SONGS FROM A DARK AGE: TERMINUS DEMO TAPES
Terminus were formed sometime during the hazy drunken Easter of 1983, after I'd suggested forming a band to Chris and Pete Lazenby, probably while drinking in the Furnace Arms Public House. The reasons for starting the band are probably many but for me, the main reasons being boredom and the urge to play the kind of music I liked (i.e. to make an enjoyable and intolerable amount of noise) and play some of the songs I was writing (and demoing on 4 track) with other people. Oh yes, and the simple thought that if some of the idiots currently playing could do it then so could we. How easy it all sounded then.
The first rehearsal with all members present took place on the 15th November 1983, probably at a WI Hall in Gunness and consisted of myself, Chris and Pete Lazenby and Dave (Captain
Pugwash!) Bairstow on guitar. Dave was to make sporadic appearances for the next few years when he was on leave from the merchant Navy. He now works on the cross channel ferries (and some of us say, thank Christ for the Chunnel!). Myself and Dave had previously played (if that's the right word) in a band with Paul Carter ('drums') and Glyn Hornsby (guitar, later bass) and were called at various times 'Plague' and 'Yellow Cake UF6'... 'Crap' would have been more appropriate.
We did lots of rehearsing and no gigs (a variant trait passed on to Terminus, who also did lots of rehearsing, but very few gigs), and very loudly at that, due to us being mad enough to hire a PA to practice with! As the band progressed we became far too 'financially distressed' to do anything as stupid as that again. Luckily we were also out in the middle of nowhere... so in the beginning it was only poor innocent villagers that got to suffer. It was down in this rehearsal room that we finally got around to the first of the bands stumbling recording endeavours.
Along with the details of our releases, demo tapes or vinyl, I've also included a few pertinent reviews (one for tapes and around three for vinyl releases, otherwise this would end up as being a rather dry and (even more) uninteresting list/ discography/ ego wank. Tedious. Strangely enough I couldn't find any really bad reviews. Can't have looked hard enough obviously. For irritation value I've also included the various quotations used on the inner sleeves and booklets of their respective releases, as I know they used to irk some people (especially the ones used to litter every available space with in the magazine FO&DD, which some of us were involved in producing). All the following songs were written by myself, Mark Richardson, except where shown in brackets after the song title.
The first demo was recorded on odd days off throughout May, July and August of 1984 at the Womens Institute Hall in Gunness where we rehearsed and recorded on a second hand 4 track TEAC Reel-to-reel that I had saved up long and hard to buy, with Dave Crawford along to give a helping hand. Unfortunately we had no mixing desk and only one recording microphone( a stereo TEAC recording microphone with two plugs, one for left and right - only one of which we could plug into the machine while recording on one track!, and so when it came down to the final 'mix' in September, it sounded pretty ropy, as drummer Pete recalled, "... as I remember, we kept mixing and re-mixing throughout the time of recording, but we gave up when we realized it was going to sound lousy no matter what!"
It was finally released (or, escaped) on October 1st 1984 and got about one mention in a local fanzine. Oh aye, Ian Reid also 'played' keyboards on 'Church' and 'Terminus' and can also be credited with carting the band back and forth to Gunness in a variety of rented vans. Cheers Reidy!
The first rehearsal with all members present took place on the 15th November 1983, probably at a WI Hall in Gunness and consisted of myself, Chris and Pete Lazenby and Dave (Captain
Pugwash!) Bairstow on guitar. Dave was to make sporadic appearances for the next few years when he was on leave from the merchant Navy. He now works on the cross channel ferries (and some of us say, thank Christ for the Chunnel!). Myself and Dave had previously played (if that's the right word) in a band with Paul Carter ('drums') and Glyn Hornsby (guitar, later bass) and were called at various times 'Plague' and 'Yellow Cake UF6'... 'Crap' would have been more appropriate.
We did lots of rehearsing and no gigs (a variant trait passed on to Terminus, who also did lots of rehearsing, but very few gigs), and very loudly at that, due to us being mad enough to hire a PA to practice with! As the band progressed we became far too 'financially distressed' to do anything as stupid as that again. Luckily we were also out in the middle of nowhere... so in the beginning it was only poor innocent villagers that got to suffer. It was down in this rehearsal room that we finally got around to the first of the bands stumbling recording endeavours.
