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January 02nd 2007..
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Latest News and gossip
UK Decay Communities Presents......
“Class of 1979 – 1989 Reunion II”
At the Hat factory Luton. UK
Saturday January 27th 2007 Put this one in your diaries now!
“Class of 1979 – 1989 Reunion II" STOP PRESS.... Tickets Now available! here
The second event is taking shape. The event is scheduled for Saturday 27th
January 2007, at the 'The Hat Factory', Luton, UK.
Further details available on the link below. The
doors will open at 8pm till late, tickets will be limited to 110.
Luton punk band ‘The Adenoids’ and Blink’s new
Leicester band ‘Los Cyclones’ described as ‘60’s
US garage punk’, ‘Jesus Christ Supercharger’ (ex
Partygirls) with further special guests to be announced. DJ’s, ‘Nick
Switch’ (Switch Club) and ‘Nephilimbabe’ (The Coven)......
Latest News here...
5 Pictures of Mid 80's Luton punk life sent in by Neil Orr Mon Dec 18, 2006 12:01 am
Many thanks to
Neil Orr fo Fantastic! Thanks very much to Neil for sending in these excellent shots
from his collection.
Included is Dave Commodity in fancy dress as Santa, 1984/5, Neil Orr in 7 London Road bedsit, 1984 and "hree pictures are from an anti-fur demo at
Debenhams in Luton, February 1985 featuring various punky faces.
Nice One Neil! Hopefully more to come!.....
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A new batch from Graham Manton! Sun Nov 05th, 2006 1:20 am
Many thanks to Graham Manton for scanning up & sending in this
fine batch of photos from his collection.
It was such a pleasant suprise to find these in my 'inbox' the other
morning!
To kick off, there are six of the pics up in the Faces Gallery.
They were taken between 1982 and 1983 in Luton and St. Albans and
feature some well known 'faces' from scene as it was back at that time. .....
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Drop Dead Magazine: issue 2 Featuring 6-page's on UK Decay! Fri Oct 27, 2006 1:08 am
Drop Dead Magazine Issue 2 summer 2006 AIssue
2 of Lakina Malich’s visually stunning, USA based Drop Dead
Magazine is now available from vendors across North America.
This edition contains a 6-page feature on UK Decay,
with Lakina coaxing out of Steve Spon some very
dark and colourful memories from the age of Decay!
“A great new magazine to fill the void that New Grave left (and then
some). Deathrock, Goth, Psychobilly, Gothabilly and Post-Punk – you’ll
find it all in Drop Dead Magazine, which is put out by the same people
who bring us the phenomenal Drop Dead Festival.”.....
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New UK Decay PRESS Page!! Mon Oct 23, 2006 2:15 am
Take a look at our new Press page! Along with the
steady redevelopment of the website, the 'Press' page-section has
been upgraded. The original text transcribed archive remains as
it was previously but the main 'Press' page has now opened up to
include a 1000 word text background, detailing a brief chronological
history of UK Decay's 'love-hate' relationship with the music press.
Also included are links to some of the major scanned articles in
the relevant galleries. The mainframe flash navigation has now disappeared
from the old version, as this is unnecessary with the recent augmentation
of the new navigation system. .....
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UK Decay New Press Page
2 FURYO flyers added ! Wed Oct 11, 2006 12:06 am
Thanks to PRJ and the person who sent in these two new addition's
to the 'FURYO' Gallery!
They advertise a gig at "The Venue" on the 17th April, 1984 -(I think?)
The first is the 'Venue's' version, advertising alongside dates headlined
by Nina Hagen, The Meteors and Alien Sex Fiend.
The second is the bands own version also advertising the forthcoming
release of their 'debut mini LP! .....
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DOMINANT PATRI....on "Anti-Capitalism"
(Anarcho Punk Comp. Vol. 4)
Out October 9th 2006Thu Sep 28, 2006 6:50 pm
It is great to see Luton's Dominant Patri finally
made it onto this excellent release. Good use of this website and
forum helped to re-unite the producers of the compilation with members
of the band! I have heard in good faith that DOMINANT PATRI's- Death
Of Thomas, is one of the best tracks on the whole compilation......
