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Gigs by Year and Band

These are all the gigs I have done, with the number of gigs, country, town and the venue in brackets:

1971
Crunchy Frog
1 @ UK: Bournemouth (Bournemouth School)
1 @ UK: Bournemouth (Turbury Park Centre)
1972
Crunchy Frog
1 @ UK: Bournemouth (Turbury Park Centre)
Fibre
1 @ UK: Bournemouth (Twyneham College)
Warlock
1 @ UK: Bournemouth (Avonbourne Youth Club)
1 @ UK: Bournemouth (Pokesdown Youth Club)
1 @ UK: Bournemouth (Bournemouth Beat Contest)
1 @ UK: Bournemouth (Bournemouth Rag Parade)
1 @ UK: Bournemouth (Drill Hall)
1 @ UK: Bournemouth (Bournemouth School)
1 @ UK: Bournemouth (Chelsea Village)
1973
Howzat
1 @ UK: Bournemouth (Conservative Club)
1 @ UK: Throop (Throop House)
1 @ UK: Wimbourne (Asker's Motel)
1 @ UK: Bournemouth (Chelsea Village)
1 @ UK: Parkstone (Halfway Hotel)
Take Four
26 @ Germany: Augsburg (US Base)
10 @ Germany: Hanau (US Base)
2 @ Germany: Kitzingen (US Base)
1974
Howzat
1 @ UK: London (Thames Polytechnic, Hornsey)
1 @ UK: Kingston (Kingston Polytechnic)
1 @ UK: London (Two Brewers, Clapham)
1 @ UK: Dunstable (Unicorn)
1 @ UK: Watford (Red Lion)
1 @ UK: Harefield (Harefield Football Club)
1 @ UK: London (Two Brewers, Clapham)
1 @ UK: Colliers Wood (Red Lion)
1 @ UK: London (Imperial College)
1975
Howzat
1 @ UK: London (Hatchets, Piccadilly)
scratch band
1 @ UK: Wimbourne (Bradbury Rings Festival)
1978
scratch band
1 @ UK: Norwich (Meadow Cottage)
1979
Private Language
1 @ UK: Norwich (LCR, UEA)
1980
Private Language
2 @ UK: Norwich (LCR, UEA)
1 @ UK: Norwich (University House)
1 @ UK: Horsham (K Block, Horsham, UEA)
1 @ UK: Norwich (Drama Studio, UEA)
1 @ UK: Norwich (Flixton Rooms (Premises))
1 @ UK: Norwich (Flixton Rooms)
4 @ UK: Norwich (Open University)
3 @ UK: Martham (Martham Fair)
2 @ UK: Ilford (Barons Club)
1981
Private Language
1 @ UK: Ilford (Barons Club)
4 @ UK: London (Zanzibar, Covent Garden)
1 @ UK: London (Half Moon Theatre)
solo
52 @ UK: London (Prospect of Whitby, Wapping)
1 @ UK: Barking (Captain Cook)
1 @ UK: London (Half Moon Theatre)
1982
ELYT: "Cubicles"
6 @ UK: London (Square Thing/Riverside)
solo
39 @ UK: London (Blakes, Covent Garden)
1 @ UK: London (Tango's, Covent Garden)
7 @ UK: London (Drummonds, Euston)
3 @ UK: London (Archduke, Waterloo)
1 @ UK: London (Peppermint Park)
3 @ UK: London (Chez Louisette, Baker Street)
1 @ UK: London (Newham Youth Club)
The Zips
1 @ UK: Colne (Municipal Hall)
1983
Eddie & Sunshine
1 @ UK: London (Phoenix Theatre, Charing X)
Haircut 100
1 @ UK: Birmingham (Birmingham University)
1 @ UK: London (Cats Whiskers, Streatham)
1 @ USA: New York (My Father's Place)
1 @ USA: New Jersey (City Gardens, Trenton)
1 @ USA: New Jersey (Meadowbrook, Cedar Grove)
1 @ USA: New York (The Ritz)
2 @ USA: New York (Radio City Music Hall)
1 @ UK: Keele (Keele University)
1 @ UK: Bangor (Bangor University)
1 @ UK: Egham (Royal Holloway College)
1 @ UK: London (Goldsmiths College)
1 @ UK: Guildford (Surrey University)
1 @ UK: Manchester (UMIST)
1 @ UK: Edinburgh (Heriot-Watt University)
1 @ UK: Fife (St Andrews University)
1 @ UK: Newcastle (Newcastle Polytechnic)
1 @ UK: Durham (Durham University)
1 @ UK: London (Marquee, Charing X)
3 @ Israel: Tel Aviv (Liquid Club)
solo
1 @ UK: London (Samuel Pepys, Mayfair)
9 @ UK: London (Butchers, Wandsworth)
1984
Savage Progress
1 @ UK: Brighton (Brighton Centre)
1 @ UK: Poole (Poole Arts Centre)
1 @ UK: St Austell (Coliseum)
2 @ UK: Bristol (Colston Hall)
1 @ UK: Crawley (Crawley Leisure Centre)
1 @ UK: Gloucester (Gloucester Leisure Centre)
2 @ UK: Chippenham (Goldiggers)
1 @ UK: Oxford (Apollo)
2 @ UK: Edinburgh (Playhouse)
4 @ UK: London (Hammersmith Odeon)
1 @ UK: Southampton (Gaumont)
1 @ UK: Sheffield (City Hall)
1 @ UK: Newcastle (City Hall)
2 @ UK: Nottingham (Royal Centre)
1 @ UK: Liverpool (Royal Court)
1 @ UK: Manchester (Apollo)
