14/04/07 Brighton, - The Jolly Brewer - Our first gig in front of a good crowd. It was hot gig in more than one sense as we were in the middle of the only heatwave of the year.  A promising debut indeed!

28/04/07 Rhyll, - The Dudley Arms. Why on earth I came back from Ireland for this I do not know. We were offered a recording contract by some twat who also organised the gig.  One idiot heard the firstline to "Bastard" and took us to be right wing extremists. I was asked join the conservative party but refused as they were too far left for me. Anyway, the one man riot failed to materialise but it was this gig that inspired a new tune entitled Race Riot. A long journey home made me realise these gigs are pointless so early in the bands career. 

06/05/07 Tunbridge Wells, - The Cross Keys - A Sunday night demo gig. The few punters seemed to appreciate this performance which resulted in a paying gig the following month.

07/05/07 Newhaven, - The Jolly Boatman - Sheldons local attracted a good number of immigrants from Seaford and we were very good. This set included a song we only did a few times entitled "OddSox" The music was later recorded as "You make me sick" but it has not reappeared in the set.

07/05/07 Croydon, - The Green Dragon. After the Newhaven gig we drove up to Croydon to play with two local acts whose names I've forgot. For some reason the organisers put us on last but we went down a storm. Thanks to the guys who helped us up the three flights of stairs with our gear.

28/05/07 - Croydon, - The Brief - A horrible day, it pissed down and along with the £8 admission charge contributed to the poor attendance. I think we impressed the small crowd. Eddie Tenpole asked us to learn "Swords of a thousand men" to perform with him. "Kitty Huson" were superb but I was dissapointed with the other acts.

07/06/07 - Streatham,- The Bedford Park - We did this gig (6 songs) without Sheldon who was working. We arrived very late due to poor directions.

22/06/07 Tunbridge Wells, - The Cross Keys - This was supposed to be the first in a series of gigs to promote our debut C.D. We were cursed by bad luck and the C.D. failed to be delivered for what seemed an eternity. Not many attended this gig but I was pleased to see Big Al, Wes and Nicky came up from Seaford. Our new T-Shirts were sold for the first time tonight and the gig itself went down without too much excitement.

23/06/07 - Tunbridge Wells, - The Forum. We were treading the same boards as previously trod by the likes of Green Day, Oasis and Codplay. A great venue and we went down a storm. The main act were known as "Zombie met Girl" I lost a quid as I bet myself that "The KADT" would fail to turn up. They came by train from Croydon, fair play lads, - let the train take the stain. I hated Jimmy Saville!

29/06/07 Seaford, - The Beachcomber - Sheldons birthday. I thought monsters were created, not born. I never thought so many people would come to see us, it was very busy, I'd love to say we played well but I don't think we did. Dangerous was definately pissed. More T-shirts were sold and most went home happy.

07/07/07 Newhaven, - The Jolly Boatman - The night Dangerous met Ali (aaarrrgh) A hot night meant that we split the set for a fag break. A well attended gig in Sheldons local.

28/07/07 Seaford, - The Crown - We organised this gig to promote the C.D. which failed to materialise. This coupled with a very poor attendance made me question what went wrong.

03/08/07 Eastbourne - The Royal Sovereign - This should have been a happier gig but with the C.D. only arriving this week (a month late) we were all very below par. Sheldon has started his "i'm a cunt" period. Steve had to drive over to Newhaven at 8.30 to get him. We were shit and only sold 3 C.D's

18/08/07 Seaford, - The Crown - We tried to make ammends for the previous gig here and to be quite honest it was not much better. The morale was very low, which is affecting our performance.

20/08/08 - Brighton, - The Prince Albert - I think 8 people paid to see us and Social Schism but at least we had a good laugh tonight. We tried busking outside the venue.

24/08/08 - Brighton - The Horse and Groom - A great gig but very hot under the lights. It would appear that morale is improving and with our mini tour coming up we need some good fortune.  

31/08/07 last night at the Green room in Chesterfield we played a blinder but to our dismay, a very poor attendance. Social Schism opened up to what was probably the most in the room at 30. It would seem although there were many potential puinters downstairs, they were reluctant to part with £4 entrance fee. I slept in the van whilst the others had the luxury of a travelodge hotel.

