical College, Farnborough: Mega City Four w/ Phobia, Big Boy Tomato, and Pretty Green
February 21
Central Club, Andover: Who Moved the Ground?
February 22
The Swan, Aldershot: Thieves of Dreams
The Royal Oak, Passfield: Nightshift
February 25
Powerhaus, Islington: Who Moved the Ground? w/ Go Ask Alice
February 29
The Cricketers, Westfield: Blue Velvet
March 2
Kings Head, Fulham: Who Moved the Ground?
March 5
Star Hotel, Ystrad: Who Moved the Ground? w/ Cowboy Killers
March 6
Lliswerry High School, Newport: Blue Velvet w/ The River Thieves
The George, Ash Vale: Slug w/ Orange
March 7
Caribbean Club, Basingstoke: Blue Velvet w/ Power of Dreams
March 14
The Cricketers, Westfield: Blue Velvet
The Four Horseshoes, Camberley: Thieves of Dreams w/ Pretty Green
Buzz Club, West End Centre, Aldershot: Catherine Wheel w/ Godmachine., and The Werefrogs
March 19
Student Union Bar, Reading University, Reading: Backlash w/ Big Wednesday
March 20
Bull & Gate, Kentish Town: Snog, Walk on Water, and Who Moved the Ground?
Astoria, London: Mega City 4
March 21
Nene College, Northampton: Who Moved the Ground? w/ The Price
March 25
New Pegasus, Stoke Newington: Who Moved the Ground?
McGonagles, Dublin: Mega City Four w/ Midway Still
March 28
White Hart, Frimley: Who Moved the Ground?
April 1
The George, Ash Vale: Blue Velvet
April 3
Euston Rails, London: Big Boy Tomato, Phobia & Pretty Green
Venue?: Ha Ha Men
April 4
Canal Suite, Lakeside Cabaret Club, Frimley: Blue Velvet
The Cricketers, Westfield: Nightshift
April 5
Happy Jax, London Bridge: Who Moved the Ground?
April 6
The Red Lion, Brentford: Who Moved the Ground?
April 7
Ragamuffins, Camberley: Giant Arc
April 8
Le Palais, Hammersmith: Who Moved the Ground?
April 9
Marlborough Club, St. Albans: Who Moved the Ground?
April 11
The Fighting Cocks, Bagshot: Thieves of Dreams
April 15
The George, Ash Vale: Slug w/ Visionaries II
April 16
Farnham Maltings, Farnham: Hot Club
The White Hart, Frimley: Kio
The Three Lions, Farncombe: The Big Picture
The Cricketers, Westfield: ERA
The Lion Brewery, Ash: The Bluebirds
The George, Ash Vale: Flavour w/ Slug
April 17
The Cricketers, Westfield: Kio
The George, Ash Vale: Smokey Joe
The Lion Brewery, Ash: Feel
Barney Rubbles, Lakeside Caberet Club, Frimley: Peachrazor w/ Giant Arc, Flowers of Sacrifice, Muff, and Girls on Dextrose
The Royal Oak, Passfield: Pretty Green
April 18
Technical College, Farnborough: Pretty Green
April 23
Angler’s Retreat, West Drayton: Who Moved the Ground? w/ Genius Freak
April 24
The Cricketers, Westfield: The Mourning After w/ Faced Out
April 25
Fox & Hounds, Fleet: Blue Velvet
West End Centre, Aldershot: Slug w/ Trousershock B.C.
April 28
Ragamuffins, Camberley: Peachrazor
April 30
Granby Tavern, Reading: Blue Velvet
May 1
King’s Head, Fulham: Who Moved the Ground?
May 2
West End Centre, Aldershot: Map of Africa w/ Who Moved the Ground? and Girls on Dextrose
The Abinger Arms, Abinger: Nightshift
May 9
Buzz Club, West End Centre, Aldershot: The Deep Season w/ Flavour, Giant Arc, and Pomeroy
May 10
University of Surrey, Guildford: Railroad Earth w/ Trousershock BC
May 12
The George. Ash Vale: Peachrazor
May 13
Royal Oak, Passfield: Who Moved the Ground?
May 16
Boogies, Southampton: Who Moved the Ground?
May 19
Bass Clef, Hoxton Square: Who Moved the Ground? w/ The Pennymen
May 21
The White Hart, Frimley: Nightshift
May 22
Magnums, Basingstoke: Who Moved The Ground?
May 24
Ryde Castle, Isle of Wight: Thieves of Dreams
The Three Lions, Farncombe: The Hamsters
May 28
Adelphi, Hull: Re-animator w/ Warp Spasm
June 2
King’s Head, Fulham: Blue Velvet
Lion Brewery, Ash: Vox Pop (first gig)
June 6
West End Centre, Aldershot: Blue Velvet
Stage One, Finsbury Park, London: The Cult, Ned’s Atomic Dustbin, Pearl Jam, Mega City Four, Nitzer Ebb, Mercury Rev, L7, and Therapy?
