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June 2015
- Updates to website as detailed below
Refreshed new version of
website. Also complete Mark Jordan galleries and exhibition pages
August 2014
- Updates to website as detailed below
Unseen Sailor photographs 1975
(thanks Mick Channery) unseen East of Eden photographs 1969 (thanks
Geoff Nicholson) unseen pic of Incredible String Band at Watford 1971
(thanks David Stopps). New press cuttings: Sailor (Oct 1975), Iggy Pop
1977, Steeleye Span 1976 (thanks Sue Greensmith) Zig Zag Friars ads 1969
(thanks Pete Frame) Additional pictures added to Capability Brown Heroes
page (thanks Sue Greensmith) Unseen Avalon pics 1974 (thanks Sean
McBride) Unseen ELP at Watford poster 1970 (thanks Richard Cowen)
June 2014
- Updates to website as detailed below
Unseen Melody Maker adverts (thanks Neil Storey) -
Fanny Dunstable 1972 Stone The Crows Dunstable 1972 The Kinks Watford
1972 Ralph McTell Dunstable 1973 Hawkwind Watford 1972 America Dunstable
1972 Genesis are one of the finest band ad 1972 (on Phase Two page)
Stray Bedford 1971 Quintessence Birmingham 1971 Incredible String Band
Preston 1971 apology from America for non-appearance at Bowie 1971 gig
Cancellation of Medicine Head advert 1971 (in trivia and odds/curates
eggs section) Arthur Brown 1971 Patto Bedford 1971 Mick Abrahams 1971
King Crimson Watford 1971
Original 1977 poll questionnaire form
(thanks Martin Purslow)
Unseen posters (thanks Simon
Robinson) - Thomas Dolby 1984, The Alarm 1984, The Truth 1983
Unseen posters (thanks Jules Sargent)
- The Cult 1984, PIL 1983
Unseen posters (thanks Martyn Morris)
- The Alarm, Howard Jones, Eurythmics all 1983
April 2014
- Updates to website as detailed below
Changed lineup mistake on Ramones
pages. Unseen Melody Maker adverts (thanks Neil Storey) - East of Eden
1971, Vinegar Joe at Dunstable 1973, Barclay James Harvest 1973, Pretty
Things 1973, Mott the Hoople 1973, Ducks Deluxe 1973, Wire/The Cure
1979, Elton John Watford 1972, Stackridge 1975.
Updated line ups and cross references
for Warrior/Farm/Crossfire/Occasionally David
March 2014
- Updates to website as detailed below
New exhibition galleries.
May 2013
- Updates to website as detailed below
New version of the website, refreshed
and updated YouTube links. New cuttings/adverts (thanks Graham Britten).
Friars Heroes Awards for Capability brown and The Specials. Unseen
photos of Chameleon. New fan memories. Updates to all pages of artist
whereabouts where possible.
Full galleries for The Specials and
Steve Hackett.
Unseen pictures of Osibisa 1972,
Stackridge 1972 and Beck Bogert and Appice at Dunstable 1973.
March 12th 2013
- Updates to website as detailed below
New interviews
with Steve Hackett and Jo Callis. Unseen photos of The Jam 1980 (Richard
Burt), Ian Dury 1984 (Simon Quincey) Fiction Factory 1984 (Simon Quincey).
Updated Big Country/China Crisis flyers 1983/Ian Dury 1984 (thanks Simon
Quincey). Updated cuttings for The Clash 1982 and Marillion 1983 (thanks
again Simon).
January 31st 2013
- Updates to website as detailed below
New fan
memories (thanks Mike Fagg) Updated Fruupp Heroes page. New interviews
with Liverpool Scene, Rare Bird. Unseen photos of The Jam 1980, Pink
Floyd 1969.
December 12th 2012
- Updates to website as detailed below
Full
report and gallery from a Night at the Museum. New interviews with
Thomas Crimble (Skin Alley) and Jim Cregan (Blossom Toes/Cockney Rebel).
New Rare Bird and High Tide unseen posters.
July 15th 2012
- Updates to website as detailed below
40th
anniversary of the greatest Friars gig commemorated and new interview
with Trevor Bolder.
May 15th 2012
- Updates to website as detailed below
Version
Three of the website now live. Now details on almost every support band.
Updated audio/video links. Even more cross linking with artists who
played Friars with different bands. New Heroes Awards for Jack The Lad,
East of Eden and Steve Hillage. New interviews with East of Eden, Steve
Hillage, Vic Godard, Carol Grimes and Sweetwater Canal. Also new member
memories and pictures of the first known person to have a Friars related
tattoo.
February 20th 2012
- Updates to website as detailed below
New interview - David Rhodes (Random
Hold/Blancmange), unseen adverts for Fruupp 1975, Kevin Ayers 1976, Sailor
1976, Split Enz 1977, Steve Hillage 1976, Otway and Barrett 1978 and Wally
1975.
Posted up letter to Oxfam re
memberships.