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More from Nicki
Mid Eighties Luton Punx Sun Oct 01, 2006 11:15 pm
Many thanks to Nicki, who has sent in a second batch from her
collection of 'Faces' from the mid eighties.
To kick off, we have posted up four of this latest batch ...including..
Hmm...Dick Emery, Nana Muskuri and 'Boy Vince'..lol
Here they are... ...... More...
Fake Tree in Studham!
They are Multiplying! Wed Sep 27, 2006 2:40 pm
Another Fake Tree has been reported by our roving cycle yomper,
at Studham, south Bedfordshire, UK., about one mile south east of
Whipsnade Zoo, on the east side of Studham Common.
This recent addition to the Chiltern countryside confirms a growing trend,
that disguises mobile telemetry antennae as natural objects such as Fake
Trees......
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UK Decay Pins available! (US Canada only atm)
Deathrock Punk Goth Psychobilly Pins/Buttons/BadgesSun Sep 24, 2006 10:34 am
UK Decay pin's (UK= badges; button's) are available from a brand
new enterprise based in the United States. "L.A. Decay is the
place for rare and hard to find buttons, from Deathrock and Goth
bands to Punk and Psychobilly. All our pins are top quality (designed
in 800 dpi), one inch, with full metal backing".....
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More from Nicki !Fri Sep 22, 2006 12:31 am Five more 'Faces' from Nicki's collection are now up in the 'Faces Gallery! Could that be Ferg along with Lord Doom in this one?
Is that Leslie in the middle? Oh My! 'Hello to the Witcham one' that's Ray Phillpott! lol Come on! fill us in on whom these guys are lol......
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Latest News and gossip
New Gallery navigation System and website updates !Fri Sep 22, 2006 12:56 am This image which can be found on the left part of the main UK Decay
webpages including the 'Home' page, is the new navigation panel.
Simply wave your mouse over it and the usual navigation menu will
appear. In addition to the main catagories, new sub-menu's will now show.
Any problems or comments, please don't hesitate to give us a shout.
Tip! Run the mouse gently up from the bottom upwards,
the sub-menu's will be easier to deal with. The previous 'flash
nav panels' will gradually be phased out on the inner parts of the
web pages. The previous system led to the same panel often being
duplicated on the same page! This is part of an 'on-going' proccess
to re-vamp and trim down the size hence download time of the UK
Decay Communities website. The 'Left slide bar' frame, has also
been re-vamped on most pages, with a host of 'affiliate links'.
Try scrolling the bar down, there is a featured local links area
which includes links to the new Click Click website alongside The
Friction and The Jets. .....
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3 more Karma Sutra pics from Nicki Sat Sep 16, 2006 2:55 am Many thanks to 'Nicki' for sending in these 3 'new' photos
of Karma Sutra.
Not exactly sure where the venue is but 'The Blockers Arms'
Hightown road, Luton, comes to mind!
This is 'Karma' in action with one of their later line-ups, circa 1986? .....
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Luton Music Promotion September 2006: Meeting Wed Sep 13, 2006 1:36 amFor those who may be interested in the contemporary Luton music scene,
we can bring you an update from a meeting held at The Hat Factory on the
evening of Tuesday 12th September 2006.
The following is first a basic breakdown of some of the points raised in the
meeting and a list of those in attendance.
Apologies if we missed your name on the list we are going by memory!
For those interested in the Luton Punk scene and have read the preceeding
article, this perspective may bring you some insight into the contemporary
live music scene.....
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More Friars Aylesbury Poll results; years 1977, 1978 & 1981 Mon Sep 11, 2006 We now have 3 more years of Friars Aylesbury Poll Results up in the
gallery, the years 1977, 1978 and 1981.
As we already have the years 1979 and 1980, that means we now have
five consecutive years of 'Friars Aylesbury Poll Results' posted up in our
Gallery!
For those that may wonder,'Friars' was an important venue based in
Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, UK. in the 70's and 80's. It was often
frequented by many major UK touring artist's, the list from which,
is too long to go into here. ...
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Crass - The BiographySun Sep 10, 2006 1:09 pmHi
I hope you don't mind me dropping in but I've written the official story of Crass and I thought you might be interested that you can read a free sample chapter here: ...
