The Meteors - Gigs 1982 .

THE METEORS - GIGS 1982 .

So Christmas in 1981, I had just turned 14 and Santa had just given me as I recall a Gene Vincent Compilation LP, The Polecats Are Go LP, probably a Pen set, various Marvel comics , you know the normal stuff oh and of course socks and pants .......but no Meteors records as I had not even discovered them yet .......I was a late starter for sure !

So for The Meteors the express train rolled on and on but without original drummer Mark Robertson who had quit after the Dec 1981 gig in Paris. Undeterred Paul and Nigel took on Woodie Taylor on Drums, Woodie had been a constant regular at Meteor gigs through 81 and was also playing in his own band 'Fear' . But when the chance came to join his favourite band he couldn't let the opportunity slip away.

So into the start of 1982 the line up is :
 Fenech - Guitar/Voacls
Nigel Lewis - Bass/ Vocals
Woodie Taylor - Drums.
Paul Fenech - Guitar/Vocals

Releases for 1982 were :

Mutant Rock / Hills Have Eyes - 45 rpm.

Woodie, Nigel & Paul .

January seemed quite for the band with just one show, so more than likely deep in rehearsal and recording/demoing new songs. 
So here are the shows for 1982 starting in at the Marquee on the 7th.

GIGS - 1982 

1 - Thurs 7th Jan - The Marquee, Wardour Street 

Gig report 7th Jan 1982

2 - Tues 12th Jan - 100 Club, London + Support.

Clipping courtesy John Sadleir

3 - Sun 7th Feb - The Venue, London.
4 - Mon 8th Feb - Rose BonBon, Paris , France ( For TV show Huba Huba) 

Backsatge Rose Bonbon 8/2/82 Photo © Pierre Terrasson

Paul Fenech - Rose Bonbon, Paris. Photo © Pierre Terrasson

5 - Fri 12th Feb - Feltham FC , Feltham, Middx.

6 - Thur 18th Feb - The Marquee, Wardour Street, London.

Three photos below are © Christopher Plummer.

Woody & Nigel - Marquee 18/02/82

Woody Taylor - The Marquee - 18/02/82

The Meteors - The Marquee Thursday 18th Feb 1982

Photo courtesy Steve Chadwick

7 - Fri 19th Feb - The Main Hall, Plymouth Uni, Plymouth

      #Sun 21st Feb - The Lyceum, The Strand, London (Bo Diddley) show rescheduled for Sun 7th March.

8 - Wed 24th Feb - Mayfair Ballroom, Newcastle.
9 - Thur 25th Feb - The Warehouse, Preston .

Courtesy Matt Steer

10 - Thurs 4th March - The Warehouse Club, Leeds

11 - Fri 5th March - Teeside Poly Main Hall, Teeside .

Flyer courtesy Johna Johnson

Teeside Poly - 5/3/82

Ticket courtesy © Loz Dolan 

Flyer courtesy Graham Cannon 

12 - Sun 7th March - Lyceum Ballroom, London + Bo Diddley

Rescheduled ticket stub 

13 - Mon 8th March - Locarno, Bristol + Theatre Of Hate .

Flyer © Meteors Website.

14 - Sat 13th March - De Montfort Hall, Leicester + Theatre Of Hate + UK Decay.

Courtesy Dan Parr.

15 - Sun 14th March - Lyceum Ballroom, London + Theatre Of Hate + UK Decay + The Defects + The Virgin Prunes

16 - Mon 15th March - Lyceum Ballroom, London + Theatre Of Hate + UK Decay + The Defects + The Virgin Prunes.

17 - Wed 17th March - Margate Winter Gardens, Margate + Theatre Of Hate.

Meteors Set at Margate - Shout So Loud (P), Teenagers From Outer Space (N), Bertha Lou (P), Into The Darkness (N), Voodoo Rhythm (P), Another Half Hour To Sunrise (N), Attack Of The Zorchmen (N), The Hills Have Eyes (P), Wild Thing (N), Mutant Rock (P), My Daddy Is A Vampire (N), Love Me (N), Graveyard Stomp (P), Radioactive Kid (N)

Photos below Margate Winter Gardens © Colin Bowling .

Photo © Colin Bowling

Nigel Lewis - Photo © Colin Bowling 

Woodie - Margate Winter Gardens - Photo © Colin Bowling

18 - Wed 21st March - Top Rank, Reading + Theatre Of Hate.

