The Wishing Chair

Nick Scott – vocals / guitar Dunoe – vocals Liz – bass Simon Blackshaw – Drums I knew of the Wishing Chair when ..

7 years ago

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Sid (D.O.S.) R.I.P.

A few days ago I read the news of the death of Sid, the singer in the Carlisle band ‘D.O.S.’ (see ‘D.O.S. page’ ..

8 years ago

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“No Thrills” in concert

It has been ages since I was at a punk gig, I can’t even remember when it was? The other week I went to see 3 punk bands in Carlisle’s ..

8 years ago

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The Red Aligatorz

An update on the Red Aligatorz page: I recently met Swanny again after many years, the last time I saw him he was in London, now back in Carlisle ..

8 years ago

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The Ironing Boards

Jeff Deaf – vocals Norman Fright – guitar Morbid Electrician – bass guitar Paul Pimms – drums One of the early Carlisle ..

8 years ago

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Within the Walls (Sunday)

Sunday session of “Within the Walls” with local groups of Carlisle, was equally as good as Saturday. Here are some photos of the bands ..

8 years ago

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Within the Walls (Saturday)

Saturday 28th May, 2016. Carlisle city center had an assortment of local bands playing free for the general public. Organized by the city ..

8 years ago

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Every Smile’s A Lie

Dung – vocals Dung – acoustic guitar Dung – electric guitar Dung – keyboards Dung – drums Dung – bass ..

8 years ago

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Social Scum

Peter Ostell – ? Ozzy – drums Kenyon – bass Tony Styles – guitar Wigy – Vocals Social Scum, in my mind, was a rival ..

8 years ago

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Whitehouse Blue

John Ferguson: guitar, vocals Pete Smith: bass, vocals Jeremy Robinson: drums, backing vocals Tony Styles: lead guitar I was interested ..

8 years ago

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A Nightmare’s Poster

An original poster publicizing a Nightmares gig at Stars and Stripes on the 16th October 1985. I think it was Johnny who made this poster, ..

8 years ago

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The Pedestrians

Bass, Vocals – Scog Misfit Drums, Vocals, Written-By – Keir Husband Guitar – Paul Henshaw Keyboards – Simon Horobin ..

8 years ago

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D.O.S. / I.B.S.

Nigel touched upon the history of D.O.S. in Carlisle giving mp3’s and photos. I would like to include an additional posting about ..

8 years ago

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Penrith’s Bands

As I was starting to research for this blog I came across info about the “Chevettes”, the “Sconeheads”, “Aftermath” ..

8 years ago

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The Exiles New Single

A new release from the Carlisle punk band “The Exiles – From Nowhere to Nowhere”, some great music here with a cleaver ..

8 years ago

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Havana Affair’s Last Gig

I found these video recordings recently of the last gig done by the Carlisle punk group “Havana Affair”. I got the video of Johnny ..

8 years ago

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Cold Angels

I don´t know much about this band either! (O’dear, not much I do know, waiting to hear from you to educate me!) Duncan Todhunter ..

8 years ago

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2001

The Beguiled

Pod and I copied The Beguiled’s demo cassette “Clowns” (1985) onto my computer the other day, as well as another Live ..

8 years ago

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Workington Demos Update

I was able to track down the cassette covers of 2 of the Workington bands I had from the 1980s. I had given the Kevin Akitt cassette, “Reel ..

8 years ago

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Pod & Cassettes

It is always nice to have a visit from my mate Pod. As i mentioned in the introduction for this blog that he and I had this project in mind ..

8 years ago

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Every Smile’s a Lie CD

I uploaded to the page (Carlisle bands) a CD I was given by Dung many years ago, from his band “Every Smiles a Lie”. Being a friend ..

8 years ago

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Kevin Akitt “Reel 2 Reel”

The name Kevin Akitt, crops up now and gain but it is very hard to pin him down. There is a few references to him in various punk blogs ..

8 years ago

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Suspicions Confirmed (demo)

I have a cassette of a band from Workington/Cumbria, and I have no idea who they were, does anyone know? I got it given to me when Frenzy ..

8 years ago

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Frenzy’s Mp3’s

I uploaded some mp3s of my band “Frenzy”, which I will insert in that page. A rough cassette recording possibly in 1983, done ..

8 years ago

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Carlisle & Bandcamp

I was browsing through the bands in Bancamp and I typed in “tag Carlisle” lots of bands came on-screen. After browsing through ..

8 years ago

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