Deaf School

Back in the mid-1970s, mere months before punk rock changed the game, Deaf School were a cheerful gang of rockcabaret chancers, mixing cheap glamour and showbiz pastiche. They brightened up the dead years of a Liverpool music scene still pole-axed by The Beatles’ desertion. They were such a blast that a whole new local scene sprang up around them, spawning Eric’s Club and a dozen future legends, from Echo & The Bunnymen to Frankie Goes To Hollywood.

They last made a record in 1978, but jubilant reunion shows have indicated something indestructible about the band. So now, 33 years later, they’ve made a mini-album of new material that picks up exactly where they left off. Wonderfully, it sounds as fresh and gutsy as the original model. Having just finished their nine-date tour, culminating with two dates in Tokyo, the band joins us at Port Eliot on the main stage with their brilliantly cavalier art-rock show.

“Deaf School put on a show that all the money in the world couldn’t rival”
- NME

“In the whole history of Liverpool music two bands matter most, one is The Beatles and the other is Deaf School”
– Paul Du Noyer (founder of Mojo)

www.deafschoolmusic.com