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CROMATThe actual Tricorn Club lasted until Pleasurama took over the ownership in around 1974/5? re-opening as Gabriellas then Granny`s. |
BASINS
Basins, run by Chris Abbott and Jim Lawrence, in its first incarnation was in Palmerston Road Southsea at the Some Place Else Club before they moved to Basins at Kimbells then the Tricorn from 1985. The club hosted bands including – Lords of the New Church, The March Violets, Empti Fish & the Babysitters. The regular DJ was Jason WebsterPLEASE NOTE;- Most of the information below is taken from diary pages and posters and newspapers made available, but I am told that not all the booked and planned groups/bands played on the night. 1985January 1985Tu 15 Club opens at SPECS(Southsea) Wolfie Witcher’s Brew & the RedsFebruary 1985at SPECS(Southsea)5 Bob Pearce blues band 12 Rufus Stone, Deaf boy Hug 19 Juice on the Loose 23rd February The Toy Dolls 26 The Reds
March 1985at Kimbells on the top floor5 Rufus Stone, Caravans 12 The Soul Band 19 The Reds, Kingbeats 26 The Chevalier Brothers, Caravans April 19852 Guana Batz, Emptifish9 Rufus Stone 16 Kingbeats 18 Emptfish, Caravans 25 Cat Talk May 19852 Reds, Situation Vacant7 Pete Thomas and the Dep sea Jivers, Scratch Band 14 Yayas 21 Rent Party, Kingbeats 28 Blue Rhythm Boys Emptifish June 19854 Rufus Stone11 Wilko Johnson, Reds 18 Emptifish, Caravans 25 Zeke Manyika July 1985Wed 2 Basins at 'Shakes' Kimbells, Steve Gibbons BandSeptember 198525 Empifish, Rebel TruceOctopber 198523 Wilko JohnsonNovember 198528 9991986January 1986Thurs 2 Basins at 'Shakes' Kimbells, Rufus StoneMarch 198612 The Chevalier BrothersApril 198610 Buddy Curtiss and the Grasshoppers, and the Shakin Sharks appeared sometime during the summerJuly 1986Tu 2 Basins at 'Shakes' Kimbells, Steve Gibbons BandSeptember 1986Tu 2 Basins at 'Shakes' Kimbells, Emptifish, The Shakin Sharks, Rebel TruceFriday 26 Was the first night of Basins at the Tricorn Club. Fri 26 Big Town Playboys, Kingbeats 27 Rufus Stone, Shakin Sharks 30 Local Bands Showcase Night. October 19861 Charlie Massiah and the Disciples2 Emptifish, support 3 Sugar Ray Ford and the Hot Shots, support 4 Juice on the loose, The Blues Burglars £3.00 7 Sigue Sigue Sputnik as the $ci-fi $ex $tars plus Cherry Purple Dreams £5.00 8 Charlie Messiah and the Disciples £1.500 9 Wild Flowers plus Red Letter Day plus Six Gun Sound £2.50 10 The Red Hot Pokers plus Jam Side Up £2.50 11 Wilko Johnson plus support £3.00 17 Kingbeats Tu 21 C I Rogues, Strange Brew, E-Coli £1.00 We 22 The Psylons, Dr Brown £1.50(£1.00) Thur 23 Charlie Massiah £1.50 Fri 24 Pete Thomas and the Deep Sea Jivers, The Caravans £2.50 Sat 25 Howlin' Wilf and the Vee Jays, The Shakin Sharks £2.50 November 1986Basins at 