Hi there,
Anyone out there who was around on the punk scene in sheffield etc back in the late 70's and early 80's ?..I need plenty of your stories from back then to include in my project I am getting together(which could end up being published)...
So come on all you old punks let's hear about all those crazy times and fantastic days at the limit club, top rank, doncaster outlook, marples etc...

Tony(from Rotherham)

im afraid i missed all the early stuff :(
too young :P

i wasnt hanging around town (sheff) till about 86 on
just caught the tail end of the limit and marples but missed all the big punk stuff

Richard Hell and the Voidoids supporting The Clash at the Top Rank in '77,
oh how them pint glasses and ashtrays flew through the air!!!

Nico playing in The Marples, with what looked like spaghetti on her head.

Trouble with skinheads, on the Rock Against Racism Tour.

Blondie supporting Television at The City Hall.

Great days!

Slaughter and the Dogs not turning up at the Sheff Polytechnic leaving their support act, Sham 69 to put on the rawest punk performance I ever witnessed :D

A remarkable 'punk party' in leafy Fulwood one Saturday night, held in my mates house while his parents were out. Neighbours were definately not impressed by the sight of numerous 15-18 yr olds dressed in torn clothes and black bin bags vomiting profusely over the manicured grass verges :hihi:

I need stories like these for my project(book)..lets get the story of the punk generation up here finally put in print...anyone with a story to tell no matter how small or large please contact me at rotherpunk@aol.com

oh well...keep a listen for my book when its finished and that will fill in a lot of stuff from the time......

saw richard hell later on at dingwalls...I did hear about the really rotten time he had on the clash out of control tour

Any more stories from the Punk days from you all out there..I need stuff from you about the clothes you wore..the records you boufght the venues the fights the laughs and everything in between !!!

:loopy:there isnt a punk scene nowadays, its had a take over by emos and minnie moshers (didnt you hear the song? its a cheap imitation if goth,lol) who took over dev, and peace gardens about 2 years ago, and people have forgotten what its about anway, its a state of mind and an attitude not dying ur hair black with pink streaks, and buying the most expensive converse or rocky horrors stuff.
punk, real punk is a rare species and close to being extinct

not that im morbid or anything :D

Our Generation has recieved 100% POSITIVE feedback so far with some great press coverage (Sheff star, Telegraph, South Yorkshire Times, Rotherham Advertiser etc)...a review in Record Collector magazine coming up next month too...
Everyone who has read it from Jo Callis (REzillos), Martin Lilleker (Beats workin' for a living) Punk fans, Mods and all those who contributed and many more all of them have enjoyed it and some are on their 2nd read....

Sex Pistols site 'god save the Sex Pistols' say its their book of the year!

The book is available from HMV (Sheffield and Meadowhall), Jacks records (Sheffield), Philip Howard books (Wickersley) WH Smiths stores and direct from me (the author) at rotherpunk@aol.com