Punch On The Road - Close-Up North BBC Documentary 1976

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  • @Bratishton
    @Bratishton Год назад +113

    Anyone who has been in a band is feeling what these lads went through

    • @darrensinnott2197
      @darrensinnott2197 Год назад +4

      Most definitely.....😊

    • @Rich6Brew
      @Rich6Brew Год назад +4

      And quite painful to watch.

    • @bustedfender
      @bustedfender Год назад +9

      I said I’d stop doing it when I stopped enjoying it … … … anyone need a bass player? ☺️

    • @FenderTele
      @FenderTele Год назад +5

      100% with you on that. Has anybody else played for nothing to plough the money into the van when the gearbox, substitute anything you want,went bang! Our bass player packed it in and the guy that replaced him was a mechanic added bonus👍👍👍👍. To this day if I dig about in the back of the garage I'll find bits and pieces for a Bedford Van just in case!

    • @davidramonemorrison2652
      @davidramonemorrison2652 4 месяца назад +1

      Definitely. I don't miss it. We all know when our road has ended.

  • @atomicloonybin
    @atomicloonybin Год назад +27

    This is wonderful.
    My father was the President of a local WMC in Leeds, and spent six days a week in there. I always hated the times I went in, and this reminds me why. Same blank faces, same cheap beer, same seats for everyone and woebetide you disturb the tomobola or bingo. Always felt sorry for the acts who played there, always generally met with complete indifference, although some were genuinely terrible. Once saw a band do a set of prog rock songs - you can imagine how "Yours is no disgrace" went down.
    There's a social club round here in Billingham (might be the same one mentioned in the video!) where they still have "turns" on a weekend. All these bands rotating, and given a three quarter hour slot before the bingo. So it's still around.
    Incidentally Punch did get their slot on Opportunity Knocks, 29 November 1976. No footage survives, unfortunately. From TV Archive: "29.11.1976 With Stage Three, Billy Roberts, Spider Jive, Katie Budd, Punch (missing)".

    • @zolandia5262
      @zolandia5262 Год назад +7

      Two days before the Bill Grundy incident of 01 Dec 76 when all the old music instantly became irrelevant. Unfortunate timing

    • @horrortackleharry
      @horrortackleharry 9 месяцев назад +3

      @@zolandia5262 Following Grundy, I believe Punch immediately changed their name to 'Stab' and all sported Mohicans and torn clothes. It didn't work.

    • @claymor8241
      @claymor8241 9 месяцев назад +3

      You’re totally wrong about the scene. Yes clubs were like this back then in the mid-70s. But also they had rock nights, mainly midweek, where you could watch bands doing covers of stuff by Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Sabbath, Pink Floyd. They even had original punk bands playing, such as Dead Fingers Talk (Google them) doing their own stuff. All to a young rock crowd and always full. No bingo or tombola. One time a heavy rock band played in a local WMC near us and young rock fans came from all over, it was so full people were actually sitting cross-legged on the floor, and that was a sizeable hall even by WMC standards. It was the final gig by the guitarist, who went on to form Fist, a metal band name-checked by Lars Ulrich. Fist also played WMCs regularly. As did Raven, White Spirit (Janick Gers’ band) Saxon etc etc . We could go to 3 maybe 4 of these rock nights a week round our part of the northeast, all in working men’s clubs. None of us would be seen dead in there on the nights you mention (mainly Saturdays) watching bands like Punch and sitting through bingo, but it wasn’t always like that.

    • @claymor8241
      @claymor8241 9 месяцев назад

      @@zolandia5262 Bands like Punch wouldn’t have been affected by the arrival of punk in any way whatsoever.

    • @LeeRatbag
      @LeeRatbag 3 месяца назад

      Which club was this? My dad was a WMC drummer from the 60s til 2014 and played most of the clubs in the Leeds area...

  • @501sqn3
    @501sqn3 Год назад +39

    OMG!!, Never knew this existed!!. Sooo interesting as I spent 25 years chasing the same rainbows!!🤷, I'm also from Bradford!. I was a drummer playing pubs and clubs all over the place semi-pro. It was a fabulous time, brilliant fun, a real adventure , I can relate to almost everything in this documentary. It's a young single man's game, or it was,- I don't think you could do it now??, there aren't any pub's and clubs left to gig in !. 🤷

    • @sandgrownun66
      @sandgrownun66 Год назад

      You're not alone in never having heard of them.

    • @StephanieKershaw-xk2qt
      @StephanieKershaw-xk2qt 9 месяцев назад +2

      We only shared it on here when my Dad passed (Mick Kershaw) he was on the road until I was 10, and I’m his youngest! so suppose it depends how dedicated you are and what work you can get as to whether it’s a ‘young single mans game or not’ 🤷🏼‍♀️

  • @AngusMacPherson-ch9wh
    @AngusMacPherson-ch9wh Месяц назад

    Fantastic bunch of very talented hard working decent musicians,thanks for the memories 🎸🎸👍👍👏👏👏👏👏👏

  • @markjames9487
    @markjames9487 2 года назад +53

    An amazing slice of social history. Thanks for up loading. Stunning

  • @fromthemakersof5529
    @fromthemakersof5529 Год назад +7

    This is absolutely beautiful. I love it.

