"The Mingle Strikes Back" Michaelmas Term King's Mingle (1996). Among those supporting at this gig was ents officer Dan Ward who was dressed as the rebel pilot of an X-wing fighter. The Moths were in the Funk and Jazz room which also boasted DJs Robin Delborgo and Tania Brannigan as star attractions.
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Roger Drew's flyer for Moth Conspiracy's gig at the Tuffnel Park Dome on Friday 27th April 1997 (Left to right: John, Patrick and Pez). This gig included what was probably the first performance of 'Roundabout Ways'. Jeanette Blair was at the gig and voiced the opinion that it had been one of the strongest performances that the band had given.
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Poster for a gig in the Trinity Hall College (November 1996). The song 'Love' was first performed on this occasion and was singled out for special commendation by Jeanette Blair the following day over coffee in King's Bar. Moth Conspiracy were paid £200. Alex Vaughan was unwell after the show and had to be driven back to New Hall by Pez.
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Flyers for one of Moth Conspiracy's gigs at the Bull & Gate in Kentish Town. Expert sound-management was provided from behind the mixing console by Laura Burton, one of those engineers who think that lyrics should not have to be screamed in order to get a look-in. 'From All Of Us Here', 'Three Cheers for Batgirl' and a feedback-filled 'Piccadilly Weepers' were among the numbers that went down well on this night.
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Flyers for Moth Conspiracy's gig at The Red Eye in Islington on 30th June 1997. Patrick was apprehended by the local constabulary half an hour before the band were due on stage for putting stickers on lamposts. The police van pulled over and out jumped a policeman and five police women who surrounded the luckless moth conspirator and demanded that the remaining stickers be handed over if a trip down to the station was to be avoided. The guitarist was then instructed to begin removing the stickers from all lamposts. Explaining that he had a gig to play in only half an hour, Patrick was told sharply: 'You should have thought about that before you started to deface the Borough of Islington.'
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A poster for Moth Conspiracy's gig at New Hall College in May 1995. Among those present at this gig were Bruce Beckles, Adrian Clayton, Alex Vaughan, Claire Williams, Nadia Misconi and Elizabeth Eger who assisted with make-up as well as lending Patrick a pair of high-heels. This gig included what was probably the first performance of 'Colossal Molecular Forcefield'. Items of percussion were thrown out to the audience during the course of the gig in order to encourage its participation in songs like 'Turbofunk' and the Moths' funked-up reworking of 'No' by Loudan Wainwright III.
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Pete Marsden's last-minute poster for an evening of Moth Conspiracy in the Mumby Room (Vac Bar) in King's. Ben Lund, formerly of The Balcony Jazz Unit, may have stood in on bass on this occasion. There was also a guest appearance for one song by vocalist Katie Flemming. 'The Killer Moths', one of the band's old standards from way back, had been resurrected around this time and was certainly performed in its new-improved format in the course of the evening. Year unknown but possibly autumn 1998.
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Flyers for a King's College Student Union organised gig (possibly a fundraiser for Amnesty or AIDS Awareness) featuring the Soul & Jazz Combo Uncle Shrunk and Moth Conspiracy. Year unknown but possibly 1995 or 1996.
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Hurriedly assembled poster advertising Moth Conspiracy's set for the 1995 Pembroke May Ball. The band wore 'Playing Card Soldier' uniforms whose design and construction were masterminded by Pez. A caterpillar costume made out of a sleeping bag was contemplated for keyboard player John Moreira, but the idea was shelved on the grounds that John had to get up and do percussion and vocals at the front of the stage on some numbers.
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