Eric's - August 1977

2nd August1977  elvis costello and the attractions

Tuesday 2nd August          Private hire - Granada TV, So It Goes,                                                                                               Elvis Costello & the Attractions
                                                    broadcast 3rd December 1977 

Wednesday 3rd August           Liverpool Jam

                                                with Inside Out

Thursday 4th August           The Thursday Bop

Friday 5th August           "Murder at Eric's"  

                                             Everyman Theatre Company

Saturday 6th August            (lunchtime)  Inside Out & Shattered Dolls

                                             (evening)  Stanley Clarke

Wednesday 10th August          Liverpool Jam

Thursday 11th August          The Thursday Bop

Friday 12th August          Flying Saucers

Saturday 13th August          The Table + XTC

XTC I'm Bugged live at Eric's 

Wednesday 17th August       The Movies (Grananda TV filming)

Thursday 18th August           Thursday Bop

Friday 19th August          Yachts 

Saturday 20th August          The Slits  
                                                    + The Prefects 

                                                    + The Spitfire Boys

Monday 22nd August         Slaughter & the Dogs 
                                               + Wire 

                                               + Fast Breeder 
                                               + Johnny Moped

visit Bombsite for more on this gig

Wednesday 24th August        Liverpool Jam

Thursday 25th August            Thursday Bop

Friday 26th August                 John Otway & Wild Willy Barrett

Saturday 27th August          Generation X 

                                                   + London
                                                   + Big in Japan

Saturday 27th  August          X-Ray Spex + Warsaw (+ matinee show)

Bit of debate on this one.  Handbill says Generation X, Eric's book says Generation X were supported by Big in Japan.  But Joy Division sites say that Joy Division, as Warsaw, supported X Ray Spex on this night.  Not only that but they played matinee and evening and it was Stephen Morris' first time as drummer.

28th August          Private hire - Beatles Convention

29th August          Private hire - Beatles Convention

Eric's - October 1st -6th 1977

Saturday 1st October          Alternative TV

                                               + Amazorblades

Sunday 2nd October          Billy Boy Arnold

                                               + The Moondogs

The Moondogs, later The English, outside Eric's - photo credit: John Harbourne

Thursday 6th October       Thursday Bop

Eric's - November 1st - 7th 1977

Wednesday 2nd November         Liverpool Jam

Thursday 3rd November             Thursday Bop

Friday 4th November                  Sham 69
                                                            + The Mystery Girls

Who are The Mystery Girls?  

From Pete Frame's Liverpool Progeny Rock Family Tree, 1980

l-r Julian Cope (bass), Budgie (drums), Ian Broudie (guitar), Pete Burns (vocals), Big Bill Drummond (guitar) at Eric's 1977

photo Ian Broudie, touched  up by Roch Parisien's Rocon Communications

Saturday 5th November              Darts
                                                       + The Moondogs

Sunday 6th November                Darts

Eric's - January 18th - 31st 1978

Wednesday 18th January

Corrie!! (just one more reason to go out in 1978)

Thursday 19th January    Audition Night - at least three bands on stage

Friday 20th January         Siouxsie & the Banshees

Saturday 21st January      Penetration

Sunday 22nd January       Talking Heads
                                              + Dire Straits

Talking Heads at the Roundhouse  Full Show

the following Sunday, presumably much the same setlist

Dire Straits live at Leeds a week later

Monday 23rd January      Steel Pulse

Thursday 26th January    Audition Night - at least three bands on stage

Friday 27th January         Magazine

Saturday 28th January     Radiators from Space

Sunday 29th January       Robert Gordon & Link Wray

Tuesday 31st January      The Bothy Band

Eric's - December 1st - 17th 1979

Saturday 1st December         The Pop Group   

                                                    + Delta Five

Thursday 6th December        Junk Art

Friday 7th December             The Mo-Dettes 

                                                    + Wah! Heat 

Saturday 8th December         Joy Division 

                                                    + Section 25

Thursday 13th December      Steel Pulse

Friday 14th December           The Pirates  

                                                    + The Nice Men

Saturday 15th December       Eddie & the Hot Rods (cancelled)
                                replaced by UK Subs

Monday 17th December        The Damned 

                                                    + Victim

Tuesday 18th December        Neuklon 

                                                    + Gothons

Wednesday 19th December   The Beat 

                                                    + God's Toys

Eric's - December 18th - 31st 1979

Tuesday 18th December       Private Hire St Helens Art College Christmas Party
                                                The Go-Thongs
                                                    + Neuklon

Wednesday 19th December   The Beat
                                                      + God's Toys

The Beat were on TOTP the previous week doing Tears of a Clown.  

 Here's a link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAX1v0yxI88

Thursday 20th December      Those Naughty Lumps

                                                    + The Moderates 

                                                    + Roy White & Steve Torch

Friday 21st December           The Mighty Vhybes 

                                                    + I Society

                                                    + The People's Sound System 

Saturday 22nd December      Teardrop Explodes 

                                                    + Echo & the Bunnymen

Teardrop Explodes at Eric's - December 22nd, 1979

Thursday 27th December      The Zorkie Twins 

                                                    + Junk Art 

                                                    + Attempted Mustache 

                                                    + The Posers 

                                                    + Tim Byers

Friday 28th  December           A tribute to Winston

                                                    featuring members of 

                                                Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark 

                                                    and
                                                Dalek I Love You

Saturday 29th December         Bad Manners

                                                      + Lew Lewis
                                                      + The Cheetahs

The Cheetahs - Minefield, 1979

Eric's - January 1980

. . . and when they all woke that morning, 

it was the 1980s . . .

Thursday 10th January             The Modettes
                                                       + The Passions

Friday 11th January                  Tom Robinson Band
                                                       + Modern Eon

Saturday 12th January              Killing Joke
                                                       + The Moth Men

Tuesday 15th January              Granada TV invite you to the filming of
                                                 Alexis Korner
                                                       + The Moondogs

Friday 18th January                 Red Beans & Rice
                                                       + Eat at Joes

Saturday 19th January             The Modettes
                                                        + The Passions

Thursday 24th January             999
                                                        + Pinpoint

Friday 25th January                  The Bogey Boys
                                                        + Cadenza

Saturday 26th January               Bad Manners
                                                        + The Bodysnatchers
                                                        + Victor Drago

and maybe Victor Drago