Joe Strummer and the 101ers Live

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Primarily known as the band Joe Strummer was in before he joined the Clash, the 101'ers were part of the last wave of British pub rock bands of the mid-'70s. The group never released any recordings while they were together, yet they were among the important transitional figures in the metamorphosis of pub rock into punk rock. The band name came after their home in 101 Walterton Road, Maida Vale.

Joe Strummer formed the 101'ers in May of 1974, recruiting guitarist Clive Timperley, bassist Dan Kelleher, and drummer Richard Dudanski; according to legend, the group either named themselves after the torture room in George Orwell's 1984 or the building where they lived calling themselves El Huaso and the 101 All Stars. By the end of the summer, the group had performed their first concert, playing Brixton's Telegraph pub.

The name would later be shortened to The 101 All Stars and finally just The 101ers. The name came from the squat where the band lived together, at 101 Walterton Road, Maida Vale.

For the next year and a half, the 101'ers worked the pub rock circuit. During 1975 and early 1976, the group laid down some demos. In the first half of 1976, the 101'ers had been opening for the Sex Pistols on selected dates. Inspired by the Pistols and the burgeoning punk movement, Strummer decided to quit the 101'ers in June 1976 and form the Clash. Within a month, the group's only single, "Keys to Your Heart," was released on Chiswick Records.

The band's early gigs included several at the Windsor Castle and a residency at the Elgin.They were supported by the Sex Pistols at the Nashville Room on 3 April 1976.[4] Strummer claims that this is when he saw the light and got involved in the punk scene. Joe Strummer commented on this event in the Don Letts documentary Westway to the World on the end of the 101ers by saying "5 seconds into their (the Pistols') first song, I knew we were like yesterday's paper, we were over."

By the time their debut single, "Keys to Your Heart", was released, Joe Strummer had joined The Clash and the 101ers were no more.[2] Clive Timperley later joined The Passions, Dan Kelleher went to Martian Schoolgirls and The Derelicts. Richard Dudanski went on to work with The Raincoats, Basement 5 and Public Image Ltd. Tymon Dogg worked with Strummer briefly in The Clash, playing fiddle and singing his original song, "Lose This Skin", on Sandinista!, and later in The Mescaleros.

I know the 101ers were good. In fact, as far as sound and excitement went we were much better than Eddie and the Hot Rods. The other guys in the group were twenty-five and twenty-six and they played good because they'd spent a few years getting that far. But they were just too old. What I really wanted was to get in with some young yobbo's who I was more in tune with.
— Joe Strummer

Following the demise of the 101'ers, Dudanski played with the Raincoats and, later, Public Image Limited; Timperley joined the Passions; and Kelleher became a member of the Derelicts. In 1981, after the Clash had become stars, Strummer allowed a 101'ers compilation called Elgin Avenue Breakdown to be released.

The 101ers' recorded output was initially limited to one single. However, by 1981, interest in The Clash was at its height and a second single and a compilation album Elgin Avenue Breakdown was released.[2] Several of the tracks on the latter album were live recordings, and there is no evidence that the band ever conceived of these recordings as a full-length album.

Until his death in 2002, Joe Strummer had been planning to re-release Elgin Avenue Breakdown, complete with previously unreleased tracks that would encompass everything the band ever recorded.[citation needed] The project was completed with the help of Strummer's widow Lucinda Tait and former drummer Richard Dudanski, and released in May 2005 as Elgin Avenue Breakdown Revisited via Astralwerks in the US and EMI in Europe. The last track on the 2005 re-issue was an 8-minute version of "Gloria" recorded on 22 May 1976 at the Cellar Club in Bracknell. This was recorded two weeks before the 101ers finally split.[6] Joe Strummer joined The Clash who played their first gig at the Black Swan, Sheffield supporting the Sex Pistols on 4 July 1976.

