Fear of Last Orders go Live
Fear of Last Orders Go Live
Hastings-based punk skiffle bar band Fear of Last Orders will be recording a new live LP on Friday 12 June, publicly, at 1200 Postcards on Queens Road. They invite all fans of live music to join them and be part of the action, and have made it clear that they welcome heckling, dancing, drinking and anything else legal that adds to the traditional barroom vibe at the heart of their live show.
Since forming over two years ago, Fear of Last Orders have established a loyal following, who have bought into their unique mixture of punk, pub rock, skiffle and rockabilly. Their first on-line release last summer was a love song to Hastings Pier, ‘The End of the Pier’, in support of the campaign to save the historic structure and bring back its glory days. Earlier this year, their first vinyl release, In the Last Chance Saloon, showcased four original songs, introducing a wider audience to their mix of high energy bangers and tales from the wrong side of the tracks.
The band’s manager, Arthur Hastings, said: “We want to capture all the energy of a Fear of Last Orders show on record, and invite our fans to be part of the whole shebang. We have been packing out venues across Hastings and this is an opportunity to thank our loyal supporters for being such a wonderful bunch.”
Band member Geoff Martin also recently launched a novel, They Smelt of Pubs. It’s set between London and Brighton, while the protagonist also looks back to the time of the Rock Against Racism festivals in East London and the rise of two-tone and The Specials. There’s a scathing honesty about the book and the injustices suffered by its (initially a little shiftless) protagonist – the brawls and the intrigues at the night-club security end of law enforcement against a drug gang, a fit-up for armed robbery, bent coppers, and pursuit to near death by neo-Nazi criminals. It’s written in an internally audible, completely authentic narrative style, and in itself is a little piece of South Coast history. “It’s widely accepted that the first working class novel was Robert Tressell’s The Ragged Trousered Philanthopists,” states Martin. “That book was written here in Hastings. More than a century later I’m proud to help keep the tradition of working class literature alive in the town.”
They Smelt of Pubs and all recordings are available from record shop Pressing and bookshop Printed Matter on Queens Road. Live recording takes place on 12 June at 1200 Postcards, Queens Road, Hastings. The fun starts at 7 pm.
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