GIGS LIST UPDATED: October 29, 2018 ~ All Particles shows (that I am aware of) took place in Australia ~ Unfortunately my Particles archives are not as extensive as I would wish, and don't go back much further than late 1982, I'll be adding in additional info as I come across it. Anyone with additions/memories/photos/corrections etc. please send them along to: sirhairs(at)cannanes(dot)com and I'll try and add them in as time permits
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| SOME OF THE SONGS: APRICOTS DREAM, BIG IDEA, BITS OF WOOD, COOL STAND, DIFFERENT DRUM [yes the Mike Nesmith classic], DRIVING ME, DRESSES & SHOES, FAMILY LIFE, HALF A HEART, I KNOW A PLACE [not the Petula Clark classic], IF YOU SEE HER WALKING, JHONNY JHONNY, LOVE STRUCK PAM, NO CHANGE, OBSERVATIONS, ON THE WHOLE, PENGUINE, REAL THING, REMINGTON RAND, SAFE WAY OUT, SIX NUNS - A POP SONG?, SOON ENOUGH, SOS [yes an ABBA cover!], TALKING OVER THE BACK FENCE, TELLING LIES, TEQUILA [by The Champs], YOU CHOOSE |
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WHEN / WHY / WHERE / & WITH WHOM?
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MEMORIES / NOTES / LINKS / PICTURES
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| 19/12/1979 ~ Stagedoor Tavern [ Darlinghurst / NSW ] |
[info from the Australian Music Database - no other details] |
| 17/12?/1980 ~ French's [ Darlinghurst / NSW ] |
+ "Embrace your face"+ Ellis. D Fogg. + Psyche-delics "Last gig for 1980" [info from a poster I ran across on the French's Tavern website] |
| 5/8/1981 ~ The Mound / Macquarie Uni [ Macquarie Park / NSW ] |
There is an article relating to this show in Particles Articles |
| 12/11/1982 ~ Alpha House [ Newtown / NSW ] Electricity Bill Benefit |
w/+? 47 1/2 + think Like Unruly Children were meant to play but didn't?
First show with Stephen on Bass (Personnel: Alex, Astrid, Peter, Stephen, The tape deck) |
| 20/11/1982 ~ Alpha House [ Newtown / NSW ] Sydney College of the Arts Dance |
w/+? Fiction Romance
Ah... the old Alpa House - home to many Particles and a pretty amazing old warehouse containing artist squats, studios, rehearsal spaces and vegetarian food co-op Alfalfa House! |
| 30/11/1982 ~ Doyalson R.S.L. [ Doyalson / NSW ] |
w/ The Reels on their 'Reel to Reel' tour |
| 01/12/1982 ~ Orana Hotel [ Blacksmiths / NSW ] |
w/ The Reels |
| 04/12/1982 ~ The Tivoli [ Sydney City / NSW ] |
w/ The Reels + The Moodists
[ Reels on their 'Reel to Reel' tour ]? |
| 20/12/1982 ~ The Southern Cross Hotel [ Surry Hills / NSW ] |
w/+? Jelley Babies
My first time onstage at The Southern Cross - what a venue! later became the Strawberry Hills Hotel and later still they destroyed the excellent band room by removing the stage and installing poler machines... how depressing [Ed.] |
| 24/12/1982 ~ Selinas Coogee Bay Hotel [ Sydney / NSW ] |
w/ The Reels + Sardine
Big stage, huge venue, suspect we were supporting the Reels? |
| 31/12/1982 ~ Alpha House [ Newtown / NSW ] |
w/ Wet Taxis, Like Unruly Children, Jelley Babies, The Lighthouse Keepers |
| 18/02/1983 ~ The Musicians Club [ Surry Hills / NSW ] |
w/ The Reels + Drop Bears |
| 19/02/1983 ~ 'Gamma Corps'? @ Alpha House [ Newtown / NSW ] |
+? EXTRAENOUS + 471/2 + Performance artists [this may have been 1am in the morning ie. evening of 18th...] |
| 05/03/1983 ~ Alpha House [ Newtown / NSW ] |
+ The Lighthouse Keepers + Poles Apart |
| 26/03/1983 ~ A.N.U. Bar [ Canberra / A.C.T. ] |
+ The Lighthouse Keepers |
| 28/03/1983 ~ Southern Cross Hotel [ Surry Hills / NSW ] |
+ The Lighthouse Keepers |
| 04/04/1983 ~ Southern Cross Hotel [ Surry Hills / NSW ] |
+ Flies |
| 11/04/1983 ~ Southern Cross Hotel [ Surry Hills / NSW ] |
