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Community Centre, Knaphill
Commonly called The Pit, Knaphill’s Community Centre was often hired by bands to run gigs and the venue put on their own events too.
Glib Thicket were at the Community Centre, supporting Backstage Pass, on 23 March ’84, and the very next week, on 30 March, were back there again for a solo gig. Later in the year, on 28 July, The Pit hosted Carnival. By ’85, Carnival would be renamed Five O’Clock High and under this moniker they appeared at the venue regularly.
Five O’Clock High at The Pit, Knaphill The Community Centre was also the location for Trinity Studios, which was booked by Heart Management for the all-girl band Touch to choreograph their own dance routines and rehearsals in ’94. It was late in ’94 that Touch were renamed the Spice Girls. A few years later Heart’s boy band 5ive practiced and demoed their work at Trinity Studios.
Members of the Spice Girls in rehearsal, reportedly photographed at Trinity Studios in The Pit, Knaphill Revolver used Trinity Studios, within the Community Centre to recorded at least three original numbers in ’96/’97. The building is now known as Woking Youth Arts Centre (WYAC) and is home to the Knaphill Cabin Youth Club. WYAC has a recording studio, multimedia studio, drama studio and performance stage.
Gallery:
Carnival play The Pit (Community Centre, Knaphill) – Soundscene 26 July ’84 
Soundscene – 21 March 1985 
Five O’Clock High at The Pit, Knaphill. Picture courtesy of Michael Bailey 
The Spice Girls purportedly shot at Trinity Studios, Knaphill. 
Community Centre, Knaphill c’2017 -
Petroleum Spirit
(c’69-’79) Martin Laker (guitar), Maurice Earle (drums), and Ken Parker (guitar).
Formed at Park Barn School, Guildford; they played their rock / heavy metal at a regular Saturday night slot at the British Legion on Quarry Street. Around ’73 they appeared at a dance night organized by Plastic Coatings Limited. Parker was replaced by Trevor Collen in the mid to late 70’s and Earle by John Huggins in late ’78.
1978 Petroleum Spirit with (LtoR) Laker, Earle, and Collen Laker was also a member of Electric Lunchbox and Isis with Malcolm Wooldridge and Neil McGuinn, in the 80s, and Juggling with Jelly in the 90s. He set up The Works Collection, a song writing partnership, in 1992 and is a member of The Guild of International Songwriters and Composers. Earle may have also been involved with a band called Strident. Regrettably Collen has passed.
Gallery:
1973 Petroleum Spirit with (LtoR) Laker, Earle, and Parker 
Petroleum Spirit’s Maurice Earle in 1976 
1979 Petroleum with (LtoR) Collen, Huggins, and Laker British Legion, Electric Lunchbox, Guildford, Isis, John Huggins, Juggling with Jelly, Ken Parker, Malcolm Wooldridge, Martin Laker, Maurice Earle, Neil McGuinn, Park Barn School, Petroleum Spirit, Plastic Coatings Limited, Strident, The Guild of International Songwriters and Composers, The Works Collection, Trevor Collen -
Nelson Keene
(c’59-’62) Malcolm “Dutchie” Holland (singer)
Born in Farnborough in ’42 and given the stage name Nelson Keene by Larry Parnes who managed him, he grew up at 49 Oaken Copse Crescent with his nine siblings, attended Queens Road School and worked locally. In addition, he could be seen, along with Foxy Dance, driving a stock car at Tongham Raceway, as Dutch Holland.
Singing while he worked got his voice noticed and he formed The Raiders with a few friends and won a singing contest pocketing a quid. The Raiders played The Plaza, Guildford and recorded a demo in London, sponsored by the manager of a local radio shop. This demo reached Parnes, who took on Keene and got him a summer season in Blackpool and signed to HMV Records.
“Image Of A Girl” released in 1960 In ’60 his first single, “Image of a Girl” [45-POP 771], a cover version of The Safaris US Top Ten, reached No. 37 or 18, depending on what you read, on the UK Singles Chart. This was outsold by Woking born Mark Wynter‘s rival version of the same song. On 4 March that year Nelson Keene & The Echoes were on stage at the Hippodrome, Dudley opening for a package tour featuring Johnny Kidd & The Pirates, Bert Weedon, Tommy Bruce, Vince Eager, and Rolly Daniels. He was further up the bill, on parr with Duffy Power, for a tour that opened at the Adelphi, Slough on 24 September ’60 that also listed Billy Fury, Joe Brown, Tommy Bruce, Dickie Pride, The Vernons Girls, Peter Wynne, The Viscounts, Dave Sampson, Johnny Gentle, Georgie Fame, Billy Raymond, Johnny Goode, Red Price with Jimmie Nicol and his 15 New Orleans Rockers, The Valentine Girls, and The Dale Sisters. This took in a further 44 towns and cities through October, November and early December, wrapping up with a week-long residency at the Empire, Newcastle that started on 5 December ’60.
8 October 1960. Source: bradfordtimeline.co.uk On 25 February ’61, the Odeon, Guildford was the seventh stop for Larry Parnes’ “Jack Good’s Rock ‘n’ Trad Spectacular – 2nd Edition” headlined by Billy Fury and with Mark Wynter, Tommy Bruce, Joe Brown, Nelson Keene, Duffy Power, The Four Kestrels, Johnny Gentle, Georgie Fame, The Valentine Girls, and the New Orleans Rockers. Two further singles, “Teenage Troubles” [45-POP 814] and “Miracles Are Happening to Me” [45-POP 916], both released in ’61, did not reach the chart. He was then busy on a number of leading package tours.
