Second release by the band on the Inept Product label. A double cassette album 'Borborygmus II' contains 30 tracks.
Snatch starts missing rehearsals and is sacked. Scrubber, Banks and Baptist record two tracks Borborygmus and Label Madman at Studio 95 for what is intended to be the second single.
Determined to maintain the momentum and also breath fresh life into Intestines the decision is made to merge the three remaining Intestines with members of Illegitimate, who have become their regular support band.' Menace joins on Rhythm guitar, Paul Hurst on Bass guitar and Mike Shaw on vocals introduces the unusual practice of having two main vocalists in the band.
The merger at first appears to have revived the dynamics of the band but cracks quickly start to show. Trouble follows a gig at Poole Technical College as Menace threatens to quit after walking off stage half way through the set. Paul Hurst pulls out of the next gig in Oxford. He is replaced on bass by Dave Flanagan of the U-Boats.
Paul Hurst and Menace quit the band. In the throws of disillusion both Shaw and Harry Scrubber announce their decisions to leave the band also.
Intestines play their final gig on the 24th August. Harry, Rob, Dave and Dave Flanagan, joined on a couple of numbers by Mike Shaw, draw the curtain on the band.
Second vinyl 45 “Borborygmus” released on Inept Label. Only limited run of the single is made following demise of the band.
Intestines Live At Poole Tech Cassette is released on the Inept Label. Intestines Live At Poole Tech is released on the Inept Label.
Rob and Dave form a new band Butcher with Steve 'Snatch' Morgan.
They went on to release two singles.
Snatch sadly died in 1982.
Scrubber and Shaw continued to work together on various projects until 1983. Scrubber reappeared briefly with Ten Tall Men in 1989.
Intestines briefly come together again when Rob, Dave, Harry and Mike Shaw spend time in rehearsal studios. The sessions produce three new songs - Lowdown, This England and Western Divide but no decision is made to reform.
Several bootleg releases of Intestines appear - The 'Death by 45 - Vol 1' EP Killed by 7" is released in the USA featuring Intestines 'Anyway'.
Meanwhile Life In A Cardboard Box appears on a bootleg LP 'England Belongs To Me - Vol 3' in the UK.
Life In A Cardboard Box is Re-issued on the Sorted label .
Buy it now from davidwd@stayfree.co.uk or on e-bay
