Decadent Few

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There's at least two bands that have performed under the name Decadent Few. 1) Formed in East London in 1984 by Kaya, Mike, Bernie and Mark of Youth in Asia, plus Steph of Hagar the Womb briefly, Decadent Few’s first gig was at Studio One in Slough, June 1984. Mark and Steph had stepped out by this point and a friend, Gary, was taught Bass by Mike in vintage Paul Simenon-style, i.e. coloured stickers on the frets to denote where to play which note which song. Luckily, Gary learnt fast and this line up played regularly across London with bands like Flowers in the Dustbin, Tom's Midnight Garden, Stigma, Andy Lovebug & the Tenderhearts and the Wet Paint Theatre, a Punk Theatre Company. When Gary left in 1985, Womble was brought in and this trio formed the core of the band that has survived to this day. Bernie left soon after and thus began a long rollcall of drummers, some of the most enduring of which are named above (any I’ve omitted, please email and we will add your name for posterity). Initially linked to the Anarcho Punk scene, which provided a friendlier, more self-sufficient and musically less-straight jacketed framework than the dismal Gary Bushell/’New Punk’ scene of big hair-or-no hair/ speeded-up hard rock bands, DF were always more a product of the early ’76-’77 era (despite existing long after) and perhaps found the ghost of that previous inspiration lingering in the squat venues and small self-run clubs/pubs/halls of London in the early 1980s. However, by the mi

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