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Breathe
(c’84-’92) David Glasper (vocals), Marcus Lillington, (guitar), Ian “Spike” Spice (drums), and Michael Delahunty (bass).
Four ex-members of Yateley’s Catch-22 worked on some demos that struck a chord with Virgin Records A&R, leading to a contract with subsidiary Siren Records in ’85. In May ’85 they were in the studio with producer Bob Sargeant, releasing the “Don’t Tell Me Lies” single in January ’86, which reached No.77 in the UK Singles Chart. But, May ’86’s follow-up “In All Honesty” failed to chart.
1987’s “Don’t Tell Me Lies” single Producer-engineer Chris Porter was commissioned to take a look at them in ’87, remixing “Hands to Heaven” and 7 other tracks. Up-tempo “Jonah” was released in May ’87. A couple of months later, in July ’87, the “All That Jazz” LP was completed and A&M Records released it in the US in August ’87 along with “Jonah” as the band’s first stateside single, failing to chart again. Also in August, Siren released the “All That Jazz” single as a prelude to the LP scheduled for an UK release in October ’87. The LP carried two of Breathe’s best-known hits, “Hands to Heaven” (No.2 in US, No.4 in UK) and “How Can I Fall?” (No.3 in the US).
1987’s “How Can I Fall?” In ’88, manager Karl Adams and Delahunty left the ‘project’. Breathe opened 10 dates for Belinda Carlisle’s ‘Good Heavens Tour’ in September ’88, including Hammersmith Odeon on 16 September ’88. That same month the “All That Jazz” LP was re-released in the U.K. In October ’88 they performed at the Ku Club, Ibiza at the Ibiza ’92 Music Festival. In January ’89 A&M issued “Don’t Tell Me Lies,” in the US, reaching No.10; making Breathe the first group to achieve three Top 10 singles from a debut album for A&M. In May ’89, Billboard Magazine named Glasper and Lillington in its top 20 pop songwriters for ’88. The second LP, “Peace of Mind”, was released in August ’90 in the U.K., Europe and internationally, and issued in the United States the following month. Three singles were released from this LP: “Say A Prayer” (No.3 in US, No.93 in UK); “Say Hello” (No.88 in UK), and “Does She Love That Man?” (No.34 in US). By ’92 Breathe disbanded.
Glasper was last heard of 2014, somewhere in Thailand, and about to become a grandfather. Lillington co-founded web design firm called Headscape in 2002 and co-hosted the web design podcast, Boagworld.com. He was in Hampshire based Skiffle/country/blues band, The Showdogs, c’2000, and Stroke the Toad around 2008 with former Catch-22 member Phill Harrison. Spice died, reportedly in a car accident, in Thailand in September 2000. Delahunty is a mystery.
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Breathe’s “Hands to Heaven” Gallery:
1986: Breathe “In All Honesty” single 
Band photo for cover on “In All Honesty” single 
A&M promo card for Breathe from 1987. 
1987: Breathe’s “Hands to Heaven” single 
1987: Breathe’s “All That Jazz” LP 
1987: Breathe’s “All That Jazz” single 
1987: Breathe’s “Jonah” single 
Advert for 1987’s “Jonah” single 
1988: Breathe’s “Any Trick” single 
1990 promo photo of Breathe 
1990: Breathe “Peace of Mind” LP 
A&M Records, Belinda Carlisle, Billboard Magazine, Bob Sargeant, Breathe, Catch-22, Chris Porter, David Glasper, Hammersmith Odeon, Headscape, Ian Spice, Ibiza, Ibiza ’92 Music Festival, Karl Adams, Ku Club, London, Marcus Lillington, Michael Delahunty, Phill Harrison, Siren Records, Stroke the Toad, Thailand, The Showdogs, Virgin Records, Yateley -
Bros
(c’86-’92) Luke Goss (vocal / guitar), Matt Goss (vocal / drums), and Craig Logan (bass).
While attending Collingwood School, Camberley the Goss brothers joined a band called Blue. It was while at school that they met Logan, who played bass purportedly in Stillbrook. This new trio became known as Gloss. Classmate Chris Herbert’s father, Bob Herbert, noticed them and became their manager, making his summer house available as a rehearsal space and paying for studio time for demos.
