| All shows took place in Australia unless otherwise noted: |
WHEN, WHY, WHERE & WITH WHOM |
MEMORIES / NOTES / LINKS / PICTURES |
| 1982 |
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| 21st Nov 1982 ~ Britannia Hotel [ Chippendale / Sydney ] |
May have still been Tex Truck & the Semis at this point? (Personnel: Ap, Blue, Juliet, Stephen, Tim) |
| 18th Dec 1982 ~ Cremorne Party [ Cremorne / Sydney ] w/ Non Fiction |
May have still been Tex Truck & the Semis at this point? (Personnel: Ap, Blue, Juliet, Stephen, Tim)
Think this photo was taken at the party |
| 31st Dec 1982 ~ Alpha House [ Newtown / Sydney ] w/ The Particles, Jelly Babies, Wet Taxis, Like Unruley Children |
May have still been Tex Truck & the Semis at this point? (Personnel: Ap, Blue, Stephen, Tim, no Juliet tonight!) |
| 1983 |
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| ?? ??? 1982/83 ~ 21st Party [ Bondi / Sydney ] |
Not too sure of this date or whose party it was though it was noted in the diary. May have still been Tex Truck & the Semis at this point? (Personnel: Alex, Ap, Blue, Stephen) |
| 22nd Jan 1983 ~ Glengarry Castle [ Chippendale /Sydney ] |
as Me & You & a boy named Blue ie. was just Ap, Blue & Juliet |
| 30th Jan 1983 ~ Glengarry Castle [ Chippendale / Sydney ] |
as Me & You & a boy named Blue ie. was just Ap, Blue & Juliet |
| 6th Feb 1983 ~ Glengarry Castle [ Chippendale / Sydney ] |
(Personnel: Ap, Blue, Juliet, Stephen) |
| 13th Feb 1983 ~ Glengarry Castle [ Chippendale / Sydney ] |
(Personnel: Ap, Blue, Juliet, Stephen) |
| 19th Feb 1983 ~ Alpha House [ Newtown / Sydney ] w/ Box of Fish, LHK, Jelly Babies |
(Personnel: Ap, Blue, Juliet, Stephen) |
| 3rd Mar 1983 ~ Glengarry Castle [ Chippendale / Sydney ] |
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| 5th Mar 1983 ~ Alpha House [ Newtown / Sydney ] w/ The Particles + Poles Apart |
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| 10th Mar 1983 ~ Glengarry Castle [ Chippendale / Sydney ] |
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| 26th Mar 1983 ~ Australian National University Bar [ Canberra ] w/ The Particles |
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| 28th Mar 1983 ~ Southern Cross Hotel [ Surry Hills / Sydney ] w/ The Particles |
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| 7th Apr 1983 ~ Glengarry Castle [ Chippendale / Sydney ] |
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| 21st Apr 1983 ~ Glengarry Castle [ Chippendale / Sydney ] |
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| 5th May 1983 ~ Glengarry Castle : Back room [ Chippendale / Sydney ] |
This was possible the first show with Steven on drums and Alex on trumpet (Personnel: Alex, Ap, Blue, Juliet, Stephen, Steven) |
| 14th May 1983 ~ Middle Harbour 16' Skiff Club [ The Spit / Sydney ] w/ The Particles + JFK and the Cuban Crisis |
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| 15 May 1983 ~ Stranded [ Sydney City ] w/ Soggy Porridge + Safehouse |
(Personnel: no Stephen) |
| 18th May 1983 ~ Strawberry Hills Hotel [ Surry Hills / Sydney ] w/ The Particles |
[ Strawberry Hills Hotel ~ previously known as The Southern Cross Hotel ] |
| 19th May 1983 ~ Glengarry Castle [ Chippendale / Sydney ] |
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| 28th May 1983 ~ Australian National University Bar [ Canberra ] w/ The Particles |
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| 2nd Jun 1983 ~ Glengarry Castle [ Chippendale / Sydney ] |
Think this was our last Glengarry show? |
| 10th Jun 1983 ~ Sussex Hotel [ The Haymarket / Sydney ] |
(no Alex) |
| 15th Jun 1983 ~ Sussex Hotel [ The Haymarket / Sydney ] |
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| 17th Jun 1983 ~ Manning Bar [ Sydney University ] w/ The Particles |
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| 17th Jun 1983 ~ Strawberry Hills Hotel [ Surry Hills / Sydney ] w/ The Particles |
