Poison Idea - Old Angel, Nottingham, England June 2003

Here's another set of pictures from the archives that I thought were long gone.

This was the first UK date of the 2003 Euro tour. The first UK date since 1993 in fact. I couldn't believe my luck when these gigs were announced.

I got into the band in 92, as a 13 year old with no interest in popular music, and depleting interest in a lot of the rock and metal I had been listening to previously this was just what I'd been looking for. One year later they were gone.

In all fairness this may not have been one of the 'classic' line ups. The two greats for me were the Kings Of Punk line up and the last line up before the split in 93, but I didn't mind a great deal. At this point Pig was still in the band but not in a touring capacity, it would have been nice to have seen him also.

My (now) wife was visiting me from her home town of Dallas, I had planned this trip a couple of months earlier and got us a cheap but beautifully olde looking B&B in Nottingham. We got into town, checked into the B&B and headed down to the pub where the gig was held. As we approached the Old Angel I heard the band sound checking upstairs. I was excited to hear the opening chords of Hangover Heartattack. We entered the pub and shortly after bumping into my old mate and mega PI fan Andy shocker, Jerry A appeared at the bar to get a drink. I didn't say a word. I understand that in the world of punk rock the general idea is that the bands, the fans, everyone involved are all on the same level, except I always felt that PI were heroes of sorts, for allowing me to see the light. I always enjoyed the honesty, humour and brutality of the band and to be honest, didn't really know what to say.

About an hour later the gig started. Tiny Elvis supported and they grew on me as their set went on, and the more we saw them play on the tour. Their CD is still a favourite of mine.

After Tiny Elvis played, PI started to take the stage. Jerry seemed pretty inebriated and I soon found out that Andy shocker had offered him a sip of whatever bottle of spirits he was swigging a short while before, and apparently jerry finished the last three quarters of the bottle. That would explain a lot. They opened with Out Of the Picture. It's actually my favourite tune for 'em to start with. Slow and atmospheric at the start and then bang...controlled chaos. Nice. A couple of lines in Jerry drunkenly and swiftly swung the mic stand into the crowd, I just managed to knock it away from hitting my wife. She looked concerned as she wasn't used to the savage beast that is PI. After about 35 - 40 minutes someone in the crowd threw a glass bottle on the stage which promptly smashed. This annoyed Chris, the bass player and he picked up the half smashed weapon so he could launch it back at the idiot in the crowd, to stop him causing even more problems the guitarist grabbed his hand and got his own hand sliced up in the process.

Show over.

After Jerry asked the trouble-making fellow in the crowd if he was ready to die the band dissipated. Jerry sat slumped on the stage looking confused and angry, yet still drunk. I asked what had happened to the guitarist, if he'd gone to hospital but he didn't know too much.

Afterwards we made our was outside followed by Jerry. After a brief chat and a picture with the man we made our way back to our lodgings to shower away the sweat.

Luckily I managed to get a video recording of this which I plan on sharing either here or on youtube at some point soon.

Good times and on with the pictures...

Photo's can be found here.

Poison Idea - The Garage, London 26 July 2003

I thought these images were long lost and I was kicking myself over. A year after I'd last seen them I found them safely backed up on a DVD-R. Sweet relief.

So here are my souvenirs from a great night in the country's capital. It was packed and sweaty and chaotic and fun.

Images can be found here.

Chaos In Tejas 2010.

Just a quick reminder that PI are playing the Saturday night Emo's indoor show of this years Chaos In Tejas festival in Austin.

I shall be making the drive from Dallas (then heading right to work in the wee hours of Sunday morning) and if everything goes to plan I'll upload some pictures and whatnot shortly after.

This blog is no way dead...just a bit sleepy. I will get some more updates done soon.

If anyone wants to contribute anything feel free.

Cheers all.

Metal Hammer magazine, UK, 1992.....Juke Box Hero

Sorry for the lack of updates recently. For the past few weeks my wife and I have been applying for various jobs etc, well she was the first to find one so I've been stay at home daddy while she's been out earning a crust thus leaving me little time to play with the computer.

Anyway fear not I still have a lot of stuff to upload and I hope to get back to it more regularly now.

As usual, if you have anything that belongs here...please let me know.

Now on to business.....

Great article from when Pajama Party was released. Amusing and funny interview and a classic picture to go with it.

Enjoy.

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Raw Magazine, UK, 1992.....Annoying The Neighbours With Poison Idea

This is an interesting piece. Jerry A bought along 10 of his favourite LP's and gives some info about the bands. Needless to say the Germs and GISM get favourable mentions.

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Kerrang! Magazine, UK, 1993.....Marquee London April 1st 1993 Gig Review

This is a good review of what seems to have been a very chaotic gig. I have an audio recording of this but what I'd give for a video version!

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Record / Merch: Latest Will And Testament, wooden box edition

This is a very interesting release. As a celebration of the last LP release, Farewell records put this little set together.

If you were one of the lucky 125 to have pre-ordered you would have received the following:

1) Exclusive green splattered vinyl copy of the album.
2) T shirt
3) Patch
4) Button badge
5) Playmobile figure (Poison Idea style)

All housed in a huge and numbered handmade, hand printed silk screened box!

I didn't get one of these, so needless to say if you have one and are willing to part with it for a decent price, please get in touch.

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Kerrang! Magazine, UK, 1993.....'Pigs In Shit'.

Okay here's another one from the archives. Kerrang! magazine comes out in the UK every Wednesday. When I was a young lad of 14 my mom used to pick up the new issue for me hot of the presses every Wednesday morning on her way back from work. She used to work a really early morning job. Anyway on the day of this issue's release she got back home just before I was about to leave home for school...I had a quick scan of the magazine and had to leave the house miserable because this great band I'd only just discovered the previous year were splitting up.

This article is one of my favourites, it's a great read.

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Metal Hammer Magazine, UK, 1993.....'Burns Unit'.

This time I have for you a piece based around the release of We Must Burn.

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Kerrang! Magazine, UK, 1992.....'It's All Pie In The Sty'

Hello all,

I'm not going to post in any kind of order. I'll be uploading stuff as I stumble across it. First up is a scan of a piece published in Kerrang! magazine in 1992. I don't have an issue number I'm afraid, if you can give me that info please do.

One of my favourite quotes is the comment Pig makes..."The worst thing about the whole punk rock ethic was that it told everybody, 'Hey, you can do it'. So everybody thinks they can do it and the problem is, everybody can't. Most of the people that are doing it are doing it badly. Most of it's dogshit".

Thanks for reading. If anyone can provide scans or links of interviews, flyers, reviews, anything that may be of interest please get in touch.

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