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Some nurdish facts, best I know them... Formed in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire during 1978. Named from a comment Kif Kif had apparently made while watching a band at Deeply Vale in 1978. Also performed as: Nik-o-teen and the Non-Filters; The Universal Invaders of Funk; Half Wombat In 1976 drummer Stephen Parkin started a band called Monolith with Tiff (vocals), Chris (bass) Dick (guitar), playing covers of bands like Status Quo and Creedence Clearwater Revival and playing village halls in and around Gainsborough. The band morphed into the Glyppies with Nick replacing Dick. As the Glyppies they played a solitary gig at Beckingham Village Hall in 1977. The Horrible Nurds were initially Stephen Parkin, his brother Roo, Graham and Benny; they played their first concert in their back lawn and then played a benefit for the Labour Party at a local Christian Youth Centre. Starting off with acoustic instruments playing folky stuff 'in a punky and aggressive fashion', they moved to electric and got a tad more serious. The Parkin brothers went to Colchester to see Here And Now in the winter of 1978. They handed out Horrible Nurds leaflets to audience members and to Here And Now. A few months later they spotted themselves listed as support to Here And Now. Kif Kif adding to his collection of local bands that were often invited as support for the free gigs that Here And Now put on around the country. The Horrible Nurds supported Here And Now at Leeds and Nottingham in May 1979 and the same places in September of that year. A couple of tapes, visits to Street Level, a single, gigs in Gainsborough and some in London, band member changes, a falling out at the 1980 Lincoln Arboretum festival and The Horrible Nurds called it a day. Band members: Stephen 'Budgie' Parkin - Drums Andrew 'Roo' Parkin - Bass, Vocals Alan 'Benny' Benson - Guitar, Vocals Graham/Graeme - Vocals Paul Brittain - Synth, Electric Piano Tiff - Vocals, Guitar Sue Hogg - Vocals Lorraine Hogg - Vocals

1979 Cass Half Wombat WOMBAT 001 Waiting For The Night 1979 Cass Nurds 1 Waiting For The Night 1979 Cass Weird Noise W. 000 Compilation Weird Sampler 1980 Cass Fuck Off FO 005 Compilation Really Weird 1980 7" Half Wombat WOMBAT 002 Consuming Passion 1980 7" Half Wombat WOMBAT 002 Personal Relationships Cass Serious Fun SERF 004 Pub Pianist Gets In On The Act

		Waiting For The Night 1979 Cassette Half Wombat Records WOMBAT 001 Side 1 Virgin Records Smile Another Person Dying Room With Two Doors Are We Dead Waiting For The Night Side 2 Wendy Says Betrayed Art School Chic* Common Or Garden Love Song* I Don't Want To Go Just Going Round In Circles Again Budgie Roo Benny Graham Paul All songs written by The Nurds, except * written by The Nurds/Steve Byrne Live songs recorded at Sandpiper's, Nottingham 2nd September 1979 by Annie Mandrake. Mix by Grant. Artwork by Chris Goddard

		Waiting For The Night 1979 Cassette Nurds 1 Side 1 Room With Two Doors Guns And Bombs Hot Lights Higher Alternative Cut-Cuts I Don't Wanna Go Personal Ambitions Side 2 Searching (Let's All Sign To) Virgin Records We Don't Care Smile Flowers In The Dark Ernie Bishop's Dead Body > The End Ernie Bishop's Dead Body is a Danny & The Dressmakers cover.

		Weird Sampler 1979 Cass Weird Noise W. 000 / WEIRD 000 Side 1 An Unknown Girl - Opium For The People The 012 - Fish From Tahiti Danny & The Dressmakers - Dynamite Danny & The Dressmakers -                      Lennon's Supermarket Tango The Living Dead No 5 - Inspiration Perspiration Horrible Nurds - Let's All Sign To Virgin Records Anthrax For The People -     Exerpts From 'The Grand Union Canal Mystery' Blankspace - Little Green Pills Alternative TV - Release The Natives Unknown Band - Mystery Reggae Side 2 Unknown Band - Mystery Reggae (Cont.) The Good Missionaries -            The Good Missionary Goes For A Piss                                                      (Extract) Danny & The Dressmakers - Kif Kif's Magic Hat Danny & The Dressmakers -                      Roundaboutdinnertime (Excerpt) Danny & The Dressmakers - Welcome 2 Tape 3 The Sell-Outs - Money The Hearing Aids - Random 5 Minute Excerpt Instant Automatons - Tape Excerpt The Door & The Window - Wurst Band Danny & The Dressmakers -                God Puts A Stop To The Silver                      Paper Eating 3 Legged Monster Danny & The Dressmakers -                Hey Ho My Cholesterol Level Is Low Danny & The Dressmakers -                The Truth About Unemployment Androids Of Mu - Fast Car

