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Cutting Edge
(c’81-82) Steve Baker (guitar), Al Dick (vocals), Nick Hudson (drums), Keith Renton (bass) and David Raphael (keyboard/harmonica).
Picture courtesy of Steve Baker Managed by Steve Riley and Marcus Reynolds, who already had one top 40 band on their resume, they gigged extensively in the local area and up into London; including Starlight Club, Hampstead; Laker’s Hotel, Redhill; Reading University supporting The Darts; and Farnborough Tech.
Formed from ex-Squire / Panther / Bo and the Generals guitarist Baker, Panther vocalist Dick, Infra Red Helicopters’ Hudson on drums, ex-M.I.5 / Crisis member Renton on guitar, and ex-Panther keyboardist / harpist Raphael they recorded “Wheels in Motion” at Shepperton Studios. In ’82 Renton left when Dick and Baker “tid[ied] Keith’s words up a bit”. Drummer Hudson, also left around the same time, leaving Cutting Edge with the ex-Panther core of Dick, Baker and Raphael.
Renton would reappear as Keith Smart in GZ Image.
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Cutting Edge live. Picture courtesy of Steve Baker 
Cutting Edge live. Picture courtesy of Steve Baker 
Cutting Edge live. Picture courtesy of Steve Baker 
Cutting Edge live. Picture courtesy of Steve Baker 
Cutting Edge live. Picture courtesy of Steve Baker 
Cutting Edge live. Picture courtesy of Steve Baker 
Cutting Edge live. Picture courtesy of Steve Baker 
Cutting Edge live. Photo by and courtesy of Keith Knowles 
Cutting Edge live. Photo by and courtesy of Keith Knowles 
Cutting Edge live. Photo by and courtesy of Keith Knowles 
Cutting Edge live. Photo by and courtesy of Keith Knowles 
Cutting Edge live. Photo by and courtesy of Keith Knowles 
Cutting Edge live. Photo by and courtesy of Keith Knowles 
Cutting Edge live. Photo by and courtesy of Keith Knowles 
Cutting Edge live. Photo by and courtesy of Keith Knowles 
Cutting Edge live. Photo by and courtesy of Keith Knowles 
Cutting Edge live. Photo by and courtesy of Keith Knowles 
Cutting Edge live. Photo by and courtesy of Keith Knowles 
Soundscene clipping from 23 December 1981 featuring Cutting Edge. Picture courtesy of Steve Baker 
Picture courtesy of Steve Baker 
Picture courtesy of Steve Baker 
Picture courtesy of Steve Baker 
Picture courtesy of Steve Baker 
Picture courtesy of Steve Baker 
Picture courtesy of Steve Baker 
Picture courtesy of Steve Baker 
Picture courtesy of Steve Baker 
Picture courtesy of Steve Baker 
Soundscene (date unknown). Picture courtesy of William de Kock Al Dick, Bo and the Generals, Crisis, Cutting Edge, David Raphael, Farnborough, Farnborough Tech, GZ Image, Hampstead, Infra Red Helicopters, Keith Renton, Keith Smart, Laker's Hotel, M.I.5, Marcus Reynolds, MI5, Nick Hudson, Panther, Reading, Reading University, Redhill, Shepperton Studio, Squire, Starlight Club, Steve Baker, Steve Riley, The Darts -
Panther
(c’76-81) – David Raphael (keyboards / harmonica), Malcolm Dewhurst (drums), Ian Steward (bass), Al Dick (vocal / harmonica) and Steve Baker (lead & rhythm guitar).
Panther at the bar of their regular practice venue. Picture courtesy of William de Kock In ’76, Dewhurst banded together with vocalist Paul Neal, later adding Jane Pethick (lead guitar) and Erik Gibbons (guitar) and Ruth Gibbons (bass). By ’78, the original line-up included Ian Smith on bass and Dick. Smith was replaced by Steward and after Neal left Jim Homersham of Dr JJ’s Blues Band stepped up for a few months replacing Dick on vocals who’s stepped away, until he left and Dick returned. Steve Busby (guitar) joined the band at around this time. Dick was responsible for pulling ex-Squire guitarist Baker into the mix. When Raphael, who’s been introduced to Panther by Homersham as a harmonica and keyboard player, auditioned for Panther, there was Ruth and Erik Gibbons, Dewhurst, Pethick and Homersham. Raphael would eventually replace Dick on vocals / harmonica. At some point Pete Steadman, also joined the band but eventually the band locked down to Raphael, Dewhurst, Steward, Dick, and Baker. Peter Cripps picked up the roadie / manager duties securing gigs at topflight venues, and when Busby didn’t return to the band after his vacation stood in on guitar for about 3 months.
The band entered Chestnut Studios, Churt for their first studio recording session, with Cripps undertaking production, in ’79. Cripps was still on guitar when Upstairs at Ronnie Scotts’, London hosted Panther on 28th August ’79, with a number of fans receiving tickets for free entry. This was the year that they came third in a Melody Maker talent contest. Their tape made it to Polydor, who turned them down ‘as only signing mod bands’ according to a Jon Harlow’s piece in Soundscene.
On 31 May ’80, the band teamed up with M.I.5., Hailey’s Vomit and other, reportedly, for an anti-nuclear armament benefit party held at the Church Hall, Woodham. A few months later, on 29 November ’80 the band were the solitary rock band at Woking’s Music Festival, held at the Centre Halls, Woking. Oft seen playing live at The Cricketers, Westfield, they were invited by Rick Buckler to support The Jam at The Civic Hall, Guildford on 11 December ’80 – which they did. Paul Weller asked Baker, who was an old school mate, if he could play Dewhurst’s kit in the soundcheck – of course he could!
Panther, at the Guildford Civic Hall, 11 December ’80, supporting The Jam. Picture by Keith Knowles courtesy of Steve Baker. Jon Harlow’s Tapeworm project’s first release was of Panther live at The Cricketer’s on 11 February ’81. Ray Mitchell’s Ebony Mobile Studio rolled up to the pub and run the wires through the bay window and recorded almost 50 minutes of live performance on their four-track system, putting 8 songs on each side. We also know that Panther supported The Alligators at The Junction, on the top floor of Bunters, Guildford on 10 July ’81. Coming back from a booking in South London, Dick fell out the back of the band’s van and landed on the bonnet of the car behind. The inebriated Dick, unscathed and still clutching his beer, brushed himself down and carried on.
Original Panther members Raphael, Dewhurst, and Busby along with Nigel Turner played a reunion gig at the Apulstock Festival, Bosham on 19 July 2014. At some point Raphael and Dewhurst signed a recording contract and Panther were on to lay down some tracks at studios near Marble Arch. This was probably Pye Studios, but the other band members vetoed the session and the contract as they ‘didn’t trust record companies’. By ’81, most of them resided in the same house where they’d gather, load the band van, head up to London for a gig, and then back in the early morning. Non-payment by one of those London venues led the beer loving band members to confiscate a keg in lieu of cash. A tough life when you are trying to hold down a day job on very few hours sleep. Eventually the band members went their own ways.
Dewhurst and Steward reportedly teamed up with Brian ? of The Fix after Panther folded in October ’81. Dick, Baker and Rapheal formed Cutting Edge with Nick Hudson (drums), Keith Renton (bass) in ’81. By ’85 Dewhurst was in China Heart with fellow Panther Raphael along with Brian Hanlon (vocals / guitar), and Nigel Turner (bass). Smith recalls, after leaving Panther, seeing and responding to an advert in the NME looking for a bassist, and Zero Time were formed.
Original members Raphael, and Dewhurst, along with Busby and Turner played a reunion gig at the Apulstock Festival, Bosham on 19th July 2014. Horsell resident Baker, who’d been in Squire prior to Panther, emigrated to Australia and played in The Beatlegs, regrettably died on New Years Day 2019. Steward and Homersham are also no longer with us. Dick, who may have changed his last name to Grant, has disappeared.
Front cover of 2025’s ‘Made to Measure’ CD compilation on Different Class Records In 2025, Different Class Records, issued a 20-track CD compilation of Panther’s demo recording and tracks captured live at The Cricketers, all remastered by Peter Woodley of Kidz Next Door, on 11 February ’81.
