Wassifa Sound System was owned and managed in 1972 on Stamford Rd, Handsworth, Birmingham, England by Mykal Brown. Previous sound members between 70s, 80’s and mid 90s included Errol Mitchell, Big T (Tony Rowe), Big John (John Johnson), Frenchie (Roy Hamilton), Bu Bu (Vincent Johnson), Eric Mitchell, Runnings (Lanzo Hamilton) and Natti (Delroy Hamilton). We… Read More »Wassifa Sound System
Formed in the latter part of 1968 the band grew from a four piece to a six piece to include a trumpet and sax. Full line up were Les Marshall (drums, percussion and vocals), who joined following a lengthy tour with Tim Rose. He replaced John Bonham as Tim’s drummer. Richard Pannell (lead guitar and… Read More »Galliard
Mid-to late 70s rock band that featured Kieth Rimell who went on to be in The Killjoys. The recorded one album called ‘100 Miles From Heaven’ which had a belated release on Garden records in 2003. This is Groucho In Drag Never Before
[The Pixies at Burberries] Burberries was the indie place in Birmingham in the mid 80s to late 90s. Home to The Click Club run by Dave Travis it was to be home to Pop Will Eat Itself, Mighty Mighty, Felt, Terry & Gerry and other great Brum indie bands. Visiting bands included Orange Juice,… Read More »Burberries-on-the-Street
L- R Paul Harris (guitar), Matthew Edwards (vocals), Tina Adams (synth), Martin Recci (bass). Nigel Collis (drums) not visible in this shot. Dance at the Fighting Cocks March 1980:
Part of the Fewtrell empire of clubs and venues, Rebecca’s was located on Severn Street in the city centre, off John Bright St. It later became Boogies.
Spread over three floors, the rooms were called The Cabasa which was more of a cabaret room, then there was the Blue Soul room and the Sin Bin, down in the basement.
Newspaper cutting, likely to be from the Birmingham Evening Mail. Dansette Damage and Bright Eyes all for £1.50 1980 Christmas gig at The Barrel Organ in Digbeth. A contract with Big Bear Records for ‘Bright Eyes’ to appear on the Peter Powell Radio One Show. 1981
Col from UXB sent this in: UXB were from Walsall but played lots of venues around Brum circa 1980-82 This is our website-https://sites.google.com/site/uxbtheband/home. Managed by ‘Little Winston’ Winston who was a mobile DJ in the 70’s and 80’s. He also had his own record label ‘ Crazy Plane Records’ he put out singles by my band UXB… Read More »UXB