02/09/07 It was a very long journey home but the audience at Stockports Thatched House were very enthusiastic to our set. A number of T-shirts and CD's were sold but the overall financial loss for the weekend was huge. We were on top form and made a lot of friends during the weekend and our thanks to Fungal Dave (promoter) Banjo and Lisa (licencees at the Thatched House) Buddha and the Schism lads.

16/09/07 Peterborough, - The Park. Our first support slot with a "major" act, - 999 who were fantastic. We opened up and were very well received and I think we sounded good. Our 40 minute set was the album without "Seaford Town" and "Tony Bliar" Next on were Peterborough faves, - the Black Maraihs who were so good that even I parted with a tenner for their CD and T shirt. Arthur of 999 impressed us with his footie knowledge and we discovered Nick Cash previously lived in Seaford as a lad!!

28/09/07 Brighton, - The Engine Room (with 999) Stefan defied doctors orders to embark on a hectic weekend schedule. We arrived to find the venue  a wee bit smaller than expected but had a great gig in front of around 70 punters. Thanx to all the Seaford and Newhaven crew who came over. Shame the bar shut at 10pm. We were on the road heading west by 11.30

29/09/07 - Newton Abbott Race course for the 2nd West Country Bike Show. After a good drive and 5 hours sleep we opened the event around midday to three or four punters in a marquee that was almost 80 yards long. Perhaps it was too early for 1500 bikers to patronise the beer tent. The sound system was superb.

29/09/07 - Hobbits at Weston Super Mare (with 999)  Found Nick Cash roaning the streets so picked him up and took directions. "Get in the right hand lane" said Nick and I duly did so to greet oncoming traffic and bemused drivers wondering what I was doing. I managed to allow the cars to pass before turning right and parking outside the venue. "you don't drive?" I remarked to which Nick replied " No, I don't"  We played well but the gig was poorly attended with only 50 or so bodies.

30/09/07 Dawlish, - The Lansdown. Back to the reality of a small pub gig, god only knows how we found motivation but we impressed the small crowd despite being so cramped. Got drenched loading the van after the gig but drove home reasonably satisfied with our weekends gigs. Now we have a well earned rest.

13/10/07 Leicester, - The Shed. With 8 bands on the bill, soundchecking was minimal. Our set was reduced to omit Upside down, Seventeen, and Johnny Holmes. Whilst I don't think we sounded  too bad, 999 suffered with Nick far from happy as his vocals seemed to dissappear during their performance which consequently suffered. The attendance was good but we only sold 5 cd's. Highlight of my evening were "The Fighting Cocks"

02/11/07 Brighton - The London Unity

03/11/07 Brighton - The Horse and Groom

These were two of the worst gigs we ever did. The attendance barely reached double figures in each venue which are gobbing distance apart. Sheldon was a cunt, not bothering to turn until it was almost time to start our set. We really did contemplate jacking it in after this weekend.

09/11/07 Brighton - Concorde 2, - Another joke gig "supporting" Penetration. We were asked to go on at 7.20 in front of 20 people. Not surprisingly we sold just a couple of C.D's and made a loss financially.

15/11/07 Eastbourne, - The Gildridge. Our differences were sorted and we played to a resonably well patronised Thursday crowd. Sold loads of C.D's. Sent Sheldon home by bus.

16/11/07 Newhaven,- They seem to love us here, and we always sell quite a bit of merchandise. A good set and a great crowd. We were on top form.

29/11/07 Worthing, - The Grand Victorian. I used to do Karaoke here a few years back and the last Thursday of the month was always packed. What a different story tonight. Only a few bodies stayed til the end and we were a three piece due to Sheldons mystery illness.

13/12/07 Kettering, - Sawyers - I'd love to tell ya Sheldon has fully recovered, but ya don't get better from what he's got!! This is a venue everyone has to play, it was well attended and many C.D's and T's were sold. We even sold our last xxxxl size to Big Paul (cheers mate) A long journey home was made even longer by Sheldons mouth refusing to close.

15/12/07 Eastbourne, - The Royal Sovereign - Our xmas gig in Easbourne was not as good as I might have wished, obviously everyone had got their presents and our merchandise department was not too busy.

29/12/07 Seaford, - The Crown - A few Palace scum were escorted out before we started, I knew there was a strange smell tonight. However after the air was cleared we played a good set in this very small pub.