December 22nd 2011
- Updates to website as detailed below
New pictures - From the Bucks Herald
archives - Tom Robinson, Camel, Ian Dury, The Modern Lovers (all 1978)
New interview - Ed Hamilton (Fast
Buck), Leo O'Kelly, Mike Carroll (Cruise), Mick Pointer (Marillion,
Annie Haslam (Renaissance)
Memories/trivia - Flyer/note given
out on the night of the Clash June 1978 gig and signed by the Clash
(thanks Andy Bean) Setlists from The Lurkers and Buzzcocks, both 1979
(thanks Phil Williams). Corrected Lurkers band line up. Flyer/note given
out at The Jam 1979 (thanks Phil Williams)
July 19th 2011
- Updates to website as detailed below
New pictures - Eurthymics 1983,
Thomas Dolby 1984, Nick Heyward 1984 (thanks Ian Parry)
New interview - The Rubinoos
Memories/trivia - The Stranglers
1976/Commander Cody 1973 by David Stopps. Updated person info on
Clash/Slits Dec 78 page re persons unknown in photographs (thanks Susie
- sorry I put this up so late, I'd misfiled the mail and just found it
again which jogged me)
Memories of Friars Princes Risborough
by Robin Pike
July 19th 2011
- Updates to website as detailed below
New Slade poster 1981 (thanks Martin
Baker)
New galleries - Police ticket queue
1982, Toyah 1981, The Clash at Stoke Mandeville 1982, Joe Strummer meets
Stoke Mandeville Hospital patients 1982, Howard Jones 1984 new pic of
Marillion/Cruise/Solstice 1982, all from the Herald archives. Unseen
pictures from Aylesbury Rock Explosion 1976 (thanks Russ Naylor)
New interviews - Chris Frantz
(Talking Heads), Viv Albertine (The Slits), Warren Cann (Ultravox),
Sonja Kristina (Curved Air), Tim Blake (Gong/Hawkwind), Andy Fairweather
Low
Friars Heroes Award for Fruupp (at
last!)
Enhanced Remembering The Civic
gallery to include pictures of the demolition (thanks to Karl Vaughan)
June 5th 2011
- Updates to website as detailed below
Full report of Hawkind/Wilko gig now
up. Heroes Awards updated for Hawkwind, Wilko Johnson and Norman Watt
Roy. Interview with Dave Brock up.
New fan review of David Bowie July
1972 (Thanks Rick Pearce)
May 16th 2011
- Updates to website as detailed below
New interviews with Robin Boult and
Pete Trewavas (Orthi), Mick Lister (Stowaways, Dream Soldiers and The
Truth) and Roger and Bob Surguy (The Sore Willies)
New fan memories from Susie Vieira
(Brick tribute)
Andy Dunkley tribute from Kris Needs
and Adrian Roach
February 26th 2011
- Updates to website as detailed below
New interviews with Jet Black (The
Stranglers), Graeham Goble (Little River Band), Mick Gallagher
(Blockheads).
New and enhanced galleries - Peter
Gabriel 1979, Genesis 1980, The Enid/Mainland 1979, Kid Creole (June
1982), The Clash 1982, PIL 1983, East of Eden 1969, Otway Pub Tour 1979.
New photos: Gong 1973, Mott 1975, Blondie 1977, UK Subs
Changed Damned gallery to reflect
correct support bands.
Changed Eddie and the Hot Rods
gallery to reflect correct support bands.
Added new stuff to "your memories"
Updated artist memories on Sweetwater
Canal 1970
Unknown man on Phase Two photo
(bottom of page) now properly identified (thanks Dave Schulps)
Unknown man on Phase Two Standard
Lamp and The Shades picture now identified (from Geoff Tyrell last night
of Phase Two pics) (thanks Brian Keinch)
New reviews - BeBop Deluxe 1975, Iggy
Pop 1980, The Clash 1978
New flyer - Stone The Crows at
Dunstable (Thanks Gary Fitzsimmons)
October 6th 2010
- Updates to website as detailed below
New interviews with Steve Diggle
(Buzzcocks), Nick Cash (999) and Roger Ruskin Spear
Friars shop up and running.
September 18th 2010
- Updates to website as detailed below
Heroes Award pages up for Paul
Weller, John Otway and Dave Greenslade.
New interviews with Sean Tyla
(Ducks Deluxe) and Andy Gill (Gang of Four)
New galleries - Buzzcocks/Ludus 1979;
The Damned 1979 Genesis ticket queue 1980; The Cure 1981; The Teardrop
Explodes/The Delmontes 1981 (thanks Don Stone) also new pics from Adam
and the Ants/Siouxsie 1980/UK Subs 1981(thanks Sarah Woods)
Special gallery on the Civic Centre
Enhanced galleries: The Clash 1980;
The Ramones 1980; Tom Robinson 1978; Pretenders 1979; Ultravox 1978;
Steve Hackett 1978; Penetration 1979; Rory Gallagher 1980; Eddie and the
Hot Rods 1979
June 11th 2010
- Updates to website as detailed below
Galleries from the Paul Weller gig
New found flyers for the Stiff Tour
77 (Thanks Don) and Ian Dury 1984 (thanks Fudge). Also Genesis security
side of ticket 1980 (thanks Jacky) David Bowie photo from July 1972
(thanks Martyn)
April 26th 2010
- Updates to website as detailed below
New version of the website live.
Lots of new features including in depth
reviews of the 2009 gigs and the rebirth of Friars.
Extensive new galleries - many many
unseen before pictures.
New memories, interviews and Heroes
Awards for Steve Harley.
November 24th 2009 - Updates
to website as detailed below
Friars Interviews: August Darnell, Eddie
Lundon
Memories - Tim Watts (Sham 69), Joe
McCallion (Kid Creole Oct 82), Paul Weir (Stackridge June 1975)
Full review and pictures from SLF gig now
posted - this has been updated further! (thanks
Emma!)
Trivia: More information on Roger Ruskin
Spear's current whereabouts! Signed Altered Images pics from 1982 at
Friars (thanks Joe)
November 5th 2009 - Updates
to website as detailed below
Friars Heroes: Stackridge, Jonathan Kelly,
Penetration, Simon Cheetham
Friars Interviews: Martin Gordon (Radio
Stars), Jonathan Kelly
Memories - Andy Walker, Dave Filby
Full review and pictures from SLF gig now
posted
Trivia: New photos of The Clash/Slits Dec
1978 including pics of some the people there, Siouxsie and the Banshees
1978 (thanks Tim and Colleen Watts)
October 17th 2009 - Updates
to website as detailed below
Friars Heroes: Eddie and the Hot Rods
Friars Interviews: Penetration
Announcement of Friars Christmas Party
Artiste memories - Roger Ruskin Spear
Trivia/odds and ends: Roger Ruskin Spear's
diary entry for Friars 1st birthday party 1970!