Full tape detail here		Really Weird 1980 Cass Fuck Off FO 005 Side 1 Really Weird The Astronauts - That's Where I'll Be The Astronauts - The Night                      (Baby Sings Folk Songs Part 3) The Astronauts - Midsummer Lullaby Danny & The Dressmakers - Song Chocolate Zounds - I Made It Happen Zounds - Holland Park Bob Green - The Last Great Rolling Stones                                           Lick In The Sky Daevid Allen & Friends - Zero Side 2 Slightly Weirdsville The Mob - Crying Again The Mob - Frustration The Mob - Never Really Cared The Mob - Youth Cardiac Arrest - A Bus For A Bus On The Bus Horrible Nerds - Pope Paul Is Dead Androids Of Mu - Every Time I Hear The Spirit Androids Of Mu - Pretty Nun Androids Of Mu - Ride Me, Easy Rider Blank Space - You Can Try Blank Space - Rest On Still Water Danny & The Dressmakers -              Edward Exposes Her Mammary Glands Danny & The Dressmakers -                              TV Overdose On The Dole Pope Paul Is Dead recorded live in Leeds

		Consuming Passion 1980 7" Half Wombat WOMBAT 002 Side 1 Consuming Passion Side 2 Personal Relationships 500 issued in 'proper' sleeve. All instruments & vocals - Alan F. Benson Andrew Parkin Paul P. Brittain Steven T. Parkin Sue Hogg Lorraine Hogg Produced by: Grant Showbiz / The Horrible Nurds Songs by: The Horrible Nurds Art works by: Chris Goddard Teaboy: Kif Kif Recorded at Street Level Studios March 1980 Thanks to: R.J., Sam, D.P., Tiffy, M.P., Jim, Graham, Steve, J.B., Grant, Kif Kif, Chrissy & the Back Bar. Links: Crashing into the Johan Kugelberg top 100 Messthetics releases at No. 97.

		Personal Relationships 1980 7" Half Wombat WOMBAT 002 Side 1 Personal Relationships Side 2 Consuming Passion Dance And Think Same single ? Not sure if 'Dance And Think' exists. 500 issued in 'home-made' sleeve Words & Music written by The Horrible Nurds Alan Benson - Guitar, Vocals Paul Brittain - Synthesizer, E. Piano Lorraine Hogg - Backing Vocals Suzanne Hogg - Backing Vocals Andrew Parkin - Bass, Backing Vocals Stephen Parkin - Drums Produced by Grant Showbiz at Street Level Studios. Teaboy: Kif Kif Revised sleeve design concept: Paul Brittain / Better Badges Thanks to: Tiff, Sue, Paul, Benny, Steve, Graham, JB, Lynne, Kif-Kif, Chris, Marie & Dennis, Jim & Josie Copyright: The Horrible Nurds 1980

		Pub Pianist Gets In On The Act Cass Serious Fun SERF 004 Side 1 Side 2 Hmmm... this might be a renamed version of the first Half Wombat tape. It might be something completely different. No idea. I wait for facts.

Known gigs outside Gainsborough

1979 May-03	Leeds	Fforde Green Hotel	Here And Now, Cardiac Arrest
1979 May-05	Nottingham	University Of Nottingham	Here And Now
1979 Sep-01	Leeds	Fforde Green Hotel	Here And Now
1979 Sep-02	Nottingham	Sandpiper's	Here And Now
1980 xxx-xx	London	The Elgin, Ladbroke Grove	Splodgenessabounds
1980 xxx-xx	Lincoln	'Arbo' Festival, Lincoln Arboretum	Total Strangers

Links The first four tracks from Waiting For The Night available here.