Another night of quality live music at Champions… another disappointing turnout (in terms of numbers anyway). A lively bunch though, especially when those cockney skanksters Mouthwash took to the stage. Okay, it’s a Sunday, the worst day to put on a gig, but for a venue that busting a gut to get decent bands and ...

Much like the band’s name, the majority of The C-30s debut long-player Help Point is neither big or clever, though on occasions it breaks away from a (Sludge)feast of screeching guitars and thumping bass and drums – think of any number of late 70s punk bands – and gets all wise and mature, proper out ...

Three weeks in, The Armadillo Club at Champions has hit the ground running with extremely encouraging turnouts so far. As well as some quality live music, punters have also been treated to the dj skills of Menace (The Intestines), as well as hundreds of original videos from the vaults of the Champions library being shown ...

A late 1970s revival is happening in Bournemouth as The Armadillo Club welcomes an array of English punk institutions through the coming months. The opening night saw The Members restore their sound from the original generation of punks. Bournemouth-based punks Self Abuse open the night, ripping through their set like it’s 1982 all over again. ...

Thursday 14 January sees the launch of a new weekly club, to be held at Champions music venue. The Armadillo Club is live music night aiming to appeal to bands and fans of (in the broadest sense) punk rock music. Since its musical conception in the seventies, punk has splintered of into various sub-genres, and ...