PC and friends 2009 to 2016

and friends

2009 to 2016 history

Email that started the reforming of the band ...

Gigs played / Recordings made / TV and Radio dates

Stuart had moved from Melbourne to Sydney in 1985 and returned in 2008 to work at Monash University.
Frank, Denise and Dave (unless overseas) lived in Melbourne.
The band reformed because we were asked to, and we all were living in the same city for the first time in decades.

2009

January 4th, 2009
The Tote

January 9-11th, 2009
All Tomorrow's Party

Thank you Ben Butcher for taking this photo then painting it as Primitive Calculators in Space. Love your work.

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Warren Ellis and Nick Cave checking us out.

Thank you Tony Cornish for being our sound engineer and room mate for that weekend.
Love your work.

Thank Nick Cave for asking us to reform.
You do love your work. Well done.

February 21th, 2009
Applecore Festival, Thornbury

March 25th,2009
St. Jeromes, City

March 27th, 2009
Rear View Gallery, Collingwood
for Chrome Dome 7" single launch

April 20th, 2009
Dogs in Space documentary "We're Living On Dog Food" interview recorded with Richard Lowenstein, St.Kilda.

May 17th, 2009
Printing Museum, Footscray

The drawing above was given to Denise after the performance by the local artist Po. Thanks Po. Love your work.

June 13th, 2009
Noise and Sound, Thornbury

July 29th, 2009
Ding Dong Lounge
Review of the gig by Alan Bamford

September 19th, 2009
Chapter Music ?

November 14th, 2009
Audio Action

November 20th, 2009
Thornbury Theatre, supporting Lightning Bolt (US)

November 21st, 2009
Manning Bar, Sydney, supporting Lightning Bolt

November 22nd, 2009
Hi Fi Bar, Brisbane, supporting Lightning Bolt

November 28th, 2009
Static Age Festival

2010

March 24th, 2010
Thornbury Theatre, supporting Jandek (US)

March 28, 2010
Adelaide, supporting Jandek

September 3rd, 2010
Yah Yah's, Fitzroy

October 7th, 2010
North Melbourne Town Hall, Little Band night

2011

February 6th 2011
Bar Open, Fitzroy

April 14th, 2011
The Tote, with Slug Gutz

April 30th, 2011
May 3rd and 8th, 2011
Recording of single "Sick / C unt" at Julian Wu's house, Windsor
Thanks Julian, love your work

August 27th, 2011
Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood

November 23rd, 2011
Melbourne Music Week
Melbourne Gaol, with Essendon Airport

Photo taken by Pete Dowd. Thanks Pete. Love your work.

2012

March 6th, 2012
Toff in Town, Swanston Street, City

August 31st to September 2nd, 2012
"The World is Fucked" album recording started at Headgap, Thornbury
Thanks Neil Thomason, love your work.

September 7th, 2012
Polyester Records, City

September 29, 2012
Newcastle Sound Summit, NSW

October 5th, 2012
Single launch of "Sick / C unt"

November 17th
Chapter Music 20th Anniversary
North Melbourne

November 24th and 25th, 2012
December 4th, 18th and 19th, 2012
TWIF recording continues at Headgap, Thornbury

2013

February 6th, 2013
TWIF mixing at Headgap, Thornbury

June 11th and 25th, 2013
Mastering of TWIF at Stepford Audio Mastering, Collingwood

July 6th, 2013
The Tote, with Don

December 7th, 2013
The World Is Fucked record launch
Toff in Town, City

PC at the Toff

2014

January 17, 2014
ABC Rage taping in Sydney
Thank you Guy and Ben from Chapter Music for organising this. Love your work.
(The ABC told us 2 weeks later that they had lost the memory stick with the tape on it, so we had to return at a later date. We did, in May)

January 18th, 2014
Live to air Radio interview, Sydney
then played at
Red Rattler, Marrickville

February 1st, 2014
Brisbane Hotel, Hobart

February 15th, 2014
The Tote, with Freetime
First Pocket Calculator gig

February 20th, 2014
Bar Open, Fitzroy. Little Bands with Don

March 9th, 2014
Public Bar, North Melbourne

May 1st, 2014
OAF, Darlinghurst, NSW

May 2nd, 2014
ABC Rage taping. This time it worked. It was good to have a "rehearsal" back in January so we knew what to expect.