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Panther c ’77/78 L-R: David Raphael, Ian Smith , Erik Gibbons, Steve Busby, Malcolm Dewhurst, and Al Dick. Picture Courtesy of Malcolm Dewhurst 
Free ticket for Upstairs at Ronnie’s to see Panther on 28th August 1979. Picture courtesy of Keith Knowles 
Panther, at the Guildford Civic Hall, 11 December ’80, supporting The Jam. Picture by Keith Knowles courtesy of Steve Baker. 
Panther, at the Guildford Civic Hall, 11 December ’80, supporting The Jam. Picture by Keith Knowles courtesy of Steve Baker. 
Panther, at the Guildford Civic Hall, 11 December ’80, supporting The Jam. Picture by Keith Knowles courtesy of Steve Baker. 
Panther, at the Guildford Civic Hall, 11 December ’80, supporting The Jam. Picture by Keith Knowles courtesy of Steve Baker. 
Panther, at the Guildford Civic Hall, 11 December ’80, supporting The Jam. Picture by Keith Knowles courtesy of Steve Baker. 
Panther, at the Guildford Civic Hall, 11 December ’80, supporting The Jam. Picture by Keith Knowles courtesy of Steve Baker. 
Panther, at the Guildford Civic Hall, 11 December ’80, supporting The Jam. Picture by Keith Knowles courtesy of Steve Baker. 
Panther, at the Guildford Civic Hall, 11 December ’80, supporting The Jam. Picture by Keith Knowles courtesy of Steve Baker. 
Panther, at the Guildford Civic Hall, 11 December ’80, supporting The Jam. Picture by Keith Knowles courtesy of Steve Baker. 
Panther, at the Guildford Civic Hall, 11 December ’80, supporting The Jam. Picture by Keith Knowles courtesy of Steve Baker. 
Panther, at the Guildford Civic Hall, 11 December ’80, supporting The Jam. Picture by Keith Knowles courtesy of Steve Baker. 
Panther, at the Guildford Civic Hall, 11 December ’80, supporting The Jam. Picture by Keith Knowles courtesy of Steve Baker. 
Panther, at the Guildford Civic Hall, 11 December ’80, supporting The Jam. Picture by Keith Knowles courtesy of Steve Baker. 
Panther, at the Guildford Civic Hall, 11 December ’80, supporting The Jam. Picture by Keith Knowles courtesy of Steve Baker. 
Panther, at the Guildford Civic Hall, 11 December ’80, supporting The Jam. Picture by Keith Knowles courtesy of Steve Baker. 
Panther, at the Guildford Civic Hall, 11 December ’80, supporting The Jam. Picture by Keith Knowles courtesy of Steve Baker. 
Panther, at the Guildford Civic Hall, 11 December ’80, supporting The Jam. Picture by Keith Knowles courtesy of Steve Baker. 
The cover of Jon Harlow’s Tapeworm project’s first release: Panther live at The Cricketers, Westfield 11 February ’81. Picture courtesy of Steve Baker. 
Jon Harlow reviews the Panther Tapeworm for the 20 February ’81 Soundscene. Picture courtesy of Steve Baker. 
10 July 1981: The Alligators supported by Panther played Junction (top floor of Bunters), Guildford. Picture courtesy of John Hudson 
A little piece on post-Panther developments from Soundscene, 1 October 1981 
Jim Homersham and Al Dick of Panther. Picture courtesy of Malcolm Dewhurst 
Back cover of 2025’s ‘Made to Measure’ CD compilation on Different Class Records Al Dick, Apulstock Festival, Bosham, Brian Hanlon, Bunters, Centre Halls, Chestnut Studios, China Heart, Church Hall, Civic hall, Cricketers, David Raphael, Different Class Records, Dr JJ's Blues Band, Ebony Mobile Studio, Erik Gibbons, Farnham, Guildford, Hailey’s Vomit, Ian Smith, Ian Steward, Jane Pethick, Jim Homersham, Jon Harlow, Kidz Next Door, London, M.I.5, Malcolm Dewhurst, Melody Maker, Nigel Turner, NME, Panther, Paul Neal, Pete Steadman, Peter Cripps, Peter Woodley, Pye Studios, Ray Mitchell, Rick Buckler, Ruth Gibbons, Squire, Steve Baker, Steve Busby, Tapeworm, The Alligators, The Beatlegs, The Fix, The Jam, The Junction, Upstairs at Ronnie Scott's, Westfield, Woking, Woodham, Zero Time -
The Mighty Strypes
(c’80-83) Pete Woollett (vocals), Nick Moore (bass / guitar), Calvin Gumbs (drums / tambourine), Anne Morrison (vocals / flute), K.T. Moore (keyboards), Andy Lockwood (lead guitar) and Kev Tidy (rhythm guitar).
Renowned for their stonking live performances this seven piece reggae group gigged throughout the local area and up a down the country. They originated in Slough, but like Cardiacs, Soundscene claimed them as one of our own – Morrison had been in St. John’s band 57 Beans after all. In 1980 they released a double A-side 7″ on the Ape Records label [APE 001] carryimg “Five For You (Work)” and “Natural Reaction” to positive reactions from local rags and fanzines.
That same year, the penultimate issue of the Bracknell and Newbury based No Cure fanzine featured The Mighty Strypes, as did Grinding Halt No.6 which reviewed two separate gigs. The first at The Monday Club supporting El Seven aided by A Fast Crowd had The Mighty Strypes stealing the show; the second saw the band headline with The Runners in support. While we do not have a clear gigography for The Mighty Strypes we do know that they performed at least two or three times a week and a typical schedule would look very much like this from November ’80: Youth Club, Gerrards Cross (14), Studio One Club, Slough (18), Royal Holloway, Egham (21), Dingwalls, Camden (22), and Scamps, Oxford (26). At the very end of 1980 the band found themselves supporting The Flatbackers at Dingwalls on 27 December.
The Mighty Strypes gigged at The Cricketers, Westfield in early ’81 on both 16 January and 1 February. On 10 June ’81 the band were up in Oxford at the now closed Scamps in the Westgate Centre. They also supported M.I.5. at, News & Mail reporter, John Harlow’s Rock Night II, along with The Choirboys at The Cotteridge Hotel, Woking in ’81. In ’82 we know they appeared at Alexandra’s, Chippenham on 28 July supported by Death Pop at a benefit gig for Wrexham Park Hospital and two days later they were at Midnight Express, Bournmouth. The band’s appearance supporting Black Symbol at Fisher Hall, Cambridge in early October ’83 was reviewed by Keith Legoy for the 15 October issue of the Cambridge Rock Rag: Blue Suede News fanzine. Later that month they opened for Death Pop, with The Telephone Boxes, at Langley College, Slough.
We know that Morrison worked at Tesco in Wokingham.
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No Cure No.6 featured The Mighty Strypres 
The Mighty Strypes supported The Flatbackers at Dingwalls on 27th Dec 1980 
A review of The Mighty Strypes gig at Fisher Hall with Black Symbol, by Keith Legoy for the 15th Oct 1983 issue of Blue Suede News fanzine. 
The Mighty Strypes gig at The Cricketeers on Feb 1st ’81. Picture courtesy of Chris Turner 
Woking News & Mail 
Midnight Express, Bournemouth flyer from 1982 
The fanzine, Grinding Halt No.6, covered two Mighty Stripes gigs 
The fanzine, Grinding Halt No.6, covered two Mighty Stripes gigs 
10th June 1981 and The Mighty Strypes were up in Oxford at the now closed Scamps in the Westgate Centre. 