  • @mfk1673
    @mfk1673 Год назад +25

    Kudos to the lads for following their passion!

    • @written12
      @written12 Год назад +1

      Yes, kudos for them trying and trying.Whatever they did after, they had to feel a certain satisfaction that they gave the thing a honest try.

    • @standupstraight9691
      @standupstraight9691 Год назад +1

      I doubt their wives would have agreed with you!

    • @r.cjones1515
      @r.cjones1515 Год назад

      When you're 30+, have 2 - 4 kids to look after and you're bringing home only 10 quid a week, then you really do have to question yourself whether you're doing right by those who depend on you to keep a roof over your head.
      Harsh but that's the reality

    • @StephanieKershaw-xk2qt
      @StephanieKershaw-xk2qt 9 месяцев назад

      @@r.cjones1515 get a grip

    • @StephanieKershaw-xk2qt
      @StephanieKershaw-xk2qt 9 месяцев назад

      @@written12 they were semi pro for years thanks

  • @RSR423
    @RSR423 3 месяца назад +2

    Backbone of any country, the working class. God bless em, and the acts that entertain them.

  • @neilmcintosh6638
    @neilmcintosh6638 Год назад +13

    It's like Spinal Tap meets The likely Lads - awesome.

  • @carolwolf9614
    @carolwolf9614 Год назад +34

    How many kids did these guys have between them? I lost count. How incredible. Married guys with kids taking a chance on the road. Love this. This is the England I remember.

  • @markjames9487
    @markjames9487 2 года назад +24

    This is total class. Real life and no bullshit….. fighters

  • @Normandy_Mike
    @Normandy_Mike Год назад +50

    So poignant. Bless those guys and bless the working class communities they played for.

  • @raheelrazvi8475
    @raheelrazvi8475 Год назад +31

    It's Creme Brulee from League of Gentlemen

  • @davidmorrison6175
    @davidmorrison6175 Год назад +39

    They gave it a go , as I did . This probably will be sad and depressing to some degree, the fact that the guys turned pro as punk was exploding in the UK would not have helped.
    Flame featuring Slade was a fantastic worms eye view of the music business.

    • @rumpraisin
      @rumpraisin Год назад +9

      Look what happened to Sid Vicious. He became famous but ended his brief life in sad and depressing circumstances. These chaps maybe hopefully stayed friends and lived happily ever after. Fame and fortune doesn't always bring out the best in people.

    • @TheNobbynoonar
      @TheNobbynoonar Год назад +11

      @davidmorrison
      Personally, I’ve always thought that ‘Slade in flame’ is one of the greatest music/life of a band films ever made.

    • @newforestpixie5297
      @newforestpixie5297 Год назад +2

      And Slade themselves were about to be discarded with the gratitude of a wet fart on a crowded bus 😮

    • @andyknowles772
      @andyknowles772 Год назад +4

      "it's a shit business, son. You'll find out. "

    • @StephanieKershaw-xk2qt
      @StephanieKershaw-xk2qt 9 месяцев назад +2

      They did all stay friends, just FYI, and all carried on as semi pro musicians for a lot of years after this.

  • @simonrussell4986
    @simonrussell4986 Год назад +15

    If Bob Mortimer came on Would I Lie to You and said "I used to play lead guitar for Punch", I'd say true. Brilliant piece that captures the travelling muso.

    • @PeasGraveny
      @PeasGraveny Год назад

      I get where you're coming from.

    • @brianm2881
      @brianm2881 Год назад +3

      Is it gyro day, Tom?

  • @salvadormarley
    @salvadormarley Год назад +41

    I want Punch to have a top ten tune in the hit parade. They can still do it.

    • @standupstraight9691
      @standupstraight9691 Год назад +1

      Yes, they just were unlucky. The industry didnt give them a go. Their manager wasnt trying hard enough. The record companies didnt "get" their sound.....and so on.

    • @gilldanier4129
      @gilldanier4129 Год назад

      The audience were not issued with ear plugs etc.@@standupstraight9691

    • @lordlullaby1
      @lordlullaby1 Год назад +2

      I'd buy it (their record)

    • @garyrigby21
      @garyrigby21 Год назад +1

      They were a good hard working group but had a terrible name PUNCH they were never gonna make it with a name like that

    • @StephanieKershaw-xk2qt
      @StephanieKershaw-xk2qt 9 месяцев назад

      @@standupstraight9691 if you actually listen, then didn’t have a manager at the time! They were just unlucky, it wasn’t about anyone not getting their ‘sound’, they were unbelievably talented, they just didn’t make it!

