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Time & Location
12 Dec 2024, 19:00
Southampton, Brunswick Square, Southampton SO14 3AR, UK
About The Event
UK SUBS
2024 marks the U.K. Subs’ 47th anniversary of the band & will see Charlie Harper reach his 80th birthday on 25th May ! This legendary punk band continues to represent the true spirit of punk rock. Inspired by the Damned at the birth of British Punk, the now equally legendary Charlie Harper formed the Subs out of his then R&B outfit The Marauders, circa summer 1977.
Starting out as The Subversives, the name was shortened to The Subs and then changed to U.K. Subs, whilst early line-ups merged their high-speed R&B sound into punk. October 1977 saw Charlie joined by Nicky Garratt on guitar, and it was the Harper/Garratt song writing partnership that would go on to collaborate on the band's most successful record releases.
Through 1977 and 1978 the band played shows all over London including the infamous Roxy punk club, building up a fiercely loyal and…