The Members w/ Run the Program, Dany Laj & the Looks

Thursday. October 17th – The Members, Run the Program, Dany Laj and the Looks – $20.00 tickets – doors 8:00pm

THE HISTORY OF THE MEMBERS
Formed in Surrey, England, in the summer of 1977, the Members played at the Roxy and all the other Punk clubs on the london circuit..Their first single Solitary confinement was released on Stiff records in 1978 and is now a collectors item, they then signed to Virgin Records Their first Virgin single, The Sound of the Suburbs, was a British Top Ten Hit selling 250,000 copies in 3 months (it has since sold 1,000,000 copies), Their debut LP, At the Chelsea Nightclub was listed as one of the top 20 punk Lp’s by record collector. In 1983 they moved to Martin Rushents Electro/80’s Label Genetic to record to the classic Uprhythm, Downbeat Album broadening their sound with horns. Working Girl from that album was a huge hit in the USA. Radio was a No1 record in other territories including Australia. During the 80’s the Members toured endlessly across north America experiencing the elation of huge shows in New York and Los Angeles.

FROM 70’s PUNK to 80’s ELECTRO POP to FILM MUSIC AND BACK AGAIN
Since reforming in 2007 The Members have re-established themselves as one of the best bands from the Punk and Post Punk Period, the Current (2019) Line up of JC Carroll, Chris Payne, Nick Cash and Calle Engelmarc have played prestigious shows at the isle of wight and Glastonbury Festivals, toured the World released three albums and played hundreds of Shows, for three years legend of the Damned Rat Scabies was behind the kit..The bands songwriter guitarist JC Carroll is an accomplished Multiinstrumentalist and Film Composer he has played accordian for Marlon Bardo and Johnny Depp and written movie scores for Julien Temple as well as recording his own solo work. , Bass Player and Singer Chris Paynes Reggae Bass style has shaped the Band since 1977 and Fad Gadget Drummer Nick Cash has been a constant, collaborator, friend and supporter for over 15 years.

Since 2009 Band have recorded three studio Albums and two live albums. The latest record being “Version” an album of interpretations commissioned by Cleopatra Records in the USA and released in July 2019.

Official Website www.themembers.co.uk
facebook https://www.facebook.com/TheMembersOfficial/ twitter https://twitter.com/MembersThe
Wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Members`