| SHOOTING AT LOWER CLASS BRATS SHOW! LOWER CLASS BRATS would like to send out their most sincere regards to the victim and the family of this terrible act of mindless violence. We don't need this in our scene. if anyone has any info. please contact S.A.P.D. Express-News - San Antonio A man upset that his girlfriend was roughed up in a �mosh pit� shot a man who had pushed her at a punk rock show near downtown early Saturday January 7th, police said. The shooting happened after the show about 1:30 a.m. outside the Rock Bottom Tattoo Bar at Avenue B and East Jones Avenue. According to a police report, a man drove up outside the club to say something to the victim about pushing the girlfriend in the pit. Witnesses told police the victim apologized to the woman for the incident then walked away, but her boyfriend continued to argue about the incident. �I already apologized to her,� the victim told the man, according to the police report. �What more do you want?� As the car was driving off, the man fired out of a car window, striking the other man, who collapsed in the street, police said. He was rushed to Brooke Army Medical Center in critical condition, officials said. Police were still searching Saturday for the shooter, whose identity was unknown. The Victim is said to be making a recovery. STOOGE DIES! Ron Asheton, who was found dead on 6 January, 2009, was the musician whose scuzzy guitar, along with Iggy Pop's furious vocals, heralded the start of punk rock with The Stooges' self-titled debut album in 1969. The nihilistic garage rock band were a commercial failure but their kinetic live performances germinated the punk movement that would grow steadily in New York and then London over the next decade. It eventually resulted in world domination by the likes of The Clash and Sex Pistols, the latter covering The Stooges' No Fun at the start of their career. Asheton co-wrote the songs with wiry frontman Iggy Pop and played the sole guitar on The Stooges and 1970 follow-up Fun House, before switching to bass for the group's final album, Raw Power. However, by this time he had been pushed out of song-writing duties by new guitarist James Williamson and was sacked shortly before the group disbanded in 1974. In 1975 Asheton founded a band called The New Order with two former Stooges and the MC5's drummer. They released one album on a low budget independent label. In late 1976 he joined experimental rock band Destroy All Monsters. In the 1980s he relocated to Australia to form the band New Race, who played a mixture of original garage rock and music from their former bands. He acted in a handful of films in the early 1990s and in 2003 - following on from Iggy Pop's solo success and an increased interest in The Stooges' work since the punk explosion - he reunited with his former band as Iggy Pop & The Stooges for live shows and a new album in 2007. Ronald Frank Asheton, who was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on 17 July, 1948, died at the age of 60 in his home in the same city. After hearing about Asheton's death, Sex Pistol Steve Jones said The Stooges were his "blueprint for how to play guitar. IGGY AND THE STOOGES TROGG BOWS OUT! Sad news from the Brummy Punk scene is long serving Contempt and Police Bastard bassplayer and well liked geezer Trogg passed away Sunday July 20th around midnight. As many of you will know, he's been battling with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma disease since 2005, but it finally got the better of him. Trogg (44) died peacefully and was surrounded by many friends and his wife Tina. The funeral service will be held in Lodge Hill crematorium (Birmingham) on friday the 1st of August at 2pm. Anyone who wishes to pay there respects is welcome to come. Please do not buy flowers though. There will a donation tin at the funeral for St Mary's Hospice, which is where he died. Please give to them instead on the day, as they were really amazing to Trogg and Tina. If you cannot attend but would still like to donate then here is their website: www.stmaryshospice.org You can visit Troggs myspace site here and pay your respects here www.myspace.com/troggcontempt Cheers Trogg for letting me crash at your place that one cold winters night back in the 90s was always a pleasure never a chore! see ya mate! PUNK ROCK MOVIE RAW, uncomproising, intimidating, life-changing. These are just some of the words that describe the punk movement at its peak, a movement that still reverberates heavily in musical, social and philosophical contexts today. Now Don Letts the original punk DJ, brings his intimate film recordings of the punk movement at its highest powers to DVD. Which will be released by Freemantle Home Entertainment on 9 June 2008. As a bonus producer Peter Clifton interviews Johnny Rotten during his Public Image days in 1983 which is rather amusing. For more information please