Bomb Disneyland Sept 1989 BBC Radio

Bomb Disneyland session on John Peel's show

Shortly after their Peel Session and the release of their debut, the band ran into legal trouble. The Disney Corporation famously filed a complaint regarding their name.

[taken from link2wales.co.uk]

Deeside based punk-grunge band (1987-89), feat; Mark Cooper (gtr,voc), Prud (bass) (feat on a V8’s video shoot, sadly died of septicemia), Scott Preece (drms).
Another former drummer Barry St.Clair formed Dearly Beheaded in 1992 and original drummer was Tash (Steve Gorst) (later Carnage, Cousin Grace) who recorded 'Why Not' with them until he broke his wrist.
They released a number of records (incl; LPs Bomb Everything (05.89) and Nail Mary) under this name until they were contacted by a lawyer / representative of Disney who while telling them they couldn’t use the name, actually said: “We are not a Mickey-Mouse company”! (They changed their name to Bomb Everything) This sounds like an urban myth but it did happen. 

Scott went on to play for hardcore punks GBH.
Bomb Everything was produced by Robert Heaton and Justin Sullivan of New Model Army.

Butthole Surfers and Darling Buds at Riverside Suite, Newport.

This was the year those crazed motherfuckers hit our shores in an acid-crazed frenzy like no one had seen before. August 5th, 1987 — the Butthole Surfers rolled into Newport's Riverside Suite like a derailed freight train from the underworld, dragging LSD, feedback, and naked nihilism in their wake.

Fresh off the back of the album, Locust Abortion Technician, they weren’t just playing gigs — they were conducting psychic surgery on every town they hit. Gibby Haynes was wielding a megaphone like a flamethrower, sometimes a shotgun. Paul Leary's guitar sounded like it had been dragged through a swamp full of broken teeth. Behind them? Smoke. Strobes. Film loops of surgery and car crashes. And yes, Kathleen Lynch, the infamous bald, topless dancer twisting through it all like some deranged shaman.

Support that night? The Darling Buds, Caerleon’s own jangly pop hopefuls, still in the glow of their earliest shows — and I bet Andrea and co were wondering what alternate dimension they'd stepped into once the Buttholes kicked off.

If you were there, you probably don’t remember all of it. And if you weren’t — you’ve probably still heard the stories. Newport was never the same.

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The Smiths cancel Llandudno gig

The Smiths were scheduled to perform at the Astra Theatre in Llandudno on 28 October 1986, but the gig was cancelled due to an incident at the previous night’s show. On 27 October at Preston Guild Hall, Morrissey was struck on the head by an object thrown from the audience, sustaining a wound that required medical attention.

As a result, the band was unable to travel to Llandudno and perform the following evening. The cancellation was noted in tour records and gig archives, marking the date as cancelled.

The incident highlighted the challenges of live touring, where an injury at one venue could immediately impact subsequent shows. While The Smiths resumed other dates after Morrissey’s recovery, the planned performance in Llandudno never took place, and the venue remained empty on that scheduled night.

He was a big fanny even back then...

Anhrefn – 1st John Peel Session

Sion Sebon – Guitar/Vocals, Rhys Mwyn – Bass, Dewi Gwyn – Guitar, Hefin Huws – Drums/Backing Vocals

At the time Anhrefn received very little support or coverage through a very conservative Welsh media. This was the Bangor band’s first of three John Peel Sessions broadcast on BBC Radio One, and paved the way for other Welsh language Peel Sessions / airplay. This particular session was aired three times on the show during the latter half of 1986.

During a visit to London to promote the band and their label (of the same name), Anhrefn’s bassist (and acting manager) Rhys Mwyn introduced himself to John Peel;

“I was told that John was in a wine bar around the corner; as I entered the bar and caught Peel’s eye he greeted me with; ‘You’re not a mugger I hope,’ which kind of says a lot about him. I explained about the compilation of new ‘underground’ Welsh-language acts and a couple of days later he played Rhywle Yn Moscow by Anhrefn, which at the time felt like we’d actually made it!”

John Peel, who had Welsh connections himself through being in boarding school in North Wales and his father lived in Rhosneigr, was about to discover the Welsh scene. Rhys Mwyn sent him some demo tapes of his bands, and Peel began to realise that Wales had a music scene all of its own which was very much alive and well.

“Rhys had put together and sent me two worthwhile compilations on his own Anhrefn Records,” he remembers. “They were quite primitively produced in their way, because of the financial constraints the bands faced. However, when I eventually met Rhys, he was such a persuasive and dedicated person – the sort who just couldn’t be ignored – that he started me off on Welsh music. Before that I had zero interest.”

Sion (pic above) introduced each song in Welsh then translated them into English, explaining what they were about for the Radio One listeners

Tracks aired – 1. Action Man / 2. Dawns y Duwiau /3. Defaid /4. Nefoedd Un (also called, Teimladau)
Recorded: 1986-07-22.
Broadcast: 04 August 1986.
Repeated: 20 August 1986 and again, 22 December 1986.

Anhrefn are featured in the NME

 

Seventeen gig cancelled

 According to The Alarm Archive, the band Seventeen—formed in Rhyl in 1978 and later the precursor to The Alarm (featuring Mike Peters)—had a gig scheduled at the Coach House Club in Huddersfield on 27 July 1980, supporting The Scene. However, that performance was cancelled, reportedly due to an ongoing DHSS dole violation investigation affecting the band.

The band members were all officially unemployed at the time, and the Department of Health and Social Security had hauled them in, stating that by playing gigs, they were actually working.