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Keine Namen
(c’78) Dave Mallins (drums), Nevil Ede (Guitar), and Tim Naylor (guitar / vocals).
This Fleet based punk band rehearsed in Mallins parents’ garage and while they were on vacation held a gig at this ‘venue’. They released just 10 copies of “The Living Room Tapes” cassette, carrying 8 tracks – 5 about girls they’d dated, covers of Buzzcocks “Sixteen” and PILs “Theme”, and the Nayler solo “White Cars” – on self labelled Superbun Tapes [no.1] in September ’78.
“The Living Room Tapes” was reissued in 2012 on Year Zero Records [YEAR018] after it was licensed from Stupid Rabbit Tapes, with 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.
Naylor went on to form / join Controls.
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Keine Namen’s “The Living Rooms Tapes” cassette -
Beating Hearts
(c’81-82) Tim Naylor (bass / vocals), Kerry Kirk (?), Simon Baggelley (guitar), Richard Jennings (drums) and Jon Monks (keyboards).
After the demise of Controls, Naylor, Kirk and guitarist Tina ? formed Heartbeats. A few rehearsals down and Naylor left, joining Spod from Farnborough. Following this 6 week hiatus with Spod, Naylor used ads and some word of mouth at Fleet’s Kingfisher Music to schedule a few auditions for post punk Beating Hearts.
Beating Hearts “First Three Hours” demo cassette. Source: Die or DIY Beating Hearts issued their “The First Three Hours” demo cassette in late ’81. This was literally the recordings from the first few hours of their rehearsal time. The demo reached X-Cassettes’ Chris Green (who later joined the Criminal Damage label) and secured them a spot on the “Beyond the River” [OD001] vinyl, Reading area, compilation on Green’s Open Eye Records label – they just had to pick and record a track.
B-side of “Beyond the River” [OD001] vinyl compilation on which Beating Hearts “Wrap Me Up” appeared. This agreement coincided with their debut gig at Recreation Centre, Farnborough. The track “Wrap Me Up” was so well received that they recorded it and submitted it for the compilation. But, it was the wrong format for mastering; so, it was re-recorded at Matinee Music, Reading – a studio Dark Paradise would also later use – in April 82, with engineering by Chris Broderick. The next month, on 11 May ’82, saw the band performing at The Wooden Bridge, Guildford. The band split in late ’82.
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Stupid Rabbit Tapes Catalogue c’83, featuring Controls and Beating Hearts. Source: Stupid Rabbit Tapes 
The Beating Hearts. Source: Stupid Rabbit Tapes 
Cover of “Beyond the River” [OD001] vinyl compilation on which Beating Hearts “Wrap Me Up” appeared. 
Back of cover of “Beyond the River” [OD001] vinyl compilation on which Beating Hearts “Wrap Me Up” appeared. 
Beating Hearts’ page from the information leaflet that came with the “Beyond the River” [OD001] vinyl compilation on which their track “Wrap Me Up” appeared. 
Flyer for the “Beyond the River” vinyl compilation, featuring Beating Hearts. Source: Stupid Rabbit Tapes 
11 May 1982: Poster for Beating Hearts gig at The Woodenbridge, Guildford. Source: Die or DIY Beating Hearts, Chris Broderick, Chris Green, Controls, Criminal Damage, Dark Paradise, Farnborough, Fleet, Guildford, Heartbeats, Jon Monks, Kerry Kirk, Kingfisher Music, Matinee Music, Open Eye Records, Reading, Recreation Centre, Richard Jennings, Simion Baggelley, Spod, Tim Naylor, Wooden Bridge, X-Cassettes -
Wreckage
(c’96-2000) Damien Kay (vocal / banjo / guitar), Richard Hyde (bass), ? “Ezzy” ? (organ), Mark Darrah (drums), and Adrian Berger (guitar)
Kay had previously been front and center of The Outcast Band, before forming Wreakage with Hyde, Darrah, and Berger. On 15 and 16 July ’98, Wreckage recorded three tracks at The Studio in The Park, Bracknell, with engineering by Mike Sparks. These three tracks: “Souvenirs”, “Her Winter Song”, and “Seventeen Days” were to become the eponymous “Wreckage” EP cassette demo.