'Shakes' Kimbells, 999, International RescueTue 11 The Reds, £1.00 Wed 12 Charlie Massiah and the Disciples, Mighty Ballistics, £2.50 Fri 14 The Deltones, £2.50 Sat 15 Laverne Brown Band, £2.50 Tue 25 Abnormally Square, Danse Macarbe, The Cast. Wed 26 Lords of the New Church Thurs 27 Emptifish(Private Party) Fri 28 Ducks Delux Sat 29 Rufus Stone December 1986W 3 Mystic Revalation £2.00Th 4 The Godfathers, Red Letter Day £3.00 F 5 Mighty Ballistics High Power £2.50 S 6 Eddie and the Hot Rods £3.00 Tu 9 Local band Showcase £1.00, Sunset Strip Th 11 Pop will eat itself £2.00 F 12 Wilko Johnson £3.00 adv, £3.50 on door Th 18 The Meteors + support £4.00 F 19 Ricky Cool and the Texas Turkeys, The Caravans £2.50 S 20Ricky Cool and the Texxas Turkeys, + support £3.00 M 22 Len Bright Combo, The Dilberries, Magic Roundabout W 24 The 27 Mattoids £3.00 S 27 The Steve Gibbons Band £3.50 W 31 Charlie Massiah and the Disciples, The Shankin' Sharks, The Caravans £5.00 1987January 1987F 2 Trip to see the Cropdusters (Lymington) £2 (coaches £100 each)St 3 Rufus Stone (£200) - £2.50 W 7 Reggae Disco - £1 Th 8 Abnormally Square (£60) & Red Letter Day (£40) - £1.50 F 9 Mighty Ballistics (£150) - £2 St 10 Bloodhound & Shaking Sharks (£300 for both) - £2.50 (Bloodhound probably pseudonym for Emptifish) W 14 Progression (reggae) (£150) - £2 Th 15 Alternative Disco £1 F 16 The Deltones (£350) - £2.50 St 17 Steve Marriott & Official Receivers (£600) & Duck’s Soup (£60) - £3.50 Tu 20 “Local band”? (The Sheds, King Cadillac, Pushing Up Daisies) W 21 Reggae Disco Th 22 The Vulcans (£250) - £2.50 F 23 Desmond Dekker (£650 + vat) - £3.50 adv, £4 on door Sa 24 Juice on the Loose (£500 + 60% over £650) - £2.50 adv, £3 on door and book into Kingston Hotel (2 twins, 2 doubles) Tu 27 UK Subs (£300 or 50% of door + beer/pizzas) & Ad Nauseum - £2.50 W 28 Israel Movements (reggae) (£150) - £2 Th 29 The Blubbering Hellbellies (£300) - £2.50 F 30 The Potato Five with Laurel Aitken (£550) - £3 Sa 31 Howlin’ Wilf & the Vee Jays (£300 + 70% over £600) February 1987W 4 Dub Allup (reggae) (£100) - £2Th 5 Cropdusters (£200) - £1.50 F 6 Bhundu Boys (£600) - £3.50 adv/£4 door Sa 7 Soul Survivors (£150) - £2 Tu 10 Dan & Bones Soul Disco Fri 13 Scepter (reggae) (£150) - £2 Sat 14 Wilko Johnson (£550) & Duck Soup (£70) - £3 W 18 The Caravans & Tony Rex Disco - £1 Th 19 John Otway (£400) & Dr Brown - £3 Sat 21 Brendan Croker & the Five O’Clock Shadows (£350) - £2.50 Tu 24 The Flowerpot Men & Six Gun Sound - £2 Th 26 Pop Will Eat Itself (£200 + %) & the Farkle Family - £2/£2.50 S 28 Rufus Stone (£200) & Houseboy John’s Disco (£50) - £2.50 March 1987M 2 The Sarah Kent Complex - £1Tu 3 The Caravans (Private Birthday Party) W 4 Duck Soup (£70) Th 5 The Godfathers (£400 + %) - £3 F 6 Bashara (£300) - £2.50 Sa 7 The Ya Yas (£300) & King Cadillac (£40) - £2.50 M 9 Bad Manners (£900+vat) - £4/£4.50 Tu 10 My Bloody Valentine (£125 + %) & Abonormally Square (£30) - £2 Th 12 ‘Black Elvis 2000’ (Colbert Harrison - £275) Colbert Hamilton? & Caravans (£70) F 13 Mystic Revelation (£200) Sat 14 Blues ‘n’ Trouble (£550) Tu 17 The Meteors (£400 + vat) & the Caravans - £2.50/£3 W 18 Truffle (£125) & Forearm Smash Roadshow - £1.50 Th 19 The Cropdusters, Flik Spatula £2.00 F 20 The Deltones (£350) - £2 Sa 21 The Larks (£500 + %) & Radical Dance (£50) Tu 24 The Crows £1.50, Six Gun Sound Th 26 Mighty Mighty & the Brilliant Corners - £2.50 F 27 Desmond Dekker & the Aces(£825 + vat) - £4/£4.50 Sa 28 100 Men featuring Bruce Foxton (£350 + vat) April 1987W 1 Soho Sioux (£100) - £1.50Th 2 Wilko Johnson (£550) & Big Jim & Figaro Club F 3 Section B (£250) Sa 4 Dumpy’s Rusty Nuts (£350) & Empti Fish w Meteors - £3 Sun 5 Northern Soul Record Night Th 9 Gaye Bikers on Acid (£250) & Jake the Pilgrim (£30) - £2.50 F 10 Black Roots (£650 + vat) - £3.50 Sa 11 Eddie & the Hot Rods (£500) - £3 W 15 Restless (£450 + vat) & the Caravans - £2.50/£3 Th 16 The Pink Fairies (£350 + %) & Dr Brown - £3 Fri 17 Jason and Peanuts record nite Sa 18 Charlie Massiah (£80) – 110 paid and Hypa International– Easter weekend M 20 Sherlock (£160) & Salam Foundation - £2.50 W 22 Geneva (£100) Th 23 Paul Groovy & the Pop Art Experience (£100) - £1.25 F 24 Progression (£150) - £2.50 Sa 25 Steve Gibbons (£450) - £3 W 29 The Deltas (£200 + %) & the Caravans - £2 Th 30 UK Subs (£250) & Red Letter Day (£50) - £2.50 May 1987F 1 The Potato Five w Laurel Aitken (£650) - £3/£3.50Sa 2 Steve Marriott & Official Receivers (£600) & Mild Mannered Janitors - £3.50 W 6 Excalibur (£150) Th 7 Guana Batz (£500 + vat) - £3/£3.50 F 8 Sherlock & All For One World (£250) - £2.50 (CA’s birthday) Sa 9 Wilko Johnson (£550) & the Go Buggy Babies (£100) W 13 The Highliners (£250) Th 14 The Bloodwood Bush Band (£250) - £2.50 F 15 Beshara (£300) & Turbo Charge Sound System (£35) Sa 16 GB Blues Co. feat Bobby Tench (£450) & Bros Palmer (£50) - £3 W 20 Truffle (£150) Th 21 That Petrol Emotion (£500 + vat) £3/£3.50 F 22 Sceptres (£200) - £2.50 Sa 23 Zoot & the Roots (£500 + %) & Jim Jiminee (£40) - £3/£3.50 W 27 Frenzy (£250) & The Caravans Th 28 The Flowerpot Men (£200 + %) & Cherry Purple Dreams (£30) - £2 F 29 Isreal Movements (£200) Sa 30 Blues ‘n’ Trouble (£600) - £3.50 June 1987W 3 Chrome Molly (£200) & Ocean (£50) - £2Th 4 999 (£450 + vat + %) & Blitzkreig Zone - £3/£3.50 F 5 The Cushites (£200) - £2.50 Sa 6 Geno Washington & Ram Jam Band (£650) & Radical Dance (£50) Tu 9 Emptifish F 12 Desmond Dekker & the Aces (£825 + vat) - £4/£4.50 Sa 13 Dumpy’s Rusty Nuts (£425) & Siege (£50) Sa 20 Rufus Stone (£300) - £2.50 Th 25 Broken Bones (£250) & Ad Nauseum (£60) - £2.50 Sa 27 Buddy Curtess & the Grasshoppers (£850) & Shakin’ Sharks (£175) July 1987W 1 Siege (66%) & Antigua - £1.50Th 2 The Psylons & Blow Up F 3 Charlie Massiah & Disciples (£150) - £2.50 Sa 4 Terraplane & Glory - £3/£3.50 Tu 7 The Reds & Angus (DJ) W 8 Frantic Flinstones & the Go Cats Th 9 GBH & Ad Nauseum - £2.50/£3 F 10 Bandyt (£150) - £2.50 Sa 11 Eddie Floyd Soul Night (£900) & Angus DJ - £4.50/£5 W 15 Ashmata (66%) - £1.50 Th 16 Hot Pop Bandits & Laugh & Apple Mosaic F 17 The Real Sounds of Africa (£700) - £3.50/£4 S 18 The Ya Yas & Angus DJ W 22 Coffin Nails (£100) Th 23 Onslaught (£200) & Death Wish F 24 Life (£200) S 25 Zoot Money’s Big Roll Band (£500) & Mild Mannered Janitors Tu 28 Mental Block & Trash Can W 29 County Line Th 30 Flik Spatula & the Regular Guys & the Spoons - £1.50 F 31 City Dread (£200) August 1987Sa 1 Wilko Johnson (£550) & Mild Mannered janitors (£30)Tu 4 The Ambassadors & King Cadillac & Frantic Fran - £3 Th 6 Frenzy (£250) & Long Tall Texans (£50) - £2.50/£3 F 7 The Cushites (£200) - £2.50 Sa 8 Barrance Whitfield & Savages (£750) & Caravans Tu 11 The Psylons & Frantic Fran W 12 Satan (£150) Th 13 The Stupids (Speedcore Night), the Milk Monitors, Ad Nauseum F 14 Progression (£200) Sa 15 The Go Buggy Babies (£150) & the Waltons (£50) M 17 Private Party Tu 18 Private Party (Teardrops & jane wedding?) W 19 Skitzo (£70) Th 20 Head (£150) & the Noisy Herberts (£30) F 21 Section B (£250) Sa 22 The Miller Family (£150) & Radical Dance (£75) M 24 Party (Nikki’s 21st) W 26 Samson (£250) Th 27 ‘Charity Do’ with Bob Hollins & Side Effect F 28 Jane’s Birthday Party? Sa 29 Duck Soup (£100) September 1987Tu 1 Frantic FranTh 3 Empti Fish (70%) & the Noisy Herberts (£30) - £2.50 F 4 the Cushites (£250) - £2.50 Fri 5 Sonny Black Blues Band & Dr Brown, Somebody's Brother £2.50 Sat 6 Blues and trouble £3/3.50 W 9 Geneva (£70 or 66%) - £1.50 Th 10 The Macc Lads F 11 The Isreal Movements & Angus DJ - £2.50/£3 Fri 11? Jonah Moyo and Follow the Crocodile £2.50 Sa 12 Steve Marriott and the Official Receivers (£600) & Mild Mannered Janitors (£30) Tu 15 Frantic Fran Th 17 The Toy Dolls (£400) & the Three Little Piggies (£40) F 18 Beshara (£300) Sa 19 The Turnpike Cruisers (£200) M 21 Birthday Party Tu 22 Frantic Fran W 23 Truffle (66%) - £1.50 Th 24 The Cropdusters (65%) - £2 F 25 Big Town Playboys (£350) Sa 26 Big Town Playboys (£350) & Long Tall Texans Tu 29 Frantic Fran October 1987Th 1 No Shame (£175) & Fear of Darkness (£50)F 2 Digogodigo (£150) Sa 3 Geno Washington & Ram Jam band (£650) & Radical Dance (£50) W 7 Siege (£60) Th 8 The Highliners & the Waltons F 9 Bass Dance(£350) Sa 10 Howlin’ Wilf & the Vee jays (£350) Su 11 Robert Calvert & the Starfighters Th 15 The