I have been writing about The Buzz Club, going into detail about each gig, with fliers, photos, memories and music on this blog. I’ve decided at this stage to publish the definitive list as I have it. This has taken AGES to compile. At the time, in the early years, I wrote down the gigs down as they happened. I stopped doing this in 1990, so for a few years now Danny and myself have been Googling, asking people and digging very deep in our memories to complete the list.
I’m publishing this now as there are a few gaps in 1992 and 1993. It could be that we didn’t do anything in those months or it could be we have simply forgotten. If by chance anyone reading this can help – did you play, were you there, I would be very grateful if you could get in touch please!
I’ll still be writing about all of the gigs in detail, but here we go – the Complete (ish) List!
The Buzz Club
Venue – The West End Centre, Aldershot unless stated otherwise
There were never any Buzz Clubs in August.
1985
17 November 1985
The Agincourt Camberley
That Petrol Emotion
The Mighty Lemon Drops
1st December 1985
The Agincourt Camberley
The Blow Monkeys
Go! Service
Zaz Turned Blue
7 December 1985
The West End Centre Aldershot
The June Brides
Go! Service
16 February 1986
The Princess Hall Aldershot
Terry & Gerry
Inspector Tuppence and the Sexy Firemen
15 March 1986
The West End Centre Aldershot
Skiff Skats
The Vulgar Brothers
Catfish
April 1986
Local band night:
Screaming Hearts
Inspector Tuppence
New Tennessee Waltz
Zaz Turned Blue
24 May 1986
The June Brides
New Tennessee Waltz
14 June 1986
A Certain Ratio
6th September 1986
The Pale Fountains
Bluetrain
18 October 1986
Andy White
The Bridge
New Tennessee Waltz
15th November 1986
local band night:
Steel Bill and the Buffalos
Second Balcony Jump
The Jeremiahs
West One
December 1986
The Clarendon Hammersmith
Yeah Jazz
Bluetrain
1987
10 January 1987
The Brilliant Corners
Bluetrain
Second Balcony Jump
31 January 1987
Mighty Mighty
The Bridge
The Jeremiahs
Jim Jiminee
14 February 1987
The BMX Bandits
The Househunters
New Tennessee Waltz
8 March 1987
Camberley Football Club
The Brilliant Corners
Bluetrain
New Tennessee Waltz
Rodney Allen
4 April 1987
The Chesterfields
Bluetrain
Rodney Allen
The Rain
2 May 1987
The Close Lobsters
North of Cornwallis
That Uncertain Feeling
June 1987
The Flatmates
The Caretaker (bar)
North of Cornwallis
The Word Merchants
Friday 3 July 1987
The Happy Mondays
The Waltones
This Poison!
Stigmata Club (bar)
The Caretaker (bar)
24 September 1987
1,000 Violins
The Rain
The Anyways
10 October 1987
The Gargoyles
(featuring Hugh from The Housemartins)
Lax Lifetime
Metro Trinity
November 1987
Apple Mosaic
The Jeremiahs
God’s Small Children
Thursday 26 November 1987
Local band night:
The Aurbisons
The Gathering
The Caretaker (bar)
Drink Britain Dry
The Deadbeats
Thursday 3rd December
Motorcycle Boy (cancelled at the last minute)
Bluetrain (who were due to support) played for £1.50 a ticket
5 December 1987
Primal Scream
The Passmore Sisters
North of Cornwallis
1988
9 January 1988
McCarthy
The Dead Beats
The Aurbisons
February 1988
local band night:
Sometimes Sartre
Vorsprung
Jim Jiminee (bar)
The Roaringly Splendids
A Month of Sundays
5 March 1988
The Wolfhounds
Bluetrain
Whirl
2nd April 1988
Blow Up
14 Iced Bears
4 June 1988
The Raw Herbs
Rodney Allen
Poke It With A Stick
18 June 1988
local band night:
Bluetrain (UK farewell)
Crimplene Explosion
The Splendids
The Mulberry Ceilings
Sugar Mountain
The Aurbisons
Danny and I went to California for 6 months to do Bluetrain U.S.A.
1989
11 March
The Stone Roses
Jive Turkey
The Colour Mary
15 April 1989
Bradford
Vinegar Blossom
20 May 1989
McCarthy
The Ha Ha Men
Railroad Earth
10 June 1989
The Beautiful South
Here Comes Jordan (bar)
What Katy Did Next
24 June 1989
Mega City 4
The Senseless Things
The Eclairs
28 July 1989
local band night:
Gary & Dave
The Four
The Ha Ha Men
29 July 1989
Local band night:
The Clone Brothers
Christ!
