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Introduction I’ve been asked for this poster book to talk about the early days of INFL and how it came to be.

There are always two phrases that spring to mind when I think of Will’s career, “Where there’s a Will, there’s a way,” and “it’s better to ask for forgiveness than permission.”

I have known Will for almost four decades now, and while the testimonials in this book were planned to be objectively about the Ltd Company, and the gigs alongside, what has transpired the most, is that Will is the beating heart and soul of INFL. His name is synonymous with the best party, the unifying of an entire city’s music scene, the “Fuck it why not, let’s do it” uninhibited, successful, yet loveable DIY attitude that sums up INFL and the scene it created.

Back in 2005, the Nottingham music scene was so fractured, bands that could have worked together saw each other as competition and the main aim was always to get signed and leave town. There were only really a couple of venues that had live gigs, and it was a one-companydominated scene.

That all changed when Will picked up the phone one day at See Tickets, to a club owner in Blackpool who was looking for a promoter to put on some gigs. Without missing a beat, Will said, “Yes, I’m a promoter and I have some bands”..and set about convincing all the bands he knew and could get hold of, to travel up to a battered hotel in Blackpool, for the lure of “a free chicken curry and some beers.” I’m pretty sure that the hotel was paid for in booze bought in bulk from his mate’s brother who worked in butchers, and Will, not renowned for his cooking skills, managed to transport ice cream tubs full of health and safety failing standards chicken curry across to the coast in the back of someone else’s overheating van.

We all survived that weekend, barely, having an absolute blast, staying up on the beach to watch the sunrise (not realising we were faced the wrong way, and in a Blackpool winter, there is no sun) and I still play a song called, Sugar in my Coffin by Curtis Eller, a phenomenal banjo player from New York, Will had somehow convinced to join us for the night. I do believe there was a power cut during his set, but he pulled it off with absolute aplomb, coming out and dancing amongst the crowd. It was the best night, and the success of that fuelled Will to take more risks, think bigger, be bigger.

I went to every single gig of INFL’s for the first five years and as many as I could manage for the years after. I’m proud to say I paid full-price tickets for almost every gig too, as an act of support, despite the kind offers not to.

As the years went on, Will joined forces with Pat Cannon and Miles Clarke, who brought more oars to the party boat, and with them, he set up the INFL record label, developed his internet and council presence and the force of the three of them pushed INFL into the very fabric of Nottingham. They spread the magic across the city and in my view, have changed its very infrastructure.

It has been a joy to watch Will and INFL change, adapt and grow over the years into such a respected and loved institution.

The last couple of years have hit the arts and music scene hard, but I know if anyone can survive the choppy waters of these years, it’s going to be INFL, with Will the crazed and happy pirate at the helm, welcoming all aboard the party boat, and getting Nottingham back on its feet. And what a party it will be.

Congratulations on 15 years of INFL, it’s been a grand craic, here’s to another 15.

Anna Robinson (Will’s sister and band member of O Lovely Lie)

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This was the year Will was getting INFL off the ground and he looked up to Nottingham’s biggest promoter at the time, Anton Lockwood, who worked at DHP and booked bands to play at Rock City, the Rescue Rooms and the Bodega.

“Hi Anton. I want to promote gigs. Can I put one on where you do yours at the Rescue Rooms?” Anton is a lovely guy, very respected and at the top of his game at the time. He gave him his first Nottingham gig at Red Rooms above Rescue Rooms which sold out.

However when Will pressed for more to make INFL a regular night there I think he either ignored him completely or told him to go away and find his own gigs and stop nicking his bands.

Will has always been a cheeky chancer. So instead he approached Templars, a bar which was literally on the doorstep of the Rescue Rooms - you had to actually walk past it to get in. On the opening night he stood outside it, and redirected all the people walking past into Templars instead. I was playing that night and the crowd was massive and we all had a whale of a time. This became Will’s resident night for a year or so.