(no Stephen or Alex due to overlap with The Particles playing at the Manning Bar while LHK were playing at Strawberry Hills [Stephen & Alex played with both bands generally around this time]) |
| 19th Jun 1983 ~ Britannia Hotel [ Chippendale / Sydney ] w/ Mickey Rat |
(no Alex) |
| 22nd Jun 1983 ~ Sussex Hotel [ The Haymarket / Sydney ] w/ The Particles |
Last night at The Sussex ~ closed down for good the following week |
| 26th Jun 1983 ~ Britannia Hotel [ Chippendale / Sydney ] w/ Mickey Rat |
(no Alex) |
| 3rd Jul 1983 ~ Britannia Hotel [ Chippendale / Sydney ] w/ Mickey Rat |
(no Alex) |
| 8th Jul 1983 ~ Newtown Rules Club [ Redfern / Sydney ] w/ The Triffids + The Crystal Set |
(+ Alex) |
| 10th Jul 1983 ~ Britannia Hotel [ Chippendale / Sydney ] w/ Mickey Rat |
(no Alex) |
| 23rd Jul 1983 ~ Australian National University Bar [ Canberra ] w/ The Particles |
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| 28th Jul 1983 ~ Britannia Hotel [ Chippendale / Sydney ] |
(no Alex) |
| 31st Jul 1983 ~ Britannia Hotel [ Chippendale / Sydney ] w/ Mickey Rat |
(no Alex) |
| 4th Aug 1983 ~ Wright College [ University of New England / Armidale ] w/ The Particles + A Disco |
(+ Alex) |
| 5th Aug 1983 ~ Imperial Hotel [ Armidale ] w/ The Particles |
(+ Alex) |
| 7th Aug 1983 ~ Britannia Hotel [ Chippendale / Sydney ] w/ Mickey Rat |
(no Alex) |
| 8th Aug 1983 ~ Strawberry Hills Hotel [ Surry Hills / Sydney ] |
(no Alex) |
| 13th Aug 1983 ~ Hopetoun Hotel [ Surry Hills / Sydney ] |
[info from the Australian Music Database - no other details] |
| 14th Aug 1983 ~ Britannia Hotel [ Chippendale / Sydney ] w/ Mickey Rat |
(no Alex) |
| 15th Aug 1983 ~ Strawberry Hills Hotel [ Surry Hills / Sydney ] |
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| 20th Aug 1983 ~ Rock Against Roxby Downes [ Fundraiser?] @ Newtown Rules Club [ Redfern / Sydney ] w/ The Particles, Bapu Mamoos, Mutant Death, Strangelings, Women & Boys, Wrong Kind of Stone Age, Vulgar Beatmen, Funny Stories |
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| 22nd Aug 1983 ~ Strawberry Hills Hotel [ Surry Hills / Sydney ] |
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| 27th Aug 1983 ~ Castanet Club [ Newcastle ] w/ The Particles |
The Castanet was a great little bar situated out back of The Clarendon Hotel, think it may have later been known as The Blast Furnace? (+ Alex) |
| 29th Aug 1983 ~ Strawberry Hills Hotel [ Surry Hills / Sydney ] |
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| 3rd Sep 1983 ~ Sydney Trade Union Club : 3rd floor [ Surry Hills / Sydney ] w/ Jonathan Richman + Sekret Sekret |
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| 5th Sep 1983 ~ Strawberry Hills Hotel [ Surry Hills / Sydney ] |
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| 11th Sep 1983 ~ Britannia Hotel [ Chippendale / Sydney ] w/ Mickey Rat |
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| 17th Sep 1983 ~ Hopetoun Hotel [ Surry Hills / Sydney ] |
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| 18th Sep 1983 ~ Britannia Hotel [ Chippendale / Sydney ] w/ Mickey Rat |
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| 24th Sep 1983 ~ Hopetoun Hotel [ Surry Hills / Sydney ] w/ Dadednyne |
One of the few occasions where the pub decided to short change us despite a decent turnout! $70 in this instance |
| 25th Sep 1983 ~ Intervention Bookshop [ Haymarket / Sydney ] w/ Dadednyne |
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| 25th Sep 1983 ~ Hugo Street Party [ Chippendale / Sydney ] w/ The Particles & Dadednyne |
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| 30th Sep 1983 ~ Mosman Hotel [ Mosman / Sydney ] w/ The Triffids |
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| 13th Oct 1983 ~ Newcastle Uni Arts Ball? Shortland Room [ Newcastle ] w/ Waiting for Brasso + Upsidedown House |
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| 21st Oct 1983 ~ Sydney Trade Union Club : 3rd floor [ Surry Hills / Sydney ] w/ John Cooper Clarke, No Night Sweats, Scant Regarde, Funny Stories, The 'X' from outer space |