It was through the Herbert’s Heart Management, that they met musician, songwriter and music producer Nicky Graham, who introduced them to music manager Tom Watkins, who’d managed the Pet Shop Boys. Unimpressed, Watkins realized that he could mold the group into a boy band for the teen girl market, with Graham and Watkins writing the songs for them. Gloss split from Herbert and signed a contract with Watkins and his management company. Watkins renamed the band Bros, and he and Graham wrote the group’s songs under the pseudonym of “The Brothers”, creating the impression that the Goss brothers had written the songs.
The debut single, “I Owe You Nothing”, was released in August ’87, peaking at No.80 in the UK Singles Chart. November ’87’s release of their “When Will I Be Famous?” single, saw them reach No.2 in the UK. Their third single, “Drop the Boy” also peaked at No.2 as did their album “Push”, released in March ’88. Bros reissued an “I Owe You Nothing” remix in June ’88, which became their only No.1 single in the UK. Two further singles: “I Quit” (September ’88) entered the UK charts at No.4 and “Cat Among the Pigeons” (November ’88) entered at No.2.
“Brosmania” and “Brosettes” became common mainstream media topics. Logan left the band in early ’89, due to several bouts of illness, including ME, and was admitted to hospital for six weeks with a further six months of rehabilitation that included learning to walk again. Now a duo, Bros released the LP “The Time” in October ’89; reaching No.4 in the UK Albums Chart. In ’91 Bros released their final album, “Changing Faces”, splitting in ’92. In total they secured 11 top 40 singles and three top 20 albums in the United Kingdom.
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Sweet Hooligan
(c’92-’93) Ellis Williams (drums), Rich Handyside (guitar / vocals), Tim Naylor (vocals), Chris “CP” Pothecary (bass).
Sweet Hooligan. Picture courtesy of Tim Naylor Formed in ’92, this Fleet based 4-piece punk metal band gigged throughout ’93 at venues in Aldershot, Farnborough, Ash, Hook, Basingstoke, Bagshot, Camberley and High Wycombe and supported Radical Dance Faction and Glen Matlock & The Mavericks.
Handyside and Naylor had both been in Handsome Bastards before Sweet Hooligans. The band recorded an albums’ worth of demo material some of which was released on Stupid Rabbit Tapes. Occasionally Sweet Hooligan appeared under the name Body Soup.
Sweet Hooligan. Picture courtesy of Tim Naylor The George, Ash Vale hosted the Hooligans on 5 February ’93, who dropped a rowdy set of the pub’s punters. They followed this with a gig at the Technical College, Farnborough on 11 February. Later in the month they appeared, on 20 February ’93, at the Critical Club event at the West End Centre, Aldershot with Fly Garrit and Girls on Dextrose. The next night they were at The White Hart, Frimley on 21 February ’93, and two days after that Sweet Hooligan played The Lion Brewery, Ash on 23 February. October ’93 saw them share the Premier’s Nightclub, Basingstoke stage with Mind’s Eye and Chunderhive. A Kerrang editor was there on the night, labelling the band ‘under-rehearsed…’, which was kind of the punking point.
8 October 1993: Poster for appearance with Mind’s Eye and Chunderhive at Premier’s, Basingstoke. Picture courtesy of Tim Naylor Having played Critical at the West End Centre, Aldershot, Sweet Hooligan’s ‘Shake Your Bones’ was included on ‘The Critical List – Live at West End Centre, Aldershot” compilation cassette on Penny Black Productions [PBV001]; along with Shine, Faceache, Serious Plankton, Danger Mice, Flyagaric, Backlash, and Radical Dance Faction, in late ’93. They also appeared on the ‘On The Critical List’ live video.
Sweet Hooligan’s ‘Shake Your Bones’ was included on The Critical List compilation in ’93 At the end of ’93, just before midnight of New Year’s Eve, coming off stage at the West End Centre, Aldershot, they broke up.
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February 1993: Sweet Hooligan gig poster. Picture courtesy of Tim Naylor. 
