History

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Saxby is bored and has an idea of getting a band of local lads together so that The Warriors are a proper band again, rehearsing regularly (??) and socialise a bit like the original Last Resort used to back in the 80's.
In February 2007 after watching Crimewave at the Mill Inn in Deal, Saxby offers bass duties to Karl Taylor his old mate from Herne Bay but as Karl is quite happy in Crimewave he declines and suggests a mate of his, Russ Black, who is at the same gig. After rapidly recruiting Dave Rowe on guitar and a loan of Chris Hogg from Crimewave, until a permanent drummer can be found, Saxby has a glint in his eye as he can see the start of a new era for The Warriors.
Within two months and just as many rehearsals (i.e. Two) the first gig with this line up at the Concrete Jungle festival at Camber Sands in April. What an absolute disaster, it came way too quickly and with that many rehearsals and an extremely pissed member of the band it was as shambolic as you would expect. But they were going again and a gig at the Beercart Arms in Canterbury on the 29^th of April (Saxbys Birthday) with Deadline and Crimewave was a vast improvement on the previous gig.
Unfortunately after that Chris had to go on tour in America as he is also a roadie and a drum tech. So the band had to cancel a gig and were struggling again until Ben Moss from local metal heads Demonbreed offered himself up as drummer. He also liked his punk so it gave us a bit of a metal edge with his drumming.
A few local gigs followed with Vice Squad (twice) Assert, Demob, Batteries Not Included (Malta), Vas Deferens and The Vibrators among others. Ben announced he was leaving and on 4th Jan 2008 played his last gig at The Railway in Ipswich supporting The Gonads.

Chris who had just returned from his trip to America and Europe rejoined and played his return gig in Ashford at Oranges less than one month and more than two rehearsals later, followed by a support slot to Sick On The Bus. Then in March we got offered a gig in Stoke supporting The Business, a headline show in both France and Belgium at the Moloko Bar.
Later that month The Warriors recorded a few songs at a small studio in Dargate as a demo.
One year on and April and May are busy months, April culminating in Saxbys 50^th Birthday bash in Sheerness supporting The Vibrators followed by a gig with Red Alert
June saw the band headline The Bridgehouse 2 with Splodge and The Gonads, a gig with Menace and one supporting The Last Resort.

We finished off the year by finally recording "Unite The Scene" which was recorded at Perryvale Studios in London and mixed by us and the very able Pat Collier. And finished off gigging for the year with a superb night at the Bridgehouse with Frankie Flame and Superyob.

Unite The Scene having now been finished we shall be releasing it in March, hopefully at the Sham 69 gig in Gillingham

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