Review of The Mighty Strypes single from a Berkshire music fanzine (we’re trying to confirm which). 57 Beans, A Fast Crowd, Alexandra's, Andy Lockwood, Anne Morrison, Ape Records, Black Symbol, Blue Suede News, Bournemouth, Bracknell, Calvin Gumbs, Cambridge, Cambridge Rock Rag, Camden, Chippenham, Cricketers, Death Pop, Dingwalls, Egham, El Seven, Fanzine, Fisher Hall, Gerrards Cross, Grinding Halt, John Harlow, K.T. Moore, Keith Legoy, Kev Tidy, Langley College, M.I.5, Midnight Express, Newbury, Nick Moore, No Cure, Oxford, Pete Woollett, Royal Holloway, Scamps, Slough, Studio One Club, The Choirboys, The Cotteridge Hotel, The Flatbackers, The Mighty Strypes, The Monday Club, The Runners, The Telephone Boxes, Westfield, Westgate Centre, Woking, Youth Club -
Blood & Fire
(c’80-87) – Simon Barnett (drums), Karl Allison (vocals), Simon “Herbie” Herbert (bass), Alvin Allison (keyboards), and Marc Harry (guitar/trombone)
Blood and Fire This Christian rock band formed in ’80 with the original line-up of the Allisons, Malcolm Dragon (guitar/bass), Jason Griffiths (bass), and Tony Voice (drums), who was shortly replaced by Ian Mayhew, breaking the Salvation Army (SA) brass / marching band mold and receiving some flack for being different. They pulled their name from the SA flag and the organisation’s motto ‘Blood & Fire’ right before taking the stage at The Church of the Good Shepherd Clan, Pyrford for their first gig. The band remained fairly local in the early days playing Woking and Guildford, with the odd trip further afield, with a basic lighting set-up operated by Jan Mayes and a spot directed by Paul Strickland.
Harry guested with Blood & Fire in late September ’82 at Butlins, Bognor Regis. Dragon was still in his KFC work attire, Mayhew a vintage SA band festival tunic and Griffiths in a tux and bow tie. A hospitalization with appendicitis and then a move from Woking to Worthing saw Mayhew drop out and replaced by Barnett, who first picked up the sticks for an October ’82 gig in Colchester, supported by Alvin Allison’s other band National Youth Banned. The gig was recorded for Citadel Sounds and later released on cassette. Around Christmas ’82 the band performed at a HMP Coldingley and Harry become a full time member.
In ’83 they recorded “The Things That People Say” cassette album in June Collins’ front room. By spring ’83 Griffiths had left, after a weekend of gigs in Felixstowe. Dragon moved to the bass, but followed Griffiths in the the summer and replaced by Herbert. It was during this period that Barnett joined for good – But his ‘born again’ credentials didn’t go down well with the SA however, he was not ‘Army’, and this would hit the band later.
Blood and Fire Seaside Tour ’83 band photo On 8 July ’83, Blood & Fire performed to 400+ youth at Christchurch Hall, Guildford, supported by Pulse. This was followed by the start of their 10 day long Summer / Seaside Rock Tour ’83 a few days later taking in Bognor Regis, Poole supported by The Reaction, Launceston, Falmouth, Penzance, back to Poole where Radio Solent recorded “Sceptics” for broadcast and interviewed members of the band; both broadcast on 5 September in a feature on Greenbelt., and finally costa del Woking supported by Mervyn Sprocket and the Crankshaft Assembly. In late October there was a gig at Reading Central and on 5 November Tunbridge Wells hosted the band, Teddington, then Newcastle (a gig which saw the band stopped and nearly arrested as a flying picket on the drive home), Hillingdon, Pontypool and a ‘Christmas Special’ in Grantham.
On 17 February ’84, supported by Salt Solution, Blood & Fire played their last Woking gig. They then hit Maldon and Bexleyheath, where prophecizing, a sermon on Christian’s loving each other, and a ‘children’s story’ resulted in an uncomfortable atmosphere amongst the SA congregation. Rumours reached band member’s relatives that the band had been suspended; caught in a pub with drugs and prostitutes, and had became fanatical ‘extremists’. There was no tour that summer. In August they spent a week recording “The Things That People Say”, their first album and a title that may point to that years rumors.
The band tried to go ‘professional’ as a full time Christian rock band, but Karl Allison went to study theology at Eltham and Herbert training to be a chartered accountant they could not commit fully. Alvin Allison, Barnett and Harry took on the weekdays joined by the others on the weekend. The SA rejected the bands proposal for support. The bands ‘Christmas Special’ saw them hire the Camberwell SA Hall and book two support bands: Worthing based Rendezvous, which including Woking expats Kevin Burton, Jo Boniface and ex-Blood & Fire drummer Mayhew; and the London Community Gospel Choir.
Blood and Fire play Dartmoor Prison In ’85 the band book more gigs at more churches. They played far and wide in the likes of Hexham, Whitley Bay, Falmouth, Hayle, and memorably Dartmoor Prison. In May they were part of SA’s centenary celebrations in Bournemouth. In July they returned to Grantham supported by Zero Option. That summer they toured the North West and Scotland, titling this peregrination ‘The Black Pudding & Haggis Tour’. BBC local radio interviewed the band just prior to their Barrow-in-Furness gig, not that it inspired a big turnout. The next night they were in an old theatre in Edinburgh, then Perth, followed by Whitley Bay, then Lancaster and finally Preston. In September they recorded their second cassette, titled “Who Is It?”, in Portsmouth’s Citadel Hall. That autumn the SA Pop Festival took over Regent Hall on Oxford Street, London and Blood & Fire got to perform. November saw the band travel to France for the National Youth Congress, stopping in Rouen for a gig and then onto Paris. The band’s pre-‘Christmas Special’ in ’85 was at Regent Hall, London on 30 November.
1st gig of French Tour at Saint-Éloi Temple, Rouen In early ’86 they undertook a sponsored bed-push from Teddington to Guildford to raise a grand for a new PA. Harry left after a Dorking Halls gig supporting Paul Field in ’86, having started BAF Recording, a mobile recording business. The band’s part time sound man, Andy Piper, stood in as guitarist for a while; and the bands ad in the Army press resulted in Jon Brooks getting the position. The bands ‘Northern Lights Tour ’86’ took in some of the same venues as ‘Black Pudding & Haggis’ and kicked off in Barnet with a gig the following night in Liverpool and then Edinburgh the night after that. Arriving in Dunfermline they discovered the gig had been cancelled with no explanation and headed to Aberdeen Citadel for their next appearance. Phoning ahead the band discovered that Inverness had also cancelled and provided no explanation. An uneventful gig in Livingston preceded the minibuses engine letting go just north of Carlisle. Via train and gear truck the band made it back to Guildford just in time for the tours last date at Crawley College, which was recorded by Harris’ BAF Recording company and later released as “Live All Over the Place”. The band appeared on Stage Two of Greenbelt that year and later returned to Bristol and performances at Stockwood Church and Broadmead Baptist Church. The band then qualified for the final round of International Musicians of the Year ’86, held at the Astoria Thearte, London, although they didn’t win, and rapped up the year with a concert at Bromley College – some of which appears on the “Live All Over the Place” cassette LP.
Blood and Fire at the International Musicians of the Year ’86 1987 kicked off with a gig at The Barn, Avery Hill College, Wimborne where Karl Allison, at the time, was studying Theology and then at Wimbledon SA. The bands performance at this last gig caught the eye of Tony Cummings, a Buzz Magazine journalist/editor who organized a recording session at Big Feet Studios, Walsall. The result was 1987’s “Articles of War” (Big Feet A103) cassette, which opened with “Freedom Fighter”.
“Articles of War” cassette LP Which brings us to the bands tour of Northern Ireland which started in Ballymena, the town that banned a performance by the ELO Part II in the early ’90s, saying they would attract “the four Ds of Drink, Drugs, Devil and Debauchery”. On the first night they played Ballymena Town Hall followed the next night by a gig at the town’s YMCA before they hit Belfast, Lisburn, then Newry, where their Town Hall gig was interrupted by the RUC and British Army, who’d received a bomb warning with the appropriate code-word. Then it was back to Lisburn where a member of the tour was hissed and booed for wearing green. After the gig Alvin Allison found himself at their tour van surrounded by military. A tour program on the seat titled ‘Blood and Fire in Northern Ireland’ having triggered a response! Their final tour date, in Dublin, was cancelled for no apparent reason. Back on home turf they continued gigging throughout the south. Then they were invited to appear at the SA’s National Youth Rally at Birmingham’s NEC at which they were cut short after their second of three songs for being too loud, inciting the audience which worried the NEC staff, and that they hadn’t actually been invited to play. The band’s end of year spectacular, and Barnett’s final gig with the band, was back at Regent Hall, London on 28 November ’87.
