The Cane

The Cane really began quite unintentionally because of The Sex Pistols’ unreliability.

In ’76 the Pistols were touring of sorts but often cancelled gigs at short notice. One such gig was in Torbay, South Devon. Local promoter and agent Lionel Digby had booked them into the 400 Club in Torquay for September 28th and by the time they cancelled he had already generated a lot of interest in his “Punk Rock Night”, which was to be the first in the area. So he contacted two local musicians, Chris Skornia and Simon Wright, as he knew they were interested in the punk bands that were emerging from around the country and America, and asked them if they could put something  “punky” together to replace the Pistols for the night. They hurriedly assembled some likely musicians and set about learning punk covers from the records they had recently bought. Calling themselves The Kayo Punks, the barely rehearsed 5-piece did the show.

The night was such a success that Chris and Simon decided to make it into something more permanent. So with a scaled-down version of The Kayo Punks, Chris on guitar, Simon on drums and Jerry Iles on bass, and with a name-change, The Cane was born!

''3 x 3'' (2016)

01 - Truant Boy

02 - School Daze

03 - Food Kills

04 - Dice

05 - Suburban Guerilla

06 - D.K. Dance

07 - College Girls

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