Along with the details of our releases, demo tapes or vinyl, I've also included a few pertinent reviews (one for tapes and around three for vinyl releases, otherwise this would end up as being a rather dry and (even more) uninteresting list/ discography/ ego wank. Tedious. Strangely enough I couldn't find any really bad reviews. Can't have looked hard enough obviously. For irritation value I've also included the various quotations used on the inner sleeves and booklets of their respective releases, as I know they used to irk some people (especially the ones used to litter every available space with in the magazine FO&DD, which some of us were involved in producing). All the following songs were written by myself, Mark Richardson, except where shown in brackets after the song title.
The first demo was recorded on odd days off throughout May, July and August of 1984 at the Womens Institute Hall in Gunness where we rehearsed and recorded on a second hand 4 track TEAC Reel-to-reel that I had saved up long and hard to buy, with Dave Crawford along to give a helping hand. Unfortunately we had no mixing desk and only one recording microphone( a stereo TEAC recording microphone with two plugs, one for left and right - only one of which we could plug into the machine while recording on one track!, and so when it came down to the final 'mix' in September, it sounded pretty ropy, as drummer Pete recalled, "... as I remember, we kept mixing and re-mixing throughout the time of recording, but we gave up when we realized it was going to sound lousy no matter what!"
It was finally released (or, escaped) on October 1st 1984 and got about one mention in a local fanzine. Oh aye, Ian Reid also 'played' keyboards on 'Church' and 'Terminus' and can also be credited with carting the band back and forth to Gunness in a variety of rented vans. Cheers Reidy!
TERMINUS 1st Demo Tape 1984
Catalogue Number: TPPL 001
Track Listing: (Backward intro)/ Hellfire Club/ Church For A New Age/ Star Born Thing/ Parasites/ (Waiting For The) Purge (acoustic)/ Hunt The Hunt/ Chosen One/ Terminus/ (Backwards outro).
Line up: Chris Lazenby - Bass, Pete Lazenby - Drums, Mark Richardson - Vocals and guitar, Ian Reid - 'keyboards'
"Cancerous is the best word to describe this, it grows on you. I don't think they'll mind
me saying that they are heavily influenced by the Damned, but don't let that put you off.
Actually in a way they quite remind me of Antisect, at least when Antisect do a slow one. They certainly have the same sort of surging power, even the same controlled feedback and
guitar solos which meander through entire songs."
Primitive Patriot (Sean Burkill)
Ah, our first ever review, and already the knives are out for the guitar solos.
Catalogue Number: TPPL 001
Track Listing: (Backward intro)/ Hellfire Club/ Church For A New Age/ Star Born Thing/ Parasites/ (Waiting For The) Purge (acoustic)/ Hunt The Hunt/ Chosen One/ Terminus/ (Backwards outro).
Line up: Chris Lazenby - Bass, Pete Lazenby - Drums, Mark Richardson - Vocals and guitar, Ian Reid - 'keyboards'
"Cancerous is the best word to describe this, it grows on you. I don't think they'll mind
me saying that they are heavily influenced by the Damned, but don't let that put you off.
Actually in a way they quite remind me of Antisect, at least when Antisect do a slow one. They certainly have the same sort of surging power, even the same controlled feedback and
guitar solos which meander through entire songs."
Primitive Patriot (Sean Burkill)
Ah, our first ever review, and already the knives are out for the guitar solos.
TERMINUS: THE FIRST GIG
After more rehearsals than any man or beast should need, or consider decent, in order to play 'basic punk rock', the first gig was finally played out on March 22nd 1985 (with a line up of
Chris, Pete and Mark) upstairs at the Crosby Hotel in Scunthorpe. The 'event', Dave Lloyds 21st birthday party, played host to a gig which, putting it politely, was a chaotic mess... that is the party, not the band, we didn't play too badly considering the sound.
The Terminus set was also cut short due to the "excessive volume" leading to the poor geriatric bar staff complaining that they couldn't hear themselves think. It's the "think" bit that surprised me the most at the time, and still keeps me awake to the present day, coupled with the fact that, as the sound was turned progressively down, the whole thing became barely audible anyway, the guitars sounding more like souped up banjos than 'punk rock'. Actually I could have ordered a pint over the microphone and the bar staff downstairs would
have heard and served me, so low was the noise by the time we walked off! Maybe I'm just a tone deaf philistine... like everyone says!
After more rehearsals than any man or beast should need, or consider decent, in order to play 'basic punk rock', the first gig was finally played out on March 22nd 1985 (with a line up of
Chris, Pete and Mark) upstairs at the Crosby Hotel in Scunthorpe. The 'event', Dave Lloyds 21st birthday party, played host to a gig which, putting it politely, was a chaotic mess... that is the party, not the band, we didn't play too badly considering the sound.