Joe Strummer and the 101ers remembered: “Even then, he had this charisma…” Uncut 21 August 2015

101ers discography

John 'Woody' Mellor (Joe Strummer), Vocals, guitar
Clive Timperley, Guitar, vocals
Dan Kelleher, Bass, guitar, vocals
Richard Dudanski, Drums
Simon 'Big John' Cassell, Saxophone
Alvaro Pena-Rojas, Saxophone
Marwood 'Mole' Chesterton, Bass
Antonio Narvaez, Drums
Julian Yewdall, Vocals, harmonica
Tymon Dogg, Fiddle, vocals


07 Sep 74		The Telegraph Pub, Brixton
		supporting Matumbi
04 Dec 74		The Charlie Pigdog Club
		opens upstairs at The Chippenham Pub, Shiriand Road, London, W9
11 Dec 74		The Charlie Pigdog Club
15 Jan 75		The Charlie Pigdog Club
		Clive ‘Evil’ Timperley joins band (lead guitar)
22 Jan 75		The Charlie Pigdog Club
29 Jan 75		The Charlie Pigdog Club
05 Feb 75		The Charlie Pigdog Club
		Antonio Narvaez (drums) replaced by Richard ‘Snakehips’ Dudanski.
19 Feb 75		The Charlie Pigdog Club
22 Feb 75		Brixton
26 Feb 75		The Charlie Pigdog Club
01 Mar 75		Chelsea College of Art
		supporting Kilburn & The High Roads
05 Mar 75		The Charlie Pigdog Club
12 Mar 75		The Charlie Pigdog Club
19 Mar 75		The Charlie Pigdog Club
26 Mar 75		The Charlie Pigdog Club
27 Mar 75		The Chippenham Pub
		Alvaro Pena (tenor saxophone) leaves band
09 Apr 75		The Charlie Pigdog Club
16 Apr 75		The Charlie Pigdog Club
		21 Apr 75 - Jules (vocals, harmonica) leaves band
23 Apr 75		Final gig at The Charlie Pigdog Club
		closed by landlord
12 May75		The Elgin Pub, Ladbroke Grove
26 May75		The Elgin
		Simon ‘Big John’ Cassell (Alto Saxophone) leaves band
31 May75		Squatter’s Convention Benefit, Tolmer’s Village, Euston
02 Jun 75		The Elgin
09 Jun 75		The Elgin
		Dan Kelleher guesting on guitar
14 Jun 75		Maida Hill Squatters’ 2nd Anniversary, Chippenham Factory
16 Jun 75		The Elgin
18 Jun 75		The St. Moritz Club, Wardour Street
20 Jun 75		The St. Moritz Club
21 Jun 75		Stonehenge Festival
		played as a three-piece: Clive ‘Evil’ Timperley ill
23 Jun 75		The Elgin
		Dan Kelleher guesting on guitar
28 Jun 75		Tolmers Village Open Concert
30 Jun 75		The Elgin
01 Jul 75		The Windsor Castle, Harrow Road
02 Jul 75		The St. Moritz Club
05 Jul 75		East London Squatters’ Benefit
07 Jul 75		The Elgin
08 Jul 75		Upstairs at Ronnie Scott’s
10 Jul 75		The Elgin
11 Jul 75		Chippenham Factory
12 Jul 75		The Law Centre, Acklam Hall, PortobeUo
12 Jul 75		South Bank Polytechnic, Elephant & Castle
17 Jul 75		The Elgin
19 Jul 75		One Stop Records, Dean Street
		lunchtime gig
24 Jul 75		The Elgin
26 Jul 75		The Clarendon, Hammersmith
31 Jul 75		The Elgin
04 Aug 75		The Hope & Anchor, Islington
07 Aug 75		The Elgin
11 Aug 75		The Hope & Anchor
		NME review
14 Aug 75		The Elgin
16 Aug 75		The Western Counties, Praed St., Paddington
21 Aug 75		The Elgin
24 Aug 75		The Windsor Festival, Watchfield, Wilts.
		Stage ‘A 15.45-16.45.
		Stage ‘C’ 17.30-18.30.
		Stage ‘B’ 22.30-23.30
27 Aug 75		The St. Moritz Club
28 Aug 75		The Elgin
30 Aug 75		The Nashville Rooms
		supporting The Troggs
04 Sep 75		The Elgin
18 Sep 75		The Elgin
20 Sep 75		Elgin Avenue Squatters’ Benefit, Chippenham Factory
25 Sep 75		The Elgin
27 Sep 75		Camden Town Hall
02 Oct 75		The Elgin
03 Oct 75		The Windsor Castle
04 Oct 75		Dingwalls
07 Oct 75		The Nashville Rooms
		Dan Kelleher officially joins band on guitar
