About Me
The band started in the summer of 1985. Had gone insane by 1988 and by that we mean exile from society, pathologised and sectioned. Band relaunched in 1995 and has done four albums since - PSYCHIATRIC UNDERGROUND (1998), STRAIGHT OUTTA RAMPTON (2001), SHERGAR IS HOME SAFE AND WELL (2004) and the latest one AL AL WHO. All these available on Pumf Records. Many other releases on tiny labels worldwide. Constantly shifting band line-up. Gig history:
1985:
September - Lytham, Library Buildings
November - Blackpool, disused underpass
//1986:
December - Blackpool, Arnold School
//1987:
July - Blackpool, disused underpass
November - Liverpool, 85 Ullett Road
December - Manchester, Fulford Street
//1988:
February - Manchester, 28 Stockton Road
February - Manchester, Grove House
March - Leeds, James Baillie House
March - Manchester, Dalton Hall
//1989:
February - Liverpool, Planet X
February - Manchester, 28 Stockton Road
March - Manchester, ?
April - Manchester, Hop & Grape
April - Liverpool, Jacaranda
May - Liverpool, Otterspool Park
June - Manchester, Hulme Punx Picnic
August - Manchester, Red Admiral
//1992:
Spring - Manchester, Swinging Sporran
//1996:
January - Leeds, 120 Rats
May - Leeds, Fenton
June - Bradford, 1 in 12
September - Leeds, Packhorse
November - Preston, Adelphi
//1997:
November - Middlesbrough, St Mary's
November - Blackpool, Tower Lounge
//1998:
April - Stoke-on-Trent, Windermere Street
//1999:
September - London, Union Chapel
//2000:
May - London, Chat's Palace
June - Blackpool, Tache
July - London, Clissold Park
//2001:
June - Blackpool, West Coast
July - Manchester, Retro Bar
October - London, Garage
//2002:
July - Blackpool, Raikes
September - Leeds, Brudenell Social Club
October - Newcastle, Chillingham
November - Lytham, Hansom Cab
December - Poulton, St John's
//2003:
June - Blackpool, Station
June - London, Garage
July - Cleckheaton, Mead Hall
August - Blackpool, Station
September - Blackpool, Station
September - Blackpool, Blue Room
September - Blackpool, West Coast
November - Soho, Gossips
November - Brighton, Hobgoblins
December - Stoke-on-Trent, Talbot
December - Blackpool, West Coast
//2004:
March - Newcastle, Cluny
July - Leeds, Joseph's Well
July - Blackpool, West Coast
August - Stoke-on-Trent - Talbot
August - Lancaster - York House
October - Manchester - Thompson's Arms
October - Liverpool, Hev'n & Hell
December - Blackpool, Beat
//2005:
January - Thornton, Ashley
March - Liverpool, Hev'n & Hell
April - Lancaster, York House
July - London, Ryan's Bar
July - Brighton, Cowley Club
July - Blackpool, West Coast
December - Blackpool, LiquidLounge
December - Blackpool, 146 Palatine Road
//2006:
January - Blackpool, LiquidLounge
January - Blackpool, West Coast
February - Leeds, Fenton
March - Bacup, Football Social Club
April - Blackpool, West Coast
April - Blackpool, LiquidLounge
June - Blackpool, West Coast
June - Manchester, Phoenix
June - Blackpool, West Coast
June - Pilling, organic farm
August - Berlin, Buchbinderei Adolf666
August - Berlin, Galerie Scherer8
October - Preston, Adelphi
October - Bacup, Football Social Club
November - Blackpool, West Coast
//2007:
February - Leeds, Library
February - Blackpool, Riffs. That list was quite boring wasn't it? Well, this is a promotional page for our new AL AL WHO album which took over three years of continual tortured work to complete. There are 21 tracks and 65 minutes and we estimate it will be released this summer as a Pumf CD - also a 12 track vinyl version on Harbinger Sound is supposedly due sometime. Lyrical inspirations for the record have included videos at infovlad.net, the comments section on Richard Tomlinson's blog and everyday alcoholic mentally ill life in Blackpool. Musically this is probably our most polished and normal-sounding album yet although it's hardly 'commercial' or likely to set the charts alight.