The Sack
The Sandmen
Frantic
International Ressue
9 September 1989
The Perfect Disaster
The Rain
International Resque
21 October 1989
Primal Scream
The Williams
The Ruby Tuesdays
11 November 1989
Bradford
Frantic
Blue Velvet
2 December 1989
The Snap Dragons
The Woodchildren
The Ruby Tuesdays
1990
13 January 1990
The Charlatans
Vinegar Blossom
1 February 1990
local band night:
Ha Ha Men
The Riverthieves
Pretty Green
Peach Razor
9 March 1990
Buzz Club Rave
late licence until 2am
The Ruby Tuesdays
Steve and Rob djing
6 April 1990
Local band night:
Explode Head
After The Dream
The Screaming Benders
The Deep Season (bar)
Cow
28 April 1990
Finitribe
What? Noise?
15 June 1990
Flowered Up / Eusebio
(Flowered Up cancelled so Eusebio played)
The Vinegar Blossom
Here Comes Jordan
14 September 1990
local band night:
Who Moved The Ground
After The Dream
Sloth
Pomeroy
22 September 1990
The Bridewell Taxis
The Vinegar Blossom
This Witness
20 October 1990
Blur
The Bluebirds
The Ha Ha Men
17 November 1990
Five Thirty
The Poets
1 December 1990
The Moonflowers
Two Flower
During Rain
1991
12 January 1991
local band night:
Yellow Darkness
Slug
Two Flower
Day-tripper
16 February 1991
The Manic Street Preachers
Phobia
The Hysterics
9 March 1991
Milk
Thule
Slug
22 March 1991
The Ruthless Rap Assassins
Krispy 3
23 March 1991
Local band night:
Deep Season
Who Moved The Ground
Cow
The Cygnet rings
20 April 1991
Moose
The Prudes
Down By Law
26 April 1991
Dodgy / The Dodgy Club
31 May 1991
Spiritualized
Spitfire
7 June 1991
Levitation
The Spinning Jennys
Wednesday 12 & Thursday 13 June 1991
Midsummer Madness Band Competition:
Frayed Edge
Parma Violet
Who moved The Ground?
Cesspit Rebels
Big Sun
(Frayed Edge won and got a trip to Germany)
Saturday 15 June 1991
Scorpio Rising
Trousershock BC
Peach Razor
Friday 13thSeptember 1991
The Frank and Walters
Top
Signified
19 October 1991
The Dylans
30 November 1991
Midway Still
Apple Creation
15 December 1991
Bleach
Trousershock BC
The Frogs
1992
4 January 1992
local band night:
Slug
Phobia
The Rachel Papers
Flavour
The Vinegar Blossom
February 1992
Sultans of Ping FC
14 March 1992
Catherine Wheel
God Machine
The Werefrogs
12 April 1992
Verve
(Pretty sure this didn’t happen found it on a W.E.C. flier!)
Blind Mr Jones
9 May 1992
local band night:
The Deep Season
Flavour
Giant Arc
Pomeroy
13 June 1992
Suede cancelled
18 July 1992
Adorable
Mayflower 20
12 September 1992
Suede
Submarine
November 1992
local band night:
Deep Season etc
December 1992
Jacob’s Mouse
1993
16 January 1993
local
Peach Razor
Pretty Green
Backlash
Phobia
Pomeroy
Big Boy Tomato
30 January 1993
Cornershop
Flavour
27 February 1993
God Machine
The Werefrogs
20 March 1993
That Petrol Emotion
Molly Half Head
3 April 1993
Local band night:
Pretty Green
The Flowers of Sacrifice
Backlash
Peach Razor
12 June 1993
Kinky Machine
Elastica
Rosa Mota
10 July 1993
Ultimate Records night
Sidi Bou Said
Submarine
The Werefrogs
2nd October
Afghan Whigs (Cancelled The Loud Family played)
Jacob’s Mouse (Cancelled Elastica played)
Poise
Last ever Buzz Club!
December 4 1993
Dodgy
Shed 7
Poise
Indie Through The Looking Glass 
I went to a few of these. I remember Five Thirty being just about the greatest band I’d ever seen back then. Catherine Wheel were REALLY LOUD. I went to the Manics one but didn’t see a single note of the gig because I bumped into a girl I really liked (it wasn’t mutual) in the bar so I spent hours talking to her instead.
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Ha! Brilliant memories – thanks for sharing. Yeah, I though Five-Thirty were gonna be huge!!
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Nov 1987, I was there and saw Drink Britain Dry, the most entertaining show by anybody that I ever attended. “Golden rain, from Chernobyl”. Wonderful. They were huge but they should also have been famous.
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Jeez, where to begin. The Buzz Club was FRIGGING AMAZING. Started going in 1990 (I think). I seem to remember Sultans of Ping was about the most frenzied. Lead singer came on, flicked his ciggie into the front row and it all kicked off. Catherine Wheel and God Machine night was awesome. Dodgy were great on the night where (for some reason I can’t remember) they couldn’t play an electric set so did acoustic gig which was mind-blowing. Drummer was sat on a crate of beer and would occasionally stop to lob a can into the crowd. Suede was great as by the time they played the second gig they were huge. And That Petrol Emotion singer threatened to stamp on my head but can’t remember what I did to offend him? Great times, thanks Jo. Wish I could turn the clock back and do it all again!!
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Great memories and an absolute pleasure! Thanks for writing. X
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