By the end of ’87 the cracks had began to show, not helped by Barnett’s departure, and a band that was now spread from Sunbury to Grantham and London to Hascombe. 1988 started with SA HQ pulling the rug from under the band. SA venues were reportedly ‘ordered’ to cancel any Blood and Fire bookings and told that the band was barred from any further affiliation with or support from the SA; something the SA’s Chief Secretary denied. Without gigs, at which to sell “Articles of War”, the band tried to place an advert in the SA’s newspaper to help shift a few copies. The cheque was returned with a letter outlining that they’d been instructed not to accept the advert. The band, after over 250 gigs at a lot of Salvation Army Halls, including Woking on 17 February ’84 supported by Salt Solution, and a few festivals and touring the UK and France, decided to call it a day and play their last remaining booking in Grantham in March ’88 as a farewell gig – but, even that was cancelled.
The band did reform for two more shows in autumn ’89 for the Rock and Rejoice concert at Teddington and in spring ’92 to bid farewell to Herbert who was off to Africa to work for Food for the Hungry International.
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Blood & Fire c’86: Alvin Allison, Karl Allison, Simon Herbert, Jon Brooks and Simon Barnet (not shown) 
Blood and Fire’s 1992 reunion 
Blood and Fire’s 1992 reunion 
Blood and Fire’s 1992 reunion 
Blood and Fire’s 1992 reunion 
Blood and Fire at the International Musicians of the Year ’86 
Blood and Fire at the International Musicians of the Year ’86 
Blood and Fire at the International Musicians of the Year ’86 
Blood and Fire’s Simon Herbert 
Blood and Fire’s Simon Barnett 
Aberdeen, Alvin Allison, Andy Piper, Astoria, Avery Hill College, BAF Recording, Ballymena, Barnet, Barrow-in-Furness, Belfast, Bexleyheath, Big Feet Studio, Birmingham, Blood & Fire, Blood and Fire, Bognor Regis, Bournemouth, Bristol, British Army, Broadmead Baptist Church, Bromley College, Butlins, Buzz Magazine, Camberwell, Carlisle, Christchurch Hall, Church of the Good Shepherd Clan, Citadel Hall, Citadel Sounds, Colchester, Crawley, Crawley College, Dorking, Dublin, Dunfermline, Edinburgh, ELO Part II, Eltham, Falmouth, Felixstowe, France, Grantham, Greenbelt, Guildford, Hayle, Hexham, Hillingdon, HMP Coldingley, HMP Dartmoor, Ian Mayhew, International Musicians of the Year, Inverness, Jan Mayes, Jason Griffiths, Jo Boniface, Jon Brooks, June Collins, Karl Allison, Kevin Burton, Lancaster, Launceston, Lisbon, Liverpool, Livingston, London, London Community Gospel Choir, Malcolm Dragon, Maldon, Marc Harry, Mervyn Sprockett and The Crankshaft Assembly, National Youth Banned, National Youth Congress, National Youth Rally, NEC, Newcastle, Newry, Northern Ireland, Paris, Paul Field, Paul Strickland, Penzance, Perth, Pontypool, Poole, Portsmouth, Preston, Pulse, Pyrford, Radio Solent, Reading, Regent hall, Rendezvous, Rock and Rejoice, Rouen, RUC, Saint-Éloi Temple, Salt Solution, Salvation Army, Salvation Army Hall, Salvation Army Pop Concert, Salvation Hall, Simon Barnett, Simon Herbert, Stockwood Church, Teddington, The Barn, The Dorking Halls, The Reaction, Tony Cummings, Tony Voice, Town Hall, Tunbridge Wells, Walsall, Whitley Bay, Wimbledon, Wimborne, Woking, Worthing, YMCA, Zero Option -
Great Garden
(c. ’82-’87) – Jon Brown (bass), Andrew Brown (vocals / guitar), Richard Baker (guitar) and Andy “Boo” Green (drums).
Great Garden band shoot. Picture courtesy of Andrew Neil Brown By ’84 the band were playing the likes of Mayfair’s Embassy Club, where they got a bit of stick for sounding like the Cure (10:15 Saturday Night was in their set). Great Garden sound was described as ‘anthemic pop’ by The Riverside Club, Fetcham organizers for their 6 December ’85 support slot for The Skiff Scats. Their final gig of ’85 was the “Gig For Africa” at The Dorking Halls on 21 December, with a plethora of other local bands including headliners Cardiacs, Shoot! Dispute, and The Body Politic.
Great Garden pin. Source: David Powell via The Riverside Club Fetcham Leatherhead Surrey in the 80’s On 9 February ’86, the band were at back at the Riverside Club; supporting The Body Politic. They played The Riverside Club regularly, supporting or headlining with the likes of The Geisha Girls, Skiff Scats, Roaring Boys, Endless Party, The Lucy Show, Irish Moss Peat, and Shoot the Joker. On 14 June ’86 the band supported, along with Endless Party, The Dogs D’Amour at Bourne Hall, Ewell.
But they also played up in London. In April ’87 they were at the Mean Fiddler. A few months later (July ’87) they support Cardiacs at The Marquee. Regular appearance partners The Body Politic split in November ’87 after a mini UK tour, which concluded in Hastings with Great Garden in support and a punch-up that put several of the audience in hospital. Great Garden followed suit in December ’87 and split after six years together; playing their last gig back at Bourne Hall on 17 December supported by Shoot The Joker and Irish Moss Peat.
17 December 1987: Great Garden’s last gig, with Shoot The Joker and Irish Moss Peat supporting at Bourne Hall, Ewell. Source: Andrew Neil Brown via The Riverside Club Fetcham Leatherhead Surrey in the 80’s The band released at least three demo cassettes and came 5th (posthumously) in the Soundscene Demo Review of ’88. In mid ’88 a rumour started that had Great Garden joining Napalm Groove Squad, The Body Politic, and Dance Factor for Woking Live Aid later that year. These were all denied, but members of The Body Politic did confirm that they had been songwriting with a couple of members of Great Garden; although one had departed and they were going to continue as a trio…
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Great Garden live at The Embassy c’84. Image courtesy of Jonathan Brown. 
The official poster has Great Garden on the bill for “Gig For Africa” at Dorking Halls – Dec 21st 1985 
The official programme has Great Garden on the bill for “Gig For Africa” at Dorking Halls – Dec 21st 1985. Source: Andrew Neil Brown 
The official programme has Great Garden on the bill for “Gig For Africa” at Dorking Halls – Dec 21st 1985 
29 August 1985: Great Garden supported The Lucy Show at The Riverside Club, Fetcham. Source: Jonathan Brown via The Riverside Club Fetcham Leatherhead Surrey in the 80’s 
Great Garden supported The Skiff Skats, with their “anthemic pop” on 6th Dec ’85 at the Riverside Club, Fetcham 
The official programme has Great Garden on the bill for “Gig For Africa” at Dorking Halls – Dec 21st 1985. Source: Andrew Neil Brown 
Official band picture, taken at The Embassy Club, London, from the official programme for “Gig For Africa” at Dorking Halls – Dec 21st 1985 
9 February 1986: The Body Politic are at the Riverside Club, Fetcham; with Great Garden in support. Picture “borrowed” from Christopher Short 
9 February 1986: Great Garden with The Body Politic in support at The Riverside Club, Fetcham. Source: Jon Brown via The Riverside Club Fetcham Leatherhead Surrey in the 80’s 
Great Garden at The Riverside Club, Fetcham, possibly December 1986. Source: Andrew Neil Brown via The Riverside Club Fetcham Leatherhead Surrey in the 80’s 
6 April 1987: Great Garden played the Mean Fiddler, Harlesden. Source: Andrew Brown via The Riverside Club Fetcham Leatherhead Surrey in the 80’s 
24 July 1987: Great Garden supported Cardiacs at The Marquee. London. Source: Jon Brown via The Riverside Club Fetcham Leatherhead Surrey in the 80’s 
Soundscene – 10th December 1987 
Soundscene – July 28th 1988 
Naplam Groove Squad, Body Politic, Great Garden, & Dance Factory possibly in Woking Live Aid line-up (Soundscene – August 4th 1988) 
Andrew Brown of Great Garden… Source: Andrew Neil Brown 
Great Garden band shoot… Source: Andrew Neil Brown 
Great Garden supported Taste The Good Life on Fri 21st March (checking year) 
Great Garden supported Cardiacs on Sept 5th (not sure the year) Andrew Brown, Andy Green, Bourne Hall, Cardiacs, Dance Factor, Dorking, Embassy Club, Endless Party, Ewell, Fetcham, Gig for Africa, Great Garden, Hastings, Irish Moss Peat, Jon Brown, London, Marquee, Mayfair, Napalm Groove Squad, Richard Baker, Roaring Boys, Shoot the Joker, Shoot! Dispute, The Body Politic, The Dogs D'Amour, The Dorking Halls, The Geisha Girls, The Lucy Show, The Mean Fiddler, The Riverside Club, The Skiff Scats, Woking Live Aid -
Dark
(c’88-89) Jason Orbaum (keyboards / vocals / bass), Mark Johnston (guitar / bass), and Darrell van Horn (guitar / vocals / drums).
