INTENSIVE CARE formed in 1993 and played their first ever gig in the GEORGE ROBEY (FINSBURY PARK)
The ORIGINAL LINE UP was BRENDAN JUDGE (vocals) BRUCE MOXHAM(bass) ANDREW CLARKE (drums) and ALAN SMITH(guitar)R.I.P
Sadly ALAN passed away in 1995 after a long battle with masterbation addiction
ANDREW CLARKE is currently serving time at her majestys pleasure for over age sex . He broke into an old peoples home searching for drugs but it just happened to be bath time and ANDREW could not resist.
During 1993-1994 the band played half a dozen gigs around NORTH LONDON but managed to get BANNED from every venue they played at.
NO promoter would touch em with a barge pole due to the violence that came with them.
They decided to call it a day but reformed in 1999 with (JOE BRODY) on guitar and (TREVOR TOMAS)drums
The band recorded their first album "DANGER THESE ANIMALS BITE" in may 1999 and toured extensivly around ENGLAND
After the STOP THE CITY protest broke out into RIOTING on JUNE 18 1999 BRENDAN was convicted of VIOLENT DISORDER and recieved a 2 year PRISON SENTENCE.
After BRENDANS release in 2001 the band recorded a NEW ABUM entitled LIVE AT THE GARAGE with the NEW LINE UP (FRENCH ERIC ) took over the drum stool and (DALBY FAT BASTID)was added on lead guitar.
In 2003 founding member(BRUCE) left the band after VIOLENCE broke out at the PUNX PICNIC gig at the ARSENAL TAVERN while the band were on stage .
DOLBY FAT BASTID also left the band due to a sex addiction problem and the line up changed yet again.
BRENDAN (vocas) JOE (GUITAR)CLARA WISEMAN(bass)MARK SMITH(drums)
PHIL BOTTLE was also addad on rythem guitar and the band went from strenth to strenth.
In the summer of 2003 the band recorded what was to be PUNK ROCK GOLD
The album NORTH LONDONS FINEST was released containing the smash hit songs "EVERY HOLES A GOAL"- J18-SINGLE MUM and "YUPPIE SCUM"
The album went on to sell over 10,OOO COPIES and gave the band the opportunity to play a headlining tour accross the UK ending with there "BEST EVER GIG" AT THE 2004 WASTED FESTIVAL when the band dressed up in school uniform and WRECKED the venue with eggs four and stink bombs
In 2005 CLARA decided to leave the band but HER GRAND FINALE was to have INTENSIVE CARE play at her wedding that same year.
The boys dressed up for the occasion in their finest suits while CLARA PLAYED the gig in her WEDDING DRESS (you realy had to be there),especially after Clara was told she was fired that night.
BRUCE REJOINED in 2006 and the band recorded "THE VIAGRA SESSIONS"EP featuring the crowd favorite V.I.A.G.R.A
They toured outside the UK for the first time playin in IRELAND by now TREVOR THOMAS had rejoined on DRUMS and the boys played DUBLIN BELFAST and SLIGO with the original 1999 LINE UP
LEE O'NEIL joined the band on rythem guitar but was involved in a very unsavoury incident at THE 12 BARin LONDON when him and BRENDAN poured washin powder all over BELFAST band RUNIN RIOT while they were playin the MPL REUNION which resulted in the singer COLIN (lil Bo Peep)mcQUILLEN amost losing his eyesight. DEATH THREATS were made against members of INTENSIVE CARE and LEE has gone into hideing.
2007 BRUCE leaves the band yet again .This time to open an ALL AGES BAR in THAILAND
KATS is BRUCES replacment and the band tour IRELAND and SOUTH LONDON.
2009 begins a new era as Brendan Stich joins the band on GUITAR. God help him.
Brendan Stich was due to play his first gig with the boys on december 13 09
but it never happened due 2 JOE having an accident in the trouser department and runnin out on the boys justbefore they were due on stage
But the good news is JOE has been offered a lucrative offer 2 advertise PAMPERS BIG BOY. the boys r on their way to belfast planes trains n aoutomobiles
Brendan I'm going to kill you love Joe. The boys just played a great weekend in BELFAST and drummercanoo n headlined the NORF LUNDON PUNX PICNIC 09 and blew every other band away ...onwads n upwads