2 @ UK: Birmingham (Odeon)
1 @ UK: Leicester (De Montfort Hall)
1 @ UK: Lancaster (Lancaster University)
1 @ UK: Liverpool (Royal Court)
1 @ UK: Birmingham (Odeon)
2 @ UK: London (Hammersmith Palais)
1 @ UK: Glasgow (Apollo)
1 @ UK: Canterbury (Kent University)
1 @ UK: Essex (Pink Toothbrush)
1 @ UK: London (Cafe Royal, Soho)
1 @ UK: London (Studio Valbonne, Soho)
1 @ UK: London (Dingwalls)
1 @ UK: London (The Fridge, Brixton)
1 @ UK: Bournemouth (Upstairs at Erics)
1985
Gorky DC
2 @ UK: Parley Cross (Dudsbury)
1 @ UK: Bournemouth (Pinecliffe, Pokesdown)
Roy White Band
1 @ UK: Southampton (Gaumont)
1 @ UK: Stoke (Victoria Hall, Hanley)
1 @ UK: Liverpool (Royal Court)
1 @ UK: Glasgow (Barrowlands)
1 @ UK: Hull (City Hall)
1 @ UK: London (Hammersmith Palais)
1 @ UK: London (Hammersmith Odeon)
1 @ UK: Manchester (Apollo)
1 @ UK: Aberdeen (Capitol)
1 @ UK: Sheffield (City Hall)
1 @ UK: Brighton (Dome)
1 @ UK: Bristol (Colston Hall)
1 @ UK: Edinburgh (Playhouse)
1 @ UK: Newcastle (City Hall)
1 @ UK: Coventry (Coventry Polytechnic)
1 @ UK: Birmingham (Odeon)
1 @ UK: Nottingham (Rock City)
1 @ UK: London (Embassy Club, Mayfair)
2 @ UK: Brighton (The Centre)
solo
1 @ UK: London (West Norwood Comm Cent)
1986
Gorky DC
1 @ UK: Bournemouth (Charivari Club)
1 @ UK: Bournemouth (Hop Inn, Pokesdown)
1 @ UK: London (Grange Park, Kilburn)
1 @ UK: London (Half Moon, Herne Hill)
Roy White Band
1 @ UK: London (Marquee)
1 @ UK: Newcastle (Newcastle Polytechnic)
Tom Robinson Band
1 @ UK: Stratford (Theatre Royal)
1 @ UK: Liverpool (Royal Court)
1 @ UK: Chelmsford (Chelmsford HE College)
1 @ UK: Newcastle (Riverside)
1 @ UK: Manchester (International)
1 @ UK: Norwich (LCR, UEA)
1 @ UK: Bradford (Dollar & Dime)
1 @ UK: Sheffield (Limit Club)
1 @ UK: Nottingham (Nottingham University)
1 @ UK: Bournemouth (Co Co's)
1 @ UK: Portsmouth (Guildhall)
4 @ UK: London (Shaw Theatre)
1 @ UK: Hull (Spring Street Theatre)
1987
Tom Robinson (Trio)
18 @ UK: Edinburgh (Assembly Rooms)
1 @ UK: Edinburgh (Hall)
3 @ UK: London (Mean Fiddler, Harlesden)
Tom Robinson Band
1 @ UK: Egham (Royal Holloway College)
1 @ Japan: Osaka (AM Hall)
1 @ Japan: Kyoto (Big Ban)
3 @ Japan: Tokyo (Parco Seibu)
1 @ Italy: Rome (Theatre de Comedie)
1 @ UK: Cambridge (Corn Exchange)
1 @ UK: Saffron Walden (Lord Butler Leisure Centre)
1 @ UK: Teddington (Thames TV Studios)
1 @ UK: Leicester (Leicester Polytechnic)
2 @ UK: London (Mean Fiddler, Harlesden)
1 @ Italy: Florence (Teatro Tenda)
1 @ Italy: Perugia (Teatro Turreno)
1 @ Italy: Scandiano (Corallo Club)
1 @ Italy: Turin (The Big Club)
1 @ Italy: Milan (Prego)
1 @ UK: Egham (Royal Holloway College)
1 @ UK: London (Mean Fiddler, Harlesden)
1 @ UK: London (St Bartholemew's Hospital)
1 @ UK: London (Albany Empire)
1 @ UK: Reading (Hexagon)
1 @ Italy: Scandiano (Communist Party Festival)
1 @ UK: Oldham (Queen Elizabeth Hall)
1 @ UK: Lincoln (Theatre Royal)
2 @ UK: London (Mean Fiddler, Harlesden)
1988
Tom Robinson Band
1 @ UK: Woolwich (Tramshed)
1 @ UK: London (Mean Fiddler, Harlesden)
1 @ UK: Cambridge (St John's College)
1 @ UK: Nottingham (Nottingham University)
1 @ UK: Durham (Van Mildert College)
1 @ UK: Egham (Royal Holloway College)
1991
One Big Emotion
1 @ UK: London (The Orange, W Kensington)
1992
One Big Emotion
1 @ UK: London (The Orange, W Kensington)
1994
One Big Emotion
1 @ UK: London (The Orange, W Kensington)
1 @ UK: London (Half Moon, Herne Hill)
2009
The Shaker Makers
1 @ UK: London (Nun's Head, Nunhead)
1 @ UK: London (Calthorpe Project, Kings X)
1 @ UK: London (London Stone, Cannon Street)
1 @ UK: London (Hoopers Bar, East Dulwich)
1 @ UK: London (The Castle, East Dulwich)
2010
The Shaker Makers
3 @ UK: London (Hoopers Bar, East Dulwich)
1 @ UK: London (Cyphers Music Bar, Catford)
2011
The Shaker Makers
1 @ UK: London (Hoopers Bar, East Dulwich)
1 @ UK: London (Cyphers Music Bar, Catford)
1 @ UK: London (The Ivy House, Nunhead)

