Dirty Stop Out's Guide to 1980s Chesterfield - Softcover

Anderson, Neil

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1908431202 ISBN 13: 9781908431202

Publisher: ACM Retro, 2013

Synopsis

From the first faltering steps on the dance floor of the AGD or Grammar Disco, it was all downhill via the perilous Adam & Eve; the subterranean Fascination; the out of town Aquarius and the dubious Parisian glitz of the Moulin Rouge. We might have been staring Cold War Armageddon in the face, but there was always an attempt at the Brampton Mile, a chance to survive a night at the Painted Wagon or the festive aftermath of a Christmas Eve all-dayer to keep your mind off things. Chesterfield was arguably at its most vocal in the 1980s - not least represented by the dulcet tones of Brian the Singing Miner who proved true talent could shine through even years before the X Factor. Unemployment might have been sky high and the Miners' Strike splitting entire communities, but we proved we could all rally round for the visit of Charles and Di in 1981. We boasted our own anarchistic cooperative in the shape of '48' but we were all secretly proud that Tony Benn fought for us in Parliament and took the town to his heart. Chesterfield even claimed its own piece of Top Twenty action thanks to the Thompson Twins whilst homegrown bands spanning the Septic Psychos to Stateline brought up the rear. Ground-breaking gigs at the start of the decade at the Fusion saw everyone from the Cure to the Specials play seminal shows in the town. The nightlife of Chez Vegas in the 1980s might not quite have been up there with New York's Studio 54 but with a spire that looked as though it was at one with the devil-cursed 'loony juice' they served at Brampton's Three Horse Shoes, our partying ability was up there with the best.

Edition details

• Publisher: ACM Retro
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1908431202
• ISBN 13: 9781908431202
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 84