Will and Ifty who owned Templars continued to work together for a long while. At least until Templars later burnt down (thankfully Will wasn’t involved in that). I used to walk past the venue most days and chuckle to myself at the memory. Anton and Will are friends and respected associates now but it still makes me laugh; the cheek of Will!

Anna Robinson (Will’s sister and band member of O Lovely Lie)

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Will Robinson: the man, the myth, the legend and the after-party pied piper.

I have so many stories about our Will, far too many to tell, especially in print: how about the time we booked a London based electroclash act called GobSausage. Will being Will naturally got a shoegaze, post-rock band from Leeds (name intentionally withheld) to support.

Everyone arrived on time and pleasant greetings were exchanged.

All was well. whilst GobSausage sound-checked one of the guys from Leeds asks us “Have you heard our music?” I had to agree it was an odd pairing but that’s the charm of an INFL experience.

No doubt Will frequently puts together killer line-ups that work as a coherent night of music but there has been many an INFL gig where the line-up is utterly schizophrenic; he’ll book a burlesque show with a punk band, or pair a rap-battle with acoustic pop.

You don’t get many promoters who take these chances (probably for good reason) but he just genuinely doesn’t give a shit. He’ll give anyone a gig, no filter, no pretence. He’ll give them a stage (or a floor) without grilling them about who they’ve played with before or how many people they can bring to the gig. It’s this attitude, this explicit openness to anyone and everything that has made INFL thrive.

I digress. When GobSausage took to the stage, the act was basically two naked dancers painted silver flanked by a gimp with a microphone.. It was hard to know where to look and it wasn’t long before things turned nasty, the gimp nonchalantly trashing our mics and the other bands gear. We’re all for destroying shit, but you have to make sure it’s your own shit. This prompted Will to find the bouncer and whisper “bring out the gimp” in his ear. Unfortunately for the gimp, the venue was on the first floor and the gimp was soon tumbling down a steep set of stairs out into the street. Rough justice served.

Andy Clydesdale (Musician and Audio Massage promoter)

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I’m Not From London gigs have already had an intoxicating aroma about them, and I don’t just mean the booze. Whether it’s a prohibition era speakeasy vibe, a scuzzy rock pub, an authentic slice of local hip-hop culture, a carnival of foreign sounds, or a fantastical blend of the aforementioned, you’re always guaranteed to be taken away to a new world that’s full of artful twists and surprises. Nobody delivers more variety, atmosphere or sheer outrageousness. This is a place where expectations and pretensions are best left at the door, along with any faint hope of an early night.

Adam Pickering (Promoter and Hockley Hustle Founder)

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“What if?” It was a question asked by a young man who had recently made Nottingham his newly adopted home. Somewhat of a charming rogue by nature, the confines of his call centre workstation seemed increasingly small for the big plans growing in his head.

Those two little words when applied to so many possibilities could have such a huge impact. It started with “What if I put on a gig?” And soon the small stages and toilet venues of the East Midlands became awash with anarchic shows where running times were always late, equipment frequently broke and even the billed acts might not even turn up – but a good time was always guaranteed.

Emboldened, he dared to dream even more outlandish schemes and asked himself “What If I organise a wrestling match?”, “What If I hire a doubledecker bus to have a mobile party around the city?”, “What If I organise a festival?”, “What If I started my own record label?” – pulling off each madcap caper, somehow. Each success fanned the flames and the “What Ifs?” began to spread like wildfire, growing ever larger and burning with greater ferocity. It needed a name, and taking inspiration from his favourite foppish miscreants Withnail And I, he asked “What If I call it, I’m Not From London?”

Who knew that these antics would be the beginning of becoming a cornerstone for the community and the bedrock of the city’s independent music scene? By starting I’m Not From London, Will Robinson has created a home and refuge for the impish outsider which has generated countless moments of joy, excitement and ecstasy enjoyed by so many along the way. This book is a reminder that with belief and determination, a crazy idea can grow into something truly wild and wonderful. The images you see here are a testimony to all those audacious past events, every one of them both sublime and ridiculous.

