Monday 30 May 2016

Eric's - July 1st - 12th 1979


Monday 2nd July                     Rhesus Records present
                                                 The Tunes
                                                      + The Donkeys
                                                      + CP Lee
                                                      + Gordon the Moron



Thursday 5th July                     Dexy's Midnight Runners
                                                       + The Upsets



Friday 6th July                          billed as B52s + Fashion but actually . . .
                                                  The Fall 
                                                        + Echo & the Bunnymen
same again at The Factory a fortnight later

E&TB recorded August 1979; 
compare & contrast with June 1979 What's On performance (see last month)

Saturday 7th July                      Wire
                                                        + billed as Manicured Noise
                                                        + last minute replacement Nightmares in Wax

Hullo, we're Wire


Nightmares in Wax, I'll Turn Away
4 track demo recorded Open Eye, November 1979
courtesy Mick Reid

 Nightmares in Wax, 1st gig
Paul Hornby (drums), Mick Reid (guitar), Pete Burns
Martin Healy (keyboards) and Rob Jones (bass)

Nightmares in Wax
Manicured Noise

Thursday 12th July                   Special CoRRA gig featuring
                                                  Activity Minimal
                                                        + Modern Eon
                                                        + Chink
                                                        + The Drills




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