Carl 0 Posted December 2, 2019 Report Share Posted December 2, 2019 On 8/15/2008 at 3:09 PM, Shaz said: Ahh the Sandpiper,the good days... appar the singer ( Mark) from Some Chicken died a while ago,something to do with heart probs I held a couple of my bday parties down there and had the Drains and Some Chicken play,that was fun times.. i remember the floor used to be covered in spit near the stage and also remember a guy called Mark Marshall who i think played in a band and had this thing for eating glass( with blood pouring from his mouth) and cutting his arms and chest to ribbons with it,i wonder where he is now.. i reckon if there was ever a fire no one wouldve got out alive lol I knew Mark Marshall well, the band were called controlled chaos my mate Pete Moss was lead singer, Robbo guitar Hodgo drums and of course Mark bass he thought he was the next Sid . I still see Mossy and Robbo , it’s well over 40 years now Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Skin Radcliffe in Trent 0 Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 On 6/28/2008 at 8:53 AM, Stuart Swift said: This is brilliant for my rapidly reducing memory!!I knew I'd seen Magazine in Nottingham. At the time I thought Nottingham had a terrible music scene, but looking back & reading these comments it was as lively as most other cities, it seems. Wonder why we never produced a great Punk Band? I'm furious I missed the Cortina's playing, I loved them. I knew the Rockabilly bouncer, his name was definately George. Had a reputation for being as hard as nails, never saw him actually throw anyone out tho'. Does anyone remember the Punk club at the ICC on Mansfield road on a Saturday afternoon? Like lots have already said the music was very limited to a few records. Now, I'm convinced I saw The Cramps play at Sandpipers, very early in thier career-long before any real kind of fame. Lux interior was handing out plastic fangs to us outside. But I'm just doubting it could have been Sandpipers - but where else? I remember George. Loved the guy. He always looked after us youngsters often pulling me over the crowd at the door to get in. He also worked the door at the Ajanta. Plenty of bands their in my time. Subs, Rejects, later Bauhaus and Joy Division. Always on the train from Notts after collecting 10p’s from folks in the market square inbetween scaring the customers in the cafe upstairs at Debenhams lol. The Cramps gig could have been the boat club?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Skin Radcliffe in Trent 0 Posted March 20, 2020 Report Share Posted March 20, 2020 PS just spoken to George on FB site Nottingham Punks. Still going strong!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MamaDR 0 Posted September 17, 2021 Report Share Posted September 17, 2021 On 3/8/2017 at 11:44 PM, rockindad said: OYou are right the cramps did play the sandpiper, it was a night off from supporting the police Amazing gig the original lineup with Bryan Gregory, from that night on I was a Rockabilly fan, from my fading memory it was not well attended maybe 30 people, pretty sure it was 1979, anybody here remember seeing Siouxsie and the banshees at Katie's in beeston maybe 1977 I was the drummer of the Blitz Kidz who supported S & the B that night - November 1977. They used all our band gear as they hadn't brought any of their own. The drummer went through my bass drum skin lol. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dominic 2 Posted September 23, 2021 Report Share Posted September 23, 2021 We played the Sandpiper in 1978 in the Nottingham New Wave Festival…reviewed in the NME. and I also saw loads of bands there. Sham 69, Human League, X Ray Spex, Rezillos, Slaughter and the Dogs. I used to work as a ‘humper’ to help the bands get their gear in and out. Free entry and a few quid as well from Pete who ran the club. Meant a very late night as we had to reload the vans after the gig had finished. Humping the gear up a set of very narrow back stairs at the club. When the Angelic Upstarts came Pete asked us to be security as well. Maybe his regular bouncers had a night off? That was a bloody nightmare with a load of Geordie skinheads offering to ‘help’ us with the job. I was about 16 and going to the Becket, acting as muscle for that gig was way beyond my pay grade. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,507 Posted September 23, 2021 Report Share Posted September 23, 2021 I was a bit too ‘grown up’ by then to be a punk and never went to the Sandpiper (although I did go to Pharoahs which was its predecessor and in the same building on Broadway). Peter Groves is a good friend of a good friend of mine! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,454 Posted September 24, 2021 Report Share Posted September 24, 2021 It's a sign of the times - and makes me feel old - that all the old punks are now middle-aged or older, and coming out of the woodwork to be all nostalgic and reminisce about the good old days when they walked around town with their safety pins and green hair. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted December 15, 2021 Report Share Posted December 15, 2021 On 3/8/2017 at 11:44 PM, rockindad said: anybody here remember seeing Siouxsie and the banshees at Katie's in beeston maybe 1977 Whatever happened to Dave Chaos on 44 years ago tonight? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted April 4, 2022 Report Share Posted April 4, 2022 Very sad to read this, Jordan was an iconic legend in the early punk movement. RIPX https://news.sky.com/story/jordan-mooney-real-name-pamela-rooke-dies-aged-66-from-cancer-her-family-has-announced-12582357 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,115 Posted April 4, 2022 Report Share Posted April 4, 2022 Must be the sheltered life I leave. I've never heard of her. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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