The legacy of I’m Not From London will always be “What If?” and they will keep asking it the next fifteen years and beyond. But it’s not a question they selfishly ask themselves; they invite you to ask it too.

Jimi Arundell (Music Journalist) 2008: I’m Not From London

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I think the best time to illustrate my experience of working with INFL is the time we were planning a gig in a church and he seriously asked me to sort it out so he could fly in on the ropes to Jesus Christ superstar. He is a total health and safety nightmare but there’s never a dull moment and that’s what INFL is about. Our work together on The Waterfront Festival has brought me some of my proudest moments.

Just don’t let him organise the back line...

Hannah Larham (Promoter of Audacious Face)

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I can’t remember exactly when I met Will, but I remember how. It was in the call centre of See Tickets around 2006/7. He came in and went straight to the bathroom to shave, ready for a hard day of chatting to fellow music lovers buying gig tickets. I can only imagine he hadn’t yet seen his bed or own bathroom for a while.

Fast forward to 2020 and Will and I have worked together, partied together, lived together and laughed a lot together. When he first invited me into the INFL fold I think he thought I would be the sensible one. Truth was I didn’t really know what I was doing but I loved being around the rag tag group of promoters, artists, musicians and music lovers that swarmed around him. The gigs were almost always ramshackle but everyone had a really great time.

We tried to make a movie and managed to galvanise 99% of Nottingham’s music scene to perform at what was The Arts Organisation near the train station. That was a beautiful weekend, stressful, but beautiful. And we even took Nottingham to London back in 2010 for INFL’s first take over of The Stag’s Head in Dalston. Pilgrim Fathers, The City Shanty Band, Hot Japanese Girl and loads more.

Fellow Nottingham-ite Sam Morton even joined us.

The whole weekend was topped off magically with the recreation of Leonardo di Vinci’s The Last Supper, with Will firmly placed in the centre. I wasn’t there for that, as I was trying, somewhat in vain, to get everyone back to the pub from the far flung corners of East London in time for the buses to leave again. Maybe I actually was the sensible one…

Here’s to everything INFL has achieved in 15 years. And here’s to Will.

I’m so pleased I don’t live with you anymore. But I’m so happy I get to laugh with you still.

Anna Griffin (Film Producer)

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I first met Will around 2007. He looked like he’d been drawn by Quentin Blake and often turned up at gigs in eyeliner and wearing his girlfriends clothes and shoes. I liked him immediately.

Around this time we were running monthly LeftLion events too (at the Orange Tree for those who remember). The most boring part of putting on nights is the endless conversations about microphones, drum kits and DI boxes you have to have with bands. I was balancing a full-time job and putting together our magazine (which was very much a hobby at this point). So when I looked for a promoter to take over organising those events for us Will was the obvious choice.

In 2008 I went abroad for a few months, but set up plans for everything to continue while I was away. Will was left completely on his own to manage the Leftlion nights. I remember one day, straight after a gig, receiving two answerphone messages in quick succession.

The first was Will saying the gig the night before had gone well. The second was the venue owner saying that Will hadn’t turned up to the gig. Working with him was always a bit schizophrenic like that.

The New Years Eve gig we did together in 2011 at the Maze goes down as one of my favourite nights out in Nottingham ever. We put on eight acts, which is a stupid thing to do for one evening. Looking at the lineup is like a who’s who of our music scene at the time, including the whole INFL label roster; Captain Dangerous, Hot Japanese Girl and Baby Godzilla.

I seem to remember I lost my digital camera that night and probably quite a lot of my innocence. If anyone discovers them after all these years please let me know…

Jared Wilson (Founder of LeftLion)

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Where to begin? The beginning? I was there man! Circa 2005. Blair thrice elected despite the stench of war crimes. Noel Edmunds is back on the Telly. Prince Harry indulges in Nazi cosplay. Our citizens needed a lift and who better to honour that elevation in the city of Nottingham than William Robinson. Call it fate, call it a calling, or call it a result of a blag on the end of a phone call. The rest, as they say, is history...

