biography_square button_minus button_plus close_artbutton exhibitionarrow_left exhibitionarrow_right follow_button home_sq-artefacetsViewArtefacts home_sq-exhibitionViewExhibitions home_sq-sqaureSupportUs home_sq-uploadUploadArtefact artist dj keyword_3 industry keyword_member magglass newburger onthisday_button profileicon randomiser_button reload_button soundcloud twitter uploadbutton zoom_in
In the last 30 days the archive has grown by 84 new artefacts, 17 new members, 10 new people and places.
Donate

Details

Added 4th July 2007 by Bernie Wilcox

Artefact

Photograph
John Cooper Clarke, The Passage, The Worst, The Fall, Militant Frank
Stretford Civic Theatre
23rd December 1977

The Fall, John Cooper-Clarke and The Worst played a Rock Against Racism gig at the Stretford Civic Theatre on 23 Dec 77. John the Postman could have been there as well. It was Fall bass player Tony Friel's last gig before he joined The Passage with Dick Witts.

Knowing Stretford well, I asked the bar manager to put on plastic glasses. He didn't think they'd be any trouble so he didn't bother.

The Worst and JCC did their sets OK but when The Fall came on someone slung a pint pot over at Mark. Then everyone else slung tjheir pots over and we had to close the safety curtain, but The Fall carried on playing behind it, good lads that they were.

The PA guy was Chris Hewitt from Tractor Music who also organised the Deeply Vale festivals. After the gig he gave me a tape of the night and me and my mates played it for a few months (The Fall didn't have a record deal then) until we gave it to Mark.

Years later, he then found it at the bottom of his wardrobe and released it as the "Live in 77" album.

This is The Worst - and they were the fucking worst
Share:

Latest Discussion

“ooh, Hofner Galaxie ?! I've got one of those.”
04 Jul 2007
If you'd like to leave a comment, please Login