THE CULT FIGURES LIVE AT THE CEDAR CLUB

...a little background info about how awful the gig was... it could serve as a 'don't do this kids' lesson to up and coming bands!
I can't remember how the gig came about, except we knew 'Charged GBH' from the Crown Inn, a central Birmingham pub where all the punks, skinheads, junkies and other misfits congregated. We had already released two records, and GBH were starting out but had a pretty big local following of hardcore punks and skins. Rather foolishly we accepted the offer of a double-bill gig at the Cedar Club.

On the night we had agreed to go on first as we preferred to be able to get a good session of drinking in afterwards but this set us up as fodder for the impatient, mainly skinhead/punk GBH fans in the club. We didn't look right, and we certainly didn't sound right!
What follows is the sound of a band unravelling. A band struggling to ply their trade in the face of hostile indifference. Skinheads and punks staring and jeering, occasionally gobbing, (not in the 1977 appreciative way, but in a fuck off kind of way!) and somewhere on the disc I mention the first glass that was lobbed at us!

It was weird at first, but without saying anything to each other we started fucking about, and in the end, in a masochistic way enjoyed it. My only regret on listening back, is my lack of clever stage patter.. But you've got to laugh ain't ya?!!!!

SLEEVENOTES BY GARY JONES NOVEMBER 2004

1. SILENT MAJORITY
2. CLAMBAKE
3. PAINTING BY NUMBERS
4. 24 HOUR TV
5. REACTIONS NIL
6. SUBMENGED CUTLERY
7. WAR ON FUN
8. BATTLESHIP GREY
9. I REMEMBER
10. MARTIN'S HOLIDAY
11. THE RELIGION
12.. ZIP NOLAN

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The live version of Zip Nolan has been released on the Messthetics#103 CD which is the latest in the series of UK DIY compilations from 1977-1981. This compilation focuses on the Birminghan and West Midlands area and has tracks from the Swell Maps, TheVersatile Newts (an early version of Felt), Spizz Oil, The Shapes, The Prefects, Digital Dinasaurs, The Cravats and many more! This CD can be bought directly from the Hyped2Death website or from good record stores!