Primitive Calculators ABC Rage intro

Frank introduces us on Rage

Denise on how great Prince is

Dave picks Bruce Springsteen and Stuart gets the year right

Stuart explains how Jimi Hendrix was more than just the best guitarist ever

Denise gives her opinions about the Whitlam years and Michael Jackson

Frank and Stuart share their appreciation of ABBA

Frank and Stuart share their appreciate of Suzie Quatro

Stuart shows his love towards Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs

Stuart talks Slayer and Air Supply

Stuart talks Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five and Denise gets the year right

Denise helps out the 13 year old son of her friends by showing his band's video

The Calculators ask WHY?

May 18th, 2014
The Tote, Collingwood. Little Band night.

May 31st, 2014
ABC Rage programme

July 19th, 2014
Grace Darling, Fitzroy. Little Band night.

August 2014
Andrea Blake (Chrome Dome, Vacuum) joins the band to replace Frank on "drums/pc"
Frank continues as back up singer.

August 15th, 2014
Grace Darling, Fitzroy
Pocket Calculators

August 17th, 2014
Old Bar, Fitzroy
Pocket Calculators

November 12th to 16th, 2014
Recording of "On Drugs" starts at Headgap

December 10th to 14th and 16th, 2014
Recording continues at Headgap

2015

January 2015
Frank leaves the band.

January 7th to 9th and 19th, 2015
Recording continues at Headgap

February 6th, 2015
3PBS Drive Live, Collingwood

February 4th, 2015
Bakehouse Studio live performance

March 3rd to 23rd, 2015
China Tour

See doco about tour and Chinese bands on YouTube here
Thanks Jake Lloyd Jones at MerJa Media for doing the doco
Thanks Thomas Hyland for filming our adventure with Jake
Love your work

2015Beijing

March 10th
Zoomin' Night / improv and solo show, Beijing
with Liu Xinyu, Noise666, DJ HVAD

March 12th
XP, Beijing
with XiaoHong & XiaoXiaoHong, Vagus Nerve

Bringing Billy Thorpe performing Mama to China

PC and Billy Thorpe

March 13th
JUE Festival, Beijing
with SUBS, Birdstriking

2015March13Jue

March 14th
Aperture Club, Xian
with Skyfire

March 15th
System Error show at Aperture Club, Xian
with XiaoHong & XiaoXiaoHong

March 18th
Next Door, Yiwu
with XiaoHong & XiaoXiaoHong

March 19th
Inferno, Shanghai
with Torturing Nurse, XiaoHong & XiaoXiaoHong

2015March19

Torturing Nurse

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March 20th
YuYinTang, Shanghai
with Snapline, Sontag Shogun (US)

Alan Bamford took this video of us doing "The Same"
Thanks Alan, RIP, loved your work, always

2015Mar20PC

Snapline

Sontag Shogun

2015March20SontagShogun

March 21st
VOX, Wuhan
with AV Okubo and XiaoHong & XiaoXiaoHong

2015March21PC

XiaoHong & XiaoXiaoHong
Our tour support band
Thanks Zhu Wenbo and Zhao Cong
Love your work

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AV Okubo

July 2015
Denise leaves the band.
Andrea Blake leaves a few weeks later.

October 3rd, 2015
Pocket Calculators at Yarraville

October 10th, 2015
Memo, St.Kilda

November 19th, 2015
Pocket Calculators at Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy

2016 - 2018

March 20th, 2016
Keele Street, Collingwood with Strange Neighbours

June 12th, 2016
Metro, Adelaide

July 19th, 2016
3CR live to air

August 18th, 2016
Yah Yah's, Smith Street, Fitzroy

September 2016
Dave leaves the band. Stuart is now the only founding member left.

