hello and so this int what i was originally going to do but time is tight and just to keep the ball rolling here are a few things to see.CLICK ON THE PICS TO ENLARGE the first is from the det about the damned smashing up the assembly rooms repost but well worth a nother look.
with the punk revival well under way here is a brand new interview with anti pasti if you wish to know what they are up to now.
and finally a friend of ours from the edge of derby has a new album out he name is cookie and the album is called armchair critic his first solo offering ,its not often i listen to something that completely grabs me but this is really good stuff.
here is a link to one of his songs of the album
info can be found on his facebook page or contact me.
as i say a quick one today more more stuff will follow.cheers jv.
yep been a month but its not that i havent been busy or anything oh no, ive filmed a few bands seas of mirth,in lies truth ,cromptons thresher and other bits and bobs which hopefully can put up at a later date ,my computer memory is about full so got to spend a while sorting out the files ,mundane dull stuff ,so just to keep ticking along a few pics and the odd bit of film.a nice little ticket for the yardbirds at bass wreck ,is there a punks picnic this year will have to see.
video work ,and yes its bloody time consuming but i always try my best with the footage ive got sometimes it works sometimes it dont last week i filmed a band called cromptons thresher and added a bit of footage and tried to make it a bit more intresting ,one of the main reasons i do this is to give the band a slightly different angle on to what can be achieved with what they have, visuals can ad alot the there act and can make them stand out a bit more ,i really enjoyed doing this one and i think all were pleased with the result ,so it made the whole process worth while.
i do get sick of putting up some of the stuff i was involved with but i can only use what i have unless people want to send me stuff then it gets harder to find anyway here is a gig i did in 1991 very young with a tube ,which i regulaly smacked the other singer in the face with,fun times the gig is from the wharehouse derby. and so to a few posters,these get harder to find all the time as once its found thats it especially the old stuff..
a poster from sham 69 from 1977 dont know who the support was if you do let me know.
a punk band who played at keddleston road who dissapeard whithout trace.
and a ticket stubb from ian dury gig....
finally next time a new damned headline and hopefully some new bands its going to be a busy year so enjoy it take care all the best johnny v.
Two blogs in 3 days bloody hell i must be keen ,well not particulaly but when i get something of intrest i like to get it out to you all so here it is a gig by the enemy who by all accounts will be back in the summer for a few gigs one at the bell and one up at blackpool way apparently the practies are going well and hopefully i can bring some live footage to you all one day .ive not bothered doing a big film thingy just press play and listen there are 9 tracks in all so enjoy.even the band didnt know about this and thats why i try and find stuff ,things missing or not heard in years if you have anything let me know so we can all enjoy it.got some other bands coming up soon from the 80s inc a live gig from liberties 1984 time.anyway here is the enemy
And so on to something else and from the stranglers website and derby punk phil coxon who used to follow the stranglers gig after gig and he did a diary of the la folie tour its fasinating reading and if you want to see more go to the stranglers website but here is a taster about the gig in derby assembly rooms
February 3rd Derby Assembly Rooms P: The one I've been waiting for-my home town gig! It's the first time I've seen them in Derby but it's the band's third visit here. The first was in 1976, at a rockers club called Cleopatras, and the next was on The Raven tour in '79 when unfortunately I was in hospital and couldn't make the gig.
I've used my last holiday today so this is my final gig of the tour and I want to make the most of the day. Get to the venue early to meet up with Dean, Krista and Lyndsey are also there. We manage to see the band and have a good chat especially with JJ. Mark arrives with Tiny and we make our way to the Bell Hotel, a mecca for Punks, Skins and Mods, and have a couple of pints. Tiny decides to do a bit of mooning and we all get kicked out so we go to the venue and meet up with all my mates who have been touring partners in the past.