Wedding Present (£300) & the Close Lobsters (£50) - £2.50/£3 F 16 Yargo & Angus DJ Sa 17 The Red Beards from Texas (£500) & County Line (£50) Su 18 Radical Dance W 21 Excalibur (£125) Th 22 Guana Batz (£650) & the Caravans F 23 Real Sounds of Africa (£700) - £3.50/£4 F 23? Wilko Jonson, The Lenny Tench Band(formerly The Reds) Sa 24 Zoot & the Roots (£500) Th 29 999, Ad Nauseum F 30 The Cushites - £3 Sa 31 Halloween Night Fancy Dress Party: the Vulcans (£250) November 1987Tu 3 Dan & Bones DJsW 4 Mama’s Boys (£400) - £2.50/£3 Th 5 The Men They Couldn’t Hang (£1,000) & the Cropdusters F 7 The Disciples (£250) - £3 Sa 6 The Potato 5 (£650) - £3 M 9 Private party W 11 10,000 Maniacs (£150 + 70%) - £2/£2.50 Th 12 Hothouse Flowers (£250) F 13 City Dread (£250) Sa 14 Buddy Curtess & Grasshoppers & Shakin’ Sharks - £4.50/£5 M 16 Opening promo for shop “Sounds Like Style” plus Rock Therapy & DJ M 18 private party Th 19 Conflict were booked but cancelled so a Psychobilly night with Frenzy + The Caravans F 20 The Naturalites (£750) - £3.50/£4 Sa 21 Jim Jiminee + Tony Stone(£150) & Prestige M 23 private party W 25 The La’s (£350) & Pop Icons (£70) Th 26 Batmobile & the Caravans - £2.50 F 27 Black Roots (£700) - £3.50/£4 Sa 28 Ruthless Blues (£350) - £3 December 1987W 2 Rock Night w Gin Sling (£60) & Fear of DarknessTh 3 The Angelic Upstarts (£500) plus Ad Nauseum F 4 Tribe (£250) & Angus DJ Sa 5 Here and Now (80%) M 7 Portsmouth Grammar Band (£30) Tu 8 Radical Dance (£50 & 50%) - £1.50 W 9 Underworld Th 10 Ides of March (£400) - £3/£3.50 F 11 Desmond Dekker (£825) & Angus DJ Sa 12 James Taylor Quartet & the Mild Mannered Janitors M 14 Poly Students Party Tu 15 Ports High School Party W 16 Idol Rich (£150) - £1.50 Th 17 Alex’s Birthday w the Exploited (£300) & Ad Nauseum F 18 Bandyt (£200) Sa 19 DRN (£450) & Death Wish M 21 Private party Tu 22 Chris & Jim’s Xmas Party with the Mystery Group Th 24 Ruthless Blues (£750) & the Mild Mannered Janitors, or Steve Marriott and the Official Recevers Th 31 The Vulcans & Duck Soup - £6 1988January 1988F 1 DiscoSa 2 Wilko Johnson Band (£550) & Simon Believers (£50) Th 7 Hugh Lloyd Langton (£350) & Dr Brown (£50) F 8 Angus DJ? Sa 9 Charlie Massiah (£200) - £2 W 13 Strikeforce (£200) - £2.50/£3 Th 14 Pop Will Eat Itself (£600) & Dawn After Dark (£50) - £3/£3.50 F 15 Rigogodigo (£250) & Angus DJ Sa 16 Empti Fish & Shakin’ Sharks (£300) - £2.50 F 22 The Macc Lads (75%) - £2 Sa 23 Yargo (£300) & Radical Dance & Angus DJ Th 28 London Possee (£300) F 29 The Stupids (£500) - £3 Sa 30 Screaming Lord Sutch (£700) & the Rapiers - £3.50/£4 February 1988W 3 “Due South” LaunchTh 4 Dr Brown and Friends F 5 GBH (£400) Sa 6 Rufus Stone (£300) & Angus DJ Th 11 Ports Scanner Gig: MM Janitors, Radical Dance, Ad Nauseam F 12 The Vulcans & Three Little Piggies & Angus DJ - £3.50 Sa 13 Redbeards from Texas (£650) & Laughing Grave (£50) W 17 Art College Party (Pete Codling) Th 18 The Meteors (£400) - £3/£3.50 F 19 Mama’s Boys (£600) - £3/£3.50 Sa Rent Party (perhaps?) Th 25 UK Subs & Red Letter Day F 26 Wolfbane & Anyone’s Daughter - £3 Sa 27 Geno Washington (£675) & Angus DJ March 1988Th 3 Delroy Ogilvie (private promotion)F 4 Hellion (£600) & Marshall Law (£40) Sa 5 Reggae Fesrtival: Sherlock (£600) Th 10 Luxuria (H de Veto - £750) F 11 Truffle (£150) Sa 12 Here & Now (£1,000) & Copernicus Rice (£30) M 14 The Llamas, The Elvis Brothers, The Swoonards Tu 15 ‘Thank You’ Party F 18 County Line (£100) - £2 Sa 19 Blues & Trouble (£550) & HSB (£40) & Angus DJ - £3.50 M 21 Birthday party Th 24 Guana Batz (£600) & the Caravans - £3/£3.50 F 25 Napalm Death (£300) & Doom (£30) Sa 26 Barrence Whitfield & Savages & Kingbeats - £3.50/£4 Th 31 Vibrators (£400) & the Noisy Herberts (£30) April 1988F 1 Nik Turner’s All Stars (£300)Sa 2 Le Rue (£500) & tour support & Angus DJ - £3 Tu 5 Birthday party Th 7 The Stupids & the Hands On - £3.50 F 8 Sabbat (£275) Sa 9 Wilko Johnson Band (£550) W 13 The Rollers (£400) & Three Little Piggies (£50) Th 14 ‘Psychobilly Extravaganza”; Demented Are Go (£300) & Skitzo & F Flinstones F 15 Tormé (£250) & Seducer (£50) - £3 S 16 Robert Calvert & the Starfighters (£300) - £3.50
Basins at thje Tricorn ended.
Th 21 Crazy Pink Revolvers (£175) May 1988F 6 Dr Brown & MM Janitors (possibly Abbo Promos at Kimbells?)S 7 Reggae: Rough Cut & Life & Disciples (Kimbells?) There appears to be a break here in addition to possible Kimbells gigs Th 19 Angelic Upstarts & Red letter day F 20 World Domination Enterprises & hard Lines Inc - £3.50 Sa 21 City Dread & Isreal Movements - £3.50 F 27 Gypsy Queen (£500) - £3/£3.50 June 1988Th 2 999 & Splodgenessabounds & Red Letter Day - £3.50/£4F 3 Tyger Tailz (£275) Sa 4 Basil Gabbidans (Steel Pulse) - £3 F 10 Unclear – Geno? Shy? Sa 11 The Poor Mouth (Clive Bunker - £300) F 17 Dumpy (£500) - £3.50 There appears to be a break here July 1988M 4 Havant 6th Form PartySa 9 Rufus Stone (£300) M 11 Eddie Floyd (£900) There appears to be a break here Sa 30 The Ya Yas (£300) August 1988Sa 6 Provisional booking for Stan Webb’s Chicken ShackThere are no more entries until:
The following gigs were run at the South Parade Pier.
Fri 6 999 & Splodgenessabounds & Red Letter Day |
From the Diary
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What was on at Basins in 1986
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What was on at Basins in 1987
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What was on at Basins in 1988Tthe Club was closed down by the Receivers 17/4/88
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