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2025 Current line up of Ellis music, Sindall voice, Bembridge percussion and Kalwarska visual art. 
2024 Joined by visual artists Tammy Woodrow and Paulina Kalwarska. As a tribute to former member Tris King we invited members of the Wave of Bongo to join us on stage. This culminated in Aitch Bembridge rejoining the band. Tammy left round about this time.
2024 and 'Surplus 1980' from Oakland CA are performing a cover of our old song 'Iceberg'...
2021 Resume as duo, Sindall and Ellis
2019 adding Louis Scheuer for synthesiser and Avery Green for guitar.
Live at Applestock Festival August 2019
2017 - present
Ellis and Sindall resume as duo
2014-18    
Barking - 12” EP (100% APE)
Various UK shows
Here's Barking on Bandcamp... 
2011    
Tour of Italy, Holland, Belgium
Roskilde Festival - Denmark
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Uk tour including Islington Mill with The Ex and Melt Banana... here's a clip from the Museum of Banditry in Itri, southern Italy 2011
2007
Durrant back on board = trio.
Tour of Italy, Holland, Belgium
Compilation CD - Commercially Unfriendly
Photo by Matias
We went to visit Tris and he spoke the lyrics to Worrying Noises from his bed . He died a few days later.
2006
Ellis and Sindall get things going again.

1996 - 2006
Booming the bloomin' population

1995    
The band dissolved but Ellis and King continued, indulging in a tour of Italy under the name Jackdaw.
1993    
Hanging in the Balance LP - Hax record label, Turin
1993 LP Record
Timothy Ellis, Tris King,
Fergus Durrant, Aitch Bembridge,
Andy Guthrie, Sally Knight, Mick Shaler
​Montage : Adam Sindall, Steve Law. Fran Jukes
HAX Records : Turino

1990-93    
Tour of Italy, Holland, Germany, Belgium, UK
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1989    
Compilation LP - Shelter
Tour of Italy, Holland, Germany, Belgium, UK

1988    
Sink, Sank, Sunk 12-inch EP
Tour of Italy, Holland, Germany (East), Poland, Belgium, UK
Hot Air LP
1987
Compilation LP - The First After Epiphany LP
Monarchy, Mayhem and Fishpaste 12-inch EP
John Peel Session
John Peel Session
Tour of Italy, Holland, Germany, Belgium

​1986
Sign to Ron Jonson record label    
Small Town Thunderers become Jackdaw with Crowbar

1985
Small Town Thunderers form... here's one of the first cassettes...
One of the first cassette covers for Small Town Thunderers. Collage made by Law.