September 19th 2009 - Updates
to website as detailed below
Friars Interviews: Radio Stars, Eddie and
the Hot Rods, Disco Students, Stackridge, Marillion (Mark, Pete and Fish), Budget
Stopps, Robin Pike, Pete Frame, Kris Needs, Jack The Lad, Steve Hackett
Friars Heroes: Howard Jones, Marillion,
Ian Hunter/Mott the Hoople
Don Stone gallery: First gallery up - The
Clash/Ian Dury/Vice Creems
August 19th 2009 - Updates
to website as detailed below
Artiste memories - Steamhammer, The Truth/The Stowaways (more!) Anal
Surgeons, Solstice
Fan Memories: - Joe McCallion,
Mike Honour, Chris Gibbons, Penny Powell, Robert Dunbar
Updated/corrected line ups: Greenslade 1975 (thanks Alan!) King Crimson
1971(thanks Tony!)
Fan gig memories: Radio Stars 1978
Trivia/odds and ends - New photos - Cockney Rebel Aug 1974, Mott The
Hoople 1973, Capability Brown at Dunstable 1973 including Peter Gabriel
backstage (thanks Stephen Daglish), The Kinks at Watford 1972 and King
Crimson at Watford 1971 (thanks David Wood/Sue Wyatt), Edgar Broughton
Band 1969, Gryphon at Stone Parish Church 1973, Rabans Rock 1974,
Phillip Goodhand Tait at Watford 1971, Friars Christmas pantomime 1972
(!), the Charisma Records All Stars 5-a-side team including Paul Conroy
(thanks Sue Wyatt)
999 from 1979 (thanks Chris Gibbons)
Otway 79 press cuttings; Press Release from David
Stopps announcing Friars closure 1985;
Watford Pentangle gig 1971 - corrected the date and
added support details.
Phase One general - The Optic Nerve guys from 1969!
Geoffrey Tyrell photo gallery updated with
some new photos of existing gigs
July 5th 2009 - Updates
to website as detailed below
Geoffrey Tyrell photo gallery now
published.
June 15th 2009 - Updates to website as
detailed below
40th anniversary party
page - full details and pictures!
Friars Interviews: Pretty Things, Edgar
Broughton, Groundhogs, Steve Harley, John Otway, Focus, Mike Cooper,
Stiff Little Fingers
Friars Heroes: John Otway and Wild Willy
Barrett, Stiff Little Fingers, The Pretty Things, Edgar Broughton Band,
The Groundhogs, Mike Cooper, Mandrake Paddle Steamer
Artiste memories - New pieces for the 40th tribute page from Ian Hunter,
Annie Haslam, Jake Burns, Milton Reame James, Chris Adams, Teddy Osei,
Mike Cooper, Phillip Goodhand Tait
Also Sassafras, Rumble Strips and Radio Stars
Fan gig memories: The Slits 1980, pictures from Peter Gabriel 1979,
Genesis 1980, Toyah 1981 and Joe Jackson 1981 (all courtesy of Andrew
Mian) Autographed Genesis ticket 1980, Marillion ticket Dec 1983
Friars people - Memories of Phase Three by Kris Needs
Trivia/odds and ends - Full set list and advert for Pink Floyd
Dunstable 1969 (Thanks Glenn Povey!)
Hand written letters about Friars from Mike
Rutherford (thanks Andrew Mian) and Angie Bowie (thanks Susy Batchelor)
Updated/corrected line ups: King Crimson (Watford) (thanks Gerard Boland!)
Fan Memories: - Nik Gibson,
Nigel Broom, Adrian Chant, Anna McCurdy, Mick Lee, Bill Bell, Stephen
Ives, Gerry Saunders, Rik Moore, Stewart Walker, Martin Purslow, Peter
Donne, Alan Oakley, Gary Price
Updated press articles
March 3rd 2009 - Updates
to website as detailed below
Fan gig memories: Siouxsie and the Banshees 1979 (even more!)
Friars Interviews: OMD, Blossom Toes
Artiste memories - Blondie, Crossfire, The Anal Surgeons, Alquin
Friars people - Memories of Friars Bedford by Robin Pike
Trivia - New adverts for Lou Reed (Aylesbury and Dunstable),
two new photos of Alquin; Press cuttings for Otway gig 1978
Updated/corrected line ups: Blondie (thanks Clem!)
