Gigs

UPCOMING GIGS:

DATE	VENUE	LINE-UP	DETAILS

PAST GIGS

DATE	VENUE	LINE-UP	DETAILS
25 Jan 2003	The Jailhouse, Coventry	Gravel Trap, Five Knuckle, Grebo, Effervescent, Wasted Daze, 3 1/2 Inch Floppy, Silicon Baby and more	Punk/Metal all-dayer in Coventy. There were loads of people and some cool bands playing too!
11 Dec 2002	The Hibernian, Stirchley, Birmingham	3 1/2 Inch Floppy, Rooter, King Monkey	Our 50th show...and there were about 5 people there!
20 Nov 2002	The Hibernian, Stirchley, Birmingham	Farfallen, 3 1/2, Inch Floppy, Mighty Baby	Again without me. Sammie was there though this time
14 Oct 2002	The Bristol Pear, Selly Oak, Birmingham	3 1/2 Inch Floppy, Post Mortem	The first gig ever without me...and Sammie couldn't make it either! Jo had to fill in on guitar
30 Oct 2002	The Market Tavern, Birmingham	Sad Society, 3 1/2 Inch Floppy, The Coffin Bangers, Hardcore	Sad Society drove down from Edinburgh just for this show
8 Oct 2002	The Brook, Selly Oak, Birmingham	3 1/2 Inch Floppy, Post Mortem, Spatchbox	Birmigham Uni RockSoc gig...first of the year. And with 2 cool bands too.
14 Sep 2002	Tramps, Plymouth	G.O.R.G.E.O.U.S., Evil Macaroni 3 1/2 Inch Floppy, Gob Dylan, The Once Over Twice, Eastfield	Our second time at the Plymouth Punx Picnic
27 Aug 2002	The Market Tavern, Birmingham	The Apers, 3 1/2 Inch Floppy, Eastfield	The Apers' first gig of their first UK tour. This was a damn good night. It would be a bit of an understatement to say we were excited about this gig! [flyer]
15 Aug 2002	Fusilier & Firkin, Camden, London	Skimmer, 3 1/2 Inch Floppy, Punch Puppet	Our first London gig, organised by Pippa of Monkey Spank Records [flyer]
23 Jun 2002	The Old Railway, Digbeth, Birmingham	Itch, 3 1/2 Inch Floppy, Ten Pin Bastards	This was a bit hectic, cause we found out in the afternoon that there was no drumkit. Luckily Jo managed to find one eventually.
19 Jun 2002	Edwards #8, Birmingham	Fallout 40, 3 1/2 Inch Floppy, Intention	2 of the Spazzys came all the way from Australia to see us at this gig (well, via London anyway)
4 Jun 2002	The Brook, Selly Oak	not too sure...	An all-dayer on the occasion of the Queen's jubilee
20 Apr 2002	MusicTek Studios, Romford, Essex	3 1/2 Inch Floppy, Sticky Back Spastics, Punch Puppet, The Griswalds	A great pop-punk gig
10 Mar 2002	Finn & Firkin, Stirchley, Birmingham	Gash, Zero Chance, 3 1/2 Inch Floppy, and more	The 2002 RockSoc Battle of the Bands. With ChicksDigChoons having split up, we managed to win this year
8 Mar 2002	XL's Nightclub, Five Ways Birmingham	Punch Puppet, 3 1/2 Inch Floppy, Effervescent	After a year we finally got to play with Punch Puppet! Another band headlined, but I don't remember who they were. They stormed off after 2 songs anyway...
15 Feb 2002	Caddy Club, Nuneaton	Effervescent, W.O.R.M., Gash, 3 1/2 Inch Floppy	We had a fun night at this great venue
8 Feb 2002	The Market Tavern, Birmingham	Contempt, 3 1/2 Inch Floppy, Lashed Up, The Crapshags	From one of our worst, to one of our best. Strange...
