Liverpool Eric's: Eric's

Monday 30 May 2016

Eric's - December 1978

Fri 1st December Sore Throat

Sat 2nd December The Normal
+ Cabaret Voltaire
+ pragVEC

Thu 7th December Pink Military Stand Alone
- Live recording for Last Trumpet Records
released as Buddah Waking Disney Sleeping ep

+ Ultima Thule

Fri 8th December the Doomed

Sat 9th December Wreckless Eric

Mon 11th December Tapper Zukie
+ Cygnus

Fri 15th December Essential Logic
+ Razar

Sat 16th December Generation X
+ Stevie & the Stopouts

Thu 21st December The Moderates
+ Phil Jazz

Fri 22nd December Crash Course

Update: Mick Reid of Crash Course (and later Nightmares in Wax) has been in touch to set the record straight on the line-up of Crash Course. Thanks Mick.

Crash Course Mk 1, December 1977 - August 1978
Andy Eastwood - vocals
Mick Reid - guitar/vocals
Steve Gaskill - bass
Rob Jones - drums

Crash Course Mk 2. August 1978 - January 1979
Andy Eastwood - vocals
Mick Reid - lead guitar/vocals
Pete Wylie - rhythm guitar/vocals
Paul Cunningham - bass
Rob Jones - drums

A professional live recording of Crash Course at Eric's was made at this gig, intended for release on the Eric's label (following the Pink Military EP mentioned above). The record didn't appear and the tape is lost. Crash Course recorded three tracks at Open Eye - Someone Different, Tears of a Clown (yes, the Smokey Robinson song) and Look Now. All Crash Course material was written by Rob Jones and Mick Reid.

After Crash Course disbanded in January 1979 Mick joined the Glass Torpedoes with Paul Cunningham. This explains why two Crash Course songs appeared on the Torpedoes EP in mid 1979. By the time the record was released Mick had been head hunted by Pete Burns for Nightmares in Wax.

Pete Wylie and Rob Jones went on to Wah! Heat.

Sat 23rd December Wayne County & the Electric Chairs
+ Sausages from Mars according to Bill Sykes Sit Down, Listen to this
or Pink Military according to Peter Alan Lloyd Bombed out
+ Glass Torpedoes