contact Brandnation's Isobel Klempka (telephone) 0207 940 7178 REVIEW UP NOW! LAST ROCKER DIES! It is with great regret that we have to announce the death of the original VICE SQUAD guitarist and songwriter DAVE BATEMAN. News came through in the early hours of 12th December that Dave had died in an accident in Spain. We were reluctant to make an announcement before receiving confirmation for fear of upsetting his family and friends unnecessarily. However, this afternoon I spoke with original VICE SQUAD drummer SHANE BALDWIN who told me that sadly the news was correct. Dave fell and sustained a head injury whilst celebrating his 46th birthday on 10th December. He was rushed to hospital but died the next day. I doubt that Vice Squad would ever have existed without Dave as we wrote all the best known early songs together and he was an excellent organiser of rehearsals in garages and church halls and blagged us our first ever gigs I would like to offer my deepest sympathy to his family and friends, and in particular to his Mum. Beki VICE SQUAD PAUL RAVEN FOUND DEAD Paul Raven, formerly of Wolverhampton's first punk band Neon Hearts but best known for his bassplaying in Killing Joke, Prong and Ministry to name but a few, died of a suspected Heart Attack on Saturday 20th 2007 aged 46. Paul born in Tettenhall Wolverhampton 1981 had recently been recording in Geneva with the industrial band Treponem Pal. Ted Parsons and Marco Neves of Treponem pal said "After a days recording Paul retired to bed and did not wake up". He was found the next day dead in his chair and after CPR attempts was pronouced dead by medics. There are tributes on Killing Jokes myspace page amongst others plus a great Pictorial photo tribute by Pauls former NEON HEARTS bandmate Martin Ratcliffe. including a tribute in tonights (Monday) Wolverhampton's Express And Star. KILLING JOKE CBGB'S FOUNDER DIES! CBGB Founder Hilly Kristal Dies at 75. NEW YORK's Hilly Kristal, whose dank Bowery rock club CBGB served as the birthplace of the US punk rock movement and a launching pad for bands like the Ramones, Blondie and the Talking Heads, has died. Kristal, who lost a bitter fight last year to stop the club's eviction from its home of 33 years, died Tuesday August 28th at Cabrini Hospital after a battle with lung cancer. For more details please visit the clubs site. CBGB'S ANTIBODIES Harlows Antibodies finally have some official vinyl released now on Choking Hazard records based in Montreal. It features 4 newly recorded tracks that the band have just finished working on in the studio. For more information contact the band @ ANTIBODIES or CHOKING Hazard RECORDS BUGS RETURN! Just to let anyone who does not already know, that Bug Central from London are now back playing together after a 3 year break. We've been busy writing and recording some new material over the last few months. Some of our new demos can be heard and downloaded from our myspace page, www.myspace.com/bugcentraluk This is also where we will be updating news, upcoming gigs etc. Our old website is still online, and we have made our 1999 album "The Meek will Inherit Nothing" available to download for free from this site: www.bugcentral.punks.co.uk cheers BUG CENTRAL |
| DEAD ALIVE!!! Birminghams DEAD WRETCHED whose classic anthem 'No Hope For The Wretched' illuminated the early 80's punk scene have returned to an impressive live display a few weeks back at the Wharf in Birmingham. They are doing it again on August 4th as a warm up gig before their major come back gig at Rebbellion festival. DEAD WRETCHED SIDERNEYYYY! A brand new documentary in association with ITN Archive, to be shown theatrically in London, to coincide with the 30th anniversary of Sid Vicious death. Sid s short and controversial life with The Sex Pistols and Nancy Spungen is profiled with new interviews from Jah Wobble, Steve Severin, Vivien Westwood and the Bromley contingent, the New York punk scene, Sid s closest friends and previously unseen footage. This special collector s pack features a luxury fabric wallet, with a Vicious zip puller, DVD documentary, plus a 10 track audio CD of Sid live in New York s biography, and a booklet profile by best-selling music author Mark Paytress. Released on February 23rd 2009 retail price �19.99 or try AMAZON BIPS NEED DRUMMER! The Bips is looking for a drummer. But hey, not just any drummer will do. We're looking for a Bips drummer! Someone special. Someone who is dedicated to add spice to our way of playing punk. Someone who digs 70's style punkrock as much as we do. Someone who knows about life and passion and who plays like his ass is on fire. Someone creative, who doesn't take shit from anyone. Who wants to play, be a road dog, ready to get his or her balls out for some serious kicking of the punk pedal anytime, both in Holland as well as abroad. Someone who takes this shit serious enough to rehearse