Does anyone remember the punk gigs upstairs at the Marples, they were great and never any trouble. People used to come from all over the country. Sheffield was really vibrant then, great days :-)

i never actually went to any of the gigs there due to me having long hair but i can remember seeing reviews for the concerts in sounds bands like VICE SQUAD THE FOURSKINS and various punk and oi type bands used to play there


oh happy days:thumbsup:

Cor now your taking me back, always seem to remember UK Subs playing there tons of times and they're still going. Anti Nowhere League too, used to sit downstairs at Marples in the afternoons and get slightly p**sed with my punk mates. Aaah the memories. :thumbsup:

i didnt no the anl played the marples i can remember the uk subs playing there but i was advised not t go cos loads of skinheads used to frequent the place:(

unfortunately being a youngster (36 today :P) i didnt get into punk till 1984 and a bit later till i used to go to the city centre on my own / with mates so i missed the marples :(
I always remember seeing an exploited poster on the wall of the marples tho, must have been the last gig??

The Mau Maus live at the marples was a cracking album tho, ill have to try and get that again

Well I'm 41, so was just the right age, can remember all the gigs as Roxy's too, remember seeing The Ruts there and being well impressed, I was gonna have a tatt with the Ruts on but one of them died, so it put me off a lil bit. Saw the Damned there and I was dead chuffed when Rat Scabies threw his drumsticks into the crowd and I caught one :thumbsup:
Ahh the memories :lol:

I saw the Stunt Kites there when they were in their late-1970s prime.

There used to be a band called Artery who always seemed to be either at the Broadfield or Rotherham Arts Centre.

I thin that there is a story that when they played upstars at the Marples that one of the group - halfway through a song - climbed out of a window, shuffled along a ledge, and climbed back in another window.

I've no idea if it's true but it sounds like something that they would have done.

The Ramones. Can't remember the year, but it was a wonderful gig.

Maus Maus, Toy Dolls (last gig at the Marples), Infa Riot, Vice Squad, Peter And The Test Tube Babies, Vice Squad, Crass, Discharge, Chaos UK, The Dark, UK Chaos, Angelic Upstarts, Varukers and The Exploited are just a few of the band I saw there, all run by Marcus Featherby and Jesus working on the door...

Maus Maus, Toy Dolls (last gig at the Marples), Infa Riot, Vice Squad, Peter And The Test Tube Babies, Vice Squad, Crass, Discharge, Chaos UK, The Dark, UK Chaos, Angelic Upstarts, Varukers and The Exploited are just a few of the band I saw there, all run by Marcus Featherby and Jesus working on the door...

sheff anarchist jesus?
i used to know him

blimey thats some fine bands list :)
really really peed off ive never seen crass or mau maus :(

seen discharge (crap metally period tho :( )
seen chaos uk
most of the others are still going in one form or another so still could

sheff anarchist jesus?
i used to know him

blimey thats some fine bands list :)
really really peed off ive never seen crass or mau maus :(

seen discharge (crap metally period tho :( )
seen chaos uk
most of the others are still going in one form or another so still could

Jesus, yeah the same guy I believe, very one nice bloke. That's not a full list of band I saw there but during the punk period I reckon I saw 3 gigs a week between all the venues.

"Very nice bloke" Well thanks for saying that Martin, you obviously know me, sorry I don’t recognise your username.
That isn’t a full list of bands, flux of pink indians, poison girls, GBH, off the top of my head. They were great gigs. We also put Nico on, from velvet underground fame. Crass was my favourite gig, in fact they were the best live band I ever saw and saw them all around the country.
The only trouble I remember inside the Marples, was Chris Long (RIP i believe) going in the womens toilets.
Mark Goldthorpe, Artery singer, did go out onto the window sill, it wasn’t what you would call a balcony.
I was in touch with Marcus until recently (& saw him July 2006), unfortunately I have been unable to contact him by phone or email and fear the worst.

"Very nice bloke" Well thanks for saying that Martin, you obviously know me, sorry I don’t recognise your username.

here you go, martin dust post from a while ago :P
http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showpost.php?p=2062682&postcount=484

phew took mi ages to refind that, page 25 of my punk and metal bands thread :P

chris long was a long time staple of the peace gardens i believe?
yeah id heard he'd died, shame, although im not surprised with the amount of booze and alcohol he used to consume, when i was around there never mind since i left sheff

"Very nice bloke" Well thanks for saying that Martin, you obviously know me, sorry I don’t recognise your username.
That isn’t a full list of bands, flux of pink indians, poison girls, GBH, off the top of my head. They were great gigs. We also put Nico on, from velvet underground fame. Crass was my favourite gig, in fact they were the best live band I ever saw and saw them all around the country.
The only trouble I remember inside the Marples, was Chris Long (RIP i believe) going in the womens toilets.
Mark Goldthorpe, Artery singer, did go out onto the window sill, it wasn’t what you would call a balcony.
I was in touch with Marcus until recently (& saw him July 2006), unfortunately I have been unable to contact him by phone or email and fear the worst.

We use't to chat on the stairs at the Marples, I hung around with the Mau Maus back in the day, still see the singer every now and then. Only trouble I remember is at the Toy Dolls when a skinhead planted one of those bar stools on someones head, that was the last gig there I think.

All the best people used to chat on the stairs :-)

during the early 80s i also went to the marples, this is were i met my future husband chris long, yes sadly he did die around 14 years ago. the marpels brings back such fab memorys of snakebites and dancing and jumping to music and lyrics that ment so much i met so many interesting people i was also into loads of other bands useally political ect so this eveing off to see john cooper clark at the broadwalk might see some one from those days when i was called lem

Yes, I remember going to the Marples for all the gigs, brilliant.Even when there wasn't bands on, we'd meet downstairs and then go upstairs, as people have said, talking on the stairs was great.
What happened to Mick Fidler from Artery?Is he still pacing the earth?

during the early 80s i also went to the marples, this is were i met my future husband chris long, yes sadly he did die around 14 years ago. the marpels brings back such fab memorys of snakebites and dancing and jumping to music and lyrics that ment so much i met so many interesting people i was also into loads of other bands useally political ect so this eveing off to see john cooper clark at the broadwalk might see some one from those days when i was called lem

14 years ago???
blimey, mustve been not long after i left sheff then?
ive been up here 14 / 15 years ish, about 1993 i left?

I remember Tommy on the organ circ 1961,before Punk was even dreamed of

And about 10 years or so ago, I was the dj at Marples.....

And about 10 years or so ago, I was the dj at Marples.....

I remeber the Marples 1984 onwards and more towards the late 80's.

DJ was called Mick and then the DJ after that was called ?????? he ran off with the landlords wife and then the DJ after that was called Jason - oh happy days

during the early 80s i also went to the marples, this is were i met my future husband chris long, yes sadly he did die around 14 years ago. the marpels brings back such fab memorys of snakebites and dancing and jumping to music and lyrics that ment so much i met so many interesting people i was also into loads of other bands useally political ect so this eveing off to see john cooper clark at the broadwalk might see some one from those days when i was called lem

Chris lived on Gleadless Valley for a while and used to hang out with a gang of us, all dressed like Mods, nice lad.

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