Flyer
Big Flame, Dave Haslam
Man Alive
1985

“i think i may have gone to some of these... does the listings say:

Age of Chance
June Brides
Jasmine Minks
Yeah Yeah Noh
Blue Dolphins
Chakk”

“Yes. I remember us being quite shocked that part of Age of Chance's set was basically play back from a DAT machine, how innocent we were. Yeah Yeah Noh? Their track 'Bias Binding' still sticks in my head.
The playlist is quite interesting too :

The Fire Engines - New things in Cartons
Jesus and Mary Chain - Never Understand
Trouble Funk - Drop the Bomb
Age of Chance - Everlasting Yeah!
The Nightingales - It's a Cracker

the section ' Answers to some questions asked us at the Club' includes a couple of gems.

Q: Why can't popstars dance?
A: Cos' Guilty feet have got no rhythm.

Q: Why should I cut my hair?
A: To avoid being mistaken for a Goth.”

“The 'why can't popstars dance' question is of course a quote from Big Flame's 'Why Popstars Can't Dance' which is in turn a quote from George Michael. Not sure what came first here.”

“I saw the nose flutes with bogshed. The singer kept his head (and mic) in a suitcase for the entire show.”

“I seem to remember the singer from Bogshed's 'stage-wear' involved a jumper that had strayed to close to the gas fire and had one of those big orange burns up it...”

“Sounds about right - it wasnt all paisley shirts in C86 was it!!”

“as I said Bogshed were from Heptonstall, near Hebden Bridge, whose other claim to fame is Sylvia Plath's grave. I think I saw them at the Trades Club in Hebden as well ( thats Bogshed, not Ted and Sylvia!) We used to go over there from Rochdale quite a lot, either to play, or watch stuff. I remember seeing Crass there, amongst others.”