1 Feb 2002	TC's, Selly Oak, Birmingham	3 1/2 Inch Floppy, Regress, One Day Period	I got a bit too drunk...we sucked. Any correlation? hmmm. We got the pyrotechnics back, but they were a bit pathetic this time
5 Jan 2002	Rochdale Rugby Club	3 1/2 Inch Floppy	Pete's 21st birthday party
?? Nov 2001	Scruffy Murphy's, Birmingham	22/7, 3 1/2 Inch Floppy, One Day Period	Not sure exactly when this was...just that it was a pretty busy show (although that's not hard in this tiny venue)
12 Oct 2001	Star & Garter, Manchester	Resistance77, Bickle's Cab, 3 1/2 Inch Floppy	We headed up north to Pete's 'hood this time
5 Oct 2001	Bedworth Civic Hall	Effervescent, 3 1/2 Inch Floppy, Gypsy Lane, Proof of ID	Our biggest gig yet by far...and the first one with Sammie the Giant on vocals. [flyer]
14 Sep 2001	Tramps, Plymouth	Bus Station Loonies, Eastfield, W.O.R.M., The Dangerfields, 3 1/2 Inch Floppy	Our first time at the Plymouth Punx Picnic was a fun night with some great bands. I caught the train with Dave, which was delayed, so we arrived 15 minutes before we were due on stage!
15 Aug 2001	The Old Railway, Digbeth, Birmingham	Lashed Up, Walking With The King, 3 1/2 Inch Floppy, TeddysuckerJim	Lashed Up stole our rhythm section for this gig. Those crazy punks!
11 Aug 2001	The Market Tavern, Birmingham	PoliceBastard, 3 1/2 Inch Floppy	Our first gig at this great new venue
24 Jun 2001	The Venue, Redditch	Undeclinable, Bombjacks, Gash, 3 1/2 Inch Floppy	Back in Redditch to play with this cool Dutch band
19 Jun 2001	Berlins, Birmingham University	Mudpuppies, ChicksDigChoons, 3 1/2 Inch Floppy, Singles	The final of the Uni BoTB. We won this time!
17 Jun 2001	Finn & Firkin, Stirchley, Birmingham	Harpies, Amber Void, 3 1/2 Inch Floppy, Lashed Up, ChicksDigChoons, Evil Monkey Stylz, Zatopeks	The RockSoc Battle of the Bands. I had to play 3 times at this gig, as this was the first time we unleashed the Zatopeks on the unsuspecting world! In the end, 3 1/2 Inch Floppy were narrowly beaten by ChicksDigChoons...I must have played too well!
12 Jun 2001	Berlins, Birmingham University	ChicksDigChoons, Spite Junkie, Riser, 3 1/2 Inch Floppy, Insomnia	The heats for the Uni Battle of the Bands. I had to play twice since I joined ChicksDigChoons at the beginning of the year
6 Jun 2001	The Old Railway, Digbeth, Birmingham	Uncle Mick, 3 1/2 Inch Floppy	There weren't many people here as I remember, but we got a good review in Rhythm & Booze
2 Jun 2001	Finn & Firkin, Stirchley, Birmingham	3 1/2 Inch Floppy, Breaker, Drongos For Europe, Waist, Lomax Thing	We got asked to headline the next Wagdog all-dayer! [flyer]
5 May 2001	Finn & Firkin, Stirchley, Birmingham	Zero Chance, Harpies, 3 1/2 Inch Floppy, First Offence, Crux South, Appendix One, Volume, Reasonwrecked	Our first time on one of the Wagdog all-dayers. [flyer]
~~6 Mar 2001~~	Camden HQ Club	Punch Puppet, The Griswalds, 3 1/2 Inch Floppy	We found out 2 hours before we left the house that this gig was cancelled. It would have been our first London show...and with 2 great pop-punk bands too. We were pissed off that day! [flyer]
30 Jan 2001	TC's, Selly Oak, Birmingham	Lunarburn, Spite Junkie, 3 1/2 Inch Floppy	I think this was the time that Darren Accident changed his flight to Turkey so that he could come see us play in Birmingham...now that's dedication! [flyer]
17 Dec 2000	The Old Railway, Digbeth, Birmingham	4ft Fingers, Gash, Swaktang, Inline Sk8ing Barbies, Bombjacks, Pignut, 3 1/2 Inch Floppy	Christmas punk half-dayer at this cool venue
27 Nov 2000	TC's, Selly Oak, Birmingham	Lashed Up, 3 1/2 Inch Floppy, Brain Ache, Spite Junkie	This place became the new OVT!