Updated setlists: The Police 1982, Marillion 1984
Friars Phase 2 - Updated gig
lists to reflect Genesis postponement 1972 and Hunter Ronson rescheduled
1975
February 1st 2009 - Updates
to website as detailed below
Friars Heroes: Sailor
Friars Interviews: Kajagoogoo, Sailor, Mick Abrahams, Andy Fraser
Fan gig memories: Siouxsie and the Banshees 1979, Toyah 1981, The Clash
1982
Artiste memories - Mott the Hoople, Al Kooper
Updated what now - John Martyn, Mott the Hoople/Mott/Ian Hunter/British
Lions, Ultravox
Fan Memories: - Rik Moore, Paul
Bethell, Mick Grant, Chris Bentley
New posters: - see below
1969
Stone The Crows, Blodwyn Pig, East of Eden (Oct), Fat Mattress, Blossom
Toes (June), King Crimson, Graham Bond (Dec), Daddy Longlegs, East of
Eden (Aug), Edgar Broughton (Nov), Liverpool Scene, Jody Grind,
Renaissance, Atomic Rooster, Blossom Toes (Sept)
1971 Velvet
Underground, Groundhogs, Mott the Hoople, Stoneground, Kingdom Come, Barclay James Harvest
(two versions), The
Groundhogs, Mick Abrahams, Fleetwood Mac
1972
MC5, Genesis (Sept), Roxy Music, Lou Reed, David Bowie (Jan), Amon Duul II, Osibisa
1973 Spirit, Can, Pretty Things
1974 Very special Cockney Rebel 1974
commemorative poster, Cockney Rebel (Jan) (two versions), Capability
Brown, Jack The Lad, Cockney Rebel (May), Alquin, Stackridge
1974, Greenslade (July), Jonathan Kelly's Outside, Cockney Rebel (Aug), Fruupp, Sutherland
Brothers and Quiver, Can (Oct), Greenslade (Oct),
Groundhogs , Starry Eyed and Laughing, Ronnie Lane's Slim
Chance, Fruupp (Dec), Sutherland Brothers and Quiver (Dec)
1975 Dr Feelgood (Nov),Captain Beefheart, Greenslade,
Andy Fairweather Low (Sept), Stackridge (Jan), Sailor (Jan), Wally, Dr Feelgood (March), Fruupp (April), Mike Heron's
Reputation, Camel (May), Stackridge (June), Sailor (June), Sutherland Brothers and Quiver, BeBop Deluxe, Chapman
Whitney Streetwalkers, Mott, Sailor (Oct), Tangerine
Dream, Andy Fairweather Low (Nov), Fruupp (Dec), Stackridge (Dec); Jack
The Lad, Sassafras
1976
Renaissance, Ronnie Lane's Slim Chance, Commander Cody, Jack The Lad,
Mike Heron's Reputation, Steeleye Span, Groundhogs, Steve
Harley and Cockney Rebel, UFO, Widowmaker, Manfred Mann's Earthband, Fairport Convention, Kevin Ayers, Fruupp,
Curved Air (Aug), Andy Fairweather Low, Otway and Barrett,
Jack The Lad, Eddie and the Hot Rods (Oct), Steve Hillage, Curved Air (Oct), Sailor (Nov), Hawkwind
, Procol Harum, Mott, Sailor (Feb)
1977
The Ramones, Jam (3.30 show specific), Blondie, Eddie and the Hot Rods
(Dec), Sassafras, UFO, Greenslade, Kate and Anna McGarrigle, Can, Procol Harum, Otway
and Barrett, Racing Cars (April), Roy Harper, Frankie
Miller, Split Enz, Ian Hunter, Kursaal Flyers, Jack
The Lad, George Hatcher band, Motorhead, Camel,
Racing Cars (Sept), Little River Band, Steve Hillage,
Radiator/Illusion, Wilko, British Lions, Ramones (Dec), Iggy Pop, Stiffs
Tour
1978
Talking Heads, Steel Pulse, Tom Robinson Band, The Clash (Dec), Osibisa (Dec), Siouxsie and the Banshees, Ultravox,
The Motors, UFO, Camel, Magazine (Dec), Penetration, Steve Hackett, Ian Dury and the Blockheads, The Flamin
Groovies, The Jam, Radio Stars, Buzzcocks, Steve Hillage, The Adverts, Eddie and the Hot Rods, Split Enz, The Pirates,
The Rubinoos, Otway and Barrett, Magazine (July), XTC
1979
Madness, XTC, The Damned, The Jam, Gang of
Four, Penetration, Camel, Gary Numan, The Ruts,
Secret Affair, Pretenders, Stiff Little Fingers (June),
The Undertones, Dennis Brown, Frankie Miller, John Otway, Eddie and the Hot Rods, 999, Ian Gillan, Stiff
Little Fingers (Feb), The Lurkers, Sham 69, The Enid, The Police, Motorhead, Buzzcocks
1980 Killing Joke 1980, Steve
Harley and Cockney Rebel, The Piranhas, Ian Dury and the
Blockheads, OMD, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Jam,
The Kinks, Bad Manners/Bodysnatchers, Gillan (Aug), Rory
Gallagher, Pauline Murray, Motorhead, Stiff Little
Fingers, Girlschool, The Slits, Bad Manners, The
Blues Band, The Ramones, Gillan (Mar), The Selecter, The Clash, Def Leppard,
The Specials, Adam and the Ants, Dennis Brown, Toots and the Maytals,
The Undertones, The Beat, UK Subs
1981
Lindisfarne, Gary Glitter, UK Subs, Dr Feelgood, Echo and the Bunnymen,
Stiff Little Fingers, The Undertones, John Cooper Clarke, Bauhaus, The
Teardrop Explodes, Killing Joke, Spirit, Joe Jackson, Hazel O'Connor,
Gregory Isaacs, John Martyn, Madness, Nine Below Zero, Altered Images,
The Human League, Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel, Gary Glitter (Dec),
The Beat
1982 Howard Jones, Echo
and the Bunnymen, Joe Jackson, Simple Minds, The Blues
Band (Oct), Bauhaus, Fashion, Stiff Little Fingers (Nov), Talk Talk, Gillan, The Kinks, The Police, Marillion, Kid Creole and the Coconuts (June), Altered Images, Anti Nowhere League, Nine Below Zero, Bow Wow Wow,
Dave Edmunds, The Clash (original May poster), Stiff Little
Fingers (Jan), Clint Eastwood and General Saint, Otway and
Barrett, The Go-Go's
1983