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| 4th Nov 1983 ~ University of New South Wales Roundhouse [ Kensington / Sydney ] w/ Do Re Mi + Idiom Flesh |
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| 12th Nov 1983 ~ Mosman Hotel [ Mosman / Sydney ] w/ The Triffids |
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| 19th Nov 1983 ~ Castenet Club [ Newcastle ] w/ The Particles |
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| 27th Nov 1983 ~ Behind Enemy Lines aka Intervention Bookshop [ Haymarket / Sydney ] w/ The Particles + Women & Boys |
The Exploding Lighthouse Keepers 12" mini album launch |
| 3rd Dec 1983 ~ Australian National University Bar [ Canberra ] |
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| 11th Dec 1983 ~ Strawberry Hills Hotel [ Surry Hills / Sydney ] |
(Personnel: Ap, Blue, Juliet, Mick, Steven [Mick Smith fills in for Stephen who was overseas]) |
| 16th Dec 1983 ~ Mosman Hotel [ Mosman / Sydney ] w/? |
(Personnel: Ap, Blue, Juliet, Mick, Steven [Mick fills in for Stephen who was overseas]) |
| 17th Dec 1983 ~ Behind Enemy Lines aka Intervention Bookshop [ Haymarket / Sydney ] w/ Madroom, The Particles, Wimen & Boys, Mutant Death + poets |
(Personnel: Ap, Blue, Juliet, Mick, Steven [Mick fills in for Stephen who was overseas]) |
| 30th Dec 1983? ~ Mosman Hotel [ Mosman / Sydney ] w/ The Triffids |
Not sure if this date is correct (Probable personnel: Ap, Blue, Juliet, Mick, Steven) |
| NYE 1983 ~ Alpha House [ Newtown / Sydney ] + W&B + (maybe) Maestro's & Dipsos? + More or Less? |
(Probable personnel: Ap, Blue, Juliet, Mick, Steven) |
| 1984 |
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| 14th Jan 1984 ~ Rehearsal Rooms [ Newtown / Sydney ] |
Not sure if this was a show or rehearsal - possibly a show |
| 18th? Jan 1984 ~ Harold Park Hotel? [ Glebe / Sydney ] w/ Wet Taxis? |
Not sure if this show actually happened though is in the diary , may have been on the 22nd? |
| 20th Jan 1984 ~ Sydney Trade Union Club [ Surry Hills / Sydney ] w/ S.P.K. + Watusi Now + Arms & Legs |
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| 22nd? Jan 1984 ~ Harold Park Hotel [ Glebe / Sydney ] w/? |
Not sure if this show actually happened though is in the diary, may have been on the 18th Jan w/ Wet Taxis |
| 24th Jan 1984 ~ Strawberry Hills Hotel [ Surry Hills / Sydney ] |
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| 26th Jan 1984 ~ Middle Harbour 16' Skiff Club [ The Spit / Sydney ] |
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| 28th Jan 1984 ~ Cremorne Hotel (Stop 5) [ Adelaide ] + The Particles |
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| 29th Jan 1984 ~ Austral Hotel [ Adelaide ] |
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| 1st Feb 1984 ~ Old Melbourne Hotel [ Perth ] w/ The Triffids + The Particles |
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| 3rd Feb 1984 ~ Whiz Bah [ Perth ] w/ The Particles + Diddy Wah Hoodaddys + Jam Tarts |
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| 4th Feb 1984 ~ The Charles Hotel [ somewhere in Perth ] w/ Jam Tarts |
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| 5th Feb 1984 ~ Captain Stirling [ somewhere in Perth ] w/ The Particles? |
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| 7th Feb 1984 ~ Stoned Crow [ Freemantle ] |
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| 8th Feb 1984 ~ Underground [ somewhere in Perth ] w/ The Particles? |
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| 9th Feb 1984 ~ Red Parrott [ East Perth? ] w/ The Triffids + The Particles + ballet troup? + Doors Ajar? |
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| 10th Feb 1984 ~ Whiz Bah [ Perth ] w/ ? |
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| 11th Feb 1984 ~ Old Melbourne [ Perth ] w/ ? |
