Kick Asteroid
From Summerofweird
They were painfully loud live (and in rehearsal)
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Origins
In the summer of 1991 Andy Meakin and Andy Moloney decided to start a new project to run alongside their then band Better Than You. Initial experiments with former Loved Ones vocalist Steve Wilde and Beautiful guitartist Paul Ryan failed to result in anything substantial forcing them to prolong their involvement with Better Than You
At the time the two shared a flat in the salubrious London suburb of Tooting, with Paul Mabe, the rythym guitarist of Wimbledon glampunk rockers Beautiful.
In January of that year the drummer from Beautiful, Ray Jordan, had debuted on the skins for Surbiton neo-punk band Ruptured Dog, and it became increasingly obvious that Beautiful was approaching the end of its shelf life. Paul therefore was quite receptive to the idea of working with Meakin and Moloney. However he made it clear he was not going to play lead. That led to the introduction through Doug E Dogg(Ruptured Dog), of Ewell guitarist Tony Ware.
Ware met with Moloney and Mabe on September 26th 1991 at Freeways club in Wandsworth and agreed to attend a rehearsal with the errant drummer, Meakin, three days later. After that rehearsal Mabe severed his connections with Beautiful and Kick Asteroid was born.Shortly thereafter Paul Ryan debuted as guitarist for Ruptured Dog
Throughout the Autumn & Winter of 1991 the band rehearsed their material, putting together a set of original tracks with which the debuted in the April of 1992 at The Rock Garden in Covent Garden, London.
The next two years saw the band embark on a frenzy of rehearsals and live gigs throughout the UK's capital city
Band Members:
Andy Meakin Drums,Vocals
Andy Moloney Bass Vocals
Tony Ware Lead Guitar
Paul Mabe Rythym Guitar
Other members:
Piers - Drums
Ray Jordan - Drums
Gigs
29 April 1992 – 1st gig, Rock Garden Covent Garden
3 May 1992 – Maybury Festival, Tooting
30 May 1992 – Bacchus Wine Bar, Kingston
6 June 1992 – Half Moon Herne Hill
11 July 1992 – Bacchus Wine Bar, Kingston
18 July 1992 – Brixton Reaction with Who Moved The Ground supporting
6 Sept 1992 – Maybury Festival
19 Sept 1992 – Brixton Reaction
1 Oct 1992 – Half Moon Herne Hill
6 Oct 1992 – Bull and Gate, Kentish Town
14 Oct 1992 – Mean Fiddler, Harlesden
5 Nov 1992 – Camden Falcon
16 Nov 1992 – Powerhaus, Islington
27 Nov 1992 – Brixton Reaction
3 Dec 1992 – Powerhaus, Islington with Tindersticks and Surrender Dorothy
8 Jan 1993 – The Rails Euston
21 Jan 1993 – Bull and Gate, Kentish Town. Supporting Mother Machine
22 Feb 1993 – Powerhaus
11 Mar 1993 – Camden Falcon supporting That Petrol Emotion (as the Scumsurfers)
20 Mar 1993 – The Rails, Euston – Heroines
15 Apr 1993 – Bull and Gate, Kentish Town
28 Apr 1993 – Camden Falcon
14 May 1993 – Bull and Gate, Kentish Town
28 May 1993 – The Rails, Euston – with Ruptured Dog
2 Aug 1993 – Camden Falcon
12 Aug 1993 – Bull and Gate, Kentish Town
19 Aug 1993 – The Marquee, Charing Cross Road
