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1979

1979 Feb 02

New York City

Sid Vicious dies, aged 21.

1979 Mar		If It Ain't Worth A Fuck -        Fuck Off Free Tour		Free Tour organised by JB & Kif-Kif of the recently formed Fuck Off Records. A short tour made positively tiny due to the number of cancelled gigs; this was 'documented' by JB in an International Times piece titled 'Going Down The Spermbank' (written on the '23rd March for trivia freaks'), and later by Danny & The Dressmakers with their 3x cassette release on Fuck Off Records 200 Cancellations. Zounds played Meanwhile Gardens on the 10th; they may have played some others gigs on this tour. I've no evidence that they did but have included the tour as the cancellations are amusing and it gives an idea of the bands that were on 'the bus'. Zeitgeist innit. ATV were mentioned in the music press as appearing at some of these gigs. They didn't, which made a number of the gruntled that turned up, somewhat disgruntled.
1979 Mar 02	Manchester	Manchester University	Danny & The Dressmakers Seventh Angel Wilful Damage The 012	CANCELLED. Double-booked with the Egyptian Society who win the day.
1979 Mar 03	Liverpool	Arts Centre	Danny & The Dressmakers Seventh Angel Wilful Damage The 012	CANCELLED. Inadequate fire regulations.
1979 Mar 04	Birmingham	Bournebrook Hotel	The Fuck Off All-Stars The Astronauts Life Support Danny & The Dressmakers Suze Da Blooze The 012 Dangerous Girls The Sellouts Wilful Damage	ATV were "erroneously" advertised as playing but didn't; Wilful Damage were scheduled to play but couldn't make it as their car broke down. Grant Showbiz, hitherto acting as Soundman splits the tour following an over the PA argument with Kif Kif. Great quote from a chap who I think goes by the moniker PJ Peanutz... " Wow am I glad this tape exists 'cos I was at this gig and it is amazing to find that there is a recording of it (not recorded - 012 and Astronauts). After splitting from Here & Now Kif Kif, Suze and a cast of thousands did a Fuck Off Records free tour. This date was well attended as Alternative TV were advertised as appearing (but did not). Ted Chippington was there as well as Nikki Sudden from Swell Maps. A tape was for sale at the door featuring Wilful Damage, Astronauts, Blank Space etc and the gig was my first exposure to a killer local band called Dangerous Girls. Also on the bill was another local band called Life Support who according to a great new book by John Robb had a future Nightingale in their ranks. The band also supported Here & Now at the same venue when the band played there in late '79. This was also my first exposure to the excellent Astronauts and Mark Astronaut is still gigging now with a band called the Otters. This was my only live experience of the legendary Danny & The Dressmakers who were amazing. Everyone joined on stage for the finale of "Don't Worry Fuck Off!" Suze Da Blooze fresh from Here & Now but pre Androids Of Mu constructed her band each night from people she asked in the audience. She asked myself and a friend if we wanted to be in her band for the night and with a bit of encouragement from Nikki Sudden we agreed. There was Suze on vocals, a hippy on flute, my friend on bass, a hippy on guitar and me on drums. We'd never met each other before and in the case of my friend and myself had never played on a stage before and couldn't even play our instruments! But it was good fun and seemed to go down well and kinda hangs together in a free jazz stylee! This tape proves it wasn't just a dream I had. Kif Kif also released a tape of me and my friends which is rubbish really but we had a go!" If the aforementioned 'hippy on flute' and 'hippy on guitar' would like to step forward...
1979 Mar 05	High Wycombe	The Nags Head	The 012 The Astronauts Danny & The Dressmakers Fun Boy Five Wilful Damage Suze Da Blooze	CANCELLED. Double-booked with a disco, but hurriedly rearranged and took place at a local college.
1979 Mar 05	High Wycombe	Bucks College Of higher Education	The 012 The Astronauts Danny & The Dressmakers Wilful Damage Suze Da Blooze Fun Boy Five
1979 Mar 06	Canterbury	Art College	Fun Boy Five The Astronauts Danny & The Dressmakers Alternative TV Blank Space Wilful Damage The Pop Rivets The 012 Suze Da Blooze The Sellouts Andy T
1979 Mar 07	Brighton	The Vault Resource Centre	Blank Space Danny & The Dressmakers The Astronauts Wilful Damage The 012 Suze Da Blooze The Sellouts
1979 Mar 08	Norwich	White's		CANCELLED. Or rather, blown out due to low spirits.
1979 Mar 09	Colchester	University Of Essex	Psycho Hamsters Blank Space / Killer Doughnuts Danny & The Dressmakers The 012 Vince Pie & The Crumbs
1979 Mar 10	London	Meanwhile Gardens Westbourne Park	The Dogends Psycho Hamsters Danny & The Dressmakers The Sellouts The 012 Zounds Aqua