June 8
Pop Club, Bull & Gate, Kentish Town: The Ha Ha Men, Blag, and The Auteurs
June 10
The Old Manor, Bracknell: Blue Velvet w/ The Rays
June 12
Granby Tavern, Reading: Blue Velvet
June 18
Cellar Bar, Bracknell: Who Moved the Ground? w/ The Price
June 20
The White Hart, Frimley: Blue Velvet
June 24
Royal Oak, Passfield: Blue Velvet
June 25
The Cricketers, Westfield: Vox Pop
June 29
Lion Brewery, Ash: Vox Pop
July 3
The Cricketers, Westfield: Backlash w/ The Sobs
July 4
The Royal Oak, Passfield: Nightshift
July 7
Ragamuffins, Camberley: Backlash
July 10
The Grand, St John’s Hill: Diesel Park West w/ Railroad Earth and Huge Big Massive
July 11
The Abinger Arms, Abinger: Nightshift
July 13
Martines, Basingstoke: Who Moved the Ground?
July 14
Chequered Flag, Wembley: Who Moved the Ground?
July 15
The Mean Fiddler, Harlesden: Who Moved the Ground?
The Old Trout, Windsor: The Weave w/Pomeroy
July 16
Gander On the Green, Bournemouth: Who Moved the Ground? w/ No Stilton
July 17
The Cricketers, Westfield: Vox Pop w/ Thieves of Dreams
July 18
Tumbledown Dick, Farnborough: Who Moved the Ground? w/ Mega City 4 (a rare afternoon gig)
Old White Horse, Brixton: Who Moved the Ground? w/ Kick Asteroid
The Grand, St John’s Hill: The Cropdusters w/ Big Boy Tomato
Buzz Club, West End Centre, Aldershot: Adorable w/ Mayflower 20
July 21
Officers Club, Aldershot: Who Moved the Ground?
July 23
Town & Country, Kentish Town: Blur w/ Suede, Mega City Four, and 3 1/2 Minutes
July 25
Town Square, Woking: News & Mail’s 1st Annual Busking Festival featured The Armadillo Band, Damian Wilson (ex-Button Factory) and brother, Backlash, Patrick James, The Sea, Flaw, The Penfolds, The Ha Ha Men, Vox Pop, Who Moved the Ground?, The Big Wednesday, and The Staggerance with poetry reading by Vis The Spoon
July 29
The Old Manor, Bracknell: Who Moved the Ground? w/ The Rays
August 11
The Cube, Ragamuffins, Camberley: Slug
August 13
The Lion Brewery, Ash: Vox Pop
August 14
Football Club, Bracknell: The Revs w/ Thieves of Dreams
August 19
The George, Ash Vale: Mayflower 20 w/ support
August 20
The George, Ash Vale: Tried and Tested w/ support
August 21
The George, Ash Vale: Hoax w/ support
August 22
The Cricketers, Westfield: Vox Pop
The George, Ash Vale: Heavy Ride w/ support
August 25
The George, Ash Vale: Apple Club w/ support
August 26
The George, Ash Vale: Two Way Stretch w/ support
August 27
The George, Ash Vale: Freak Out Ethel w/ Harry’s Herd
August 28
Main Stage, Reading Festival, Reading: The Wonderstuff, The Charlatans, Public Image Limited, PJ Harvey, Mega City Four, The Milltown Brothers, Fatima Mansions, Redd Kross, and School of Fish
Session Tent, Reading Festival, Reading: Levitation, Cardiacs, Cracker, Lunachicks, The God Machine, Cop Shoot Cop, Leatherface, Some Have Fins, Hair and Skin, Trading Co., DF 118, and Sweet Jesus.
The George, Ash Vale: Plums of Love
August 29
The George, Ash Vale: Inner X
August 31
Guildford Folk Festival, Stoke Park, Guildford: Peter Sarstedt, John Otway, and Macavity’s Cat
September 1
The George, Ash Vale: Dragonflies w/ Giant Arc
September 2
The George, Ash Vale: Nuss w/ Serious Plankton
September 3
The George, Ash Vale: Kamikaze Guns w/ Sanity Cure
September 4
Fox and Hounds, Fleet: Backlash w/ Peachrazor, and Pretty Green
The George, Ash Vale: Waterbratz
September 5
The George, Ash Vale: Wicked Vicars
September 8
Bull & Gate, Kentish Town: Who Moved the Ground?
