Kirkcaldy Bands
The Kirkcaldy Bands of the '80s

Because music like ours shouldn't die

Kirkcaldy Esplanade

Lets once again dive back into the days of the Skittle, Day's of 29, Bentleys, the 101 Chip Shop, Tech Discos, annoying the Bouncers at Bentleys, paying just over a quid for a beer and one and half quid for twenty fags, spiky hair, black clothes and the musical revolution that was the Kirkcaldy Music scene of the mid 1980's. I was 18, and music was everything

This website is a tribute to amazing thing that was the home made, anarchic, vibrant, truly original experience, that was the Kirkcaldy music scene in the mid 1980's

It's dedicated to all the bands, all the people who lent us money, bought us beers, gave us support slots, lent us equipment and worked together, to make this scene and this time the special thing that it was

It's the last resting place of the bands that put Kirkcaldy on the map in the '80's and early '90's


Lost Cafe Sessions featuring Blue on Shock, the Silent Falls and Tom's New Shoes out now

 

The Bands:

The Ghost Train
The Classic years!

The Ghost Train Reunion
2012 - present

The Twist
The Classic years!

The Twist Reunion!
January 2017

The Gimix

The Surgical Wars

Darlingheart
The band that became a famous stage play
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Stupefied!
Not a band but a classic compilation tape
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The Strutz

Gene Regulation
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Rockets Revenge
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Who Cares

Garrison


CB Talk

Backlash

Summerfield Blues

Godsquad

The Schoolhouse

Absolute Alexis

Side Effects

Sphincter Control

The Blazing Apostles / Locomotive Latenight

The Crucified Brains

Domestos

Laughing Academy

The Circle Line / Perfumed Galaxy

Billy and the low IQs

All Days Fade

Sacristy

The Amused

The Silent Falls

The Receiving End
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Blue on Shock

Nationwide
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Days of 29

 

Please read this section - we new material to keep this website going

 

Venues
Pictures of the Venues we played (and in some cases, pictures of where the venues used to be!) and stories about them.

 

Guestbook
( Please say Hi, let me know if you liked the site. Let me know if you have any material to share with us....)

 

e-mail Tom the Curator of Kirkcaldybands.com

 

e-mail Tom the Curator of Kirkcaldybands.com

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