​A snap of Boo-Hooray before they set off for a gig in London in 1986.
Line-up: Alison Gowans, vocals (not in photo) - Scott Gowans, guitar - Neil Mitchell, drums - Scott Wilkie, bass - Gerry Mitchell, guitar & vocals - Gary Gowans, drums.
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​Pink Ladies was a local mobile disco with 2 female DJ's - Ann Brander & Pat Tyrie.
On the go in 1980.
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​A 1970 promotional ad for Dundee group, Sweet & Tender Emotion aka Sweet & Tender Motion.
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Here's a little glimpse into the kind of material Phil Jordan was spinning at Fat Sams in November 1986.
Quite wide-ranging in music styles!
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​Valhalla's in Aberdeen was the venue for a gig by Dundee post-punk band, Waiter Waiter, in April 1982.
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​This is local band, Jih, in 1987.
Singer, Grant, explained their name came about because he wanted something with "J" in it so that it could be "Jih, Jam & Journalism", after the demise of the Dundee jute factories.
Grant had also been a roadie with Iggy Pop and worked with Billy Mackenzie.
Line-up is, L to R - Grant McNally - Chris Leigh - Rick Lane - Neil Pact.
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One of Dundee's first punk-style bands called Bread Poultice & The Running Sores.
They did treat the scene with a touch of humour, so not quite a full-on angst & rage punk act as such, but presented a kind of rebellious cabaret stage performance.
Played locally at venues like Art College, Bowling Alley, Ambassador, and were rather popular in Edinburgh too.
On the go in 1977 - 78.
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​Local band, Better Backwards, snapped in 1988.
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​Dundee have managed to produce winners in a few of the Scottish band contests there have been during the 3 retro decades, but for this Folk Group Championship in Edinburgh back in December 1970, Dundee act, Eggplant, only managed 7th place.
Can't win them all..!!
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​Manchester's legendary nightclub, The Hacienda, opened in May 1982, and one of the guests performing that year was The Associates, who played there in August.
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Citizen Kane in 1988 when they were invited to support Danny Wilson on a tour of Scotland.
Line-up : Stewart Clark - Barclay Dakers - Colin Davidson - Mr Mike.
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​An out of town gig for Hunter's Key who are advertised as "Dundee's No.1 Showband".
In other words ... a clubby band with sales pitch hype!
​Ad dated January 1974.
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​A photo of rock band, Malice, taken around the time they were participating in a "Battle Of The Bands" contest in 1982.
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​A photo of local band, Ritual Oath, performing around Christmas time at the Angus Hotel in 1969.
Bob, Dave, Eric and Brian Perrie.
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​A photo of Mix 'N' Match in 1989, the sparkly pop duo from Dundee.
Kerry Anderson & Angela Rodger.
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​Another all-female act, Adam 812, photographed in 1989.
​Margaret Fenwick - Ailsa McInroy - Mary McInroy - Carol Air - Shona Macleod.
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​DJ Bill Butchart at the disco booth in Buddies (Broughty Ferry) in 1985.
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​A charity gig in Arbroath for Blues Injection.
October 1989.
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Dundee drummer, Ken Hyder, snapped in 1978.
He was in his band Talisker at the time, hence the product placement!
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​Dundonian, Gordon McPherson is an orchestral / classical style composer.
The advert is for a production at The Rep called "Bivouac", which Gordon composed the music.
Ad & pic dated 1987.
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​Before Steve Knight played in The Associates, he was in Bread Poultice & The Running Sores.
Here's Steve at a College Of Art gig in 1977 - complete with Bread Poultice badge!
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​A trip up to Aberdeen for No Fixed Abode in December 1981.
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​Klass posing for a photo before jetting off to Los Angeles to play a few gigs promoting a single they released in the States in 1989.
In an article in the local press, they said that their single called "Walking Down The Straight Line" was "attracting large advance orders" and would "appear in America's national chart", however, there is no evidence of this mysterious single documented anywhere on the internet!
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​A journey south of the border to Watford for The Heather SC Dance Band in March 1961.
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A photo of Big Blue 72, published in November 1989 around the time of their live album, recorded at the Marquee.
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It's the 9th November 1961 and Dundee's, Jimmy Deuchar, has a gig at the Cavern Club in Liverpool.
As you can see in the ad, The Beatles were playing there the previous night.
The 9th November 1961, however, is a special date in the history of The Beatles because the Fab 4 also had a lunchtime gig at the Cavern that day, and in the crowd was Brian Epstein.
A couple of months later, Brian secured a recording contract with The Beatles, and the rest, everybody knows about!
Oor Jimmy was already a recording star by then of course..!!
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​Another Dundee act who has played at the original Cavern Club in Liverpool is, Sleaz Band.
They gigged there 2 nights on the trot actually, on 24-25 June 1973.
On the 2nd night the advert states that "They are so great we just had to bring them back".
In July 1974, Sleaz Band released their debut single, and in one of the English newspapers it received single of the week status.
The thing is, the big headline that it got refers to it as "punk rock" - this was 2 years before the term was embraced as a music genre in itself!
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​A photo of Kevin Murray published in 1986.
Kevin has played in quite a few local bands - Zero DB, Woollen Mill, Cunning Stunts, Mafia, Celtic Jazz, Havana Swing, and probably some others.
He has played on quite a few recordings too, as a backing musician and as a solo artiste.
His first solo album called "The Pole" was released in January 1986 in cassette format as a limited edition.
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​A gig down in Chester for Jynx, who were supporting Keef Hartley in November 1970.
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​Susan Childe was well known in town during the mid 70's - mid 80's period due to regular local gigs with her disco band (Flamingoes).
Here, however, are a couple of rare TV appearances she made during that era.
The first one (left) is dated November 1979 and she is in the company of fellow dancefloor personalities on a show called The Best Disco In Town.
The second one is dated March 1982 and she is in the company of rather lightweight entertainers on a show called It's George.
Not so sure the second one was a particularly good career move! 
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