20 February 1993 at the West End Centre, Aldershot 
Sweet Hooligan. Picture courtesy of Tim Naylor 
Sweet Hooligan. Picture courtesy of Tim Naylor 
Sweet Hooligan. Picture courtesy of Tim Naylor 
Sweet Hooligan. Picture courtesy of Tim Naylor 
Sweet Hooligan. Picture courtesy of Tim Naylor 
Sweet Hooligan. Picture courtesy of Tim Naylor 
Sweet Hooligan. Picture courtesy of Tim Naylor 
Sweet Hooligan. Picture courtesy of Tim Naylor 
Sweet Hooligan. Picture courtesy of Tim Naylor 
Sweet Hooligan. Picture courtesy of Tim Naylor 
Sweet Hooligan. Picture courtesy of Tim Naylor 
Sweet Hooligan. Picture courtesy of Tim Naylor 
Sweet Hooligan. Picture courtesy of Tim Naylor 
Sweet Hooligan. Picture courtesy of Tim Naylor 
Sweet Hooligan. Picture courtesy of Tim Naylor 
Sweet Hooligan. Picture courtesy of Tim Naylor 
Sweet Hooligan. Picture courtesy of Tim Naylor 
Sweet Hooligan. Picture courtesy of Tim Naylor 
Aldershot News gig guide. Picture courtesy of Tim Naylor 
Sweet Hooligan. Picture courtesy of Tim Naylor 
Sweet Hooligan. Picture courtesy of Tim Naylor 
Sweet Hooligan. Source: Stupid Rabbit Tapes Aldershot, Ash, Ash Vale, Backlash, Bagshot, Basingstoke, Body Soup, Camberley, Chris Pothecary, Chunderhive, Civic hall, Critical Club, Danger Mice, Ellis Williams, Faceache, Farnborough, Farnborough Tech, Fleet, Fly Garrit, Flyagaric, Frimley, Girls on Dextrose, Glen Matlock & The Mavericks, Handsome Bastards, Hook, Kerrang, Minds Eye, Penny Black Productions, Premier’s, Premier’s Nightclub, Radical Dance Faction, Rich Handyside, Serious Plankton, Shine, Stupid Rabbit Tapes, Sweet Hooligan, Technical College, The George, The Lion Brewery, The White Hart, Tim Naylor, West End Centre -
Youth Centre / Youth Centre Annex, Guildford
The Youth Centre on Leapale Lane, Guildford replaced a row of houses in ’65. The smaller Youth Center Annex was round the corner, in what used to be the old Territorial Army building, which eventually became the Bellerby Theatre.
The very first dance was held at the venue on 16 October ’65 and featured the Primevals. In late ’69 the Guildford Arts Lab booked the venue for a series of gigs.
Youth Centre, Guildford in. Picture courtesy of Ben’s Collectors Records The annex was to become the Arts Lab semi-permanent home where they often billed events as at the Wowie! Zowie! Fun Palace. On 22 November ’69, Heron headlined the opening night of Arts Lab’s events at the annex with Clive Young and Graham Clarke in support. The next week, electric folk band Trees performed, and the organisers were approached by the band’s roadies to see if they would book their band – the Arts Lab said no to the roadies, who were in Hawkwind Zoo. The last live act of ’69 was Dave Ambrose, supported by local group Jumble on 20 December.
Bridget St. John opened ’70 with a show on 17 January at the annex. The Arts Lab’s house band, Poppa Ben Hook first Arts Lab gig was in the annex on 21 February ’70, supported by Bernie Roy. Briget St. John returned to the annex on 5 September ’70, followed by Formerly Fat Harry (with ex-Country Joe’s Bruce Barthol), Poppa Ben Hook, and Frendz, on 19 September. Folk duo, Young Stranger performed there on 26 September and the next month, on 23 October, Tir Na Nog took to the stage at the Youth Centre with Poppa Ben Hook and Band of Hope and Glory in support. The Lab closed out ’70 with another gig at the Youth Centre Gym headlined by Wishbone Ash on 19 December, with support by Band of Hope and Glory, and Chrysanthemum.
Greenstone rehearsing on the 1st floor of the Youth Centre Annes in the early ’70s. Source: Adrian Haiselden via Guildford Town Past & Present In the late 60s / early 70s several bands used space in the annex to rehearse, including Greenstone, and Running Dry (with Sev Lewkowicz and Richard Ashworth). On 20 July ’80, Consenting Adults supported Disruptive Patterns at the Youth Centre.
The venue also hosted folk concerts, and a number of jazz gigs here held at what was then the Bellerby Theatre in the mid ’80s. The Bellerby hosted Earthforce‘s final gig in November ’78; with the addition of members of the Oa Band, and supported by John Lathey.
Torn down in 2014, Waitrose now sits on the site.