15 years eh? Of blood, sweat and beers. Countless gigs, art events. Running around town. Where’s Will? Festivals, contracts, riders, white Russian and cider vomit. Kendo. Wrestling. GobSausage. London jollies. Releasing records. Venues closing. The uncertainty and being brassic. Venues opening.

Barely breaking even. Bags of meat. Corporate contracts. Being chased out of pubs. Casino gigs. PA speakers in taxis, PA speakers up stairs. Free beer. New ventures. Where’s Will? The puns, The party, The love, and did I mention the tireless work for charity?

There’s way too much more to mention and jogging my addled brain with the recent flurry of 15 years nostalgia reminds me of how much there actually was. So many great nights and gigs and people and places and parties, they know who they are. I was there when I was there, doing the sound, helping to promote & run nights, or as a punter, all over the last 15 years, which has in no small part led me to where I am today... International fluffer to the stars. So I thank you.

Perseverance, doing what you love, avoiding the 9 to 5 grind, being your own boss, INFL’s a champion. Will’s always championed me in my sound “career” (I prefer “journey”), offering work and opening doors, It’s who you know in this game and everybody knows I’m Not From London. A champion of grass roots, local arts, charities, people, entertainment, music and a good time.

From humble beginnings I’ve watched it grow, and it’s still growing, more plans are afoot despite the current world situation and it warms my bosom with pride to be writing this after 15 years.

There’s a certain spirit that runs through INFL, a joie de vivre, an essence that you can’t bottle. Well, actually, you can as it happens, I’m Not From London Pale Ale, now available from Black Iris Brewery.

I’ll raise a glass to the next 15 years. Cheers!

Mathew Thomas (Sound Engineer) 2012: I’m Not From London

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It was a blisteringly hot summer’s evening. We were well fed, well drunk, head over heels in love and spending the summer in our French villa. I was sitting at the dressing table picking his hair from my teeth when Will spoke from the bed.

“Tommy, my love, I really think we should form a band.”

I must admit, I was shocked.

“Will, for the love of God neither you or I can sing, and you couldn’t find middle C on a piano when all the other notes have been removed! Your talents lie elsewhere, my love, smiling into the mirror.”

Six months later we were touring the world, sell-out after sell-out, party after party, groupie after dead groupie, we were the biggest band on the planet! Hailed as the next Beatles we were... Cut! All of the above is utter bullshit.

I first met Will in 2004. I have no fucking idea where this was, but I can assure you that wherever it was, we had a lot of fun. There were probably fireworks, there was definitely alcohol and the police may have made an appearance. Over the following years I got to know one of the most selfless, kind, genuine and beautiful humans I have ever had the pleasure of knowing. Will optimises fun, he is funny and the freest of spirits, the best of friends, a loving father and husband.

I do not know anyone who has worked as hard as Will to help music and grassroots culture in our city and we are so lucky. Year on year Will and I’m Not From London (INFL) have kept the DIY scene in Notts alive, flourishing, growing and thriving. INFL has spread its musical wings and is now a publishing company, a management company, a record label and so much more. Will’s talent and dogged determination have benefited our city immeasurably. The man deserves a statue and all he ever bloody asks for is a pint. I vote statue.

Will, thank you. I love you and thank you so much for being you. Get yourself over here, there’s a bottle and a bag with your name on it.

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I first met Will in 2011 at The Loggerheads during a cave gig when I was a student. As luck would have it he’d been looking for someone to help with events; there was no money but he delivered me beer and good times. By the next week I was on an album shoot trying to cram all of Captain Dangerous into a vintage caravan at Hopkinson. What followed were the best years of my life, the greatest friends and all the good times I’d been promised.

