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Nick Toczek

Contains 14 performances.

Bradford poet, initially associated with the ranters and the anarcho-punk movement. He promoted the well known Stereo Graffiti series of gigs in the 1980s. Has since expanded into writing for children, lyric writing and magic. Won a £10,00 pay-out from Pete Doherty in 2012 after the latter had plagiarised one of his poems from the Babyshambles song 'Baddie's Boogie'.

  • Seething Wells, Angelika Joyce, Nick Toczek, Pete Murry, Ana & the Allsorts

    Seething Wells, Angelika Joyce, Nick Toczek, Pete Murry, Ana & the Allsorts

    29 January 1983 at 
    Roebuck (51)
    The first A&S slot by ranting stalwart Nick Toczek, and a second-time appearance from Seething Wells.
  • Nick Toczek, Little Dave, Jay Ramsay, To Be Continued

    Nick Toczek, Little Dave, Jay Ramsay, To Be Continued

    07 May 1983 at 
    Roebuck (51)
  • Write On Festival: Mark Miwurdz, Anne Clark, The Popticians, Nick Toczek

    Write On Festival: Mark Miwurdz, Anne Clark, The Popticians, Nick Toczek

    24 September 1983 at 
    Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (499)
    First of three shows that A&S programmed for the Write On festival, which ran at BAC between September and October. Seemingly A&S’s first event at the venue that has so far hosted the most of their shows.
  • Book launch & cabaret

    Book launch & cabaret

    18 April 1984 at 
    Drill Hall (3)
  • Levi Tafari & Jennifer John, Nick Toczek, Emile Sercombe, Trespassers W

    Levi Tafari & Jennifer John, Nick Toczek, Emile Sercombe, Trespassers W

    16 February 1985 at 
    Captain’s Cabin (27)
  • Mecca Normal, Vi Subversa, Nick Toczek, Pete Plate

    Mecca Normal, Vi Subversa, Nick Toczek, Pete Plate

    27 May 1988 at 
    Covent Garden Community Centre (182)
  • Nick Toczek, Lemn Sissay, Leonora Rogers-Wright, Clea & McLeod

    Nick Toczek, Lemn Sissay, Leonora Rogers-Wright, Clea & McLeod

    17 February 1989 at 
    Covent Garden Community Centre (182)
    Thanks to Cinders McLeod for finding this flyer in the Clea & McLeod archive.
  • The Second International Poetry Festival

    The Second International Poetry Festival

    08 April 1989 at 
    Interchange (3)
  • 7th Birthday gig

    7th Birthday gig

    6 October 1989 at 
    Covent Garden Community Centre (182)
  • Daevid Allen, Tymon Dogg, Nick Toczek, Pete Plate, Zolan Quobble

    Daevid Allen, Tymon Dogg, Nick Toczek, Pete Plate, Zolan Quobble

    01 June 1990 at 
    Covent Garden Community Centre (182)
    A particularly rock ‘n’ roll line-up, bringing together the one-time leader of Gong (Allen), an old busking mate of Joe Strummer’s (Dogg), a poet linked to the anarcho-punk scene (Toczek) and a San Francisco squatter (Plate).
  • 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)
  • Verbal Fireworks

    Verbal Fireworks

    5 November 1993 at 
    Covent Garden Community Centre (182)
  • 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) (499)
  • The Night We Kept for Seething Wells

    The Night We Kept for Seething Wells

    4 December 2009 at 
    Albany (London - Lewisham) (84)
    A tribute show for the recently deceased Swells, its title punning on ‘The Night I Slept with Seething Wells’, an early cornerstone of Attila’s set. Joolz was unwell and couldn’t make it, and Aki and Nick had to cancel as well. The Nightingales performed as a full band (and how), although ...
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