From the "Live At The Maze" LP - Idiot Joy cover Ralph Falcon's classic early 90's House Tune and bring the house down.... and yes we know Ralph is from Miami and not Chicago !

Idiot Joy - "Every Now And Then" ( Live )

recorded at Rubber Biscuit Rehearsal - old favourite "He's Got it Sussed" gets a play. 

He's Got It Sussed(rehearsal)-  Idiot Joy 2007

from a Session at Rubber Biscuit circa 2007, an old classic originally written around 1991.

Idiot Joy - Headrush

The original recording of "Falling" Johnny and Justin recorded sometime in the mid noughties...

Idiot Joy - Falling

Recorded in 1996 - remastered from Original DAT master tape. Written and recorded in less than 24 hours.

Quality Control

From the "Live at The Maze" LP. "Maximum Satisfaction"

Idiot Joy - Maximum Satisfaction Live at The Maze

Recorded onto Four Track in 1992 in a bedroom in Radford, Nottingham. "Come Up" was written by Idiot Joy, and finished in two takes with only one Microphone. It is as close to a love song we ever wrote.. but it still has a very sinister edge.

Come Up - Idiot Joy 1992

From the LP "Live at The Maze" from 2007, 

Vocals - Justin
Guitar, Synth and noise - Johnny V
Bass Guitar - Nick V
Drums - Ian

Idiot Joy - Jam in A ( Live at The Maze 2007 )

Reverend Jim Bishop - Idiot Joy.

Recorded live at The Maze, Nottingham. This is the crescendo of the night.

Vocals - Justin
Guitar, synth, noise and vocals  - Johnny V
Bass - Nick V
Drums - Ian Winter

Idiot Joy -  Reverend Jim Bishop - Live at The Maze

Recorded at the Garage Night Club in 1994, we end the set with an ad lib... full of noise, synths, whales sounds, sitars, saxophones and more... odd, full of duff notes and broken strings.. but nonetheless a nice moment captured.

Justin - Vocals
Johnny V - Guitar, noise
Nick V - Bass
Ian - Drums
Phil - 303, 101, synths and sounds
Kaos - Vocals
Moff - sax.

Idiot Joy - Asleep (  Live at the Garage Night club 1994 )

Recorded live at Nottingham's Square Dance Studios in Easter 1992.

Idiot Joy - Casualty ( live at Square Dance Studio's 1992)

Born in 1991 in a deserted pig farm near Coventry.The owner had died in a plane crash but he was a sadist so nevermind.The not-as-yet-named band would set up their gear,load in copious amounts of naughties and jam the same riff over and over again till they collapsed in a heap (no change there then!) Johnny and Justin were doing the art school thing in Nottingham, raving at night and listening to the Butthole Surfers, Leonard Cohen and Ivor Cutler in the mornings. Ian and Nick were being village boys near Cov, nicking solvents and sniffing cars, so j and j dragged their juvenile,hairless bodies to the Big City, which they didn't like so Nottingham would have to do...


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