In ’63 Keene joined Dickie Pride and Bobby Shafto to form The Guv’nors, who signed to Pye Piccadilly and released “Let’s Make a Habit of This”.
He was listed as a soloist again, bottom of the bill, for two appearances at the Roxy, Ulverston and Regal, Bolton on 1 and 2 February respectively. He was backed by The Fleerekkers, and charged with opening for headliner Johnny Kidd & The Pirates and the supporting cast of Heinz & The Saints, Vince Eager, Danny Rivers, and Ricky Valance.
Since 2000 Keene’s songs have appeared on numerous compilations. He emigrated to Australia in the ’70s, after a brief spell in New Zealand, where he still lives.
Gallery:
Press clipping of Nelson Keene biography 
Sheet music for “Image Of A Girl” featuring Nelson Keene 
“Keep Loving Me” released in 1961 
1 May 1961. Source: bradfordtimeline.co.uk 
3 December 1961: Advert. Source: bradfordtimeline.co.uk 
The Guv’nors feauring Nelson Keene (centre) with Bobby Shafto (left) and Dickie Pride (right). Clipped from Record Mirror 27 April 1963. Adelphi, Australia, Bert Weedon, Billy Fury, Billy Raymond, Blackpool, Bobby Shafto, Bolton, Danny Rivers, Dave Sampson, Dickie Pride, Dudley, Duffy Power, Dutch Holland, Empire, Farnborough, Foxy Dance, Georgie Fame, Guildford, Heinz & The Saints, Hippodrome, HMV Records, Jimmie Nicol and his 15 New Orleans Rockers, Joe Brown, Johnny Gentle, Johnny Goode, Johnny Kidd & The Pirates, Larry Parnes, Malcolm Holland, Mark Wynter, Nelson Keene, Nelson Keene & The Echoes, New Orleans Rockers, New Zealand, Newcastle, Odeon, Peter Wynne, Pye Piccadilly, Queens Road School, Red Price, Regal, Ricky Valance, Rolly Daniels, Roxy, Slough, The Dale Sisters, The Fleerekkers, The Fleerekkers with Nelson Keene, The Four Kestrels, The Guv’nors, The Plaza, The Raiders, The Safaris, The Valentine Girls, The Vernons Girls, The Viscounts, Tommy Bruce, Tongham Raceway, Ulverston, Vince Eager, Woking -
The 1994 Gig List
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 1994:
January 3
St Johns Tavern, Archway, London: Who Moved the Ground? w/ The Love Family, and Summersalt
The Cricketers, Westfield: The Ha Ha Men
The Ha Ha Men are back at The Cricketeres, Westfield In 1994. Picture courtesy of Nathan Argonaut January 5
Aitch’s, Godalming: Who Moved the Ground? w/ BacklashJanuary 6
Archduke Charles, Elephant & Castle: Who Moved the Ground?January 10
West End Centre, Aldershot: Trousershock B.C., w/ Deceased Disease, Cosmic Thoughts, and FEYD
1994 gig poster for Trousershock B.C. Picture courtesy of Nathan Argonaut January 12
Lockwood Centre, Guildford: J.C. RegulatorJanuary 14
The Cricketers, Westfield: Eat the Sofa
Fantails, Woking: ImaginationJanuary 15
Dew Drop Inn, New Cross: Who Moved the Ground?
The Cricketers, Westfield: Lobster Stump Beat
Aitch’s, Goldalming: Crazy Face
The Parrot, Slyfield: Eat the Sofa
The Abinger Arms, Abinger: NightshiftJanuary 19
Aitch’s, Godalming: NitchJanuary 20
Axe & Cleaver, Boston: Who Moved the Ground?
The Brittania Inn, Guildford: J.C. RegulatorJanuary 26
The Old Trout, Windsor: Substance w/ Big Boy Tomato, and J.C. RegulatorJanuary 27
Dublin Castle, Camden: Who Moved the Ground? w/ Manray
Castle & Falcon, Birmingham: ParmavioletJanuary 29
Cartoon, Croydon: Primitive Instinct w/ Rainland, and Ob-Jay-Da
The Swan, Fulham: Big Boy TomatoJanuary 30
Orange, West Kensington: 800 Deep w/ Headnoise, and Canes AbleFebruary 4
Blue Boy Hotel, Farnham: Who Moved the Ground?February 8
The Compasses, Egham: J.C. RegulatorFebruary 10
Cellar Bar, Bracknell: Who Moved the Ground? w/ Citizen FishFebruary 11
The Crown, Peckham: Who Moved the Ground?