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The What’s On page from Whole News No.16 5th September 1970. This lists: Bridget St. John, Radha Krishna Chanters, Formerly Fat Harry, Poppa Ben Hook, Young Stranger, and Hawkwind playing the Youth Centre Annex, Guildford in September / October 1970. 
Bellerby Theatre in the 1980’s photographed by Tony Ford. This used to be the smaller Youth Center Annex. Picture courtesy of Ben’s Collectors Records 
Youth Centre, Guildford exterior in January 1967. Picture courtesy of Ben’s Collectors Records 
22 November 1969: Poster desigfnand drawn by Fred Pipes for the Heron headlined event at Youth Centre, Guildford. Picture courtesy of Ben’s Collectors Records 
21 February 1970: Short piece from Whole News No.8 promoting Poppa Ben Hooks, supported by Bernie Roy, at the Youth Centre Annex, Guildford. Arts lab, Band of Hope and Glory, Bellerby Theatre, Bernie Roy, Bridget St John, Bruce Barthol, Chrysanthemum, Clive Young, Consenting Adults, Country Joe, Dave Ambrose, Disruptive Patterns, Earthforce, Formerly Fat Harry, Frendz, Graham Clarke, Greenstone, Guildford, Guildford Arts Lab, Hawkwind Zoo, Heron, John Lathey, Jumble, Oa Band, Poppa Ben Hook, Primevals, Richard Ashworth, Running Dry, Sev Lewkowicz, Territorial Army, Tir Na Nog, Trees, Wishbone Ash, Wowie! Zowie! Fun Palace, Young Stranger, Youth Centre, Youth Centre Annex -
Arts Lab, Guildford
(c’65-’71) The Guildford Arts Lab organized many events for poetry, music and the arts in general.
Graham Clarke writes in the intro to ‘Five Whole Years’ that the first Arts Lab event of poetry and folk music, took place 26 October ’65 in a cellar behind The Plaza Ballroom, Guildford. In ’65/’66, Wounded John Scott Cree played a number of times in the cellar behind The Plaza, which was the original premises of what went on to become Guildford Arts Lab’s The Whole. Cree recalls going to Stratford on Avon to play that Summer and two young ladies approaching and asking if they had seen me at The Whole the previous week.
‘The Whole’ monica adopted by the Arts Lab crew for the events at The Plaza is all thanks to an article in The Surrey Advertiser titled ‘Poetry from a Hole in the Ground’ in early ’66, with an added ‘W’. By April ’66 they had vacated The Plaza and moved into Orphanage Hall, Guildford, then Boxers, the coffee shop under Tunsgate Arch. But the Arts Lab also organized events across Guildford.
The “classic” Fairport Convention line-up of Denny, Thompson, Hutchings, Matthews, Nicol and Lamble played an Arts Lab benefit concert at the Civic Hall, Guildford in November ’68, with Bradford, their German Shepherd, on stage with them. Compered by John Peel, Fairport Convention were supported by Third Ear Band, Roy Harper, Bridget St John, Barclay James Harvest, Ron Geesin, and Tim Hollier. London based Helix appeared at The Stoke Hotel, Guildford on 22 December ’68, as part of a The Whole poetry and music event called “100 Watts of Ancient Sky” organized by the Arts Lab; that also featured performance by Clive Young, Al MacKenzie, Graham Clarke, Bob Thomas, and Nick Gray.
22 December 1968: “100 Watts of Ancient Sky” at The Stoke Hotel. Picture courtesy of Fred Pipes Many may recall the student sit-in at Guildford Art School, but not everybody knows that there was a parade from The Stoke Hotel, Guildford to the school following the Arts Lab organized appearance of Kasbahn and Radha Krishna Chanters at the venue on 23 May ’69. At the invite of the Art Lab, The Stoke hosted a performance of electronic music the following week by members of Bristol’s Arts Lab the next week; which according to the review in The Surrey Ad sent the audience to the bar.
22 November 1969: Poster desigfnand drawn by Fred Pipes for the Heron headlined event at Youth Centre, Guildford. Picture courtesy of Ben’s Collectors Records The first edition of The Art Labs newspaper, titled ‘Whole News’ was published on 12 October ’69. The Arts Lab found another semi-permanent home in the Youth Centre Annex, Guildford (aka Bellerby Theatre, Guildford) on Leapale Lane, where events were often billed as at the Wowie! Zowie! Fun Palace. On 22 November ’69, Heron headlined the opening night of Arts Lab’s events at the annex with Clive Young and Graham Clarke in support. The next week, electric folk band Trees performed, and the organisers were approached and turned down Hawkwind Zoo. The last live act of ’69 was Dave Ambrose, supported by local group Jumble on 20 December.
