{"id":1501,"date":"2026-06-10T19:57:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T19:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kollapso.co.uk\/claire\/?page_id=1501"},"modified":"2026-08-28T23:13:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T23:13:06","slug":"the-five-o-club","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kollapso.co.uk\/claire\/the-five-o-club\/","title":{"rendered":"The Five-O Club"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The moment we arrived we received a death threat. Something about having our throats cut. Oh boy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The gig was set up between Ian Williams and Some friends from UK Decay. We were excited to play in a new town to a new audience. That excitement soon turned to extreme caution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Five-O club had a very strong Caribbean community presence, unlike all of our previous gigs. Once we started playing, the tension vanished and some people even danced &#8211; a first!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once the gig was over, we loaded the van fast, hoping to avoid any incident, but we were stopped by one person who told us we weren&#8217;t bad for punk! I guess that is why they let us live.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kollapso.co.uk\/claire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/background1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"http:\/\/kollapso.co.uk\/claire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/background1-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Claire at the Five-O club.\" class=\"wp-image-6\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kollapso.co.uk\/claire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/background1-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kollapso.co.uk\/claire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/background1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kollapso.co.uk\/claire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/background1-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kollapso.co.uk\/claire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/background1.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo by Iain Armstong<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kollapso.co.uk\/claire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/kollapso.co.uk\/claire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image5-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Claire at the Five-O club.\" class=\"wp-image-1321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kollapso.co.uk\/claire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image5-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kollapso.co.uk\/claire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image5-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kollapso.co.uk\/claire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image5-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kollapso.co.uk\/claire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image5.jpg 1999w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo by Iain Armstong<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kollapso.co.uk\/claire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FB_20140702_14_27_13_Saved_Picture.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"667\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/kollapso.co.uk\/claire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FB_20140702_14_27_13_Saved_Picture.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1664\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kollapso.co.uk\/claire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FB_20140702_14_27_13_Saved_Picture.jpg 667w, https:\/\/kollapso.co.uk\/claire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FB_20140702_14_27_13_Saved_Picture-208x300.jpg 208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 667px) 100vw, 667px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kollapso.co.uk\/claire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/wilkie.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/kollapso.co.uk\/claire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/wilkie.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1665\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kollapso.co.uk\/claire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/wilkie.jpg 800w, https:\/\/kollapso.co.uk\/claire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/wilkie-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kollapso.co.uk\/claire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/wilkie-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ian Wilkie, Metal Percussion<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The moment we arrived we received a death threat. 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