In 1995 we started putting on gigs. The aim was to put on bands that no one else was putting on in South Wales and we would otherwise have to travel miles to see.
We only ever worked with bands we liked and it was never a profit making exercise.
When we started we were doing gigs on a fairly regular basis, but as the numbers involved in organising dropped and the work was falling onto an increasingly smaller posse, things started to become a chore rather than fun, the gigs eventually ground to a halt.
The gigs were……
19:08:95
TERRORIST BALLET DANCERS FROM HELL + 100,000 BODYBAGS
Blackwood Miners Institute
19:11:95
TRIBAL DRIFT + SOLAR PLEXUS
Blackwood Miners Institute
24:11:95
P.A.I.N. + 5 DARRENS + DOG DAY AFTERNOON
Cefn Fforest RFC
16:12:95
BLYTHE POWER + 100,000 BODYBAGS
Ale House Newport
16:06:96
JOHN OTWAY + DOG DAY AFTERNOON + HAIR OF THE DOGMA
Blackwood Miners Institute
05:08:96
TOFU LOVE FROGS + DUBMERGE
Blackwood Miners Institute
22:12:96
P.A.I.N. + 100,000 BODYBAGS
Blackwood Miners Institute
09:03:97
TOFU LOVE FROGS + SWAMP DONKEYS
Blackwood Miners Institute
23:03:97
ROCKET GOLDSTAR + TOFFEE WORLD
Blackwood Miners Institute
13:04:97
HEADMIX COLLECTIVE + POD
Blackwood Miners Institute
13:06:97
BHANG II RITES + HAIR OF THE DOGMA + 100,000 BODYBAGS
Pontllanfraith Llanarth Club
19:09:97
TARANTISM + NUMB
Pontllanfraith Llanarth Club
27:12:97
MAN
Blackwood Miners Institute
25:03:98
NEW MODEL ARMY + NOBODY ELSE
Newport TJs
19:04:98
ASTRALASIA + AUDIO AIR STRIKE
Blackwood Miners Institute
03:05:98
BHANG II RITES + FLANNEL
Blackwood Miners Institute
13:12:98
MAN + SIX TON BUDGIE
Blackwood Miners Institute
21:10:99
P.A.I.N. + BHANG TO RITES
Newport TJs
20:04:00
P.A.I.N. + MICHAEL’S BONES + THE SHOVE ITS
Newport TJs
25:05:00
CITIZEN FISH + RECTIFY + REVIVER GENE
Newport TJs
24:05:01
P.A.I.N. +SMILING WITH SEMTEX + REVIVER GENE
Newport TJs
12:04:02
INNER TERRESTRIALS + SENSA YUMA + MICHAEL’S BONES
Newport TJs
29/03/01
THE TOP CATS + CAPTAIN PARANOID AND THE DELUSIONS + COLLISION
Newport TJs
14:06:05
SPANNER + THIS SYSTEM KILLS + PONDLIFE MCS + KILNABOY (benefit for South Wales Against the G8)
Cardiff Toucan Club
05:07:13
CAPTAIN SKA + DIRTY REVOLUTION + ATTILA THE STOCKBROKER
(NHS 65th Birthday Party – in association with UNISON)
Chapter Arts, Cardiff
Watch out though, memories of the hassle involved are fading and we are considering dipping out feet in the promoting pond once more.. watch this space!