Live Live Live!

Saturday the 14th July was a miserable filthy wet day in London and the crowds at Hyde Park for Bruce Springsteen were faced with a deluge. But for the Pig Ignerents it was off to Kilburn and the Good Ship - and what a great night out turned out to be - kick started by punk poet Jonny - otherwise known as Duck & Weave. The it was the Flying Kangaroo Alliance who were great - two fantastic female vocalists and some nice songs - and then at 9.30pm - us!

We had worked out our six song set was quick - and boy was it quick - we started with 'I Wont be There' followed by 'Wrong Place, Wrong Time' and then 'Call Me Irresponsible'. By now we had a good crowd and even some cheers. Then on to 'Harbour Street', quickly into 'Black Dr Martens' and then it was the last song and straight into 'Radio Interference'. We have to say a big  big thank you to John the sound guy who was really very good indeed - and another big thank you to John the promoter too - its a lovely venue with a nice cool ethos. We stayed to watch In Isolation and the Union Jackals - two more really good bands on an evening that ended up as a really fantastic first gig. And thanks to Andie for the photos and the video of 'Harbour Street' which you can see here https://vimeo.com/46963419

We had a really early start on Sunday as we had to get to Guilfest 2012 quite early - and Guilfest was only just waking up - but the good news was it was SUNNY - yes, actually HOT. That said, Guilfest 2012 was muddy, it had been raining - and it was quite an expedition to get anywhere around the main site. 

We were on the Vive Le Rock stage - headlined by the Undertones, and we were looked after at our stage by the lovely Mick, his production staff and the guys from the sound crew at Bath Uni who were great - I just wish they knew what a punk guitar should sound like! But having feared an empty tent at just past noon, suddenly just before we were about to go on, Guilfesters started appearing and as Jonah hit the first chord for 'I Wont be There' we had a reasonable sized audience - in fact as the song went on we had a rather decent and very enthusiastic audience! 

It was all over in a blur - we worked out our set was at the most 18 minutes and again ended with 'Radio Interference' - and the Stage Manager offered us more time as we had finished early (as planned!) but all good things come to an end - and we had been good and so we ended!


Onwards and upwards - who knows where next for the PIG IGNERENTS! 


Guilfest stage photos: Eddie Moriarty. 
Good Ship photos:  Andie. 





Andie's video here https://vimeo.com/46963419

See you saturday!

The Good Ship, Saturday July 14th!

Your chance to see our exclusive London date !

with In Isolation, Union Jackals,  Duck & Weave and Flying Kangaroo Alliance 

AT THE GOOD SHIP, Kilburn     just £5 on the door

Onstage 9.15  - get there for 8!

289 Kilburn High Road, London NW6 7JR. Kilburn tube and Brondesbury BR are both really close.


all aboard  ....
http://www.thegoodship.co.uk
http://www.facebook.com/goodshipkilburn
http://www.twitter.com/thegoodshipnw6

Flying Kangaroos at http://www.myspace.com/flyingkangarooalliance

In Isolation here http://www.myspace.com/inisolationband

Union Jackals at http://www.myspace.com/unionjackals

Bus routes 98 and 16 (from Central London), 31 (from Camden), 31 and 328 (West Lond0n) and 32 and 189 and 328 (North Lond0n)

Guilfest here we come!

We are playing on the Viva le Rock stage at Guilfest on Sunday July 15th - on nice and early at 12.00 ! The Stage is headlined by The Undertones and other acts playing that day include Sharks, Chords UK and Levi Roots - Ash and Dodgy on the Good Time stage, and Bryan Ferry on the main stage! Other bands featured over the weekend include Buzzcocks, The Beat and TV Smith.

More at http://www.guilfest.co.uk/index.php

Our track listing for Guilfest 2012 is this:

RADIO INTERFERENCE
I WON'T BE THERE
WRONG PLACE, WRONG TIME
CALL ME IRRESPONSIBLE
HARBOUR STREET
BLACK DR MARTENS

The Ignerents - blogs and news

You can read more about the history of The Ignerents at http://www.theignerents.blogspot.co.uk/. 


Another websites that feature the band include Bored Teenagers at http://www.boredteenagers.co.uk/ignerents.htm 


and even more at Punk 77 http://www.punk77.co.uk/groups/ignerents.htm .

A new beginning

At the beginning of 2012 Ben decided to reform a version of the Ignerents as the Pig Ignerents and enlisted Jord Kewen on bass and Jonah Baldwin on guitar. At the last minute Heather Britton stepped in on drums for the band's first rehearsals in London. 


The band were due to launch their new look at the last Jubilee punk festival in Bath over the Diamond Jubilee weekend but this was cancelled,  and the launch was postponed to the 15th July on the Viva le Rock stage at Guilfest along with the likes of Buzzcocks, The Undertones, Goldblade, The Ramonas, The Beat and TV Smith. More at http://www.guilfest.co.uk/index.php

The Ignerents 1970 - 1980

The Ignerents formed in Whitstable, Kent, in 1977 with Steve Harris on guitar, Chris Harris on bass, Stan Gretsch on drums and Mark Leighton on guitar. Ben Challis joined the band as vocalist three days before their first gig which was in a local church hall on April 16th 1977. Mark Leighton didn’t last that long and the band continued to play live and record and produced demos for Step Forward Records and the band recorded and released their first single Radio Interference b/w Wrong Place Wrong Time on Ace Records in 1979. Stan died in 1981 and the band released a single (Platform 5 b/w The Trouble With You) as the Beekeepers with Nick Appleton joining as a second guitarist. Chris died in 1994 and the remaining band members performed a tribute concert that year and Ben and Steve compiled a full album (Woodbines, Tears and Jealousy) in 1997 featuring 14 Ignerents’ tracks, many unreleased.









The Ignerents Discography:

1979 RADIO INTERFERENCE B/W WRONG PLACE WRONG TIME

ACE RECORDS

1980 HARBOUR STREET, I WON'T BE THERE

ON FIRST OFFENDERS, COMPILATION, CRIMINAL RECORDS

1981 PLATFORM 5 B/W THE TROUBLE WITH YOU (AS THE BEEKEEPERS)

RUNDOWN RECORDS

1994 WRONG PLACE WRONG TIME

ON BACK TO FRONT VOL IV INCOGNITO RECORDS

1997 WOODBINES, TEARS AND JEALOUSY

Radio Interference

I Won't Be There

Wrong Place Wrong Time

Call Me Irresponsible

Harbour Street

Commuter Zone

Rundown

Black Doctor Martens

I Like You

Collector's Item

You're So Stupid

Uganda Calling

The Trouble With You

Woodbines, Tears & Jealousy

RUNDOWN RECORDS

1997 RADIO INTERFERENCE and WRONG PLACE, WRONG TIME on RAW AND RARE VOL 1 

(R+R 001)

2002 CALL ME IRRESPONSIBLE

ON PUNKS, SKINS AN RUDEBOYS NOW VOLUME III, COMPILATION, GARAZ MAGAZINE

You can buy Woodbines Tears & Jealousy here http://www.detour-records.co.uk/punk.htm and you can listen online to five tracks here  http://pl.ayli.st/The+Ignerents