Sleeve to 1998’s “Wreckage” demo cassette. At a later, unknown date, with fellow ex-The Outcast Band member Ryan Daniel replacing Hyde on bass and Jon Reeves replacing Darrah on drums; and without Berger, they also self released “Black Crow, Black Crow” in Australia. This CD EP, listed in the Folk, World, and Country genre; carried “Bones”, “Blood and Soil” and “Black Crow, Black Crow”.
In November 2010, having reformed, The Outcast Band released the Phil Tennant produced ‘The Longest Mile’ album. This carried a track titled ‘Wreckage’.
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Panzer Korps
(c’80-’84) Chris Carter (vocal), ? (guitar), Martin Dyson (bass), and Jamie Abethell (drums).
Woking based Panzer Korps, or was it Panzer Division as reported in Soundscene (although do not confuse them with Panza Division, the British NWOBHM band from Sheffield), were a spin-off of Lethal Dose. Their first gig was at Godalming’s Save Our Services fete on 5 July 1980. A some point a video was made with a bus load of fans from Guildford coached in.
Clipping from News & Mail Soundscene column 12 June 1980. The Prince Alfred, Farnham hosted the band on 16 September ’83 as they opened for Black Easter. On 25 February ’84 Panzer Korps appeared at Caird Hall, Camberley with The Plague, Black Easter, and Maxi Puch & The Macho Moped Men. The following month they were one of the local punk bands at the Aldershot Rock Weekend. Held at the West End Centre, Aldershot the punk session was in the afternoon of 24 March ’84 and saw The Plague, Black Easter, Panzer Korp, and Maxi Puch and the Macho Moped Men take to the stage.
Heroin led to the demise of Dyson. Carter went on to play in The Charles. Abethell was a founding member of Black Easter.
Aldershot, Black Easter, Caird Hall, Camberley, Chris Carter, Farnham, Godalming, Jamie Abethell, Lethal Dose, Martin Dyson, Maxi Puch and the Macho Moped Men, NWOBHM, Panza Division, Panzer Division, Panzer Korps, Prince Alfred, Save Our Services, Sheffield, Soundscene, The Charles, The Plague, West End Centre, Woking -
The Primevals
(c’64-’67) Colin Telling (guitar), Geoffrey Andrews (bass / vocals), Alan Franklin (drums), and Bruce Roberts (guitar).
Primevals: (L to R) Andrews, Roberts, Telling and Franklin. Picture courtesy of Ben’s Collectors Records via June Telling and Alan Franklin. A group of friends got together in Franklin’s home at 49 Stoke Fields, Guildford to play records and ‘make music’, although there was no drumkit and Franklin just kept a beat at the time. They became The Primevals, as named by Franklin, with the band’s early days playing around hometown Guildford at venues such as Congregation Hall, Bellfields.
In ’64, The Primevals were the runner-up in a ‘Battle of the Bands’ contest, undertaken at the Civic Hall, Guildford; losing to Phillip Goodhand Tait and The Stormsville Shakers. In a similar Battle of the Bands at Charlotteville Youth Club they were the runners-up again, this time to The Phantom Four. That didn’t deter the band, and over the coming years they kept roadie Peter Greaves very busy.
The Primevals on stage at the “Battle of the Bands” contest 1964 at the Civic Hall, Guildford. Picture courtesy of Ben’s Collectors Records After more rehearsals at the Methodist Church Hall, Guildford they secured a regular spot at the Harvest Moon Club, Guildford, once sharing the stage with Rod Stewart, they certainly supported Group Survival there on 27 August and The Stormville Shakers on 3 December ’65. Ian Latimer, of The Phanton Four, recalls a night at The Harvest Moon, standing in for Andrews on bass with The Primevals to support The New Seekers.
