Gran Fan Aiden Naughton has sourced more photos for us. Blues Band S.A.L.T. appeared 6 times between June 1976 and May 1978 and are pictured here backstage at the club prior to one of their Gran gigs.

Rock band WEAPON played at the club twice, Saturday 10th January 1981 and Saturday 8th August 1981. One picture shows them with Les Pearce who, about this time, had moved up from door man to club manager.

Photographs have come to light showing members of “Discipline” at the Granary a few hours before their appearance on Thursday 5th May 1981. This was a warm up gig before their major tour. The band included Robert Fripp ex-King Crimson and Bill Bruford ex-Yes. Three weeks after the Granary gig they changed the name back to King Crimson. Photos show Robert Fripp and Bill Bruford. Our thanks to Gran Fan Aidan Naughton for alerting us to the photographs.

Graffiti includes band names Budgie, Warbeck, Bronz, Lautrec, Hitmen, Sam Apple Pie, Stilettos, Loose Change, Blitz, Abrasive Wheels and Overkill.

GRANARY PUNK ON PUNK GLOBE

Those of you who frequented the Granary during the Eighties will remember that punk rock was featured alongside the club’s staple diet of heavy rock. Recently Al was interviewed by “Rotten Jonny” of “Punk Globe” internet magazine who also reviewed the Granary book. Please visit the web site to read both the review and the interview and also take time to explore the many interesting features about punk past and present.

May edition of Punk Globe

The BBC TV “Inside Out West”programme that included a feature on the Granary Club Reunited was on BBC ONE in the West on Wednesday 28th January 2009. Our sincere thanks go to Jenny Walmsey (Producer), Derek Catterall (Editor) and Richard Clutterbuck (Cameraman) who did a superb job of capturing the essence of what made the Granary famous and the enjoyment of the club’s reunited events. The feature included rare footage of the Stranglers live at the Granary inNovember 1981, Stackridge live at the Trinity in December 2008 and Plastic Dog founder members Mike Tobin and Ed Newsom recently returning to the Granary to see how it had been transformed into apartments. There was some great footage of everyone at the Granareunited event commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the first Granary rock gig at the Golden Lion in December 2008. DJs Ade Copley and Adrian Coleman are there doing their thing along with many members reminding us that the Granary was the place to be seen back in the ’glory days’. And Al is caught complaining bitterly that he is going to miss the better part of the evening after doing some serious damage to his person in a fall.  However, Al had recovered enough a few weeks later to provide the voice-over for the feature.If you missed it go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/insideout/west/and click on ‘Granary video’. There is also a Granary Gallery with loads of memorable Granary photos and graphics. This is the Granary feature only.You can also go to BBC iplayer and search out BBC One West / Inside Out West / 28th Jan 2009. This will be the whole programme