Re: Cramps? Best Brum gig evah?

George_Daley — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 17:30:22 -0000

Nowhere near the best gig musically, but a great piece of street theatre - The Clash at Barbarellas in 1977. There was supposed to be a punk festival at the Rag Market but it was banned when all the row started after the Pistol's appearance on teatime telly. Me and a mate went along anyway to see if anything was going to happen. It was a Sunday afternoon so it was either that or the Muppet Show. A crowd of people of varying degrees of punkiness with my mate at the lowest end of that cos he had hair like Robert Plant. Loads of Old Bill looking for somebody to nick. Car pulls up, out pops Mick Jones - 'Barbarellas later' he shouts and gets back into the motor. Barbarellas later is a weird mixture of heavy metal fans, punks and the curious. There was a local punk band called Shag Nasty playing in the Pose. A metal band whose name I can't remember played the main stage. Fair play, they let the Clash use their gear but there was no sound check and it was rough, gloriously rough. Their set was most of the first album. London's Burning became Birmingham's Burning. Strummer was berating the gobbers as he would do each time i saw them, twice more at Barbs.

Re: Battery acid

George_Daley — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:28:20 -0000

don't see what's 'iconic' about the place

the Plough and Harrow was knocked down and that was iconic after a few pints

Re: Prints Charming

George_Daley — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:34:29 -0000

It has to be about capitalising on the huge interest shown on Saturday and the many positive comments made since. So it would be useful to have some idea how people can contribute to taking the project forward. Cheers.

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