30/12/07 Peterborough , - The Park - One of our favourite venues, I had wondered why so many were watching from the side whilst we were playing, it was because it was so fucking loud! My ears were hurting afterwards. About 8 bands played tonight but we headed home after the Black Marias finished their excelent set. Happy new year punkers !!!

2008

06/01/08 - Chiddingly, - The 6 Bells - This is another usually well attended venue that attracts bands playing blues orientated covers. The very few who braved the cold night loved us, I think it was a long time since they saw any act that actually performed like us.

02/02/08 - Eastbourne, - Mullens - A pathetic place to play, visiting the gents means making your way through the band. We sold loads of merchandise but someone hated us, complained to the management and our subsequent bookings were cancelled. In all fairness we were not on good form with Tony from Leicesters "First Wave" standing in on Bass as Stef couldn't make it.

29/02/08 - Ipswich, - The Railway - We should have been supporting "The Business" here tonight but the promoter was chased out of town the week before. A local punk covers band stood in and we asked to play with them. A tour of Ipswich Town football club meant our resident 4 year old was very happy. We pressed up a few copies of "Ipswich Town" and it was played on BBC Radio Suffolk a few times and we had an inteview with Steve Forster.

12/03/08 Eastbourne, - Bar Blue We did this gig for £30 and I can't think of any other reason why

14/03/08 Seaford,- The Crown - We've overdone this small venue and never really had a good one here which to me is a major dissapointment as I have such fond memories going back 20 years. Still managed to sell more C.D's and T's.

15/03/08 Brighton, - The Engine Rooms - "Supporting" Discharge although we never actually saw them. Tonight was a disater, Sheldon had a reaction between his medication and alcohol and fell over on stage. Stefs Bass stopped and I had a mic stand fall over on me. I can't understand why the audience loved it? No merchandise was sold as we had to get out to go to Eastbourne.

15/03/08 Eastbourne, - The Royal Sovereign - We played a blinder, it must have been the anger coming out from Brightons disaster. This is another venue that we've overdone.

27/03/08 Ipswich, - The Railway - Supporting 999 Another poorly attended gig but we played well and sold some gear. We now have a long rest as I'm off to Ireland for 7 weeks.

30/05/08 Eastbourne,- The Gildridge. Our first gig since my Irish break. I was suffering from a bad back which meant being unable to carry any of the gear! The poster said "Insane Society" featuring Max Splodge who indeed did do four songs with us although I'm not sure if anyone knew who he was. Leicesters "First Wave" were also playing with us and were excelent. A very good turn out.

31/05/08 Newhaven,- The Jolly Boatman. A very busy night in this intimate venue. "First Wave" opened up before us and then "The Warriors" We all sweated and lost weight tonight with the exception of myself who actually gained a couple of pounds.

13/06/08 Seaford,- The Beachcomber. A very dissapointing evening, considering we are in mid-summer. Despite the lower than expected attendance, we still parted company with a lot of merchandise. 

05/07/08 Brighton,- The Engine Rooms. We were opening up for Peter & the Test-Tubes and the Anti-Nowhere League. This was a very hot night in a packed venue. We rose to the occasion and played a blinder, winning over most of the audience.

12/07/08 Deal,- The Eagle. An outdoor event headlined by the Warriors. We went on first at 4pm due to my work commitments. I didn't think we sounded great but we sold out of the C.D's we brought with us. A very enjoyable day out.

18/07/08 Stoke Newington,- Ryans. This was a big mistake. Social Schism asked us to open for them. A total of 8 were watching us plus the Schism boys. Upstairs in a packed pub the clientale were enjoying a drum and bass set by a faceless D.J. playing forgettable tunes. It was a horrible journey home but at least we broke even on the night as The Schisms paid us £40. They went home by train to Southend.

19/07/08 Brighton, Hollingbury Festival. Perhaps this event should be renamed "The Hollingbury Farcical" I think we were in a school field. The sound was great in a tent but not many bodies to fill it up.

24/0708 Hastings,- The Smugglers. Without doubt, the most undesirable venue we have ever played. You would have to see it to believe it. I'm amazed it hasn't been shut down by the authorities. We had to sit around for an eternity before starting our set. A few C.D's were sold and some great photos were taken by "Chucky" these will be posted somewhere on the band photos page soon.