  • @kevinfinniganentertainer
    @kevinfinniganentertainer Год назад +5

    Great watch, Good honest bunch of lads. Hope they toured on for many more years

  • @zappasmoustache23
    @zappasmoustache23 Год назад +33

    This documentary is a great example of the difference in mindset between bands that make it and bands that don’t, particularly at this time in music. Ok these guys could play well enough but that’s where it ended. Their music was a good ten years behind the times, played with little passion, they were never going to be anything more than a working men’s club caberet act.
    Fascinating piece of film.

    • @derekogilvie6942
      @derekogilvie6942 Год назад +3

      have to agree

    • @PaulMcCaffreyfmac
      @PaulMcCaffreyfmac Год назад +3

      And you became a music critic 😂

    • @alfsmith4936
      @alfsmith4936 Год назад

      Mindset hahahaha!! Keep up the positive vibes mate.

    • @standupstraight9691
      @standupstraight9691 Год назад +2

      100%....except I dont agree with you that they could play well enough!

    • @keyboardpaulh9540
      @keyboardpaulh9540 Год назад +1

      They were a very ordinary social club band, playing all the standard pop tunes of the time. For 1976, their sound was very dated. They were being paid well below average even for those days though, for a four-piece.

  • @AndrewGrasbyGraz
    @AndrewGrasbyGraz Год назад +3

    Cheep beer, careful not to sit in the wrong seat, quiet during the bingo..happy days! Watched this in '76 when I was a kid great to see it again. Had a go myself a few years later, different music & venues but similar result. Loved every minute, wouldn't change a thing.

  • @ozzie-sk9dh
    @ozzie-sk9dh Год назад +7

    Proper hard grafting lads. Respect.

  • @PaulDowsettUK
    @PaulDowsettUK Год назад +13

    I think this must have been the template for the classic the Comic Strip's, "Bad News on Tour". It's so similar.

    • @LeeRatbag
      @LeeRatbag 3 месяца назад +1

      Same establishing shots, same camera angles, same crappy Mk1 Transit. It's definitely an influence...

  • @Smudgie
    @Smudgie Год назад +8

    I toured the North West working men clubs with a cover band in the late 70's early 80's.
    Luckky to be alive. 😄

  • @BassPlayerAvailable
    @BassPlayerAvailable Год назад +16

    This is exactly what being a musician is like

  • @spodge1233
    @spodge1233 Год назад +29

    1976. Can't imagine them riding the wave of what came next.

    • @blondegraemey
      @blondegraemey Год назад +8

      Without a doubt. Punk, for better or worse, wiped all of this out and into history.

    • @paullee3660
      @paullee3660 Год назад +8

      @@blondegraemeynot really true. Punk was a flash in the pan with not many quality artists coming out of it. Music journalists just love writing about it and built it up into something it wasn’t.

    • @blondegraemey
      @blondegraemey Год назад +16

      @@paullee3660 yes true punk was a flash on the pan, but in 76, just as these lads turned pro, punk was just about to capture the imagination of the countries youth and every last record company wanted to sign young punk/new wave acts. Bands like Punch were instantly dated and consigned to history (where they've remained). Like it or not, punk burned brightly and reset the music industry. 76 was year zero.

    • @matt.willoughby
      @matt.willoughby Год назад +5

      ​@@paullee3660mate there are still punks listening to the pistols, sham69 ,devo and dressing like it's 1977.
      Hardly a disposable style

    • @raymondbonington9355
      @raymondbonington9355 Год назад +2

      The pink floyd yes jethro Tull led zepplins of the word survived the punk explosion , glam def went .

  • @fernandes5986
    @fernandes5986 Год назад +2

    Very good. Greetings from PortugaI.

  • @mrorinocobottle9371
    @mrorinocobottle9371 Год назад +1

    I remember this from when it was first shown. Never thought I'd see it again...

  • @TheDrut666
    @TheDrut666 Год назад +5

    Been there done that, respect to them and to all the other dreamers out there, never give up.

  • @JMoruzzi
    @JMoruzzi Год назад +23

    Fair play, their harmonising is pretty good.

    • @seltaeb3302
      @seltaeb3302 Год назад

      A bit off, I thought. The tribute bands of today are super & more accomplished to Punch who fit the Opportunity Knocks.genre.

  • @mrdeafa25
    @mrdeafa25 Год назад +5

    Imagine these guys now, in their 80's! I used to love Sunday lunchtime in the local WMC. Different band every week and many of them as good as these.

  • @MaximusMeridius-tg1kz
    @MaximusMeridius-tg1kz Год назад +11

    Can’t help wonder if Adrian Edmondson saw this before writing Bad News but with a metal twist. Some very similar scenes on the motorway and in the van. Still at least Punch got paid by the promoter and didn’t start their songs on a count of 7. Bloody ell Vim, it’s a Marshall!

    • @iancanavan2324
      @iancanavan2324 Год назад

      😂

    • @TheGodParticle
      @TheGodParticle Год назад +1

      I wonder if they got lost back stage like bad news lol just love that scene, yeah rock and roll!