+ Choo Choo |
| 13/04/1983 ~ Mill Theatre / Deakin University [ Geelong / VIC ] |
+ Stage Play |
| 15/04/1983 ~ Venetian Room / Hotel Francis [ Melbourne / VIC ] |
+ Disco [ The Hotel Francis is now known as Niagara Hotel ] |
| 16/04/1983 ~ The Esplanade Hotel / [ St Kilda / VIC ] |
+ Stage Play
[ This show took place when the Gershwin was still decked out as a 70s disco - why on earth did they change it?] |
| 17/04/1983 ~ The Marquee (Ex-Stockade) [ Carlton / VIC ] |
+ Boo Boo |
| 18/04/1983 ~ Southern Cross Hotel [ Surry Hills / NSW ] |
+ Thunderbugs |
| 25/04/1983 ~ Southern Cross Hotel [ Surry Hills / NSW ] |
+ Jelly Babies |
| 7/05/1983 ~ Sydney Trade Union Club [ Surry Hills / NSW ] |
+ w/? The Triffids, Mad Room, Sekret-Sekret
[Not sure who headlined this show] |
| 14/05/1983 ~ Middle Harbour 16' Skiff Club [ The Spit/ Mosman / NSW ] |
+ The Lighthouse Keepers + JFK & The Cuban Crisis
[Not sure who headlined this show] |
| 18/05/1983 ~ Strawberry Hills Hotel [ Surry Hills / NSW ] |
+ The Lighthouse Keepers
[Strawberry Hills Hotel previously known as The Southern Cross Hotel] |
| 28/05/1983 ~ A.N.U. Bar [ Canberra / A.C.T. ] |
+ The Lighthouse Keepers |
| 29/05/1983 ~ Stranded [ Sydney CBD / NSW ] |
w? or + JFK & The Cuban Crisis [ Stranded was a fairly short lived New Wave/Punk Venue - think it was downstairs in the Imperial Arcade - think JBs HiFi is there now?] |
| 17/06/1983 ~ The Manning Bar [ Sydney University / NSW ] |
+ The Lighthouse Keepers |
| 17/06/1983 ~ Strawberry Hills Hotel [ Surry Hills / NSW ] |
+ The Lighthouse Keepers
[yes 2nd show of the day! same lineup- different venue... talk about paying your dues!] |
| 22/06/1983 ~ Sussex Hotel [ The Haymarket / NSW ] |
+ The Lighthouse Keepers [ Last night at The Sussex ~ the pub closed down for good the following week ] |
| 24/06/1983 ~ Rafters Bar / Mitchell College [ Bathurst / NSW ] |
+ Neuros + Fingers Domain [According to the Sydney Morning Herald Fingers was 'Australia's most talented magician' ] |
| 25/06/1983 ~ Sydney Trade Union Club / 3rd floor [ Surry Hills / NSW ] |
w/ Chris Baily, Lonely Hearts, J.F.K. [ This was a 'Waterfront' record label band night ~ where a copy of the highly collectable EP On The Waterfront (only available on the night) was given away at the door ] |
| 04/07/1983 ~ Studio 221 [JJ JJJ?] / ABC Live at the radio [ Darlinghurst? / NSW ] |
J.F.K, Great White Noise [ Not sure of the playing order - fairly certain one of the songs from this was recorded to tape and later released on the Triple J compilation album Live At The Wireless ] |
| 15/07/1983 ~ Strawberry Hills Hotel [ Surry Hills / NSW ] |
+ Dadednyne [ a wonderful band from Canberra ] |
| 16/07/1983 ~ Bondi Hotel [ Bondi / NSW ] |
w?/ The Scientists [ think this may have been the Blood Red River tour? ] |
| 23/07/1983 ~ A.N.U. Bar [ Canberra / A.C.T. ] |
+ The Lighthouse Keepers |
| 24/07/1983 ~ Brittania Hotel [ Chippendale / NSW ] |
+ Mickey Rat |
| 04/08/1983 ~ Wright College / University of New England [ Armidale / NSW ] |
+ The Lighthouse Keepers + Disco |
| 05/08/1983 ~ Imperial Hotel [ Armidale / NSW ] |
+ The Lighthouse Keepers |
| 06/08/1983 ~ Sydney Trade Union Club / 3rd floor? [ Surry Hills / NSW ] |
The Wolfgang + The P.I.T.S. [Not sure which floor this show took place on possibly the 2nd? ] |
| 18/08/1983 ~ The Bar? / Macquarie Uni [ Macquarie Park / NSW ] |
w/ The Cockroaches |
| 20/08/1983 ~ Newtown Rules Club / Rock Against Roxby Downes Fundraiser [ Redfern / NSW ] |
+ The Lighhtouse Keepers, Bapu Mamoos, Vulgar Beatmen, Mutant Death, Strangelings, Women & Boys [aka Wimmin & Boys], Wrong Kind of Stone Age, Funny Stories? |
| 27/08/1983 ~ Castanete Club [ Newcastle / NSW ] |
