Le Beat Route review, 23 February 1987

A typed fanzine page carrying a review headed “New English - La Beatroute 23.2.87”. The writer calls the band the liveliest of the night, notes wrong opening chords on “Sixteen” and says it was their tenth gig since October. A grainy photograph of three people by a doorway is captioned to say that Joz, the one in the middle, is no longer with the band, and a small competition box asks readers to name the band, where it comes from and who left it without a bassist. The same page holds reviews of another band, an editorial thank-you block and a small notice for a zine called Fight Back. A handwritten “Nik” signature sits under a different review, and the New English review itself is unsigned. A later review on the page is dated late March 1987, so the page was printed after the gig, and the zine’s own title is not visible.
the liveliest band out on the night
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Le Beat Route review, 23 February 1987. The New English Archive. Last substantive revision 5 November 2026. https://thenewenglish.org/archive/le-beat-route-review/