Some Chicken were a 70's English punk band from Nottingham consisting of Ivor Badcock (Lead Vocals), Jess Chicken (Guitar), Terry Bull (Bass) and Galway Kinnell (Drums). The band got together back in 1973 and performed under the name of the 'Scabs' though only Jess and Galway remained from this combo. Ivor and Terry joined in 1976, and the band started to gig locally supporting other bands, before becoming known in their own right, and gracing some of the countries foremost club venues. At this point, Raw Records began to take an interest, and invited the group to make a demo recording, from which 'New Religion' was selected to be the debut single. The band released a couple of singles between 1977 and 1978 and a compilation album of their work was released on Retro Records called 1977-78.
Links to Peel[]
Peel was a big fan of their track, New Religion, which was nominated by him as one of his favourite songs of 1977. The song was added to his 1977 Festive Fifty. He also had two copies of their New Religion single in his Record Box.
Festive Fifty Entries[]
- 1977 Festive Fifty: New Religion #16
Shows Played[]
- 24 November 1977: New Religion (7" - New Religion / Blood On The Wall) Raw
- 05 December 1977: New Religion (7" - New Religion / Blood On The Wall) Raw
- 27 December 1977: 'New Religion (7")' (Raw) FF #16
- 1978
- 09 October 1978: Arabian Daze / Number Seven
- 25 October 1978: Arabian Daze (single) Raw
- 01 November 1978: Number Seven (7” – Arabian Daze) Raw
- 1979
- 16 August 1979: New Religion (single) Raw
- 25 August 1979 (BFBS): New Religion (7") Raw
- 1993
- 25 June 1993: New Religion (7" New Religion / Blood On The Wall) Raw
- 03 July 1993 (BFBS): New Religion ( v/a album - Oh No It's More From Raw) Raw
- 2004
- 27 May 2004: 'New Religion' (7") Raw
- 04 June 2004 (BBC World Service): 'New Religion' (7") Raw