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The Gonads first formed in 1976 out of the remnants of Pink Tent, a seriously nutty group of teenage rock and Monty Python fans with situationist ideas above their station. We got together at school in Lee, South East London in 1970 and sstarted writing comedy sketches, then graduated into a sub-Dr Feelgood boogie band playing mate’s houses, parties and pubs. There were a few Gumbie-inspired street happenings outside the Tigers Head which are best forgotten.

The original Gonads played a few pub gigs in Charlton, which is where guitarist Clyde Ward joins the story, and released Beachcomber on our own Scrotum label before breaking up in early 1978. The tracks referred to in the mythology are all actual songs.

When the Gonads reformed three years later they were just Gal and whoever happened to be around and up for a laugh. Steve Kent co-wrote most of the early stuff with Garry, Mark ‘Captain Oi’ Brennan was a frequent Gonads offender.

Our first recorded track was Tucker’s Ruckers on Carry On Oi, followed by the Pure Punk For Row People e.p. Back then in 1981 we described ourselves as a socialist street punk band. We ran the Anti-Nazi League phone number on the back of the e.p. (along with ones for Alcoholics Anonymous and Beki Bondage) and supported the Prisoners’ Rights organization and the League Of Labour Skins.
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