Maxwell Hall,
Civic Centre,
Market Square,
Aylesbury
Saturday March 13th
1982
Bow Wow Wow
Screen 3
Annabella Lwin Matthew Ashman Leigh Gorman Dave
Barbarossa
The webmaster, north Bucks:
One of the best feel good gigs ever and one of my all time top
gigs. When you hear R&B this good (and R&B younger readers is not Usher or
Kanye West), anything else is almost an imitation. Why this band called it
a day not long after (although now a going concern again) without getting
their due recognition is one of life’s mysteries - they were criminally
neglected. My memories of this gig were almost destroyed by their 10th
anniversary reunion show in London in 1990 when my mates and I who had
seen this Friars gig actually walked out of the London one, and I’ve only
done that on one other occasion. Thank God when I did see them again in
1996, they had rediscovered their 1982 abilities and were very good.
This hugely controversial band (mainly
because of Malcolm McLaren's links and Lwin's young age) called it a day
in 1983.
