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Shag Nasty

About Me


Way back in '77 a guitarist and a singer from the East End (Riff Starr and Gary) started a punk rock band, trouble was they had no equipment and no money. Then long standing friend Joe Strummer (thanks Joe) gave them £500 from the Clash's advance from CBS Records.
They got the band together with Paul 'B. P.' Hurding as the bands first drummer. Shag Nasty gigged constantly around the East End and also down West London where the emerging punk scene provided a ready audience, gigging with the likes of Menace, Screwdriver & X-Ray Spex with Polystyrene. After a few months, B.P. was poached by the X-Ray Spex. The search was then on for a new drummer.... welcome to Nick Shirley.

On Sunday 17th July 1977, Shag Nasty & The Clash arrived in Birmingham at lunch time to play the Punk Festival which was being staged at the Rag Market under the banner of Britain's Burning and had been advertised some three weeks earlier. Other bands that were due to appear were The Saints, Cherry Vanilla, Subway Sect, and Snatch etc.

The local council had got cold feet two days prior to the event and decided pull the plug but by this time, a large gathering of Punks had started to emerge and the Police turned up in force and made arrests for an unlawful gathering and obstruction.
A last minute ditch attempt was made to save some of the festival and they re-located to Barbarellas night club. The band borrowed local heavy metal band Warhead's instruments and both bands played a hurried set in front of a large mass of cheering punks.

Amongst many other memorable gigs one that stands out was at the Rainbow Theatre in London supporting Dillinger (Cocaine in my Brain) & Clint Eastwood to a packed audience of Reggae fans.

Q: Guess what??
A: They are back together (2008) and they have to date played a number of gigs in town (London) and the most recent spectacular Rebellion Punk festival in Blackpool on the 8th of August 2008.
They will be gigging again very soon...and they could be near you...Shag Nasty...You know it makes sense.
SHAG NASY OFFICIAL WEBSITE LINK
REGISTER ON THE OFFICIAL SITE FOR THE MOST UP TO DATE BAND INFORMATION - MUSIC - VIDEOS - GIGS - BLOGGING - FORUMS ETC


FOR BAND - GIG or APPEARANCE REQUESTS - INTERVIEWS - AGENT AND A&R - "contact us" on THE OFFICIAL SITE and we will get back to you ASAP.
FOLLOW THIS LINK TO THE WEBSITE BORED TEENAGERS - YOU'LL LOVE IT
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UK Punk & Oi! - Info on the current Punk & Oi & related scenes. Gigs, News, Reviews, Shop, Interviews: www.ukpunkandoi.com
SEE SHAG NASTY INFORMATION INSIDE
PROMOTERS PLEASE FEEL FREE TO VIEW THE PRESS KIT ABOVE DIRECTLY THROUGH THE LINK PROVIDED OR IF MYSPACE HAVE DISABLED IT GO TO IT VIA THE BOMSITE ICON LINK ABOVE THIS ONE.
SHAG NASTY BROKEN BRITAIN ep - AVAILABLE AS A DIGITAL DOWNLOAD THROUGH iTUNES - at £3.95
PURCHASE THE SHAG NASTY BROKEN BRITAIN ep THROUGH THIS DIRECT LINK TO iTUNES - RIGHT HERE - RIGHT NOW
SHAG NASTY BROKEN BRITAIN ep - AVAILABLE AS A HARD COPY THROUGH DETOUR RECORDS AS A BONIFIED DISTRIBUTOR FOR THE BAND - £5.00 (plus P&P). See Detour records official website.. Follow this link to the Home page - then - Mail order - then - Punk listings ...
PURCHASE BROKEN BRITAIN ep FROM DETOUR RECORDS HERE

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 17/08/2008
Band Website: http://www.snasty.co.uk
Band Members:

Riff Starr (Original Band Member) on Guitar and BV

Nick Aloha Starr (Original Band Member) on Drums & Tasteful Shirts

Bow Starr (New Band Member) on Lead Vocals

Straka Starr (New Band Member) on Bass Guitar and BV

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Influences: All GOOD PUNK MUSIC & LIFE IN GENERAL.

Sounds Like: Good Energetic Punk Music...Basic & Raw. A Little Rough around the edges...What it should be Like.
The Ramones. The Clash. The Damned. The Subhumans.

