Paul Cleary — Chelmsford punk oral history

What the catalogue records

• Paul Cleary's first gig attended was at Chancellor Hall in 1974, seeing Dr Feelgood.
• He started playing guitar and formed his first band, Nasty Habits, in 1977.
• The interview discusses the YMCA, Chelmsford City Football Club rock nights and Dr Feelgood.
• It specifically covers Chancellor Hall, Colchester bands, gigs at Chancellor Hall and local bands, including Anorexia.
• It also covers XTC at the Odeon, the Propaganda fanzine, D.J.'s, the Night Owl, record shops including Ecstasy Records and Parrot Records, and later Chelmsford alternative venues and pubs.

Why this matters to Chelmsford Rocks

This is not being imported as a list of new gig dates. The archive catalogue tells us that the interview contains local first-hand material about the people, bands and venues around the Chelmsford punk scene. That makes it a valuable source to pursue, especially for Nasty Habits, Anorexia and Chancellor Hall memories that may not survive elsewhere.

Evidence status: external oral-history catalogue / research lead. The catalogue description establishes that the interview exists and identifies its subjects; it does not by itself prove every event or recollection mentioned in the recording.

Research targets

• Look for any accessible transcript, recording information or further catalogue detail for the Paul Cleary interview.
• Cross-reference Nasty Habits against the Chelmsford Rocks local-band material.
• Cross-reference Anorexia against the 1979 Essex Live / Chancellor Hall evidence.
• Look for first-person memories that can be connected to specific Chancellor Hall dates without forcing an uncertain recollection into the event chronology.

Source

Essex Archives Online — SA 15/1/4/4/1, Popular music: Paul Cleary

The catalogue describes the interview as an oral history with Paul Cleary about his experiences in bands and popular music in Chelmsford.