08 Oct 75		University of London Student Union, Malet Street
09 Oct 75		The Elgin
10 Oct 75		The Windsor Castle
14 Oct 75		The NashviUe Rooms
16 Oct 75		The Elgin
17 Oct 75		South Bank Polytechnic
18 Oct 75		London School of Economics, Aldwych.
21 Oct 75		The Nashville Rooms
		with Eddie & the Hot Rods
23 Oct 75		The Elgin.
25 Oct 75		The Hope & Anchor Festival.
28 Oct 75		The NashviUe Rooms.
30 Oct 75		The Elgin.
31 Oct 75		London School of Economics, Aldwych.
21 Oct 75		The Nashville Rooms
		with Eddie & the Hot Rods
23 Oct 75		The Elgin.
25 Oct 75		The Hope & Anchor Festival.
28 Oct 75		The Nashville Rooms.
30 Oct 75		The Elgin.
31 Oct 75		London School of Economics, Aldwych.
01 Nov 75		Dingwalls
		supporting Shanghai
03 Nov 75		The Hope & Anchor.
04 Nov 75		The Nashville Rooms.
05 Nov 75		Private fireworks party, Porchester Terrace. •
07 Nov 75		Camberwell Squatters’ Benefit
08 Nov 75		The Red Cow, Hammersmith.
10 Nov 75		The Hope & Anchor.
13 Nov 75		The Elgin.
14 Nov 75		Dingwalls
		Tim Roper from Ducks Deluxe on drums, Snakehips ill.
15 Nov 75		The Red Cow.
19 Nov 75		Sheffield University Student’s Union
		supporting Jess Roden Band
20 Nov 75		The Speakeasy, Margaret St. W.I.
21 Nov 75		The Aldam Hall.
22 Nov 75		The Elgin.
28 Nov 75		Jackson’s Studios
		Six songs recorded by Vie Maile at Jackson’s Studios, Rickmansworth.
29 Nov 75		The Red Cow.
04 Dec 75		The Flamingo Club, Hereford
		with the Hot Rods recorded live by Vic Maile
07 Dec 75		The Red Cow.
09 Dec 75		The School of Oriental & African Studies, Malet St.
		supporting The Micky Jupp Band
11 Dec 75		Maidstone College of Art
		supporting Kilbum & The High Roads
12 Dec 75		North London Polytechnic, Holloway Road
		supporting The Micky Jupp Band & Bebop De-luxe
14 Dec 75		The Tithe Farm House, Harrow.
17 Dec 75		The Central School of Art & Design, London.
18 Dec 75		The Elgin.
19 Dec 75		Manchester Polytechnic.
20 Dec 75		Derby Cleopatras
21 Dec 75		Maida Hill Squatters’ Party
07 Jan 76		Dingwalls.
08 Jan 76		The Elgin.
09 Jan 76		Imperial College, London.
10 Jan 76		Bulmershe College, Reading.
11 Jan 76		The Red Cow.
		15 Jan 76 - ‘Mole’ (bass) leaves band. ‘Desperate’ Dan Kelleher switches from guitar to bass.
16 Jan 76		Queen Elizabeth College, London.
18 Jan 76		The Red Cow.
19 Jan 76		The Speakeasy.
21 Jan 76		The Hope & Anchor.
22 Jan 76		Middlesex Polytechnic, Enfield
		supporting The Troggs
23 Jan 76		J.B.’s Club, Dudley.
24 Jan 76		Gypsy Hill College, Kingston.
25 Jan 76		The Roundhouse, Chalk Farm
		supporting Fruup
26 Jan 76		Dingwalls.
30 Jan 76		Oswald’s, Scunthorpe.
31 Jan 76		Clarence’s Halifax.
01 Feb 76		The Black Swan, Sheffield.
07 Feb 76		Newlands, Peckham.
11 Feb 76		The Speakeasy.
13 Feb 76		Hampstead Town Hall
		Radio Concorde benefit with Vivian Stanshall
15 Feb 76		Wandsworth Prison.
16 Feb 76		The Winter Gardens, Cleethorpes
		supporting Jack The Lad
20 Feb 76		North London Polytechnic.
24 Feb 76		Newlands Park College, Chalfont St. Giles.
26 Feb 76		Boddy’s Music Inn, Amsterdam.
27 Feb 76		The Paradise, Amsterdam.
28 Feb 76		The Eksit Club, Rotterdam.
01 Mar 76		Gringo’s, Ghent, Belgium.
04 Mar 76		‘Surf City’, ‘Sweet Revenge’ & ‘Keys To Your Heart’ recorded at Pathway Studios, Stoke Newington.
05 Mar 76		City Polytechnic, Aldgate
		supporting Shakin’ Stevens & The Sunsets