  • @kmalazane
    @kmalazane Год назад +2

    What a quality bunch of guys. Great vid

  • @keltyk
    @keltyk Год назад +13

    Highway to Hull

  • @wildrosesfortheexit
    @wildrosesfortheexit Год назад +6

    RIP Mick what a lovely man and loved this documentary ❤

  • @davidbradshaw659
    @davidbradshaw659 Год назад +2

    Thanks for the music guys! Bet you didn't make much money and probably drove the distance of the moon and back and carried 500 tonnes of amplifiers up stairs and down again. You had a really nice energy, love the cover of "Reach out". Thanks.

  • @petewoodroffemusic
    @petewoodroffemusic Год назад +6

    Nice lads with good harmonies!

  • @tonye9045
    @tonye9045 Год назад +3

    My mum was in one of these social club bands. This brought back so many memories, hilarious. Thanks for the upload.

    • @StephanieKershaw-xk2qt
      @StephanieKershaw-xk2qt 9 месяцев назад

      What’s hilarious? They weren’t a social club band, they were semi pro for years after this. Sorry your mum was hilarious!

    • @tonye9045
      @tonye9045 9 месяцев назад

      @@StephanieKershaw-xk2qt wow, somebody’s a sensitive little flower aren’t they?! Sorry your so butthurt.

    • @StephanieKershaw-xk2qt
      @StephanieKershaw-xk2qt 9 месяцев назад

      @@tonye9045 who even says butthurt, how old are you 😂

  • @KitInteriorObjects
    @KitInteriorObjects Год назад +15

    Oof this is painful. It actually makes me feel OK about the crap bands I was in. "They don't clap us when we come out the pit. Why should we clap them when they get off the stage?" -- the working men of Yorkshire.

    • @StephanieKershaw-xk2qt
      @StephanieKershaw-xk2qt 9 месяцев назад

      If you think this is crap I dread to think what your ‘crap’ bands were like arsehole 😂

    • @StephanieKershaw-xk2qt
      @StephanieKershaw-xk2qt 9 месяцев назад

      I dread to think how crap yours were if you think this is crap 😂

  • @andrewarthurmatthews6685
    @andrewarthurmatthews6685 Год назад +3

    Very interesting and entertaining video and what a great band

  • @barrymay4017
    @barrymay4017 Год назад +2

    Loved it, thanks for posting ❤️

  • @2war2bray
    @2war2bray Год назад +3

    They are giving it a serious go hoping it will turn into something big in the finest of British traditions. Every band in the nascent years started this way. Very enjoyable to watch.

  • @josephcurley8226
    @josephcurley8226 Год назад +2

    I played in bands from the late 80s right through the 90s, great craic, brilliant memories.

  • @petertoomey5857
    @petertoomey5857 Год назад +1

    Lol...been there done that...thanks for posting...brought back many manly memories

  • @WinstonTexas829
    @WinstonTexas829 Год назад +3

    It’s great social history of the lost world of the social clubs. They were never going to make it, but I hope they had a great time & have great memories now.

  • @theendofeverything6356
    @theendofeverything6356 Год назад +4

    Absolutely fascinating. Thanks for posting.

    • @Bartholomew_Musgrave
      @Bartholomew_Musgrave 4 месяца назад +1

      Their mistake was not having the compère of Millenniyule introduce them each night. Maybe they would have made it with a professional like that involved.

    • @theendofeverything6356
      @theendofeverything6356 4 месяца назад +1

      @@Bartholomew_Musgrave They might not be able to afford him! 😉🙂

  • @brimans3092
    @brimans3092 Год назад +13

    Like a Spinal Tap done by League of Gentlemen esp the argument over a string replacement. Total Reece Sheersmith and wouldn't surprise me if he's seen this documentary.. They could easily redo this as a feature film and it would be a success with some added scenes. The Opportunity Knocks scouts were pure comedy gold characters...

  • @5150show
    @5150show Год назад +1

    Incredible footage thank you

  • @rjmachin
    @rjmachin Год назад +4

    I enjoyed that immensely...

  • @papatango2453
    @papatango2453 Год назад +1

    Thank you for the days......

  • @tonysutcliffe7559
    @tonysutcliffe7559 8 месяцев назад +1

    Brilliant lol! Mick was my boss at SMC when I was 16, my first job. Great times and laughs.

  • @rickyraw5457
    @rickyraw5457 Год назад +6

    It's not easy playing in a traveling band... hitting the big time..even harder.
    Respect to all who try .

  • @martinshephard6317
    @martinshephard6317 Год назад +9

    Christ it was grim up North, it looks like the clubs Les Dawson described playing in his early days!

    • @SuperNevile
      @SuperNevile Год назад +1

      The general format seemed to be Set-Comedian-Set-Bingo-Set.

    • @SuperNevile
      @SuperNevile Год назад

      @RampantMackerelAshtray Sounds like the French "Terror".

