- it - your self ▁philosophy ▁which ▁defined ▁British ▁punk . ▁ ▁When ▁So ▁It ▁Go es ▁concluded ▁on ▁Gran ada ▁TV , ▁Tony ▁Wilson ▁wanted ▁to ▁remain ▁involved ▁in ▁the ▁local ▁music ▁scene , ▁so ▁he ▁started ▁an ▁event ▁night ▁at ▁the ▁old ▁Russell ▁Club ▁in ▁H ul me ▁called ▁The ▁Factory ▁along ▁with ▁his ▁friends ▁( so on ▁to ▁be ▁business ▁partners ) ▁Alan ▁Er as mus ▁and ▁Alan ▁W ise . ▁Deep ly ▁V ale ▁Fest iv als ▁( 1 9 7 6 – 1 9 7 9 ), ▁just ▁north ▁of ▁Manchester ▁between ▁Ro ch dale ▁and ▁B ury , ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁free ▁festival ▁in ▁the ▁country ▁to ▁introduce ▁punk ▁bands ▁such ▁as ▁Dur ut ti ▁Column , ▁the ▁Fall ▁and ▁the ▁D ron es . ▁The ▁festival ▁was ▁com per ed ▁by ▁Tony ▁Wilson ▁as ▁a ▁favour ▁to ▁friend ▁and ▁organ iser ▁Chris ▁H ew itt . ▁Wilson ▁had ▁been ▁taking ▁a ▁great ▁interest ▁in ▁Rab id ▁Records ▁and ▁its ▁set ▁up . ▁ ▁After ▁working ▁on ▁the ▁research ▁for ▁a ▁Gran ada ▁TV ▁feature ▁about ▁Rab id , ▁he ▁along ▁with ▁Alan ▁Er as mus ▁and ▁Joy ▁Division ▁Manager ▁Rob ▁Gre tt on ▁( the ▁Ide al ▁for ▁Living ▁EP ▁had ▁been ▁distributed ▁by ▁Rab id ) ▁decided ▁they ▁would ▁do ▁their ▁own ▁version ▁of ▁Rab id ▁Records , ▁but ▁instead ▁of ▁ch urn ing ▁out ▁singles ▁and ▁then ▁lic ens ing ▁the ▁album ▁de als ▁to ▁major ▁labels ▁( S la ugh ter ▁& ▁the