25/07/08 Sheerness,- The Ivy Leaf. A great venue with a good crowd present. Brainsorm opened and set a high standard. We were on next and impressed all. After us was a comedy act known as "Kunt & the Gang" follwed by a Sex Pistols tribute act. Our best merchandise night ever!. This was the last day I saw my Mum who died the next day.

08/08/08 Brighton,- The Horse & Groom. Apparently this is a lucky day for the Chinese. Well, not everything is made in China. The Olympic opening ceremony was on the box and this gig was poorly attended.

17/08/08 Eastbourne, - The Kings Arms. The only reason we did this Sunday afternoon gig was for £120 to boost our funds. Otherwise, a waste of time.

30/08/08 Eastbourne, The Royal Sovereign. Sheldon had just hasd his operation so was unable to perform. (Nicci's been telling us this for years) I had to deputise on vocals and did an adequate job.

07/09/08 London, Camden, - The Dublin Castle. We were still without Sheldon who was now recovering. A very small attendance saw us mis-matched with a band from Portsmouth/Southampton. Another pointless gig.

20/09/08 The White Swan.- Aylesbury. Having just travelled 400 or so miles from Ireland for this this gig, I was a bit tired. A nice venue not too far from the town centre. We opened for The Warriors. I didn't think we were too good tonight but a bit of merchandise was sold and a few contacts were made. After us came Citizen Keyne who we all agreed were quite superb. Great songs and well performed. We booked into a travelodge at Milton Keyens for the night and Sheldon pissed me off by arriving back late and being his usual drunk, loud self, waking me from my much needed sleep.

21/09/08 The Charlotte,- Leicester. It was an easy drive fom Milton Keynes to Leicester and we spent the afternoon with Tony of "First Wave" On arrival at the venue we discovered that we were first on. Needless to say, I wasn't happy and along with the fact I'm driving I wanted to leave as soon as possible. With only a solitary C.D. sold, today was a finnacial disaster. We eventually left at midnight as soon as the Subhumans had finished. I got home at 3.30 but Stefan missed the M25 turn off and went through central London to  arrive back in Tunbridge Wells at 6.00 Sheldon got home at 07.30. Should we have left Leicester at 8pm we would have all been in bed by midnight.

02/10/08 The Snobar,- Milton Keynes. There are several reasons for hating Milton Keynes, 1,- it has a horrible road system where you can easily get lost (as we have done, twice) 2,- They have a team in the football league and don't deserve one. (Footie historians know why) 3,- I can't think of one at the moment but I'm sure there are many other reasons. Sheldon and I arrived at ten to nine just in time for a visit to KFC and then go upstairs to the Snobar where Citizen Keyne were awaiting our support. It was a good turn out but not many were interested in two ageing punk bands. I had a great opportunity in having a dig a MK Dons.

04/10/08 The Ivy Leaf, - Sheerness. Our eagerly awaited return to this great venue. "The Last Resort" were headlining with "The Warriors" . We were on 2nd after "The Filthys" Our set was very well received and we sold a fair bit of merchandise. Thanks to everyone who contributed backing vocals on Paranoia in what was the best stage invasion yet.

16/10/08 The Beachcomber,- Seaford. I don't know why we don't pull a croud in what should be a home fixture? Maybe we were just unlucky again. I lost all my guitar sounds and had to start from scratch. An un-eventful night which we won't remember when we are drawing our pensions.

17/10/08 The Jolly Boatman,- Newhaven. In contrast to last night, this was heaven. It amazes me how popular in Newhaven we are. Special guests tonight were "All Flags Burn" from Sheerness who did a great job.

30/10/08 Sawyers,- Kettering. Sheldon briefly left the band due to ill health and Stefan had something wrong with him too. So tonight,-  "Insane Society" travelled as a two piece but were joined by Tony of "First Wave" on bass. We did 10 songs very well with myself on vocal duty. I had to have printed lyrics in front of me. Same as Karaoke, but twice as bad!

01/11/08 The Horse and Groom,- Brighton. With Sheldon still absent, we performed as a three piece to a packed house at the "Doom and Gloom" actually, I'm exagererating, there were barely 20 bodies there all night. We blamed it on Halloween/Fireworks parties or perhaps it was the X-Factor for the low turn out.

