(c’79-’81) Tony Brooks (vocal/guitar), Simon Sherwood (bass/vocal) and Tim Claydon (drums)

This Farnborough / Sandhurst three piece were managed by Barry Thane and played The Tumbledown Dick, Farnborough regularly, including a support slot for The Vapors on 6 November ’79, and The Cambridge Hotel, Camberley.

On 4 December ’79 the band headlined at The Tumbledown Dick, supported by Between Pictures, in the follow-up gig series for Gallagher’s, a Tuesday night new wave, mod, and punk club launched in October. The next year, on 5 February ’80, The Torpedoes supported the band at The Tumbledown Dick; then on 4 November ’80, The Mode supported Polaris at the Prince’s Hall, Aldershot.

A demo cassette was released that carried the track “Spaceman” at some point in 1980. Claydon also played in The Vandals.

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4 December 1979: The Mode supported by Between Pictures played Tumbledown Dick, Farnborough
5 February 1980: The Torpedoes supported The Mode at Tumbledown Dick, Farnborough. Picture courtesy of Paul Trew
5 February 1980: The Mode supported by The Torpedoes at Tumbledown Dick, Farnborough
David Reading’s Pop Scene column from Aldershot News, 31 October ’80 has The Mode supporting Polaris at the Princes Hall, Aldershot on 4 November.
The Mode at Fernhill Secondary School c’80s. Picture by Bob Yeoman via Steve McKeown’s Farnborough (Hants) Nostalgia