Crispy Ambulance Gigography

Crispy Ambulance Live Performances

a work in progress

I am greatly indebted to Nick Blakey, James Nice, John Cooper at Cerysmatic, and countless others for providing me the material for which to compile this listing. And of course, to Crispy Ambulance themselves! More information regarding their performances can be found on their site. Listing is based on Alan Hempsall's 1983 list, with corrections, additions, and emendations as needed. Venues listed without the city name are in the Greater Manchester Area.



1978-01-24     Spurley Hey Youth Club  (DEBUT gig)

		      ...Feedback Phase

1978-02-08     Spurley Hey School Dance


1978-02-12     Levenshulme Community Centre


1978-03-10     Levenshulme Community Centre


1978-06-07     The Phoenix


1978-07-16     Band On The Wall


1978-07-25     Deeply Vale Free Festival


1978-07-29     Ashton Town Hall


1978-09-19     Band On The Wall  (with Manchester Mekon and Creation)


1978-09-30     Lesser Free Trade Hall  (with Aqua and Avalon)


1979-02-13     Band On The Wall


1979-02-22     Manchester Grammar School


1979-02-28     The Phoenix

        	      The Reckoning (cut)
        	      Men Of Responsibility
        	      The Moderator
        	      Open My Eyes
        	      Words
        	      Just Don't Waste Me
        	      Straight Life
        	      Monday Concentration Camp
			--
        	      The Family (cut)

		      Earlist known full setlist, consisting of a pre-Factory songs otherwise completely
		      unreleased, as documented by Craig Wood.  The third song that was marked 'unknown' 
		      is actually the end section to "Men Of Responsibility".

1979-05-05     UMIST (Deeply Vale Benefit)


1979-05-23     Hazel Grove Youth Club


1979-07-13     The Factory  (with Joy Division)


1979-07-17     Band On The Wall  (with The Liggers and The Enigma)


1979-08-26     Leigh Open Air Festival ('Zoo Meets Factory Halfway')


1979-08-28     Oldham Towers Club

		      The Moderator
	              Concrete (mistakenly labelled "Open My Eyes")
		      Raw Injury
		      Dance of the Leper
		      Motorway Boys
		      From The Cradle To The Grave
		      Suzie's In Fragments

		      Unknown additional song not on circulating source.

1979-08-29     The Factory

		      Open My Eyes
		      unknown
		      unknown
		      unknown
		      Motorway Boys 
		      From The Cradle To The Grave
		      Suzie's In Frangments

		      Suzie's In Fragments appears on 'The Blue and Yellow Of The Yacht Club' (tape)

1979-10-03     The Phoenix


1979-11-19     Cyprus Tavern  (with Vibrant Thigh)


1980-03-06     Elizabeth Gaskell College  (with The Passage)

		      The Perfect Day...

1980-03-16     Cyprus Tavern  (with Flame)

		      No Surrender...

1980-05-18     Cyprus Tavern  (with The Spurtz, and Louise and Friends)

		      Opening Theme...

1980-05-21     Mr Pickwicks, Liverpool  (with The Fall)


1980-07-04     The Millstone

		      The Presence...

1980-07-16     Piccadilly Radio Session, Pennine Sound Studios, Oldham

		      The Presence
		      A Sense Of Reason
		      Concorde Square
		      Eastern Bloc

1980-07-27     Cyprus Tavern

		      Concorde Square
		      Deaf
		      The Presence (instrumental)
		      Suzie's In Fragments
		      A Sense Of Reason
		      Eastern Bloc	
		      Not What I Expected

1980-09-20     The Millstone

		      3 Minutes From The Frontline...

		      Poster

1980-09-22     Jr's Place Bar, Blackpool  (with Section 25)


1980-09-25     Mona Hotel, Liverpool


1980-12-05     The Millstone

		     Drug User/Drug Pusher
		     Come On
		     Hells Bells
		     Deaf
		     Flight 14
		     Double Flashback
		     New Violence
		     Brilliant Vision
		     The Presence
		     October 31st
			      
1980-12-19     Rochdale College (with New Order and Foreign Press)

		     Opening Theme
		     Brilliant Vision
		     The Presence
		     Come On
		     Motorway Boys
		     Double Flashback
		     New Violence
		     October 31st
		     Suzie's In Fragments
		     Drug User/Drug Pusher