15/11/08 Ryans,- Southborough. Two bars here, one packed and one... not so! Guess where we were? The Insane 3 piece did our set not once, but twice, although we were better 1st time around. Tonight saw the debut of "Another Soldier" albeit a semi accoustic performance by myself. This song will be a highlight of our set when its fully introduced.

21/11/08 The Horse and Groom,- Brighton. Sheldon was back for tonights support slot with Splodgenessabounds. We did an hour set to a well patronised pub who enjoyed our performance. Two newer songs were introduced, - "Money man" and "You make me sick"

I don't know how to desribe Splodges set, but a Thursday night Jam session would be a fair comparison.

22/11/08 The Engine Rooms,- Brighton. Opening for "The Vibrators" we were on top form  and impressed the surprisingly youngish crowd. I had to leave to go to work early leaving the others to deal with merchandise.

28/11/08 The Gildridge,- Eastbourne. Another top notch performance. A good crowd who appeciated the hard work we put in tonight.

29/11/08 The Castle,- Sheerness. To be honest, I was dissapointed with tonights attendance. Our previous visits to the town had proved positive. Was it the weather? We were on 2nd before "The Filthys" or to name them correctly, - "The filthy stay-puft marshmellow men" - a bit of a mouthful as is Mr Felatio (the ice cream man)

14/12/08 The Shed,- Leicester. A waste of time, effort and money. This was not a support slot. We were put in a very small room downstairs with an audience of no more than twenty whilst in the main venue above, First Wave and the U.K. Subs saw a full house. This will never happen again.

23/12/08 Brighton, the Concorde. A late engagement saw us open for Max Splodge and Bad Manners. We did 30 minutes and impressed all who arrived early enough. Splodge consisted in members of Bad Manners and were very good. As for Bad Manners, they are in a different league, a class above anyone else we've ever played with.

27/12/08 Newhaven, The Jolly Boatman. Our final gig of year with our good friends from Peterborough, The Black Marias who put on a great show with some excelent new tunes. We did ok despite sound problems but shifted a good amount of merchandise.

03/01/09 Eastbourne,- The Gildridge. We started off the new year with a mini crisis, Stefan is ill again so we hastily replaced him with not one, but three bassists (Spinal Tap, eat ya heart out!) Our thanks to Martin, Gareth and Gavin who between them learned all of 27 songs in less than 3 days. We played very well to the seasonaly smallish crowd and even managed to shift a few of the new C.D.

11/01/09 London, Canning Town,- The Bridgehouse. Despite an early start (6.15), we played to a good sized crowd who seemed to enjoy our 40 minute set. Ali was kept busy with our merchandise. Other bands were,- East End Badoes, Dun to def, Red flag 77 and finally The UK Subs who were fantastic. Gavin was again on Bass and is now a fully fledged member of Insane Society following Stefan's departure.

17/01/09 Sheerness,- The Castle. A wet and windy night probably dampened the enthusiasm of a few who decided to stay in and watch "Celebrity get ya tits out on ice" but those who braved the conditions were rewarded with a 45 minute set by "The Warriors" We did an hour after they finished and hardly hit a bum note. Gavin has perfected 21 songs in a couple of weeks with only two rehersals. Thanks to all who travelled from afar as Dover, Deal and Ramsgate.

30/01/09 Hastings, - The Carlisle. You can always tell when Sheldon is pissed 'cos he wants to shake everyones hand (usually 2 or 3 times) It's hard to believe he's a freemason! Our good friends from Sheerness, Criminal Brainstorm performed a 40 minute set to open up the evening. When we started, we realised we hadn't prepared a set list but I think we remembered all the songs. The management were glad to see the back of Hannaford at closing time.

31/01/09 - The Duchess of Edinburgh, - Welling. We were supporting Max Spodge at this very small but impressive venue. I thought we wern't going down too well but after we finished an almost faultless set, we sold a lot of C.D's and 1 T-Shirt. With so many favourable comments, I can only presume they were a quiet crowd. Max had two different members since the last gig and performed a very tight set. An enjoyable night made up for Friday's slight dissapointment.

