Western Stars Vol 1 - The Bands That Built Bristol Tracks... Glaxobabies - This Is Your Life Gardez Darkx - Bliss. The Spics - You & Me. The Numbers - Alternative Suicide. Electric Guitars - Continental Shelf. Apartment - The Car. Shoes For Industry - Invasion Of The French Boyfriends. Essential Bop - Raiders Blues. Fishfood - The Modern Dance Craze. Art Objects - Hard Objects. The X-Certs - Queen and Country. Various Artists - Time Of My Life. Talisman - Dole Age (Extended Version). BRISTOL ARCHIVE RECORDS ARC 001

The Bristol Music Scene 1977-1981  THE DIARY Here at Sugar Shack we are proud to have evolved because of the bands, artists, musicians, liggers and personalities who were part of the Bristol scene during the period 1977 to 1981. We found that Sheila Street had kept a record of all the gigs she saw during this time. The list is comprehensive but the gigs we've chosen to publish exclude all the bands they saw where no Bristol band supported the national touring act. You can see that Kevin Draper at Rainbow Ents, Mark Simpson at Trinity, Madge at the Stonehouse and all the other promoters kept us busy every night of the week with a fantastic and diverse range of local and national talent. Many of the big names in the Bristol music scene today would have gone to these gigs as young punks desperate to escape normal everday working life - what a shame the venues have disappeared along with the bands. You will soon see that there was a Bristol Music Scene before Trip Hop and Drum & Bass evolved. Check out the line-ups of all the bands from that era in the following pages...