September 20th, 2016
Howlers, Brunswick

December 18th, 2016
China documentary "Which Way is China"
Sydney Launch

November 18th, 2017
Why Punk talk by Denise
MPavillion, Melbourne

March 23rd, 2018
Pocket Calculators
The Tote, Collingwood

June 1st, 2018
Curtain Hotel, Carlton
"On Drugs" album launch

and friends
1974 to 1980 \| PC Releases \| Little Bands \| Use No Hooks \| Bum Steers \| Bum Club \| Dogs in Space \| Denise & Dave Sing \| Home 2009 to 2016 history Email that started the reforming of the band ...
Gigs played / Recordings made / TV and Radio dates
Stuart had moved from Melbourne to Sydney in 1985 and returned in 2008 to work at Monash University. Frank, Denise and Dave (unless overseas) lived in Melbourne. The band reformed because we were asked to, and we all were living in the same city for the first time in decades.
2009
January 4th, 2009 The Tote January 9-11th, 2009 All Tomorrow's Party Thank you Ben Butcher for taking this photo then painting it as Primitive Calculators in Space. Love your work. Warren Ellis and Nick Cave checking us out. Thank you Tony Cornish for being our sound engineer and room mate for that weekend. Love your work. Thank Nick Cave for asking us to reform. You do love your work. Well done. February 21th, 2009 Applecore Festival, Thornbury March 25th,2009 St. Jeromes, City March 27th, 2009 Rear View Gallery, Collingwood for Chrome Dome 7" single launch April 20th, 2009 Dogs in Space documentary "We're Living On Dog Food" interview recorded with Richard Lowenstein, St.Kilda. May 17th, 2009 Printing Museum, Footscray The drawing above was given to Denise after the performance by the local artist Po. Thanks Po. Love your work. June 13th, 2009 Noise and Sound, Thornbury July 29th, 2009 Ding Dong Lounge Review of the gig by Alan Bamford September 19th, 2009 Chapter Music ? November 14th, 2009 Audio Action November 20th, 2009 Thornbury Theatre, supporting Lightning Bolt (US) November 21st, 2009 Manning Bar, Sydney, supporting Lightning Bolt November 22nd, 2009 Hi Fi Bar, Brisbane, supporting Lightning Bolt November 28th, 2009 Static Age Festival
2010
March 24th, 2010 Thornbury Theatre, supporting Jandek (US) March 28, 2010 Adelaide, supporting Jandek September 3rd, 2010 Yah Yah's, Fitzroy October 7th, 2010 North Melbourne Town Hall, Little Band night
2011
February 6th 2011 Bar Open, Fitzroy April 14th, 2011 The Tote, with Slug Gutz April 30th, 2011 May 3rd and 8th, 2011 Recording of single "Sick / C unt" at Julian Wu's house, Windsor Thanks Julian, love your work August 27th, 2011 Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood November 23rd, 2011 Melbourne Music Week Melbourne Gaol, with Essendon Airport Photo taken by Pete Dowd. Thanks Pete. Love your work.
2012
March 6th, 2012 Toff in Town, Swanston Street, City August 31st to September 2nd, 2012 "The World is Fucked" album recording started at Headgap, Thornbury Thanks Neil Thomason, love your work. September 7th, 2012 Polyester Records, City September 29, 2012 Newcastle Sound Summit, NSW October 5th, 2012 Single launch of "Sick / C unt" November 17th Chapter Music 20th Anniversary North Melbourne November 24th and 25th, 2012 December 4th, 18th and 19th, 2012 TWIF recording continues at Headgap, Thornbury
2013
February 6th, 2013 TWIF mixing at Headgap, Thornbury June 11th and 25th, 2013 Mastering of TWIF at Stepford Audio Mastering, Collingwood July 6th, 2013 The Tote, with Don December 7th, 2013 The World Is Fucked record launch Toff in Town, City PC at the Toff
2014