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| 12th Feb 1984 ~ Captain Stirling [ somewhere in Perth ] w/ ? |
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| 14th Feb 1984 ~ Stoned Crow [ Freemantle ] |
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| 16th Feb 1984 ~ Norseman Hotel? [ Norseman ] w/ The Particles |
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| 18th Feb 1984 ~ Ceduna Community Hotel [ Ceduna ] w/ The Particles |
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| 20th Feb 1984 ~ Cremorne Hotel (Stop 5) [ Unley / Adelaide ] w/ The Particles |
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| 21st Feb 1984 ~ Austral Hotel [ Adelaide ] w/ The Particles? |
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| 22nd Feb 1984 ~ Seaview Ballroom [ St Kilda / Melbourne ] w/ The Particles? + ? |
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| 25th Feb 1984 ~ Prince of Wales? [ St Kilda / Melbourne ] w/ ? |
This show might have been on the 23rd? |
| 2nd Mar 1984 ~ Manning Bar [ Sydney University ] w/ The Particles + W & B |
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| 3rd Mar 1984 ~ Sydney Trade Union Club : 2nd floor [ Surry Hills / Sydney ] |
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| 10th Mar 1984 ~ Sydney Trade Union Club : 2nd floor [ Surry Hills / Sydney ] |
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| 17th Mar 1984 ~ Sydney Trade Union Club : 2nd floor [ Surry Hills / Sydney ] |
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| 21st Mar 1984 ~ War and Peace Hotel [ Parramatta / Sydney ] w/ Champions |
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| 22nd Mar 1984 ~ Mosman Hotel [ Sydney ] w/ The Triffids |
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| 24th Mar 1984 ~ Sydney Trade Union Club : 2nd floor [ Surry Hills / Sydney ] |
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| 31st Mar 1984 ~ Sydney Trade Union Club : 2nd floor [ Surry Hills / Sydney ] |
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| 7th Apr 1984 ~ Harold Park Hotel [ Glebe / Sydney ] |
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| 8th Apr 1984 ~ Sydney Trade Union Club : 3rd floor [ Surry Hills / Sydney ] w/ Violent Femmes + LHK + Flying Doctor |
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| 13th Apr 1984 ~ Strawberry Hills Hotel [ Surry Hills / Sydney ] |
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| 14th Apr 1984 ~ Harold Park Hotel [ Glebe / Sydney ] |
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| 15th Apr 1984 ~ Behind Enemy Lines aka Intervention Bookshop [ Haymarket / Sydney ] |
Just LHK this date, possibly did several sets? |
| 19th Apr 1984 ~ The Club [ Melbourne ] |
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| 21st Apr 1984 ~ Seaview Ballroom [ St Kilda / Melbourne ] w/ The Cockroaches + Gas Babies |
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| 22nd Apr 1984 ~ Therapy [ ? / Melbourne ] |
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| 23rd Apr 1984 ~ Venetian Room [ ? / Melbourne ] |
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| 28th Apr 1984 ~ Sydney Trade Union Club : 3rd Floor [ Surry Hills / Sydney ] w/? |
Not sure if this show happened as I may have been in Brisbane on tour with The Particles |
| ??????? ~ ? [ ? / ?] w/? |
Think there may have been another show here while I was on tour with The Particles |
| 26th May 1984? ~ Sydney Trade Union Club? [ Surry Hills / Sydney ] w/ The Triffids? |
Date dodgy? |
| 1st Jun 1984 ~ Players Paddington Green Hotel [ Paddington / Sydney ] |
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| 2nd Jun 1984 ~ Carmens at Miranda [ Miranda / Sydney ] w/ ? |
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| 8th Jun 1984 ~ Sydney Trade Union Club : 3rd Level [ Surry Hills / Sydney ] w/ Scattered Order + Watusi Now + Maestros & Dipsos + No Night Sweats |
