(c’78) Alan Clutterbuck (guitar / vocals), John Hudson (bass / vocals), and Jamie Legg (drums).

This Guildford based 3-piece played at the Memorial Village Hall, Worplesdon on 12 March ’78 along with The Ellery Bops, with future members of The Vapors, Ed Bazalgette on guitar and Howard Smith on drums. The Absolute, with future Vapor Steve Smith on drums, were also billed to perform, but didn’t.

12 March 1978: Strange Cult at the Memorial Village Hall, Worplesdon. Picture courtesy of John Hudson

Strange Cult added Sophie Montague and became The Golden Age of Metro later in ’78. As well as The Golden Age of Metro, Clutterbuck would go on to join Piccadilly Mudmen. Legg – having picked up the nickname “Breezeblock” – joined others to form Matrix. Legg also joined Hudson in Luxury Glass Town and Ill At Ease after which he would go on to be a member of Innocent Bystander, again with Legg; who would appear in Eat the Sofa a few years later and has since joined forces with others to form The True Deceivers.

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12 March 1978: Strange Cult at the Memorial Village Hall, Worplesdon. Picture courtesy of John Hudson
12 March 1978: Strange Cult at the Memorial Village Hall, Worplesdon. Picture courtesy of John Hudson
12 March 1978: Strange Cult at the Memorial Village Hall, Worplesdon. Picture courtesy of John Hudson
12 March 1978: Strange Cult at the Memorial Village Hall, Worplesdon. Picture courtesy of John Hudson
12 March 1978: Strange Cult at the Memorial Village Hall, Worplesdon. Picture courtesy of John Hudson
12 March 1978: Strange Cult at the Memorial Village Hall, Worplesdon. Picture courtesy of John Hudson
12 March 1978: Strange Cult at the Memorial Village Hall, Worplesdon. Picture courtesy of John Hudson