1981-01-01     The ICA, London  (with The Passage and Biting Tongues)

		     Egypt
   		     Come On
   		     Drug User/Drug Pusher
   		     New Violence
   		     Batman/Dracula
   		     Hells Bells
   		     Deaf
   		     The Presence
   		     From The Cradle To The Grave
   		     October 31st

1981-01-02     Porterhouse, Retford  (with New Order)

		     Deaf
		     A Sense Of Reason
		     Flight 14
		     Come On
		     October 31st
		     Drug User/Drug Pusher
		     Concorde Square
		     The Presence/New Violence
		     From The Cradle To The Grave
		     Batman/Dracula

1981-01-08     Fan Club, Leeds

		     From The Cradle To The Grave...
		     Deaf...
		     Violence...

1981-01-12     BBC Radio One, John Peel Session

		     Come On
		     Drug User/Drug Pusher
		     October 31st
		     Egypt

1981-01-24     Rock Garden, Middlesbrough  (with New Order)

		     There had been some question about the dating of this show.  New Order gigography detail entry


1981-02-26     The Millstone

		     Rain Without Clouds
        	     Batman/Dracula
        	     Drug User/Drug Pusher
        	     She's A Gas
        	     Flight 14
        	     Come On
        	     The Presence/New violence
        	     October 31st
        	     Coming Home

		     For some reason, this show was missing from the original list.

1981-03-08     Cyprus Tavern  (with Beach Surgeon)

		     Rain Without Clouds...

1981-03-17     Piccadilly Radio Interview


1981-03-21     Hearty Goodfellows, Nottingham


1981-03-31     Rock Garden, London

		     Rain Without Clouds
		     Concorde Square
		     She's A Gas
		     Opus Dei
		     Drug User/Drug Pusher
	     	     October 31st
		     Batman/Dracula
		     Get Out Of The Way

		     There is some question if this show actually toke place on 1981-03-30.

1981-06-20     Manchester Polytechnic (with Killing Joke)


1981-07-24     Holy Family Church Hall, Failsworth


1981-09-22     Ad-Lib Club, Nottingham


1981-09-23     Old Bell Hotel, Derby


1981-10-23     Bradford University (with New Order)

		     Bardo Plane
		     Chill
		     Federation
		     The Wind Season
		     Travel Time
		     Are You Ready?

1981-11-16     North Hykeham Memorail Hall, Lincoln  (with Total Strangers)

		     Nightfall Ends The Ceasefire
                     Black Death (Life Is Knife)
                     Chill
                     Travel Time
        	     At The Sounding Of The Klaxon
        	     The Plateau Phase
        	     Bardo Plane
        	     Grid Reference
        	     Are You Ready?

1981-11-28     Lancester Polytechnic, Coventry

		     At The Sounding Of The Klaxon
		     Federation
		     Nightfall Ends The Ceasefire
		     Chill
		     I Talking/You Talking
		     The Wind Season
		     Black Death (Life Is Knife)
		     The Plateau Phase
		     Are You Ready?
	
1981-12-16     The Circus/Boulevard Theatre, London (with Section 25)

		     Nightfall Ends The Ceasefire
		     United...

1982-01-08     Effenaar, Eindhoven, Holland (with Section 25)

		     Bardo Plane... 

1982-01-09     OJC, Hulst, Holland (with Section 25)


1982-01-10     Melkweg, Amsterdam, Holland (with Section 25)

		     The Presence
		     Federation
		     Brutal
		     Headhunters
		     Sexus
		     Black Death (Life Is Knife)
		     Chill
		     Are You Ready?

1982-01-13     Zeche, Bochum, Germany, (with Section 25)

		     Travel Time
		     Nightfall Ends The Ceasefire
		     Federation
		     At The Sounding Of The Klaxon
		     I Talking/You Talking
		     Headhunters
		     The Plateau Phase
		     Concorde Square
		     Eastern Bloc	

1982-01-14     Art & Buffet, Brussels, Belgium (with Section 25)

		     The Presence
		     Chill
		     Rainforest Ritual
		     Wind Season
		     Deaf
		     Brutal
		     The Pleateau Phase

		     'Deaf', 'Brutal', and 'The Plateau Phase' appear on Fin.