The Three Lions, Farncombe: NightshiftFebruary 12
Queens Head, Alton: Who Moved the Ground?February 17
The Roebuck, Lewisham: Who Moved the Ground?February 18
The Bottomline, Shepherds Bush: Who Moved the Ground? w/ StrokeFebruary 21
The Monarch, Camden: Who Moved the Ground?February 22
Merrist Wood College, Worplesdon: Who Moved the Ground?February 24
Granby Tavern, Reading: Who Moved the Ground?February 26
Aitches, Godalming: BananafishMarch 3
Old Ash Tree, Gillingham: Who Moved the Ground?March 5
Chichester Hall, Witley: Who Moved the Ground?March 6
Black Swan, Cobham: Who Moved the Ground?March 7
The Forum, Tunbridge Wells: Who Moved the Ground?March 10
Goldsmith’s College, New Cross: Who Moved the Ground?March 12
Haslemere Hotel, Haslemere: BananafishMarch 13
The Duke Of Edinburgh, Reading: Who Moved the Ground? w/ The Rileys
The Bull and Gate, Kentish Town: Vox Pop
1994… Photo courtesy of Michael Bailey March 17
The Skoolhouse, Milton Keynes: Who Moved the Ground?March 24
Red Lion, Brentford: Who Moved the Ground?March 26
Round The Bend, Deptford: Who Moved the Ground?March 28
The White Hart, Frimley: Vox PopMarch 29
Ragamuffins, Camberley: Who Moved the Ground?March 31
Mean Fiddler, Harlesden: Who Moved the Ground? w/ Doo The MoogApril 2
The West End Centre, Aldershot: J.C. Regulator w/ The Hairy Things
Camberley Town Football Club, Camberley: Vox PopApril 3
Altis Centre, Basingstoke: Vox PopApril 4
Amersham Arms, New Cross: Who Moved the Ground? w/ Doo The MoogApril 8
The Windmill, Four Marks: Who Moved the Ground?
Hype, Bull & Gate, Kentish Town: Mega City Four
8 April 1994: Voucher for discounted entry to Mega City Four at Hype, Bull & Gate, Kentish Town. Picture courtesy of Pete Cole April 9
National Rifle Range Pavillion, Bisley: The Outcast Band w/ Who Moved The Ground and Skipper
9 April 1994: Ticket for The Outcast Band, Who Moved the Ground! and Skipper at the National Rifle Range Pavilion, Bisley. Source: Blag Promotions April 10
The Cricketers, Westfield: Who Moved the Ground?April 11
The Swan, Fulham: Who Moved the Ground?April 12
The Racehorse, Northampton: Who Moved the Ground?April 14
The Shed, South Hill Park, Bracknell: Suck Henry w/ Redefining Beautiful, and J.C. RegulatorApril 15
Memorial Hall, Binfield: Who Moved the Ground? w/ Doo The Moog
The Duchess, Leeds: Sebadoh w/ Big Boy TomatoApril 16
Town Hall, Stourbridge: Who Moved the Ground?April 17
After Dark, Reading: Who Moved the Ground? w/ Babe RainbowApril 21
Dublin Castle, Camden: Who Moved the Ground?April 24
Connaught School, Aldershot: Who Moved the Ground? (afternoon gig)April 28
Captain Cook, Acton: Who Moved the Ground? w/ Aggro DolliesApril 30
Leviathan, Watford: Who Moved the Ground? w/ StrokeMay 7
Old Trout, Windsor: Who Moved the Ground? w/ OasisMay 12
Cellar Bar, South Hill Park, Bracknell: Bruce Collins, The Rileys, and Doo the MoogMay 13
Royal Oak, Hollywater: BananafishMay 14
The Crown, Knaphill: Who Moved the Ground? w/ The Perfect CirclesMay 17
Marquee, London: Apes, Pigs and Spacemen w/ Headnoise
17 May 1994: Headnoise, supported Apes, Pigs and Spacemen, at the Marquee. Source: The Surrey & NE Hampshire Music Scene May 18
Prince’s Hall, Aldershot: Who Moved the Ground? w/ Redefining Beautiful, Punching Judy, Strange World, Parmaviolet, Blind, and Headnoise (Battle for the Limelight event)
18 May 1994: Flyer for Battle for the Limelight at Princes Hall, Aldershot. Source: Who Moved The Ground? May 20
Goldsmith’s College, New Cross: Who Moved the Ground?May 22
The Castle, Reigate: Who Moved the Ground?May 26
The Old Trout, Windsor: Mega City Four
Mega City Four played The Old Trout, 26th May 1994. Source: Jastin Barwick via The Old Trout Windsor May 27
West London Institute, Twickenham: Who Moved the Ground? w/ Doo The MoogMay 30
The Castle, Reigate: Who Moved the Ground? (afternoon gig)June 4
The Kings Arms, Bagshot: Who Moved the Ground?June 10
The Works, Corby: Beautiful People w/ The Little Green Men
June 11
The Cricketers, Westfield: Who Moved the Ground?June 15
Royal Oak, Passfield: Who Moved the Ground?June 17
Three Lions, Farncombe: Who Moved the Ground?June 22
Goldsmiths College, New Cross: Who Moved the Ground?June 25
AJZ Club, Erfurt, Germany: Who Moved the Ground?June 26
Gerber Strasse 3, Weimar, Germany: Who Moved the Ground? w/ The FeatherheadsJune 27
V.E.B Radrenbahn, Erfurt, Germany: Who Moved the Ground? w/ The FeatherheadsJuly 1
22 Chrobrego, Inowroclaw, Poland: Who Moved the Ground? w/ The FeatherheadsJuly 2