Photo © Terry Dwyer - Top Rank, Reading

Somewhere around this time Nigel Lewis quit the band along with manager Nick Garrard, both never to return. Nigel would go on to form firstly The Escalators and then the Tall Boys, Woodie stayed on with the band but would also be gone within a few shows and departed after the Klub Foot show on the 25th July. 

And it was around this point that I found the band and finally caught up and bought the EP , the Graveyard Stomp 45 and the new single 'Mutant Rock' .......better late than never I suppose !!!!!!

For one gig (around the time between Nigel leaving and Mick White joining) a bass guitar player called 'Spud' from Punk New Wave band 'Martian Dance' was used at the Swindon show (shown below). This was also the first of just 17 gigs in the band for 'RJ Pathetic' (Russell Jones)

19 - Wed 21st April - The Marquee, London + Fear.(Nigel final gig)

© Kevin Sanders

Flyer courtesy Jon Sadlier

20 - Fri 23rd April - British Rail Social Club, Swindon + Moskow .

Ticket courtesy Johna Johnson /

Photo © Garry Stuart - Paul, RJ and Spud

Swindon 23/04/82 - Photo © Garry Stuart

Woody, Paul & Spud - Photo © Garry Stuart

RJ Pathetic & Paul - Swindon, 23/04/82 Photo © Garry Stuart

Band line up after Swindon show is now.

Paul Fenech - Guitar/ Vocals.
Mick White - Bass Guitar.
Woodie Taylor - Drums
Russell Jones - Vocals

21 - Sun 25th April - Lyceum Ballroom, The Strand, London + UK Subs & Peter and the Test Tube Babies + Soldiers Of Destruction + The Straps.

22 - Tues 27th April - 100 Club, Oxford Street, London + Fear.

23 - Fri 30th April - Feltham F.C , Feltham, Middlesex.

24 - Sat 8th May - Convention Centre, Hunterwood.

25 - Sat 15th May - Lyceum Ballroom, The Strand, London.
26 - Thurs 20th May - Xtreems, New Regent Hotel, Brighton + Peter & The Test Tube Babies

Flyer courtesy Jo Ray Hare

Flyer

27 - Wed 26th May - M.I.C Club, Chatham, Kent + Milkshakes, The Prisoners, Outer Limits, Gruff Men.

Photos below - M.I.C Club © Colin Bowling .

Paul, RJ Pathetic and Mick White - M.I.C Club © Colin Bowling

M.I.C Club, Chatham, Kent - Wed 26/05/82 - © Colin Bowling

28 - Friday 28th May - Fulham Greyound, London
29 - Thurs 3rd June - Jacquard Club, Norwich.

Ticket Courtesy © Skinny Jim 

30 - Wed 9th June - The Marquee, Wardour Street, London.


Photo's & Flyer below from Marquee show 9/6/82 © Johna Johnson

Photo © Johna Johnson 

Woody, Russell & Mick White © Johna Johnson

Russell and Mick - Wed 09/06/82 © Johna Johnson

31 - Fri 25th June - Fulham Greyhound, London + Serious Drinking.

32 - Thurs 1st July - Brady's Club, Liverpool.

33 - Fri 2nd July - Palm Cove, Bradford.

34 - Sat 3rd July - Rowing Club, Trent Bridge, Nottingham + Abrasive Wheels.

Ticket courtesy of Chris Bee

35 - Thur 15th July - Klub Foot, London + Peter & the Test Tube Babies.

Woodie, Paul & Russell = Klub Foot 1982 

# Woodie's last gig witht band as seen on back of Mutant Rock 45 !

# The Klub Foot Gig would be the final show for Woodie . He had given Paul 2 months notice. On the same night new Drummer Steve (Ginger) Meadham came along for a promo photo to be taken at the venue ( photo used on back cover 'Johnny Remember Me' in 1982.

Steve Meadham, Russell Jones, Paul Fenech and Mick White.

36 - Sat 24th July - Feltham Assembly Hall + Screaming Lord Sutch +The Ricochets.

Flyer courtesy Johna Johnson

37 - Thurs 12th Aug - Jacquard Club, Norwich.

Ticket courtesy Karl Reid

Sounds Aug 1982 review of 'Mutant Rock' 45 by Sandy Robertson.

Courtesy Matt Steer

38 - Sun 15th Aug - The Marquee, London.

39 - Sun 22nd Aug - Hammersmith Palais + Bow Wow Wow + The 
Dancing Did (Meteors were added late to line up as The Higsons pulled out of show . Meteors went on first using The Dancing Dids gear, they then went down to Brighton for late show at Top Rank)

40 - Sun 22nd Aug - Top Rank Club, Brighton + Anti Nowhere League & The Defects.