Primevals as “A threesome but no trio”. Picture courtesy of Ben’s Collectors Records The Primevals were the first band to play the ‘new’ Youth Centre, Guildford on 16 October ’65. Almost a year later, on 31 September ’66 they were at the Stoke Hotel, Guildford supporting The Downliners Sect. At some point the band became “a threesome but no trio” as their promo card proclaimed, with enquiries to be made at the Ministry of Noise. This followed Telling and Andrews getting into an argument in the buildup to a concert at the Civic Hall, with Telling leaving. This trinity proved of interest to Deram Records, who sent scouts to the Town Hall, Godalming to evaluate. Reportedly, the band members didn’t want to leave their day jobs, so a can-can – featuring Franklin and Andrews with fire buckets jammed on their feet and dancing across the stage- delivered a performance unbecoming to future Deram stars, scaring off the A&R men.
The last gig listing we have found to date was on 19 March ’65, when The Primevals supported the Mark Leeman Five at the Methodist Youth Club, but there was a farewell concert at The Stoke Hotel, where Franklin switched from his kit to bongos and, ex-Stormsville Shaker, Dick “Fancy” Forcey took up the sticks. Although, we are aware of images of Primevals playing the Wooden Bridge, Guildford in ’67 with Forcey on drums.
After leaving the band Andrews went on to form The Geoff Andrews Group and run a garage. Franklin became a journalist but was offered drumming positions at a Paris nightclub and touring with a band around Germany. Roberts went on to form and play with The Quik, who released three singles on Deram Records in ’67 and have appeared on over 30 compilations since. In the early 70’s he was with Southampton based Iguana, staying with them when they morphed into The Jess Roden Band in the mid-70s.
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In 1964 the Primevals were runners up in “Battle of the Bands” contest at the Civic Hall, Guildford. Picture courtesy of Ben’s Collectors Records 
The Primevals’ fans. Picture courtesy of Ben’s Collectors Records 
Primevals! Picture courtesy of Ben’s Collectors Records 
Primevals! Picture courtesy of Ben’s Collectors Records 
Primevals! Picture courtesy ofBen’s Collectors Records 
The Primevals at the Wooden Bridge, Guildford. Photo by Geoff Burch and here courtesy of Ben’s Collectors Records 
The Primevals at the Wooden Bridge, Guildford. Photo by Geoff Burch and here courtesy of Ben’s Collectors Records 
Primevals’ Andrews and Forcey at the Wooden Bridge, Guildford. Photo by Geoff Burch and here courtesy of Ben’s Collectors Records 
Primevals’ Geoff Andrews up front the Wooden Bridge in 1967. Photographed by Geoff Burch and published here courtesy of Ben’s Collectors Records 
The Primevals. Picture courtesy of Ben’s Collectors Records 
The Primevals. Image courtesy of Alan Franklin Alan Franklin, Bellfields, Bruce Roberts, Charlotteville, Civic hall, Colin Telling, Congregation Hall, Deram Records, Dick Forcey, Geoffrey Andrews, Godalming, Group Survival, Guildford, Harvest Moon, Ian Latimer, Iguana, Mark Leeman Five, Methodist Youth Club, Ministry of Noise, Peter Greaves, Phillip Goodhand-Tate, Phillip Goodhand-Tate and the Stormsville Shakers, Primevals, Rod Stewart, Southampton, Stoke Hotel, The Downliners Sect, The Geoff Andrews Group, The Jess Roden Band, THe New Seekers, The Phantom Four, The Primevals, The Quik, The Stormsville Shakers, Town Hall, Wooden Bridge, Youth Centre, Youth Club -
Guildford Sanitation Authority
(c’70) All we know about this Guildford band is that they supported David Bowie on 14 March 1970 at the University of Surrey, Guildford.
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14 March 1970: Guildford Sanitation Authority supported David Bowie -
ABC, Aldershot
Aldershot’s ABC Cinema opened, as The Ritz, on 13th May 1937. The original cinema chain was taken over by Associated British Cinemas (ABC) in October 1937. For the organ buffs, it originally had a Wurlitzer 3Manual/7Ranks organ with illuminated console and grand piano installed, which was opened by organist Harold Ramsay. In February ’61 it was renamed ABC. Like Aldershot’s Empire Cinema next door, it staged variety shows as well as movies and in the mid-1960’s staged many of the package tours / shows starring Gene Pitney, Cilla Black, Billy Fury, Shirley Bassey, Englebert Humperdink, Freddie and the Dreamers, etc.
