Television Personalities
Greenock Subterraneans
From September 1986 until May 1987, Paul Barr, Thomas Taft and Chris Davidson ran a club called Subterraneans in Greenock, Scotland. It was held in the basement of the Melrose pub in the Barr's Cottage area of the town. They attracted some well-known acts of the day, including The Pastels, Felt, Nikki Sudden, the Weather Prophets, Marc Riley and the Creepers, the Jasmine Minks and of course, Television Personalities.
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Television Personalities 13 Dec 86 Greenock Subterraneans lineup December 1986 Television Personalities 13 Dec 86
Greenock Subterraneans lineup December 1986 Television Personalities 13 Dec 86 Greenock Subterraneans lineup January 1987
Thanks to Paul Barr and Chris Davidson for the scans.
There are more flyers at the Tangents website.
There's information about gigs at the Bay Hotel in Gourock at the BeatClub website.
SUBTERRANEANS: The Final Report
Pos Group Support Date Attendance
1 THE PASTELS THE GROOVY LITTLE NUMBERS MAR 87 182
2 FELT THE SUBMARINES JAN 87 161
3 TELEVISION PERSONALITIES - DEC 86 157
4 THE WEATHER PROPHETS DAVID WESTLAKE & THE ORKNEYS MAY 87 152
5 BMX BANDITS REMEMBER FUN DEC 86 144
6 THE BRILLIANT CORNERS - JAN 87 136
7 THE CLOUDS (2nd Time) THE CHESTERFIELDS FEB 87 135
8 THE SOUP DRAGONS REMEMBER FUN OCT 86 132
9 NIKKI SUDDEN AND THE JACOBITES - JAN 87 122
10 THE CLOUDS - NOV 86 115
11 THE MINDPIPES - SEP 86 113
12= MARC RILEY & THE CREEPERS THE TRIBE OF BENN APR 87 104
12= RAZORCUTS - JAN 87 104
14 FREIGHT TRAIN THE NEXT PROJECTED SOUND OCT 86 97
15 THE DRAGSTERS - FEB 87 95
16 1000 VIOLINS THE SHERBET TAMBOURINES &
A RIOT OF COLOUR		 FEB 87 91
17= THE JASMINE MINKS - DEC 86 87
17= THE CHESTERFIELDS - NOV 86 87
17= THE BEEVILLE HIVE FIVE - NOV 86 87
20 McCARTHY THIS POISON APR 87 86
21 BIFF, BANG, POW! THE SURF DRUMS MAR 87 80
22 THE SHERBET TAMBOURINES - DEC 86 76
23 CLOSE LOBSTERS THE CHURCH GRIMMS FEB 87 74
24 AC TEMPLE KILGOURE TROUT OCT 86 71
25 THE MINDPIPES (2nd Time) - DEC 86 70
26 THE WISHING STONES BOOM OPERATOR NOV 86 64
27 THE JASMINE MINKS (2nd Time) - FEB 87 58
28 THE ROUNDABOUTS THE CATERAN DEC 86 55
29 THE HARDY BOYS - NOV 86 47
30 THE THANES GREEN TELESCOPE MAR 87 41
Gig facts and figures supplied by Paul Barr.
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