10 Mar 76		‘Surf City’, ‘Keys To Your Heart’ re-recorded and ‘Rabies’ recorded at Pathway Studios.
11 Mar 76		Nottingham University.
12 Mar 76		Samantha’s, Leek, Staffordshire.
13 Mar 76		Liverpool University.
14 Mar 76		The Sun Swan, Sheffield.
17 Mar 76		Essex University, Colchester
		supported by The Jive Bombers/featuring Martin Stone on guitar
18 Mar 76		The Nag’s Head, High Wycombe.
19 Mar 76		Battersea College, Roehampton.
20 Mar 76		The Cocked Hat, Scunthorpe.
21 Mar 76		Wandsworth Prison.
24 Mar 76		Chalk Farm Studios
		First Pathway version of ‘Keys’ mixed at .
25 Mar 76		Chalk Farm Studios
		Second Pathway version of ‘Keys’ mixed at Chalk Farm Studios (with phased effect on guitar).
26 Mar 76		South Bank Polytechnic.
28 Mar 76		Maida Vale
		‘5-Star Rock’n’Roll Petrol’ and ‘Surf City’ recorded by Mike Robinson at BBC Studios, Maida Vale.
30 Mar 76		Maida Vale
		Mixing session at BBC studios,
31 Mar 76		University of Kent, Canterbury
		supported by The Stranglers
02 Apr 76		Benefit for ‘That Tea Room’, Aklam Hall
		supported by Tymon Dogg
03 Apr 76		The Nashville Rooms
		support by The Sex Pistols advert1 and advert2
09 Apr 76		The Hope & Anchor.
10 Apr 76		Maida Vale.
		‘Keys’ and ‘Rabies’ backing tracks recorded by Mike Robinson at the BBC Studios, Maida Vale.
11 Apr 76		Wandsworth Prison.
13 Apr 76		‘Maida Vale.
		'Keys’ vocal track recorded by Mike Robinson at BBC Studios, Maida Vale.
14 Apr 76		Rebecca’s, Birmingham
		accompanied by rock journalist Pete Silverton.
18 Apr 76		The Roundhouse
		supporting Spiders from Mars & Van der Graaf Generator
19 Apr 76		The Roundhouse
		supporting Spiders from Mars & Van der Graaf Generator
23 Apr 76		The Nashville Rooms.
24 Apr 76		Wells College, Ashford, Kent.
29 Apr 76		R.A.F. Base, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk.
01 May 76		City Polytechnic, London.
07 May 76		City University, London
		supporting Gonzalez & Geno Washington Band
12 May 76		The Red Cow
		various members of The Stranglers, Sex Pistols, Hot Rods and Count Bishops in attendance
14 May 76		The Hope & Anchor.
15 May 76		Westfield College, London
		supporting ‘Deaf School’
16 May 76		The Torrington, North Finchley
		standing in for a ‘A Band Called 0’
18 May 76		Signed to Chiswick Record
		Signed recording contract with Chiswick Records Ted Can-oil
21 May 76		Camberwell Arts Centre.
22 May 76		The Cellar Bar, South Hill Park, Bracknell, Berks.
		26 May 76 - Clive Timperley - lead guitar - leaves band.
28 May 76		Bromley College
		with Martin Stone from The Jive Bombers/Chilli Willi etc. on guitar
30 May 76		The Golden Lion
		with Martin Stone advert
05 Jun 76		The Clare Halls, Haywards Heath, Sussex
		the final 101’ers gig, ending the set with Clive Timperley guesting with Martin Stone, Dan Kelleher, Richard Dudanski and Joe Strummer
1981		1981 Elgin Avenue Reunion Gig
		re: Kris Needs - Strummer Legend Book
20 Apr 03		Tabernacle London
		“The 101’ers musicans, what they played, and who they went on to play with: Joe Strummer Vocals, Rhythm Guitar Patrick Nother Bass Jules Vocals, Harmonica Simon ‘Big John’ Cassell Alto Saxophone Alvaro Pena-Rojas Tenor Saxophone Antonio Narvaez Drums Clive ‘Evil’ Timperley Lead Guitar Richard ‘Snakehips’ Dudanski Drums Mole Bass Guitar ‘Desperate’ Dan Kelleher Bass, Keyboards Martin Stone Lead Guitar Micky Foote Sound Recordist/ Producer