DECEMBER



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1977
Back on this day 25 years ago...........FRIDAY DECEMBER 9th 1977
1977
DATE INDEX
Love in A Void - (Dont Care collection)SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES
Who have been drawing record breaking crowds in and around London recently, and even broke the box office at the Vortex, which is currently the premiers punk club in the Capital. Not bad for an unsigned band. However no deals ain't all doom 'n' gloom coz today they actually manage to buy their very own drumkit! Owning your own gear is great, however it certainly makes their travelling arrangements far more gruelling as they squeeze into the back of their hired Transit van once more!

Stranglers move further into the dark side - (Dont Care collection)
Are sent off by their manager and record label top write their next album in the wilds of nowhere at a place called Bear Shank Lodge. The remote location and added stimulants result in their next piece of work...'Black & White'.

THE BRAKES
Fulham Greyhound, London

WINTER December 77 - Issue #4
This months issue of the well clued up San Francisco punk mag features...
Death: An Ear To The Gutter
Iggy Pop:Interviewed in San Francisco & Philadelphia
Sales Brothers: Iggy's Rhythm Section Spotlighted
Jordan: Queen of the Ants
De Sade Revealed as New Wave Precursor by Nico Ordway Patti Smith Interviewed
Centerfold (Iggy)
Mumps: From Santa Barbara to New York City
Dead Boys On a High Tension Wire: 3 Interviews
Metal Urbain: French New Wave Panik!
Helen Wheels: From Hell and Back to Manhattan
Spitfire Boys: Liverpool's Latest
Street Reports: Chicago by Rasta/London by Vermillion
Liars: Berkeley's First Punk Band
Sham 69: Jimmy Shams No One
Anarchy: A Brief History by Nico Ordway
De Effenaar, Eindhoven, Holland.

Clouds, Edinburgh

Odeon, Canterbury

Laffayette, Wolverhampton

Caves, Chislehurst

WIRE
TRASH
Nags Head, High Wycombe

THE DOLL
THE ZONES
Rochester Castle, London

SQUEEZE
THE MOVIES
TONIGHT
Middlesex Poly, London

THE YACHTS
Colston Hall, Bristol

WILKO
Radio Stars
STEVE HOOKER & THE HEAT
Friars, Aylesbury
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THE RAGE
New Regent, Brighton