Bauhaus, John Martyn, Kajagoogoo, JoBoxers, Orange Juice, Flock of
Seagulls, Gary Glitter (Jan), The Higsons, Southern Death Cult, John
Otway, Respond Package, Blancmange
1984
Aswad, Psychedelic Furs, Marillion, Howard Jones (April), Ian Dury, Nick
Heyward, Fiction Factory, Difford and Tilbrook, Howard Jones (Dec)
Other venues Genesis Princes Risborough 1970, Love
Dunstable 1974, Cockney Rebel Dunstable 1974, Stackridge Dunstable 1974,
Matthews Southern Comfort Bedford 1970, Procol Harum High Wycombe
1970, Mott The Hoople Bedford 1970, Pink Floyd Dunstable 1969, Mott The Hoople High Wycombe 1970, Mott The Hoople Bedford
(Nov) 1970, Steeleye Span Watford 1970, Van der Graaf Generator Bedford
1970, Medcine Head Bedford 1970, Howard Jones High Wycombe 1983, Atomic
Rooster Southampton 1971 (two versions), Tom Paxton Nottingham 1971,
Incredible String Band Watford 1971 (two versions), East of Eden Bedford
1969, East of Eden Bedford 1971, Pentangle Watford 1971, Writing on the
Wall Bedford 1971, Soft Machine Watford 1971, Fanny Dunstable 1972,
Genesis Bedford 1971, Chicken Shack Bedford (March) 1971, Elton John
Watford 1972, Tom Paxton Liverpool 1971, Chicken Shack Bedford (Jun)
1971, Stray Bedford 1971, Atomic Rooster 1971, Incredible String Band
Preston 1971, Tom Paxton Watford 1971, Atomic Rooster Bedford 1971, Roy
Young Band Bedford 1971, Wommett Bedford 1971, Hawkwind Watford 1972
New tickets: see below
1972 David Bowie (Jan), MC5, Jimi Hendrix Film,
Genesis (March), Hookfoot, Lou Reed, Roxy Music, Man (Aug), Genesis
(Sept), Wizzard, Jonathan Kelly, Focus, Amon Duul II, Vinegar Joe, Capability Brown, Stackridge,
Caravan
1973 Pretty Things, Mott The Hoople, Can, Barclay
James Harvest, Capability Brown, Gryphon (Stone Church), Jo'Burg Hawk
(August)
1974 Cockney Rebel (May), Fruupp (Dec)
1975
1976 Cockney Rebel Fruupp, Otway/Aylesbury Rock Explosion, Jack The Lad (Sept); Eddie and the Hot Rods (Oct), Steve Hillage, Curved Air (Oct), Sailor (Nov), Flamin Groovies,
Stranglers, Eddie and The Hot Rods (Dec)
1977 Sassafras, UFO, Greenslade, Kate and Anna McGarrigle, Iggy Pop, Can, Procol Harum, Otway and Barrett, Racing Cars
(Apr), Roy Harper, Frankie Miller, Split Enz,
Ramones (May), Tom Petty, Kursaal Flyers, Jack The Lad, Motorhead, Camel, Racing Cars (Sept), Mink de Ville,
Little River Band, Steve Hillage, Alan Hull's
Radiator/Illusion, Stiff's Greatest Stiffs, Blondie, The
Jam, Wilko, Free Otway Concert, British Lions, Ramones (Dec)
1978 Osibisa (Jan), The Pirates, Talking Heads, Split Enz, Eddie and the Hot Rods, Gallagher and Lyle, Motorhead, Adverts, Rubinoos, Modern Lovers,
Steve Hillage, Buzzcocks, Otway and Barrett, Ian Dury and
the Blockheads, Flamin Groovies, The Jam, UFO, The
Clash (June), Magazine (July), The Motors, Radio Stars, Camel, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Steel Pulse, Tom
Robinson Band, Ultravox, Steve Hackett, XTC,
Penetration, Magazine (Dec), The Clash (Dec), Osibisa (Dec)
1979 The Enid, The Lurkers, Sham 69, Stiff Little
Fingers (Feb), Ian Gillan, 999, Eddie and the Hot Rods, Buzzcocks, Motorhead, Frankie Miller, John Otway, Dennis Brown, The Undertones, The Police, Wire/The
Cure, Pretenders, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Peter
Gabriel, Secret Affair, The Ruts, Gary Numan, Camel, Penetration, Gang of Four, The Jam, The Damned, XTC,
Madness
1980 The Clash, John Peel, Ramones, Iggy Pop, Def Leppard, The Selecter, Gillan (March), Dennis Brown, UK Subs, The Slits, Bad Manners (May), The Beat, The Undertones, The Blues Band, The
Specials, Stiff Little Fingers, Girlschool, The Jam,
The Kinks, Bad Manners/Bodysnatchers, Gillan, Rory
Gallagher, Toot and the Maytals, Pauline Murray, Motorhead, Siouxsie and the Banshees, OMD, Ian Dury and
the Blockheads, Adam and the Ants, Killing Joke, Steve
Harley and Cockney Rebel, Piranhas
1981 Lindisfarne, Slade, Gary Glitter (Jan), UK Subs, Camel, Dr Feelgood, The Cure, Echo and the Bunnymen,
Stiff Little Fingers, The Beat, The Undertones, John Cooper Clarke, U2,
Bauhaus, The Teardrop Explodes, Killing Joke, Spirit, Joe Jackson, Hazel
O'Connor, Gregory Isaacs, Madness, Nine Below Zero, Altered Images,
Toyah, The Human League, Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel, Gary Glitter
(Dec)
1982 The Teardrop Explodes, Stiff Little Fingers
(Jan), Clint Eastwood and General Saint, Otway and Barrett, Dave
Edmunds, Anti Nowhere League, Altered Images, Blues Band (May), Kid
Creole and the Coconuts (June), Joe Jackson, Simple Minds, Kid Creole
and the Coconuts (Oct), Bauhaus, Fashion, Stiff Little Fingers (Nov),
The Go-Go's, Talk Talk, Echo and the Bunnymen, Howard Jones
1983 Bauhaus, Farmers Boys, The Alarm, The
Truth
1984 Nick
Heyward, Aswad, Difford and Tilbrook, Thomas Dolby, Ian Dury, Sisters of
Mercy, The Cult, Howard Jones (Dec), Grandmaster Flash
Other venues Emerson Lake and Palmer Watford 1970, Elton
John Watford 1972, America Dunstable 1972, Genesis
Bedford 1972,David Bowie Dunstable 1972, Stone The Crows
