Medway scene

Medway scene

Medway scene is a term denoting bands and related cultural activities in the Medway Towns, north Kent, England. Main towns involved (from west to east in terms of geographical position) are Strood, Rochester, Chatham, Gillingham, and Rainham.

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History

Of the Medway groups, the best-known musician is Billy Childish[1] (from Chatham) who started with the band The Pop Rivets in the late 1970s. The music draws heavily on the tradition of garage/punk/rock'n roll/raw-blues-music from the 1950s and 1960s. His inspiration has led to many other bands forming, and they now have a worldwide cult following. Records have been released on Big Beat records, Media Burn and other small indie labels, as well as Childish's own Hangman records.

There has also been an accompanying, though not so well known, poetry scene, started by The Medway Poets also in the late 1970s. Childish was a member of this group. There is also a crossover into art with the Stuckists art group.

One of the longest established bands of the Rock/Blues genre is Dirtie Bertie[2], who advertise themselves as "Maximum Boogie", featuring one of the longest (still playing over 40 years) guitarist's Barry Archer known for his blues based lead and slide guitar playing. They have been playing for over 28 years probably a record for bands in Medway and still pack venue's wherever they play.

Bands

This list is incomplete

  • All Flags Burn
  • All the Flesh
  • Alvin Purple
  • The Ambience
  • Andy Pandys
  • Armitage Shanks
  • Balance Lost
  • Between the Eyes
  • Blind Lemon Pie
  • Bluevoid
  • Brahma Bums
  • The Bresslaws
  • Brigadier Ambrose
  • The Bristols
  • The Buff Medways
  • Carpetburn
  • Cerulean Echoes
  • The Claim
  • The Clockwork Spiders
  • Crystal Tips & Alastair
  • The Deccas
  • The Delmonas
  • The Dentists
  • Dirtie Bertie
  • The Drunken Popes
  • The Earls of Suave
  • The Effectives
  • Envy
  • The Flowing
  • Fortune West
  • The Germans
  • Gin
  • Groovy Uncle
  • Thee Headcoatees
  • Thee Headcoats
  • Heaven Sent
  • The Herbs
  • The Hiding Place
  • Jack Gedge
  • The James Taylor Quartet
  • Len Bright Combo
  • The Len Price 3
  • Let Our Enemies Beware
  • The Long Weekend
  • The Love Family
  • The Lovedays
  • The Masonics
  • Men from Memphis
  • Thee Mighty Caesars
  • The Milkshakes
  • Millions of Brazilians
  • Needs Must
  • The New
  • Niltones
  • Nutty Gig
  • The Offbeats
  • On Margate Sands
  • Phineas Fogg
  • Planet Mushroom
  • The Pop Rivets
  • Power in Motion
  • The Prime Movers
  • The Prisoners
  • Quad Riot
  • The Reg Varney Trio
  • Robert Underwater
  • Rockin' Richard and Whistlin' Vic
  • The Round
  • Science Noodles
  • Second Sun
  • Sergeants' Mess
  • The Solarflares
  • Sparrows
  • Stabilisers
  • The Stormkings
  • The Strookas
  • Swinging Time
  • Sworn to Secrecy
  • Theatre Royal
  • Timmy & The Tremolos
  • Tollervey and the Terminators
  • The Tour
  • Underground Heroes
  • Univited Guests
  • Unknown Impulse
  • UpCDownCLeftCRightCABC+Start
  • The Wild
  • Wipeout
  • Ye Ascoynes D'Ascoynes

Musicians

This list is incomplete

See also

References

  1. ^ webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk Billy Childish and the Medway Scene
  2. ^ http://www.dirtiebertie.co.uk/ Dirtie Bertie, the band

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