07/02/09 - The Gaff, Holloway Road, London. With Max again at this very impressive venue in North London. It didn't take too long to get there but parking was a problem. We sound checked at 6 o'clock and had to sit around for an eternity. Not as many punters as last week but we got a great response from the crowd. On the way home Sheldon offered me a fight so I stopped driving to sort him out. Once that was done without too much bloodshed (in fact none) we continued on our journey despite the Blackwall tunnel being shut. Steve suffered a further 60 minutes of punishment to Newhaven !

12/03/09 - The Carlisle, Hastings. We've had a long break since our last gig and were really looking forward to this long weekend which started with All Flags Burn opening up for 999. The Warriors followed before we did a 40 minute set. Not one of our best gigs but we fared well enough. 999 did their usual set and went down well. Only about 70 people attended which may have been dissapointing.

13/03/09 - The QE2, Bognor Regis. Just ourselves and 999 at this very intimate pub venue. We like to say thanks to those who travelled from afar to see us, namely, - Mark & Annette from Deal, Dave & Lucy from Redhill and I think it was Joe from Portsmouth. It's really nice when people come to see the support act as well as the headliners.

14/03/09 - Esquires, Bedford. I gave up the last day of the fishing season for this gig and it was a stormer. A great venue and a fantastic attendance of probably 180+ I know most came to see The Last Resort but I think we impressed all who saw us for the first time. We had a record night on merchandise thanks to our new merch man, - Geordie Rich. Also thanx to all who travelled from Milton Keynes, Leicester and Seaford. It would seem we are building a respectable following. Resistance 77 followed us and also went down well. The promoter of this gig picked two acts to superbly compliment The Last Resort and we look forward to coming here again. As a major bonus, Sheldon went home with his brother and Richie bought us a Kebab!

20/03/09 - The Horse and Groom, Brighton. This is a venue that would appear to be suffering from a rock n roll recession, a bit of an embarressment was had by all. We invited UK Vacant from Crawley as guests who played a superb set but to such a small crowd. We made a few mistakes in our full set probably due to not being able to raise our game after last weeks performance. Win some, lose some, it was a game of two halves and if the ball had gone in, that would have been a goal but we gave 110 percent out on the park, so I'm sure we will get the result we are looking for Brian.

27/03/09 -The Jolly Boatman, Newhaven. Regular readers to this page may not be surprised to hear that Hannaford was a complete arse last night. If you can remember Jimmy Pursey on "top of the pops" millions of years ago and how he fell over, you'll get the general idea of Sheldons performance. Not to mention forgetting the words on nearly half the songs, what a wanker! Despite this, we had a good turn out and our guests for this evening were "Citizen Keyne" who were outstanding.

29/05/09 - The Crown, Seaford. Our first day back at school after a lengthy break. The Crown is our spiritual home and it was good to be back. Some new faces were present to see us for the first time and a number of CD's were sold. We played fairly well considering only a poor rehearsal the day before.

Sheldon has given up drinking, and being single, is now available and on offer.  Applicants for the position should make themselves known at the first opportune moment.

Insane Society are an "equal opportunities" employer and would welcome applicants from any ethnic background,  gender or sexual orientation, although I think Mr Hannaford would prefer a woman.

30/05/09 - Dickens Bar, Rotherham. I had bad vibes about this one, cup final day and a 460 mile round drive. I wished I stayed at home. A very low turn out were there to see us and the Warriors. I shared the sound duties with Chris and we both did a good job. Thanks to John, Jab and Hutch who travelled up from Milton Keynes to see us, thus nearly doubling the attendance. We got home very late (06.30) as I had to have a couple of naps. This date was like having your head down the toilet, praying to the god of Twyfords crying, - "never again"

13/06/09 - The Bridghouse, London.  A lower than expected turn out for this event promoted by Daggers Punk featuring "The Restarts" At least this week we had the pleasure of an early return home, even if our driver did make a balls up of the M25 turn off.

19/06/09 - Dannys Bar, Bedford.  We travelled light in one car to play this smallish venue downstairs from Esquires. The First Wave lads travelled from Leicester to open up the evening. A good crowd recieved our set made mostly of familiar faces we've seen in the past. We played a juke box set with the audience shouting requests. Citizen Keyne were on after us and were their usual top notch performance.

