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1981

1981 Feb

Zounds announce the forthcoming recording of a new EP on their 'own label'. Tracks to be included are: Fear Little Bit More Did He Jump Or Was He Pushed My Mummy's Gone Evidently this idea was superceded by an agreement with Rough Trade and the subsequent recording of the album containing these tracks. Read the announcement from Fack #6 here.

1981 Mar	London			The Curse Of Zounds album and 2nd single Demystification recorded at Berry Street Studios.
1981 Mar 18	High Wycombe	The Nag's Head	Zounds The Astronauts The Entire Cosmos
1981 Mar 21	London	Archway Club Brixton	Zounds The Astronauts The Entire Cosmos The Really Nice People	Photo credit: please advise

1981 Apr / May			"The 1955 Revue" Tour	NME Ad for Zounds/Astronauts "The 1955 Revue". I suspect the title of this tour was a tongue-in-cheek nod i.e. pisstake, of an ongoing tour by the forgettable Classix Nouveau.
1981 Apr 03	Birmingham	The Golden Eagle	Zounds The Astronauts The Entire Cosmos
1981 Apr 04	Manchester	Manchester Polytechnic	Zounds The Astronauts The Entire Cosmos The Really Nice People	City Fun Manchester Poly Ad and gig guide
1981 Apr 06	London	Clarendon Hotel Hammersmith	Zounds The Astronauts The Entire Cosmos The Really Nice People
1981 Apr				The Astronauts - Peter Pan Hits The Suburbs LP released on Bugle Records this week. Both this and Demystification, although not officially released until June, are mentioned in the tour advert.
1981 Apr 10	Bristol	Trinity Hall	Zounds The Astronauts The Really Nice People
1981 Apr 18	Doncaster	Bentley Pavillion	Zounds The Astronauts Instant Automatons
1981 Apr 23	Aberdeen	Summer City Community Centre	Zounds The Astronauts Murphy Federation The Entire Cosmos Toxik Ephex
1981 Apr 24	Edinburgh	The Cavendish	Zounds The Astronauts	Also advertised as April 22nd at the Edinburgh Nite Club (see poster)
1981 Apr 25	Dundee	St. David's North Church Hall Hilltown	Zounds The Astronauts
1981 Apr 30	Leeds	Fforde Green Hotel	Zounds The Astronauts Instant Automatons (?)

1981 May 01	Bangor	Bangor University	Zounds The Astronauts
1981 May 02	Huddersfield	Huddersfield Polytechnic	Zounds The Astronauts Instant Automatons Murphy Federation The Really Nice People	Rock Against The Bomb tape released by/for Retford CND with tracks from this gig.
1981 May 04	Retford	Porterhouse	Zounds The Astronauts
1981 May			Short German Tour	Short German tour that comprised 2 dates in Hannover, 2 in Berlin and maybe another (?). The bass player for this tour was the variously named Punky Steve / Little Steve / Steve Public who had played on the 1st Weird Tales tour.
1981 May 08	Hannover	UJZ Kornstraße	Zounds Wutstock Daily Terror Umleitung	Recorded set: Fear Can't Cheat Karma New Band Loads Of Noise > Did He Jump Or Was He Pushed My Mummy's Gone Target > Mr. Disney > War Subvert Great White Hunter This Land Dirty Squatters War
1981 May 16	Berlin	Sumpfblüte Wedding	Zounds	Recorded set, contaning some oldies: Fear Can't Cheat Karma New Band Angels Little Bit More I Just Wanna Be Loved Did He Jump Or Was He Pushed? > My Mummy's Gone Target > Mr. Disney > War Subvert Great White Hunter This Land Dirty Squatters I Made It Happen Not Me War [not on tape] Demystification [not on tape] Subvert
1981 May 19	Berlin	Musikhalle Steglitz	Zounds

1981 Jun

2nd single Demystification / Great White Hunter released on Rough Trade. 27th June - the single crashes into the Sounds Independent Charts at #28

