The Wishing Chair
Nick Scott – vocals / guitar Dunoe – vocals Liz – bass Simon Blackshaw – Drums I knew of the Wishing Chair when ..
8 years ago
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Sid (D.O.S.) R.I.P.
A few days ago I read the news of the death of Sid, the singer in the Carlisle band ‘D.O.S.’ (see ‘D.O.S. page’ ..
8 years ago
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“No Thrills” in concert
It has been ages since I was at a punk gig, I can’t even remember when it was? The other week I went to see 3 punk bands in Carlisle’s ..
8 years ago
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The Red Aligatorz
An update on the Red Aligatorz page: I recently met Swanny again after many years, the last time I saw him he was in London, now back in Carlisle ..
9 years ago
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The Ironing Boards
Jeff Deaf – vocals Norman Fright – guitar Morbid Electrician – bass guitar Paul Pimms – drums One of the early Carlisle ..
9 years ago
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Within the Walls (Sunday)
Sunday session of “Within the Walls” with local groups of Carlisle, was equally as good as Saturday. Here are some photos of the bands ..
9 years ago
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Within the Walls (Saturday)
Saturday 28th May, 2016. Carlisle city center had an assortment of local bands playing free for the general public. Organized by the city ..
9 years ago
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Every Smile’s A Lie
Dung – vocals Dung – acoustic guitar Dung – electric guitar Dung – keyboards Dung – drums Dung – bass ..
9 years ago
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Social Scum
Peter Ostell – ? Ozzy – drums Kenyon – bass Tony Styles – guitar Wigy – Vocals Social Scum, in my mind, was a rival ..
9 years ago
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Whitehouse Blue
John Ferguson: guitar, vocals Pete Smith: bass, vocals Jeremy Robinson: drums, backing vocals Tony Styles: lead guitar I was interested ..
9 years ago
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A Nightmare’s Poster
An original poster publicizing a Nightmares gig at Stars and Stripes on the 16th October 1985. I think it was Johnny who made this poster, ..
9 years ago
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The Pedestrians
Bass, Vocals – Scog Misfit Drums, Vocals, Written-By – Keir Husband Guitar – Paul Henshaw Keyboards – Simon Horobin ..
9 years ago
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The Limps
Bass – Chuck Drums – Terry Clark / Dee Dee Guitar, Vocals – Andy Semple vocals – Tam An early punk band from over ..
9 years ago
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D.O.S. / I.B.S.
Nigel touched upon the history of D.O.S. in Carlisle giving mp3’s and photos. I would like to include an additional posting about ..
9 years ago
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Penrith’s Bands
As I was starting to research for this blog I came across info about the “Chevettes”, the “Sconeheads”, “Aftermath” ..
9 years ago
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The Exiles New Single
A new release from the Carlisle punk band “The Exiles – From Nowhere to Nowhere”, some great music here with a cleaver ..
9 years ago
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Havana Affair’s Last Gig
I found these video recordings recently of the last gig done by the Carlisle punk group “Havana Affair”. I got the video of Johnny ..
9 years ago
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Cold Angels
I don´t know much about this band either! (O’dear, not much I do know, waiting to hear from you to educate me!) Duncan Todhunter ..
9 years ago
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The Beguiled
Pod and I copied The Beguiled’s demo cassette “Clowns” (1985) onto my computer the other day, as well as another Live ..
9 years ago
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Workington Demos Update
I was able to track down the cassette covers of 2 of the Workington bands I had from the 1980s. I had given the Kevin Akitt cassette, “Reel ..
9 years ago
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Pod & Cassettes
It is always nice to have a visit from my mate Pod. As i mentioned in the introduction for this blog that he and I had this project in mind ..
9 years ago
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Every Smile’s a Lie CD
I uploaded to the page (Carlisle bands) a CD I was given by Dung many years ago, from his band “Every Smiles a Lie”. Being a friend ..
9 years ago
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Suspicions Confirmed (demo)
I have a cassette of a band from Workington/Cumbria, and I have no idea who they were, does anyone know? I got it given to me when Frenzy ..
9 years ago
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“The Decline…” (video)
Fib loaned me “The Decline of Western Civilization” by Penelope Spheres, a video collection about Punk/rock music in L.A./USA. ..
9 years ago
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Frenzy’s Mp3’s
I uploaded some mp3s of my band “Frenzy”, which I will insert in that page. A rough cassette recording possibly in 1983, done ..
9 years ago
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Blog Intentions
I am pleased the way the blog has gone so far, after releasing it to the web/FB. I did not know what to expect when it went public. I did not expect ..
9 years ago
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Boomtown Rats 1978
Researching for this blog has been enjoyable. Thanks to the internet I am seeing old familiar music for the first time. There are lots of things ..
9 years ago
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Electro-acoustic Musical Stew
Music is an organic thing… it changes, and it changes you. As an ethnomusicologist I concentrate on traditional acoustic music primarily, ..
9 years ago
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