27/06/09 - The Queen Charlotte, Ramsgate. The first of our weekend double header in East Kent saw us playing at our very best despite a lower than expected turnout. We did two new songs at the end, "Political Rash" and "Another Soldier" Sheldon and Steve went to Manchester on Friday and after a few weeks, Mr Hannaford started drinking again, which comes as good news because I said I'd give up wanking if he stays off the drink! I had the misfortune of having to share a bed with the afore mentined drunk. It may have been a hot night but not sticky!!

28/06/09 - The Wig n Pen, Margate. It's been along time since we did an afternoon gig. This time it was Steve and Gavin who were suffering. They stayed with Russ and Lisa (Warriors) and possibly consumed too much alcohol. This resulted in our set being a bit sloppy. We went down very well and many people parted company with their cash for our T-Shirts and CD's.

11/07/09 - Pevensey, The Smugglers The weekend started badly and got steadily worse. Our rehearsal on Thursday was ok until we found out we'd been double booked for this gig. Mr. Dangerous had told me we were to play here on Friday 11th so I posted on the pages to find out that Friday was the 10th and we were supposed to be in Ramsgate on the 11th. We opted for the Pevensey gig and had to blow out Ramsgate. Hannaford had too much to drink and put in a poor performance. I don't know how we sold any merchandise, but we went home nearly £50 better off and got offered another gig at the "Smugfest" in two weeks time.

24/07/09 - Newhaven - The Jolly Boatman. Our guests for the evening were Criminal Brainstorm from the Isle of Sheppey who played a great set incorporating some humoue into their songs (Lurex Lucy, Captain Scarlet) They were a hard act to follow and despite this being our 8th gig in two and a half years, we put on a good show. Merchandise was minimal as I've calculated we have sold 40cd's and 11 T-shirts here in the past.

25/07/09 - Pevensey - The Smugglers. A charity event to raise money for Great Ormond Street. Bonner music provided a sound system for this outdoor gig and we went on early. A good crowd of perhaps in excess of 200 but not the sort who wanted to purchase our merchandis. They were polite in applause and only the ugly ones didn't clap. Our 35 minute set opened with "Another Soldier" to allow Sheldon a popstar entrance for "Made in China"

25/07/09 - After the Pevensey gig we drove to Sheppey for our swap gig with Criminal Brainstorm. This time we went on before them and played possibly our best ever set. On the way home we congratulated ourselves on the performance. Sheldon suggested I pay him a compliment on these pages, - bollocks!

01/08/09 - Crawley - The House of Oi (Rose and Crown) We were first on the bill at 7pm supporting The Last Resort. This suited me as I was due to work in Lewes by 8.30pm. Unfortunately, it rained all afternoon and this dampened the enthusiasm of the few early punters. Despite the lack of numbers we did a good 30 minute set and parted with 12 CD's. After I left, the venue started filling, and by 9pm was packed.

14/08/09 - Gosport punkfest. It was nice to be in a new area and very few of the clientale had witnessed us before. I think we went down a storm and again did considerable business on merchandise. Steve Dangerous enjoyed the two Karaoke bands that followed us, joining in whenever they let him. We are looking forward to returning to the area soon.

15/08/09 - Ramsgate, The Queen Charlotte. The only reason we returned here is Steve wants to put his willy in Erica, the manageress of the pub. At one point there were but three punters. Needless to say we were unable to raise our game but sometime during the latter half of our set, a fair crowd had amassed. Gavin and I left by midnight leaving Dangerous (sober!) to drive Sheldon (pissed) home at 3am. I'll wager that was a long journey!!

28/08/09 - Seaford, The Crown. Back to our spiritual home. Tonight we had a very special guest in Kamikazi 64 2who entertained us with his unique brand of comical rap. Check out his videos and toons here, - www.kamikazi64.com

For a bank holiday weekend, the pub was not as packed as I had expected but we played reasonably well doing just about every song in our repotoir. A dissapointing merchandise departmartment failed to sell one single CD.

29/08/09 - Hove, The Portland. I didn't do this gig due to work commitments. Former bassist Stefan filled in on guitar. Insane Society were supporting Citizen Keyne. The venue had failed to promote the gig in any way and just a handful of people parted with £3 door entry. Aparrently, Sheldon got very pissed and was last seen slumped on the steps of the venue. Luckily, the doorstaff (a chick with a dick) were on hand to offer assistance. Wether Mr. Hannaford accepted the offer is open to speculation.  