Initially a duo of ex-Chez Ed members Orbaum and van Horn, they produced three demo tapes. They then stepped into Ian Mackay’s JTI Studios in Brixton to record a ‘best of’ nine track tape that included “Personal Disasters”, “Sole Reminders”, “Dreamsleep” and “Valley of the Sublime”. By January ’89 they were seeking a more permanent solution for the bass and recruited Johnston.
A Steel Bill & the Buffalos gig at the Cricketers, Westfield in ’88 was the catalyst for members of Dark, Wise Child and The Button Factory to form X-It.
Gallery:
Image courtesy of Phil Gibby -
Dance Factor
c’87-’88 – Ian Pitwell (?) & ?
Pitwell formed Dance Factor in ’87, the same year he was involved in the Stock Aitkin Waterman organised charity concert for the Queen Elizabeth’s Foundation for the Disabled at the Royal Albert Hall, London that included Then Jerico, Brother Beyond, Precious Wilson, Pail Johnson, Rick Astley, David Grant, T’Pau. and Sinitta on 12 October.
More information is needed but Dance Factor were originally a 6-piece band that dissolved in early ’88 and possibly Anna-Lucy Torjussen, lately of Lax Lifetime, and Miss Woking Julia Bolton were in the reformation, mid ’88. In July/August ’88 it was rumoured that the reformed band would be part of that September’s Woking Live Aid organised by ABC Music. By December ’88 they were picking up the “Memorial Award for Absent Friends” from PG Tips.
Gallery:
July 28th, 1988 Soundscene sparks rumours of Body Politic reformation, but also mentions Dance Factor[y]. 
Woking Soundscene, July 28th 1988 
By December ’88 Dance Factory were picking up the “Memorial Award for Absent Friends” from PG Tips. Picture Courtesy of Daniel Hiscocks 
Naplam Groove Squad, Body Politic, Great Garden, & Dance Factory possibly in Woking Live Aid line-up (Soundscene – August 4th 1988) -
Summerbee
(c’94-95) David Bailey (vocal & guitar), John Rollinson (guitar & vocal), Michael Bailey (bass & vocal) & Martin Smith (drums).
Woking based Summerbee rose from the ashes of Vox Pop, of which all four members of the band had been part, delivering a late sixties/early seventies sound. The band secured a Christmas period slot at the Cricketers, Westfield in ’94 and started appearing in London in early ’95, including St. John’s Tavern, Archway on 14 March.
David Bailey moved to Spain, was involved in the The Real Me and Acoustic River Collective (ARC) – a group of musicians based in Almeria – and is currently recording as part of Left Bank Two. Michael Bailey sadly passed on 12 August 2021. Rollinson is currently playing with the TR5s.
Gallery:
Summerbee at Steps. Photo courtesy of Michael Bailey 
1995. Photo courtesy of Michael Bailey 
Christmas ’94 at The Cricketers, Westfield. Picture courtesy of Martin Smith -
Life Limited
(c’86) – Darrel Watson (vocals) Martin Smith (drums), Simon Laird (guitar), James Willis (bass)
Formed in January ’86 by Smith, after some time in Milky Bar Kids, with Watson, he invited Laird to take lead guitar and Willis the bass. Willis dropped the bass in June, taking on bookings etc., and was replaced by Kevin Craig, who’d not picked up a guitar before. Initially rehearsing at Smith’s parents the band eventually found rehearsal space at the Old Woking Scout Hut. Jim Croft also joined a couple of the rehearsal sessions, playing ‘She Sells Santuary’.
29 July 1986: Life Limited with fans outside the venue of their debut gig. Picture courtesy of Lizzie Hall. Their debut gig came on 29 July ’86 at The Galleon, Chertsey. The Galleon was awash, packed to the gunnels, with Bishop David Brown alumni, some wearing Life Limited T-shirts. During the gig Craig’s bass, which he’d borrowed from the bands original bassist Willis having acquired it was David Burrows, stopped working. “No worries” says the sound tech “I’ve got one in the boot of my car” saving the day.
Life Limited played just one more gig in September ’86, for Watson’s 18th birthday, at the Old Woking Scout Hut; which burnt down sometime later,
Smith was later in Vox Pop. Craig is still playing, but has switch from bass to guitar.
Gallery:
Life Limited, about to party, at Woking Scout Hut. Picture courtesy of Martin Smith 
Life Limited, about to party, at Woking Scout Hut. Picture courtesy of Martin Smith 
