Back in 2005/6 DJ Adam started off ‘Punk & Ska @ the Gallows’(John Bright St, Birmingham) as a weekly night playing the best in ska, punk and reggae. DJ Adam, shared the decks with the impecciably mannered DJ SMIJ . Together they took over Wednesday nights and soon began putting on shows featuring bands such as Mouthguard, Drongos For Europe, Self inflicted, The Cunts, Vigilante, Kamikaze Sperm, Jessi Eastfield to name but a few.However, in November 2006, something inexplicably terrible happened. Edwards No 8/Gallows fell victim to an arsonist attack rendering the night obsolete.
Things lay dormant until May 2007 when Mark Detrimental (pushed on by the brainpower that is the lovely Mel aka Miss Siren) decided to do what hadn't been done before - restart the night!
So here we are now, at the end of Summer 2007, with a new night – ‘PUNK & SKA AT SCRUFFYS’ (genious name!), to be hosted downstairs at Scruffys every month.
Every month DJ SMIJ will be playing Punk (everything from OI to Pop), Ska, Rockabilly/Psychobilly, Reggae and if your bloody lucky some hip hop. Most importantly, we like to play small and local bands. And if you want anything played, bring some CDs along.
Here comes the cheesy part: the opening night was great. It was cool to see so many people but really we can’t do this without you. We need to leave something for the future generations of Brum punk rock sprogs. This night belongs to us all…so get off your ass and come share a pint.
(Also, as our punk rock mission, we’ll also try and keep you updated about shows that are happening around Brum. Apologies in advance if this page doesn’t get updated too often or if we don’t reply to messages/comments right away, as we have a lot of stuff going on.)