26/09/09 - London, Canning Town, The Bridgehouse. A lengthy lay-off due to no-one wanting us and Sheldon having hospital treatment (an in-growing penis?) Seven or eight bands played today with us on at 10pm. UK vacant were, in my opinion the best act of the night. We followed First Wave and did our usual shit but with two new songs. "Stand up" and "2 minutes" I felt sorry for the the bands after us as some punters were leaving to catch last buses and trains.

17/10/09 - Bedford, Esquires. At very short notice we were invited to open for "The Cockney Rejects" at this fantastic venue. Our set was enjoyed by the 200 or so and needless to say we did extremely well on merchandise. First Wave and Citizen Keyne followed us and a good night was had by all. Gavin and I had had the pleasure of driving home whilst some poor sod had the mis-fortune of putting up with Dangerous and Sheldon for the night. If you would like Mr Hannaford in your bed or floor, send an E-Mail to, sheldoninsane@hotmail.com

22/10/09 - London, Camden Town - The Underworld. A wonderful night, not only with our favourite band, - 999 but a very good turnout (250ish) saw us at our best. Even the parking was easy. We opened with "Another Soldier" and did 6 songs from "Upside Down" and 5 from "Buy one get one free" plus "She don't understand" before finishing with "Fantastic Tits"  Some of our closest friends suggested it was our best performance ever. This may have been down to the superb sound system. We had a record night on merchandise. It would have been even better had some of our followers wore our T-shirts, - you know who I'm talking about!

23/10/09 - Newhaven, The Jolly Boatman. A very tired performance was put in by the band and this reflected in merchandise sales which saw just 4 cd's and a T-shirt sold. I wrote a new song this week and after a very quick run through, "This is what we do" was debuted at the end of the set. It is destined to become a live favourite. To see the words click here. Sorry no audio yet

24/10/09 - Crawley, The House of Oi (Rose and Crown) The first of two gigs today was at stupid o'clock in front of about 40 bodies. We must have put on a good show as a further 10 cd's were sold. A pity we couldn't stay and see Control and the Gonads. We were finished by 6.45 and an hour later were on the road to Sheerness.

24/10/09 - Sheerness, The Castle. The second gig saw us do almost our complete set but to a poor turnout. We ended the set with "This is what we do" which was appreciated by the few diehards. It's good to do a series of gigs over the weekend but I think we were all glad of the extra hours sleep with the clocks going back.

13/11/09 - Kettering, Sawyers. We were booked for this gig months ago as support to the Test-Tubes, but they had pull out recently. We were doing a double header in the area by going to Corby the following day. It was a mistake for us to honour this gig, we should have stayed at home. The other bands on the bill were as much to punk as Darlington are to league football. A total mis-match and not surprisingly only 16 people paid the extortionate £7 entry. To make matters worse, we were shit.

14/11/09 - Corby, The White Hart. A split gig with our good friends, First Wave saw an even poorer attendance and again our performance suffered. I'd rather have stayed at home. A huge loss was made over the weekend and moral is at an all time low. Gavin does not sell chestnuts on the seafront.

04/12/09 - Hastings, The Carlisle. Supporting the UK Subs to a capacity crowd on a windy December evening. I could have stayed at home watching "I'm a cunt get me out of here" but decided to play the part at Hastings instead. A couple of minor incidents occurred but not as serious as a few years back when a some people were killed here. Tonight we received the news that Steve Dangerous quit the band. Steve served on drums since just after formation and although he did not feature on either of our CD's, played in all of our 108 gigs. Steve also had an effect on women. He had quite a lot during his spell with us but kept one quiet. I can now reveal her identity, but to protect her innocence, I'm only going to publish her photo and not her name. Click here to see her in all her beauty.

09/01/10 - London, The Bridgehouse. This was our first gig with new drummer, Jan Mniszko, who at just 15 years of age has a great future ahead of him. Compliments were paid by all from the sell out crowd where we were supporting the UK Subs. The heavy snow made road conditions difficult but we made it to the venue just in time to see the "ten o'sevens". "Dangers Close"  followed before we did our 40 minute set. We left early to try to beat the expected snowstorm which failed to materialise. We've now got an enforced lay off as Sheldon will be having a hip operation soon.