The Terminus set was also cut short due to the "excessive volume" leading to the poor geriatric bar staff complaining that they couldn't hear themselves think. It's the "think" bit that surprised me the most at the time, and still keeps me awake to the present day, coupled with the fact that, as the sound was turned progressively down, the whole thing became barely audible anyway, the guitars sounding more like souped up banjos than 'punk rock'. Actually I could have ordered a pint over the microphone and the bar staff downstairs would
have heard and served me, so low was the noise by the time we walked off! Maybe I'm just a tone deaf philistine... like everyone says!
The two other bands, The Demised and Anthem, who'd elected themselves to play after us
at this 'live farce' (as it became known) didn't get to play anything like the five songs Terminus got through before the plug was pulled, with The Demised managing about 2 and a half songs and Anthem not allowed to play at all. Shame.
There is a tape of this gig, the following is the reverse of a CD copy of the Terminus set given me much later by Pete Lazenby:
at this 'live farce' (as it became known) didn't get to play anything like the five songs Terminus got through before the plug was pulled, with The Demised managing about 2 and a half songs and Anthem not allowed to play at all. Shame.
There is a tape of this gig, the following is the reverse of a CD copy of the Terminus set given me much later by Pete Lazenby:
'TERMINUS Live Farce Crosby Hotel
22.03.1985
featuring
THE SEVERED HEAD
CHURCH FIOR A NEW AGE
(WAITING FOR THE) PURGE
STAR BORN THING
HUNT THE HUNT
and a hell of a lot of waiting about
plus
STEG: Hecklers' ringleader
DAVE LLOYD: stand-up comedian
CHARLIE: master of ceremonies/recording
CROUCHY: dog on a string (sadly inaudible)'
22.03.1985
featuring
THE SEVERED HEAD
CHURCH FIOR A NEW AGE
(WAITING FOR THE) PURGE
STAR BORN THING
HUNT THE HUNT
and a hell of a lot of waiting about
plus
STEG: Hecklers' ringleader
DAVE LLOYD: stand-up comedian
CHARLIE: master of ceremonies/recording
CROUCHY: dog on a string (sadly inaudible)'
CATALOGUE OF CRIMES - 2nd Demo Tape 1985
Catalogue Number: TPPL 004
Track Listing: Bring Out Your Dead/ (Waiting for the) Purge/ Blinkered View (Richardson/ Chris Lazenby)/ Atlantis/ The Severed Head/ Terraces to the Trenches (Reid/ Richardson/ Pete Lazenby)/ Black Mirror/ Tomorrow Never Knows (Lennon / McCartney).
Line up: Chris Lazenby - Bass, Pete Lazenby - Drums, Mark Richardson - Vocals and Guitar, Dave Bairstow -
Guitar.
May the same year saw the 2nd demo, "Catalogue of Crimes".
Recorded and mixed in two weeks on Dave Bairstow's 4 track Tascam cassette deck. The bass and drums were recorded at the Scunthorpe Youth Centre where the band then rehearsed, the rest of the guitar and vocal parts dubbed at either Dave or Marks. After the recording Pete left to join already mentioned local anarcho-crass band The Demised who altered their name to Declaration immediately after. All of which reminds me of a little rhyme that Towie made up about them around that time:
"One string sounds shite, declaration can't get it right!" Cruel, eh?
Two tracks, 'Catalonia' and 'Zaharoff' were recorded about this time for an FO&DD compilation tape that never saw the harsh and critical light of day (this was to be entitled "... and all the sheep went baaa!". This being a, now rather obscure, piss take of a local 'zine writer and 'gig' promoter). People involved in the above recordings were Dave Bairstow, Mark, Chris and Pete. There is also a version of The Clash's 'White Riot' somewhere... which was recorded after Robin Tow was drafted in as the bands new drummer.
REVIEW
"Despite the 4 track quality, the 8 songs here are pretty listenable. Thoughtful, melodic, medium paced punk with interesting guitar work and, at times, post-punk singing. Not ordinary. (TY)"
Maximumrocknroll, April 1986
Catalogue Number: TPPL 004
Track Listing: Bring Out Your Dead/ (Waiting for the) Purge/ Blinkered View (Richardson/ Chris Lazenby)/ Atlantis/ The Severed Head/ Terraces to the Trenches (Reid/ Richardson/ Pete Lazenby)/ Black Mirror/ Tomorrow Never Knows (Lennon / McCartney).
