Frantic Elevators

(Manchester 78 – 82)

 

Official Pre-79 Releases;

Other Pre-79 Recordings;

Demos recorded 78
Tracks: Voice In The Dark, Passion, Every Day I Die, Hunch Back Of Notre Dame, I See Nothing And Everything, Don’t Judge Me

 

Further Information;

http://frantic.fluteboy.co.uk/
http://www.franticelevators.co.cc/
http://www.mickhucknall.com/

Line ups;

Osiris
76
Adrian Whittleworth
Frank Ollerenshaw
Gary Hulston

77
Adrian Whittleworth
Gary Hulston
Mick Hucknall (voc)
Neil Moss (gtr/keyb)

Joe Stalin’s Red Star Radio Band
c77/78
Mark Reeder (bass)
? (gtr)

c78
? (gtr)
Loz Greene (bass)
Mick Hucknall (voc)
Steve Tansley (drms)

Frantic Elevators
78
Mick Hucknall (voc)
Neil Moss (gtr/keyb)
Steve Tansley (drms)
Mark Reeder (bass)

78-82
Mick Hucknall (voc)
Neil Moss (gtr/keyb)
Brian Turner (bass)
Kevin Williams (drms)

Mick Hucknall is also ex-Purple Haze, later in Simple Minds
Kevin Williams later in Victim (c83)

Gigography (up to end 78, Incomplete)

09/02/78 (unknown) (1st gig)
14/03/78 Vortex, Wardour Street, London (?)
13/04/78 Rafters, Manchester
06/05/78 Manchester Polytechnic
19/05/78 Rock Garden, Middlesbrough
18/06/78 Band on the Wall, Manchester
08/07/78 Vivas Wine Bar, Leeds
09/07/78 Band on the Wall, Manchester
18/08/78 Fforde Green Hotel, Leeds
12/09/78 Band on the Wall, Manchester
19/10/78 Russell Club, Manchester
26/10/78 Kelly’s, Amber Street, Manchester
06/11/78 Vivas Wine Bar, Leeds
14/11/78 Band on the Wall, Manchester
15/11/78 Band on the Wall, Manchester
24/11/78 Leeds Polytechnic
30/11/78 Russell Club (Factory), Manchester
19/12/78 Russell Club, Manchester

(?) = noted but some uncertainty with date or whether band played
(*) = band originally booked but did not appear / gig cancelled and/or date moved