Does anyone remember the Mayflower club in Manchester UK?

yes i do i went there to see the ruts , armed force ,and a band called v2 i was underage when we went there i used to see tony wilson bobbing about in there when the place was threatened to be raided by the old bill i had to hide under the stage disgusting lol

Yeh Ozzy could be a nutter sometimes, but we always got on OK.
I remember your band.
I was drummer for Protest. We played there loads of times. I think we might have shared the same billing as your band on at least one occasion.

I was the drummer in the support band at that Exploited gig. It was my first ever live performance. I'd only been with this particular band for a couple of weeks when we played there. We played the Mayflower quite a lot after that. I still see the odd copy of our 7" EP - "Vinyl Overload" on ebay from time to time.

I played there in about 1980 singing for a band called The Sh1ts!
I used to go to the afternoon gigs too. Great memories.

Sadly Im still going at it via the medium of Ukulele Punk!
http://www.youtube.com/UkePunk

Nice bright uke sound. Never seen one with a capo on before!

I'm going to see Zoot Money and Maggie Bell at the Bridgewater tonight.

I told you the story of how I got my ear pierced at the Duke of Bridgewater pub in 1991, didn't I McT?

Good times.

No, don't think so.

Broken glass, was it?

I don't remember broken glass, but I do remember drinking lots of Snakebite & Black prior to.

People I know drank brown splits, and called them Shirley Basseys.

hello.
I was a young punk from macclesfield, The mayflower was our mecca.I saw blitz, exploited, discharge, GBH , etc etc
It was grim but vital back then. Brandon

Yeh man. We was a bunch of punks from Huddersfield, and went to see the DK's at this club. Remember getting pissed in a pub just down the road, where the landlord shuved all us dirty sweaty spikey haired weirdos into the back room (no punks in the main bar after 7pm . that was the rule!). Anyway ........ smashed as troopers we staggerd up to the Mayflower, paid about a fiver (i think?) to get in, to see Crash (not Clash) warming up the crowd. The amount of spit flying thru the air towards the stage was like a mini sunami! But hey this was Punk, and this was a sign of audience apretiation!! Got my leather signed on the inside by Jello before the DK's hit the stage. What a shocker of a venue, but also ******* Awsome!! Punk Lives!!!!

Hi,the mayflower was a great venue though it was a dive.I saw many bands there -Kennedys,discharge,exploited and 1 gig was Crass with 6 other bands and the ticket cost a quid I think.Got a bit of a beating once walking back home on Hyde road on the way to Denton.Can still remember the glue sniffers outside the mayflower,I was terrified of them

"Girl across the road" is adorable. Wave of nostalgia for being younger - teenage dreams / so hard to beat

i remember going to see discharge headline with violators +1 supporting nearly got into discharges transit. i recall being greeted by sarge he also worked at virgin record shop in market street .the buxton skins and a big bruiser called ozzie great atmosphere great bands great memories.

What was the crumpet like?

Hey Phil
Where r u these days.. how is your brother Andy. I am trying to arrange a reunion of the Mossley Punks,, Gally,Riley, Sav,Icky,Hazy,Tommy,Liz..can you help.
Anita..

This is amazing! I was also in the support band, if its the same band, we were called Security Force, I played bass. I do remember we had a new drummer!

Went to The Union to see bands all the time...reviewed a few for the uni paper too

Phil...used to know Muppet years ago and managed a band called Elti fits. Seen your posts in MDMA. Was about in the late 70's early 80's and was always out at gigs.

Was that Muppet who was in Armed Force? We went to the Mayflower to see Slaughter and the dogs but they weren't on. I think The Pleasers played instead,anyway we stayed at Muppets house. Sometime later we formed Blitz but 2 of us left to form another band because of the oi! route they were taking. Where is Muppet nowadays?