+ The Lightouse Keepers |
| 28/08/1983 ~ Brittania Hotel [ Chippendale / NSW ] |
+ Mickey Rat |
| 10/09/1983 ~ Mona Vale Bowling Club [ Mona Vale/ NSW ] |
+? Spec Tragic [Nicks Party] |
| 16/09/1983 ~ Strawberry Hills Hotel [ Surry Hills / NSW ] |
Wimmin & Boys |
| 25/09/1983 ~ Hugo Street Party [ Chippendale / NSW ] |
+ Dadednyne, The Lighthouse Keepers |
| 01/10/1983 ~ Sydney Trade Union Club [ Surry Hills / NSW ] |
+ or w?/ Domestic Dirt, Stray Dags |
| 07/10/1983 ~ City Art Institute [ Paddington / NSW ] |
+ or w?/ Fiction Romance, Watusi Now, 10 legs |
| 12/10/1983 ~ Granville South High [ Granville / NSW ] |
+ Disco [Year 12 Farewell) |
| 23/10/1983 ~ Sydney Trade Union Club [ Surry Hills / NSW ] |
w/ John Cooper Clarke, Pel Mel, (Dawn of the dead [a film]) |
| 30/10/1983 ~ Intervention Bookshop aka Behind Enemy Lines [ Haymarket / NSW ] |
Ha Ha Wall |
| 04/11/1983 ~ Squarehouse University of New South Wales [ Kensington / NSW ] |
?? - maybe just the particles? |
| 04/11/1983 ~ Paddington R.S.L. [ Paddington / NSW ] |
+ or w/ Madroom, Pel Mel [Expo?] |
| 12/11/1983 ~ Circular Quay West [ The Rocks / NSW ] |
[Pine Gap Benefit] - possibly other acts - will need to research |
| 19/11/1983 ~ Castanet Club [ Newcastle / NSW ] |
+ The Lighthouse Keepers |
| 27/11/1983 ~ Behind Enemy Lines aka Intervention Bookshop [ The Haymarket / NSW ] |
+ The Lighthouse Keepers, Women & Boys [aka Wimmin & Boys] |
| 17/12/1983 ~ Behind Enemy Lines aka Intervention Bookshop [ The Haymarket / NSW ] |
+ The Lighthouse Keepers, Madroom, Wimen & Boys [aka Wimmin & Boys], Mutant Death, poets |
| 28/01/1984 ~ Cremorne Hotel aka Stop 5 [ Unley / South Australia ] |
+The Lighthouse Keepers |
| 01/02/1984 ~ Old Melbourne Hotel [ Perth / Western Australia ] |
w/ The Triffids, The Lighthouse Keepers |
| 03/02/1984 ~ Whiz Bah [ Perth / Western Australia ] |
+The Lighthouse Keppers, Diddy Wah Hoodaddys, Jam Tarts |
| 05/02/1984 ~ Captain Stirling [ Nedlands / Western Australia ] |
+ The Lighthouse Keepers? |
| 08/02/1984 ~ Underground [ Perth / Western Australia ] |
+ The Lighthouse Keepers? |
| 09/02/1984 ~ Red Parrot [ East Perth? / Western Australia ] |
w/ The Triffids + The Lighthouse Keepers, ballet troup?, Doors Ajar? - think a recording from this show ended up being realeased on Distant Violins No.12 (see discography) |
| 16/02/1984 ~ Norseman Hotel? [ Norseman? / Western Australia ] |
+ The Lighthouse Keepers |
| 18/02/1984 ~ Ceduna Community Hotel [ Ceduna / South Australia ] |
+ The Lighthouse Keepers |
| 20/02/1984 ~ Cremorne Hotel aka Stop 5 [ Unley / South Australia ] |
+ The Lighthouse Keeers |
| 21/02/1984 ~ Austral Hotel [ Adelaide / South Australia ] |
+ The Lighthouse Keepers |
| 22/02/1984 ~ Seaview Ballroom [ St Kilda / Victoria ] |
+ The Lighthouse Keepers +? |
| 02/03/1984 ~ The Manning Bar [ Sydney University / NSW ] |
+ The Lighthouse Keepers, Wimmin & Boys |
| 31st March 1984 or1985? ~ Musicians Club [ Surry Hills / Sydney ] |
Rock the House with the Rockmelons and Special Guests the Particles - not 100% sure this was 1984 but could have been '85! |
| Here record keeping gets a little patchy... |
I'll trawl the archives for more details when time permits - but in the meantime - let me know if you have anything to add |
| April '84 ~ Brisbane? |
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| April '84 ~ Brisbane? [another show or two?] |
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| Early? 1985 ~ Sydney Opera House |
The last Particles gig/s I recall were a series of shows in a smaller performance space in the bowels of The Sydney Opera House - for large groups of School Children - see main page for photos |
