DARREN BIRCH
Bass player for Black Bombers and former member of Gunfire Dance, Brian James Gang, Walter Lure and The Godfathers
Birmingham, UK
It's been a funny old year! I managed to play one gig before the world shut down and didn't get to see any. From the beginning of March, I couldn't leave the house for 15 weeks so books and music became my friends....
My Top 10 for 2020:
1.) “Sing Backwards and Weep” by Mark Lanegan. His autobiography.
2.) “The War is Never Over” by Nick Soulsby. A book and companion piece to the Lydia Lunch documentary of the same name.
3.) “Just A Shot Away. 1969 Revisisted” Volumes 1 and 2 books by Kris Needs.
4.) “Diminished Responsibility: My Life as a UK Sub and Other Strange Stoies” (book) by Alvin Gibbs
5.) “Goose Lake”- The Stooges (album)
6.) “On Parole” - Motorhead (album)
7.) “Needle Time” - Warsaw Pakt (album)
8.) “Pop Crimes”/”Teenage Snuff Film” - Rowland S Howard (albums)
9.) “Feed the Dog”- Bored! (7" single)
10.) Last but not least...once let out in the summer we managed to record a new Black Bombers single. Our first with new guitar player (and fellow ex- G######er) Steve Crittall. It’s sounding great and will be out in the New Year!
PO Box 334
Oatley NSW
2223 Australia
Get in touch: barman@i94bar.com
The Bawdies (JP)
+ Mach Pelican
Bells Beach Brewery, Torquay, VIC
- Dec 8
Tickets
Mark Steiner & His Problems
featuring Pavel Cingl
Australian Tour
DEC
- 8 – The Tote, Collingwood, VIC*
+ Kim Volkman & The Whiskey Priests
+ JP Shilo
+ Julitha Ryan + Eden
John Kennedy & The New Originals
Live at the Marrickville Bowl Tour
DEC
14 – Egg Records in-store,
Newtown, NSW (2pm)
21 – Golden Barley, Enmore, NSW (solo)
23 – Velvet Fog in-store, Katoomba, NSW (solo)
27 – George Lane, St Kilda, VIC (solo)
+ Nick Batterham
Tickets
28 – The Old Bar, Fitzroy, VIC (solo)
JAN
11 – Cave In, Woolloongabba, QLD
(with Murray Cook)
Tickets
17 – Smiths Alternative, Canberra, ACT
Ticket
18 – Marrickville Bowlo, NSW
Tickets
25 - Side B Vinyl Bar, Blackheath, NSW
“Pig Out On Punk #2”
I Hate People
+ The Owen Guns
+ Nunchukka Superfly
+ Flowers For Jayne
+ The Dark Clouds
+ The Pingers
Marrickville Bowlo, NSW
- Dec 14
Chimers Australian Tour
DEC
15 - The Tote, Melbourne
JAN
31 - La La La’s, Wollongong
+ special guests
“Hotter Than Donut Grease Tour”
Grand Pricks
+ Dave Favours & The Roadside Ashes
+ The Tall Stories
JAN
21 - Tamworth Hotel, Tamworth
The Stranglers
50 Years In Black
2025 Australasian Tour
MAR
13 - Powerstation, Auckland. NZ
15 - Meow Nui, Wellington, NZ
16 - Christchurch Town Hall, Christchurch, NZ
19 - Enmore Theatre, Sydney
20 - The Tivoli, Brisbane
22- Forum, Melbourne
23 - The Gov, Adelaide
25 - Astor Theatre, Perth
Tickets
I-94 Bar presents
Grooveyard
+ Il Bruto
Smiths Alternative, Canberra
- Feb 7
+ The On and Ons
+ Van Ruin
(city debut)
- Feb 8
I-94 Bar presents
The Mick Medew & Ursula 4
"In The Zone"
NSW Album Launches
+ East Coast Low
+ Jupiter 5
Stag & Hunter, Mayfield
- Feb 14
+ The Dark Clouds
+ Jupiter 5
Marricville Bowling Club
- Feb 15
