(c’92-93) Jo Bartlett (guitar / vocals), Danny Hagan (bass), Ches ? (drums), and Rudy ? (guitar)
Bartlett and company may have relocated Camden, but their musical endeavors are forever embedded in the GU. In late ’92 Poise formed around Bartlett and Hagan, and although short live made a sizeable impression.
In January ’93 the band supported Fret Blanket at The Falcon, Camden. Later that month The Buzz Club, at the West End Centre, Aldershot, had Poise and Flavour supporting Cornershop on 30 January ’93. The following month, on 24 February ’93, they returned to The Falcon to support Flower Sermon.
The Buzz Club, nepotistically, welcomed the band back for a supporting role on 2 October ’93. The Afghan Whigs had been booked but they reneged and were replaced by San Francisco-based power pop band, The Loud Family. Meanwhile, Poise were supposed to be joined in support by Jacob’s Mouse, who also went back on their promises and were replaced by Elastica. The final Buzz Club ran later that year, on 4 December ’93, and Barlett and Hagan’s Poise opened for Shed Seven and headliners Dodgy; just as their band Go! Service, along with Zaz Turned Blue, had opened for The Blow Monkeys, seven years earlier, at The Agincourt, Camberley on 1 December ’85.
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30 January 1993: Cornershop, Poise and Flavour were the Buzz Club, West End Centre, Aldershot.
2 October 1993: The Afghan Whigs were replaced by San Francisco-based power pop band, The Loud Family, and Jacob’s Mouse were replaced by Elastica. Poise still appeared. Source: The Surrey & NE Hampshire Music Scene
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