Archive
April 1981
April 01 – The Expressos. The review below is from “Sounds” dated April 18th.
April 02 – Rage
April 03 – Reluctant Stereotypes
April 04 – Johnny Marr’s 7th Sun. Support: Dirty Strangers
April 05 – The Meteors. Support: El Trains
April 06 – TV Smith & The Explorers
April 07 – Money. Support: Devotion
April 08 – White Heat
April 09 – Michael De Barres & His Chequered Past. The clip above is from Michael and Chequered Past but the line up is somewhat different to the band that played tonight. Clem Burke is on drums and Nigel Harrison on bass (both ex-Blondie) but the clip has Steve Jones (ex-Sex Pistols) on guitar and Tony Sales on keyboards instead of Andy Barnet (ex-Urchin) and Nick Sykes.
April 10 – Reluctant Stereotypes
April 11 – Pretty Things
April 12 – Modern English
April 13 – The Polecats
April 14 – The Polecats
April 15 – Livewire
April 16 – Angelwitch
April 17 – Angelwitch
April 18 – Ken Hensley & Shotgun. Ken left Uriah Heep last autumn after 10 years in the band. His new album, “Free Spirit” was released last month. Shotgun consists of Pete Thompson – drums (ex-Silverhead), Ian Gibbons – keyboards (ex-Kinks), Derek Marshall – guitar (ex Marshall Fury) and Denny Ball – bass. The review below is from “Sounds” dated May 9th.
April 19 – Ken Hensley & Shotgun
April 20 – Rose Tattoo. This was the band’s first trip to The Marquee (and London?). They came across to promote themselves both here and in Europe prior to a major tour later on. The clip above comes from German television at this time.
April 21 – Rose Tattoo
April 22 – Atomic Rooster
April 23 – The Belle Stars
April 24 – Reluctant Stereotypes. Support: The Americans
April 25 – Supercharge ’81
April 26 – Weapon
April 27 – The Lemons
April 28 – Dolly Mixture. Here they are with their single from later this year, “Been Teen”.
April 29 – White Heat
April 30 – Thompson Twins
March 1981
March 01 – The Belle Stars
March 02 – Fatal Charm. Support: The Naughtiest Girl Was A Monitor. The review of Fatal Charm below is from “Sounds” dated March 14th.
March 03 – Praying Mantis. Here they are with “Children Of The Earth” from their first album, Time tells No Lies”, released this month.
March 04 – Nash The Slash. February saw the release of their cover of The Rolling Stones classic, “19th Nervous Breakdown”. Here’s a taster of it.
March 05 – Jools Holland & His Millionaires
March 06 – Thompson Twins
March 07 – Pearl Harbour
March 08 – The DB’s. Here they are with “Big Brown Eyes” recorded in session for Whistle Test while they were in London on this trip.
March 09 – Alex Harvey
March 10 – Eddie & The Hot Rods
March 11 – Eddie & The Hot Rods
March 12 – Lionheart
March 13 – Samson. Support: 720
March 14 – Atomic Rooster
March 15 – Long Tall Shorty
March 16 – Trust
March 17 – TV Smith & The Explorers
March 18 – Tenpole Tudor. Here they are with “Swords Of A Thousand Men” which hits the charts next month.
March 19 – Wilko Johnson
March 20 – Wilko Johnson
March 21 – Supercharge ’81
March 22 – Dolly Mixture
March 23 – The Freshies. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find any footage of this but here’s their chart entry from last month, “I’m In Love With The Girl On A Certain Manchester Megastore Checkout Desk”.
March 24 – Cuban Heels + The Shaking Pyramids
March 25 – Lionheart
March 26 – Q-Tips. Here they are with a single from this year, “Stay The Way You Are”.
March 27 – Q-Tips
March 28 – Q-Tips
March 29 – Trust
March 30 – Wasted Youth. The review below is taken from “Sounds” dated April 25th.
March 31 – Wasted Youth