Kinoteatr, Ostrzeszow, Poland: Who Moved the Ground? w/ The FeatherheadsJuly 3
Mrowisko, Zdunska Wola, Poland: Who Moved the Ground? w/ The FeatherheadsJuly 4
Kapusta, Grudziadz, Poland: Who Moved the Ground? w/ The FeatherheadsJuly 5
Kapusta, Grudziadz, Poland: Who Moved the Ground? w/ The FeatherheadsJuly 6
Lajba, Sopot, Poland: Who Moved the Ground? w/ The Featherheads
Agincourt, Camberley: Credit to the Nation
July 8
Schokolade, Berlin, Germany: Who Moved the Ground? w/ The FeatherheadsJuly 9
Local 7, Dunkerque, France: Who Moved the Ground? w/ The FeatherheadsJuly 10
Woking Raft Race, Goldsworth Park, Woking: J.C. Regulator
Autonoom Tref Centrum de Vort’n Vis, Ypres, Belgium: Chorus of Disapproval w/ Ironside, Who Moved the Ground?, Kito, and Baby Harp Seal
10 July 1994: Who Moved the Ground? performed at A.T.C de Vort ‘N Vis. Source: https://90svortnvis.wordpress.com July 12
Concordia, Tongeren, Belgium: Who Moved the Ground? w/ Down by Law, and KitoJuly 16
Eisenbahner, Berlin, Germany: Who Moved the Ground? w/ Des Virgheitors
Hallams Court, Blackheath: NightshiftJuly 17
Archiv, Potsdam, Germany: Who Moved the Ground? w/ Des VirgheitorsJuly 20
Club Zoro, Leipzig, Germany: Who Moved the Ground? w/ Des VirgheitorsJuly 23
The Cellar, Konstanz, Germany: Who Moved the Ground? w/ Des VirgheitorsJuly 30
The Fir Tree, Farnborough: Who Moved the Ground? (afternoon gig)August 6
The Cricketers, Westfield: Vox Pop w/ Tamberlaine
6 August 1994: Vox Pop play The Cricketers, Westfield with Tamberlaine. August 11
Agincourt, Camberley: Chumbawamba w/ Mambo Taxi
August 13
Big Tent, Abbey Park Festival, Leicester: Mega City Four w/ Slinky, Neverland, F.B.I., Kookaburra, Headrush, Junk, Zipper, Storm Thieves, Psycho Groove Muthas, Platform 4, and Vivid.August 20
The Royal Squadron, Ryde: Vox PopAugust 26
Lambada Tent, Greenbelt Festival, Northants: Who Moved the Ground?August 28
The Bunker, Greenbelt Festival, Northants: Who Moved the Ground? (afternoon)August 29
The Bunker, Greenbelt Festival, Northants: Who Moved the Ground? (afternoon)
Guildford Folk & Blues Festival, Stoke Park, Guildford: Goats Don’t Shave, Roy Harper, Ralph McTell, Tom Robinson and Band, Tarika, John Otway Big Band, Alan Hull & Kenny Craddock, Dave Cousins & Brian Willoughby, Chris Smither, Boogie Brothers, The Blazing Homesteads, Eat the Sofa, and The Blues Boys
29 August 1994: Guildford Folk & Blues Festival flyer September 1
The King’s Head, Fulham, London: Who Moved the Ground? w/ Summersalt and StrookasSeptember 3
Connaught School, Aldershot: Who Moved the Ground?
Cellar, South Hill Park, Bracknell: Big Boy Tomato w/ The Love Family and Skipper
September / October 1994 Gigs for Skipper with Love Family, Big Boy Tomato, Serious Plankton, Toys in the Attic, Who Moved the Ground?, and The Counterfeit StonesSeptember 4
The White Swan, Aldershot: Who Moved the Ground?September 7
The New Inn, Basingstoke: Who Moved the Ground? (acoustic)September 8
The Cricketers, Westfield: The Wednesdays
Granby Tavern, Reading: Who Moved the Ground? w/ J.C. Regulator
Shed, South Hill Park, Bracknell: Summersalt w/ Headcopter, and AmpersandSeptember 9
Bears, Epsom: Maid in England
The Cricketers, Westfield: Tamberlaine
The White Hart, Farncombe: Eat the Sofa
West End Centre, Aldershot: Germination w/ Serious Plankton, and J.C. RegulatorSeptember 10
The Cricketers, Westfield: Bandog
Tumbledown Dick, Farnborough: Eat The Sofa
Dew Drop Inn, New Cross: Who Moved the Ground?
The Wheatsheaf, Aldershot: Skipper w/ Serious Plankton, Toys in the Attic, and more.
The Iron Duke, Crowthorne: Thieves of Dreams
September 1994: Thieves of Dreams had three gigs between the 10th and 17th in Crowthorne, Aldershot and Gosport. Source: TOD Thieves of DreamsSeptember 11
The White Swan, Aldershot: Thieves of DreamsSeptember 12
Aitche’s, Godalming: b.l.o.w. (ex-Little Angels)
Bleak House, Ottershaw: The RoostersSeptember 14
Aitche’s, Godalming: b.l.o.w. (ex-Little Angels)
Bizarre Bar, Guildford: Eat the Sofa
The Maltings, Farnham: The Red Snappers
Powerhaus, Islington: SkipperSeptember 17
Fighting Cocks, Bagshot: Who Moved the Ground?
Trade Union Hall, Gosport: Thieves of Dreams w/ Restless NativesSeptember 21
Aitchs, Godalming: Who Moved the Ground? w/ SkipperSeptember 22
Young Peoples Fellowship, Fleet: Who Moved the Ground?September 23
The White Swan, Greenwich: Who Moved the Ground?September 24
Three Lions, Farncombe: Who Moved the Ground?