Line up: Chris Lazenby - Bass, Pete Lazenby - Drums, Mark Richardson - Vocals and Guitar, Dave Bairstow -
Guitar.
May the same year saw the 2nd demo, "Catalogue of Crimes".
Recorded and mixed in two weeks on Dave Bairstow's 4 track Tascam cassette deck. The bass and drums were recorded at the Scunthorpe Youth Centre where the band then rehearsed, the rest of the guitar and vocal parts dubbed at either Dave or Marks. After the recording Pete left to join already mentioned local anarcho-crass band The Demised who altered their name to Declaration immediately after. All of which reminds me of a little rhyme that Towie made up about them around that time:
"One string sounds shite, declaration can't get it right!" Cruel, eh?
Two tracks, 'Catalonia' and 'Zaharoff' were recorded about this time for an FO&DD compilation tape that never saw the harsh and critical light of day (this was to be entitled "... and all the sheep went baaa!". This being a, now rather obscure, piss take of a local 'zine writer and 'gig' promoter). People involved in the above recordings were Dave Bairstow, Mark, Chris and Pete. There is also a version of The Clash's 'White Riot' somewhere... which was recorded after Robin Tow was drafted in as the bands new drummer.
REVIEW
"Despite the 4 track quality, the 8 songs here are pretty listenable. Thoughtful, melodic, medium paced punk with interesting guitar work and, at times, post-punk singing. Not ordinary. (TY)"
Maximumrocknroll, April 1986
Second gig - 27th September 1985: JENSENS, Scunthorpe, with the Diseased, The Sanity Assassins, State Deficiency and Declaration.
The second Terminus gig was also a shambles but for different reasons than that of the first. Played at Jensens (a pit now shut down, demolished, and mourned by no one - unlike the late lamented Furnace Arms only a bricks throw away, also now demolished). The 'set,' by a line up of Mark, Chris and new drummer Towie, was most notable for both Mark and Chris being 'pissed as rats'. After spending the afternoon organizing the gig, room, amps, etc, we had unfortunately, and steadily, been drinking ourselves insensible all day without even realizing it.
"Yes, I admit it, by the time someone told me it was time to go on I couldn't even remember the name of our band, let alone the songs."
Mark Richardson.
"Mark and Chris were pissed, but at least Towie was funny."
Pete Lazenby.
Chris was, apparently in much the same state as myself, although neither of us knew just how drunk the other one was at the time. Things got so bad that, in desperation, ex drummer Pete ran up to the microphone and took over singing duties from a clearly 'tired and emotional' singer. Yeah, me. It was that kind of night. Guitars were slung down, microphones and stands hurled over to the outrage of the astonished DJ. But they were our microphones and stands so he was quickly, and in no uncertain terms, told where to stick his outrage. Nice one Chris! Never again will so much ale be consumed before a gig. Well, not by me anyway! Recriminations from this gig hung over the band for months, leading up to the departure of Towie and Chris for other bands (namely Torture Chamber and Fatal Feudalism).
The second Terminus gig was also a shambles but for different reasons than that of the first. Played at Jensens (a pit now shut down, demolished, and mourned by no one - unlike the late lamented Furnace Arms only a bricks throw away, also now demolished). The 'set,' by a line up of Mark, Chris and new drummer Towie, was most notable for both Mark and Chris being 'pissed as rats'. After spending the afternoon organizing the gig, room, amps, etc, we had unfortunately, and steadily, been drinking ourselves insensible all day without even realizing it.
"Yes, I admit it, by the time someone told me it was time to go on I couldn't even remember the name of our band, let alone the songs."
Mark Richardson.
"Mark and Chris were pissed, but at least Towie was funny."
Pete Lazenby.
Chris was, apparently in much the same state as myself, although neither of us knew just how drunk the other one was at the time. Things got so bad that, in desperation, ex drummer Pete ran up to the microphone and took over singing duties from a clearly 'tired and emotional' singer. Yeah, me. It was that kind of night. Guitars were slung down, microphones and stands hurled over to the outrage of the astonished DJ. But they were our microphones and stands so he was quickly, and in no uncertain terms, told where to stick his outrage. Nice one Chris! Never again will so much ale be consumed before a gig. Well, not by me anyway! Recriminations from this gig hung over the band for months, leading up to the departure of Towie and Chris for other bands (namely Torture Chamber and Fatal Feudalism).
FO&DD - A local fanzine for 'local' people.
1985 also saw the first issue of Scunthorpe alternative Fanzine 'FO&DD', which was started by myself and two other friends, Reidy and Phil, but which was eventually to have contributions from many other people, including later Terminus members such as Col Spence.