Dunstable 1972, Man Bedford 1972, Strawbs Watford 1972,
Lou Reed Dunstable 1972, Beck Bogert Appice Dunstable 1972, Status Quo Dunstable 1973, Procol Harum Dunstable 1973
Updated setlists: Joe Jackson 1982
New flyers: Mike Cooper 1969, Blossom Toes (June) 1969, Liverpool
Scene 1969, Jody Grind 1969, Edgar Broughton (both gigs)1969, King
Crimson 1969, East of Eden 1969 (both gigs), Mighty Baby 1969, Principal
Edwards Magic Theatre (both) 1969, Atomic Rooster 1969, Van der Graaf
Generator 1969, Mott the Hoople 1969, Free Bedford 1969, Graham Bond
(Dec) 1969, Daddy Longlegs 1969, Graham Bond Bedford 1970, Mott The
Hoople Bedford 1970, special last ever Phase One flyer at Argent 1970,
Groundhogs Bedford 1970, Genesis Bedford 1970, David Bowie (Jan) 1972,
Capability Brown (Jan) 1974, Cockney Rebel (August) 1974, Brinsley
Schwarz 1973, Pretty Things 1973, Mott The Hoople 1973, Can 1973, Roy
Buchanan 1973, Can 1977, Racing Cars (April) 1977, The Cult 1984, Otway
and Barrett 1982, John Martyn 1981, Def Leppard 1980, Iggy Pop 1980,
Magazine (both 1978 gigs), Split Enz 1978, Psychedelic Furs 1984,
British Lions 1977, George Hatcher 1977, XTC 1978, The Clash (June)
1978, The Jam 1978, Marillion 1983, Orange Juice 1983, Atomic Rooster
Southampton/Newcastle/Derby 1971, Mick Abrahams 1971, Tom Paxton Watford
(May) 1971, Festival Special flyer issued before the Stray gig 1970.
New press cuttings: Blodwyn Pig 1969, King Crimson 1969, Mike Cooper
1969, Skin Alley 1969, Liverpool Scene 1969, Pretty Things 1969,
Quintessence 1969, Blossom Toes (Sept) 1969, Third Ear Band 1969, Pink
Floyd Dunstable 1969, Free Bedford 1969, East of Eden Bedford 1969,
Heavy Jelly Bedford 1970, Arthur Brown/SME 1970, Edgar Broughton 1970,
Mick Softley 1970, Groundhogs Bedford 1970, Matthews Southern Comfort
Bedford 1970, Emerson Lake and Palmer Watford 1970, Genesis Princes
Risborough 1970, Mott the Hoople High Wycombe 1970,Genesis Bedford 1970,
Steeleye Span Watford 1970,Genesis (Sept) 1972, Cockney Rebel (June)
1974, Rabans Rock (Capability Brown) 1974, special advert to commemorate
the 1973 Mott The Hoople appearance; Hunter Ronson Band 1975, Sailor
(June) 1975, Tangerine Dream 1975, Jack The Lad (Feb) 1976, Greenslade
1977, Iggy Pop 1977, Split Enz 1977, Jack The Lad 1977, Mink de Ville
1977, Steve Hillage 1977, Blondie 1977, The Jam 1977, Ramones 1977,
Talking Heads 1978, Modern Lovers 1978, Ian Dury and The Blockheads
1978, Open Air Otway 1978, Tom Robinson Band 1978, Wire/The Cure 1979,
Siouxsie and the Banshees 1979, The Ruts 1979, The Clash/Ian Dury 1980,
Vice Creems (Clash) 1980, John Peel 1980, Genesis 1980, The Beat 1980,
Girlschool 1980, The Jam 1980, The Kinks 1980, Gillan (Aug) 1980, Stiff
Little Fingers 1981, UK Decay (Killing Joke) 1981, Hazel O'Connor 1981,
Teardrop Explodes 1982, Otway and Barrett 1982, Bow Wow Wow 1982, The
Clash 1982, The Police 1982, Bauhaus 1982
Updated/corrected line ups:
Trivia - David Bowie 1972 - Special priority
arrangements for any future Bowie concert form issued July 1972, Kinks
1980 backstage pass, The Police 1982 backstage pass and also first page
of the log of those who queued in the cattle market, Joe Jackson 1982 -
hand written set list, Andy Fairweather Low (Aug) 1975 - concert photo.
Updated Friars Flyers galleries with new entries
Friars Phase One
main page - new
cuttings. All gig pages now properly referenced to show contents (e.g
ticket, poster, memories etc)
Friars Phase Two
main page - new
cuttings. All gig pages now properly referenced to show contents (e.g
ticket, poster, memories etc)
Friars Phase Three main page - new
cuttings. All gig pages now properly referenced to show contents (e.g
ticket, poster, memories etc)
December 5th 2008 - Updates
to website as detailed below
Fan gig memories: Motorhead 1980; Echo and the Bunnymen 1981; Teardrop
Explodes 1981/2; Pretenders 1981; The Human League 1981; Nine Below Zero
1982; Squeeze 1982; Kid Creole and the Coconuts (both gigs 1982); Fashion
1982; Gillan 1982; Solstice 1983; Marillion 1983; Eurthymics 1983; Howard
Jones (April) 1984; Marillion 1984; The Alarm 1984
Artiste memories - OMD (1979); Gryphon (1973 specific), Black Sabbath
1970, Occasionally David 1981
New posters: - Wire/The Cure 1979, The Cure 1981
New tickets: X-Mal Deutschland 1984, Cockney Rebel 1974 (August)
Updated setlists: Gary Numan 1979; Marillion (Dec) 1983, Southern Death
Cult 1983, The Cult 1984
New flyers: John
Martyn 1981; Spirit 1981
Updated/corrected line ups: Sweetwater Canal, Southern Death Cult 1983, The Cult
1984
Updated what now - Arthur Brown 1970
Fan Memories: - New pieces from
Ted Scott, Alan Timms, Tim Whitfield, Phil Davies, Pete Dainton
Trivia - New photos - Graham Bond 1969, Dr Feelgood
1975, Cockney Rebel 1974 (most likely June), Peter Hammill (1973 Jack
The Lad gig) Third Ear Band 1969 (another update to where are
they now)
Friars people:
New group photo added! David Stopps' biography updated and new photo.