I can’t describe some of the weirdness; being asked to source a pig’s head for an art performance, trapeze artists in the Market Square, filling the Golden Fleece with fake snow, turning the upstairs of the Maze into an overgrown forest for Under The Tree, karaoke and dancing on rooftops, recording albums in sheds ... INFL prepared me for every possible scenario and taught me to always expect the unexpected. It’s been the wildest ride and I’m so thankful to have been even a tiny part of the journey.

Will Robinson is the equivalent of the drunken uncle at Christmas.

Sometimes you wonder if he’s lost his mind and sometimes you think you’ve actually lost him (does anyone actually know where he goes yet?) But he‘s also full of the craziest, wildest ideas and is without doubt the heart and soul of Nottingham’s creative family. INFL changed my life. It introduced me to some of my very best friends, gave me a passion for music and culture and reminded me to always dive into life unapologetically. As a wise man once told me, it’s better to ask for forgiveness than permission.

From the original INFL intern, thank you for taking the chance and making everything seem possible. Thank you for the blood, sweaty dance floors and all the warm beers!

Kimberley Shepherd (Promoter and former INFL intern)

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I honestly don’t remember how I met Will and the INFL ensemble. I was in Nottingham at the Hockley Hustle watching Fists and Pilgrim Fathers thinking this is awesome I need to play live again.

Ali Powers and I made a band called Hot Japanese Girl a thing and I think before we had local Scottish legend Jay Evans as a drummer Will was forcing us into putting a record out. He came to us offering ridiculous parties and chaotic gigs in tiny venues, new friends and adventures full of shenanigans. Then they (INFL) have you.

They find out what you like, do and enjoy creating and exploit it with offers of more beers and greater party times and snap, you’re in the family sleeping on someone’s floor in off season Blackpool and wrestling on the tables of Wax at 5am with seven other bands that had played that night.

You feel part of something bigger and more creative than your personal vanity projects. You’re making posters and music videos for other bands and lending your equipment at last minute calls or you can drive and have a van and stupidly admitted this one day.

You’re never out, you think you got out but then you ask yourself why even during a pandemic am I some thirteen or so years later making another video?! You can’t hide, there’s no escaping, they will find you and just when you think it’s safe to go back in the water. You can’t choose your family, your family chooses you.

PS - It may be a cult. Genuinely. I think I joined a cult?

Dave Lankester (Musician and Video Director)

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It is weird, as I may have only been doing lighting for a year, or so when I first started working for I’m Not From London (INFL) introduced through Andy Clydesdale.

I’d to bring the strobes, the smoke, the effects projectors and later the stage lighting, as much as I could fit in bags and get in a taxi. I had a paid full time job and the gigs were very cheap entry or free so initially I’d work for beers and a taxi.

Early INFL shows could be shambolic, not certain whether the term stage management applied. These events were noisy, ramshackle and sometimes very messy but you felt that there was this exciting and supportive scene.

I vividly remember being involved in a Sunday All-Dayer at the Maze, could have been one of my worst gigs, as Will would continually try to push the envelope. This gig was no exception, he set up a wrestling ring on the small dance floor of the Maze and I did not know this.

I had set up all my projectors, exposed at the back front of house.

Loads of electrical and glass objects for projection. A table and a venue full of people, wanting somewhere to put their drinks and then a rapidly expanding wrestling ring right in the middle. It was like a war zone with no escape, trying to defend my equipment to stop it getting damaged preventing people putting the drinks on the table as electricity and liquid are not the best of friends. That was pretty challenging. For the punter it was the most awesome spectacle. Will was one of the wrestlers and held his own in the ring.

In the last several years INFL started a 60’s Garage night and mixcloud podcast, Fuzzbox, showcasing contemporary Garage psyche and DIY punk groups. I’d DJ under the moniker DJ Beaumont Polydactyl.