  • @ChrisHopkinsBass
    @ChrisHopkinsBass Год назад +8

    "You should be on more than that, I admit it" - they must have gone down well then. Northern Clubs were scary

  • @KRAZEEIZATION
    @KRAZEEIZATION Год назад +6

    Where are they now? Deserve a reunion! It’s cool to see three Fender instruments on stage!

    • @rojo3779
      @rojo3779 Год назад +1

      I read elsewhere that they never made their tv appearance due to a management disagreement. They had a record deal but sadly, fame evaded them.

    • @standupstraight9691
      @standupstraight9691 Год назад

      @@rojo3779. Its funny, in my hometown (Perth Western Australia) there was a band called "Thursday" who played the traps around this time.... they had a quite up to date Supertramp kind of sound. They made one single, and there probably were very few pressed. I play it every now and then, and it stands up after 45 years. They didnt "make it"....oh well.
      Punch? nah, they were dreamin'!

    • @StephanieKershaw-xk2qt
      @StephanieKershaw-xk2qt 9 месяцев назад

      @@standupstraight9691here again aren’t you!

  • @dandean2345
    @dandean2345 Год назад +2

    The Liverpool Express cover! You are my love

  • @WInnerwinnerchickendinner.
    @WInnerwinnerchickendinner. Год назад +18

    What a great band.Gem of a video from the hot summer of 76.

    • @sandgrownun66
      @sandgrownun66 Год назад

      Just when punk was about to explode and make this sound out of tune.

    • @shadowmanNI
      @shadowmanNI Год назад +1

      ​@@sandgrownun66punk.didn't dominate commercially, all sorts could hit the charts, ",there's no one quite like grandma" in 1980 for example 😂

    • @sandgrownun66
      @sandgrownun66 Год назад

      @@shadowmanNI We are talking about what is remembered as the dominant musical genre which emerged in 1976, which was punk.There was of course, still rock, disco and novelty records. However, it's punk that was known, as the defining music of that time.

    • @shadowmanNI
      @shadowmanNI Год назад +2

      @@sandgrownun66 the op was talking about what a great band they are. The emergence of punk obviously happened, but the point is punk did not dominate commercially at the time. It has cultural significance now, with hindsight, but the emergence of punk had zero impact on them not winning opportunity knocks/breaking through.

    • @StephanieKershaw-xk2qt
      @StephanieKershaw-xk2qt 9 месяцев назад

      It was put on here by Mick Kershaws daughters when he died, we felt he deserved more people to see it than us! That’s it.

  • @DfactorPop
    @DfactorPop Год назад +16

    19:55 This is where Punch got it wrong "We've got to be everybody's type of a group. We can't be a personal type of a group, like the groups that have made it. They've made it, so they've got their particular type of sound, so if they go onstage, people expect their type of songs."

    • @hydorah
      @hydorah Год назад +7

      Yep that's the cover band mentality. What he hasn't thought about is: why and how did those bands make it? Bands never get out of the club circuit without a powerful distinctive identity and strong original material. These days the club circuit is largely replaced by weddings and smaller pub gigs so the circuit has kind of divided in two. And there are so many fewer venues for bands doing original material. He's right about what it takes to be a popular cover band, but has no idea about 'making it'

    • @version736ha2
      @version736ha2 Год назад +2

      Not sure they got it wrong. Think they were making a choice here.

    • @LaughingStock_
      @LaughingStock_ Год назад +6

      @@version736ha2 Yes - the wrong choice.

    • @version736ha2
      @version736ha2 Год назад +2

      @@LaughingStock_ its a debate. Plenty who were covers bands went on to make it

    • @version736ha2
      @version736ha2 Год назад +6

      @@LaughingStock_ but i think there is a good bit of truth in what original poster says. My sense with this lot was, they had families and needed to earn, and their income largely came from working men's clubs and pubs, where people expected hits/variety. In reality, for the times they were in, they probably left it a bit late to embark on their own thing. Mid 20s then was a lot older than it is now.

  • @jayaybe1
    @jayaybe1 Год назад +7

    Lol, the old Transit van. Probably used as more bands' first tour bus than any other .

    • @jayaybe1
      @jayaybe1 Год назад

      @RampantMackerelAshtray Lol, oh yes 😃!

    • @druidswillow1052
      @druidswillow1052 Год назад +1

      Bet the Transit's still going!

  • @LaughingStock_
    @LaughingStock_ Год назад +21

    I thoroughly enjoyed this in a Spinal-Tapesque kind of way. Frankly, Punch had absolutely no chance whatsoever, but this was very interesting, bloody hilarious, and a great time-capsule film. I wished it was longer, certainly I wanted to see how they inevitably bombed on Opportunity Knocks. Many thanks!

    • @newforestpixie5297
      @newforestpixie5297 Год назад +3

      Yes I hoped we’d get to see their big moment . I will though search a bit to see what happened to these blokes cos I started out being cynical ( those fucking flares & bubblegum pop in 76 ) but you gotta root for them with their determination. 😁👍

    • @standupstraight9691
      @standupstraight9691 Год назад

      @@AsWellYouShould. yeah, these guys had no more chance of making it than i did 15 years ago - but sometimes you get blinkered and need to smell the roses. Im glad I did before investing too heavily in a pipe dream.