'In Association with 2SER New label Record Launch' [ Not sure what the label was! - possibly Hot Records?] |
| 9th Jun 1984 ~ Caringbah Inn [ Caringbah / Sydney ] w/? |
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| 11th Jun 1984 ~ Kings Head Tavern [ South Hurstville / Sydney ] w/? |
Think this might have been a 2 or 3 setter? |
| 14th Jun 1984 ~ University of New South Wales Squarehouse [ Kensington / Sydney ] w/? |
maybe self support? |
| 15th Jun 1984 ~ The Griffin Centre [ Canberra ] w/? |
maybe self support? or possibly with Falling Joys? |
| 16th Jun 1984 ~ Queanbeyan Leagues Club : Oval Room [ Queanbeyan ] w/? |
maybe self support? |
| 20th, 22nd and 23rd Jun 1984 ~ Smiggins Holes Hotel [ Queanbeyan ] w/? |
This was a short residency at the famous ski resort, |
| 29th Jun 1984 ~ Mosman Hotel [ Mosman / Sydney ] w/? |
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| 30th Jun 1984 ~ Sydney Trade Union Club : 3rd Floor [ Surry Hills / Sydney ] w/ Wet Taxis + Altar-Ego |
Wet Taxis (Final C'mon Show) |
| 20th Jul 1984 ~ Blast Furnace (back of Clarendon Hotel) [ Newcastle ] w/ ? |
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| 25th Jul 1984 ~ Strawberry Hills Hotel [ Surry Hills / Sydney ] w/ + Just a Drummer |
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| 27th Jul 1984 ~ Metropole Hotel [ Fitzroy / Melbourne ] w/ The Shindiggers + [ maybe The Bol Weevils? ] |
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| 28th Jul 1984 ~ The Seaview Ballroom [ St Kilda / Melbourne ] w/ Scrgh Museum? + Pilot to Bambadier? |
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| 1st Aug 1984 ~ Harold Park Hotel [ Glebe / Sydney ] w/ ? |
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| 2nd Aug 1984 ~ University of New South Wales : Library Lawns [ Kensington / Sydney ] w/? |
maybe self support? |
| 3rd Aug 1984 ~ Sydney Trade Union Club : 2nd Floor [ Surry Hills / Sydney ] |
Looks like the start of another residency so guessing we were doing 2-3 or 4 sets a night |
| 6th Aug 1984 ~ Wollongong University [ ? / Wollongong ] |
Think this may have been supporting Sekret Sekret |
| 9th Aug 1984 ~ Harold Park Hotel [ Glebe / Sydney ] |
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| 10th Aug 1984 ~ Sydney Trade Union Club : 2nd Floor? [ Surry Hills / Sydney ] |
Think this was part of a residency so guessing we were doing 2-3 or 4 sets a night |
| 24th Aug 1984 ~ Sydney Trade Union Club : 2nd Floor? [ Surry Hills / Sydney ] |
Think this was part of a residency so guessing we were doing 2-3 or 4 sets a night. Though not absolutely sure we even played this night as we may have had a recording session, hard to be sure now! |
| 31st Aug 1984 ~ Sydney Trade Union Club : 2nd Floor? [ Surry Hills / Sydney ] |
Think this was part of a residency so guessing we were doing 2-3 or 4 sets a night |
| 6th Oct 1984 ~ Party at 197 [ Chippendale / Sydney ] |
Anyone remember the occasion? |
| 26th Oct 1984 ~ Strawberry Hills Hotel [ Surry Hills / Sydney ] |
Not 100% certain this show happened |
| 7th Nov 1984 ~ St George Sailing Club [ Kogarah? / Sydney ] w/ The Cockroaches |
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| 9th Nov 1984 ~ Chevron [ Kings Cross / Sydney ] w/ Wet Taxis + The Change? + Benders? |
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| 11th Nov 1984 ~ Clarendon Party (back of Clarendon Hotel) [ Newcastle ] |
Not sure this date is correct ie may have been 1st Nov 84? |
| 14th Nov 1984 ~ Strawberry Hills Hotel [ Surry Hills / Sydney ] |
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| 16th Nov 1984 ~ Manzill Room [ Kings Cross / Sydney ] w/ Tin Gods of Promise |
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| 17th Nov 1984 ~ Australian National University Bar [ Canberra ] |
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| 21st Nov 1984 ~ Strawberry Hills Hotel [ Surry Hills / Sydney ] |
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| 5th Dec 1984 ~ Mirandah Hotel [ Mirandah / Sydney ] |