1981 Jul 22	London	The Rock Garden Covent Garden	Zounds The Close-Ups
1981 Jul 24	Middlesbrough	The Rock Garden	Zounds

1981 Aug 13	Preston	The Warehouse	Zounds
1981 Aug 23	London	Adventure Playground Parliament Hill Fields	The 012 Dick Heley Zounds The Mob The Astronauts (?) The Entire Cosmos Blue Midnight King Trigger Murphy Federation	Afternoon gig. Recorded set: War My Mummy's Gone Biafra Dirty Squatters Demystification This Land 100 Years From Now Subvert Dancing
1981 Aug 23	London	The Lyceum	The Exploited Anti-Pasti Vice Squad Zounds The Dark	Evening gig. Backstage at this gig Zounds were interviewed by Mick Sinclair of Sounds for a 'feature' article that would appear in the September 19th issue. Zounds may have bumped into Mr. Sinclair as an Anal Surgeon a few years earlier.
1981 Aug 28	Weymouth	Rock Club / Hotel	Zounds	These three late August gigs were oddly listed as "Zounds Lane" in the August 29th issue of NME. Src: NME 81-08-29 Listing
1981 Aug 29	London	Centro Iberico Harrow Road	Zounds The Mob The Astronauts Null & Void Youth In Asia (?)	Src: NME 81-08-29 Listing / Poster (credit unknown)
1981 Aug 30	London	Atlantic Road Festival Brixton	Zounds	Src: NME 81-08-29 Listing

1981 Sep 03	London	The Rock Garden Covent Garden	Zounds The Onlookers	Src: NME 81-08-29 Listing
1981 Sep 10	London	The Moonlight Club West Hampstead	Zounds The Room
1981 Sep				The Curse Of Zounds album released on Rough Trade. The Mob record No Doves Fly Here / I Hear You Laughing at Southern Studios with Joseph on drums.

1981 Oct 03				The Curse Of Zounds smashes into the pop charts (or rather, the NME Independent Chart at #22.)
1981 Oct 04	Hasselt	Ontmoetingscentrum Kuringen	Zounds (?) The Mob Regiment Of Disorder Struggler	This tour needs some information added.
1981 Oct 07	Bruxelles	Autonomia	Zounds (?) The Mob More Actions Alienation
1981 Oct 14	Bruxelles	Autonomia	Zounds The Mob Siglo XX	Zounds are, I presume incorrectly, advertised as playing The Rock Garden with Ton Ton M'écoute on this day! Src: aredje.net/marcor (& NME 81-10-21 at the Rock Garden)
1981 Oct 16	Eindhoven	Effenaar	Zounds The Mob	Recorded set: Biafra Target > Mr. Disney > War Subvert Dancing Time Fear Demystification My Mummy's Gone More Trouble coming Everyday Can't Cheat Karma This Land War New Band Src: circulating tape / KYPP
1981 Oct 18-26				The Clash play 7 nights at The Lyceum as part of their Radio Clash tour.
1981 Oct 18	Gillingham	King Charles Hotel	Theatre Of Hate Zounds	According to Joseph [25] Zounds only played 3 gigs with ToH - Gillingham, Southampton & Nottingham, despite being booked for the tour.
1981 Oct 20	London	Moonlight Club West Hampstead	Zounds Parting Shots	Src: advertised in the October 17th issue of New Musical Express.
1981 Oct 27	London	North East London             Polytechnic Plaistow	Zounds	Src: listing in the October 24th issue of New Musical Express.

1981 Nov 01	Leeds	Tiffany's	Theatre Of Hate Zounds King Pleasure	Src: Tiffanys Flyer On the bill - but did not play. [25]
1981 Nov 16	London	The Golf Club (aka The Pits) Euston Road	Zounds Ut	Src: The Pits Flyer.
1981 Nov 17	London	North East London             Polytechnic	Zounds	See 27/10 - odd to play so soon after.

				Tim Hutton, friend of The Mob and their occasional drummer, joins the band at some stage late '81. Having played drums on the studio recording of True Love due to Joseph's dislike of the song. He plays bass live, with Steve switching back to guitar
1981 Dec 04	London	115 New Cavendish St [Central Polytechnic]	Theatre Of Hate UK Decay The Meteors Zounds	Advertised in Sounds but Zounds didn't play. [25]
1981 Dec 06	London	Autonomy Centre Metropolitan Wharf Wapping Wall	Zounds The Mob Null & Void The Apostles Luz Y Fuerza Hagar The Womb	Recorded set: More Trouble Coming Every Day Target > Mr. Disney > War Subvert Dancing Great White Hunter True Love Demystification Little Bit More This Land Dirty Squatters Subvert
1981 Dec 12	Manchester	The Mayflower	Zounds Special Duties Xposer

Updated: Aug 2022

	Sources

004	Steve Lake - Zounds Demystified - ISBN 9781909798014 Active Distribution Available by emailing bevrecords@btinternet.com
020	Lance Hahn's interviews with Steve Lake & Joseph Porter for his book. Printed as an article titled The Story Of Zounds in Maximum Rock 'n' Roll #227
025	Some general information deduced from Joseph Porter - Genesis To Revolutions - Downwarde Spiral Available at Blyth Power HQ
030	Some general information from Kill Your Pet Puppy and contributors.