Nottingham punk/rock band circa 1977/80

Along with Some Chicken, The Drains were an early Nottingham punk group. Other local punk and new wave bands that arose at this time were The Transmitters, The Bollards, Skin Patrol, Lethal Dose, Spasm, The Blitz Kids, The Hormones, Art Failure, The Turbines and Berlin.
John Beeton had been in a group called Grass in the late sixties who became Sugar Pig in 1970. By 1977 with punk claiming a place in the public’s mind he teamed up with Donnie Johnson to form The Drains. Donnie Johnson was from Newcastle and had been an extra in the film Get Carter featuring Michael Caine. I think this scene with the Cafe is the one but I’m 100% sure.

Johnny Beeton – Lead Vocals/Rhythm Guitar
Donnie Johnson – Lead Guitar Backing Vocals
Uggford – Drums
Martin – Bass

Lord Vada – Lead Vocal/Rhythm Guitar
Oscar Wild – Lead Guitar/Backing Vocals
Itty Sharse – Bass
Uggford – Drums

The 4 photo’s below are from John Beeton’s fb page. The first three are a band he was in before The Drains called “Sugar Pig”.

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The Original Drains – Find Out the Hard Way … Johnny Beeton (Lord Vadar), Vocals & Guitar, Donnie Johnson ( Oscar Wild) Lead Guitar & Vocals, Itty Sharse (Martin) Bass and Uggy on Drums.

The audio and photo below are from Donnie Johnson’s fb page.

Johnny Beeton – Lead Vocals/Rythm Guitar
Donnie Johnson – Lead Guitar Backing Vocals
Uggford – Drums
Martin – Bass

Lord Vada – Lead Vocal/Rythm Guitar
Oscar Wild – Lead Guitar/Backing Vocals
Itty Sharse – Bass
Uggford – Drums

The 5 photo’s below were from a now forgotten fb page.

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