Ragamuffins, Camberley: Backlash
The George, Ash Vale: Dead Wood w/ The Rascals
September 9
The George, Ash Vale: Lovelies w/ support
September 10
The Albany, Great Portland Street, London: Who Moved the Ground? w/ Tolu
The George, Ash Vale: Slug w/ Peachrazor and Mayflower 20
The Old Trout, Windsor: Flavour
September 11
The George, Ash Vale: Hoax
September 12
The George, Ash Vale: Smokey Joe
Buzz Club, West End Centre, Aldershot: Suede w/ Arcade, and Submarine
Black Swan, Ockham: Nightshift
September 15
The Stairway, Blue Anchor, Croydon: Who Moved the Ground?
September 17
Marlborough Club, St Albans: Who Moved the Ground? w/ U.K. Subs
The George, Ash Vale: Marx Brothers w/ Fat Chance
September 18
After Dark, Reading: Who Moved the Ground? w/ U.K. Subs
The George, Ash Vale: Tried and Tested
Queen’s Head, Alton: KGB
Cricket Club, Cranleigh: Noel Murphy
Blue Boy, Farnham: 94 in the Shade
The Silver Birch, Greatham: Darren Willis
Royal Oak, Passfield: Lord Hippo
September 19
Football Club, Bracknell: Thieves of Dreams w/ The President’s Men
The George, Ash Vale: Aphelion w/ Close Quarters
Lion Brewery, Ash: Kaba
The George, Ash Vale: Sorry of Man w/ Shoebiz Shoes
Aitche’s Wine Bar, Godalming: Backtracks
The Silver Birch, Greatham: H2O
Royal Oak, Passfield: WD40
Football Club, Petersfield: Sharon-Jayne Thompson
September 20
Ruskin Arms, Manor Park, London: Who Moved the Ground?
Lion Brewery, Ash: Hoi Polloli
Angler’s Rest, Ash Vale: Nobody Called Ruth
The Fox, Bisley: Blackwater Jazz with Janet
Frames Leisure Club, Church Crookham: Ron O’Dell
Golden Fleece, Elstead: Love Match
Imperial Arms, Farnborough: New Excel Jazz Band (lunch)
Aitches Wine Bar, Godalming: Ritch n’ Famus
King Alfred, Godalming: Basher (lunch)
The Silver Birch, Greatham: Village Music
Forte Crest Hotel, Guildford: Manor Six (lunch)
Crown & Cushion, Haslemere: Thunderbox
Prince of Wales, Haselmere: Wildfire
September 21
Hop Blossom, Farnham: Brodie, Willow & Tony
The Mariner, Farnham: Janet’s Hot Five
September 22
St John’s Tavern. London: Vox Pop
The George, Ash Vale: Infidels w/ Aphelion
Ragamuffins, Camberley: Blad
White Hart, Frimley: Cricketers Jazz Band
Ball & Wicket, Upper Hale: Brian Ransom
September 23
The Old Manor, Bracknell: Who Moved the Ground? w/ The Rays
The George, Ash Vale: Watersend w/ Face Rainbow, and Spencer’s Talk Well
The Maltings, Farnham: New Gambit Jazzmen
The Queen, Greatham: Sharon-Jayne Thompson
The Cricketers, Lower Bourne: Club Odyssey
Royal Oak, Passfield: PDQ
The New Inn, Sleaford: Hairy Tongue Folk Club
September 24
Clay Pigeon, Eastcote: Who Moved the Ground?
The George, Ash Vale: The Untitled w/ Uprising
Hop Poles, Alton: As’la
Wine Garden, Alton: The Boogiemen
The Maltings, Farnham: Bowler Blues
Crown & Cushion, Haslemere: Hot Club
Merrie Monks Inn, Holt Pound: Mark Seymour
September 25
The George, Ash Vale: Apple Club w/ support
The Cricketers, Westfield: The Ha Ha Men
September 26
Royal Park, Leeds: Who Moved the Ground? w/ Embrace
The Cricketers, Westfield: Vox Pop
The George, Ash Vale: Rachel Papers w/ Strange World
September 27
Connaught School, Aldershot: Who Moved the Ground?
September 29
The Dome, Tufnell Park, London: Who Moved the Ground? w/ Elmerhassel
St. John’s Tavern, London: The Nerve w/ Thieves of Dreams
September 30
Powerhaus, London: The Popinjays, Ludicrous Lollipops, and Big Boy Tomato
The Royal Oak, Passfield: Nightshift
The Falcon, Camden: Radiohead w/ Who Moved the Ground?
October 1
Fantails, Woking: James Taylor Quartet
October 2
Cricketers, Westfield: Kambium
October 3
Racquets Bar, Sports Centre, Basingstoke: Who Moved the Ground? w/ Babe Rainbow
October 4
Jungle Club, Camden: Who Moved the Ground?
