Trouble / violence at gigs.

[smudge]

What year was this Smudge?

I'm struggling to remember the exact year, but early 80's, maybe 83 or 84.

 

[FalmerforAll!**]

Things got a bit boisterous at a Twang gig at the Concorde a few years ago, leading to the band stopping playing to tell people to calm down. The funniest though was at the Old Market in Hove of all places when The View were performing. Halfway through, seemingly the whole floor erupted in a mass punch up. Claret and shirt buttons everywhere. The band were oblivious as the security staff struggled in vain to contain things.

Was at The Twang gig, wasn't that bad at all. Over reaction from the bouncers by all accounts.

Remember it going right off outside The King Blues at Komedia back in 2008. They were a great bad.

 

[BN9 BHA]

I'm struggling to remember the exact year, but early 80's, maybe 83 or 84.

Ok ta, I was curious because I'm from Brighton and I've never heard of a mob from Edward St flats.

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

Ok ta, I was curious because I'm from Brighton and I've never heard of a mob from Edward St flats.

St johns mount Brighton boys club ?
Regards
DR

 

[smudge]

Ok ta, I was curious because I'm from Brighton and I've never heard of a mob from Edward St flats.

It became a bit of a saga, ending up with 2 brothers from Lewes taking things probably a bit too far after some of the Brighton lads had been in the Rainbow Tavern back bar & robbed the till after pepper spraying the landlady. The retribution occured up at the previously mentioned flats up Edward St. I believe the lads from Edward St were WSF. It got very nasty.

Back on topic, The Piranhas in Dicks Bar was preceeded by marvellous scenes against Donny!

 

[BN9 BHA]

St johns mount Brighton boys club ?
Regards
DR

Sounds about right.

 

[BN9 BHA]

It became a bit of a saga, ending up with 2 brothers from Lewes taking things probably a bit too far after some of the Brighton lads had been in the Rainbow Tavern back bar & robbed the till after pepper spraying the landlady. The retribution occured up at the previously mentioned flats up Edward St. I believe the lads from Edward St were WSF. It got very nasty.

Back on topic, The Piranhas in Dicks Bar was preceeded by marvellous scenes against Donny!

Some of the original WSF went to the Brighton Boys Club in Edward St.

Talking of The Piranhas, they used to play in The Buccaneer pub basement ( now Audio Club??) on some Sunday evenings,
this was 1978/79, I tagged along with some older lads from the area in Brighton where I lived, they didn't tell me about the 'Teds' pub we had to walk/run past until it was too late.

 

[smudge]

Some of the original WSF went to the Brighton Boys Club in Edward St.

Talking of The Piranhas, they used to play in The Buccaneer pub basement ( now Audio Club??) on some Sunday evenings,
this was 1978/79, I tagged along with some older lads from the area in Brighton where I lived, they didn't tell me about the 'Teds' pub we had to walk/run past until it was too late.

I was there at the same time on those Sunday nights, with Mr PPF!

 

[BN9 BHA]

I was there at the same time on those Sunday nights, with Mr PPF!

Brilliant times back before The Piranhas reached the charts, remember a mod type of band called Chicane that supported them?
Was Das there too

 

[brighton bluenose]

Brilliant times back before The Piranhas reached the charts, remember a mod type of band called Chicane that supported them?
Was Das there too

Used to go and see the Pirahnas regularly back then - good times! And a couple of my pals were in Chicane too!

 

[BN9 BHA]

Used to go and see the Pirahnas regularly back then - good times! And a couple of my pals were in Chicane too!

I thought Chicane were a very good band, did they split up late 70s or early 80s? I don't remember hearing much about them after the Buccaneer days.

 

[smudge]

Brilliant times back before The Piranhas reached the charts, remember a mod type of band called Chicane that supported them?
Was Das there too

Yes, Das was there, now PPF! One band name I'll never forget from those days, the Lil-Lets. I used to like Nicky & the Dots out of all those Vaultage bands back then.
The Piranhas nights at The Bucaneer were great though.

 

[brighton bluenose]

I thought Chicane were a very good band, did they split up late 70s or early 80s? I don't remember hearing much about them after the Buccaneer days.

Very early 80s I guess - though the effects of age and alcoholic intake etc etc over the years means the memory maybe isn't what it could be

 

[brighton bluenose]

Yes, Das was there, now PPF! One band name I'll never forget from those days, the Lil-Lets. I used to like Nicky & the Dots out of all those Vaultage bands back then.
The Piranhas nights at The Bucaneer were great though.

Vaultage 78 featured a band called the Vitamins who were my good pals from school - the lead singer was Addison Cresswell who went on to be a big shot in the comedy world and who passed away last year at 53yo! Adds brother is Luke of Stomp fame.

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

Brilliant times back before The Piranhas reached the charts, remember a mod type of band called Chicane that supported them?
Was Das there too

yeah , remember being sold cloudy lager
regards
DR

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

very early 80s i guess - though the effects of age and alcoholic intake etc etc over the years means the memory maybe isn't what it could be

you used to drink in the queens head in those days didn't you
regards
DR

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

I was there at the same time on those Sunday nights, with Mr PPF!

Das to you me old mucker
regards
DR

 

[Return of the Rev]

some of the original wsf went to the brighton boys club in edward st.

Talking of the piranhas, they used to play in the buccaneer pub basement ( now audio club??) on some sunday evenings,
this was 1978/79, i tagged along with some older lads from the area in brighton where i lived, they didn't tell me about the 'teds' pub we had to walk/run past until it was too late.

sunday at the alhambra surely

 

[Billy Billo]

Great Memories I was at both gigs, As i remember Buzzcocks went off because of spitting the more they complained the worse it got, they refused to come back on and when the bounces tried to stop people getting on the stage and stealing their stuff they were met with a hail of plastic glasses. The Clash gig we spent most of the time trying to avoid the Sham 69 Skins and Jimmy Pursey came on to try and calm it down, The Suicide singer kept howling and hitting himself in the face with the mic, which didn't go down well and a big cheer went up when a skinhead jumped on the stage and started kicking him. How about the New Regent Sham 69 gigs they were the best all crammed into the tiny narrow pub, Jimmy Pursey's great oratory at least it seemed so at 15.

Were you at the Buzzcocks gig at the Top Rank in 78?/79?

Steve Diggle got a full beer can in his groin, the band went off.

Then it kicked off. I remember walking up to the Clock Tower and a massive (about 7ft?) speaker was being liberated up the road.




The there was the Clash at Crawley Leisure Centre in '78, Suicide supporting, Coventry Automatics (later to become The Specials) 3rd on the bill. For some reason Jimmy Pursey was there amd did the vocals on White Riot during the encore.

Suicide lasted about 2 numbers before the skins got on stage and proceed to wrap the singers microphone lead round his neck!

 

[Return of the Rev]

Great Memories I was at both gigs, As i remember Buzzcocks went off because of spitting the more they complained the worse it got, they refused to come back on and when the bounces tried to stop people getting on the stage and stealing their stuff they were met with a hail of plastic glasses. The Clash gig we spent most of the time trying to avoid the Sham 69 Skins and Jimmy Pursey came on to try and calm it down, The Suicide singer kept howling and hitting himself in the face with the mic, which didn't go down well and a big cheer went up when a skinhead jumped on the stage and started kicking him. How about the New Regent Sham 69 gigs they were the best all crammed into the tiny narrow pub, Jimmy Pursey's great oratory at least it seemed so at 15.

i think one of the road crew at the buzzcock gig lobbed a hammer into the crowd,plenty getting chucked from the balcony when the police tried to clear the floor!