The Abinger Arms, Abinger: NightshiftSeptember 29
Hand & Spear, Weybridge: Who Moved the Ground? w/ Doo the Moog, and DevolutionSeptember 30
Leisure Centre, Salisbury: Who Moved the Ground?October 1
The Cricketers, Westfield: Who Moved the Ground?October 6
Amersham Arms, New Cross: Who Moved the Ground?October 7
The Falcon, Camden: Who Moved the Ground? w/ English Rose
The Red Lion, Brentford: The Counterfeit Stones w/ SkipperOctober 8
White Hart, Frimley: Who Moved The Ground w/ Skipper
The Cricketers, Westfield: Vox PopOctober 13
The Shed, South Hill Park, Bracknell: Flavour, w/ Fadeout, and J.C. RegulatorOctober 15
Iron Duke, Crowthorne: Who Moved the Ground?October 16
The White Swan, Greenwich: Who Moved the Ground?October 19
John Bull, Chiswick: Who Moved the Ground? w/ LimeOctober 20
The Railway, Bromley: Who Moved the Ground?October 22
New Inn, Basingstoke: Who Moved the Ground?
The Swan, Fulham: The Counterfeit Stones w/ SkipperOctober 27
Haslemere Hotel, Haslemere: Who Moved the Ground?October 28
Wilde Theatre, Bracknell: Who Moved the Ground? w/ PressGangNovember 4
West End Centre, Aldershot: Who Moved the Ground? w/ HeadnoiseNovember 5
The Arena, Drury Lane, London: Who Moved the Ground?November 8
Grey Horse, Kingston: Who Moved the Ground? w/ The AntidoteNovember 9
The Albion, Stoke Newington: Who Moved the Ground?November 11
Bulmershe Court Annex, University of Reading, Woodley: Who Moved the Ground? w/ The RileysNovember 12
Cavern Club, Exeter: Who Moved the Ground?November 13
Jolly Farmer, Newton Abbot: Who Moved the Ground?November 14
Ice Cold Beer Company (I.C.B.C.), Woking: Weaver
14 November 1994: Weaver played ICBC, Woking. Source: Neil Barker via Pete Cole November 19
University of Surrey, Guildford: The Bogus Brothers w/ The Hamsters, Eat the Sofa, Winterfall, Wildwood, and Sister Wendy
West End Centre, Aldershot: Who Moved the Ground? w/ Meanwhile & Skipper
19 November 1994: Icarus Records promo gig with Skipper, Who Moved the Ground! and Meanwhile. November 20
Blues Festival, Maltings, Farnham: Wild Child Butler with The Bob Pearce Band w/ Sonny Black & The Dukes, The Producers, Bogus Brothers, Ben Waters with Chris Jagger & Charlie Hart, The Hoax, The Werewolves of London, The Reidar Larsen Band, Ruthless Blues, Dr J.J. Badbreath’s Blues Band, and Hard to HandleNovember 24
Old Ash Tree, Gillingham: Who Moved the Ground?
The Cricketers, Westfield: Bottom LineNovember 25
Docs, Portsmouth: Who Moved the Ground?
The Cricketers, Westfield: BlindNovember 26
The Anchor, Knaphill: Who Moved the Ground?
The Cricketers, Westfield: Tamberlaine
Redgrave Theatre, Farnham: Big Jim and the Weedkillers
Six Bells, Farnham: The RoostersNovember 28
Bleak House, Ottershaw: The Roosters
Civic Hall, Guildford: Marti Wilde w/ Joe Brown, Eden Kane, and John Leyton
Redgrave Theatre, Farnham: Mike Berry and the Outlaws w/ The Honeycombes, and Natasha RossNovember 30
Olivers, Gosport: Who Moved the Ground?December 3
The Cricketers, Westfield: Who Moved the Ground?December 6
The Abinger Arms, Abinger: NightshiftDecember 7
Clapham Grand, London: Who Moved the Ground?December 8
Cellar Bar, Bracknell: Who Moved the Ground? w/ J.C. RegulatorDecember 9
The Agincort, Camberley: Senseless Things w/ Who Moved the Ground?, and Joyrider
December 10
The Anchor, Chesterfield: Who Moved the Ground?December 12
The Forum, Tunbridge Wells: Who Moved the Ground?