    • @standupstraight9691
      @standupstraight9691 Год назад

      @@newforestpixie5297. realistically they probably dont ahve a story, just fizzled out when reality hit.

    • @StephanieKershaw-xk2qt
      @StephanieKershaw-xk2qt 9 месяцев назад +2

      @@standupstraight9691you seriously have issues! What did you ever do?

    • @StephanieKershaw-xk2qt
      @StephanieKershaw-xk2qt 9 месяцев назад +2

      I mean why so harsh?! Absolutely no chance whatsoever?! They absolutely didn’t bomb. You have no idea why things fell through!

  • @markdavids2511
    @markdavids2511 Год назад +5

    God bless these Yorkshire lads.

  • @stephenphillips1696
    @stephenphillips1696 3 года назад +6

    Very tight unit. Solid eight point five over ten.

  • @deanaldridge4277
    @deanaldridge4277 Год назад +10

    Good band. I used to play the clubs, for money, never fame. How they thought they would make it big playing covers, is odd. I hope they had a good time. I would like to know, what happend in the end. Thank you.

    • @StephanieKershaw-xk2qt
      @StephanieKershaw-xk2qt 9 месяцев назад

      It wasn’t about making it playing covers! God have any of you people actually listened to any of what is said?! You’re all so quickly critical!

  • @starcaster
    @starcaster Год назад +3

    Saw this prog (and their subsequent Opportunity Knocks appearance) when it was first released. I’ve always wondered what became of them after they sank out of trace. Glad to have seen it again.

  • @TheAdArchive
    @TheAdArchive Год назад +8

    Wish life was still like this. The internet destroyed all this.

  • @meofnz2320
    @meofnz2320 Год назад +4

    Solid blokes. Good on them.

  • @derekogilvie6942
    @derekogilvie6942 Год назад +3

    Amazing - just as it was as I started singing in clubs at 14 during the late 70's and early 80's. I got 25 quid for one 30 minute spot - not bad for a kid at school! So good money especially when I was lucky and did two gigs per week on friday and saturday nights! My best friend had a paper round and got 7 quid per week.

  • @billbellart
    @billbellart Год назад +2

    An honest portrayal of why it's called "show business" and not "show friends". I don't suppose the BBC is capable of making a programme like this now.

  • @maxshade2935
    @maxshade2935 Год назад +4

    Thank God for Punk Rock. These lads had missed the boat. I hope they found some kind of happiness or sucess😢

  • @AFaceintheCrowd01
    @AFaceintheCrowd01 Год назад +2

    “Rock ‘n’ roll I gave you all the best years of my life …”

  • @geoff114
    @geoff114 Год назад +1

    Brilliant!

  • @JuniorD1975
    @JuniorD1975 Год назад +23

    I was punch drunk with nostalgia watching this. Punch gave me not one but 2 black eyes with the sheer power of their live performance. Punch really packed a Punch. Even Judy was stunned 😂👍

    • @brimans3092
      @brimans3092 Год назад +7

      Judy Was A Punch... er I mean Punk

    • @gary1961
      @gary1961 Год назад +5

      @@brimans3092 No, SHEENA was a punk rocker.

    • @rogfusionkid
      @rogfusionkid Год назад +1

      Yep it certainly knocked me out

    • @dogpaw775
      @dogpaw775 Год назад +3

      they certainly punched my ticket, i felt Punch drunk after the first two numbers, to say i was gob smacked would be an under statement,they certainly Punch above their weight. Seriously, they gave it a crack , more than some 'I coulda' if I. we woulda'' , but never left the bar; good on ya' lads, trust life has treated you kindly.

    • @NigelJackson
      @NigelJackson Год назад +1

      That's the way to do it!

  • @gerrymclean-mh2dq
    @gerrymclean-mh2dq 2 месяца назад

    love it

  • @NoirL.A.
    @NoirL.A. Год назад +2

    i'm yankee but i lived in the u.k. 2 1/2 years. most anythang that's even remotely big in the states is known in the u.k. but so much that comes out of the u.k. is completely unknown over here. i'm a musician myself and a huge musichead and i had never heard of these guys until now. very interesting doc.

    • @zappasmoustache23
      @zappasmoustache23 Год назад +2

      Nobody heard of them in the uk either. They never got anywhere. I was always puzzled why the u.s never took to the band Status Quo, pure heads down rock n roll like nothing I’ve heard out of the states. Check them out if you haven’t already. Their live album is one of the best.