on a weekly basis to raise enough fuel to burn whatever stage and leave others to swipe the ashes. In short: Someone who IS rock'nroll. If this description suits you and fits you like a glove, contact us at [email protected] You should be available starting today, with no restrictions as to time or other bands. Needless to say you've got your own drumkit. We supply our Bips Rehearsal Base and want to catch up with you there on saturdays and/or sunday afternoons. BRIEFS NEWS! We are not broken up but we are doing other things for a little while! DANIEL J. TRAVANTI is now playing with some of our friends from THE BODIES in a new band called MODERN ACTION! They have a single or two out and you can find them on the place we hate to love and love to hate, myspace. CHRIS BRIEF is living in Berlin and has a new Band with CLOROX GIRLS front man, JUSTIN MAURER. The Band is Called SUSPECT PARTS. They have a single out and you can also find them on myspace. STEVE E. NIX has started a band with STEVIE KICKS, and ZACHE ACTUALLY (of the girls), called the CUTE LEPERS! They have a few singles, a video and a full length album out. Guess where you can find them? Chances are you can find them playing in your town in August!!!! Go to their myspace page for tour dates! If youre low on cash you can email Steve direct, he'll send you a stack of posters, you put them up at all your favorite skate spots, bathrooms, and public swimming pools and you and 3 of your friends are in!!!!!!! For info on that you can visit the Cute Lepers myspace page....Help them out they need some posters up in COLORADO SPRINGS, KANSAS CITY MO, INDIANAPOLIS IN, PROVIDENCE RI, PITTSBURGH PA, RICHMOND VA, DALTON GA, PENSICOLA FL, NEW ORLEANS LA, OKLAHOMA CITY, and ALBUQUERQUE NM As for the Briefs.....well think of us as traveling through space in a deep sleep, only when we finally wake up, we STILL wont have beards!!!! www.myspace.com/thebriefs www.myspace.com/thecutelepers RUBELLA BALLET Rubella Ballet have U.K, U.S. and European tour dates being confirmed in the near future Kicking off with the recent �GOTHIC POGO FESTIVAL" in Leipzig, Germany where the band topped the bill for the first time back in Germany for 21 years. The band are in negotiations with promoters for a long awaited return to California in the beginning of the holidays in July....and then the band are to play REBELLION on the 9th August and then they have confirmed to play one of the best gigs this year... SUBHUMANS, FLUX OF PINK INDIANS and RUBELLA BALLET all in the same night on the 22nd AUGUST in London 2008 Rubella Ballet have already started recording a brand new album due for release in the summer and the band are going to also re-release their whole back catalogue on CD with world wide distribution all that along with a whole new range of merch which will be all available on line, in record shops and at merch stalls at gigs. There�s even newz of a �BEST OF� album being released really soon, check back for newz updates.... DERITAS ON VIDEO A brand new DeRita Sisters website is now online complete with YOU TUBE channel from whenre videos will be uploaded every day from Marky Derita himself featuring all eras of the band, 1992 to 2005. You can check some online vids now at... www.deritasisters.com/ RADIO STARS REFORM! Canoe group claim to have no recollection of disbanding - British band Radio Stars who disappeared in a mysterious boating incident in 1979 and who were declared officially dead by the Performing Rights Society, turned themselves over to the proprietor of London's Blow Up club at the weekend. They claimed to have no recollection of having broken up over thirty years ago, and to be 'completely in the dark' about their impending London gig on March 1st and also about the release of a new CD featuring live performances from the late seventies. Having failed to recall any good reason not to reform for one night, they perform at the Blow Up Metro in London on March 1st. The live line-up will be bassist/writer Martin Gordon, vocalist Andy Ellison and guitarist Ian Macleod. Following the recent example of Led Zeppelin, they have chosen a drummer with the same name as their original tub-thumper, namely Steve Budney. Martin Gordon performs a selection from his Mammal Trilogy with his own band to kick the proceedings off and reappears with Radio Stars appear shortly afterwards. Yellow waterproof clothing is recommended. Details at www.martingordon.de and www.blowupmetro.com/bandinfo.aspx?id=080301g GIRLSCHOOL KELLY LEAVES I'm sure that most of you have heard by now that Kelly Johnson, original guitarist of GIRLSCHOOL, passed away on Sunday the 15th of July 2007 after fighting a six-year battle with cancer of the spine. This is sad news, indeed - Kelly was not only a great guitar player, but she was also one super cool rock and roll lady. she will be sorely missed. A RIOT DOWN THE LANE DVD The BELFAST PUNK DVD has finally been released just in time for Christmas and features 6 years worth of material adding up to 2 hours worth of locally created raging, high energy punk rock music, humour and general idiocy. 40 tracks of live footage from Belfasts current crop of spiky tops. Only �7.00 including P&P CONTACT BILLY RIOT REVIEW UP NOW! MEDIA BLITZ RADIO Brand new punk radio slot done with a real DJ... the Irreverand Paul from the early 80's punk board. Check it out coz its got a great selection of punk sounds, some funny jingles and some political debate too. RADIO |