It’s a Life Limited flyer from ’86. Image copurtey of Martin Smith 
Soundscene clipping kept by Smith’s mum. Picture courtesy of Martin Smith 
Early 1986: Band pictures in the garden. Picture courtesy of Martin Smith 
Early 1986: Band picture in the garden. Picture courtesy of Martin Smith 
29 July 1986: Life Limited’s debut gig at The Galleon, Chertsey. Picture courtesy of Martin Smith. 
29 July 1986: Life Limited’s debut gig at The Galleon, Chertsey. Picture courtesy of Martin Smith. 
29 July 1986: Life Limited’s debut gig at The Galleon, Chertsey. Picture courtesy of Martin Smith 
29 July 1986: Life Limit’d debut gig at The Galleon, Chertsey. Picture courtesy of Martin Smith 
29 July 1986: Life Limited’s debut gig at The Galleon, Chertsey. Picture courtesy of Martin Smith. 
29 July 1986: Life Limited’s debut gig at The Galleon, Chertsey. Picture courtesy of Martin Smith. 
29 July 1986: Life Limited’s debut gig at The Galleon, Chertsey. Picture courtesy of Lizzie Hall 
29 July 1986: Life Limited groupies!!! Picture courtesy of LIzzie Hall. -
The 1984 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 1984:
January 2
Target, Reading: Glib ThicketJanuary 4
The Royal, Guildford: The Spin Dolls
Animal House flyer. Image courtesy of Michael Krabbers January 7
Memorial Hall, Luggershall: Organised Chaos w/ A-Heads and Black EasterJanuary 10
Palais D’Hiver, Lyon, France: Death In JuneJanuary 11
The Royal, Guildford: Cavalcade of PerversionJanuary 12
La Sébale, Paris, France: Death in June
The Royal, Guildford: Pendragon w/ CapricornJanuary 14
The Old Schoolhouse, Woking: Screaming Lullabies w/ Dark Paradise, COW and The Spin Dolls
January 18
The Royal, Guildford: Intensive Care w/ G.B.H.January 19
The Royal, Guildford: Pendragon w/ CapricornJanuary 22
?, St. John’s: Salt SolutionJanuary 25
The Royal, Guildford: Cow w/ Rough JusticeJanuary 26
The Royal, Guildford: Seducer
Advert from Sounds’ 28 January 1984 issue. Image courtesy of Pete Cole January 27
University of Surrey, Guildford: John Peel Road Show w/ Shoot! Dispute and Geisha Girls
January 28
The Royal, Guildford: Rusty’s Dumpy NutsJanuary 29
Silks, Thatcham: AWOL w/ Black Easter and The AbattoirJanuary 30
The Sty, West End Centre, Aldershot: The Contaminated w/ The Plague and Maxi Puch and the Macho Moped Men
30 January 1984: The Plague organized ‘The Sty’ rock / punk club nights the West End Centre, Aldershot. Picture courtesy of Ade Street February 1
The Royal, Guildford: The Contaminated w/ CrisaticitFebruary 2
The Royal, Guildford: Southbound w/ Jokers Wild
The Old Schoolhouse, Woking: LifespanFebruary 3
The Royal, Guildford: ZZ Toppers w/ Backstage PassFebruary 4
The Royal, Guildford: Cacophony Again w/ The PhotogenixFebruary 9
Old School House, Woking: The Contaminated w/ Black Easter, and Maxi Puch and The Macho Moped MenFebruary 16
Civic Hall, Guildford: Thomas Dolby
16 February 1984: Advert from Smash Hits 16 Feb ’84 issue for Thomas Dolby tour. Image courtesy of Pete Cole. February 17
Salvation Army Hall, Woking: Blood and Fire w/ Salt SolutionFebruary 18
The Royal, Guildford: The Click w/ SouthboundFebruary 23
The Royal, Guildford: Geneva w/ Capricorn
The Old Schoolhouse, Woking: LifespanFebruary 24
Borough Hall, Godalming: Zugang w/ Kalibre, and Cow
The Royal, Guildford: SeducerFebruary 25
Caird Hall, Camberley: Black Easter w/ Panzer Korp, The Plague, and Maxi Puch and the Macho Moped Men
West End Centre, Aldershot: Zila
The Royal, Guildford: Mad Jocks and Englishmen
Bellerby, Theatre: Keith JamesFebruary 27
West End Centre, Aldershot: Dark ParadiseMarch ?
University of Surrey Student Union, Guildford: Longpig w/ Dark ParadiseMarch 1
Robin Hood, Standford: Boys in Trouble
The Royal, Guildford: Blue Murder w/ Jonny Cranmer BandMarch 2
Westborough United Reformed Church, Guildford: Salt Solution
Royal Oak, Passfield: Rattlesnakes
The Royal, Guildford: Truffles w/ Chain ReactionMarch 3
Royal Oak, Passfield: Geneva
The Royal, Guildford: After DarkMarch 4
Scratchers, Peamarsh: Rattlesnakes
Valentine’s, Cranleigh: BasherMarch 6
Royal Oak, Passfield: Trick of the LightMarch 7
The Royal, Guildford: The Plague w/ Dark ParadiseMarch 8
Robin Hood, Standford: What the Curtains
Three Lions (Scratchers), Farncombe: Willy
The Royal, Guildford: After Dark w/ Capricorn
Advert for The Royal Guildford from Sounds, 10 March 1984. Image courtesy of Pete Cole March 9
Royal Grammer School, Guildford: Salt Solution
Royal Oak, Passfield: Urban Fox
The Royal, Guildford: Sleepwalker w/ MatrixMarch 10
Royal Oak, Passfield: Bag of Tools
The Royal, Guildford: Stray w/ Seducer
Picture courtesy Martin Rochefort via Guildford Town Past and Present March 11
Three Lions (Scratchers), Farncombe: Jakes Band
Valentine’s, Cranleigh: Kid JamesMarch 14
Country Club, Fleet: Little Skeletons w/ Black EasterMarch 15
The Royal, Guildford: Here & Now w/ Cardiacs
The Old Schoolhouse, Woking: Lifespan w/ Flow Motion
Civic Hall, Guildford: HawkwindMarch 16
The Royal, Guildford: Dumpy’s Rusty Nuts w/ Steamboat WillyMarch 17
The Royal, Guildford: Station 360 w/ Kalibre
March 19
The Royal, Guildford: Bernie Torme w/ Jokers WildMarch 22
Civic Hall, Guildford: Rory Gallagher w/ John Martin, David Lindsey,, David Lindsey, and Richard Thompson
The Royal, Guildford: Jackie Lynton’s Band w/ Berlin
Advert for The Royal Guildford from Sounds, 10 March 1984. Image courtesy of Pete Cole March 23
Community Centre, Knaphill: Backstage Pass w/ Glib Thicket
The Royal, Guildford: Clive Burr’s Escape w/ Jokers Wild
“Aldershot Rock Weekend”, West End Centre, Aldershot: Controls w/ The Waltons, In Hill House, and The Service
23 March 1984: Controls with The Waltons, and The Services played the West End Centre, Aldershot. Source: Stupid Rabbit Tapes March 24
“Aldershot Rock Weekend”, West End Centre, Aldershot: (morning) Spearing Fish w/ Ranting Family Robinson, and Desperate Remedies
“Aldershot Rock Weekend”, West End Centre, Aldershot:(afternoon): Black Easter w/ Panzer Korp, The Plague, and Maxi Puch and the Macho Moped Men
West End Centre, Aldershot (evening): Capricorn w/ Boogie Chillun, Phone for Details, Drama, and Trident
The Royal, Guildford: Chuck Farley w/ KiowaMarch 25
“Aldershot Rock Weekend”, West End Centre, Aldershot: Dynamite Joe w/ Bullitproof, and RattlesnakeMarch 26
“Aldershot Rock Weekend”, West End Centre, Aldershot: Little Skeletons w/ The Slingshots, and The Abrasives.
Civic Hall, Guildford: Nik Kershaw w/ Illustrated ManMarch 27
Technical College, Guildford: Salt Solution
Civic Hall, Guildford: Julian CopeMarch 28
Civic Hall, Guildford: The KingsMarch 29
The Royal, Guildford: Desolation Angels w/ Ruff JusticeMarch 30
The Royal, Guildford: The Click w/ Photogenix
Community Centre, Knaphill: Glib ThicketApril 1
The Marquee, London: Larry Miller BandApril 2
Civic Hall, Guildford: Howard Jones w/ Endgames
2 April 1984: Howard Jones plays Civic Hall, Guildford. Picture courtesy of Pete Cole April 10
Royal Hotel, Guildford: Black EasterApril 11
Fleet Country Club, Fleet: Dark ParadiseApril 19
Jailhouse Club, The Old Schoolhouse, Woking: LongPigApril 21
The Old Schoolhouse, Woking: Larry Miller Band w/ Seducer
Community Centre, Frimley: Last Chance to Dance w/ In Hill House, and Zero Zero
21 April 1984: Last Chance to Dance, In Hill House, and Zero Zero played the Easter Disco at the Community Centre, Frimley. Picture courtesy of Steve Excell April 26
The Royal, Guildford: Jackie Lynton Band w/ Blue Murder
The Old Schoolhouse, Woking: In-Excelsis w/ Screaming Lullabies, COW, No Joy, and The Spin Dolls (not listed)
April 27
The Royal, Guildford: Southbound
West End Centre, Aldershot: Squire w/ The DansetteApril 28
The Royal, Guildford: Mad Dogs and Englishmen w/ KiowaApril 29
The Maltings, Farnham: The 3rd Farnham Folk Day – Brass Monkey, The Cooper Family, The Andrew Cronshaw Band, The Dead Sea Surfers, The English Country Blues Band, Flowers & Frolics with Eddie Upton, Jo-Ann Kelly with Pete Emery and Mike Deacon, La Ciapa Rusa, R. Cajun, Martin Simpson, and Peta Webb & Pete Cooper.