I see support band 'Boys In Darkness' for one last time and wait for The MIB. I get right down to the front and end up virtually on the stage by the speakers right next to JJ. I've got a brilliant view so start working with the camera. As ever on this tour, they start with Sewer and Tiny leaps on stage, struts about for a few minutes until his trousers are down and he's mooning again!! It gives the crowd a good laugh. It's a great gig with quite a few stage invaders towards the end. After the encore JJ says in my ear "See you at the Midland hotel". The Midland hotel indeed-very posh! So, after the gig, quite a few of us make our way to the Midland, which is possibly the poshest hotel in Derby but the doormen aren't going to let a bunch of young punks like us in so we decide to make our way home. M: Got the train to Derby at midday, the venue was the Assembly rooms and Greg Herman was already there when I arrived. The band very professionally carry on oblivious to the storm of spit being unleashed from the crowd in the direction of Tiny's backside! The hotel weren't letting anyone in ( by this time we were getting bloody good at getting into hotels and it was obvious immediately that none of our techniques were going to work at this one), and we slept in various cars, bus and railway stations. Luckily I had the sleeping bag with me.
moving on and a few fliers from cleos from the derby soul scene i know very little about this as i was only 8 at the time but if anyone wants tow write a bit about it for the blog email me and will sort it out.
an finally an old video i did a few years back about the blue note i was watching this yesterday and realised the havana has since been demolished and there is a quick glimpse at the start of it what a place that was ,if they knew you you were fine if not you had some bloody weird looks anyway thats it for now .hope you enjoyed it,keep safe and see you all soon.
hello and so today we mark 9 months on the blog and the hunt is on for more stuff occationally i concentrate on finding stuff on certain bands and ignore others this is not done on purpose and in time i will get other stuff up depends on how i feel and more to the pointwhat i can find,it shocked me really that between 76 and 79 no record releases came from the city but i guess thats how it was i could be wrong but hey if you know better let me know.dont forget to check the blog pages from the past there is probebly more on it that you realise andso on to todays stuff and a live gig from anti pasti from preston in 1982 this is what i found some of you may have it and others wont have heard it so in all its glory here it is the sound aint that great but who cares eh.i have also found a gig by the enemy from the 100 club and will get that sorted in good time as well.always on the look out for anything i havent heard from the past so if you have it send it this way and keep the stuff alive.
another track from cleopatras in derby and the great joe strummer signing heartbreak hotel.i didnt film this from peter and the test tubebabies at the bell but the quality is brilliant so fare play to the person that filmed it and its well worth a watch.
a nice pic of the stage at the ajanta the radiator can still be seen when the punk bands played but for how long.
and so for you football nuts and the baseball ground a nice 90 minutes of film.
so thats it this week hope you enjoyed it pass the link around to al your good friends and take care .cheersjv
just a quick blog today to kill 10 mins and as i found this i thought i would just bang it up.Alot of the things i find are completely by accident and this is the case about this band from Duffield and who would have thought that these people would go on to play in such great derby bands a real treasure.to find.over the next few weeks i will be getting some new recordings up from the vaults and possibly some new footage but untill then its tra. remember click on pic and it should enlarge.
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Waifs & Strays 1976
'Waifs and Strays' . Duffield Train Station . 23rd July 1976
left to right: Oliver Hoon (bass), Michael Pollard (drums), Alan Taylor (non Eccelesbourne) (vocals), Nick Hilliard (guitar).
Nick Hilliard and Oliver Hoon . Mrs. Hilliard's Dining Room, Duffield.
14th July 1976 (photo by Michael Pollard)
Michael writes - "Tea break during band rehearsal. We were the first, though not the last, punk band to emerge from this area. This photo is from one of the first rehearsals with this line-up. We were called 'Waifs and Strays' and were managed by the owner of the only alternative clothes shop in Derby.
Nick and Oliver had left Ecclesbourne by this point to go to sixth form college. I had remained at school and I can now confess that I had to bunk off on more than one occasion to attend rehearsals."
King Street Rehearsals 1975
Bottom Right - Michael Pollard writes "Mark Northwood. November 1975, King Street, Duffield. The band at this rehearsal comprised Mark Northwood (guitar/vocals), Oliver Hoon (bass) and Peter Whitehead (drums).
