Martin Hannett (bass)
Steve Hopkins (keys) Vini Reilly (guitar) Paul Burgess (drums)
Marillion
Fish (vocs) Brian Jelliman (keys) Diz
Minnitt (bass) Steve Rothery (guitar) Mick Pointer (drums)
Art Nouveau
Nick Beggs (bass/vocs) Jez Strode
(drums) Steve Askew (guitar) Stuart Neale (keys)
No Nonsense
Lewis Herbert (vocs) George Ellis
(guitar) Crispin Payne (drums) Charles Latty (bass)
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gig poster and flyer (click to
enlarge flyer)
ticket
memories
Nick Beggs, Art Nouveau:
Playing
Friars was always a buzz. My earliest gig there was with Art Nouveau (Kajagoogoo
before Limahl). We opened for the Scars and John Cooper Clark. AMAZING.It
was the first big stage I ever played on and couldn't believe how
different it felt to a club gig
press cuttings
what
happened next
John Cooper Clarke is still going strong with his unique poetry but The Invisible Girls had
disbanded by around 1982
Art Nouveau
(not advertised but did play)
became Kajagoogoo and went on to headline Friars
in 1983
Marillion
became hugely successful and they were from Aylesbury ! They went on to play
Friars many times
Associated with the Invisible Girls
were Penetration's Pauline Murray and Rob Blamire who came back to Friars
in October 2009. Paul Burgess played with many bands including 10cc and
was in the original T'Pau
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