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Attila the Stockbroker

Contains 2 collection items, 24 performances, 26 in total. Currently showing 26 in total.

One of the leading ranting poets and a radical-force-of-nature, performance poet/musician Attila the Stockbroker performed at the very first Apples and Snakes event.

Launched into public consciousness by legendary Radio One DJ John Peel in 1982/83, he has spent 35 years touring the world as a self sustaining DIY one man cottage industry, performing well over 3000 gigs in 24 countries and releasing 40 LPs/EPs/CDs and 7 books of poetry.

  • Attila the Stockbroker, Pete Murry, Ian Reid, Glenn Smith, Outbar Squeek

    Attila the Stockbroker, Pete Murry, Ian Reid, Glenn Smith, Outbar Squeek

    Sat 2 Oct 1982 at 
    Adams Arms (London - Camden) (16)
    The first Apples and Snakes show. Headlined by probably the then-best-known name on the live poetry circuit, supported by various alumni of Worthless Words, the writers’ collective that spawned A&S in the first place. Glenn Smith later performed under the name Markus Jahn.
  • Attila the Stockbroker, Belinda Blanchard, Little Dave, Slade the Leveller

    Attila the Stockbroker, Belinda Blanchard, Little Dave, Slade the Leveller

    18 February 1983 at 
    Clockhouse Community Centre (6)
  • Attila the Stockbroker, Pat Condell, Sandy Gort, Ferenc Aszmann

    Attila the Stockbroker, Pat Condell, Sandy Gort, Ferenc Aszmann

    25 June 1983 at 
    Roebuck (London - Camden) (51)
  • Write On Festival: Attila the Stockbroker, Slade the Leveller, Emile Sercombe, Marsha Prescod, Mark Steel

    Write On Festival: Attila the Stockbroker, Slade the Leveller, Emile Sercombe, Marsha Prescod, Mark Steel

    01 October 1983 at 
    Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (498)
  • Apples & Snakes Book Benefit

    Apples & Snakes Book Benefit

    10 February 1984 at 
    Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (498)
    In which Apples and Snakes rather cutely solicit funds for the publication of their first anthology.
  • Attila the Stockbroker, Jenny Éclair, Martin Glynn, Porky the Poet

    Attila the Stockbroker, Jenny Éclair, Martin Glynn, Porky the Poet

    02 June 1984 at 
    Captain’s Cabin (27)
  • Attila the Stockbroker, The Missing Airmen, Simon Pitt, Claire Dowie

    Attila the Stockbroker, The Missing Airmen, Simon Pitt, Claire Dowie

    03 November 1984 at 
    Captain’s Cabin (27)
  • GLC Giroshow

    GLC Giroshow

    02 February 1985 at 
    Chiswick Town Hall (1)
  • Attila the Stockbroker, Desmond Johnson

    Attila the Stockbroker, Desmond Johnson

    03 May 1985 at 
    Gulbenkian Studio (Newcastle-upon_Tyne) (5)
  • Attila the Stockbroker, Ann Ziety, Ian McPherson, Tymon Dogg & The Frugivore

    Attila the Stockbroker, Ann Ziety, Ian McPherson, Tymon Dogg & The Frugivore

    25 May 1985 at 
    New Merlin's Cave (12)
  • Attila the Stockbroker, JD Douglas, Trisha Lee, Curtis & Ishmael

    Attila the Stockbroker, JD Douglas, Trisha Lee, Curtis & Ishmael

    10 October 1987 at 
    Horseshoe (London - Islington) (52)
  • Attila the Stockbroker, The Chuffinelles, Bob Dillinger, Logan Murray

    Attila the Stockbroker, The Chuffinelles, Bob Dillinger, Logan Murray

    11 November 1988 at 
    Covent Garden Community Centre (182)
  • Shout: Voices Against Censorship

    Shout: Voices Against Censorship

    14 January 1989 at 
    ICA (3)
    Audience member Paul Steeples, taken from www.juliemyers.org.uk: I remember going to an event protesting about censorship, mainly to see Tony Benn performing with Test Department (which he did, and it was good). Halfway through the evening, Salman Rushdie got up on stage and said he had been made the subject ...
  • Attila the Stockbroker, Belinda Burton, Levi Tafari, Ann Ziety

    Attila the Stockbroker, Belinda Burton, Levi Tafari, Ann Ziety

    9 June 1989 at 
    Covent Garden Community Centre (182)
  • Attila the Stockbroker, Little Dave, Blyth Power

    Attila the Stockbroker, Little Dave, Blyth Power

    4 May 1990 at 
    Covent Garden Community Centre (182)
    Very much an Attila-programmed night: him, one of his old Harlow mates, and his then-favourite band. Uber Blyth-fan Chris Braund was horrified, on arrival, to find that it was a seated venue and removed the front two rows of chairs to create a moshpit. Thanks for digging out the flyer, Chris.
  • John Otway & Attila the Stockbroker, Nick Toczek, Brother Niyi

    John Otway & Attila the Stockbroker, Nick Toczek, Brother Niyi

    25 October 1991 at 
    Covent Garden Community Centre (182)
  • 10th Birthday Celebration (and Anthology Launch)

    10th Birthday Celebration (and Anthology Launch)

    12 September 1992 at 
    Hackney Empire (2)
    A decade is a very, very long time in performance poetry, so this was a well-earned celebration. However, one despatch to Time Out’s letters page (24 Sep) found the show to be ‘a sickened, weakened thing’, thanks to ‘pollution by PCAs (politically correct attitudes)’. Proof that you can’t please all ...
  • The Popular Front of Contemporary  Poetry 1994 - (Perf 2)

    The Popular Front of Contemporary Poetry 1994 - (Perf 2)

    12 February 1994 at 
    Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (498)
  • Uncomfortable Edges

    Uncomfortable Edges

    4 November 1994 at 
    Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (498)
  • Motormouths

    Motormouths

    26 April 1996 at 
    Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (498)
  • Pandemonium

    Pandemonium

    16 April 2004 at 
    Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (498)
  • Audio recording of Pandemonium pt I

    Audio recording of Pandemonium pt I

    16 April 2004
    Minidisc recording of first half of ‘Pandemonium’ show at BAC, featuring Attila the Stockbroker, Liz Bentley, Salena ‘Saliva’ Godden , Toks Majek
  • Audio recording of Pandemonium pt II

    Audio recording of Pandemonium pt II

    16 April 2004
    Minidisc recording, believed to be of second half of Pandemonium show at BAC, featuring Attila the Stockbroker.
  • Don't Shush Me

    Don't Shush Me

    12 March 2009 at 
    Bishopsgate Institute (London - Tower Hamlets) (5)
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