INFL has a unique vision. Things are always done with a sense of fun and honesty. You never know quite what you might get. The resources to be creative with what you have got is an inspiration and I could see, had INFL stopped doing what they did there would be a huge empty space in Nottingham underground culture. Here’s to another 15 years.

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When I think of Nottingham as a creative city, I think of Will Robinson and I’m Not For London (INFL), because I believe that the city has the creative reputation it has because of them. Over the fifteen years that I have worked alongside INFL, Will and Pat (with Miles and the community of interns/volunteers that have assisted him) have worked tirelessly to promote the multitude and diversity of the Nottingham live scene.

In my opinion Will and Pat have been selfless over the years in their efforts to establish I’m Not From London on behalf of the many musicians and performers that they seek to support. In the creative spaces I have opened, INFL have worked with me to promote some interesting live events and film an assemblage of music videos, often without financial reward, merely because they believed in the creative talent INFL is representing and the job they are trying to do.

I consider Will and Pat to be my close friends, and we have had many ‘good times and good chats’ together, but I am sure that there are many people that would echo this statement and perhaps elaborate further so enough said by me! Equally I have seen many a live band elsewhere in the city that maybe I might have missed if INFL had not been there to tell me about them, and doubtlessly the many venues in the city that have allowed INFL to promote live events for them should be appreciative of their active presence in Nottingham.

Their work ethic is admirable. Blood, sweat and beers indeed.

All the best for the next fifteen years INFL! Dr Robert Howie Smith (The Howie Smith Project)

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There aren’t many people in the industry who take a chance on a 14-year-old with a love of music but no musical talent. I owe a lot to I’m Not from London for having me in their family for almost seven years now.

They saw that fiery passion in me and gave me the opportunity that changed my life forever. INFL demonstrate the importance of those behind the scenes and doing their bit for the local live music scene.

During my internship, I was lucky enough to be given my own night to run named ‘Hellcats’ and the nights just confirmed that I was doing the job I love - and I am still doing it! I think my time with INFL really defined me as a person and provided me with an understanding of what type of music industry I wanted to be a part of.

Honestly, the highlight of my time at INFL was being able to dabble in the quirky underground genres. Will was my mentor and a flamboyant character - a huge part of me blames him for my abnormal love of glam rock and hair metal. We made sure no gig was ever a bore.

Working with him and the team made the ‘work’ aspect of my time in our cute Cobden Chambers office really fun. Whenever I visit Nottingham, it warms my heart to see INFL still rocking and rolling as hard as ever!

Keeping it in the family, my younger sister is now doing work experience with I’m Not From London, which is just so mint.

Natalie Greener (Former Intern and Future Promoter)

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Working with Will has, and always will be, a unique experience.

His ability to draw you in to his skewed world of mad ideas is both charming and exasperating, but drawn in you no doubt will be as his boundless energy and enthusiasm is infectious. Two separate ‘explosive’ incidents spring to mind as examples of this.

For Tricia it is the memory of sitting in the office at Cobden Chambers that she shared with Will, not in the least bit surprised to be taking her place not on her usual office chair, but the 6 boxes of left over I’m Hot From London Chilli sauce that Will had made for some reason or other.

When Will started a conversation beginning with “So, Tricia, what are we going to do with all this Chilli sauce........”, she obviously didn’t even think to reply “what’s it got to do with me?” But instead suggested he start by handing out free samples to the co-workers in the shared offices. When the first one was opened by the nearest colleague, the out-of-date fermenting mess spewed forth like a fountain and completely re-decorated the ceiling, leaving the shocked colleague splattered in the face holding a bottle with steaming gas drifting out of it. He’s still trying to shift it now!

For me it was when I bumped in to Will outside The Angel. When I asked him what he was up to I immediately felt I had to jump to his help as he urgently needed to get a load of PA equipment from there to the next gig he was promoting that day.

The van he’d ‘ordered’ was late arriving and he was panicking.

“Come on then, lets get it into the back of my car” I offered. After we’d humped a back breaking load of speakers in to the estate from upstairs, Will finally slammed down the hatchback door and BOOM !!

