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Der Anfang vom Ende

1989/02/02

Greenpeace logo of animals, plants and humans hand in hand on a planet earth of about twenty metres in diameterOn 2nd February 1989 the Gits in a rare headlining slot were joined for a benefit concert in aid of Greenpeace by The Perfect Shade and former Ever guitarist Pete Whittick who, if I remember correctly, counted himself in aloud on every number despite being solo.

As Ben put it in a preview article a couple of weeks before,

Seriously, if you are going to rape the environment, you are going to rape your children. I made that up myself

This was the first gig of Chris Morris’ short tenure with the band before I idiotically ousted him for not wanting us to play at a gig he’d organised. Though we hadn’t peaked yet that decision might well be seen as the beginning of the end for the band.

This happened:

This will play. You get a blank playlist thumbnail if you’re not connected to the YouTube API.

And what would be £500 today was raised.

We got the usual review,

If audience reaction alone is a good indicator of a band’s ability then the Git’s were excellent, for they had a large section of the audience boogying wildly. But it must be said The Gits did seem to know a lot of their audience personally.

So knowing quite a lot of the audience in your home town and actually deigning to interact with them rather than act as untouchable rock gods counted against us, as did people enjoying the gig. It’s lucky the same reviewer never had to suffer the Beatles at the Cavern. Strangely the same audience turning up to see the people they knew in other locals bands never warranted a mention.

In Local News…

Willie Austen will be appearing at the Limeburners on Wednesday 15th February 1989.

If you missed that one you will be pleased to know that as of August 2014 he still plays there regularly.

Annals 80s crawley band, champagnes, the gits

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