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| 7th Dec 1984 ~ Newtown Leagues Club [ Enmore? / Sydney ] |
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| 8th Dec 1984 ~ Caringbah Inn [ Caringbah / Sydney ] w/ The Go-Betweens |
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| 12th Dec 1984 ~ Ophir Tavern [ Orange ] |
Orange! |
| 15th Dec 1984 ~ ~ Clarendon Party (back of Clarendon Hotel) [ Newcastle ] |
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| 16th Dec 1984 ~ ~ Clarendon Party (back of Clarendon Hotel) [ Newcastle ] |
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| 20th Dec 1984 ~ ~ Bondi Pavilion [ Bondi / Sydney ] w/ Laughing Clowns |
Was the Clowns Just Because I Like single launch |
| 21st Dec 1984 ~ Mosman Hotel? [ Mosman / Sydney ] w/? |
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| 22nd Dec 1984 ~ Sydney Cove Tavern [ Sydney ] w/ The Cockroaches + LHK + Swinging Tees + Guy Delandro Band |
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| 1985 |
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| 2nd Jan 1985? ~ Clarendon Hotel? [ Newcastle ] |
Unconfirmed |
| 5th Jan 1985 ~ Paragon Hotel [ Circular Quay / Sydney ] |
Party |
| 5th Jan 1985 ~ Chevron Hotel [ Kings Cross / Sydney ] |
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| 11th Jan 1985 ~ Mosman Hotel [ Mosman / Sydney ] w/ 5th Corruption |
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| 12th Jan 1985 ~ Sydney Cove Tavern [ Circular Quay / Sydney ] w/ The Go-Betweens + The Crystal Set + Tribe |
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| 13th Jan 1985 ~ Strawberry Hills Hotel [ Strawberry Hills / Sydney ] |
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| 15th Jan 1985 ~ Amaroo Hotel [ Dubbo ] |
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| 16th Jan 1985 ~ New Occidental Hotel [ Cobar ] |
Read this pub burnt down in August 2014 ~ maybe they will rebuild as the New New Occidental? |
| 17th Jan 1985 ~ New Occidental Hotel [ Cobar ] |
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| 18th Jan 1985 ~ Alma Sporting Club [ Broken Hill ] |
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| 19th Jan 1985 ~ Lark & Tinas [ Adelaide ] w/ Zero Hour |
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| 20th Jan 1985 ~ The Astral Hotel [ Adelaide ] |
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| 20th Jan 1985 ~ The Tivoli [ Adelaide ] w/ Tu Tu Z |
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| 23rd Jan 1985 ~ Uno Ariba (Anglers Club) [ Melbourne ] |
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| 24th Jan 1985 ~ Prince of Wales Hotel [ St Kilda / Melbourne ] w/ Clear as Day + Captain Coco |
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| 25th Jan 1985 ~ Central Club [ Melbourne ] w/ Painters & Dockers + Weddings Parties Anything |
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| 26th Jan 1985 ~ Australian National University Bar [ Canberra ] w/ The Go-Betweens |
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| 30th Jan 1985 ~ Hip Hop Club [ Sydney? ] |
Does anyone remember this venue? |
| 31st Jan 1985 ~ Yugal Soccer Club [ The Haymarket / Sydney ] w/ The 5th Corruption + Maestros & Dipsos |
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| 10th Feb 1985 ~ Phonecian Club [ Glebe? / Sydney ] w/ Ruby my Dear |
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| 16th Feb 1985 ~ Hydro Majestic [ Katoomba? or thereabouts ] |
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| 21st Feb 1985 ~ Mosman Hotel [ Mosman / Sydney ] w/ Spectres Revenge |
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| 24th Feb 1985 ~ North Sydney Leagues Club [ North Sydney? ] w/ The Triffids |
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| 25th Feb 1985 ~ Wollongong University (under the figs) [ Wollongong ] / just LHK? |