6 Nov 2000	TC;s Selly Oak, Birmingham	3 1/2 Inch Floppy, Fluffy Pink Things, Spite Junkie	Wow, our first headline show! We even got pyrotechnics to mark the occasion! [flyer]
25 Oct 2000	The Venue, Redditch	Capdown, Intention, 3 1/2 Inch Floppy, BrainAche	Redditch was a great place to play...everyone was up for a good time at this gig
10 Oct 2000	Flapper & Firkin, Birmingham	Regress, 3 1/2 Inch Floppy, Sick Puppy	This is another good Birmingham venue...we should play here more!
24 Sep 2000	The Old Railway, Digbeth, Birmingham	Wizo, Fatty Jones, 4ft Fingers, 3 1/2 Inch Floppy	Yeah! We played with the mighty Wizo from Germany! [flyer]
19 Aug 2000	Fitchew & Firkin, Rugby	Gash, The United Pimp Foundation, 3 1/2 Inch Floppy, Ministry Of Beaver, BrainAche and some others I can't remember now	Our first gig outside of Birmingham! This was a charity all-dayer organised by Gash. The gig itself was a lot of fun, but the manager of the pub managed to put a dampener on it by stealing all the money raised.
11 Jun 2000	OVT, Selly Oak, Birmingham	Rotunda, Hoof, Velcro Gloves, The Hot Tortoise, Caligula, Eggraid, Sick Puppy, Pignut, 3 1/2 Inch Floppy	An all-dayer organised by Morgan of Sick Puppy. [flyer]
8 June 2000	OVT, Selly Oak, Birmingham	Alternative Performing Arts Festival	haha. I think we followed a poet at this gig. Needless to say we didn't go down very well! Will even had to pay to get into this gig!
7 June 2000	The Old Railway, Digbeth, Birmingham	Rotunda, Flyboy, Lashed Up, 3 1/2 Inch Floppy	Our first gig with the legends of the Birmimgham punk scene, Rotunda
19 May 2000	The Bear Tavern, Bearwood	Contempt, Dogshit Sandwich, 3 1/2 Inch Floppy	The Restarts were supposed to headline this gig, but I think their van failed its MOT or something, so they couldn't make it. We ended up playing to an empty room, but we had fun.
8 May 2000	The Foundry, Birmingham	Flyboy, Lashed Up, 3 1/2 Inch Floppy	We played the same stage that such greats as Green Day, Rancid and Nirvana had played before us. Sadly the Foundry was knocked down the following summer.
30 Mar 2000	OVT, Selly Oak, Birmingham	Kitt, Sick Puppy, 3 1/2 Inch Floppy, Fluffy Pink Things	2 gigs in days...felt like we were on tour or something
29 Mar 2000	The Old Railway, Digbeth, Birmingham	Dogshit Sandwich, 3 1/2 Inch Floppy, Regress	Our first time out of Selly Oak and into the wide world...well Digbeth anyway
25 Mar 2000	OVT, Selly Oak, Birmingham	Goreotted, Gash, Caligula, Velcro Gloves, Sick Puppy, Regress, Heroes For Sale, Fluffy Pink Things, 3 1/2 Inch Floppy	I think this was the Birmingham Uni RockSoc Battle of the Bands (we didn't win!)
18 Mar 2000	OVT, Selly Oak, Birmingham	Fallic Acid, Sick Puppy, 3 1/2 Inch Floppy, Djevara	After the first 2, we realised we needed to practice...a lot! So we waited a while before playing our third gig. [flyer]
27 Nov 1999	Berlins, Birmingham University	Crazy Face, POD, Velcro Gloves, 3 1/2 Inch Floppy	Our second gig came a week after our first. We have this one on video, but believe me, you don't wanna see it...we were shocking!
20 Nov 1999	OVT, Selly Oak, Birmingham	Fallic Acid, POD, Lashed Up, 3 1/2 Inch Floppy	The release party for Fallic Acid's first album...and our first ever gig. [flyer]