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02.08.2006 – Gintis, Doormat Antics, Sona, Plantfoot play Bar Blu,
Rhyl
10.08.2006 – Dusk, Pregnant Ladies Club play McLeans, Queensferry
12.08.2006 – Valleum, Junk, First To Die, As Clouds March play Railway
Institiute, Bangor
12.08.2006 – Mixie’s Men play Dudley Arms, Rhyl
15.08.2006 – Dead 60s play Central Station, Wrexham
09.08.2006 - Disco Militia + RyuKen +
Anders + Long Time Promise + Voo + Ralph Latham play Bar Blu, Rhyl
16.08.2006 - Casket + Deus Ex Incendia + Blindfold + Black Sheep play Bar Blu,
Rhyl
23.08.2006 - Endevour + Homespun + Vietnam Disco + Joe Hovis play Bar Blu, Rhyl
25.08.2006 – Bleed play MASE, Old Colwyn
27.08.2006 – Get Off The Internet Festival at Hendre Hall, Tal-y-Bont was
cancelled
30.08.2006 - Bitchpups + Anubis +
Jive's Room + Oysterboy play Bar Blu, Rhyl
01.08.2005 – Rasal Recs rel retrospective Best of Topper CD
02.08.2005 – October Country, Skinflick
play Meze Lounge, Newport
03.08.2005 - Zombina &
The Skeletones + Jives Room + Delayed Promise play Bar Blu, Rhyl
04.08.2005 - Delayed Promise play Nwales Inn, Rhyl
06.08.2005 - Racketears play
Late Room, Manchester
07.08.2005 – Jack Sharp session on Adam Walton’s BBC Radio Wales Show. The Reads play Archies, Prestatyn
10.08.2005 - And What
Will Be Left Of Them + Gintis + Elcho + Reaper Man play Bar Blu,
Rhyl
10.08.2005 – Racketears play Conwy
River Festival
12.08.2005 – Ephesus play Bryn Dinas, St Asaph
13.08.2005 - Racketears play
Yoorkshire Festival
17.08.2005 - Zeroscape + The Affliction + Wildfire play Bar Blu, Rhyl
19.08.2005 - Sunspy + Kyle Parry play Red Lion, St Asaph. Skinflick, Army of Crows play D1E,
Southport
20.08.2005 – Racketears play Dudley
Arms, Rhyl
24.08.2005 - Dressed Naked play
Bar Blu, Rhyl
25.08.2005 – Racketears play Prince
Madoc, Colwyn Bay
29.08.2005 – Fuckerpunch record their debut EP at Autumn Rd, Wrexham
31.08.2005 – Three Minute Warning, Soctt Bakers, Seize the Day play Bar
Blu, Rhyl
01.08.2004 - Xms3 +
Glen UK + Mishap
play Offas Tavern, Prestatyn
04.08.2004 - Xms3 + Glen
UK + Mishap play
Bar Blu, Rhyl
08.08.2004 – Neil Crud plays Pyw Dall +
Elfyn Presli on Adam Walton’s BBC Radio Wales Show
11.08.2004 - Ethergy + Real Crazy Apartment + Legends For A Day + Jamie
Cardno play Bar Blu, Rhyl
18.08.2004 - Subterfuge + Fear n Loathing + Junebug play Bar Blu, Rhyl
20.08.2004 - Lantern + Snowblind play Shooters, Rhyl. The Fondlers release debut LP ‘Crude
Sexual Humour’
25.08.2004 - Carpet + Mendes play Bar Blu, Rhyl
27.08.2004 - Ephesus + Jamie Cardno play Shooters, Rhyl
28.08.2004 - Skinflick play
in Bradford
06.08.2003 - Junebug +
Gintis + Jives Room
play Bar Blu, Rhyl
13.08.2003 – Model Superb + The Hollow + Sarah Davies play Bar Blu, Rhyl
20.08.2003 - Kentucky AFC + Bellevue play Bar Blu, Rhyl
22.08.2003 – Doves + My Morning Jacket play Llandudno Conference Centre
27.08.2003 - Skinflick + 9XDead + Pain Deleted play Bar Blu, Rhyl
29.08.2003 – Hyphenated were formed
10.08.2002 - Pigstock Festival at Denbigh sees Pocket Venus have a
punch up onstage. Instant Agony play Old Hall
18.08.2002 – Breeding Ground print open letter in the Rhyl papers after the
venue owner blamed them for its closure
29.08.2002 - Black Swans, Hooper play Breeding Ground2 in
01.08.2001 – Llwybr Llaethog’s 3rd John Peel Session broadcast on
Radio One
04.08.2001 - Carpet play the Breeding Ground, Rhyl
09.08.2001 - Pocket Venus play the Conwy Festival
13.08.2001 - Early MASE gig feat; Blind, Type 20, Terminal CC
18.08.2001 - Fubar, Flea Cirkus, Dusty Moo play Breeding Ground
20.08.2001 – Manic Street Preachers, Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci play
Conference Centre, Llandudno
03.08.2000 – Tystion’s 1st John Peel Session is repeated on Radio One
