Epidemic

Punk
Canterbury, Kent
1981 - 1991
==Band Members==
*Pete Manuel - vocals
*Steve Martin - guitar
*Patrick Murphy - bass
*Glen Keegan - drums
Later members:
*Mark Harrison - vocals
*Simon Nicholls - vocals
*Dom Clark - drums
*Matt Williamson - drums
*Simon (Thomas ?) - drums
==Info==
Epidemic were a long-running Punk band who were extremely popular in the local scene. Bassist Pat went on to form the even more long-lived Jesus Fix .
==Related Bands==
*Playground Mk II - Pat
*Jesus Fix - Pat
*A-Bomb - Dom
*The Ruins - Dom
*The Raisins - Dom
*Door Marked Summer - Dom
*Nine - Dom
*Chromosome - Dom
*Templemer - Dom
*The Shilling Whores - Dom
*Thunderhorse - Dom
*Brutus & The Conspirators - Glen
*The Craze - Matt
*Winston & The Churchills - Matt
*The Happy Accidents - Matt
*Insurrection - Mark
*Screaming Prawn Attack - Mark
==Recordings==
=== 1983 '(I've Got Those) Demolition Blues' Compilation LP ===
* Living A Lie
Released by Insane Records.
=== 1984 I'm Dead / Epidemic Split Flexi 7" (FDFS01) ===
* A. I'm Dead - Page After Page
* B. Epidemic - Necrolatry
Issued with Grim Humour #3 fanzine in Spring 1984. 1000 pressed.
=== 1988 Demo 1 ===
# U.A.D.
# Necrolatry
# Follow Me
Recorded October 1988 at Elsewhere Studio, Whitstable. Produced by John Rigg. Engineered by Rob Williams.
Line-up on this recording:
* Simon - Vocals
* Steve - Guitar
* Pat - Bass
* Dom - Drums
=== 1989 Demo 2 ===
# Bred To Fight
# Behind Locked Doors
# Your Mistake
Recorded September 1989 at Elsewhere Studio, Whitstable. Produced by John Rigg. Engineered by Rob Williams.
Line-up on this recording:
* Simon - Vocals
* Steve - Guitar
* Pat - Bass
* Simon - Drums
==Gigs==
*
*??/??/82 - Herne Bay, North Rooms (supp. Final Warning)
*10/07/82 - Lower Hardres Village Hall (+ Insurrection)
*11/09/82 - Petham, Village Hall (+ Final Warning + The Craze + Insurrection + Vomits Of Lom)
*22/10/82 - Canterbury, Art College
*13/11/82 - Whitstable, All Saints Hall (+ Blue Nuns From Venus + Mental Blockage) 
*25/02/83 - Whitfield, Archers Court Hall (supp. Veins Of Death, w/ Green Eye Bulb)
*23/04/83 - Dover, YMCA (supp. Veins Of Death )
*29/12/83 - London, 100 Club (supp. Subterfuge + Overdose)
*10/03/84 - Canterbury, Longbridge Youth Centre (supp. The Larks, with Data Zero Disco)
*29/03/84 - London, 100 Club (supp. English Dogs)
*27/07/85 - Dover, 365 Club (supp. Anti-System + Fightback + Liberty, with Atavistic )
*25/08/85 - Aylesham, Mines Not Missiles Festival (other acts incl. Test Dept)
*19/07/86 - Dover, 365 Club (supp. Fightback , with other acts incl. F.A.S.T. + Phuc-Tup  + Atavistic )
*21/08/86 - Herne Bay, North Rooms (+ Playground + Obliteration)
*05/09/86 - Folkestone, Bottoms (supp. The Veil, with Venus + Playground)
*11/10/86 - London, Wood Green, Cardboard Box (with Concrete Sox + Heresy + Pro Patria Mori + Mulch + Gut Rot + Rest In Pain + Atavistic + Active Conspiracy + Vegan Menswear)
*23/05/87 - Dover, St John's Ambulance Hall (supp. The Trees + Phuc-Tup + others)
*30/11/87 - Canterbury Uni "No More Censorship" (w/ Manifesto + Atavistic + Obliteration + Playground)
*25/01/89 - Dover, St. John's Ambulance Hall (supp. Axegrinder, with Obliteration + Tomorrow's Alcoholics + Rise)
*10/02/89 - Whitstable, Assembly Rooms (supp. Axegrinder + Obliteration) 
*13/04/90 - Folkestone, Bottoms, Hunt Sabs Benefits gig (The Skydogs + The Sheds)
*06/10/90 - Whitstable, Labour Club (+ Atavistic)
*05/04/91 - Folkestone, Bottoms (supp. The Skydogs + S.O.R.B. , with The Roaches)
Other gigs for which dates are not known:
*
*??/??/?? - Canterbury, University (supp. The Shamen)
*??/??/?? - Chatham, M.I.C. (supp. Naked )
*??/??/?? - Wimbledon, William Morris Centre
*??/??/?? - Shoreditch, Town Hall (supp. 999 + Varukers + Blitzkrieg)
*??/??/?? - London, Thames Poly (supp. Oi Polloi + Snuff)
*??/??/?? - Dover (+ Death Scream Torture Machine )