Kim Fenton - Vocals | Sebastian Horsley - Guitar |
Graham Cowling - Guitar | Aidan "Byng" Bucknall - Bass |
Ben Murphy - Drums |
We all met at school and started playing together in 1977. Varied influences from pre-punk (Marc Bolan, Roxy Music) and early punk (Sex Pistols, Clash, Damned). We split because Graham, Ben and Kim had to choose between university places or the band. Best and worst gigs are probably the same - Futurama - great event but played lousy.
Early songs included "Sending My Girl To Holloway" and "High On a Numbie".
However, times they were a changin' and after playing at the 'Futurama Festival' in Leeds on Saturday 8th September 1979 with 'Public Image Limited' & 'Joy Division' they called it a day after one last gig at the 'Zip Club' in Hull.
Their epitaph was etched in vinyl with an appearance on the compilation album "Music For The Upper Classes To Do Something To".
VOID – GIG LIST
1978
18.2.78 - Hull Polytechnic Bar
11.3.78 - Hull Polytechnic Bar
20.3.78 - Munster Bar, York
7.4.78 - Hull Polytechnic Bar
13.5.78 - Hull Polytechnic Bar
26.5.78 - Wellington Club, Hull
27.5.78 - Hull Polytechnic Bar
29.5.78 - Munster Bar, York
3.6.78 - Royal Standard, Bradford
8.7.78 - Hull Polytechnic Bar
17.7.78 - Winter Gardens, Cleethorpes ("Snake On The Streets" Tour)
19.7.78 - Bridge Hotel, Newcastle upon Tyne ("Snake On The Streets" Tour)
29.7.78 - Station Hotel, Goole ("Snake On The Streets" Tour)
1.8.78 - Munster Bar, York ("Snake On The Streets" Tour)
4.8.78 - Wellington Club, Hull ("Snake On The Streets" Tour)
5.8.78 - Working Men’s Club, Howden ("Snake On The Streets" Tour)
22.8.78 - Viva’s Wine Bar, York ("Snake On The Streets" Tour)
16.9.78 - De Grey Rooms, York (with the Invaders, and No Surprises)
6.10.78 - Hull Polytechnic Bar
7.10.78 - Doncaster Rock Festival (with the Prams and Armitage Skanks)
9.10.78 - Outlook, Doncaster (supporting the Adverts)
29.10.78 - Humberside Theatre, Hull
9.11.78 - The Barge, York
10.11.78 - New Theatre, Hull (supporting Dead Fingers Talk)
23.11.78 - Revolution Club, York
31.12.78 - Royal Standard, Bradford (with Gotham City Swing Band)
1979
11.1.79 - F Club, Leeds (supporting Adam and the Ants)
14.1.79 - Humberside Theatre, Hull
9.2.79 - Hull Polytechnic Refectory (supported by the Prams)
13.2.79 - F Club, Leeds
13.3.79 - Metro, Bradford
15.3.79 - Bali Hai, Hull (supported by the Odds, and Section 60)
29.3.79 - Civic Hall, Bradford (supporting the Invaders)
9.4.79 - Romeo & Juliets, Hull
18.7.79 - Memorial Hall, Beverley
8.9.79 - Futurama Festival, Queen’s Hall, Leeds
(The above festival featured... Echo & The Bunnymen, Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, The Fall, Adam And The Ants, Joy Division, Public Image Ltd. , Scritti Politti, Hawkwind, The Only Ones, The Teardrop Explodes, Cabaret Voltaire, A Certain Ratio, The Monochrome Set, Void, The Invaders, Spizz Energi, Punishment of Luxury, Prag Vec, Punilux & Spizz Energy.
13.9.79 - Zip Club, Hull (supported by the Vets)
Sebastian Horsley continued the grand Punk Rock tradition of creating outrage.
For the full shocking details just "Google" his name.
Thanks to Joe Public, Sebastian Horsley & Aidan Bucknall
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