Bridget St. John opened ’70 with a show on 17 January at the annex. By early ’70, Guildford Arts Lab’s house band was Poppa Ben Hook, with a first Arts Lab gig at the Youth Centre Annex, Guildford on 21 February ’70, supported by Bernie Roy. The Arts Lab continued with films and poetry readings in addition the live bands and was heavily involved in the Surrey Free Festival on 27/28 June ’70 at the University of Surrey, Guildford. Briget St. John returned to the annex on 5 September ’70, followed by Formerly Fat Harry (with ex-Country Joe’s Bruce Barthol), Poppa Ben Hook, and Frendz, on 19 September. The next month, on 23 October, Tir Na Nog took to the stage at the Youth Centre with Poppa Ben Hook and Band of Hope and Glory in support. The Arts Lab booked the University of Surrey’s University Hall, Stag Hill for a concert of five bands, on 7 November ’70, at which house band Poppa Ben Hook were in support again along with Marble Orchard, Exhibit ‘A’ and The Paranoids, for headliners Jelly Bread. The Lab closed out ’70 with another gig at the Youth Centre Gym headlined by Wishbone Ash on 19 December, with support by Band of Hope and Glory, and Chrysanthemum.
21 February 1970: Short piece from Whole News No.8 promoting Poppa Ben Hooks, supported by Bernie Roy, at the Youth Centre Annex, Guildford. 1971 would prove to be the last year for Guildford’s Arts Lab. On 5 February ’71 they lost money on a concert at the Civic Hall, Guildford with Clark-Hutchinson, Lindisfarne and local band Cage. English blues singer and guitarist Jo-Ann Kelly, along with John Ellis, appeared at the Youth Centre on 9 April ’71. A week later, on 16 April, John Martyn stood in the same spot to perform with friends, that included Al Stewart. After helping Pink Floyd finish ‘Atom Heart Mother’, Ron Geesin returned, gracing the Youth Centre on 23 April ’71, the last live music performance organized by Arts Lab.
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May ’69: Surrey Ad clipping. Image courtesy of Fred Pipes 
June ’69: Surrey Ad clipping. Image courtesy of Fred Pipes 
Article on Whole News, cut from the 5 November 1969 issue of The Surrey Advertiser. Image courtesy of Fred Pipes Al MacKenzie, Al Stewart, Art School, Arts lab, Band of Hope and Glory, Barclay James Harvest, Bellerby Theatre, Bernie Roy, Bob Thomas, Boxers, Bridget St. John, Bristol Art Lab, Bruce Barthol, Cage, Chrysanthemum, Civic hall, Clark-Hutchinson, Clive Young, Country Joe, Dave Ambrose, Exhibit 'A', Fairport Convention, Formerly Fat Harry, Frendz, Graham Clarke, Guildford, Guildford Arts Lab, Hawkwind Zoo, Helix, Heron, Jelly Bread, Jo-Ann Kelly, John Ellis, John Martyn, John Peel, Jumble, Kasbahn, Lindisfarne, Marble Orchard, Nick Gray, Orphanage Hall, Pink Floyd, Plaza Ballroom, Poppa Ben Hook, Radha Krishna Chanters, Ron Geesin, Roy Harper, Stratford on Avon, Surrey Advertiser, Surrey Free Festival, The Paranoids, The Stoke Hotel, The Whole, Third Ear Band, Tim Hollier, Tir Na Nog, Trees, Tunsgate Arch.\, University Hall, University of Surrey, Whole News, Wishbone Ash, Wounded John Scott Cree, Wowie! Zowie! Fun Palace, Youth Centre, Youth Centre Annex -
Cyanide Scenario
(c’85-’86) ? (vocals), Alex Cable (guitar), Martin Crook (bass), and Shaun Jackson (drums)
This Camberley based anarcho-punk band formed in ’85. They recorded tracks at Matinee Music, Reading with engineering by Russel Raisey for a split LP in ’86, the flipside to carry material by Open Door, on the Mortarhate Record label. They originally laid down seven tracks, recording over that master with five new tracks. These were lifted from the master tape, remastered and released as the “Born to Die” EP on Inflammable Material [BURN027] in 2017. The 12″ EP was put together by Justin Broadrick of Godflesh with a new vocal track by Michelle ? for this recording.