The Enemy..... and so with the reforming of bands in the city after many years its makes putting these things up rather fun again two posters from the enemy one at the cosmo club and the other at the star club who were the support bands always nice to know.
the cosmo club boundary road nr uttoxeter rd.are those were the days.
ok so anyone got anything on this gig the stranglers at 27.11.76 Derby Cleopatras
hello and a very happy new year ,and welcome back to the blog so here we go again and in to 2012 what happened to you last year dont count as its just a memory this is a new one so all the best to you whatever we do .i always get excited when i find something of intrest from the past and was delighted to finally find a bit of footage from the old derby playhouse only took 5 years and there must be more out there ,my aim is to find footage from when it became the ajanta but thats going to be impossible i think but this will have to do for now.i added a few pics and slowed it down a bit as it was a short clip so here it is and enjoy.
a couple of adverts for ajanta gigs
the furs gig is avalible to buy but im having a bit of trouble downloading it but will hope to get that up later in the year throobing gristle can be found also for those intrested .
GREAT NEWS
Anti-pasti have reformed and will be playing some gigs this year so hopefully will get some footage of them if they play in derby ,with them and the enemy doing gigs it really gives us old timers somethingto look forward to.
moving on here is a link to a gig at the vic inn from nappy rash promotions featuring the vaxines from 2005 its great that other people put stuff up for you to see and if it helps promote the bands venues and promoters in derby then it can only be good .
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and so on to something different and this is some old footage of allenton area in the snow taken by dave upton in 1965 i love seeing this stuff just to see how the are decays as much as anything.
and thats about it today remember if you have enjoyed any of this stuff check out the adds and the odd click every now and again (if you see something you want :)) always is appreciated.last year this blog made me a whopping £3.65 which doesnt help pay for 6 scans from the local studies libary .about time i paid it a visit though to find some new gems wonder if they have any film i can use mmmm thats a thought good day jv.
Saturday, 17 December 2011
hello again,yep its been a long time but i have been rather busy doing stuff ,so without further ado lets get on with it.and to start with a band that was around the derby scene in the early 80s called terminal 2
.its funny really as i am starting to get blamed for good things like bands getting back together and hunting out there own stuff from the loft .to be honest im rather pleased about it as it shows that they still have a love for the stuff they produced and hopefully they will do a gig again.so the first vid is about terminal 2 from the willington area and here is a link to their first demo http://soundcloud.com/user829450/sets/that-one-ep-from-1983-demo-1/
also if you want to view them and i must say i really enjoyed the pics in this here is a vid.complete with some posters from mickleover youth club and willington.
next up and here is some footage from the reverends that hasnt been released yet its from the gig at the bell when they supported the angelic upstarts.its been a hell of a year for the band and they are going from strenth to strenth in the derby area and also doing rather nicely abroud,i say abroud anything further than ten miles out the city is bloody good but these have managed newcastle and leicester.they are at present recording an album and i will look forward to hearing that in the new year.
another band i have some footage of left over from the year are luddite bastard and to be honest i dont know how they are doing support wise but they played at the bell the other week with zounds and eastfield and look to record some new stuff next year
and so to my own band the stance who called it a day last month,if you havent seen the documentary on the year its on you tube and has had many a good responce i wont bore you to much about it just go and watch it but here is some unseen footage of the gig at the vic 19112011 and the track is money and love.we made over £100 for charity and they were delighted with it so all the effort was worth it.i will start a new project next year but dont really no what yet.
he had some great news last week as derby band the enemy will be doing a gig hopefully in june next yearat the bell and will look forward to that one with keen intrest.if you havent heard them before here they are in all their glory.
so thats about it then for now have a great xmas and a happy new year and next year i will put up some new bands and see what the world has to offer in the streets of sunny derby all the best johnny v.
well hello been really busy but just to keep ticking over here is a nice 15 mins from derby band avoid this is the last of what i have on them so enjoy ..and so to a band from 2002 ,(it seems not that long ago but its nearly 10 years) so lets have a listern its a demo by molotov rain and bloody good it is to so sit back and enjoy and whilst your listening you can read a review of an all dayer from 2004 at the duke of york (sg peppers as it was ) when they played many other bands get mentioned so its a good resource. the link for the review is here http://www.musicshed.co.uk/alldayer.html
i will be takin a closer look at some of these bands in good time but as i say untill the end of novemer i have to concentrate on my own gig .then i can spend more time on putting stuff up.take it easy all and look after yourself.cheers johnny v.
hello and so this int what i was originally going to do but time is tight and just to keep the ball rolling here are a few things to see.CLICK ON THE PICS TO ENLARGE the first is from the det about the damned smashing up the assembly rooms repost but well worth a nother look.
February 3rd Derby Assembly Rooms 
