The Armoury Show

The Armoury Show was a band of the 1980s. The band was named after the Armory Show, a famous 1913 modern art exhibition in New York. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Armoury_Show)
Jobson took some time to join with Russell Webb (ex-Skids), John McGeoch and John Doyle (both ex-Magazine) to form the short-lived Armoury Show, a band whose resemblance to Big Country didn't escape notice. Waiting for the Floods is not a bad album, it's just a shame Jobson had to take such a long way 'round to get back to where he started. (http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=skids)

Scheduled
Saturday, 3 September 1983, "Kleine Zaal", 22:45 - 23:45

Line up
Richard Jobson (The Captain) – vocals & guitar; John McGeoch (The Legend) – guitar & vocals; Russell Webb (Universe) – bass; John Doyle (Doylie) – drums

Set list
01 Jungle of cities
02 Still the land remains
03 Higher than the world
04 Nineteen hours
05 Ring those bells
06 The glory of love

Recording
I have a lossless (flac) radio recording of tracks 01 - 06, 26'33". Get mp3's of them here: http://www.wiels.nl/blog/index.php?entry=entry070713-180354

Other info
One of the key bands of Pandora's. Jobson and Webb were both in the Skids with Stuart Adamson who played Pandora's 83 with Big Country. McGeogh and Doyle were in Magazine with Howard Devoto (also at Pandora's 83). Whilst still a member of Magazine, McGeoch had played with other bands such as Generation X and the (also) Skids. After Magazine McGeogh had played with Siouxsie & the Banshees (also at Pandora's 83).


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Howard Devoto

Howard Devoto (born Howard Trafford 1955 in Manchester) is an English rock and roll singer/songwriter who began his career as the frontman for the punk band Buzzcocks, and who then formed several other groups, notably Magazine. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Devoto)

Scheduled
Friday, 2 September 1983, "Grote Zaal", 23:00 - 00:00

Line up
Uncertain, but likely: Howard Devoto - guitar, vocals; Alan St. Clair - guitar; Dave Formula - keyboards; Neil Pyzer - saxophone, synthesiser; Martin Heath - bass; Pat Ahearn - drums; Laura Teresa - backing vocals (line up from August 1983 John Peel session, http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/johnpeel/sessions/1980s/1983/Aug01howarddevoto/)

Set list
01 Cold imagination
02 Some will pay
03 Rainy season
04 About the weather

Recording
I have 01 – 04 as a lossless (flac) radio recording, total time 17’18”. A longer recording (25 mins) exists. Below is a photo montage set to "Some will pay" recorded at Pandora's. Not sure if (any of) the photos was taken at Pandora's.



Other info
Howard Devoto used to be in Magazine, together with John McGeogh (1977-1980) and John Doyle (1978-1981), who both played Pandora 83 with the Armoury Show. Between Magazine and the Armoury Show, McGeogh joined Siouxsie & the Banshees (1980-1982), who also played Pandora 83. For Siouxsie & the Banshees he wrote classics like Christine, Happy House and Israel.


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Siouxsie & the Banshees

Siouxsie and the Banshees were a British rock band that formed in 1976. Led by the singer Siouxsie Sioux and the bassist Steven Severin, the band's only constant members, the Banshees formed in the wake of the Punk scene and soon became one of the major bands in the post-punk movement. Their eclectic music influenced a large range of very diverse bands over the years amongst them The Cure, Tricky and more recently LCD Soundsystem. The group released a total of eleven studio albums from 1978 to 1995. The Banshees remain cult today. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siouxsie_%26_the_Banshees)

Scheduled
Friday, 2 September 1983, "Grote Zaal", 21:00 - 22:00

Line up
Siouxsie Sioux – vocals; Robert Smith – guitar; Steve Severin – bass; Budgie – drums

Set list
01 Overground
02 Green fingers
03 Cascade
04 Paradise place
05 Dear Prudence
06 Red over white
07 Nightshift
08 Sin in my heart
09 We hunger
10 Arabian knights
11 She's a carnival
12 Switch
13 Spellbound
14 Voodoo dolly

Recording
A complete audience recording exists, I have tracks 04 – 07 from a radio broadcast.

Slideshow set to Night Shift from Pandora's 83 as uploaded to YouTube by Oloferne8181.

Other info

Steve Severin and Siouxsie on stage at Pandora's 83 (Vinyl 1983/9)

Robert Smith doing something to a guitar before, during or after the show (Vinyl 1983/9)

Robert Smith chatting to (adoring female) fans (Vinyl magazine 1983/9)

John McGeogh (playing Pandora's 83 with the Armoury Show) used to play guitar for the Banshees (1980 - 82). John Valentine Carruthers (playing Pandora's 83 with Clock DVA) would join the Banshees in 1985, replacing Robert Smith.

Siouxsie & the Banshees released the live double album Nocturne which was recorded four weeks later (September 30 and October 1) in London’s Royal Albert Hall. Loads of excellent pictures of the September 30 gig can be found here: http://www.newwavephotos.com/Banshees29.htm.

Big Country

Big Country is a rock band from Dunfermline, Scotland, popular in the early to mid-1980s but still releasing material for a cult following. The band was notable for music heavily accented with traditional Scottish folk and martial music styles, as well as for playing and engineering their guitar sound to resemble the bagpipes, fiddles and other traditional folk instruments. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Country)

Scheduled
Saturday, 3 September 1983, "Feestzaal", 00:30 - 01:30

Line up
Stuart Adamson – guitar, vocals; Bruce Watson – guitar, e-bow; Tony Butler – bass; Mark Brzezicki – drums

Set list
01 Porrowman
02 The storm
03 In a big country

Recording
I have a radio recording of tracks 01 - 03

Other info

Stuart Adamson at Pandora's 83 (Vinyl 1983/9)

Big Country on stage at Pandora's 1983 (Oor, 1983/18)

Adamson used to be in the Skids, as were Richard Jobson and Russell Webb who played Pandora's 83 with the Armoury Show.

Brzezicki played with the Cult (who played Pandora's 83 as Death Cult) in the summer of 1985 and on their album Love.


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