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| 27th Feb 1985 ~ Granville South High School [ Granville South? ] + wild disco! |
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| 28th Feb 1985 ~ Strawberry Hills Hotel [ Strawberry Hills ] |
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| 1st Mar 1985 ~ Australian National University Bar [ Canberra ] w/ Falling Joys & The Crystal Set |
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| 9th Mar 1985 ~ New York Tavern [ Newcastle ] |
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| 10th Mar 1985 ~ Hopetoun Hotel [ Surry Hills ] |
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| 15th Mar 1985 ~ Mosman Hotel [ Mosman ] / just LHK or perhaps with 5th Corruption? |
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| 16th Mar 1985 ~ Sydney Cove Tavern [ Circular Quay / Sydney ] w/ Hoi Poli + Samuri Trash + Jump Inc |
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| 20th Mar 1985 ~ Hopetoun Hotel [ Surry Hills / Sydney ] w/ Hoi Poli + Samuri Trash + Jump Inc |
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| 30th Mar 1985 ~ Harold Park Hotel [ Glebe / Sydney ] |
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| 4th Apr 1985 ~ Chevron Hotel [ Kings Cross / Sydney ] w/ Coloured Stone + ? |
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| 10th Apr 1985 ~ Picadilly Hotel [ Kings Cross / Sydney ] w/ Lunar Circus? |
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| 12th Apr 1985 ~ Australian National University Bar [ Canberra ] w/ The Gadflys |
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| 13th Apr 1985 ~ Balmoral 12' Skiff Club [ Balmoral / Sydney ] |
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| 17th Apr 1985 ~ Strawberry Hills Hotel [ Strawberry Hills / Sydney ] |
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| 19th Apr 1985 ~ Bondi Pavilion Theatre [ Bondi Beach / Sydney ] w/ Just a Drummer |
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| After this my record keeping gets a bit scrappy ~ when I've got my archives in order I'l try and add in more details. Though do let me know if you have any info to add |
| 28th Apr 1985 ~ ???? |
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| 30th Apr 1985 ~ ???? |
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| 5th May 1985 ~ Australian National University Bar [ Canberra ] + Madroom |
see whacky poster over at the lhk posters page |
| 13th July 1985 Macs 409 Club [aka Sensoria aka OP-SHOP?] Brisbane + Mop and the Dropouts + another band [billed as another band!][ from flyer ] |
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| 14th July 1985 Macs 409 Club [aka Sensoria aka OP-SHOP?] Brisbane + Let's Go Naked |
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| August 85 The Tote (Melbourne) |
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| 17th August 85 The Tasman Hotel (Port Lincoln) |
possibly known as The Grand Tasman Hotel [info from Aps Eating Guide to Roadhouses of The World] |
Late 85 we toured to Perth then flew to Europe via Sri Lanka & Malaysia
Vienna
Linz
Carpi
Nürnberg
Hamburg
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WHEN, WHY, WHERE & WITH WHOM |
MEMORIES / NOTES / LINKS / PICTURES |
| Late 1985 - |
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| 9th Sept? 1985 ~ Dingwalls? w/Nomads? |
not sure this was Sept or Oct or if it even happened but there was a poster(with no month), might try and get it up here some time |
| 20th Sept 1985 ~ Hammersmith Clarendon [ Hammersmith ] w/ The Triffids, Gaspar Lawall, The Benders & Lawson Square Infirmary |
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| 4th Oct 1985 Leeds University w/ The Triffids |
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| 11th Oct 1985 Pandora's MusicBox '85 Festival [ Rotterdam / Netherlands ] w/ Nico, Einsturzend Neubauten, The Triffids, Woodentops, Jeffrey Lee Pierce, Crime & The City Solution, The Shockheaded Peters , The Screaming Blue Messiahs and many others |