The fanzine, which consisted of a mixture of band interviews, articles, rants, reviews, art, and piss takes with a strongly local bias and a healthy dose of politics, was to last for 9 issues in total.
Apparently, not just the title courted controversy, leading to the title of the 2nd issue to carry the final line: "... all you bastards that can't take a joke!" As with Terminus, FO&DD and its contributors were rarely subtle. Of all the articles we included (in more than one issue), the 'Scunthorpe Pub Guide' was seemingly a favourite among many people - although not usually among landlords.
A Tenth issue was under construction when patience and perseverance gave way to apathy and realism: i.e. I couldn't really afford to print the damn thing!
1985 also saw the first issue of Scunthorpe alternative Fanzine 'FO&DD', which was started by myself and two other friends, Reidy and Phil, but which was eventually to have contributions from many other people, including later Terminus members such as Col Spence.
The fanzine, which consisted of a mixture of band interviews, articles, rants, reviews, art, and piss takes with a strongly local bias and a healthy dose of politics, was to last for 9 issues in total.
Apparently, not just the title courted controversy, leading to the title of the 2nd issue to carry the final line: "... all you bastards that can't take a joke!" As with Terminus, FO&DD and its contributors were rarely subtle. Of all the articles we included (in more than one issue), the 'Scunthorpe Pub Guide' was seemingly a favourite among many people - although not usually among landlords.
A Tenth issue was under construction when patience and perseverance gave way to apathy and realism: i.e. I couldn't really afford to print the damn thing!
From October 1985 onwards a new line up of Terminus was pieced together eventually consisting of Col Spence on bass, formerly of near legendary local band Duck in Fog, with
Dave Bairstow and Pete Lazenby back for yet another stint. Suckers for punishment or what?
After this last lot of re-shuffling the band miraculously got around to playing a few more
gigs and in November/ December 1986 recorded their best demo to date, "Body Count", which was issued December that year.
Dave Bairstow and Pete Lazenby back for yet another stint. Suckers for punishment or what?
After this last lot of re-shuffling the band miraculously got around to playing a few more
gigs and in November/ December 1986 recorded their best demo to date, "Body Count", which was issued December that year.
Third gig - 23rd May 1986: THE HANGAR (The Crosby Hotel), Scunthorpe, supporting the Neurotics.
Line up: Mark, Col Spence, Dave Bairstow, Pete
Lazenby.
We got paid the princely sum of five pounds for this gig. Probably the most we ever made from any gig as many of them were for benefits. Hang on a minute... come to think of it that went on petrol!
We went down okay until we finally killed off the audience with our version of The Beatles 'Tomorrow Never Knows', which put paid to any atmosphere there may have been growing!
Line up: Mark, Col Spence, Dave Bairstow, Pete
Lazenby.
We got paid the princely sum of five pounds for this gig. Probably the most we ever made from any gig as many of them were for benefits. Hang on a minute... come to think of it that went on petrol!
We went down okay until we finally killed off the audience with our version of The Beatles 'Tomorrow Never Knows', which put paid to any atmosphere there may have been growing!
Fourth gig - 21st June 1986: BENTLEYS (The Furnace Arms), Scunthorpe, in the beer garden., with Max.
Line up: Mark, Col Spence, Dave Bairstow and Pete Lazenby.
Nice sunny day and all went well as I recall... makes a change. I had forgotten about my 150w Carlsbro Stingray guitar amp - what a bag of shite it was. Should've stuck with the VOX AC30 Top Boost!
Line up: Mark, Col Spence, Dave Bairstow and Pete Lazenby.
Nice sunny day and all went well as I recall... makes a change. I had forgotten about my 150w Carlsbro Stingray guitar amp - what a bag of shite it was. Should've stuck with the VOX AC30 Top Boost!
BODY COUNT - 3rd Demo Tape 1986
Catalogue Number: TPPL 008
Track Listing: Starving Nations (Tow/ Richardson)/
Bending the Rules/ Holy Harlot/ Hey Little Girl/ Collaborators (instrumental)/ Propaganda War (Richardson/ Bairstow)/ Walk With The Beast/ Kill Mechanism/ Body Count/ Collaborators (voice)/ Motorhead (Lemmy)
Line up: Col Spence - Bass and synth (!) on "Holy Harlot"
(vocals on Motorhead and the rant over "Collaborators"), Pete Lazenby - Drums, Dave Bairstow - Guitars,
Mark Richardson - Vocals and lead and rhythm guitars.
