The official FRIARS Aylesbury compendium
Page last updated 24th May 2008
Maxwell Hall, Civic Centre, Market
Square, Aylesbury
Stiff Little Fingers
Friday July 25th 1980
see also Thursday October 12th 1978 Saturday February 3rd 1979 Saturday June 2nd 1979 Saturday May 2nd 1981 Saturday January 30th 1982 Friday November 5th 1982
Jake Burns Ali McMordie Henry Cluney
Jim Reilly
Weapon of Peace The Wingnuts (SLF
in disguise !)
As below
Jake Burns in conversation with Alan Parker in 2001 on recording Hanx at Friars Aylesbury:
"Friars was a wonderful wonderful venue. I still have incredibly fond memories of the place. It was one of those magical small gigs in a small town yet it was run as if it was Madison Square Gardens. Nothing ever went wrong and everything ran incredibly smoothly. They were such nice people"
and on the Wingnuts.....
"They were such trusting people...[we had bought some plastic masks].....we managed to convince them we were a band from Ohio called the Wingnuts and we went on and supported ourselves ! It was only when we started playing nonsense like Tiger Feet that the audience realised who we were and stopped throwing stuff at us!"
None yet
As below - click to enlarge
If ever a band would be welcome at Friars today, it must be this band. SLF split in 1983 and reformed five years later. Although the line up has not always been stable - Burns the only constant, they did feature Jam hero Bruce Foxton for 15 years. Ali McMordie rejoined the band in 2006 (when we saw them and they were on cracking form as if it was this era all over again) and are still making people of a certain age very happy in 2008.
It was no surprise that the Hanx album was recorded at Friars given how much they felt about the place.
Stiff Little Fingers official site
Sights and sounds - Stiff Little Fingers - Nobody's Hero
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