The band lasted into late ’86 before splitting. Guitarist Cable going on to form Internal Autonomy, Jackson would join The Visionaries, and Crook moved onto Slack Bladder.
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Stupid Rabbit Tapes
(c’79-93) This Church Crookham based label was started with a focus on DIY cassette releases for Tim Naylor projects: Controls and Beating Hearts; but started accepting demos and expanded its scope. This included adding another Naylor outfit, Sweet Hooligan, to the roster from ’92-’93.
Controls Cassettes released by Stupid Rabbit Tapes. Source: Stupid Rabbit Tapes The Controls first release, the four track EP cassette: “Sock It To ‘Em Dave” [SRT001] came out in early ’80. The follow-up cassette LP, “Don’t Adjust the Controls”, was released on Stupid Rabbit Tapes [SRT002] in July ’80 having been recorded live on 21 June ’80. In ’81, “Late Night Love Songs” [SRT003] carried a further eight tracks from Controls and received a brief review in Sounds, which described it as having “…an awesome latent energy…”. By mid-’83 the labels catalogue included six cassette releases: an ’81 re-release of Controls “Dance” [XSRT003], ’82’s, three track cassette EP from Beating Hearts titled “Retrospective Jealousy” [SRT004], and the cassette LP “Love Beat Kid…On the Nod” [SRT005] that carried 20 tracks by Beating Hearts.
A further live recorded cassette LP from Controls was released in ’84, titled “Searching for the Perfect Partner” [SRT006]. That same year Controls released a further four cassettes: “Dress Dance Demand and Desire” [SRT007], “I Didn’t Know You Were Leaving” [SRT008], “The God Thing” [SRT009], and the cassette single “Keep Me Here” [SRT010]. In December ’85, Controls played the Technical College, Farnborough and recorded the gig and released the live recording under the title “Let’s All Bark Like Labradors” on Stupid Rabbit Tapes in ’86. In ’89, following a five-month hiatus, Handsome Bastards marked their return with the release of a three tracks demo cassette EP, titled “The South is Rising” on Stupid Rabbit Tapes. To the best of our knowledge the Stupid Rabbit Tapes label released at least 17 cassette singles, EPs and LPs.
Beating Hearts cassettes released by Stupid Rabbit Tapes. Source: Stupid Rabbit Tapes Keine Namen‘s “The Living Room Tapes” received a super limited release of 10 copies in September ’78; but was licensed by Stupid Rabbit Tapes for a reissued in 2012 on Year Zero Records [YEAR018]. The track ‘Hawaiian Stomp Pt.1’ receiving airtime on WFMU’s Undancing in the Dirt with Thomas Storck on 9 December 2012 and ‘(Shut Up) David’ on Radio Panik 105.4FM (show #316) in 2014.
July 2020 saw the publication of Jerry Kranitz‘s 320-page book ‘Cassette Culture: Homemade Music and the Creative Spirit in the Pre-Internet Age’ by German Vinyl-on-Demand (VOD), in which Stupid Rabbit gets a splattering of mentions.
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“Don’t Adjust The Controls” on Stupid Rabbit Tapes [SRT002] was recorded live on 21 June ’80; eventually releasing as this cassette LP in July. Source:Stupid Rabbit Tapes 
Stupid Rabbit Tapes Catalogue c’83, featuring Controls and Beating Hearts. Source: Stupid Rabbit Tapes 
Info sheet for Controls’ “Don’t Adjust The Controls” on DIY label Stupid Rabbit Tapes. Source: Die or DIY 
Controls “Searching For The Perfect Partner” live cassette LP released in ’84. Source: Stupid Rabbit Tapes 
Sleeve for Controls’ “Don’t Adjust The Controls” cassette 
Sleeve for Controls’ “Late NIght Love Songs” cassette LP from 1980 
Sleeve for Controls’ “Rampant Silliness At The Pavilion” cassette 
“Sock It To ‘Em, Dave” cassette EP. Source: Die or DIY 
In 1988 Stupid Rabbit Tapes issued a Christmas card featuring the Handsome Bastards. Source: Stupid Rabbit Tapes 
Page 27 of Obsession No.1 fanzine, with ad for local Stupid Rabbit Tapes. Picture courtesy of Tim Naylor 
Stupid Rabbit Tapes Flyer c’83, featuring Controls. Source: Stupid Rabbit Tapes 
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Handsome Bastards
(c’87-’90) Rich Handyside (guitar / vocals), Richard Jennings (drums) and Tim Naylor (bass / vocals).