Marquee, London: CUTDecember 15
Canterbury Arms, Brixton: Who Moved the Ground? w/ Not All ThereDecember 17
White Hart, Frimley: Who Moved the Ground? w/ Brad Obscure (aka Backlash sans Dan Hiscocks)December 23
The Albion, Stoke Newington: Who Moved the Ground? w/ Brad Obscure (aka Backlash sans Dan Hiscocks)December 30
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The 1993 Gig List22 Chrobrego, 800 Deep, Abbey Park Festival, Abinger, Acton, After Dark, Aggro Dollies, Agincourt, Aitch’s, AJZ Club, Alan Hull, Aldershot, Altis Centre, Alton, Amersham Arms, Ampersand, Apes Pigs And Spacemen, Archduke Charles, Archiv, Archway, Autonoom Tref Centrum, Autonoom Tref Centrum de Vort’n Vis, Axe & Cleaver, b.l.o.w., Babe Rainbow, Baby Harp Seal, Backlash, Bagshot, Bananafish, Bandog, Bears, Beautiful People, Belgium, Ben Waters, Berlin, Big Boy Tomato, Big Jim and the Weedkillers, Big Tent, Binfield, Birmingham, Bisley, Bisley Pavilion, Bizarre Bar, Black Swan, Blackheath, Bleak House, Blind, Bogus Brothers, Boogie Brothers, Boston, Bottom Line, Bracknell, Brad Obscure, Brentford, Brian Willoughby, Brixton, Bromley, Bruce Collins, Bull & Gate, Camberley, Camberley Town Football Club, Camden, Canes Able, Canterbury Arms, Captain Cook, Cartoon, Castle & Falcon, Cavern Club, Cellar Bar, Charlie Hart, Chesterfield, Chichester Hall, Chorus of Disapproval, Chris Jagger, Chris Smither, Chumbawumba, Citizen Fish, Civic hall, Clapham Grand, Club Zoro, Cobham, Concordia, Connaught School, Corby, Cosmic Thoughts, Crazy Face, Credit to the Nation, Crowthorne, Croydon, Cut, Dave Cousins, Deceased Disease, Deptford, Des Virgheitors, Devolution, Dew Drop Inn, Docs, Doo the Moog, Down by Law, Dr J.J. Badbreath’s Blues Band, Drury Lane, Dublin Castle, Dunkerque, Eat the Sofa, Eden Kane, Egham, Eisenbahner, Elephant & Castle, English Rose, Epsom, Erfurt, Exeter, F.B.I., Fadeout, Fantails, Farnborough, Farncombe, Farnham, FEYD, Fighting Cocks, Flavour, Fleet, Four Marks, France, Frimley, Fulham, Gerber Strasse 3, Germany, Germination, Gillingham, Goats Don’t Shave, Godalming, Goldsmiths College, Goldsworth Park, Gosport, Granby Tavern, Greenbelt Festival, Greenwich, Grey Horse, Grudziadz, Guildford, Guildford Folk & Blues Festival, Hallams Court, Hand & Spear, Hard to Handle, Harlesden, Haslemere, Haslemere Hotel, Headcopter, Headnoise, Headrush, Hollywater, Hype, I.C.B.C., Ice Cold Beer Company, Ieper, Imagination, Inowroclaw, Ironside, Islington, J.C. Regulator, Joe Brown, John Bull, John Leyton, John Otway Big Band, Jolly Farmer, Joyrider, Junk, Kapusta, Kenny Craddock, Kentish Town, Kingston, Kinoteatr, Kito, Knaphill, Konstanz, Kookaburra, Lajba, Lambada Tent, Leeds, Leicester, Leisure Centre, Leviathan, Lewisham, Lime, Little Angels, Lobster Stump Beat, Local 7, Lockwood Centre, London, Maid in England, Mambo Taxi, Manray, Marti Wilde, Mean Fiddler, Meanwhile, Mega City Four, Memorial Hall, Merrist Wood, Mike Berry and the Outlaws, Milton Keynes, Mrowisko, Natasha Ross, National Rifle Range Pavilion, Neverland, New Cross, Newton Abbot, Nightshift, Nitch, Northampton, Northants, Not All There, Oasis, Ob Jay Da, Old Ash Tree, Olivers, Orange, Ostrzeszow, Ottershaw, Parmaviolet, Pavilion, Peckham, Platform 4, Poland, Portsmouth, Potsdam, Powerhaus, PressGang, Primitive Instinct, Princes Hall, Psycho Groove Muthas, Punching Judy, Queens Head, Ragamuffins, Rainland, Ralph McTell, Reading, Red Lion, Redefining Beautiful, Redgrave Theatre, Reigate, Restless Natives, Round the Bend, Roy Harper, Royal Oak, Ruthless Blues, Ryde, Salisbury, Schokolade, Senseless Things, Serious Plankton, Shepherd's Bush, Sister Wendy, Six Bells, Skipper, Slinky, Slyfield, Sonny Black, Sopot, South Hill Park, St. John's Tavern, Stoke Newington, Stoke Park, Storm Thieves, Stourbridge, Strange World, Stroke, Strookas, Substance, Suck Henry, Summersalt, Tamberlaine, Tarika, The Abinger Arms, The Agincort, The Albion, The Anchor, The Antidote, The Arena, The Blazing Homesteads, The Blues Boys, The Bob Pearce Band, The Bogus Brothers, The Bottomline, The Brittania Inn, The Bunker, The Castle, The Cellar, The Compasses, The Counterfeit Stones, The Cricketers, The Crown, The Duchess, The Duke of Edinburgh, The Dukes, The Falcon, The Featherheads, The Fir Tree, The Forum, The Ha Ha Men, The Hairy Things, The Hamsters, The Hoax, The Honeycombes, The Iron Duke, The King’s Arms, The Little Green Men, The Love Family, The Maltings, The Monarch, The New Inn, The Old Trout, The Outcast Band, The Parrot, The Perfect Circles, The Producers, The Racehorse, The Railway, The Red Lion, The Red Snappers, The Reidar Larsen Band, The Rileys, The Roebuck, The Roosters, The Royal Squadron, The Shed, The Skoolhouse, The Swan, The Three Lions, The Wednesdays, The Werewolves of London, The Wheatsheaf, The White Hart, The White Swan, The Windmill, The Works, Thieves Of Dreams, Three Lions, Tom Robinson and Band, Tongeren, Town Hall, Toys in the Attic, Trade Union Hall, Trousershock B.C., Tumbledown Dick, Tunbridge Wells, Twickenham, University of Surrey, V.E.B Radrenbahn, ViViD, Vort N’ Vis, Vort’n Vis, Vox Pop, Watford, Weaver, Weimar, West End Centre, West Kensington, West London Institute, Westfield, Weybridge, Who Moved the Ground?, Wild Child Butler, Wilde Theatre, Wildwood, Windsor, Winterfall, Witley, Woking, Woking Raft Race, Woodley, Worplesdon, Young Peoples Fellowship, Ypres, Zdunska Wola, Zipper -
Polaris
(c’79-’81) Brian Viner (lead guitar), Chris Wilson (rhythm guitar), Bob Heard (drums), Steve Lewington (bass) and Terry “Scully” Sullivan (vocals).