will try and get a full list up here later |
| Late? Oct? 1985 New Merlin's Cave [ London ] |
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| 26th Nov 1985 Red Parrot [ Northbridge / Perth ] |
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| 28th Nov 1985 Rockwells [ 160 James Street Perth ] |
Not 100% sure of date though fairly certain [This info based on another old flyer courtesy of Rabbits Wedding facebook ] |
| Possibly more show in Perth then on the way back to Sydney eg. Adelaide / Melbourne? |
| 26th Jan 1986 Harold Park Hotel [ Glebe / Sydney ] w/ Big Waddi |
Only know this from an old flyer which I found on the Rabbits Wedding facebook |
| 1st Mar 1986 Local Inn [Ryde / Sydney] w/ The Go-Betweens |
Unsure of details of this show,or if we actually played? pretty sure we did - if you know more - do fill me in! |
| 7th Mar 1986 ANU Bar or Refectory [ Canberra ] + ? |
Unsure of details of this show, if you know - fill me in! |
| 21st Mar 1986 Queensland Institute of Technology Refectory [ Brisbane ] + Let's Go Naked + I am Vertical |
Advertised as our final Brisbane show ever! |
| 28th Mar 1986 ~ LHK end it all? @ The Graphic Arts Club [ Chippendale / Sydney ] LHK + Jam Tarts + the Nansing Quartet + Secret Seven |
Last show with original lineup |
| 1992? ~ Lipsnipegroin CD launch : Annandale Hotel |
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| 24th May 2003 ~ Tales from the Australian Underground (double CD launch) @ Metro [ Sydney ] w/ Ed Kuepper, The Moodists, X, Sekret Sekret, Ups & Downs |
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/05/22/1053585641510.html |
| Apr? 2006? ~ Amandas 40th Party : [ Bulli ] |
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| Oct 2007 ~ Frans 50th Party : [ Bendigo ] |
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| 18th Feb 2009 ~ "LIFE'S WHAT YOU MAKE IT" - A Tribute to Linda Gebar : The Corner Hotel: Fitzroy [ Melbourne ] |
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| 2nd & 3rd May 2009 ~ Support sets opening for The Laughing Clowns : The Basement [ Circular Quay / Sydney ] |
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| 9th Sep 2011 ~ The Sandringham Hotel [ Newtown / Sydney ] + Guest Speaker: Steve Kilbey |
Album launch for the Ode To Nothing 'Best of' CD / There is a bunch of footage of this show on YouTube - links under Videoography on thelighthousekeepers main page |
| 5th Jan 2012 ~ Caravan Music Club [ Oakleigh / Melbourne ] + Guest Speaker: Mikelangelo |
A real treat to play this wonderful club - hopefully we'll get a chance to do it again some day! |
| 6th Jan 2012 ~ Northcote Social Club [ Northcote / Melbourne ] + Guest Speaker: Julian Wu |
Good crowd and great mix, but was all over too soon! |
| 3rd Feb 2012 ~ Canberra Polish Club [ O'Connor / Canberra ] + Guest Speaker: Pete |
Crazy day/night but no doubt best show of the 'tour' - was an old fashioned bring in the pa build the stage and lighting rig, hang the drapes, and pack it all up at the end of the night! ~ many thanks to Beth Tully & Nigel McRae of The Canberra Musicians Club for putting this toghether for us |
| 4th Feb 2012 ~ Camelot [ Marrickville / Sydney ] + Guest Speakers: Annabel Bleach & ? |
Another Sold Out Show + fantastic club and atmosphere, all exhausted from the previous day but hopefully we put on a decent finale? I'm hoping to get hold of footage of this show some time... maybe it will end up online? |
| 30th Sept 2017 ~ Frans 60th Party at Smiths Alternative [ Canberra ] + The Professor |
The full band reunite again for a special occasion held at a very fine Venue in the Nations Capital ~ Thanks again to Beth Tully & Nigel McRae who run the place as well as Bevan Noble for doing such a fine job of enginering & of course The Professor who kept the crowd dancing into the wee hours |
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