The Peterborough SF Club was founded in 1976, one of the most exciting years in music with Punk exploding like a squeezed zit. That same year the Club had as a guest SF author Dan Morgan. As well as a career as an author Dan had also played in many jazz bands, and his book, which has remained in print the longest, is 'Guitar', a teach-yourself manual.

     Since then a few of the Club's guests have been associated with a variety of bands and musical styles. Iain Banks has apparently recorded many of the songs mentioned in his novel 'Espedair Street' at his home studio. Neil Gaiman has written songs for the American duo, 'Flash Girls'. Josephine Saxton played Bongo's in a Midlands Ska band, Simon Clark has written pieces for the magazine 'Propaganda' for U2, and Brian Stableford wrote lyrics for the Finnish Goth band 'Two Witches'.

     Back in 1990, Peterborough hosted the Filk Convention, Con2bile. While this was not organised by members of the Club, many came to sit in the bar and chat with sf fans from across the country. The Club also produced a special issue of its fanzine featuring a number of SF and Fantasy poems.

     The Club has also enjoyed going to see musicals. These have included the well known such as; 'The Rocky Horror Show', 'Little Shop of Horrors', and 'Return to the Forbidden Planet'; and the less memorable such as 'Metropolis', Bride of Frankenstein', 'Disgracefully Yours' and "Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens" in London. This last one was a disco musical with such wonderful songs as 'Glitter Boots Saved my Life' and the reggae-inspired 'Cheer Up Bunny'. We've even been to see opera's 'The Roswell Incident', and also 'The Seven Sisters' in Cambridge

     Local bands include Bobba Fett, (covers band) and Plaster Sceen. These later pop-punksters, (the young sound of Dogsthorpe), brought out a demo-tape entitled 'The Sci-Fi Club'. The photo' on the cover bearing an uncanny likeness to certain members of the Club. Also closely associated with the Club is the local band 'The Sonic Energy Authority'. In 1992 they got a mention in the book 'Suburban Book of the Dead', by Robert Rankin, and in 1994 they became full-blown characters in his novel 'Raiders of the Lost Car Park'. They also appeared in Robert Rankin's 'Brentford Chainstore Massacre' where they play the millennium party two and a half years early. In 1995 they had mentions in Robert's book 'Most Amazing Man Who Ever Lived', and had further mentions in Rankin's 1996 volumes 'Dog Called Demolition' (as part of a proposed soundtrack) and 'Nostrodamus Ate My Hamster'. 1997 saw them appear as minor characters in Rob Rankin's 'Sprout Mask Replica'. As a result of their appearances in Rob Rankin's novels they were invited along to provide some music for a guided tour of Brentford organised by Sproutlore. In the end a tape was played at the 'Flying Swan' and later at The Castle in Ealing. They have also had a mention in Peter F. Hamilton's novel 'The Nano Flower', and also Peter's and Graham Joyce's short-story 'The White Stuff' in New Worlds.