The third demo was recorded on my 4 track TEAC reel to reel in a born again Christians loft, would you believe! Engineered and produced by the band, Dave Morris and his son. Why there? Because I owned the tape deck, which Dave was borrowing to use in his loft studio, and
as part of that deal we went in and used his studio equipment/ mixing desk, etc. Simple. Our best sounding demo yet.
"... and don't let our son listen to any of those horrible lyrics. Do you hear!"
Born Again Mum, quite rightly fearing un-godly corruption.
Dave later broke the TEAC shortly before he was due to buy it outright. Wonderful.
REVIEWS
"Mostly melodic punk and thrash with intricate guitar work here, save their MOTORHEAD cover. Neat lyrics book with intelligent lyrics. Swell job. (WG)"
Maximumrocknroll, March 1987
"For some reason bands that make little effort at playing music seem to get more recognition than bands that do. This is the third demo by Scunthorpes almost unknown 'Terminus' and contains about a half hours worth of tuneful punk rock. Lyrics are mostly political though are presented in a different un-cliched way. Best tunes here must be 'Hey Little Girl' and 'Propaganda War. DJ.'"
Skull & Crossbones 'zine #6
Catalogue Number: TPPL 008
Track Listing: Starving Nations (Tow/ Richardson)/
Bending the Rules/ Holy Harlot/ Hey Little Girl/ Collaborators (instrumental)/ Propaganda War (Richardson/ Bairstow)/ Walk With The Beast/ Kill Mechanism/ Body Count/ Collaborators (voice)/ Motorhead (Lemmy)
Line up: Col Spence - Bass and synth (!) on "Holy Harlot"
(vocals on Motorhead and the rant over "Collaborators"), Pete Lazenby - Drums, Dave Bairstow - Guitars,
Mark Richardson - Vocals and lead and rhythm guitars.
The third demo was recorded on my 4 track TEAC reel to reel in a born again Christians loft, would you believe! Engineered and produced by the band, Dave Morris and his son. Why there? Because I owned the tape deck, which Dave was borrowing to use in his loft studio, and
as part of that deal we went in and used his studio equipment/ mixing desk, etc. Simple. Our best sounding demo yet.
"... and don't let our son listen to any of those horrible lyrics. Do you hear!"
Born Again Mum, quite rightly fearing un-godly corruption.
Dave later broke the TEAC shortly before he was due to buy it outright. Wonderful.
REVIEWS
"Mostly melodic punk and thrash with intricate guitar work here, save their MOTORHEAD cover. Neat lyrics book with intelligent lyrics. Swell job. (WG)"
Maximumrocknroll, March 1987
"For some reason bands that make little effort at playing music seem to get more recognition than bands that do. This is the third demo by Scunthorpes almost unknown 'Terminus' and contains about a half hours worth of tuneful punk rock. Lyrics are mostly political though are presented in a different un-cliched way. Best tunes here must be 'Hey Little Girl' and 'Propaganda War. DJ.'"
Skull & Crossbones 'zine #6
SCUNTHORPE ROCK OPEN 1986
On the 4th September 1986 Terminus played their first Rock Open at the Baths Hall in Scunthorpe, with a load of other no-hopers, about which the then writer of the column 'Target Tracks' had this to say:
"Terminus on the other hand, were excellent and powered through the best set I've ever seen them play. 'Bring Out Your Dead' was the high spot of the night and just goes to show what Terminus are capable of with a decent stage, P.A. and audience.
When a band like Terminus do not even get into the first two, let alone win, then the standards that the competition is judged on need to be seriously reconsidered."
Sean Burkill, 'Target Tracks', Scunthorpe Target , 11th Septrember, 1986.
The line up for this waste of time and energy was: Mark, Col Spence, Dave Bairstow and Pete Lazenby.
On the 4th September 1986 Terminus played their first Rock Open at the Baths Hall in Scunthorpe, with a load of other no-hopers, about which the then writer of the column 'Target Tracks' had this to say:
"Terminus on the other hand, were excellent and powered through the best set I've ever seen them play. 'Bring Out Your Dead' was the high spot of the night and just goes to show what Terminus are capable of with a decent stage, P.A. and audience.
When a band like Terminus do not even get into the first two, let alone win, then the standards that the competition is judged on need to be seriously reconsidered."
Sean Burkill, 'Target Tracks', Scunthorpe Target , 11th Septrember, 1986.
The line up for this waste of time and energy was: Mark, Col Spence, Dave Bairstow and Pete Lazenby.