    • @NoirL.A.
      @NoirL.A. Год назад

      I LOVE 'STATUS QUO' BUT THEM AND SLADE WERE NEVER HUGE IN THE STATES FER SOME REASON.@@zappasmoustache23

  • @GordonCaledonia
    @GordonCaledonia Год назад +3

    I've been listening to JJ Cale a lot. He slogged it out from 1956-1970 before he was able to record an album after recording a hodge podge of songs. Then Clapton recorded, "After Midnight" and the money began to roll in, but it still wasn't easy for Cale. He kept recording and touring but he never truly became "famous" - he didn't want to be famous, a celebrity, a "rock star" (aka. asshole) he just lived simple, easy, in a caravan with another caravan as a studio. These days, Cale is considered one of the greats of singer-songwriters and he was an amazing engineer-producer. Gerry Rafferty was like that, too. Frank Zappa satirized fame, celebrity, the "rock star" douchebag, the corporatization of music and mockery of modern life in general. David Bowie struggled for years then "made it" in spectacular style but learned to not like that life.
    Rest in peace to all those great artists who lived to create and bring some joy to the world.
    *Bee Gees - Morning Of My Life* (live in Vegas)
    ruclips.net/video/MGicSSLa2ns/видео.html
    *JJ Cale - After Midnight* (great live version!)
    ruclips.net/video/iszlVwZhANQ/видео.html

  • @titchbek
    @titchbek Год назад +1

    Been doing this off and on for 40 plus years. Still doing it (not as much as as this band now of course)!

  • @19mole76
    @19mole76 7 месяцев назад +1

    Amazing documentary; a real snapshot of a time long gone. I feel for these guys-currently play in 7 bands, all of which do a mixture of original material and covers. The covers ALWAYS get a better response. It's still tough out there. Just found out that Punch's single came out the same day as "Anarchy In The UK", 26th November '76. Realistically, they probably didn't stand a chance once punk entered the mainstream. But it's still a sad fact that more than competent playing and excellent vocal harmonies counted for virtually nothing. Hopefully, they still enjoyed themselves and had a good time. For me, the only way to keep doing it (been playing in bands since late 80s) was to abandon the idea of "making it" and just get on with enjoying playing.

  • @epicmeade
    @epicmeade Год назад +8

    Wow. It seems pretty clear to me that the 1983 Comic Strip mockumentary ‘Bad News Tour’ is a send up of this film. However, to their credit, the Comic Strip weren’t mocking the band, but we’re actually remaking the film itself, only with a heavy metal band in place of Punch. The scenes of the members at home, their lonely van on the road, pulling up in front of the first club, and the audition scene are almost exact recreations from this documentary.

  • @Neil-Aspinall
    @Neil-Aspinall Год назад +1

    A cautionary tale. Lotto odds.

  • @markjenner7199
    @markjenner7199 Год назад +3

    I liked the second song they played at the steel club Sunderland .I think they wrote it themselves 😊

  • @steveturner6770
    @steveturner6770 Год назад +1

    Excellent

  • @darylcumming7119
    @darylcumming7119 Год назад +1

    The flares wow.😮

  • @ChrisHopkinsBass
    @ChrisHopkinsBass Год назад +5

    Steels Social Club is still open!

    • @Malegys
      @Malegys Год назад +4

      Same decor too...

  • @MrMjp58
    @MrMjp58 Год назад +1

    An interesting video.

  • @Jefferson1969-u4s
    @Jefferson1969-u4s Год назад +2

    A lot of hard work, plenty of laughs and not much else.

  • @johnworthington8360
    @johnworthington8360 Год назад +1

    Reminds me of my old uncle who went around for years. Blackpool pier was funny. Franklyn James...

  • @ChrisHopkinsBass
    @ChrisHopkinsBass Год назад +7

    Methinks that the original song is a bit influenced by The Sweet - especially the falsetto bridge

    • @xxcelr8rs
      @xxcelr8rs Год назад

      Seems the could harmonize but couldn't write.

  • @DodgeDartSongs
    @DodgeDartSongs Год назад +13

    Their original songs are catchy and their on-stage vocalizing and harmonizing is exceptional. But I squirmed while watching this, knowing that the Damned, Jam, Clash, Pistols, Ramones, etc. were about to wipe everything else off the musical map and these guys would be back home, trying to their old jobs back. It's remarkable though that these men could and would try to make it in show biz with wives and kids to support.

    • @JMarinelli
      @JMarinelli Год назад +1

      I would like to think that at some point they refashioned themselves as a power-pop/new wave band.

    • @bloodyliar
      @bloodyliar Год назад +4

      PUNCH - if only they'd swapped the 'CH' for a 'K'

    • @lesgl
      @lesgl Год назад +1

      My thought too....time was running out and yeah very understanding families behind the scenes

    • @lndnflms484
      @lndnflms484 Год назад +3

      As much as I loved those punk bands and the impact they had on my life, I feel that something was lost when bands like Punch were swept away.

    • @bloodyliar
      @bloodyliar Год назад

      @@lndnflms484 I very much agree. Working Mens and Social Clubs - if you never experienced these you've probably never been in a proper 'Community'

  • @neighboursaccount9111
    @neighboursaccount9111 5 лет назад +15

    for anyone who knows the band - this is a fantastic trip down memory lane x

    • @LaughingStock_
      @LaughingStock_ Год назад +6

      For anyone who doesn't - this is still fabulous. A real '70's time capsule.

