An exhaustive list of gigs at the infamous Middlesbrough Rock Garden has turned up. It's almost certainly the work of John "Blank Frank" Hodgson.
Here's the section I remember - with the gigs I went to in bold-
October 13th 1978 - Ultravox
October 19th 1978 - The Lurkers/Nicky Beat and The Beatniks
January 12th 1979 - Adam and The Ants/No Way
January 26th 1979 - Disguise/Nicky Beat and The Beatniks
January 27th 1979 - Zhaine Griff/The Barbarians
February 3rd 1979 - Doll By Doll
February 10th 1979 - The Invaders
February 13th 1979 - Lene Lovich/Fingerprintz
February 17th 1979 - UK Subs/No Way
February 24th 1979 - The Barbarians/Basczax
February 25th 1979 - Chris Rea
March 3rd 1979 - The Cure/The Amazing Space Frogs
March 4th 1979 - The Undertones
March 10th 1979 - Gang Of Four/Basczax
March 17th 1979 - The Pretenders/Bitch
March 22nd 1979 - Patrik Fitzgerald
March 24th 1979 - The Skids/No Way
March 31st 1979 - The Damned/Basczax
April 6th 1979 - Dead Ringer
April 7th 1979 - The Hurricanes
April 14th 1979 - Chelsea
April 20th 1979 - Lew Lewis
Cowboys International played with Penetration on April 21st 1979
April 28th 1979 - The Doll/Basczax
May 1st 1979 - Fischer Z
May 4th 1979 - The EF Band
May 5th 1979 - No Way
May 12th 1979 - Punishment Of Luxury
May 15th 1979 - The Dickies
May 19th 1979 - V2/The Frantic Elevators (featuring Mick Hucknall of Simply Red)
June 7th 1979 - Basczax/Deja Vu/The Amazing Space Frogs/Penelope Polaroid and The Hornrims (local band night)
June 9th 1979 - John Cooper Clarke
June 16th 1979 - The Human League/The Flowers
June 18th 1979 - Patrik Fitzgerald/The Wall/Teardrop Explodes
June 22nd 1979 - Girlschool
June 23rd 1979 - The Tourists (featuring Annie Lennox)
June 24th 1979 - The Cramps/No Way
June 29th 1979 - Voyager
June 30th 1979 - Pure Hell
July 7th 1979 - Cowboys International
July 14th 1979 - Bitch
October 13th 1979 - Mekons/The Flowers
November 2nd 1979 - Jack Thighs
November 10th 1979 - Generation X (featuring Billy Idol)
December 1st 1979 - The Photos
December 29th 1979 - Basczax/Discharge/The Amazing Space Frogs (local band night)
January 3rd 1980 - The Sines/Slight Error/The Amazing Space Frogs/Savage Passion (local band night)
January 5th 1980 - The Beat never turned up
January 11th 1980 - Girlschool
January 12th 1980 - Little Bo Bitch
999 played 2 nights, on the 26th and 27th January 1980
31 Jan 80 Def Leppard (Thurs)
February 8th 1980 - Doll By Doll
February 14th 1980 - The Revillos/The Amazing Space Frogs
Dexy's Midnight Runners did NOT play on 16th February as there was a local band night that night:
February 16th 1980 - Basczax/The Sines/Savage Passion/Tick Tick (local band night)
March 1st 1980 - The Planets
March 5th 1980 - The Sines
The Flowers supported OMD on 8th March 1980
There's loads missing though - The Fall, twice. UB40, Prince Far I, Wire, another Gang of Four gig, the Piranhas, Psychedelic Furs, Crass, Agony Column, Kleenex - Raincoats - Spizz Energi (Rough Trade triple header) were all ones I was at. I also remember missing Pere Ubu- much to my eternal annoyance.
There's been a continual trickle of comments about the Rock Garden appearing at posts here and here which suggest that there are more than a few of us for whom Middlesbrough Rock Garden was an important part of growing up. I do think that by being 18 in 1979, I was pretty lucky.
