Dorset/Hampshire area bands of the era include: -

• ’77-’83: -
  • Bournemouth/Poole – Self Abuse, Butcher, Intestines, Idiom Tribe, Mad Are Sane, Confession Of Sin
  • Weymouth – Admass, Manic
  • Dorchester – Velvet Underpants, Dead Popstars, Shock To The System, Chaotic Disorder, Screaming Disorder, Nerve Agents, Jap, Scum Youth (maybe?) (some of these May be from Weymouth – sorry!!)
  • Southampton/Portsmouth – Suburban Filth, Ad Nauseam
  • Not quite local but played area regularly: Yeovil – Mob; Melksham – Subhumans, Torrington – Cult Maniax
  • Where from ? – Naked, Last Rites, Peaceheads, Stench , Genetic Malfunction,

• ‘84-‘85: -
  • Bournemouth/Poole – Disgusting Pukey Scarves, General Belgrano, Pale Shade Of Black, Bad Noise
  • Weymouth – Haywire
  • Bridport – Bleeugh!
  • Melksham – Subhumans
  • Southampton/Portsmouth Corporate Grave
  • Where from ? – Wreck Of The Hesperus, Breakout, Helius, River Runs Red, Mucus Collectors, Invade The Stage, Victims (punk band who played the Bridport gig on 1/12/84), Victims (a different band – bizarre Oi/skinhead band with a black Nazi singer (honest!) who showed up at a Pembroke Arms gig and bullied Alex into drumming for them during their set!), Mass Of Black (one of them had been a roadie for 70’s band, The Dangerous Girls), Disciples Of The Elder, Plague, Suicide Pact, All The Glory, Pro Patria Mori

Other (very incomplete) info on the Dorchester/ Weymouth/ Poole/ Bournemouth scene of this time was available as part of UK scene report written by Charlie (Chaz) in Maximum RockNRoll #15 in July 1983.