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Barbarella's In 1977 and 1978 each day was spent wondering how you could stretch the £2.80 per week Family Allowance to enable you to see as many bands as possible. A night at Barbarella's was heaven, once through those doors into the red leatherette adorned labyrinth of rooms, it was all that mattered. Anarchy in the UK would come on the decks and everyone dived on the dance floor. The Passenger or Police and Thieves sent a tingle down the spine. Vince and the Armchair were inspired by such nights, backstage talking to the bands would make you think - 'We're doing this, we could play here, we will!'. Take a look at this list of gigs that inspired the Armchair:
The Worst
The Prefects
Eater
The Drones
The Killjoys
Rudi and the Rationals
Spizz
The Victims
The Verdicts
Model Mania		 The Worst
The Prefects
The Fall
THE BUZZCOCKS		 Wreckless Eric (Ian Dury on drums)
THE DAMNED
The Rage
THE ADVERTS		 Steel Pulse
The Sex Pistols		 MAGAZINE
THE ADVERTS Steel Pulse
THE CLASH		 The Lous
Model Mania
THE CLASH
The Zones
MAGAZINE 		MAGAZINE THE JAM
T.V. Eye
Model Mania
Spizz Oil
Scent Organs
Big in Japan		 Aunty Puss
THE DAMNED		 The Au Pairs
The Coventry Specials
THE GANG OF FOUR
REBECCA'S, off John Bright Street, Birmingham
Model Mania
THE JAM		 SHAM 69  
THE TOP RANK SUITE, Dale End, Birmingham
Richard Hell and the Void Oids
Spizz '77
THE CLASH		 The Rezillos
THE RAMONES		 The Prefects
The Slits
Patrick Fitzgerald
THE BUZZCOCKS
THE MAYFAIR SUITE, Bull Ring, Birmingham
Spizz Oil
The Human League
SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES		 The Prefects
THE BUZZCOCKS		  
THE TOWN HALL, Birmingham
Nick Lowe
Dave Edmunds
Larry Wallis
Wreckless Eric
Elvis Costello
Ian Dury		    
ANTI-NAZI CARNIVAL , Victoria Park London
X-Ray Spex
Patrick Fitzgerald
Steel Pulse
The Clash
Tom Robinson Band
Sham 69		    
REVOLVER, ATV Studios, Broad Street, Birmingham
Siouxsie and the Banshees
The Buzzcocks
Elvis Costello
Nick Lowe
The Boomtown Rats
Brent Ford and the Nylons
Ian Dury
The Stranglers
The Boyfriends
The Autographs
Kandidate
The Vibrators
Generation X		    
THE ODEON , New Street, Birmingham
The Dickies
Patrick Fitzgerald
THE JAM		 The Psychedelic Furs
The Spiderz
IGGY POP		 The Moondogs
THE UNDERTONES
Rikky and the Rialtos
THE KINKS		 Fatal Charm
ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK
John Cooper Clarke
SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES		 The Invisible Girls
JOHN COOPER CLARKE		 PUBLIC IMAGE
BINGLEY HALL, Broad Street, Birmingham
The Piranhas
THE JAM		 THE JAM Apocalypse
THE JAM
SOUTH BANK POLYTECHNIC, Elephant & Castle, London
THE SUBURBAN STUDS
THE STAR CLUB, Birmingham
The Au Pairs
The Denizens
THE SOLICITORS		    
THE FIGHTING COCKS, Moseley, Birmingham
Spizz Energy
The Rebounds
The Solicitors
THE PREFECTS		    
THE SANDPIPERS , Nottingham
New Mania
THE SHAPES		    
BIRMINGHAM HIIPPODROME
James
THE SMITHS		    



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