ON THIS DAY ... in 1990 - SHOOT THE JOKER

54 photos from the Bull & Gate, April 13th 1990

I know, I know, you don’t know who they are, and you’re probably thinking they were some plain indie band. Wrong!!! This is where have to rely on my fabulous ability to post great bands, and they easily became one of my favourite bands to see in the late 80’s and early 90’s. Naturally compared best to a less stodgy Mission.

And so it was foretold, one day (or decade) on a planet not dissimilar to our own, I will work out how to convert the demo tapes I have faithfully treasured and upload them somewhere, Then people can rejoice and say, ‘he was right!’, and you’ll be right. Sadly both front people Floyd and Debs are no longer with us, and I don’t know how to contact the keyboard player, who was definitely in the band long enough to maybe have tapes stashed away, so the knowledge pool is small, like so many bands from this period.

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