27.08.2000 – 999, 0898, Sulphur play West Shore Social, Llandudno
01.08.1999 – Half Man Half Biscuit, Box of Frogs play West Shore Social, Llandudno
09.08.1998 – UK Subs, Instant Agony, Blacklisted, Ker-punk play West
Shore Social, Llandudno
13.08.1998 - The Vandals play TJ's
16.08.1996 – Hangar Straight play the Bistro, Rhyl
22.08.1996 - Vaffan Coulo play TJ's Newport
26.08.1996 - Pineapple headline
showcase gig at Tivoli, Buckley
27.08.1996 - Sons of Selina are stopped from playing The Rockfest at
Rhyl by the council over noise complaints
18.08.1995 - GMX Stuns play Oasis
Club, Stone
22.08.1995 - GMX Stuns play Brunels,
Rhyl
23.08.1995 - GMX Stuns play
Roadhouse, Manchester
25.08.1995 - Sons of Selina play Bistro, Rhyl
03.08.1994 - Sons of Selina play 4 tracks live on Mark Radcliffe’s
Radio One show
07.08.1994 - GMX Stuns play
Bandstand, Llandudno
10.08.1994 - Sons of Selina play St Johns Tavern, Archway with Mantaray,
Spitbaby
11.08.1994 - Mucky Pup play The Tivoli, Buckley
13.08.1994 - GMX Stuns play outdoors
at Rhyl’s Town Hall Square
19.08.1994 - Sons of Selina play the Bistro, Rhyl
20.08.1994 - GMX Stuns play outdoors
at Rhyl’s Adventure Playground
26.08.1994 - GMX Stuns play Record
Co audition in Surrey
27.08.1994 - Rhyl's ill fated Events Arena Rockfest, feat; Psychotic Eye,
Clan Morrigan, plug was pulled before Sons of Selina & Primitive
Faith got to play.
31.08.1994 – Oasis play The Tivoli, Buckley
13.08.1993 – Datblygu’s 5th John Peel Session broadcast on Radio One
24.08.1993 - Therapy?, Cowboy Killers play TJ's
01.08.1992 – ‘Sounds From The Playground’ poorly attended festival hosts Family
Gotown, Anhrefn, Ocean Rane, Psychosexual Sex Terrestrials, Flourescent
Daydream
12.08.1992 – The Frames play Tivoli,
Buckley
20.08.1992 - Psychosexual Sex Terrestrials play The Sandringham, Rhyl
26.08.1992 - Therapy? play TJ's Newport
27.08.1992 - Psychosexual Sex Terrestrials play Flix, Llandudno
31.08.1992 - Psychosexual Sex Terrestrials play The Hummingbird,
Birmingham
05.08.1991 - Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci, Datblygu, Eirin Peryglus
play The Tiv, Buckley
16.08.1991 - Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci, Aros Mae play Carmarthen Hospital
Club
12.08.1991 - Blagger ITA, Therapy?, Babes in Toyland play TJ's Newport
25.08.1990 – 4Q gig at Bangor Football Club is cancelled
03.08.1989 – Cumi vows in the press to continue 4Q without Neil Crud and Wayne The Bastard
07.08.1989 – Robin Reliant joins 4Q
on bass, Neil Crud rejoins
03.08.1988 – Paul Puke is sacked as 4Q’s
drummer
04.08.1988 – 4Q gig at Leeds Rock City cancelled due to no drummer
19.08.1988 – Matt Vinyl makes his drumming debut with 4Q at The
Richmond, Brighton
23.08.1988 – Bomb Disneyland
play 1-in-12 Club, Bradford
26.08.1988 – Vale Advertiser runs a full page story on 4Q
claiming their latest ban is part of a conspiracy against them
05.08.1987 - Butthole Surfers, Darling Buds play Riverside Suite,
Newport
12.08.1987 – 4Q play their 3rd gig with Fflaps at the Albion,
Bangor
26.08.1987 – Anhrefn play the Old Vic, Brighton. Marc Mucus leaves 4Q
28.08.1987 – Membranes, Chain Gang, Lungs
play Jazz Room, Bangor
30.08.1987 – 4Q play a Hells Angels Rally at Ghosts Canyon, Dyserth
04.08.1986 – Anhrefn’s 1st John Peel Session broadcast on Radio One
16.08.1986 - Third Spain play Vic,
Menai Bridge
23.08.1986 - Third Spain,
Ghostriders play Dinmor, Penmon
27.08.1985 – Birthday of Jeff (of Cyris,
Sullen)
31.08.1985 - Disciples of Spess play
Deeside High School, Connahs Quay
16.08.1984 - The Abs, Danny Boys, Give Me Memphis play Stow Hill
Labour Club,
06.08.1980 – Girlschool play Colwyn
Bay Dixieland
14.08.1980 – Angelwitch play Colwyn
Bay Dixieland
01.08.1967 – Birthday of Iwan Pryce, guitarist with U Thant
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