Did anyone go to this gig? Can you share your memories?
Both Vaffan Coulo and Skinflick were/are Bangor bands, with Grot hailing from Ynys Mon
Justin Skinflick wrote this on his blog:
I no longer have the poster, but I'm pretty sure the lineup was the iconic three: Vaffan Coulo, Skinflick and a new band called Grot, an absolutely superb three-piece metal band. This gig went smoothly, a good turnout, and no threats of violence or shutting us down. We wanted to do more.
The Students' Union weren't keen on us doing more regularly, so we needed a home—a place we could do a show a couple of times a month. Word got back to us that a pub in lower Bangor called 'The Normandie' had a back room we could rent for £40 a night. It was a strange room, quite narrow. It had a telephone box, a cage with a giant toy monkey in it, and a second floor with seating that overlooked the tiny drum riser stage. It was perfect. We begged, borrowed and stole whatever equipment we could to create a makeshift vocal PA and started putting on gigs. Bands were coming out of the woodwork, new people were turning up, and gigs were being run weekly. We barely had time to actually write music as we were organizing shows all the time. We started pulling in some bands from farther away to keep it interesting. One night we had seven bands playing, the place was pushed way beyond its maximum capacity, people everywhere. It was so hot in there that sweat was running down the walls. There was a tiny moshpit, and someone dived off the top of the telephone box. Everyone came together as one big family; it was bliss.
