Nottingham punk group 1978-81
1st Line Up: 1978
Gaz Brinx: Vocals
Kev: Guitars
Graham Lees: Bass
Handsome Brother: Drums
2nd line 1979:
Rob Dakin Drums
Kev Brinx Guitar
Gaz Brinx Vocals
Andy Slinn Bass.
Some studio tracks were recorded, engineered and mixed by Rob Hodgkinson and Graham Lees in 1979, recorded at Bramcote Scout Hut on the Fruit Quiz Mobile 1979.
01 The Snake (Kev/Gaz)
02 999 (Kev/John Haylock)
03 Lord Mountbatten (Kev)
04 Workadayweek (Lethal Dose)
Hear the four songs here
They played a live gig at the Marquee in 1979. The Marquee gig also included Frogsy on lead Guitar. The live sound was mixed by Kev Jackson through the mixing desk by MEK PA.
Marquee line up:
Rob Dakin Drums
Kev Brinx Guitar
Gaz Brinx Vocals
Andy Slinn Bass.
Frogsy: Lead Guitar
Lethal Dose live in the Marquee 1979
01 Vertigo (Cover) (The original was by “Open Sore”, a punk band from Slough who had their version released on the “Farewell to The Roxy” album on Vertigo in 1978)
02 Get Lost (Kev)
03 Lord Mountbatten (Kev)
04 Workadayweek (Lethal Dose)
05 The Snake (Kev/Gaz)
06 999 (Kev/Porky)
07 Vertigo (Cover)
08 999 (Kev/Porky)
09 Anarchy in the UK (Cover)
10 Jam / Transmission (Lethal Dose)
Hear the whole gig here
Rob Dakin and Graham Lees both later joined Art Failure
Graham Lees and Rob Hodgkinson also made an album circa 1979 under the band name of “Twin Dogs“.
1981 Line up:
Kev Brinx: Guitars
Gaz Brinx: Vocals
Rob Hodgkinson: Bass
Will: Drums
Nicky: Keyboards
More songs were recorded with this new line up.
1981 Studio and Outakes
01 Lord Mountbatten (Kev)
02 Conditioned (Kev / Gaz)
03 The Hunt (Kev)
04 Fallin’ Fallin’ Deeper Down (Kev / Gaz)
05 El Salvador (Kev)
06 The snake (Kev / Gaz)
07 Body Apart (Kev / Gaz)
08 The Superman (Kev / Gary / Rob)
Hear all 8 tracks here.
Rob Hodgkinson later joined Pete Tattersall in running the Yew Tree Farm studio
Around 1984 I (your scribe) was living in the same house as Kev Brinklow and we recorded some synth and guitar jams and played two gigs as “Guardians of the Ancient Wisdom”.