Black Swan, Ockham: Kambium
October 7
Amersham Arms, New Cross: Who Moved the Ground? w/ Weed
Fantails, Woking: Average White Band
October 8
Cannon, Guildford: Kambium
October 9
The Cricketers, Westfield: Backlash w/ Peachrazor
Aitch’s, Godalming: Kambium
October 11
Race Hill, Brighton: Kambium
October 13
The Steamship, Poplar: Who Moved the Ground? w/ The Peace Frogs
October 14
Princes Hall, Aldershot: Who Moved the Ground?
October 17
Jolly Farmer, Camberley: Who Moved the Ground? w/ Backlash
Football Club, Bracknell: Vox Pop
October 21
Half Moon, Herne Hill: Who Moved the Ground?
October 25
Crown & Cushion, Haslemere: Kambium
October 26
Le Palais, Hammersmith: Who Moved the Ground?
October 29
Water Rats, King’s Cross: Who Moved the Ground?
October 30
The Cricketers, Westfield: Backlash w/ Sid & Rich of Who Moved the Ground?
Euston Rails, London: Big Boy Tomato, ViViD, and Landfall
October 31
The George, Ash Vale: Halloween Goth Spectacular – Girls on Dextrose w/ Flowers of Sacrifice, and Different Drummers
The Grey Horse, Kingston: Nightshift
November 3
J.B.’s, Dudley: Who Moved the Ground?
November 6
Irish Club, Basingstoke: Slug
November 7
Stag & Pheasant, Mansfield: Who Moved the Ground? w/ Apocalypse Babys
Village Club, Chiddingfold: Kambium w/ support
November 8
The Playhouse, Newcastle: Who Moved the Ground? w/ Lovejunk
November 10
Purple Turtle, Reading: Who Moved the Ground? w/ Babe Rainbow
St. John Tavern, London: Vox Pop
November 19
Goldsmiths College, New Cross: Who Moved the Ground?
November 20
The Plough, Stockwell: Who Moved the Ground?
November 21
Buzz Club, West End Centre, Aldershot: Who Moved the Ground? w/Slug, Trousershock B.C., and Sunriser.
November 22
Wilde Theatre, Bracknell: Who Moved the Ground?
The Fox, Bisley: The Blackwater Jazzmen
Aitch’s Wine Bar, Godalming: Ritch & Famous
The Lion Brewery, Ash: Brian Allen Band
The Bull & Butcher, College Town: Nicky Papas
November 23
Lion Brewery, Ash: Stand & Deliver
Horse & Groom, Bracknell: Nicky Papas
November 24
Civic Hall, Guildford: Shakin’ Stevens
The George, Ash Vale: Stone Circles
The White Hart, Frimley: Savoy Stompers
November 25
The George, Ash Vale: Beautiful w/ Peachrazor
The Pit, Crondall: Robert Lucas
November 26
Fantails, Woking: Alison Limerick
The Swan Inn, Haslemere: Ed Gasket
The George, Ash Vale: Warp Spasm
Civic Hall, Guildford: The Stylistics
November 27
Lord Campbell, Aldershot: Who Moved the Ground?
November 28
The Sports Centre, Basingstoke: Slug
November 29
The Backline (Diceys 2), Acton: Who Moved the Ground? w/ The Price
December 1
Going Underground, Berkhampsted: Who Moved the Ground? w/ Ska’d 4 Life
December 2
Bull & Gate, Kentish Town: Pretty Green w/ Who Moved the Ground?, and Peachrazor
December 4
The Cricketers, Westfield: Backlash w/ Peachrazor
The Borderline, London: Sugarblast w/ Big Boy Tomato
Fox & Hounds, Fleet: J.C. Regulator
December 5
White Hart, Frimley: Who Moved the Ground? w/ Peachrazor
The Y Centre, Woking: Backlash
December 8
Ragamuffins, Camberley: Backlash
December 10
The Cricketers, Westfield: Who Moved the Ground?
December 12
Farnborough Recreation Centre, Farnborough: Mega City 4
December 14
Flacks, Braintree: Who Moved the Ground?
December 16
The George, Ash Vale: Peachrazer w/ Fraudulent Slip
The William Cobbett, Farnham: Kambium
December 20
Community Centre, Mytchett: Who Moved the Ground?
December 23
Samuel Becket, Stoke Newington: Who Moved the Ground? w/ Remember the Rabbits
December 24
George Robey, Finsbury Park: Who Moved the Ground?
The Cricketers, Westfield: Backlash w/ Stags, and Girls on Dextrose (billed as Crixmas Eve)
December 29
Royal Standard, Walthamstow: Who Moved the Ground?
December 30
The George, Ash Vale: Eskimo Shah w/ J.C. Regulator
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