Author: John Retch

There’s BIG NEWS coming VERY SOON. Watch this space!!

August 13, 2025, The DRY RETCH ORGANISATION were deeply honoured and awed to share a stage in Manchester with the incomparable The New Christs and our partners in fuzz Bones Shake. Without question, this was truly the greatest gig the post-covid world had seen in the north west of England. This is a videographical exposition Read More …

The original mongrel mix of 2019’s glorious A Kick In The Gulags finally gets to see the light of day. Only currently available as a download from Bandcamp here: https://thedryretch.bandcamp.com/album/a-kick-in-the-gulags-the-mongrel-mix

Young Dave studying the calendar to learn how long he needs to wait until this corker of a gig with The DRY RETCH, Fallen Band and Wild Affair on the 14th of June. He was heard to mutter ”by jingo this’ll be a bloody ripper!” He’s wiser than he looks…..

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The Swinging Arm in Birkenhead is braced for this night of nights! It’ll be unmissable!

With Decibel, Steve Seddon and The Birkenhead Poet.