1979 May 04	London			Margaret Thatcher becomes Prime Minister. We've yet to recover.
1979 May 14	London	Meanwhile Gardens Westbourne Park	Here And Now The Fixation Zounds	BIT Benefit

1979 Jun 16-24

Stonehenge

Solstice Festival

Here And Now / Zounds The Mob / Dack Dyde Poison Girls Blank Space / Dick Heley Vince Pie & The Crumbs Fun Boy Five / Gong The Pop Group / Nik Turner Dangerous Girls / Keith Christmas Wilful Damage / Cardiac Arrest

A host of Here And Now / Fuck Off Free Tour and future Idiot Ballroom participants were present. Recordings of some exist

1979 Jul 20-22

Dursley Gloucester

Severn Vale Festival

Here And Now; Zounds Androids Of Mu; The 012 Cardiac Arrest; The Mob The Sell-Outs; Wilful Damage The Pop Group; Throbbing Gristle

Steve recalls first meeting up with The Mob at Severn Vale Festival[9] and he also has Judge taking over on drums at the same festival. The Really Weird, Slightly Weirdsville compilation tape includes Holland Park from this festival.

1979 Aug 3-5	Bury	Deeply Vale Festival	Here And Now Wilful Damage
1979 Aug 15	London	Acklam Hall	Zounds The Good Missionaries Blank Space Dick Heley The Sell-Outs Good For Nuffinks
1979 Aug 26	Yeovil	Ham Hill	The Mob Here And Now Zounds Dead Popstars	All unconfirmed This event fizzled out apparently.
1979 Aug 27	Bristol	Trinity Hall	Here And Now The Pop Group The Mob Zounds	All unconfirmed Here And Now went on to play various gigs around the country, unsure if Zounds went with them.

1979 Sep		Weird Tales Free Tour		Zounds line-up for this tour: Lawrence Wood (gv); Nick Godwin (gv); 'Punky' Steve (not Lake) (b); Judge (d) Steve Lake not present for this tour. The Astronauts & Bob Green turned up for some gigs, only listed where I'm reasonably sure. Source: Nick Godwin Collection. Larger image and detail here.
1979 Sep 18	Leeds	Fforde Green Hotel	Zounds The Mob Androids Of Mu The Astronauts
1979 Sep 19	Blackpool	Norbeck Castle Hotel	Zounds The Mob Androids Of Mu The Astronauts
1979 Sep 20	Liverpool	Eric's	Zounds The Mob Androids Of Mu The Astronauts Bob Green
1979 Sep 21	Birmingham	Bournbrook Hotel	Zounds The Mob Androids Of Mu The Astronauts
1979 Sep 22	Manchester	Funhouse Club The Mayflower	Zounds The Mob Androids Of Mu The Astronauts Danny & The Dressmakers
1979 Sep 23	Oxford	Oranges & Lemons	Zounds The Mob Androids Of Mu The Astronauts
1979 Sep 24	Bishops Stortford	Triad Leisure Centre	Zounds The Mob Androids Of Mu The Astronauts
1979 Sep 25	Canterbury	Arts College	Zounds The Mob Androids Of Mu The Astronauts
1979 Sep 26	Brighton	The Buccaneer's Bar	Zounds The Mob Androids Of Mu The Astronauts

1979 Oct 16

London

Acklam Hall

Zounds The Mob Androids Of Mu The Astronauts

1979 Nov 07

Bishops Stortford

Triad Leisure Centre

Here And Now Zounds D-Notice

Updated: Aug 2022

	Sources

009	Steve's list of lineups here
020	Lance Hahn's interviews with Steve Lake & Joseph Porter for his book. Printed as an article titled The Story Of Zounds in Maximum Rock 'n' Roll #227
025	Some general information deduced from Joseph Porter - Genesis To Revolutions - Downwarde Spiral Available at Blyth Power HQ
030	Some general information from Kill Your Pet Puppy and contributors.