UK Decay

[The Coven]

I used to love the really early DMR (There, There, My Dear & Searching For The Young Soul Rebels etc, but was never fussed about Bad Manners)

But you must also remember the old adage - You can't please everybody all the time!

Failing that, you'll just have to go to the loo when they come on!

[blink poker]

the first dexy l.p is superb and the first couple of singles...my eight year old son joe loved bad manners when he was a baby he still loves them now, i took him to see them on his seventh birthday he got to meet them and thought it was fantastic,he also saw the beat last year enjoyed them too,
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gimme some of that rock'n'roll
the kinda stuff that don't save souls

[The Coven]

Whose bloody idea was it to start the cider festival on the same night as Thursday Fury? Jesus my head hurts today, not to mention my poor ole stomach! Oh well, ‘spect I’ll be going again tonight to try some more!

The night in question.

Suffering from the usual first night nerves, we had a few problems setting up the rig, with experiencing the dreaded “no sound” only to find that we’d plugged in the outputs into the inputs! Plus my mixer doesn’t seem to like utilising the master outputs; once again, having to go via the “zone” outputs!

Over the last two weeks I’d really pulled out all the stops on advertising for this night, but what with the local press fucking up at every stage, things didn’t really go as plan.

Based solely upon the great vibes from Januarys UK Decay night, I considered another night of punk and new wave the way to go, with the intention of catering mainly for the over 40’s. Unfortunately, I think the “pipe and slippers syndrome” may have got the better of most, with only my good friends, whom without their loyal support, I would have been playing to the eleven people we had for the first hour.

I really did expect The Blackhorse to be jumping from the start, but alas, it was not to be. In fact, the night was very reminiscent of my previous Thursday Fury nights, with the usual 10 o’clock rush™, but with this time, left only a hour left to play!

So anyway, thanks very much to those that did made the effort, especially Alex and Essie for helping me drag my kit home, and off course to DJ Rob for lending me his equipment in the first place.

Amazingly enough, we managed to “beat the spread”, and have been asked back again next month for another go. Thursday 5th April, in which I’ll be resorting back to my usual eclectic mix of goth, punk, rock, new wave and 80’s.


1977 – 1980 (with an odd few exceptions)
The Barracudas - Summer Fun
Mink Deville - Spanish Stroll
Squeeze - Up The Junction
Bow Wow Wow - C30 C60 C90 Go!
The Flying Lizards - Money
Jona Lewis - You'll Always Find Me In The Kitchen At Parties
The Regents - Seventeen
The Cure - A Forest
Madness - Razor Blade Alley ®
Siouxsie & The Banshees - Metal Postcard
Ian Dury & The Blockheads - What A Waste ®
XTC - Generals & Majors
The Pretenders - Brass In Pocket
The Damned - Don't Cry Wolf
The Ruts - Staring At The Rude Boys
Killing Joke - Requiem
Talking Heads - Psychokiller
The Stranglers - Get A Grip
Blondie - Union City Blue
Dexys Midnight Runners - There, There My Dear
The Buzzcocks – Just Lust ®
Ultravox - Sleepwalk
Motorhead - Stone Dead Forever
The Skids – Masquerade
The Stooges – I Wanna Be Your Dog ®
Peter Gabriel - Games Without Frontiers
UK Subs - Stranglehold
Boomtown Rats - Rat Trap
Dr.Feelgood - Milk & Alcohol
Joy Division – A Means To An End ®
The Police - Roxanne
David Bowie - Boys Keep Swinging
Generation X - Ready Steady Go
Adam & The Ants - Young Parisians
Sham 69 - Hersham Boys
Angelic Upstarts - Kids On The Street
The Beat - Big Shot
The Clash - (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais
Althia & Donna - Uptown Top Ranking
Tubeway Army – We Are So Fragile ®
UB40 - Food For Thought
Joe Jackson - It's Different For Girls
The Jam - Down In The Tubestation At Midnight
Joy Division – Transmission
Peter & The Test Tube Babies – Banned From The Pubs ®
The Jam – All Around The World ®
The Ramones - Somebody Put Something In My Drink
The Lambrettas – Poison Ivy ®
The Specials - Rat Trap
Adam & The Ants – Car Trouble ®
The Lurkers - Shadow
Magazine - Sweetheart Contract
The Adverts - Gary Gillmore's Eyes
The Cure – Boys Don’t Cry ®
Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Radio, Radio
The Knack - My Sharona
The Selector - On My Radio
Siouxsie & The Banshees – Icon ®
The Undertones - My Perfect Cousin
Spizz Energy - Where's Captain Kirk?
Jilted John - Jilted John
Public Image Ltd - Public Image
John Cooper Clarke – I Married A Monster From Outer Space
The Only Ones – Another Girl Another Planet ®
The Vibrators - Automatic Lover
The Members - Sound of The Suburbs
Bob Marley & The Wailers – Jamming
Siouxsie & The Banshees – Drop Dead/Celebration