Zellots, Mingles

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Our friend Dave O'Halloran (aka What Wave Dave on CHRW) has been sharing on Facebook, with our grateful permission, photos that we had taken of various bands back in the 1980's. Today Dave writes in The Cedar Lounge - Blue Boot group:

 

"Here's some more Zellots pics by Reg Quinton as Reg pointed out that I had already posted the Zellots pics from the Cedar. 

This time it's at Mingles, possibly opening for Simple Minds circa 1981 with Greg Moore behind the kit."

In these photos the band consisted of Christine DeVeber (guitar), Catherine Destun (voice), Jane Colligan (bass) and  Greg Moore (drums). Christine passed away recently in London during the pandemic; here's her 2022 obituary. The Zellots did reunite for a gig in London back in 2012 for the Graphic Underground, a book by Brian Lambert celebrating the artists, posters and music of that period. Several of my photos appear in that book. There are some tunes available on YouTube — see, for example, the Empty Victories playlist.

Dave had previously shared some photos of the Zellots at the Cedar Lounge which were taken earlier (different drummer, BW photos). I do recall seeing Simple Minds at Mingles and I'm pretty sure this was the opening act — the stark lighting is what sticks with me. 

Mingles was a bar at the corner of Talbot and Dundas Streets in London. The Firehall (see 63 Monroe at the Firehall in this blog) was attached on the Talbot Street side. We saw several bands at these bars back in the day. These bars and buildings are long gone, like the Cedar Lounge which was down the street one block on Talbot, and were replaced by the Budweiser Gardens (a large arena complex) which has a faux-frontage to mimic the original Talbot Inn hotel.

Many thanks to Dave for organizing the photos, figuring out the location, date and time. It's work that is very much appreciated.