“Never again shall I believe, never again shall they deceive”
With little in the way of prospects in the UK seaside resort town of Bournemouth, England - four friends Rob “Banks”, Dave “John the Baptist”, Dale Clarke and Harry “Scrubber” leave school and form a band, Intestines.
The name is chosen because "It was the only thing we had in common".
They set about putting music to Scrubbers lyrics. With no formal musical know-how - Dave can play a few Beatles songs on guitar - it’s an uphill struggle. They begin to develop their own style of raucous, throw away punk rock.
First live performance. Discussions held with Alternative Capitalists record label about releasing some of the bands material. Dale Clarke leaves to take up a career with the Royal Air Force.
Sid Bladder (real name Adrian Jenkinson?) joins on Bass guitar to replace Clarke. Sid can't play but is welcomed into the band for entertainment value alone
'Inept Tour' begins with Intestines supported by five other local bands. After the one gig the 'tour' lives up to it's billing and collapses.
Life In a Cardboard Box, New Recruit and Anyway recorded at Studio 95.
Alternative Capitalists release a various artists cassette 'Illigitimi Non Carbonori' including live recordings of Intestines' Life In a Cardboard Box, Rich and Family at War.
The band release a Cassette Album 'Borborygmus' on their own label 'Inept Products'. It contains 15 live tracks of dubious sound quality.(Borborygmus is the medical term for flatulence in the intestines)
Sid Bladder quits the band. He goes to live in Amsterdam "Where the drugs are cheaper".
Richard Jones joins on Bass Guitar. Like Sid he can't play. A regular feature at Intestines gigs photographing the band Jones uses his local media contacts to step up the profile of the band.
Another Cassette album release by Alternative Capitalists “No More Kitchen Cooking” includes Intestines tracks Wet Paint, Repressed and Alternative Capitalist.
Struggling to get high profile gigs the band hit upon the idea of "Promoting" gigs under the Inept banner. They book the up and coming outfit Piranhas,who are touring to promote their new single Tom Hark, for next to nothing. Intestines are the support act. In the meantime Tom Hark rockets to number one in the UK charts and Intestines get to support the number one act in the country before nearly 1,500 people. Trouble erupts though. The venue was only licensed to hold 700 people and sales exceeded capacity.
Intestines support chart hits the UK Subs at the Stateside Centre, Bournemouth.
Richard Jones is sacked from the band after relations between him and Scrubber become strained.
Life in a Cardboard Box single is released on Alternative Capitalist Label.
Steve 'Snatch' Morgan joins the band from The Rabies. His ability on the bass guitar is a major boost to the band.
Radio One air play for Life In a Cardboard Box.