Details for Geoff Tyrrell
Introductions: Geoff Tyrrell
October 20th 2008 - Updates
to website as detailed below
New posters: - Magazine Dec 78, The Motors 1978, Peter Gabriel 1979,
Radio Stars 1978, Slade 1981, Ultravox 1978, XTC 1978
New tickets: King Crimson 1981
Fan gig memories: OMD 1980; Blancmange 1983; Camel 1981; David Bowie
(Jan) 1972; Mike Cooper 1969, Toyah 1981
Fan Memories: - New pieces from
Gerald McGarry, Julie Faux, David Hurst and Mary Payne
Trivia - Welcome message for King Crimson gig 1981; New photos
- Magazine (Dec) 78; The Enid 1979, Motorhead 1979, The Ruts 1979, Camel
1979, Steve Hackett 1978, Echo and the Bunnymen 1981, Tom Robinson Band
1978, Siouxsie and the Banshees 1979
Artiste memories - OMD
September 9th 2008 - Updates
to website as detailed below
New posters: - Dr Feelgood May 1975
Trivia - updates
to Friars Aylesbury 4th Birthday Party (Capability Brown 1973) "magazine"
with tributes from Mott The Hoople, Peter Gabriel and much more (almost
warrants its own section!); Roy Buchanan 1973 (picture); David Bowie July
1972 (colour copy and other side of Five Years handout); Aylesbury Rock
Explosion 1976 (Otway/Barrett, Ardazell and Orthi pictures). All Jonathan
Kelly pages changed to reflect new website; Killing Joke 1980 (details of
The Passions website); Third Ear Band 1969 (update to where are they now)
Friars A-Z updated to reflect new 'other' gigs below.
Updated/corrected line ups: Blossom Toes (both 1969 gigs)
Updated main Phase Two page added some of the 1973 tributes
Fan gig memories: SLF May 1981; Def Leppard 1980; Genesis 1970 (Princes
Risborough)
Fan Memories: - New piece from
Phil Simmons
Friars people: New piece on Phase Three by Robin Pike
Other gigs - two final
'unearthed' gigs in Plymouth and Boston. Also updated venue details and
URLs
August 3rd 2008 - Updates to
website as detailed below
Friars people:
Jerry Slater added - hyperlink corrected - sorry Jerry!
Stackridge Dec 75 - corrected line up
Stackridge Nov 73 - corrected to show support band
Warrior on main Phase Two and 1973 page as well as the specific gig.
Blossom Toes - corrected Brian Goddard to Brian
Godding.
Other minor spelling corrections
Other gigs - whilst there
generally, no specific mention of Princes Risborough - there is now
Press Cuttings: Genesis April
1970/Jun 1970/1971/Sep 72 Bedford 1971/1972 Watford 72
Trivia - Genesis April 1970
Watford 1972
July 12th 2008 - Updates to
website as detailed below
Friars people:
Jerry Slater added
New posters: - Third Ear Band 1969, Pretty Things 1969, Free 1969
(Sept) Free 1969 (Bedford), Mighty Baby 1969, Caravan 1969, Principal
Edwards 1969, Graham Bond 1969, Mike Cooper 1969, Van der Graaf Generator
1969, Renaissance 1969, East of Eden 1970, Pink Floyd 1969 (Dunstable).
Mott the Hoople 1969
Introductions:
Jerry Slater added (text and images), Robin Pike's Looking Back articles
for the Aylesbury Roxette (better quality copy of one and three new ones)
- I thought these were on before, maybe they weren't as can't see the
hyperlink for them. Sorry Robin.
New tickets: Pink Floyd 1969(Dunstable), Colosseum
1969(Dunstable), Procol Harum 1970(Wycombe)
New flyers: - X-Mal Deutschland 1984, Barclay James Harvest 1971
2008 and trivia - added a Friars Flyers gallery (the temptation to say
"I'm sorry, but we cannot return your pictures" is almost overwhelming), a
complete A-Z of all acts to play across all Friars venues, best support
band names, bands who went on to headline from supporting and also a list
of bands who went huge after playing Aylesbury.