TV

Full length live shows with Tom Robinson were on ITV's Meltdown recorded in Teddington and RAI in Italy Live at the Comedy Theatre in Milan; with playback and playing probably War Baby, we appeared on Wogan, the Tom O'Connor show and RAI from the San Remo Festival (where, memorably, Whitney Houston carried on singing in superb voice after the track had finished to great applause). Did a live show with Haircut 100 from the Marquee called Live in London on ITV: the vocals on the show were dreadful, so we recorded over them in the studio, but they put out the original anyway.

VIDEO

I have also appeared in 5 videos. In 1982 a friend at university phoned out of the blue and asked if I wanted £30 to be in a video. It turned out to be for John Foxx and was called Dancing Like A Gun, and was directed by the Ultravox Vienna/Elton John/Duran Duran director Russel Mulcahey. I played Oppenheimer the scientist, and in one scene I had the arm of my suit set fire to whilst I stared at my watch. I was in a video for Roy Whitye in 1986 but I can't remember much about it. For some reason, I was in a video in 1990 for Benson and Hedges where I was playing vibes in the midst of a very clever shot (perhaps groundbreaking at the time) where the camera went through endless windows. I did a video of MONEY with grae Regal (French and Regal) in 1995. Finally with Grae the MMMPS shot a video of ARE YOU A GIRL OR A BOY at the old Atlantic Pub in Brixton.