The back window shattered and shot out at the same time as it crashed against the corner of a not quite tucked away speaker. His face was a picture of shame, then a grin and we both burst out laughing!

Well, you can’t be angry at him, can you!

Tricia and Ian Gardiner (Directors of Circle of Light)

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I’ve known Will since he signed my old band Chambers in 2016.

Then in 2019 he signed my new project Witch of the East.

I’m extremely proud to be under Will and INFL Records’ wing.

Between us we’ve had our music played on BBC Radio 1, a Netflix series and a computer game. We’ve played shows for BBC Radio 1, Dot to Dot (Fest), Rock City, Humber Street Sesh, Trinity Festival and Hull City Hall.

Will also knows how to have fun too, that’s for sure! We once poured a petrol canister over him whilst he was being waterboarded for one of our music videos.

Now that’s dedication for you!

Aeris Houlihan (Witch of the East)

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Special thanks to: Adam Clarkson, Adam Pickering, Aeris Houlihan, Al Judkins, Andrea Hemmett, Andy Babb, Andy Clydesdale, Anna Griffin, Anna Robinson, Annie Parry, Ayleen Forfar, Bainy, Ben Hellings, Benjamin Colledge, Bernie Martino, Bethany Baird, Bill Robinson, Black Iris Brewery, Brad Westby, Bras Not Bombs, Brendan O Melia, Caroline Kerr, Charlie Filmbore Pitt, Charlie Russell, Chris Bylett, Chris Davis, Claire Jones, David Amos, Dave Lankester, Dean Palinczuk, Dewayne, Di Tunney, Finlay Thorpe, Fraser Lowrie, Freddy Angell, Gareth Jones, Gareth Lewis, Gem Adamson, Gemma Hamlin Lewis, Gemma Upton, Graeme Mitchell, Graye Wilde, Hannah Larham, Hockley Hustle, Ian Gardiner, Ian Pulis, Ian Webster, James Heffernan, James Irvine, James Walker, Jane Emson, Jared Wilson, Jay Evans, Jed Southgate, Jimi Arundell, Jody Rothera, Joe Patten, Jon Rea, Jonathan (Podder) Lee, Jonathan Hart-Smith, Jonny Steer, Julian C Bower, Justin Dodsworth, Karina Sanna, Kateryna Guskova, Kathryn Hewitt, Katie Richards, Kelly McKerr, Kimberley Shepherd, Krysia Swierkosz, Lee Thomas, Leftlion Magazine, Lilliput Books. Livan, Louise Ahern, Livian, Luka Hewitt, Mace Maclean, Maria Cawston, Marie Clancy, Mark Connell, Mark Jackson, Mark Rice, Martha Speed, Mathew Thomas, Matteo Banfi, Matthew Vickerstaff, Maximilian aka Max Speed, Megan Shore, Melanie Boardman, Melanie Cooper, Michael Juska, Miles Clark, Mr. Andrew Smith, Natalie Owen, Naomi Robinson, Niall Meagher, Nic Winter, Nick Grundy, Nick Lawford, Nick Tyler, Nicky Reece, Oscar Speed, Patrick Cannon, Paul Bowring, Paul David Maher, Paul Jarman, Paul Wentworth, Penny, Peter Leary, Phil Fo, R Leach, Rachel Haines, Ralph Barklam, Richard Kelsey, Rob Davidson, Rob Smith, Roger Hughes, Rory Wilson, Sally Mansfield, Sam Russell, Sandra Beidas, Sarah Manton, Sarah Turner, Shaun Morris, Shona Munro, Sol, Sophie, Stephen Bond, Trish Gardiner, T.Wattaknacker, Martin Beresford, Maria Robinson, Natalie Greener, Susanna Robinson, Tessa Coates, Tim Boynton, Tim Hatton, Tommy Farmyard, Tom Haywood, Tom Kelly, Tom Manning, Tony Bates, Trekkah, Tricia Gardiner, Vincent Robinson, Vito Martino, Danny Clarke

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A massive thank you to all our designers. In my mind’s eye, the poster is the very spirit of the gig, essentially the public “birth” of the event! So many exciting possibilities are created and memories invoked from a great poster. A massive debt of gratitude is owed to each and every one of the artists who both designed these images and played these events, keep on trucking, don’t ever compromise, and thank you for your art. They have made and continue to make a lot of people very happy.”