1982-01-15     De Gigant, Apeldoorn, Holland (with Section 25)


1982-01-16     Doornroosje, Nijmegen, Holland (with Section 25)

		     Get You Back
                     The Wind Season
                     Nightfall Ends The Ceasefire
                     The Presence
                     Black Death (Life Is Knife)
                     At The Sound Of The Klaxon
                     The Plateau Phase
		
1982-01-17     Vera, Groningen, Holland (with Section 25)

		     Rainforest Ritual
		     Are You Ready?
		     Sexus
    		     Headhunters
		     Chill
		     Brutal
		     Travel Time
		     We Move Through The Plateau Phase
		     ---
		     Federation

		     'Headhunters' appears on Frozen Blood and 'Rainforest Ritual' appears on Fin.

1982-03-27     No Name Cafe, Corwen, Wales


1982-05-06     The Venue, London (with Section 25)

		     Are You Ready?
		     Say Shake
		     Choral
		     Chill
		     Frozen Blood
		     The Wind Season
		     The Poison
		     The Plateau Phase

		     'Frozen Blood' appears on Frozen Blood and 'Choral' appears on Fin.

1982-05-14     U.M.I.S.T.  (with China Crisis)

		     Say Shake
		     Sexus
		     Travel Time
		     Choral
		     Frozen Blood
	    	     Are You Ready?
		     The Plateau Phase
		     The Poison

1982-05-22     Porterhouse, Retford  (with Section 25)

		     Choral
		     Federation
		     The Grind
		     Frozen Blood
		     The Poison
		     Chill
		     The Plateau Phase
		     Say Shake

1982-10-13     Ad-Lib Club, Nottingham  (final show for 17 years)  (with Metamorphosis)

		     Cult
		     Turnbuckle
		     The Gift Of Danger
		     Say Shake
		     Hollow Points
		     Lucifer Rising
		     Open, Gates Of Fire

1999-11-05     Band On The Wall  (first reunion show)

		     Are You Ready?
		     Deaf
		     Come On
	  	     Federation
		     Travel Time
		     The Presence
		     Lucifer Rising
		     Choral
		     Nightfall Ends The Ceasefire
	  	     The Plateau Phase
		     United 
		     Say Shake
		     Open, Gates Of Fire
		     --
		     Sound Block

2002-10-26     Band On The Wall

		     Step Up!...
		     End Game...
 
2002-11-08     WCMU University Of Maryland

		     Quarter Caste
		     Loupgarou
		     The Presence
		     Deaf
		     Chimera
		     Metal Grey
		     End Game
		     Say Shake

2002-11-09     Paradise Lounge, Boston

		     Quarter Caste
		     Metal Grey
		     Deaf
		     The Presence
		     new 2
		     Say Shake
		     ? (Alan repeatedly sang "Keep smashing away...")
		     new 3
			
2002-11-10     Knitting Factory, New York City

		     ...Deaf
		     The Presence
		     Say Shake
		     Chimera
		     The Drop
		     Open, Gates Of Fire
		     The Plateau Phase

2003-05-29     ICA, London  (with Biting Tongues)


2004-06-26     Beech Rd Summer Festival, Chorlton-Cum-Hardy

		     Heatwave
		     Quarter Caste
		     Loupgarou
		     Evil Eye
		     Any Second Now
		     Four Line Whip
		     Chimera
		     Say Shake
		     End Game
	
2007-12-08     Sub Space Bar, Manchester

		     Quarter Caste
		     Loopgarou
		     Evil Eye
		     Deaf
		     Heatwave
		     Chimera
		     Lucifer Rising
	             The Drop
		     End Game
		     Open Gates Of Fire
		     The Plateau Phase

2007-12-15     Plan K, Brussels  (A Factory Night, Once Again, with Peter Hook, Section 25, 
	                          The Wake, The Names, and Kevin Hewick)

		     Quarter Caste
		     Evil Eye
		     Deaf
		     The Presence
		     Chimera
		     Lucifer Rising
		     Travel Time
		     The Plateau Phase
		     Open, Gates Of Fire

Crispy Ambulance Live Performances

1978-01-24 Spurley Hey Youth Club (DEBUT gig)