16 March ’65. Picture courtesy of Peter Winning The 16 March ’65 saw Del Shannon scheduled to co-headline with Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders, but Fontana fell ill (exhaustion) six days earlier in Salisbury. The Mindbenders would have gone on alone but were replaced by Zephyrs who joined Herman’s Hermits, Just Four Men, Paul Dean, The Soul Savages, Jerry Stevens, The Dollies, Dodie West – who’d joined the tour on 6 March in Dundee -, and Shannon, for both shows in Aldershot that day. The Shangri-Las had pulled out of the entire 21 day tour at the last minute, because Mary Weiss was ill, and were replaced by The Dollies. Two months later, on 5 May ’65, the ABC Cinema hosted The Kinks, along with The Rockin’ Berries, Goldie and The Gingerbreads, Jeff and Jon, The Mickey Finn, The Riot Squad, and Val McKenna. This tour was initially headlined by The Kinks and The Yardbirds, but the later left the tour before the Aldershot date to fulfill prior bookings in Scotland. The Kinks were only to last a few more days after Aldershot, to be replaced by The Walker Brothers, as an onstage fight in Cardiff between Dave Davies and Mick Avory sent Davies to hospital.
The night, 15 October ’66, The Hollies, Paul & Barry Ryan, Peter Jay & The New Jaywalkers, Nashville Teens, Robb Storme & the Whispers, and Paul Jones played the ABC; the Small Faces reportedly got into a bit of a tiff backstage over top billing and didn’t play – but they’d return in ’67.
Roy Orbison at ABC, Aldershot. On 7 April ’67, Roy Orbison headlined, backed by The Candy Men – that was on another of these package tours, that also featured P.P. Arnold, the Settlers, Sonny Childe and T.N.T., Small Faces, and the Searchers. By ’67 the allure of the package show was waning and the 6:15 PM show was opened by Arnold to a half full, but enthusiastic, auditorium. On the 27th of the same month Cat Stevens, Engelbert Humperdinck, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Californians and The Quotations supported The Walker Brothers, performing two shows at ABC. During his performance of “I’m Going Get Me A Gun”, Stevens was photographed pointing a revolver at the audience.
Hendrix on stage at ABC Aldershot, 27 April 1967. Source: Aldershot Mail It was not only international stars that took to the ABC stage either. We know that local band, The Skeleton Skiffle Group appeared at the venue when it was still called The Ritz. There was also a strong chance that if you drank in the Airborne or another pub near the ABC you would bump into any one of the performers.
The ABC was closed on 28th May ’77 for conversion into a 3-screen cinema and a bingo club – It was never to host a gig again. ABC 1,2,3 opened 6th October 1977. In ’86 it was taken over by the Cannon Group and sold again to Cineven to became the Odeon before closing on 10th July 2003.
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ABC, Aldershot, c’51 
The Skeleton Skiffle Group on stage at Ritz Cinema, Aldershot, pre’61. Source: Mike Luck via Historic Aldershot Military Town 
15 October 1966: A flyer for a package tour featuring The Hollies, Paul & Barry Ryan, Peter Jay & The New Jaywalkers, The Nashville Teens, Robb Storme & the Whispers, and Paul Jones at the ABC, Aldershot. Source: Steve McKeown via Farnborough (Hants) Nostalgia 
The Small Faces at the ABC in April ’67. Source: makingtime.co.uk 
Steve Mann reviews the Roy Orbison / Small Faces package tour in the Aldershot News, 14th April 1967. 