29 April 1984: Poster / Flyer for The 3rd Farnham Folk Day. Source: Ian Anderson via Historic Farnham Town And Surrounding Villages May 2
Lees Cliff Hall, Folkstone: Bruce Foxton w/ Shoot! DisputeMay 3
The Royal, Guildford: Geneva w/ Bullet Proof
Civic Hall, Guildford: Bruce Foxton w/ Shoot! Dispute
Advert for Bruce Foxton supported by Shoot! Dispute at Civic Hall, Guildford. Picture courtesy of Steve Smith May 4
The Royal, Guildford: The Click w/ Phone for Details
West End Centre, Aldershot: The New Sound Hurricane Force Steel BandMay 5
Queensway Hall, Dunstable: Bruce Foxton w/ Shoot! DisputeMay 6
Gold Diggers, Chippenham: Bruce Foxton w/ Shoot! DisputeMay 7
Academy, Bournemouth: Bruce Foxton w/ Shoot! DisputeMay 8
Guild Hall, Portsmouth: CamelMay 9
Odeon, Nottingham: Bruce Foxton w/ Shoot! DisputeMay 10
The Royal, Guildford: Capricorn w/ Black Tiger
University of Warwick, Warwick: Bruce Foxton w/ Shoot! Dispute
Civic Hall, Guildford: Psychedelic Furs
Advert from Sounds 12 May 1984 issue. Image courtesy of Pete Cole. May 11
The Royal, Guildford: Cardiacs w/ Panixphere
Odeon, Birmingham: Bruce Foxton w/ Shoot! DisputeMay 12
The Royal, Guildford: Berlin w/ Blue Murder
University of Loughborough, Loughborough: Bruce Foxton w/ Shoot! DisputeMay 16
Town Hall, Middlesborough: Bruce Foxton w/ Shoot! Dispute
Dortmunder Bier Keller, Leeds: Angelic Upstarts w/ Mania, and Capricorn
We are pretty confident this is ‘our’ Capricorn on the Dortmunder Bier Keller, Leeds listing on 16 May 1984. May 17
The Royal, Guildford: Buzzard w/ Snowblind
Royal Court, Liverpool: Bruce Foxton w/ Shoot! DisputeMay 18
The Royal, Guildford: IQ w/ One Burning Heart
Shalford University, Manchester: Bruce Foxton w/ Shoot! DisputeMay 19
The Royal, Guilford: Chuck Farley
Sheffield University, Sheffield: Bruce Foxton w/ Shoot! DisputeMay 21
Top Rank, Brighton: Bruce Foxton w/ Shoot! DisputeMay 22
The Lyceum, London: Bruce Foxton w/ The High Five, and Shoot! Dispute
22 May 1984: Shoot! Dispute support Bruce Foxton. Advert from Sounds 28 April 1984 courtesy of Pete Cole May 24
The Marquee, London: Larry Miller Band
The Royal, Guildford: Dumpy’s Rusty NutsMay 25
The Royal, Guildford: The Baseball BoysMay 26
The Royal, Guildford: The Band Bamboo
Nag’s Head, High Wycombe: Nashville Teens
Tringham Hall, West End: Fra Angelico
26 May 1984: Fra Angelico played Tringham Hall, West End. Source: Paul Steffens May 28
Civic Hall, Guildford: BlancmangeMay 30
The Royal, Guildford: SeducerMay 31
The Royal, Guildford: Jackie Lynton BandJune 6
The Royal, Guildford: ActifedJune 7
The Old Schoolhouse, Woking: Glib Thicket w/ Fra AngelicoJune 8
Westborough United Reformed Church, Guildford: Salt SolutionJune 9
University of Surrey, Guildford: Longpig, D Fabulous, Dark Paradise, No Joy, Betrayed, and Asylum Sounds (June Jiggerbug)
June 10
The Royal, Guildford: Salt SolutionJune 12
Civic Hall, Guildford: The Bluebells w/ Friends AgainJune 14
The Old Schoolhouse, Woking: Actifed
The Royal, Guildford: Ore w/ DeliveranceJune 15
The Royal, Guildford: The Vetos w/ Long WeekendJune 16
University of Surrey, Guildford: Hanoi Rocks w/ Pet Hate, and Asylum Sounds
The Old Schoolhouse, Woking: Lifespan
The Royal, Guildford: Ocean w/ Phone for DetailsJune 18
Heaven, Charing Cross, London: Rubella Ballet w/ In Excelsis, Actifed, and Bone Orchard
18 June ’84: Actifed played Heaven, along with Rubella Ballet, In Excelsis, and Bone Orchard June 19
The 100 Club, London: The Angelic Upstarts w/ Capricorn
June 23
The Lye, St. John’s: Salt Solution (Centenary Festival)June 24
5’s Wine Bar, Aldershot: The InnocenceJuly 6
The Royal, Guildford: CardiacsJuly 13
Flying Bull, Rake: No RequestsJuly 19
The Royal, Guildford: Seducer w/ The Grip
July 1984: The Royal advert from Sounds 22 July ’84. Image courtesy of Pete Cole July 20
The Royal, Guildford: Manhole w/ DuelJuly 21
The Royal, Guildford: Truffle w/ ExplorerJuly 26
The Royal, Guildford: Blue MurderJuly 28
The Pit, Community Centre, Knaphill: CarnivalAugust 2
The Royal, Guildford: Chateaux w/ Z-BluntAugust 3
The Royal, Guildford: Fra Angelico w/ The NameAugust 4
The Royal, Guildford: ADX w/ CapricornAugust 9
The Royal, Guildford: Wolfen w/ EngineAugust 10
The Royal, Guildford: Jackie Lynton
The Wooden Bridge, Guildford: The Larry Miller Band w/ KalibreAugust 26
Stage II, Greenbelt Festival, Castle Ashby House, Castle Ashby: Salt SolutionAugust 29
Electric, Brixton: Death In June w/ Current 93September 6
Odeon, Munster, Germany: Television Personalities w/ Fenton Weills, and Go! Service
September 1984: Tour poster for Go! Service support of Television Personalities European Tour September 7
JZ, Saarbrucken, Germany: Television Personalities w/ Fenton Weills, and Go! ServiceSeptember 8
Dachauer, Munchen, Germany: Television Personalities w/ Fenton Weills, and Go! ServiceSeptember 9
Maxim, Stuttgart, Germany: Television Personalities w/ Fenton Weills, and Go! ServiceSeptember 10
Rathaussaal, Liechtenstein: Television Personalities w/ Fenton Weills, and Go! ServiceSeptember 12
Rote Fabrik, Zurich, Switzerland: Television Personalities w/ Fenton Weills, and Go! ServiceSeptember 13
Aktionshaus Graben, St. Gallen, Switzerland: Television Personalities w/ Fenton Weills, and Go! ServiceSeptember 14
The Royal Oak, Bordon: Fra Angelico
Fri-Son, Friebourg, Switzerland: Television Personalities w/ Fenton Weills, and Go! ServiceSeptember 15
Gaskessel, Biel, Switzerland: Television Personalities w/ Fenton Weills, and Go! ServiceSeptember 16
Komm, Nurnberg, Germany: Television Personalities w/ Fenton Weills, and Go! ServiceSeptember 17
Cookys, Frankfurt, Germany: Television Personalities w/ Fenton Weills, and Go! Service
Upstairs at Ronnie’s, London: Shoot! Dispute
Picture courtesy of Fred Pipes September 19
Loft, Berlin, Germany: Television Personalities w/ Fenton Weills, and Go! ServiceSeptember 20
Forum Enger, Enger, Germany: Television Personalities w/ Fenton Weills, and Go! Service
20 September 1984: Tour poster for Go! Service support of Television Personalities at Forum Enger, Enger, Germany September 21
Waldgaststatte Bluntschli, Husby, Germany: Television Personalities w/ Fenton Weills, and Go! ServiceSeptember 22
Markthalle, Hamburg, Germany: Television Personalities w/ Fenton Weills, and Go! ServiceSeptember 23
Somewhere?, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany: Television Personalities w/ Fenton Weills, and Go! ServiceSeptember 24
Butlins, Bognor Regis: Salt SolutionSeptember 25
Musiktheater Bad, Hannover, Germany: Television Personalities w/ Fenton Weills, and Go! ServiceSeptember 26
St. Mary’s Church Hall, Byfleet: Milky Bar Kids & F.E.G.
