Supporting the Sex Pistols
- updated 8 Feb 2008
- updated 7 July 2008 - added photo
Audio 1
No overamplification, audience, some muffling
Low gen - Sound 3.0 - 38 mins - Tracks 14 / Songs 13
Whats My Name
Sound Quality
Good sound for the recording. Some muffling, distance but the much of the sound is clear and sounds from a low source. Enjoyable and on a par with other good recordings from the era.
Unreleased songs
Contains the early unreleased Clash tracks I Know What To Think Of You, I Never Did It, How Can I Understand The Flies, Mark Me Absent and Im So Bored with You (not USA).
Poster from the 100 Club gig
This is an original which sold at Bohnams
Advert
Melody Maker
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The 100 Club
The 100 Club is a historic music venue located at 100 Oxford Street, London, England, which has been hosting live music since 1942. It has played a significant role in the development of various music scenes, including the birth of punk with iconic performances by bands like The Sex Pistols, The Clash, and Siouxsie & The Banshees.
The venue has also been associated with other genres, such as reggae, indie, and rock, and has hosted performances by a wide range of artists, including The Rolling Stones, The Jam, and Paul McCartney. The 100 Club's rich history and intimate setting have made it an institution for secret shows by major acts. The venue's legacy is documented in a new book that celebrates its 75-year history[2][3][5].
As for the specific request regarding The Clash, the band played at the 100 Club during the first international punk festival in September 1976, which is considered a watershed moment for the punk rock movement. The gig showcased eight punk rock bands, including The Sex Pistols, The Damned, and The Clash, and is historically significant as it helped propel punk rock from the underground into the mainstream music scene[1][2].
100 Club Punk Special - Wikipedia - Information about the 100 Club Punk Special, a significant two-day event held at the 100 Club venue in London in 1976, showcasing eight punk rock bands.
100 Club - Wikipedia - Details about the 100 Club, a historic venue in London that has championed various groundbreaking music scenes, including the birth of punk with bands like The Sex Pistols and The Clash.
100 Club Official History - The official history of the 100 Club, a venue that has put on live music since 1942 and has been a significant part of various music movements, including the birth of punk.
Nancy and Dolls at 100 Club - A blog post about a specific event at the 100 Club, providing insights into the performances and the atmosphere of the venue.
The 100 Club Stories Book Anniversary - An article discussing the significance of the 100 Club and its role in hosting iconic gigs by bands like The Clash, Sex Pistols, and The Damned.
#OnThisDay in 1976, The Clash perform at Punk Special at The 100 Club
BOOK; THE CLASH (official)
Page 80 31 August 1976, The 100 Club, London, with The Sex Pistols
JOE: Since the mid-1960s | tried to keep a transistor radio with me all the time so | could listen to the pirate stations in school break times. At The 100 Club, when we supported the Pistols, we'd decided that because we were punks we wouldn't talk to the audience, we'd just play, straight from one song to the next.
That was great as long as you didn't have to stop, but Keith Levene broke a string and there was a horrible gap — there we were in a club with three or four hundred lunatics all lagered up and foaming at the mouth, and | couldn't just stand there and look at them, it would be ridiculous.
So I grabbed my transistor radio from the top of the piano where I'd thrown it as we went on, turned it on and held it up to the microphone. It just happened that there was a really heavy news bulletin or panel discussion about the IRA and the bombing campaign that was going on in London being broadcast. Dave Goodman, who was the Pistols' soundman, had the nous to put a hip dub echo on the mic, so the announcer was saying, ‘Bomb-bomb-bomb, Piccadilly-piccadilly-piccadilly', and it filled the gap so well that it's become a kind of punk folk tale.
It was just a bit of luck. But after that gig we abandoned that stance and started speaking to the audience.
PAUL: Years later somebody told me that Malcolm had invited some Americans to The 100 Club that night to see the Pistols, but they saw us and went home thinking they'd seen the Pistols. They said to Malcolm: ‘Yeah it's a really great show, but we didn't know you had two guitars.' It must have been a bit difficult for Malcolm to say they'd seen the wrong group.
Letter relates to the SexPistols gig at the 100 Club
Sounds 18th September 1976 - Link
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MELODY MAKER: Parade Of The Punks
Caroline Coon, Melody Maker
2 October 1976
Book: "The New Wave Punk Rock Explosion,' 1977
The Clash - Caroline Coon - 26th March 1977
WHEN I FIRST interviewed the Clash in their barrack like studio in Chalk Farm, they had yet to sign a record contract, although they were already one of the punk scene's favourite bands.
WHEN I FIRST interviewed the Clash in their barrack like studio in Chalk Farm, they had yet to sign a record contract, although they were already one of the punk scene's favourite bands.
This is sveral articles (Such as 'Down out and Proud', at the ICA) collated for her book
Sniffin Glue / Mark Perry /
Issue 1 Autumn 1976
PHOTOS: The Clash at the 100 club
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