Terry & Gerry

After 27 years the Birmingham based cult skiffle cow-punk band Terry and Gerry are reforming for a tour in Oct/ Nov 2014.

BBC disc jockey John Peel promoted the band when apparently by chance he picked out their demotape because his wife’s best friends were also known as Terry and Gerry. He thought the coincidence was too great to ignore. The band recorded four critically acclaimed sessions for the John Peel show and got a very fond mention in his autobiography.

In the mid-eighties the four piece band released six singles and one album. ‘From Lubbock to Clintwood East’: Each went to Number One in the indie charts. Reviewing their single on Radio One Morrissey declared ‘I love it!! Don’t know why!!’ The band toured extensively in the UK, Europe and America gathering fans from Joe Strummer to Shane MacGowan.

Terry and Gerry regularly appeared on radio and TV, including sessions for ‘The Old Grey Whistle Test’ and ‘The Tube’, they wrote numerous theme tunes for Central TV and were the subject of a 30 minute documentary by film maker Norman Hull, which aired on British Television in July 1986. Still as energetic and vibrant as ever they continue to chronicle the lives of the people from the city they love, Birmingham.

Brighton's skifflebilly trio Bad Bad Whiskey support.

8pm. Tickets £8 (advance) from Resident records & http://www.wegottickets.com/event/284712
£10 on the door