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Maxwell Hall, Civic Centre, Market Square, Aylesbury

 

Saturday December 27th 1980

FRIARS Aylesbury Christmas Party

The Piranhas

Nightdoctor  The Beez

Saturday March 3rd 1979  Saturday July 28th 1979 Saturday September 15th 1979 Saturday May 3rd 1980

 

Bob Grover  Dick Slexia  Zoot Alors  Reginald Hornsbury  Johnny Helmer

 

   

   

The webmaster, north Bucks:

"After the Bad Manners debacle earlier in the years (one of the most shocking and unpleasant gigs I had ever seen), this gig was a perfect Xmas tonic and right good fun. This is easily one of my favourite gigs of all time. By this time, The Piranhas had had a huge hit single with Tom Hark – a great summer tune but completely unrepresentative of their work. Sadly a very under-rated band"

 

 

 

Not content with one novelty hit with 'Tom Hark'  a new version of the Piranhas charted in 1982 with 'Zambesi' This did not reflect how good a band they were.

Bob Grover is gigging as at 2008 in a new band called Dates. John Helmer went on to become Marillion's co-lyricist with Steve Hogarth, post-Fish.

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