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Richard Famous

Contains 3 performances.

Guitarist from punk band The Poison Girls, real name Richard Swales, performing here with bandmate Vi Subversa.

  • Apples & Snakes/City Limits Bash

    Apples & Snakes/City Limits Bash

    31 December 1985 at 
    Kentish Town Interchange (1)
    A New Year’s Eve show in collaboration with the popular listings magazine City Limits. The line-up suggests that, at least in part, it wasn’t meant to be the usual kind of New Year feelgood fare.
  • Vi Subversa & Richard Famous, Janice Perry, Ian McPherson, Ann Ziety

    Vi Subversa & Richard Famous, Janice Perry, Ian McPherson, Ann Ziety

    11 October 1986 at 
    New Merlin's Cave (12)
  • That Famous Subversa, Fran & Miles Landesman, Alison Goldie, Belinda Blanchard

    That Famous Subversa, Fran & Miles Landesman, Alison Goldie, Belinda Blanchard

    3 April 1987 at 
    Tramshed Theatre (London - Greenwich) (5)
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