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| TAX NO SAX | FUNK ROCK |
| LINE UP STEVE TOZER, DRUMS/DAVE BUSHALL, BASS/PAT BROWN,VOCALS/ANTHONY SULLIVAN, GUITAR/JAY SCOTT,KEYBOARDS |
SEE ALSO THE GAMEKEEPERS/BOYS ORDINAIRE/CARTE BLANCHE |
| THE ADVOCATES | ROCK |
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Mid 80's band Lee Jennings on guitar and vocals, Lee Ellaway on bass, Trevor Mulholland on synth, Chris Beckett on guitar and Paul Monk on drums. The Advocates entered the 1985 Rock Contest but never made it to the finals. The same line-up had previously been called The Beach Party. |
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| The Advocates when they were Beach Party | SEE ALSO BEACH PARTY
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| THE BLUEBEATS | POP BLUES ROCK |
| LINE UP CURT CRESWELL, GUITAR/ROY HOATHER, DRUMS/DOUG ELLIS, GUITAR/RIKKI POTTER, VOCALS/BOB O'NEALE, VOCALS |
SEE ALSO THE COSSACKS/THE NATURALS/LIVING DAYLIGHTS |
| THE CATHERINE EFFECT | ALTERNATIVE PUNK ROCK |
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Catherine Effect were a 90's alternative band that initially formed to enter the Rock Competition but ended up hanging around for around four years. Formed around Alex Fleming, vocals and Paul Woodwright on guitar the first line-up featured Nikki Batley on vocals, Dave Jack on bass and Mike Stockwell on keyboards and beats. Nikki was later replaced by Sarah Giles. They disbanded on the night of the year 2000 after the last "proper" gig at Square (before current owners took over), The Millenium Ball. |
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| Alex and Cathy who the band were named after | SEE ALSO ACID QUEAN/AMINO AND THE ACIDS/DEVIANT AMPS/THE PILLAGE PEOPLE/NEVILLE THE SPONGE/NIKKI BATLEY
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Paul Woodwright |
| THE CHANGE | ROCK |
GALLERY |
| LINE UP MARC SAMPSON, DRUMS/STEFAN KNEIST, VOCALS/ TOM CHENNELLS, BASS/CLIVE SIMMS, GUITAR |
SEE ALSO MAJOR NOISE/REDWOODS/TIN BOX PARADE/LEGACY/SILIKA RICH |
| THE CHECKISTS | HARDCORE ROCK |
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After Public Safety Unit split up Jo Ahmed took his samplers and beats and started The Checkists. He was joined by Peter Herbert on drums and Billy Dawkins. Also on drums. A beat heavy band. |
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| Jo Ahmed | SEE ALSO PUBLIC SAFETY UNIT/SOME OTHER DAY/THE INTERNATIONALISTS
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All dayer fundraiser for The Square |
| THE CHERRY PICKERS | ROCK |
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The Cherry Pickers were a short lived band formed by Kerry and Robin Kohler after The Fascinators had split up. The Cherry Pickers were Robin Kohler on bass, Kerry Ayres on vocals with Jo Clack on guitar and Billy Dawkins on drums. They were short lived and only played a handful of gigs before going there separate ways. |
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| Kerry and Robin | SEE ALSO THIS HAPPY BREED/CONSPIRACY/THE SULLIVANS/PAUL HOWARD AND JO CLACK/FLEDGE
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Billy Dawkins |
| THE CIRCLE | ROCK |
| LINE UP JULIET HODGES, KEYBOARDS/NIGEL BLATCH, GUITAR/ADRIAN WARWICK, VOCALS/JOHN ASHBEE, BASS/MARC SAMPSON, DRUMS |
SEE ALSO INNER DREAM/TIN BOX PARADE/DESTROYER/THE REDWOODS |
| THE CLINIC | ROCK POP |
GALLERY AND JUKEBOX |
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Early 80's band The Clinic were Mark Walsh on guitar, Joe Quill on drums, James Carolan on bass and Paul Carolan on guitar and vocals. They entered the 1983 Rock Contest but failed to reach the finals. Mark left to start Some Other Day and Joe went on to join The Tender Trap as their drummer. |
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| Down at the Clinic 1983 Rock Contest | SEE ALSO THE TENDER TRAP/SOME OTHER DAY
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The Clinic tape cover |
| THE COBRAS | ROCK N ROLL |
GALLERY AND JUKEBOX |
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Formed in mid 80's and following on from The Cougars, The Cobras were Cliff Bassett on guitar and voicals, Dave Thomas on bass and vocals, Dave Ward on guitar and Eric Swaine on drums. Cobras can still be seen rocking around the area. |
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| The Cobras circa '87 | SEE ALSO THE COUGARS
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| THE COSSACKS | POP ROCK |
| LINE UP CURT CRESWELL, GUITAR/ROY HOATHER, DRUMS/DOUG ELLIS, GUITAR.RIKKI POTTER, VOCALS/BOB O'NEALE, VOCALS |
SEE ALSO THE BLUEBEATS/THE NATURALS/LIVING DAYLIGHTS |
| THE COUGARS | ROCK N ROLL |
GALLERY AND JUKEBOX |
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Formed in early 80's The Cougars were Cliff Bassett on guitar and voicals, Mac on bass and vocals, Doug Ball on guitar, Eric Swaine on drums and Roy Brazier on saxaphone. Cougars can still very very occasionally be seen rocking around the area. |