1978-02-08 Spurley Hey School Dance

1978-02-12 Levenshulme Community Centre

1978-03-10 Levenshulme Community Centre

1978-06-07 The Phoenix

1978-07-16 Band On The Wall

1978-07-25 Deeply Vale Free Festival

1978-07-29 Ashton Town Hall

1978-09-19 Band On The Wall (with Manchester Mekon and Creation)

1978-09-30 Lesser Free Trade Hall (with Aqua and Avalon)

1979-02-13 Band On The Wall

1979-02-22 Manchester Grammar School

1979-02-28 The Phoenix

1979-05-05 UMIST (Deeply Vale Benefit)

1979-05-23 Hazel Grove Youth Club

1979-07-13 The Factory (with Joy Division)

1979-07-17 Band On The Wall (with The Liggers and The Enigma)

1979-08-26 Leigh Open Air Festival ('Zoo Meets Factory Halfway')

1979-08-28 Oldham Towers Club

1979-08-29 The Factory

1979-10-03 The Phoenix

1979-11-19 Cyprus Tavern (with Vibrant Thigh)

1980-03-06 Elizabeth Gaskell College (with The Passage)

1980-03-16 Cyprus Tavern (with Flame)

1980-05-18 Cyprus Tavern (with The Spurtz, and Louise and Friends)

1980-05-21 Mr Pickwicks, Liverpool (with The Fall)

1980-07-04 The Millstone

1980-07-16 Piccadilly Radio Session, Pennine Sound Studios, Oldham

1980-07-27 Cyprus Tavern

1980-09-20 The Millstone

1980-09-22 Jr's Place Bar, Blackpool (with Section 25)

1980-09-25 Mona Hotel, Liverpool

1980-12-05 The Millstone

1980-12-19 Rochdale College (with New Order and Foreign Press)

1981-01-01 The ICA, London (with The Passage and Biting Tongues)

1981-01-02 Porterhouse, Retford (with New Order)

1981-01-08 Fan Club, Leeds

1981-01-12 BBC Radio One, John Peel Session

1981-01-24 Rock Garden, Middlesbrough (with New Order)

1981-02-26 The Millstone

1981-03-08 Cyprus Tavern (with Beach Surgeon)

1981-03-17 Piccadilly Radio Interview

1981-03-21 Hearty Goodfellows, Nottingham

1981-03-31 Rock Garden, London

1981-06-20 Manchester Polytechnic (with Killing Joke)

1981-07-24 Holy Family Church Hall, Failsworth

1981-09-22 Ad-Lib Club, Nottingham

1981-09-23 Old Bell Hotel, Derby

1981-10-23 Bradford University (with New Order)

1981-11-16 North Hykeham Memorail Hall, Lincoln (with Total Strangers)

1981-11-28 Lancester Polytechnic, Coventry

1981-12-16 The Circus/Boulevard Theatre, London (with Section 25)

1982-01-08 Effenaar, Eindhoven, Holland (with Section 25)

1982-01-09 OJC, Hulst, Holland (with Section 25)

1982-01-10 Melkweg, Amsterdam, Holland (with Section 25)

1982-01-13 Zeche, Bochum, Germany, (with Section 25)

1982-01-14 Art & Buffet, Brussels, Belgium (with Section 25)

1982-01-15 De Gigant, Apeldoorn, Holland (with Section 25)

1982-01-16 Doornroosje, Nijmegen, Holland (with Section 25)

1982-01-17 Vera, Groningen, Holland (with Section 25)

1982-03-27 No Name Cafe, Corwen, Wales

1982-05-06 The Venue, London (with Section 25)

1982-05-14 U.M.I.S.T. (with China Crisis)

1982-05-22 Porterhouse, Retford (with Section 25)

1982-10-13 Ad-Lib Club, Nottingham (final show for 17 years) (with Metamorphosis)

1999-11-05 Band On The Wall (first reunion show)

2002-10-26 Band On The Wall

2002-11-08 WCMU University Of Maryland

2002-11-09 Paradise Lounge, Boston

2002-11-10 Knitting Factory, New York City

2003-05-29 ICA, London (with Biting Tongues)

2004-06-26 Beech Rd Summer Festival, Chorlton-Cum-Hardy

2007-12-08 Sub Space Bar, Manchester

2007-12-15 Plan K, Brussels (A Factory Night, Once Again, with Peter Hook, Section 25, The Wake, The Names, and Kevin Hewick)