?, Netherlands: Television Personalities w/ Fenton Weills, and Go! ServiceSeptember 27
Vera, Groningen, Netherlands: Television Personalities w/ Fenton Weills, and Go! ServiceSeptember 28
Doornroosje, Nijmegen, Netherlands: Television Personalities w/ Fenton Weills, and Go! ServiceSeptember 29
The Marquee, London: Larry Miller Band
Kurhaus, Dangast, Germany: Television Personalities w/ Fenton Weills, and Go! ServiceOctober 3
Splinters, Cambridge Hotel, Camberley: Controls
3 October 1984: Controls played Splinters, Cambridge Hotel, Camberley. Source: Stupid Rabbit Tapes October 4
The Royal, Guildford: Backstage Pass & SoundboundOctober 5
ICA, London: SPK w/ Big Flame and Shoot! DisputeOctober 14
Stoke Hotel, Guildford: Stoke Hotel House Band w/ Iain Bellamy
1984: Jazz Club flyer for events at The Stoke Hotel c80s. Picture by Heather Tipton via Guildford Town Past & Present October 24
Silks, Newbury: Death In June
Stoke Hotel, Guildford: Stoke Hotel House BandOctober 25
The Royal, Guildford: Joker’s Wold w/ RaiderOctober 26
The Royal, Guildford: FunctionOctober 27
Student Union, University of Surrey: Shoot! Dispute w/ Press Any Key, Buddy & the Bloodsuckers, Line Design and Swivelcorps
The Royal, Guildford: Magic MushroomsOctober 28
Stoke Hotel, Guildford: Stoke Hotel House Band w/ Iain BellamyOctober 30
Splinters, Camberley: Black Easter w/ Duraphat M, Fatal Attraction, and Little SkeletonsNovember 1
Civic Hall, Guildford: Sisters of Mercy w/ Skeletal Family
Ad-Lib, The Kensington, Russell Gardens: Sweeney Todd w/ White Lighting
1 November 1984: White Lightning at Ad Lib, The Kensington, Russell Gardens. Image courtesy of Noel Jones 
1 November 1984: White Lightning at Ad Lib, The Kensington, Russell Gardens. Image courtesy of Noel Jones 
1 November 1984: White Lightning at Ad Lib, The Kensington, Russell Gardens. November 6
Arts Centre, Windsor: LifespanNovember 7
Electric Ballroom, London: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds w/ Death In June, Non, and Psycho Circus
1984 supporting Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds at the Electric Ballroom November 8
The Royal, Guildford: Dumpy’s Rusty Nuts w/ Hurricane Jane
Advert from Sounds 10 November 1984 issue. Image courtesy of Pete Cole November 9
The Royal, Guildford: Jokers Wild w/ The Tease (stepped in for Nightfly)November 12
Civic Hall, Guildford: The AlarmNovember 15
The Royal, Guildford: Marseille w/ SiegeNovember 23
The Royal, Guildford: Jackie Lynton w/ SouthboundNovember 30
The Royal, Guildford: CardiacsDecember 7
Clarendon Hotel Ballroom, London: Death In JuneDecember 8
Village Hall, Crondall: The Cruisers
December 9
The Royal, Guildford: White LightningDecember 20
The Royal, Guildford: MournbladeDecember 21
The Royal, Guildford: Jackie Lynton BandDecember 22
The Royal, Guildford: Jokers Wild w/ Rough Justice
Camphill Club, West Byfleet: The Click
West End Centre, Aldershot: The Guest StarsDecember 24
The Royal, Guildford: LongPig w/ Funtime
West End Club, Chobham: The ClickDecember 27
The Royal, Guildford: Dumpy’s Rusty Nuts w/ Hurricane Jane
27 December 1984: Dumpy’s Rusty Nuts rocked The Royal. Image of advert from Sounds, 15 December 1984 courtesy of Pete Cole December 28
The Royal, Guildford: The Magic Mushroom BandDecember 29
Sea Cadet Hall, Guildford: Milky Bar Kids
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The 1985 Gig List100 Club, 1984, 5's Wine Bar, A-Heads, Academy, Actifed, Ad-Lib, ADX, After Dark, Aktionshaus Graben, Aldershot, Angelic Upstarts, Arts Centre, Asylum Sounds, AWOL, Backstage Pass, Bag of Tools, Basher, Berlin, Bernie Torme, Betrayed, Biel, Big Flame, Birmingham, Black Easter, Black Tiger, Blancmange, Blood & Fire, Blood and Fire, Blue Murder, Bognor Regis, Bone Orchard, Boogie Chillin, Bordon, Borough Hall, Bournemouth, Boys in Trouble, Brass Monkey, Brighton, Brixton, Bruce Foxton, Buddy & The Bloodsuckers, Bullet Proof, Butlins, Buzzard, Byfleet, Cacophony Again, Caird Hall, Camberley, Cambridge Hotel, Camel, Capricorn, Cardiacs, Carnival, Castle Ashby, Cavalcade of Perversion, Chain Reaction, Charing Cross, Chateaux, Chippenham, Chuck Farley, Civic hall, Clarendon Hotel, Clive Burr’s Escape, Community Centre, Controls, Cookys, Cow, Cranleigh, Crisaticit, Crondall, Crondall Village Hall, Current 93, D Fabulous, Dachauer, Dangast, Dark Paradise, David Lindsey, Death in June, Deliverance, Desolation Angels, Desperate Remedies, Doornroosje, Dortmunder Bier Keller, Drama, Duel, Dumpy's Rusty Nuts, Dunstable, Duraphat M, Dynamite Joe, Electric, Electric Ballroom, Empyre, Endgames, Enger, Engine, Explorer, F.E.G., Farncombe, Farnham, Farnham Folk Day, Fatal Attraction, Fenton Weills, Fleet, Fleet Country Club, Flow Motion, Flowers & Frolics with Eddie Upton, Flying Bull, Folkstone, Forum Enger, Fra Angelico, France, Frankfurt, Fri-Son, Friebourg, Friends Again, Frimley, Function, Funtime, G.B.H., Gaskessel, Geisha Girls, Geneva, Germany, Gigs, Glib Thicket, Go! Service, Godalming, Gold Diggers, Greenbelt, Groningen, Guild Hall, Guildford, Hamburg, Hannover, Hanoi Rocks, Hawkwind, Heaven, Here & Now, High Wycombe, Howard Jones, Hurricane Jane, Husby, Iain Bellamy, ICA, Illustrated Man, In Excelsis, In Hill House, Intensive Care, IQ, Jackie Lynton Band, Jackie Lynton's Band, Jailhouse Club, Jakes Band, Jo-Ann Kelly, John Peel, John Peel Roadshow, JohnMartin, Jokers Wild, Jonny Cranmer Band, Juan Martin, Julian Cope, JZ, Kalibre, Kid James, Kiowa, Knaphill, Komm, Kurhaus, La Ciapa Rusa, Larry Miller Band, Last Chance to Dance, Le Sebale, Leeds, Lees Cliff Hall, Liechtenstein, Lifespan, Line Design, Little Skeletons, Liverpool, Loft, London, Long Weekend, LongPig, Loughborough, Loughborough University, Luggershall, Lyon, Mad Dogs and Englishmen, Mad Jocks and Englishmen, Magic Mushrooms, Manchester, Manhole, Mania, Markthalle, Marquee, Marseille, Martin Simpson, Matrix, Maxi Puch and the Macho Moped Men, Maxim, Memorial Hall, Middlesborough, Mike Deacon, Milky Bar Kids, Mournblade, Munchen, Munster, Musiktheater Bad, Nag's Head, Nashville Teens, Netherlands, Newbury, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Nightfly, Nijmegen, Nik Kershaw, No Joy, No Requests, Non, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Nottingham, Nurnberg, Ocean, Odeon, One Burning Heart, Ore, Organised Chaos, Palais D'Hiver, Panixphere, Panzer Korp, Paris, Passfield, Pendragon, Pet Hate, Peta Webb, Pete Cooper, Pete Emery, Phone for Details, Photogenix, Portsmouth, Press Any Key, Psychedelic Furs, Psycho Circus, Queensway Hall, R. Cajun, Raider, Rake, Ranting Family Robinson, Rathaussaal, Rattlers, Rattlesnakes, Reading, Richard Thompson, Robin Hood, Rory Gallagher, Rote Fabrik, Rough Justice, Royal Court, Royal Grammer School, Royal Oak, Rubella Ballet, Ruff Justice, Russell Gardens, Saarbrucken, Salavation Army Hall, Salt Solution, Scratchers, Screaming Lullabies, Sea Cadet Hall, Seducer, Shalford University, Sheffield, Sheffield University, Shoot! 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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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