THE ANAL SURGEONS

Contact Updated Sep-2022

Formed in Hemel Hempstead in 1977, more by circumstance than design, The Anal Surgeons played mainly local gigs in Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire. Following a few off the cuff gigs, they spent the last couple of months of 1977 and January 1978 rehearsing and honing a 'proper' set based around the songwriting of Mick Sinclair and theatrical bent of Phil Seaton. This was debuted at The King's Arms in Aylesbury during February 1978. They were introduced to the Here And Now free tour experience via Adrian Thatcher, a mutual friend of Grant Showbiz (Adrian would appear later playing saxophone as a Crumb). They played gigs with both Planet Gong and Here And Now during 1978 and also had one track, Wheres That Fag, released on the first Fuck Off Records tape. An unreleased recording of the Dacorum College gig exists that will probably never see the light of day. On November 21st 1978, again supporting Here And Now, The Anal Surgeons played their final gig. By this time some of the band had 'drifted off', leaving a three-piece of Mick Sinclair and John Goddard with Robert Radmall on drums for this finale. Also known as: Will B & The Has-Beens; The Untouchables. Mick Sinclair - Guitar Phil Seaton - Vocals John Cook - Vocals Paul Ingram - Drums John Goddard - Bass Tony Ingram - Saxophone Members of The Anal Surgeons would go on to form the Funboy Five and Vince Pie And The Crumbs. A full history provided by Mick Sinclair can be found here.

1978 LP Flaccid Records FLAC 1 Compilation Aylesbury Goes Flaccid 1979 Cass Fuck Off FO 001 Compilation Back To Sing For Free Again Soon 1981? Cass Compilation Lizards In My Lounge 2015 CD Sandrew Metronome Compilation Let's Have A Queer Ol' Time

Details here		Aylesbury Goes Flaccid 1978 LP Flaccid Records FLAC 1 Side 1 Vice Creems - No Passion The Speedos - She's A Shocker Man Ezeke - Brixton Reggae Rock Peter Out & The Faders - Need You (Oh Yeah) The Robins - Stuck On Your Own The Haircuts - Do Remember L-L-Longwick Wild Willy Barrett - Nigel Pringle Side 2 Clumsy - Help Yourself The Anal Surgeons - Wide Boy Smiffy - Ain't It Good To Be Alive Abbott - Gooseberry Puss Ken Liversausage - Roll Me Up Robert And The Remoulds - L.A.G.O.C.O. Redwood - Just Another Weak End Re-released on CD by Castle Music in 2007.

Full tape detail here		Back To Sing For Free Again Soon 1979 Cass Fuck Off FO 001 Side 1 Slightly Sanesville Dick Heley - Void Burstin' Dick Heley - Photograph Of Feeling The Astronauts - Secret File The Astronauts - All Night Party The Astronauts - Big Ben The Astronauts - Back To Sing For Free                                               Again Soon Dick Heley & Blankspace - Fantasy The Anal Surgeons - Wheres That Fag The Dog Ends - Aint No Free Unless Its Free The Fuck-Off All-Stars - Jingle Bells Alternative TV - Terrified Of Dogs Side 2 Completely Crazytown Wilful Damage - You Hang At Midnight Wilful Damage - No-one Cares Wilful Damage - Fictitious Wilful Damage - Farewell To Innocence Danny & The Dressmakers - Ernie Bishop's                                                 Dead Body Danny & The Dressmakers - How Hot Is A Match Danny & The Dressmakers - John E. Begood Danny & The Dressmakers - What The World                                                 Needs Now Danny & The Dressmakers - Whole Lotta Pinball Danny & The Dressmakers - Don't Make Another                            Bass Guitar Mr. Rickenbaker Danny & The Dressmakers - Manchester United The Sell-Outs - Rock & Roll Concert Seventh Angel - From A Sly Fox To                                 A Pack Of Wolves Amazing Zeepee Silent Orchestra -                                 No Kung Future Planet Gong - Opium For The People Blankspace - Take It Or Leave It Blankspace - War

		Lizards In My Lounge 1981? Cass The Anal Surgeons The Voletones Vince Pie & The Crumbs Milkshake Melon Sam Skanga Big Band Comp available from Phil Seaton. Tracks unknown as yet.

		Let's Have A Queer Ol' Time 2015 CD Sandrew Metronome Rosetta Rossano - Queer Things Byrd E. Bath & The Gay Blades -                    A Bar Is A Bar Is A Bar John & Kay Holmes - The Ballad Of The Camping Woodcutter Jack Scott- Grizzly Bear Sandy Beech - Leather Jacket Lovers The Anal Surgeons - Wide Boy Byrd E. Bath - Mixed Nuts Sydney Lipton - The Sun Has Got His Hat On Rodney Dangerfield - Stanley The Manly Transvestite John & Kay Holmes - Scotch Mist The Savoy Havana Band - Masculine Women And Feminine Men Lee Morse - Tain't No Sin To Take Off Your Skin The Boy & The Gentlemen - Rough Trade Max Minty & The Gay Blades - A Naughty Cat-tale Rosemary Clooney - Fuzzy Wuzzy Wuz A Bear Dion - Lonely Teenager Stanley Holloway - My Word! You Do Look Queer! Judy Collins - O Daddy Be Gay Quite a surprise to find this oddity on Amazon.

Known gigs

1977 Sep-xx	The Great Harry	Hemel Hempstead	[as Will B & The Has-Beens]
1977 Oct-01	The Hunt Hotel	Leighton Buzzard
1977 Oct-18	The Great Harry	Hemel Hempstead
1977 Oct-28	The Arts Centre	Hemel Hempstead	Tanya Hyde & The Tormentors
1978 Feb-xx	The Kings Arms	Aylesbury
1978 xxx-xx	The Arts Centre	Hemel Hempstead
1978 xxx-xx	Bossard Hall	Leighton Buzzard
1978 Mar-21	Sussex University	Brighton	'Planet Gong'; Keith Christmas; Visitor 2035; Basil (ex-Zorch); Phil Hodges' Six; Biggles
1978 Mar-24	University Of Kent	Canterbury	'Planet Gong'
1978 Apr-08	Dacorum College	Hemel Hempstead	'Planet Gong'; Desperate Straits; Rampton & Sinclair
1978 May-25	Friar's	Aylesbury	Otway & Barrett; The Smirks	as The Untouchables Full details
1978 May-27	The Tabernacle	London	Here And Now
1978 May-29	The Nag's Head	High Wycombe	Here And Now
1978 Jun-06	Zero Six	Southend	Here And Now; Alternative TV; Blank Space
1978 Jun-17	Woodbridge Adventure Playground	London	Here And Now; Alternative TV; Blank Space
1978 Nov-21	Brighton Polytechnic	Brighton	Here And Now

Links

The Anal Surgeons Official Site Wheres That Fag on youtube Wide Boy on youtube Mark Jordan's photos from the Friars gig 25th May 1978

Thanks go to Mick Sinclair

Ephemera

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