NIGHTINGALES + Christy & Emily + Violet Violet + Spinmaster Plantpot + DJ Wake Up And Smell The Coffee

Sun 29th Jul 2007

The Luminaire presents
NIGHTINGALES
+ Christy & Emily
+ Violet Violet
+ Spinmaster Plantpot
+ DJ Wake Up And Smell The Coffee

Doors 7.30
£6 via WeGotTickets
£7 door

"The Nightingales turned in a performance of the type that will serve to confirm their excellence when other infinitely better known bands stand revealed as charlatans." [John Peel]

In 1976 singer Robert Lloyd, with guitarist/drummer brothers Alan and Paul Apperley formed The Prefects - Birmingham's first punk group. The band were part of The Clash's 'White Riot Tour', toured with Buzzcocks, played with The Slits, The Fall, The Damned and many others.

The Nightingales - they're back and they're marvellous." [Marc Riley, 6 Music]

The band acquired legendary status in the UK, partly because no records were released until the band had split up, and then, up until recently, only one posthumous single on Rough Trade. However, in November 2004 a retrospective compilation "Amateur Wankers" was released by NYC label Acute Records which, twenty five years after the group's demise, garnered praise all over, from webzines to Rolling Stone. The interest was such that now a 'Live in 1978' CD has also been released. The Prefects' final line up transformed into The Nightingales.

"Robert Lloyd, like a Black Country Captain Beefheart, steamrolls his unwitting inheritors." [Sunday Times]

Spinmaster Plantpot is punk rock nirvana, say Drowned in Sound. A ten minute bout of punk soul mentalist a capella. You’ve seen nothing like this.

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