27 April ’67 package tour poster for ABC, Aldershot 
27 April 1967: Cat Stevens on stage at ABC, Aldershot singing “I’m Going Get Me A Gun”. Source: Steve McKeown via Farnborough (Hants) Nostalgia 
27 April 1967: Jimi Hendrix on stage at the ABC, Aldershot. Source: Steve McKeown via Farnborough (Hants) Nostalgia 
Gene Pitney at ABC, Aldershot. Picture courtesy of Peter Winning ABC Cinema, Airbourne, Aldershot, Associated British Cinemas, Billy Fury, Cannon Group, Cat Stevens, Cilla Black, Cineven, Dave Davies, Del Shannon, Dodie West, Empire Cinema, Engelbert Humperdinck, Englebert Humperdink, Freddie and the Dreamers, Gene Pitney, Goldie and the Gingerbreads, Harold Ramsay, Herman’s Hermits, Jeff and Jon, Jerry Stevens, Just Four Men, Mick Avory, Nashville Teens, Odeon, P.P. Arnold, Paul & Barry Ryan, Paul Dean, Paul Jones, Peter Jay & The New Jaywalkers, Robb Storme & the Whispers, Roy Orbison, Salisbury, Shirley Bassey, Small Faces, Sonny Childe and T.N.T., The Californians, The Candy Men, The Dollies, The Hollies, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Kinks, The Mickey Finn, The Mindbenders, The Quotations, The Riot Squad, The Ritz, The Rockin’ Berries, The Searchers, The Settlers, The Shangi-Las, The Skeleton Skiffle Group, The Soul Savages, The Walker Brothers, The Yardbirds, Val McKenna, Wayne Fontana, Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders, Wurlitzer, Zephyrs -
Night Workers
(c’66-’67) Gary Linden (sax / vocal), Steve Linden (guitar), Mick Benton (guitar), Keith Scholfield (drums), and John Harding (bass).
This Aldershot pop-combo cut one demo 7″, carrying “Mustang Sally” and “You Make Me Feel So Good” and were planning a tour of Europe and looking to turn professional. They started with covers, as many bands did in the 60’s, but had started to write their own material. In April ’67, however, they were searching for a lead vocalist.
Scholfield was affiliated to Scholfield’s newsagent in Gordon Road, Aldershot.
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Maxi Puch and the Macho Moped Men
(c’82-84) Maxi Puch (vocal), Paul Bond (drums), John “Dirt” Donnellan (bass) and Chris “Kip” Keating (guitar).
Maxi Puch and the Macho Moped Men were a punk 4-piece from Aldershot. Their first demo cassette EP, titled “Drop Your Guts”, was positioned at No.15 by Sounds compilers in their Punk Chart for 3 July ’82. On 7 September ’82, punk returned to The Maltings, Farnham with a gig headlined by Black Easter supported by Mutant Babies, Disease, Maxi Puch and the Macho Moped Men, LongPig, and Zylch
Maxi Puch and the Macho Moped Men’s “Drop Your Guts” cassette EP at No.15 in the Sounds Punk chart on 3 July 1982. Picture courtesy of Paul Bond On 31 May ’83, Puch and Black Easter supported Clone at 5’s Wine Bar, Aldershot. In the early 80’s, The Plague organized ‘The Sty’ rock / punk club nights the West End Centre, Aldershot. Puch appeared at The Sty held on 30 January ’84, along with The Plague and The Contaminated.
Bond moved to Devon in ’83 and the band continued as a trio. The three remaining members appeared at The Old Schoolhouse, Woking on 9 February ’84 with The Contaminated and Black Easter and Caird Hall, Camberley on 25 February ’84 with The Plague, Black Easter again, and Panzer Korps. The following month they were one of the local punk bands at the Aldershot Rock Weekend. Held at the West End Centre, the punk session held on the afternoon of 24 March ’84 saw The Plague, Black Easter, Panzer Korp, and Maxi Puch and the Macho Moped Men take to the stage. The band released the five track “Go With Noakes” demo in 1984, featuring instrumental “Pursuit” and pure punk “Order Of The Black”, listing all four members. There were rumors of inclusion in a nationally distributed punk / new wave compilation LP, but these do not appear to have come to fruition.
“Go With Noakes” demo cassette sleeve. Picture courtesy of Sid Stovold Maxi Puch and the Macho Moped Men seem to have faded away sometime in ’84 with the occasional mention online as people reminisce or discover a track. Keating, who’d did a stint with The Plague, would later be found in The F1-11s. On 9 and 10 January 2020, the bands “Order of the Black” was played on California based KaoticRadio’s “Punks not DEAD” (episode 98).
