Nancy's Place

Experimental / Post-Punk / Industrial
Romney Marsh
early 1985 to present
==Band Members==
*L. D. McBride (vocals, instruments)
*Andy H. (vocals, instruments)
*Dave Jones (DJ) (bass, vocals)
*Paul Jones (drums)
*Troy Glover-Smith (drums)
Occasional other musicians contribute to live performances.
==Info==
Formed initially as a recording project by L.D. McBride and Andy H. in 1985, Nancy's Place's existence has seen them play relatively few times, less than 20 performances over more than 20 years. The phenomenal amount of recorded material they have bequeathed (estimated at well over 100 hours) delves into the dark, disturbing world of the human psyche, invoking comparisons with Post-Punk and Industrial acts such as Throbbing Gristle, Swans, Death In June and Joy Division. Pounding primal songs are interspersed with morbid poetry, unsettling textures, drones and found sounds.
Nancy's Place's rare live performances have become the stuff of cult legend in the local scene, the twisted undercurrents of the music being accompanied by some form of visual performance from McBride. Potted plants, flour, umbrellas, sex-dolls and chocolate cake have all featured in latter-day gigs. The guitarists all play with their backs to the audience, and a continuous backing tape drone gives rise to the misconception that they only play one song per performance. Sets invariably end with the track "Jesus Rising", an unholy accusatory assault driven by a primitive ritualistic beat from the two drummers.
Much more info can be found on their MySpace site .
==Related Bands==
*Dog Ugly - DJ
*The Soft Verges - Andy, DJ
*Pornocop - Andy, DJ
*Nil By Mouth - Andy, DJ
*Surgery Without Research - Andy, DJ, Paul
*Balbulus - Andy
*Trauma Doll - DJ
*Tragic Millennium - Andy
*The Lykes Of Yew - DJ
*The Warriors - Andy
*Medmenham - DJ, Paul
==Recordings==
Nancy's Place's @ Discogs
Nancy's Place Bandcamp
==Gigs==
The following is a complete list of every Nancy's Place live performance to date:
* 03/12/88 - Folkestone, Bottoms
*25/04/90 - Folkestone, Heroes
*22/02/91 - Folkestone, Bottoms
*27/07/91 - Hythe, Greenpeace Festival
*19/06/92 - Lewes, All Saints Church
*28/03/97 - Folkestone, Bottoms
*05/07/97 - Brighton, Free Butt
*25/07/98 - Folkestone, Labour Hall
*24/07/99 - Folkestone, Labour Hall
*17/04/02 - Canterbury, Art College
*10/08/02 - Folkestone, Harp Club
*13/12/02 - Folkestone, Harp Club (+ Einsteifen ?)
*26/07/03 - Folkestone, Harp Club (+ Lambda Sond )
*12/03/04 - Folkestone, Harp Club (+ The Clits Of Oris )
*15/07/10 - Margate, West Coast Bar (+ Jesus Fix + Tragic Millennium )
*17/07/10 - Folkestone, Bar Below (+ Jesus Fix + Tragic Mllennium + Open Wrist Exile )
*08/04/11 - Folkestone, Bar Below (+ Jesus Fix + The Lykes Of Yew + Balbulus )
*25/10/14 - Folkestone, Quaterhouse (+ other acts inc. Warrior Squares, Flange Zoo, Hand Of Stabs)
*24/06/17 - Folkestone, Harp Club (+ The Hose + Flange Zoo)
*11/02/18 - Hastings, Print Works (+ Colden Drystone + Map 71 + Ariadne's Labyrinth + Punctured Corpse)
*03/03/18 - Folkestone, Harp Club (+ Surgery Without Research + Dekadance)