SHAG NASTY FEATURED IN THE DISTORTED MAGAZINE NOVEMBER 2008 ISSUE BELOW
JUST ONE CLICK AWAY

SHAG NASTY - STRAKA VIEWS ON 2008 & 2009 - FEATURED IN 25th CELEBRATION ISSUE OF DISTORTED MAGAZINE DECEMBER 2008 ISSUE.
TAKE A LOOK

BOMBSITE LOGO
SEE BOMBSITE FANZINE FOR FEATURED ARTICLES ON
SHAG NASTY
and other Original Punk bands
"THE GOOD OLDE DAYS OF PUNK"
See Top Friends for the link to Myspace site and external link to website - Don't miss out - It will cost you nothing

FOLLOW THE BELOW LINK TO THE BOMBSITE - WHYCONTROL WEBSITE FOR AN ONLINE INTERVIEW ABOUT 1977 & THE ORIGINAL PUNK ROCK MOVEMENT
(Inc Ref to The scene in The Kings road area of London, The Clash, The Sex Pistols, Menace, Swank, Adam and the Ants & The X Ray Spex)
JUST ONE CLICK AWAY

SHAG NASTY AND NUMEROUS OTHER GREAT PUNKS
SATURDAY THE 27th JUNE 2009 - SOHO - LONDON

SHAG NASTY "BROKEN BRITAIN" LONDON GIGS FLYER

FOLLOW THE BELOW SHAM69 ICON LINK TO TICKETS FOR SHAM69
at THE BORDERLINE - LONDON
28th NOVEMBER 2009
Supported by ALTERNATIVE TV + SHAG NASTY


SHAG NASTY PERFOMING FIRST GIG IN NEARLY 30 YEARS.. LOOKING FOR LOVE.

CHECK OUT THE BELOW eBOOK LINK TO BOMBSITE 2009 PUBLICATION. IT FEATURES:THE CLASH, SHAG NASTY, NASHER, THE JAM, ROB JONES, WIRE and GRAHAM SCLATER

FOLLOW THE BELOW LINK TO SHAG NASTY ON PUNKROCKERS.COM



Record Label: Unsigned
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

INTERESTING FACTS OR ODD STORIES ABOUT SHAG NASTY

Hi all you Shag Nasty fans:We are gonna publish each month on our site - Blog right here on Myspace an interesting story about an individual band member of Shag Nasty or Shag Nasty themselves as a ban...
Posted by on Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:37:00 GMT

BROKEN BRITAIN 5 TRACK EP REVIEWED BY BOMBSITE

Hello all Shag Nasty fans.We are pleased to announce that Mart from Whycontrol77 (Bombsite) has written a short review about the Broken Britain ep in his most recent publication. We hope you take a ga...
Posted by on Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:20:00 GMT

SHAG NASTY BROKEN BRITAIN 5 TRACK EP RELEASED

 Shag Nasty are pleased to announce that they had recorded and now released their Broken Britain ep. This 5 track ep features some old and new songs, which represent the best and the best of Shag Nast...
Posted by on Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:15:00 GMT

GREAT PUNK ACTS (inc Shag Nasty - The Clash - Wire) ON EBOOKS ON LINE...

Shag Nasty are pleased to tell you that the excellent ebook publication by Bombsite fanzine and whycontrol77 author - Mart - tops 52297 hits and still climbing...Check it out. It is a bloody good read...
Posted by on Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:07:00 GMT

NEW SHAG NASTY TUNES SAMPLED NOW ON MYSPACE

Hello allPlease find some new Shag Nasty tunes sampled on Myspace. We should have the tunes available for you to download very soon.
Posted by on Thu, 21 May 2009 14:42:00 GMT

Check out this event: Free Music Download

Hosted By:Shag NastyWhen:Saturday, June 20, 2009Where:Description:Free Music Download... Just for you. Shag nasty are sick and tired of olde Punk music collectors selling the original release for over...
Posted by on Sat, 16 May 2009 01:07:00 GMT

Check out this event: Shag Nasty + The Head + UK Vomit + Kismetik + The Spurts77

Hosted By:Bugbear PromotionsWhen:Sunday, May 17, 2009Where:The Dublin Castle94 ParkwayLondonNW1Description:To be another great night of UK punk bands playing in our great capital - London - in the fas...
Posted by on Wed, 06 May 2009 13:28:00 GMT

SHAG NASTY TO RECORD NEW MATERIAL OVER MAY BANK HOLIDAY

Shag Nasty are pleased to announce that they will be going into the studio over this May Bank Holiday (2009) to Record three of their new penned songs:Stranger in The City -  The first penned song of ...
Posted by on Sat, 25 Apr 2009 13:27:00 GMT

SHAG NASTY PRESS KIT AVAILABLE NOW ONLINE

Please take a look at the site and navigate to the great Press Kit written by Mart from BOMBSITE - WHYCONTROL. It's a great piece of work which features loads of interesting snippets about the band, i...
Posted by on Wed, 15 Apr 2009 02:36:00 GMT

SHAG NASTY FEATURE NOW ON BOMBSITE MAGAZINE

Hi all you punks out there. Shag Nasty are very pleased to tell you that the fantastic Bombsite magazine are currently featuring an interview with Shag Nasty. The article can be viewed by go...
Posted by on Thu, 11 Dec 2008 11:20:00 GMT