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Upcoming Events
6:00 pm
Thy Last Drop
Washing Machine & Bury Fringe Festival proudly present
an Ungodly Easter Extravaganza
starring
THY LAST DROP
THE STATE
THE WILSONS
BENJAMIN BROWN
CHASING THE DARK
Nothing says “Happy Easter” like death, corruption, bug-eyed lunacy and the total collapse of everything, so on Saturday 4th April we’re pleased to be hosting an ungodly extravaganza starring literally everyone’s favourite Victorian murder punk quintet THY LAST DROP, industrial warriors THE STATE, gothic-country gunslingers THE WILSONS, a rare Bury solo outing for Dingus Khan/SuperGlu’s tune-laden missionary man BENJAMIN BROWN and brand new electro-post-punk thrill-dispensers CHASING THE DARK.
PLEASE NOTE THAT ONLY 120 TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE FOR THIS SHOW, SO BUYING ADVANCE IS STRONGLY ADVISED.
This show is part of Bury St Edmunds Fringe Festival 2020.
6-11pm
£5
£4 cheap list if you join this event page
£4.40 advance: https://www.wegottickets.com/event/487993
All ages welcome (under-14s must be accompanied by a parent or carer AT ALL TIMES)
Fully licensed bar – No I.D., No Alcohol
Venue address: The Hunter Club, 6 St Andrew’s Street South, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 3PH
Nearest car park: Robert Boby Trading Estate, IP33 3DH (5 minute walk)
Last train back to Ipswich/Stowmarket/Norwich leaves BSE 11.27pm.
Step free access is available, but if you have any enquiries about accessibility or facilities please contact club manager Nick Pooley on 01284 723101.
WASHING MACHINE IS A SAFE SPACE
We take audience safety very seriously at The Hunter Club, and strongly believe that gigs can and should be safe spaces, free from harassment, intimidation, prejudice, bullying and violence. We expect that all artists, crew, venue staff and attendees will respect our values, and we have a zero tolerance policy towards those who do not. Anyone who endangers the enjoyment and safety of others at a Washing Machine night will be ejected and barred. It is unfortunate that in 2020 we still have to say this stuff, but we hope that by doing so we can help to create an atmosphere where everyone feels safe and able to enjoy themselves.
6:15 pm
Bury St. Edmunds Film Society
Film to be announced shortly, Members Choice.
Doors and bar open at 6.15pm. Film starts at 7pm
More details can be found at burystedmundsfilkmsociety.co.uk
7:45 pm
Ian Drury & The Blockheads
What A Waste – Ian Dury & The Blockheads Tribute (Hunter Club, Bury St Edmunds)
WHAT A WASTE
IAN DURY & THE BLOCKHEADS
Recreated in Sound & Vision
Ian Dury formed Kilburn and the High Roads (a reference to the road in North West London) in 1971, Dury was vocalist and lyricist, co-writing with pianist Russell Hardy and later enrolling into the group a number of the students he was teaching at Canterbury College of Art.
The Kilburn’s found favour on London’s pub rock circuit and signed to Dawn Records in 1974 but, despite favorable press coverage and a tour opening for English rock band The Who, the group failed to rise above cult status and disbanded in 1975.
Live at The Roundhouse, Chalk Farm, London, 1978 under the management of Andrew King and Peter Jenner, the original managers of Pink Floyd, Ian Dury and the Blockheads quickly gained a reputation as one of the top live acts of new wave music.
Dury’s lyrics are a combination of lyrical poetry, word play, observation of British everyday life, character sketches, and sexual humour: “This is what we find … Home improvement expert Harold Hill of Harold Hill, Of do-it-yourself dexterity and double-glazing skill, Came home to find another gentleman’s kippers in the grill, so he sanded off his winkle with his Black & Decker drill.” The song “Billericay Dickie” rhymes “I had a love affair with Nina, In the back of my Cortina” with “A seasoned-up hyena could not have been more obscener”.
In 1974, Radio Caroline’s Ronan O’Rahilly set up the pop group The Loving Awareness Band, comprising John Turnbull (guitar) and Mick Gallagher (keyboards). In 1976, The Loving Awareness Band released their only album, Loving Awareness. The Loving Awareness Band broke up in 1977 and Norma Watt-Roy and Chas Charles joined a new band being formed by Ian Dury, who had begun writing songs with pianist and guitarist Chaz Jankel (the brother of noted music video, TV, commercial and film director Annabel Jankel). With Jankel fashioning Dury’s lyrics into number of songs, the two began recording with Charles, Watt-Roy, Gallagher, Turnbull and former Kilburn and the High Roads saxophonist Davey Payne. An album was recorded, but was of no interest to major record labels. Next door to Dury’s manager’s office, however, was the newly formed Stiff Records, a perfect home for Dury’s maverick style.
The band was invited by Stiff to join the “Live Stiffs Tour”, and the band Ian Dury and the Blockheads was born, with the name ostensibly taken from the song of the same name which portrayed a drunken Essex Untermensch stereotype:
This show nails the spirit and essence of IAN DURY & THE BLOCKHEADS in total detail. All the hits are there :- * What a Waste * Reasons To Be Cheerful Part 3 * Wake Up And Make Love With Me * There Ain’t Half Been Some Clever Bastards * Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick * Razzle In My Pocket * Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll * Inbetweeenies * Common As Muck * Sweet Gene Vincent * I Want To Be Straight * You’ll See Glimpses* and many many more.
Click here to sample the magic: https://youtu.be/VGhFxW7rZJc (Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick)
This is a Standing Show.
TICKET LINK: https://thelittleboxoffice.com/oeplive/event/view/120580
All disabled bookings directly through OEP Live! on 01256 416384