General update:
The main Phase One and Friars People pages have some new images !! Minor
updates to Phase Three main page (new image). Phase Two main page updated
with Melody Maker article from 1974 on Friars
Trivia: updates
to Genesis at Princes Risborough (letter to the Legion Hall)
Press Cuttings: Greenslade
1977, UFO 1977, Andy Fairweather Low 1976, Aylesbury Rock Explosion
(Otway) 1976 Jack The Lad 1976 (photo) Fruupp (relating to 1975 gig),
Sailor (November 1976) Mott 1976 (photos) Stranglers 1976, Renaissance
1976 (photo), Kevin Ayers 1976, Curved Air 1976 (Aug), Carol Grimes London
Boogie Band 1976, Fruupp/Medicine Head 1976
June 28th 2008 - Updates to
website as detailed below
Friars people:
Adrian Roach and Pete Frame added
New posters: - Genesis 1980, Camel 1981, King Crimson 1981, Kid
Creole 1982 (Oct), China Crisis 1983, Solstice 1983, Big Country 1983,
Otway 1982, Marillion 1983 (both gigs), Gary Glitter 1984
New flyers: - Renaissance 1969 - both gigs (October - two
different news-sheets), Free 1969 (Sept), Blosssom Toes 1969 (Sept),Fat
Mattress 1969, Stone The Crows 1969, Principal Edwards Magic Theatre 1969
(Oct), Graham Bond 1969 (Nov), Procol Harum 1970 (Wycombe), Hawkwind 1970,
Heavy Jelly 1970 (Bedford), Genesis 1970 (April), East of Eden 1971
(different news-sheet) SLF flyer Nov 82 autographed by the band !, Clash
1982 (new leaflet), Roxy Music 1972
Fan gig memories - Ian Gillan 1979, Chapman Whitney Streetwalkers 1975,
Hunter Ronson Band 1975 The Stranglers 1976
Ramones 1977 Mink de Ville 1977 Motorhead
1978
Special update - Mike Cooper
1969
Updated setlists: David Bowie 1971, Roxy Music 1972
Minor corrections - Open Air Otway 1978
correct name for photo credit and better version of photo, also added 1982
SLF gig details which was accidentally excluded when website went live.
Dunstable ELO gig 1972 now added, also accidentally excluded
Updated/corrected line ups: Roxy Music 1972
Artiste memories - new items from UK Decay, Stackridge (1975 specific),
Genesis (Sept 1972 specific)
New tickets: John Martyn 1981 The Alarm 1984, Gillan 1982, Gary
Glitter 1984
2008 and trivia - added Poll Results for 1980/1981
Press cuttings - Toyah 1981
Pretenders 1981
May 27th 2008 - Updates to
website as detailed below (phew!)
All non-Aylesbury gigs now documented
Changed Friars 2008 section to "2008 and
trivia"
To this section - Poll Results 1977/1978/1979
Friars people:
Paul Conroy and John Braley added
Introductions : New contributions from Robin Pike, Kris
Needs and Paul Conroy
Updated main Phase One page: to include links to some of Robin Pike's Roxette
articles and new cutting
Fan memories -
new memories from Shane Carlson and Simon Cheetham
Fan gig memories - Commander Cody 1976, Fleetwood Mac 1971, Bebop Deluxe
1975 Cockney Rebel 1974(June), Kinks 1982, Altered Images 1982,
Bauhaus 1983, Howard Jones 1983, Gang of Four 1979, The Piranhas 1980, The
Police 1982
Mott 1973 (photo of badge and mask)
Artiste memories - new items from Ian Hunter, Hazel O'Connor, Glitter
Band, High Tide, Mike Cooper, Steve Harley, Quintessence (updated),
Cruise, Farmers Boys, Stackridge (December 1975 specific), The Passions,
UFO, John Otway (1971 specific), Stiff Little Fingers (July 1980 specific)
New tickets:
Ramones 1977, Talking Heads 1978, The Jam 1978, The Kinks 1980
New posters: -
Madness 1979, Open Air Otway 1978, Siouxsie 1979, Marillion 1984, John
Otway 1983, Gregory Isaacs 1981, Motorhead 1980, Kid Creole and the
Coconuts (June) 1982, Howard Jones (April) 1984
New cuttings:
Siouxsie 1979 (including NME review), Eddie and the Hot Rods 1978
(including NME review) Radio Stars 1978 (press reviews)
New photos - PTO
at Open Air Otway 1978, PTO 1977, Blossom Toes 1969, Mainland 1979
Updated setlists: Bauhaus 1983, Queen 1974, Minor changes to Principal
Edwards Magic Theatre 1969, Siouxsie 1979, Cure 1981, Penetration 1979,
Echo and the Bunnymen 1981/1982, GoGos 1982, Pretenders 1981, Undertones
1980/1981, Sisters of Mercy 1984, The Damned 1979, Lou Reed 1972, U2 1981,
Killing Joke 1980/1981, Iggy Pop 1980, Def Leppard 1980, Hawkwind 1972,
Gillan 1980 (Aug), Genesis 1972
Updated what now - Mick Abrahams 65th birthday party details
Updated/corrected support acts: Groundhogs 1971, Kingdom Come 1971
Updated/corrected line ups: Radio Stars 1978, Fleetwood Mac 1971, Principal
Edwards Magic Theatre 1969, Farmers Boys 1983, Hawkwind 1972
Updated web links: PTO 1977, PTO 1978, Quintessence (all), Principal
Edwards Magic Theatre 1969, Cruise 1982, Mick Abrahms 1971 (duff link)
Added video links: PTO 1977, PTO 1978
Cross references updated as below: (and
there is still a long way to go!)
All Aylesbury Genesis, Peter Gabriel and Steve
Hackett gigs with Watford, Dunstable and Bedford
Cockney Rebel Aylesbury gigs with Dunstable
David Bowie Aylesbury gigs with Dunstable
String Driven Thing Aylesbury gigs with Dunstable
Quintessence Aylesbury gigs with Birmingham
Barclay James Harvest gigs with Reading
Fruupp gigs with Dunstable
Chapman Whitney Streetwalkers with Family at
Dunstable
Steve Harley 1981 with Fashion 1982 (Alan Darby)
Radio Stars 1978 with Wilko 1977
Mick Abrahams and Blodwyn Pig gigs with Wommett at
Bedford
Mick Softley Aylesbury gigs with Bedford
Roger Ruskin Spear
Sutherland Brothers & Quiver
Steve Hackett with Decameron (Dick Cadbury)
Cockney Rebel with Fashion (Alan Darby)
Teardrop Explodes with Fashion (Troy Tate)
Good Habit with Racing Cars
April 11th 2008 - First version of the
website live.
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