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Mark Cottle and Ollie in 'Ozzie' Sun Sep 03, 2006 3:22 amhanks to Roger for sending in these shots from the land 'down under'
of 2 well known Luton Punk's, Mark Cottle and Ollie Holdstock.
Mark is currently living in Australia and Ollie, Rogers brother
still lives in the UK.
Earlier this year I think? Ollie visited Australia and met up with Mark
in Sydney and 'as you do', ended up in a pub (or do they call it a 'bar'
out there?). ...
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Scot's Bobby
Sat Sep 02, 2006 7:03 pm For those who may wonder whom the character depicted on the inside of the Split Single cover
inlay, named as ‘Scots Bobby’ is, here is a little background albeit from hazy memories. ‘Scots Bobby’ real name Robert Caldwell, originally hailed from Greenock in Scotland.
He and his band decided to move nearer to London in the mid 70’s, to seek ‘fame and fortune’.
Ending up in Luton (of course!) being only a short drive to the city but a lot cheaper to live,
quickly established themselves on the local circuit..... More...
New in the Faces Gallery: 3 more from Sandra! Wed Aug 23, 2006. 3 More pics kindly submitted by Sandra have been added to the 'Faces
Gallery'. Including a delightfull shot of a 'Luton Punk girls week in
Blackpool'. According to Sandra this was the first of such many Hols to
Blackpool. When they first got there on this trip which was August of 1979,
they didn't know anyone or where the punks hung out but it didn't take
long to rectify, by the end of the week they had found where to go and
had met plenty of new friends....
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Jets / Tee Vees singlesSun Aug 20, 2006.I think the jets made one single , then they changed their name to the tee vees and did a couple more... i've got a punk singles listing book from years ago and it also lists 2 more releases by the tee vees ;
angel eyes / sweetnighter (INK005 , 7" single)
fatman crossing / dr headlove ( tape , PINK25 , C10)
never seen either of these ; anyone got a copy or know if they exist?
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The Stevie BandSun Aug 20, 2006. Does anyone else remember 'The Stevie Band' the punk 'supergroup' that played at various UK Decay/Pneumania gigs in 1979?...
What we know about the Stevie Band or 'The Gang of Steve's'
The 'Stevie Band or 'The Gang of Steve's' as they were sometimes
known, originally comprised of 2 members each from UK Decay and
Pnuemania and yes they were all called Steve!
That was Steve Harle (UK Decay) on drums, Steve the Voice
(Pneumania) on Bass guitar, Steve Spon (at that time, Pnemania!)
on guitar and of course Steve 'Abbo' (UK Decay) on vocals and guitar.
There may have been other 'Steve's guesting from time to time but
the aforementioned core played a series of gigs in Luton around the
summer of 1979. Notably they played a couple of times at the 'King
Richard 3rd' on London rd and the 'Sugar Loaf' in New town as for the
town hall I can't remember but certainly probable!...
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'33 Arts Centre' :
Planning Application for demolishion!
Thursday July 06th 2006.
The final days of the buiding which housed the former '33 Arts
Centre' are upon us as an application has gone in this weeks
Luton News to demolish the premises!
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Save the '33 Arts Centre building!
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FURYO "Getting Blotto" 'Sounds' interview December 1984
Thu Aug 17, 2006.
From the UK 'music-rag' 'Sounds' December the
1st 1984 we bring you the FURYO "Getting Blotto" interview!
Makes for very interesting reading with the new line-up including the
new guitarist, Albie de Luca working on their second album.
Seems the theme for this interview titled "Getting Blotto" has nothing to
do with getting smashed!
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8 more pics for the 'Faces Gallery'! Sat Jul 08, 2006. Posted in the Faces Gallery are 8 new classic pics sent in by
Caroline May. (formerly known as Caroline dill!)
Above in this moody photo are Caroline May and Tracy Garret
(the Bleached Babes!)
This is a really stunning 'gothic' picture of the 2 'babes' from the mid beds
area taken around 1982/3.
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Hertfordshire by Herbert Winckworth Tompkins ed Aug 09, 2006. Found on Project Gutenberg
There are 18,000 free books in the Project Gutenberg Online
Book Catalog. Including
"Hertfordshire, by Herbert Winckworth Tompkins!"
(What a fine name!)
