RETRO DUNDEE

Broughty Ferry wanted a piece of the action, live band action that is, and so Upstairs Downstairs cropped up on the scene to provide such a ...

Roy Terre (Reuters - get it?) from Deadbeat mag, had a chinwag with The Grip down at the Tayside Bar in late '82. Jim Grieve & Ross ...

Last March, you may recall I put up the B-side of The Grip's single, a dubby instrumental called "Musicland Pt 2". Well here i...

An ad from 1983 for The Grip playing at Club Feet. Club Feet was part of the Tay Centre set up in Dock Street and was the upstairs nightclu...

This piece written by Jock Ferguson is an account of the general state of play with Dundee reggae band, The Grip, who at the time (early 198...

Here's an interesting night that was going on at Tiffany's in the Nethergate in April 1981. A competition to see who was Tayside...

Another reggae night at Blazers organised by Gripping Youth and this time featuring The Grip. Not quite sure why it says "Leather Jack...

Blazers reggae disco was located in a wee Pend in Victoria Road, quite near to the Vic cinema, in the early 80's. I can remember b...

From the early 80's - this flyer for a gig taking place in August may very well be the one The Grip used to advertise their gig feature...

Here's The Grip dropping some live reggae & dub down at the Tayside Bar in the Seagate in the early 80's. A place where I saw ...

Described on this promotional ad as playing "jute mill reggae", The Grip did indeed bring the sound of Jamaica to Dundee in the ...

The Grip are probably the only reggae band to have come out of Dundee, well certainly during this era anyway. I can remember catching them...