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| The Cougars today | SEE ALSO THE COBRAS/BLUE SUMMER/THE NEUROTICS/THE PHAROAHS
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And live in authentic olde black and white |
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SCUZZ ROCK |
GALLERY AND JUKEBOX |
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Drawing from such diverse influences as Captain Beefheart, The Beatles and Crazy Horse, the Culprits live shows have become the stuff of local legend and their discordant fuzz-rock is more than able to herniate your brain through your ears. Culprits are Garry Allen, guitar, Will Johnson, guitar, Mark "Falc" Perry, vocals, James Johnson, bass and Steve Williams on drums. |
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| Those Culprits | Culprits live and dangerous |
| THE CUT | ROCK |
| LINE UP PETE BROWN, VOCALS/TONY SPETCH, GUITAR/STEVE ELLIS, BASS/GRANT BOWDEN, DRUMS |
SEE ALSO PETE MEAT AND THE BOYS/THE GROUNDED NURSES/SHADOWFAX/ONE TO ONE/REAL BY REEL/ELECTRIC SAVAGE |
| THE FASCINATORS | HARD ROCK |
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When Hedgehog changed their name to The Fascinators in the early 80's the line-up was Robin Kohler, bass, Steve Izzard, guitar, Martin Bailey, vocals, Stephen Banks, keyboards and Kevin Ball on drums. Matt Mckintyre replaced Kevin on drums and after that Mickey Howard replaced Steve Izzard on guitar and Kerry Ayres replaced Martin Bailey on vocals. It was this line-up that reached the 1981 Rock Contest Finals. |
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| The Fascinators line-up 1 | SEE ALSO HEDGEHOG/THE SODS/THE VAQUEROS/PETE THE MEAT AND THE BOYS
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and line-up 3 at Rock Contest Final '81 |
| THE FEELMORES | ROCK |
| LINE UP #1 DAN SNOWDON, GUITAR AND VOCALS/JOHN WILLIAMS, GUITAR/MARTIN STEWART, DRUMS/STEWART SMITH, BASS |
| LINE UP #2 DAN SNOWDON, GUITAR AND VOCALS/JOHN WILLIAMS, GUITAR/DAVE WALSH, DRUMS/ADAM SMITH, BASS |
SEE ALSO NEUROTICS/WORLDONFIRE/THE SEMINALS/SPIRAL SOUL |
| THE FIRM | POP ROCK |
| LINE UP ANDY CLEALL, GUITAR AND VOCALS/CLIFFORD PAGE, BASS/CHRIS PENNY, DRUMS/CLAIRE FREEBON, KEYBOARDS |
SEE ALSO RESPECT/TRIPLE X/ONE TO ONE/PHANTOM PHAROAHS/THE PROMISE |
| THE FLYING DOCTORS | BLUES ROCK |
JUKEBOX AND GALLERY |
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Everyones favourite doctors. These guys got pretty big lacally for a while and always packed out The Square. They were Ian "Ben" Williams on guitar and vocals, Greg Camburn on saxaphone, Cliff Newell on guitar, Ian Purves on bass and Nick Williams on drums. They recorded a tape called 5 Easy Pieces. |
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| The Flying Doctors at Anti Rascism gig | SEE ALSO THE INDESTRUCTABLE BEAT/THE INTERNATIONALISTS
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Call me a doctor. Dr. Ian "Ben" Williams |
| THE GAMEKEEPERS | POP ROCK |
| LINE UP FIONA CORRIGAN, VOCALS/ANTHONY SULLIVAN, GUITAR/DAVE BUSHALL, BASS/JEREMY HAZELWOOD, GUITAR AND VOCALS/ROHAN TORKILDSEN, DRUMS |
SEE ALSO TAX NO SAX |
| THE GANGSTERS | BLUES PUNK ROCK |
JUKEBOX AND GALLERY |
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The Gangsters were massive around the start of the punk movement and produced an album and a couple of singles. The Gangsters were Richard Holgarth on guitars and vocals, Alan Meadows on drums, Pete Capaldi on bass, and Bill Meadows on guitar and vocals. Terry Hardy (drums) replaced Alan and Martin Holden replaced Pete on bass by the time they came to record. Steve Horton (The Sods) played keys on their album. The final line-up replaced Alan on drums with Billy Sticks. |
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| The Gangsters | SEE ALSO PETE THE MEAT AND THE BOYS/AUSTINS SHIRTS/JOHN OTWAY BIG BAND/EASY ACTION/THE INTERNATIONALISTS
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The late Martin Holden |
| THE INDESTRUCTABLE BEAT |
WORLD MUSIC PUNK ROCK |
JUKEBOX AND GALLERY |
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Another Harlow "supergroup" consisting of Steve Drewett, guitar and vocals, Adam Amore, saxaphone, Isaac Prevost, drums, Sarah Ross, vocals, Greg Camburn, saxaphone, Mac, bass and trombone and Neil Tye on percussion. Tony Bennett replaced Isaac on drums and Ian Bristow replaced Ian on percussion. The final line-up saw them drop back to a 5-piece, loosing Sarah along the way. The Indestructable Beat were forme between Neurotics splitting and reforming in the early 2000's. |
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| Steve and The Beat | SEE ALSO SARAH ROSS/FLEDGE/THE PHAROAHS/BLUE SUMMER/TRAVIS CUT/NEUROTICS/THE PILLAGE PEOPLE
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