In the book which can be downloaded here is an interesting
perspective of Hexton and Ravensburgh Castle!
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New from the Bedford batch,,UK DK flyers-posters! Sat Jun 03, 2006. Not entirely sure of what publication this interview came out but we think
there is a high probability of it being the 'Zig Zag' magazine, sometime
late 1981 or 1982.
If anyone knows please illuminate us!
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Stagestruck no 2 , Luton Fanzine IN Excelsis Interview
C1983Mon Jul 17, 2006. Greg Webster and 'TY' Vass's legendary Luton Fanzine issue no 2
can now be found in the gallery.
This issue features an interview with IN Excelsis, a review of 'John fox',
'The Blubells' and other interesting Luton scene 'titbits' from 83 and it is
finished in style with a neat little cartoon by 'TY' about 'life in Luton'!
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LUTONWed May 24, 2006. AS A TEENAGER, I LOVED LUTON.
THE PUNK SCENE WAS BETTER THAN BEDFORD, WAY BETTER, BIGGER, MORE ACTIVE, AND IT WAS CENTERED AROUND UK DECAY WHO WERE WELL KNOWN.
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Marsh Farm festival Wed May 31, 2006.I happened to come accross the name Toad the Wet Sprocket the other day and it reminded me of the Marsh House Music Festival.... The first festival that comes to mind featured the Jets and the Nervous Surgeons. Both bands evolved into the Teevees and Click Click, although I can not recall the details of the metamorphis.
Although my memory has faded I recall UK Decay and possibly Pneumania appearing at later versions and possibly the Acme Attractions and in true festival style at least one of these occassions was just an almighty mud bath...... On the subject of the Marsh House Farm festival by coincidence
we have been sent a scan of a Luton news article relating to one
of those memorable events.
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The 'Anti-Nirex Tape' ('Dumping it on Parliament')UPDATED ! June 2nd 2006. Recently it was brought to our notice that these MP3's
were no longer working. When we looked, they had in fact
disapeared! So we took the oppurtunity to update the compilation.
Recently a further version of the cassette had surfaced so
we had a listen and compiled the best versions for quallity from
the original 'Bugsy' version along with the 'new' version.
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Gallery NewsThu Jun 29, 2006. From now on, all Gallery updates will be featured on this post below.
So this is one place you will be able to quickly check for new images.
Previously, depending on what image was updated a post
was made in a corrosponding topic, relevant to the image.
It was logical at first to do it this way, however now there are now
over 600 images in the Galleries and with the passing of time
coupled with the growing complexities of the sub Galleries, for the aid
of easier navigation, we shall now use this post to document all updates!
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Top Twenty Topics August, 2006.
Some
notorious Luton Punk venues from the 70’s and 80’s
Luton
is worst town in the UK ..Official!
Only
Fools and Horses UK Decay T-Shirt Pic!
Bedfrord
Riot
Re-release
of UK Decay material on CD
Website
news!
The
'Anti-Nirex Tape'
City
of Ravens
Godfathers
of Goth
Clophill
Church
BRAND
NEW!..."FACES-GALLERY"
'The
Chronic Outbursts'
Passchendale
and The Party Girls
The
Switch club!
The
Statics
190
Wellington Street
Karma
Sutra
Where
are the 'LU7 Punks' now?
Luton
bands
Ranting
and Complaints department.
UKDK/COM Galleries
UK Decay Communities
present's the largest continually expanding online image resource
for UK Decay and 'offspring' bands IN
Excelsis and Furyo.
Containing 44 Gallery albums with nearly
750 images, the archive also includes
photo's of many other punk, post punk,
new wave, goth bands and characters
from the area based in or around Luton
from the late 70's to the mid 80's.
Also included are Record Cover scans,
Press, Flyer's, Fanzines, Tickets and
other paraphernalia. Thanks to the growing
communities input, we are continually
adding to the collection and have recently impemented a host
of new topic galleries.
Keep up to date with the Latest UK Decay Community Galleries...
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News' to check the latest updates.
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of Ravens
If you have stories to tell about the times of UK Decay and related bands, or have memories to share.This is the place, just contact us through the Forums, or .. contact@ukdecay.co.uk
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for their help and support in getting this off the ground! Frank
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