And who the handbag-partridge-underfelt were "Jack Thighs"?
Here's the section I remember - with the gigs I went to in bold-
October 13th 1978 - Ultravox
October 19th 1978 - The Lurkers/Nicky Beat and The Beatniks
January 12th 1979 - Adam and The Ants/No Way
January 26th 1979 - Disguise/Nicky Beat and The Beatniks
January 27th 1979 - Zhaine Griff/The Barbarians
February 3rd 1979 - Doll By Doll
February 10th 1979 - The Invaders
February 13th 1979 - Lene Lovich/Fingerprintz
February 17th 1979 - UK Subs/No Way
February 24th 1979 - The Barbarians/Basczax
February 25th 1979 - Chris Rea
March 3rd 1979 - The Cure/The Amazing Space Frogs
March 4th 1979 - The Undertones
March 10th 1979 - Gang Of Four/Basczax
March 17th 1979 - The Pretenders/Bitch
March 22nd 1979 - Patrik Fitzgerald
March 24th 1979 - The Skids/No Way
March 31st 1979 - The Damned/Basczax
April 6th 1979 - Dead Ringer
April 7th 1979 - The Hurricanes
April 14th 1979 - Chelsea
April 20th 1979 - Lew Lewis
Cowboys International played with Penetration on April 21st 1979
April 28th 1979 - The Doll/Basczax
May 1st 1979 - Fischer Z
May 4th 1979 - The EF Band
May 5th 1979 - No Way
May 12th 1979 - Punishment Of Luxury
May 15th 1979 - The Dickies
May 19th 1979 - V2/The Frantic Elevators (featuring Mick Hucknall of Simply Red)
June 7th 1979 - Basczax/Deja Vu/The Amazing Space Frogs/Penelope Polaroid and The Hornrims (local band night)
June 9th 1979 - John Cooper Clarke
June 16th 1979 - The Human League/The Flowers
June 18th 1979 - Patrik Fitzgerald/The Wall/Teardrop Explodes
June 22nd 1979 - Girlschool
June 23rd 1979 - The Tourists (featuring Annie Lennox)
June 24th 1979 - The Cramps/No Way
June 29th 1979 - Voyager
June 30th 1979 - Pure Hell
July 7th 1979 - Cowboys International
July 14th 1979 - Bitch
October 13th 1979 - Mekons/The Flowers
November 2nd 1979 - Jack Thighs
November 10th 1979 - Generation X (featuring Billy Idol)
December 1st 1979 - The Photos
December 29th 1979 - Basczax/Discharge/The Amazing Space Frogs (local band night)
January 3rd 1980 - The Sines/Slight Error/The Amazing Space Frogs/Savage Passion (local band night)
January 5th 1980 - The Beat never turned up
January 11th 1980 - Girlschool
January 12th 1980 - Little Bo Bitch
999 played 2 nights, on the 26th and 27th January 1980
31 Jan 80 Def Leppard (Thurs)
February 8th 1980 - Doll By Doll
February 14th 1980 - The Revillos/The Amazing Space Frogs
Dexy's Midnight Runners did NOT play on 16th February as there was a local band night that night:
February 16th 1980 - Basczax/The Sines/Savage Passion/Tick Tick (local band night)
March 1st 1980 - The Planets
March 5th 1980 - The Sines
The Flowers supported OMD on 8th March 1980
There's loads missing though - The Fall, twice. UB40, Prince Far I, Wire, another Gang of Four gig, the Piranhas, Psychedelic Furs, Crass, Agony Column, Kleenex - Raincoats - Spizz Energi (Rough Trade triple header) were all ones I was at. I also remember missing Pere Ubu- much to my eternal annoyance.
There's been a continual trickle of comments about the Rock Garden appearing at posts here and here which suggest that there are more than a few of us for whom Middlesbrough Rock Garden was an important part of growing up. I do think that by being 18 in 1979, I was pretty lucky.
And who the handbag-partridge-underfelt were "Jack Thighs"?

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