Will Robinson X 2005 Amusement Parks - Jamie B Wolcott Punish The Atom - Jamie B Wolcott Armagayden - Unknown Spin, Spin the Dog - Cara France 2006 GobSauSage - Jerry Price Drive By Argument - Lewis Heriz Chimp Biscuit - Jamie B Wolcott Old Basford - Audio Massage Pink Grease - Jamie B Wolcott 2007 INFL Fest - Adam Pickering Vengeance - Wane Zenith The Recovery - Jamie B Wolcott Prohibition - Nate Rood Audio Massage Bill Hicks - Nate Rood Swound - Lewis Heriz Leftlion poster - Nate Rood 2008 Lo Ego - Audio Massage Yunioshi - The Maze Trash Fashion - Nate Rood Jez Linay Salvation Audio Montage - Audio Massage Love Ends Disaster - Gaz Peacham Amusement Parks On Fire - Michael Feerick 2009 Waterfront (Musician cover poster) - Karl Keelaghan Waterfront band name -Tom Giles Lost In Space - Marcus C Bell / Sigma 6 Studios That Fucking Tank - Jez Linay Wire & Wool - Jez Linay 2010 Monster Mash - Sigma 6 Studio Sight and Sound/Part Chimp - Ava Cann Nucking Foize - Sigma 6 Studios Masked Ball - RG Arts The Central - RG Arts The Central - Sigma 6 Studios Hot Japanese Girl - Sigma 6 Studios INFL Movie - Video Matt 2011 Captain Dangerous - Sigma 6 Studio Kerblammo - Sigma 6 Studio Are You Cumming - Reverend VideoMatt New Year’s Eve - Chris Summerlin Kerblammo - Sigma 6 Studio

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2012 Torpedos - Ali Pow3rs Yunioshi - Ava Cann Stags Head - Audio Massage Practical Lovers - Or8 Design Howling Rain - Rob Mackinder Heroin Diet - Or8 Design 2013 Dedicated - Or8 Design Wire & Wool - Or8 Design JT Soar/Halloween - Or8 Design I’m Not From Brooklyn - Or8 Design Will & Tommy - Forecast Designs 2014 Mammoth Wing - Audio Massage INFL Marafun - Or8 Design Wire & Wool - Or8 Design Waterfront - Or8 Design Cheap Jazz - Ali Bonsai 2015 Outstanding - Or8 Design NYE - Sam Russell Deaf Bridges - David Lankester 2016 Top Secret - Designer unknown Sea Monster eyes - Sam Russell Fuzzbox - Or8 Design Studio - Sam Russell Catbone - Sam Russell 2017 Sheer Attack - Dave Bevan Practical Lovers - Sam Russell You Want Fox - Rikki Marr Dedicated - I’m Not From London Marafun - Sam Russell I’m Not A Tory - Or8 Design 2018 Both Hellcats - Nathan Tidmuss Waterfront - Sam Russell Chambers - Sam Russell Mane Offenders- Sam Russell 2019 Professor Elemental - Sam Chapman Mass Datura - Juliette Lavelle Avalanche Party - Max Speed Bamalamasingsong - Kim Thompson 2020 Unknown Era - Or8 Design Goldwater - Joshua Calonge Clonk - Sam Chapman Independent Women’s Day - Sam Chapman Caribou Club - Joshua Calonge Witch Of The East - Aeris Houlihan You Want Fox - Sam Chapman 58

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