    • @MrMARRSBONFIRE
      @MrMARRSBONFIRE Год назад

      did they release anything?

  • @michaelcullen5308
    @michaelcullen5308 Год назад +2

    Their single "Ballad of the Good Luck Charm" was covered by Larry Hagman!

  • @andrewarthurmatthews6685
    @andrewarthurmatthews6685 Год назад +3

    The opportunity knocks song reminds me of the 70’s band Smokie . Anyone agree?

    • @gary1961
      @gary1961 Год назад +1

      He was singing (badly) If You Think You Know How To Love Me by Smokie.

    • @iancanavan2324
      @iancanavan2324 Год назад

      Yeah I think that it’s a really good comparison. Defo sounds close.

  • @PeterAnderson-n1g
    @PeterAnderson-n1g 7 месяцев назад +1

    Steels Social Club where the band play in Sunderland is still going 👍

  • @stephenowens3687
    @stephenowens3687 Год назад +3

    They probably thought having a programme made about them was their Golden ticket!

    • @StephanieKershaw-xk2qt
      @StephanieKershaw-xk2qt 9 месяцев назад +1

      I mean, wouldn’t you?!?! 🤦🏼‍♀️🤷🏼‍♀️

    • @stephenowens3687
      @stephenowens3687 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@StephanieKershaw-xk2qt Of course!

  • @benhyde570
    @benhyde570 Год назад +5

    They remind me of Crème Brûlée they could of made it.

  • @michaelmouse4024
    @michaelmouse4024 Год назад +6

    The past is another country. They do things differently there.
    The shots of the motorways look like the shots of the motorways in Withnail & I.

  • @liborsionko
    @liborsionko Год назад +6

    Ah... the cap sleeve t‐shirt.

  • @rael1999
    @rael1999 Год назад +3

    Good for them. They did what they loved doing, but like they said it's a tough road and you certainly need a bit of luck along the way.
    When they got the TV chance I think they needed to just write and write to get that one song that could have hit home with the audience. Some good harmonies in there.
    The landscape though was changing dramatically back in 1976 and I thing they may well have sounded a little old fashioned at the time.
    The guy hit the nail right on the head when he said "There's worse groups that have made it than us and there's better groups that haven't made it"...He couldn't have put it better. It's just the same now, you just need that bit of luck, that break, the right person who likes you who has the contacts to make things happen.

    • @standupstraight9691
      @standupstraight9691 Год назад

      Yeah, but these guys were never going to do it.
      From what they sounded like, they were strictly pub quality.

    • @rael1999
      @rael1999 Год назад

      @@standupstraight9691....Seen many a band in pubs that were better musicianship wise than some of those that got on top of the pops. Especially during this period when punk exploded on the scene.
      I just think their music and look were dated and like someone else pointed out they were probably too old by then.
      Successful groups normally break through in their early 20's. when they're popular with the younger age group.

  • @tangfastic7075
    @tangfastic7075 Год назад +1

    Punch are so under-rated.

  • @GordonCaledonia
    @GordonCaledonia Год назад +4

    These lads should have got the legendary manager, Ian Faith. He would have got them a meeting with Artie Fufkin of Polymer Records and the sky would have been the limit. The Army base circuit in America is how you crack this business.

    • @standupstraight9691
      @standupstraight9691 Год назад

      Faith would have been smarter than to waste his time.

    • @GordonCaledonia
      @GordonCaledonia Год назад +2

      @@standupstraight9691 The cricket bat would have came in handy!

    • @nananagasaki8344
      @nananagasaki8344 Год назад +4

      “We here at Polymer wish Punch great success on their Northern England tour. And so say all of us! Punch into Bolton, Nottingham, Leeds, and so on!"

  • @horrortackleharry
    @horrortackleharry 2 года назад +29

    They all look like photofits of the Yorkshire Ripper.

    • @StephanieKershaw-xk2qt
      @StephanieKershaw-xk2qt 9 месяцев назад +1

      Get a life

    • @horrortackleharry
      @horrortackleharry 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@StephanieKershaw-xk2qt Lol you've literally just joined RUclips today in order to make that comment? What a winner!

    • @StephanieKershaw-xk2qt
      @StephanieKershaw-xk2qt 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@horrortackleharry not at all. But regardless what makes you a winner saying that ridiculous comment?!

    • @horrortackleharry
      @horrortackleharry 9 месяцев назад

      @@StephanieKershaw-xk2qt Oh just a whim, you know, a flight of fancy.

  • @druidswillow1052
    @druidswillow1052 Год назад +4

    It would be so easy to take the piss with hindsight with Punk/New Wave coming around the bend etc but fair play to the lads following their dreams out of their own pockets looked like hard work! Does anyone know how they got on?

  • @grahamt33
    @grahamt33 Год назад +1

    Blimey, they even have to provide their own PA ! Heroes.