January 17, 2014 ABC Rage taping in Sydney Thank you Guy and Ben from Chapter Music for organising this. Love your work. (The ABC told us 2 weeks later that they had lost the memory stick with the tape on it, so we had to return at a later date. We did, in May) January 18th, 2014 Live to air Radio interview, Sydney then played at Red Rattler, Marrickville February 1st, 2014 Brisbane Hotel, Hobart February 15th, 2014 The Tote, with Freetime First Pocket Calculator gig February 20th, 2014 Bar Open, Fitzroy. Little Bands with Don March 9th, 2014 Public Bar, North Melbourne May 1st, 2014 OAF, Darlinghurst, NSW May 2nd, 2014 ABC Rage taping. This time it worked. It was good to have a "rehearsal" back in January so we knew what to expect. Primitive Calculators ABC Rage intro Frank introduces us on Rage Denise on how great Prince is Dave picks Bruce Springsteen and Stuart gets the year right Stuart explains how Jimi Hendrix was more than just the best guitarist ever Denise gives her opinions about the Whitlam years and Michael Jackson Frank and Stuart share their appreciation of ABBA Frank and Stuart share their appreciate of Suzie Quatro Stuart shows his love towards Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs Stuart talks Slayer and Air Supply Stuart talks Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five and Denise gets the year right Denise helps out the 13 year old son of her friends by showing his band's video The Calculators ask WHY? May 18th, 2014 The Tote, Collingwood. Little Band night. May 31st, 2014 ABC Rage programme July 19th, 2014 Grace Darling, Fitzroy. Little Band night. August 2014 Andrea Blake (Chrome Dome, Vacuum) joins the band to replace Frank on "drums/pc" Frank continues as back up singer. August 15th, 2014 Grace Darling, Fitzroy Pocket Calculators August 17th, 2014 Old Bar, Fitzroy Pocket Calculators November 12th to 16th, 2014 Recording of "On Drugs" starts at Headgap December 10th to 14th and 16th, 2014 Recording continues at Headgap
2015
January 2015 Frank leaves the band. January 7th to 9th and 19th, 2015 Recording continues at Headgap February 6th, 2015 3PBS Drive Live, Collingwood February 4th, 2015 Bakehouse Studio live performance March 3rd to 23rd, 2015 China Tour See doco about tour and Chinese bands on YouTube here Thanks Jake Lloyd Jones at MerJa Media for doing the doco Thanks Thomas Hyland for filming our adventure with Jake Love your work March 10th Zoomin' Night / improv and solo show, Beijing with Liu Xinyu, Noise666, DJ HVAD March 12th XP, Beijing with XiaoHong & XiaoXiaoHong, Vagus Nerve Bringing Billy Thorpe performing Mama to China March 13th JUE Festival, Beijing with SUBS, Birdstriking March 14th Aperture Club, Xian with Skyfire March 15th System Error show at Aperture Club, Xian with XiaoHong & XiaoXiaoHong March 18th Next Door, Yiwu with XiaoHong & XiaoXiaoHong March 19th Inferno, Shanghai with Torturing Nurse, XiaoHong & XiaoXiaoHong Torturing Nurse March 20th YuYinTang, Shanghai with Snapline, Sontag Shogun (US) Alan Bamford took this video of us doing "The Same" Thanks Alan, RIP, loved your work, always Snapline Sontag Shogun March 21st VOX, Wuhan with AV Okubo and XiaoHong & XiaoXiaoHong XiaoHong & XiaoXiaoHong Our tour support band Thanks Zhu Wenbo and Zhao Cong Love your work AV Okubo July 2015 Denise leaves the band. Andrea Blake leaves a few weeks later. October 3rd, 2015 Pocket Calculators at Yarraville October 10th, 2015 Memo, St.Kilda November 19th, 2015 Pocket Calculators at Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy
2016 - 2018
March 20th, 2016 Keele Street, Collingwood with Strange Neighbours June 12th, 2016 Metro, Adelaide July 19th, 2016 3CR live to air August 18th, 2016 Yah Yah's, Smith Street, Fitzroy September 2016 Dave leaves the band. Stuart is now the only founding member left. September 20th, 2016 Howlers, Brunswick December 18th, 2016 China documentary "Which Way is China" Sydney Launch November 18th, 2017 Why Punk talk by Denise MPavillion, Melbourne March 23rd, 2018 Pocket Calculators The Tote, Collingwood June 1st, 2018 Curtain Hotel, Carlton "On Drugs" album launch
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