This Fleet based guitar-led pop trio were one of the regular ‘attractions’ at the Pamblewood Balls – black tie affairs for the well-heeled teens attending the likes of Salesian College and Farnborough Hill – with events at the likes of Officer’s Club, Aldershot, in the late 80’s.
29 May 1989: Handsome Bastards played the Pamblewood Ball at the Civic Hall, Guildford. Picture courtesy of Tim Naylor On 29 May 1989, the band appeared at a Pamblewood Ball at the Civic Hall, Guildford along with Jim Jiminee and Go Go Amigos. Following this ball in ’89, the band took a five-month hiatus – cancelling a number of gigs – due to illness. They marked their return with the release of three tracks on “The South is Rising” demo cassette EP on Stupid Rabbit Tapes.
Before Handsome Bastards, Naylor had been a member of Keine Namen and Controls; and would later team up with Jennings in Beating Hearts.
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29 May 1989: Handsome Bastards played the Pamblewood Ball at the Civic Hall, Guildford. Picture courtesy of Tim Naylor 
29 May 1989: Handsome Bastards played the Pamblewood Ball at the Civic Hall, Guildford. Picture courtesy of Tim Naylor 
29 May 1989: Handsome Bastards played the Pamblewood Ball at the Civic Hall, Guildford. Picture courtesy of Tim Naylor 
29 May 1989: Handsome Bastards played the Pamblewood Ball at the Civic Hall, Guildford. Picture courtesy of Tim Naylor 
29 May 1989: Handsome Bastards played the Pamblewood Ball at the Civic Hall, Guildford. Picture courtesy of Tim Naylor 
29 May 1989: Handsome Bastards played the Pamblewood Ball at the Civic Hall, Guildford. Picture courtesy of Tim Naylor 
29 May 1989: Handsome Bastards played the Pamblewood Ball at the Civic Hall, Guildford. Picture courtesy of Tim Naylor 
29 May 1989: Handsome Bastards played the Pamblewood Ball at the Civic Hall, Guildford. Picture courtesy of Tim Naylor 
29 May 1989: Handsome Bastards played the Pamblewood Ball at the Civic Hall, Guildford. Picture courtesy of Tim Naylor 
29 May 1989: Handsome Bastards played the Pamblewood Ball at the Civic Hall, Guildford. Picture courtesy of Tim Naylor 
29 May 1989: Handsome Bastards played the Pamblewood Ball at the Civic Hall, Guildford. Picture courtesy of Tim Naylor 
29 May 1989: Handsome Bastards played the Pamblewood Ball at the Civic Hall, Guildford. Picture courtesy of Tim Naylor 
29 May 1989: Line listing for Jim Jiminee, supported by Handsome Bastards and Go Go Amigos, at Civic Hall, Guildford. Picture courtesy of Tim Naylor In 1988 Stupid Rabbit Tapes issued a Christmas card featuring the Handsome Bastards. Source: Stupid Rabbit Tapes 
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Rock ‘N’ Roll Club, Crondall
(c’67-’22) The club started meeting in the first village hall in Crondall back in ’67, they also rocked out the now closed pub, the church rooms next door and the hall behind that.
The Crondall Rock ‘N’ Roll club was “officially” established on 1 November ’76 and took up residence in the new Crondall Village Hall. They meet regularly for 54 years, and we know that The Cruisers performed on 8 December ’84; with Teds and Rockers continuing to gather at the club until 2022. The club’s organizers now run the Dynamite Club, which meets at various locations including the West Farnborough Social Club.
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FBI
(c’68-’69) Tom Chuter (guitar/harmonica) Albert Curry (vocals), David Jeatt (guitar), Dick Lampart (drums).
This Farnborough band, after a gig at the NAAFI Club, Aldershot stopped off at the Liberal Club, Aldershot to watch Sound of Time, parking their van with all their gear in The Crimea, Aldershot‘s car park. Only to return later to find their van empty. They rushed out and bought cheap replacements and supported Sound of Time a few weeks later at Aldershot Library with others on 31 January ’69. They also played the 4A’s Youth Club in ’69.
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31 January 1969: Members of FBI at Aldershot Library.
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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