Cybernetic Love \/ Cars Eat With Autoface \/ Fallout \/ Nuclear Waste \/ Master Of The Universe \/ Amyl Nitrate<\/a><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/i192.photobucket.com\/albums\/z149\/pengy1966\/pengy1966%20stuff\/KYPP606.jpg\")
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In April 1979 the first I.C.U. converged at Turners Caddilac Ranch; the guilty parties were:<\/p>\n
Nik Turner \u2013 Vox & Sax,
\nDead Fred \u2013 Vox & Keys,
\nTrev Thoms \u2013 Vox & Guitar,
\nMo Vicarage \u2013 Synth
\nDino Ferrrari \u2013 Drums<\/p>\n
After 4 days Rehearsal the band went to Foel Studios in Wales and recorded 4 Tracks: Watching The Grass Grow, Cars Eat With Auto Face, Alright On The Flight + Solitary Astrid. This line up played 1 gig in Liverpool and also at the 1979 Glastonbury Festival as SPHINX this show was filmed by the BBC and an edited version was shown in 1980.<\/p>\n
Mo Vicarage retired from live playing and Nik, Fred, Trev + Dino were joined by Baz Magneto on Bass. After playing Stonehenge and various other festivals Dino returned to Rome and was replaced by Dave Dog. In September the band released its 1st single Solitary Ashtray on its own label and begins to rise on the club-dump circuit. (The first ICU single, was written about German Terrorist Astrid Proll, one time resident of Brougham Road in Hackney. To avoid controvosy this track was later re-named \u201cSolitary Ashtray\u201d, the dub on the \u201cb\u201d side was the favorite dub of renouned Reggae producer Dennis Bovell).<\/p>\n
Dave Dog leaves + Fred takes a bad trip, (The first of many\u2026 ..he\u2019s cured now though) meanwhile Mick Stupp takes the Drum Chair. Fred returns and the band records demos of Space Invaders and Polyethylene for a Major Label. (Polydor) December 1980 see\u2019s our heros turning down the major label + staying with their own label (Riddle records) to record their 1st Album \u2013 PASSOUT at low cost in 3 days. The 3rd and final release on Riddle was the single PARADISE BEACH in March 1980. It was during this time that the \u201cInsolence accross the Nation\u201d half of \u201cErsatz\u201d was recorded..<\/p>\n
After the release of Passout Baz leaves the band & is replaced by Man of Mystery \u2018Little Bit\u2019 for a tour supporting Sham 69 \u2013 Skinhead violence becomes a part of the bands persona. Little bit leaves and is replaced by Speed Machine who destroys any credibility he may have had by falling on his head off of the Music Machines 9 ft Stage during his first live apperance\u2026 NEXT!<\/p>\n
May-June 1980 Dead Fred is now on Bass + as a last resort Pstupid Steve (Pond) joins as miming Keyboard player and synthi anarchist. Blithering Idiots tour starts 1 week late in Leeds. (Does anyone know where we can stay tonight?)<\/p>\n
In the summer the band plays the Stonehenge festival and supports Horsewind at 2 Lyceum gigs in London. Mick Stupp slips away + Dave Dog returns to support Psychadelic Furs at the Lyceum. Pstupid leaves to join the magnificent Three Laws, the rest of the band reconverge at the Caddilac Ranch.<\/p>\n
Dino Ferrari returns to drum stool and band now a four piece Nik, Trev, Fred + Dino start to rehearse and write material for THE MAXIMUM EFFECT. Following the release of the album in the summer of 1981 the band begins a 6 week residency at the Marquee. After various gigs through the summer (including 2 with Hugh Lloyd Langton as Guitarist) ICU played its last gig at Sizewell.<\/p>\n
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Inner City Unit\u00a0playing at Meanwhile Gardens, London\u00a0August 1980<\/p>\n
Some stuff on I.C.U. on Alistairs site<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Space Invaders \/ Watching The Grass Grow \/ Polly Ethylene \/ Solitary Ashtray \/ O.B.City Muse \/ Brainstorm\u00a0 Cybernetic Love \/ Cars Eat With Autoface \/ Fallout \/ Nuclear Waste \/ Master Of The Universe \/ Amyl Nitrate In April 1979 the first I.C.U. converged at Turners Caddilac Ranch; the guilty parties were: Nik Turner […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links-downloads"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/killyourpetpuppy.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/killyourpetpuppy.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/killyourpetpuppy.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/killyourpetpuppy.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/killyourpetpuppy.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=393"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/killyourpetpuppy.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5199,"href":"https:\/\/killyourpetpuppy.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393\/revisions\/5199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/killyourpetpuppy.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/killyourpetpuppy.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/killyourpetpuppy.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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