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Adrian Creek writes about Maxi Puch and the Macho Moped Men in his Pop Scene column (date unknown c’84). Picture courtesy of Paul Bond 
The “Go With Noaks” demo cassette. Source: terminalescape.blogspot.com 
Maxi Puch and The Macho Moped Men. Picture courtesy of Paul Bond 
30 January 1984: The Plague, Contaminated, and Maxi Puch and The Macho Moped Men played The Sty. Picture courtesy of Ade Street 
31 May 1983: Black Easter and Maxi Puch & The Macho Moped Men supported Clone at 5’s Wine Bar 5's Wine Bar, Aldershot, Black Easter, Caird Hall, Camberley, Chris Keating, Clone, Disease, Farnham, John Dannellan, KaoticRadio, LongPig, Maxi Puch, Maxi Puch and the Macho Moped Men, Mutant Babies, Panzer Korp, Paul Bond, Punk, Sounds, The Contaminated, The F1-11s, The Maltings, The Old Schoolhouse, The Plague, The Sty, West End Centre, Woking, Zylch -
Tumbledown Dick, Farnborough
The Tumbledown Dick in Farnborough, was a live music venue and local focal point until it’s closing in 2008. Notably Mega City Four, Reuben, Hundred Reasons and The Jam all performed here. While the facade still remains, a 3000+ signature petition to save the venue, organized by The Friends of the Tumbledown Dick, failed to convince local MPs to retain it as a boozer and there is now a McDonald’s on the site where the pub traded.
The sign that once hung outside The Tumbledown Dick. Source: Steve McKeown via Farnborough (Hants) Nostalgia Reportedly the first band to ever play in the venue in the early 70’s was Threewheel. Within a couple of years the venue was developing a sound reputation. The Jam played there on 12 and 18 December ’74 and many times in ’75/76, along with the likes of The Real Thing and Natural Gass. Graham Brown took over the management of the pub/venue in the mid/late 70’s and we know that from ’77 on Monday nights were the Rock Nights featuring the likes of Gambler, Reading based Turbo, Bracknell’s General Accident, Eclipse, and Out of Order; Thursdays were Jazz Funk, all promoted by Mervin George. It was probably a Monday that Straightshooter appeared at Tumble Down in ’78.
Straightshooter at Tumbledown Dick in 1978. Source: Tony Ecclestone via Farnborough (Hants) Nostalgia. Straightshooter were back at the venue on 12 March ’79. In late ’79 the venue hosted Gallagher’s, a Tuesday night new wave, mod, and punk club launched in October and November that year. Gallagher’s kicked the new night off by staging a small punk / new wave season of six gigs featuring Angelic Upstarts on 23 October ’79, Classic Nouveux the week after, The Vapors on 6 November, the following Tuesday it was The Piranhas, Cowboys International on 20 November and on 27 November Purple Hearts. This was promoted in NME and across the local rags and featured a different local band supporting each headliner including The Mode, Thieves, Impulse, and Virginia Doesn’t. These supporting acts returned in December and January to headline a local band season with another local band in support. On 4 December ’79, Between Pictures opened for The Mode, Lonesome No More headlined on 11 December ably supported by Controls. Lopez were supposed to support Thieves on 18 December, but to the best of our knowledge Thieves didn’t show and the support headlined as Lopez and the Waveriders, with Matrix Numbers as warm up.
The ’80s at Tumbledown started on the very first day of 1980 with Impulse, as Gallagher’s continued local band season, followed by Virginia Doesn’t on 8 January ’80. The next month Polaris‘ manager Paul Dunford secured them their debut gig at the pub, on 4 February ’80, also getting them a mention on Radio 210 from Bob Harris who witnessed the performance. The next night, 5 February ’80, The Torpedoes supported The Mode. Another local band to perform in the ’80’s at the venue were Crosswinds.