41 - Mon 23rd Aug - Wessex Hall, Poole, Dorset + Anti Nowhere League & The Defects.
42 - Tues 24th Aug - Locarno, Portsmouth + Anti Nowhere League & The Defects

Meteors Set - Locarno - Maniac Rockers From Hell (P), Shout So Loud (P), Big Sandy (P), When A Stranger Calls (P), Phantom Of The Opera (RJ), Axe Attack (RJ), Bertha Lou (P), I Don't Worry About It (P), Get Off My Cloud (P&RJ), Domino (P), Hills Have Eyes (P), Wild Thing (P), Fear Of The Dark (RJ), Graveyard Stomp (P), Zombie Noise (P), Rattlesnakin' Daddy (P), (encore) Mutant Rock (P), Love Me (RJ & P)

The Locarno show at Portsmouth was the final show for Russell Jones.

43 - Sun 29th Aug - Lyceum, The Strand, + Anti Nowhere League & The Defects.

Ticket courtesy Richie Garner 

Sounds paper - Sept 11th 1982

44 - Thur 16th Sept - New Regent Hotel, Xtreems, Brighton.

King Kurt did NOT play support on this show!!!!!

Meteors Set in Brighton - Shout So Loud, Lonesome Train, When A Stranger Calls, Axe Attack, Phantom Of The Opera, Big Sandy, Blue Sunshine, Domino, Get Off My Cloud, Insane, Psycho For Your Love, Hills Have Eyes, Wild Thing, I Ain't Ready, Wreckin' Crew, Graveyard Stomp, Voodoo Rhythm, Little Red Riding Hood, Mutant Rock, Rattlesnakin' Daddy, I Don't Worry About It.

45 - Thurs 30th Sept - The Leadmill, Sheffield + Chelsea + 1919.

Flyer courtesy Richie Garner

Flyer courtesy Salema Luis

46 - Sun 31st Oct - Lyceum Ballroom, London (Halloween Monster Ball + The Addicts & Screaming Lord Sutch.

Flyer courtesy John & Donna

31/10/82 Halloween Monster Ball

Screaming Lord Sutch 31/10/82

Ticket courtesy Tony West

47 - Tues 16th Nov - Feltham FC , Middx .

The Meteors - Tues 16th Nov 1982.

48 - Thurs 18th Nov - Limit Club, Sheffield.

Tour cut out courtesy Andrew Whetstone 

49 - Tues 22nd Nov - Bier Keller, Newcastle + Total Chaos.

50 - Wed 23rd Nov - The Gallery, Manchester (Gig was released on Graveyard Stomp DVD

Meteors Set at Gallery - When A Stranger Calls, Phantom Of The Opera, Axe Attack, Little Red Riding Hood, Psycho For Your Love, Domino, Get Off My Cloud, Blue Sunshine, Maniac, The Hills Have Eyes, Wild Thing, Fear Of The Dark, Graveyard Stomp, Rattlesnakin' Daddy.

51 - Wed 24th Nov - Club Fiasco, The Warehouse, Liverpool.

52 - Fri 26th Nov - Feltham FC, Middx .

Clipping courtesy Matt Steer

53 - Wed 1st Dec - Dixieland, The Pier, Colwyn Bay + Mercenary Skank.

Poster courtesy Pat Davis .

54 - Thurs 2nd Dec - Warehouse, Preston
55 - Fri 3rd Dec - Porterhouse, Retford.
56 - Sat 4th Dec - The Cavern, Middlesbrough

4/12/1982 

57 - Mon 6th Dec - Horsefair, Leicester.
58 - Tue 7th Dec - Extreems, Brighton.
59 - Thur 9th Dec - Sea Cadets Hall, Cambridge.
60 - Fri 10th Dec - Gala Ballroom, Norwich + Fireball XL5

JB's Dudley

Cancelled Gig - Sat 11th Dec - JB's, Dudley (Above), West Midlands . Gig was cancelled due to Meteors followers being banned from the club and Paul refusing to play unless they were let in.

61 - Sun 12th Dec - Bowes Lyon, Stevenage.
62 - Tue 21st - Powerhouse, Birmingham.
63 - Tues 28th Dec - Ulster Hall, Belfast + Anti-Nowhere League, The Defects & Rabies ( Venue was moved to Maysfield Leisure Centre)

The day after the gig on the 6th Dec I turned 15 years old and all I  was listening to now was The Meteors . I had finally got all the 45's and 'In Heaven' and my world was all things Psychobilly, Trash and Neo Rockabilly bands and records and would be soon following bands all around London and greater London area .