Dead or Alive were a promising local band, even signing a publishing deal, but when Sullivan – who previously been in cabaret band Sweet Life, and fronted Monsoon – joined the band, and Viner replaced Stuart Huntingford, and Bob Heard took the drummers stool from Peter Fielder in late ’79 the band changed their name to Polaris.
10 May 1980: Polaris played Agincourt, Camberley Manager Paul Dunford secured the band their debut appearance at The Tumbledown Dick, Farnborough on 4 February ’80, getting them a mention on Radio 210 from Bob Harris who witnessed the performance. They were also introduced to the Agincourt, Camberley crowd by whispering Bob, when he hosted ‘Rock Comes to Camberley’ for Radio 210 on 10 May ’80. They are also known to have recorded tracks at Chestnut Studios, Churt. Ken Staddon replaced Sullivan in late ’80, just before the band were scheduled to play Princes Hall, Aldershot; supported by The Mode, on 4 November that year. The band also appeared at The Cambridge Hotel, Camberley; Fleet Country Club, Fleet; The Tumbledown Dick, Farnborough; and as a support act for Splodgenessabounds at the Technical College, Farnborough.
Polaris came to an end when Viner, Heard and Lewington got together with Clifford Turner to form Gem-A-Ten.
When Steve Brookes left The Jam, Viner was one of the guitarists auditioned at The Red House, Woking. Wilson now lives in Suffolk. Sullivan has unfortunately passed. Staddon would reappear in Tried and Tested.
Gallery:
Pop Scene, 1 Feb 1980 clipping. Image courtesy of Lisa Heard. 
Pop Scene, 8 Feb 1980 clipping. Image courtesy of Lisa Heard. 
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. Agincourt, Aldershot, Bob Harris, Bob Heard, Brian Viner, Camberley, Cambridge Hotel, Chestnut Studios, Chris Wilson, Farnborough, Fleet, Fleet Country Club, Gem-A-Ten, Ken Staddon, Monsoon, Paul Dunford, Peter Fielder, Polaris, Princes Hall, Radio 210, Splodgenessabounds, Steve Brookes, Steve Lewington, Stuart Huntingford, Sweet Life, Technical College, Terry Sullivan, The Jam, The Mode, The Red House, The Tumbledown Dick, Tried and Tested, Woking -
The Crew
(c’80-’84) “Dutchie” Hollands (bass), Vince Ayling (?) Kevin Barnes (?), and Brian Barnes (?).
This Aldershot punk band are known to have had at least two ‘scrapes’ with the old bill – one friendly, the other not so much.
The Crew’s garden concert in 1980 was halted by the police. Picture courtesy of Dutchie Hollands During the Ash Festival in 1980 the band held a gig in a garden which received a noise complaint. Allegedly when the first cop pulled up, he was seen to be ‘jamming out’ before he came to tell the band about the complaint.
Deadlock – Flyer ’81 On 21 January ’81 a punk gig was organized at Ash Vale’s Victoria Hall featuring Graffiti, Deadlock and The Crew. Live bands were not allowed at the 100 person capacity Hall; but punk being punk 300 tickets were sold and the venue was crammed. Using the other bands’ gear, The Crew were the first and only band to play that night, as the police arrived during their set. The band bolted out the side door and the authorities shut the show down.
The Crew also played the Youth Center, Redhill at some point and The Greyhound, Ash in ’84.
Holland emigrated to the US where he continues to be punk, playing in bands and hosting a radio show.
Gallery:
The Crew skull – every self respecting punk band needed one… Picture courtesy of Dutchie Hollands 
The Crew’s garden concert in 1980 was halted by the police. Picture courtesy of Dutchie Hollands 
Deadlock – Flyer ’81 
The Crew. Picture courtesy of Dutchie Hollands 
The Crew. Picture courtesy of Dutchie Hollands 
The Crew at Redhill Youth Center. Picture courtesy of Dutchie Hollands 
The Crew at Redhill Youth Center. Picture courtesy of Dutchie Hollands 
The Crew at Redhill Youth Center. Picture courtesy of Dutchie Hollands 
The Crew at Redhill Youth Center. Picture courtesy of Dutchie Hollands 
The Crew at Redhill Youth Center. Picture courtesy of Dutchie Hollands 
The Crew at The Greyhound, Ash c’84. Picture courtesy of Dutchie Hollands -
Rod Bayton
(c’70 to date) Rod Bayton (singer/songwriter)
Guildford folk music writer and performer Rod “Bearded Beanstalk” Bayton played the Ukulele and Banjo.
To our knowledge he first appeared at the Stag Folk Club on the club’s opening night in ’70 and became a club resident, expertly warming up any audience for the evening. On 26 March ’72 the club meet was recorded by Tony Engle, capturing Bayton’s own track “Natural Gas Conversion” and his rendition of music hall song “The Old Dun Cow” written by Harry Wincott in 1893; with both included in the Stag Folk Club LP ‘Live Folk’.
StagFolk album sleeve front. Picture courtesy of Bens Collectors Records Bayton also appeared at the Stag Folk organized free concert at The Guildford Show on 1 September ’73 along with Derek Sarjeant & Hazel King, Ian Russell, Mountain Line, Fred Hayes, Backhurst, and Damien. Two years later, on 20 August ’75, Bayton, along with Mountain Line, and Derek Serjeant & Hazel King, repeated this appearance at the Stage Folk Free Concert at Guildford Show with Cocky, Grass Roots, Don & Sarah Morgan, Dave Tarn, and Julian High.