Who Moved The Ground? occupied the stage on Christmas Eve 1990 and jumping to ’93, Peachrazor played The Tumbledown Dick on 3rd July. We also believe that The Hairy Things appeared there in ’93 The next year, Womb secured second place at one of The Tumbledown Dick’s ‘Battle of the Bands’ competitions. Around the mid to late 90’s Simon ? took over running the venue and encouraged young bands to put on their own gigs. In ’96, Headnoise released the “Kick in the Dick” cassette EP, which was recorded live at the Tumbledown Dick. Disturbing Guests supported them that night, enjoying the massive PA Headnoise had hired for that show. On 28 March ’98, Mindwire and Big Planet Love were at Tumbledown Dick. In ’99, Dreyfuss won the venues ‘Battle of the Bands’ and used the recording time prize to create the “Shapes and Sizes” demo cassette [bulb001] on Helsinki Records.
Towards the end of the venue’s life, on 19 February 2005, Hundred Reasons, along with Rueben and Melaleuca organized a fundraiser for the Tsunami Relief Fund. Then on 5 March, Farnborough Groove presented Mindwire performing a reunion show at Quarantine Club, supported by Wherewithal and Without Grace; along with Lemonade Wage and Opus.
As The Tumbledown Dick is today: McDonald’s Video:
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5 February 1980: The Torpedoes supported The Mode at Tumbledown Dick, Farnborough. Picture courtesy of Paul Trew 
5 February 1980 
18 December 1979: Lopez and the Waveriders supported by Matrix Numbers up at the Tumbledown Dick. 
The outside of the Tumbledown Dick, with the ‘Gig Guide’ blackboard to the right… 
Tumbledown Dick, Farnborough in 1979. Source: Steve McKeown via Farnborough (Hants) Nostalgia 
Inside of invite to private party at which Peachrazor played, and listing for the following weekends gig at The Tumbledown Dick (3rd July 1993). Picture courtesy of Steve Porter 
David Reading talks to promotor Mervin George about The Tumbledown Dick and Fleet Country Club in this clipping from 9th March 1979 issue of Farnborough News. 
Controls at Tumbledown Dick, Farnborough in 1979. 
Inside the Tumbledown Dick. Picture courtesy of Steve Mckeown via Farnborough (Hants) Nostalgia 
Tsunami Disaster Fund gig 19 Feb 2005. Picture courtesy of Pete Cole 
Gig advert for part two of the Tumbledown Dick’s Punk / New Wave Season in 1979/1980. Source: Tim Naylor via Farnborough (Hants) Nostalgia 
Inside an empty Tumbledown Dick…with the poster wall. 
28 March 1998: Mindwire’s mailer #3 from 1998 puts them at Tumbledown Dick, Farnborough with Big Planet Love. Source: Mindwire 
Controls at Tumbledown Dick, Farnborough in 1979. 
Controls’ A4 Poster for 11th Dec ’79 gig at Tumbledown Dick. Source: Europunk 
Colin Doran of One Hundred Reasons at The Tumbledown Dick on 19th Feb 2005. Picture courtesy of Pete Cole 
Tumbledown Dick, Farnborough. Source: Susan Andre Lowson via Farnborough (Hants) Nostalgia 
Clipping from Farnborough News 19 October 1979 on forthcoming Angelic Upstarts gig at Tumbledown Dick. Picture courtesy of Paul Trew 
Angelic Upstarts, Between Pictures, Big Planet Love, Bob Harris, Classic Nouveux, Controls, Cowboys international, Crosswinds, Disturbing Guests, Dreyfuss, Eclipse, Farnborough, Farnborough Groove, Gallagher’s, Gambler, General Accident, Graham Brown, Headnoise, Helsinki Records, Hundred Reasons, Impulse, Lemonade Wage, Lonesome No More, Lopez, Lopez and the Waveriders, Matrix Numbers, McDonald’s, Mega City Four, Melaleuca, Mervin George, Mindwire, Natural Gass, NME, Opus, Out of Order, Paul Dunford, Peachrazor, Polaris, Purple Hearts, Quarantine Club, Reuben, Straightshooter, The Hairy Things, The Jam, The Mode, The Piranhas, The Real Thing, The Torpedoes, The Vapors, Thieves, Threewheel, Tumbledown Dick, Turbo, Virginia Doesn't, Wherewithal, Who Moved the Ground?, Without Grace, Womb
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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