(’81-82). Nigel Higgs (guitar), James Perrett (drums), Nigel Woodger (bass / vocals), Alan “Frid” Fryday (guitar / vocals).
This short lived 4-piece band, based mainly in Guildford, played their first gig at the Lower Bar, University of Surrey, Guildford in May ’81 and then went on to gigs at The Robin Hood, Standford. There were also a few gigs at The Wooden Bridge, Guildford, including a CND benefit gig on 7 November ’81 headlined by Drowning Craze, co-supported by The Frotteurs and Ferrari Red. The following month, on 23 December ’81, they joined Human Beings at their Christmas Party, held at The Wooden Bridge; the lineup that night was augmented with Dylan Cole from the UBz on guitar, Graham Melrose on sax and Gus Garside – who contributed to Barbed Wire – on Trombone.
Once labeled, by a fanzine, as Guildford’s best punk band, they played their last gig where they started at University of Surrey in early ’82. They did release a very limited-edition eponymously titled cassette album that carried 19 tracks. Two of the songs from that cassette LP: “Tourist Town” and “So It Goes” appeared on side 2 of Airship Records compilation “Listen to Me” [AP417] in ’82.
Later in ’82 a revised lineup of the band supported the Human Beings at The Grange Centre, Midhurst under the name ‘The Secret Seven’ who later turned into ‘100% Polyester’.
Higgs later performed with Phoenix, Drums and Wires, The Sid James Experience, Innocent Bystanders and Willie Austen. Perrett is based in Hampshire and has been working with independent bands and labels since the ’80s. He spent time at Watershed Studios, Portsmouth where he engineered the likes of The Lovelies; and help compile a CD for Station 360. His recent clients include Detour Records, Cherry Red Records, and Curious Fox.
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