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