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