He was last seen performing in Guildford, where he still resides, band UkeRythmics, who formed in 2017 and he is rumoured to have attended the virtual meetings of the Anchor Folk Club Byfleet in 2020.
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StagFolk album sleeve back. Picture courtesy of Bens Collectors Records 
StagFolk album insert. Picture courtesy of Bens Collectors Records -
Cherry Pickers
(c’92) ?
Farnham based band with a hard-edged Deacon Blue-esque sound.
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Cherry Pickers press clipping c’92. Picture courtesy of Steve Porter -
Blackbushe Airport, Yateley
Construction of Blackbushe, on Hartfordbridge Flats, during the Second World War was completed at the end of ’42 and was originally called RAF Hartfordbridge, and was used by RAF squadrons throughout the remainder of the war for reconnaissance, defence and strike operations using Spitfires and Mosquitoes.
Blackbushe, Yateley had been used for drag racing after ’62 and was the location for Dragfest. It was suggested as an outdoor music venue on numerous occasions. On 15 July 1978 it hosted an all-day open-air concert, The Picnic at Blackbushe, which was attended by some 160-200,000 plus people – one of promoter Harvey Goldsmith’s biggest ever events – although with a large volume of counterfeit tickets it may have been more.
15 July 1978: Eric Clapton on stage Source: Liam Feeley via Farnborough (Hants) Nostalgia Bob Dylan headlined, with Eric Clapton, Joan Armatrading, Graham Parker & The Rumour, Lake, and Merger also on the bill. This was Dylan’s last European appearance in ’78, and first UK date in 9 years, and Armatrading was flying in from the US just for this concert. The gates opened at noon, with the concert running from approximately 2pm to 10:30 that night. If you were at the back, with all those other punters in front of you, there wasn’t a great deal to see. During the event a few thousand ‘card parachutes’ were dropped from a helicopter over the audience promoting Dylan’s “Street Legal”.
Armatrading performed in a rugby shirt; Billy Connoly finds himself standing next to Dylan to watch Clapton; and when Graham Parker & The Rumour came on, Parker yelled: “Anyone here from the One Oak?” – of course there was. Dylan performed in a Savoy doorman’s top hat and plays for almost three hours. In the audience – well probably backstage – are Jenny Agutter and Ringo Starr.
In ’80 it was suggested by the media that Pink Floyd might do on outdoor show at Blackbushe, but this never came to fruition and to our best knowledge there has been no other live music event at Blackbushe. In 2017, “The Picnic at Blackbushe”, a hardback book in a metal flight case, is written/compiled by Jerry Bloom.
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Clipping from Record Mirror 3 June 78. 
Advert for The Picnic at Blackbushe 
15 July 1978: Blackbushe Picnic Ticket No.099540 in Zone HH. Source: John Welch via Farnborough (Hants) Nostalgia 
15 July 1978: Ticket No.185298 
Ticket for The Picnic at Blackbushe. Source: Dave Cornish via Farnborough (Hants) Nostalgia 
15 July 1978: Counterfeit ticket! Source: Liam Feeley via FHN 
Eric Clapton arriving at Blackbushe for The Picnic. Source: Susan Andre Lowson via Farnborough (Hants) Nostalgia 
15 July 1978: Blackbushe Picnic. Source: Steve McKeown via Farnborough (Hants) Nostalgia 
15 July 1978: Can you see who is on stage? Source: Liam Feeley via Farnborough (Hants) Nostalgia 
15 July 1978: Can just see someone on stage. Source: Liam Feeley via Farnborough (Hants) Nostalgia 
15 July 1978: Card parachutes dropped over the audience at The Picnic. Source: Steve McKeown via Farnborough (Hants) Nostalgia 
The Picnic at Blackbushe t-shirt. Source: http://collections.vam.ac.uk 
15 July 1978: Front cover of the official Picnic at Blackbushe programme. Source: Liam Feeley via Farnborough (Hants) Nostalgia 
15 July 1978: Back cover of the official Picnic at Blackbushe programme. Source: Liam Feeley via Farnborough (Hants) Nostalgia 
Article from 26 Jan 1980 issue of Record Mirror suggests that Blackbushe was in the running for a Pink Floyd live show… -
Crown & Cushion, Haslemere
The Crown & Cushion, sat at 4 Wey Hill, Haslemere, a short walk from the station, and hosted bands in the early ’90s.
On 20 September ’92, Thunderbox rocked the Haslemere venue, and four days later Hot Club heated up the joint, then on 25 October it was Kambium’s turn. Portsmouth based Bananafish, with roots in ska, reggae and rap, appeared and were filmed there on 5 December ’93.
The venue continued to host the occasional live music through to 2012, with the likes of Vic Cracknell (who also played at The Hautboy, Ockham), Six Miles Away, and the Jono, Gareth Icke, Alan Frew combo. The pub closed in 2013 and has now been converted to residential use and is called Wey Hill House.
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Crown & Cushion, Haslemere 
Crown & Cushion, Haslemere
Our Soundscene 
Human beings takes me back to 1981. Followed them all over the Surrey reading area for a year a great band and 3 good guys playing well written songs of the era. I wish john Tim and steve well what ever they are doing now. Should reform for a few shows just like Oasis but do the wooden bridge.
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