Gigs in Nottingham and Bishop’s Stortford followed before the band took to their first outdoor festival stage, courtesy of Blyth Power, at the Tallington Ashes in July of that year.A mix of Politics and humour rub shoulders and the band always try to make live shows as entertaining as possible, often doing two hour sets with new songs mixing with the old plus a selection crowd-pleasing covers.
By October 2005 VW had ticked one of their boxes by doing a gig at the Victoria Inn, Derby supporting Punk Rock pioneers the Vibrators and were beginning to build themselves a loyal following in the Nottingham, Derby and Mansfield areas.
The debut album A Kick in the Verbals was released in 2006 and regular live shows continued.
Since then they have supported a host of punk rock legends including the UK Subs, Eddie and the Hot Rods, TV Smith, Patrik Fitzgerald, John Otway, Penetration and the Lurkers.
They have also played a string of top festivals including Rebellion in Blackpool, the world’s biggest punk fest, Strummercamp, Glastonwick and Concrete Jungle along with some CAMRA beer festival appearances, another cause dear to the band’s hearts!

A gig at the-then Trent Polytechnic on 14th May 1981, ended in a hasty exit after Singer Dave Smith was thought to have suggested he was glad IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands was dead, infuriating a large Irish contingent in the audience.
After Wayne quit the band the “classic” line-up of Paul on guitar, Adolf on drums, Colin on bass and Dave doing the vocals then evolved.

A big gig at Beeston Community Centre (known affectionately as The Shed) on 24th October 1981 saw Warning on the same bill as Flux, Subhumans, The Fits and Anarchist Attack.

They even strutted their stuff in Long Eaton’s dance nightclub Isabellas in May 1982.Other notable 1982 gigs included an appearance with stalwarts Resistance 77 at The Black Horse, Somercotes, on 20th August, Resistance are still going strong today, in fact both bands appeared on the same bill again nearly 30 years later at the Mill in Mansfield, one at Sherwood Community Centre with Flux, Antisect, Black Anthem, and Blasphemy and a great gig at Derby’s Havana Club.

They also played at the city’s Yorker (now the Rose of England) on Mansfield Road with Rudimentary Peni, Business of Pleasure and Vexed.

When the Apostles didn’t turn up for a gig at St Anns’ Bluebell Hill Leisure Centre on 30th April, Warning found themselves headlining, supported by soon-to-be John Peel faves Napalm Death.

Warning also supported Dirt and Heresy in Colwick, Resistance 77 at the Hearty Good Fellow, and, once again, the Subhumans at the Ad Lib.