| BRUM PUNKS Birmingham Punks has its very own Birmingham punks twitter page which features all the latest punk happenings plus a golden array of punk shots from the UK's second city punk scene and beyond. All captured by Midge Diabolik http://twitter.com/brumpunks HARDCASE Belfast punk band the Violent Fuckwits has split up but lead singer Bily Riot has already formed a new punk band (Hardcase) who have already debuted supporting local hero's Runnin Riot. No flys round our Bill! Important Announcement "After careful consideration, Yahoo! has decided to close GeoCities later this year. You can continue enjoying your GeoCities service until then � we just wanted you to let you know about the closure as soon as possible. We'll share more details this summer. For now, please visit the help center for more information." Hmmm looks like this is the end of an era as far as this site goes, but theres already movement in other areas and a new squat and location will be unveiled in October called PUNK ROCKER so bookmark it now for when the lights go out... cheers PDC!!!! CRAMPS LEGEND RIP! Cramps frontman Lux Interior died Wednesday 4th February at a Glendale, Calif., hospital as the result of a pre-existing heart condition, the band's publicist confirmed to Billboard. He was 52. The Cramps formed in 1976 and were part of the now legendary downtown New York punk scene. Their lineup shifted over the years but always included Lux and his wife, Poison Ivy. The band's rockabilly-infused punk has been credited as an influence by bands including the White Stripes and the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. Interior, whose real name was Erick Lee Purkhiser, was born October 21, 1946, in Ohio. He met Ivy in 1972 and started the band shortly thereafter. The Cramps released 14 albums over the course of their career, their latest being 2004's "How To Make a Monster." Their best-selling album, 1984's "Bad Music for Bad People" has sold 95,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan. (Source Reuters/Billboard) Cheers to Joe Donnelly for the scoop. THE CRAMPS LAST GASP OF YOUTH! Congratulations go out to Rock Smash (Aka Marky Derita) formerly of Silent Meow and Derita Sisters infamy who is gonna be a dad at the ripe old age of 50! He and his lovely wife Silvie Pussycat of Silent Meow are preparing for the new arrival as we speak. Rock will be retiring from the live scene whilst changing dipers but will be doing lots of post production stuff on his various musical projects. BABY HUNT! Mansfield Punk veterans Apocalypse Babys are on the look-out for a new drummer, after stixman of five years �Gizza� has retired to spend more time with his family, Applicants must be willing to travel as the band are keen to play more shows in Europe. Having recently recorded their 7th album �Shotgun Diplomacy� vocalist Asterix told us �The band have had offers to perform all over Europe so we need someone who is willing and able to travel! Formed in 1990, Asterix boasted �We�re definitely one of longest serving punk bands formed in the bleak punk days of the 90's, we were out doing it before all the reformers started after the Blackpool festivals! we�ve never had a break! hopefully there's still a few years left in us yet? Applicants can contact the band via their myspace account www.myspace.com/apocalypsebabysofficial MOJO JULY 2008 Good issue of this somewhat MOR music mag with a very good 20 page spread on the Sex Pistols with some intrigimng insights during the 4 man interviews. Plus you get a decent 15 track DESTROY PUNK compilation CD celebrating the year 1977. �4.30 www.mojo4music.com REVIEWS UP SOON! PUNKROCKUK Been asked to tell you about a New punk web forum for the trainspotters to discuss debate, and generally annalise this thing we call PUNK ROCK. http://punkrockuk.proboards100.com DEVILISH PRESLEY 2008 is going to be the year of Devilish Presley..we are cooking up a "Killer" album in Germany with P.Paul Fenech and we are trying to play everywhere we can this year in the UK & elsewhere. So what can you do to help? If you are a DJ please play our music as much as you can this year! If you are a journalist or run a magazine or fanzine WRITE about us! If you are a promoter or if you know someone who is, get us a gig! If we have organised something with you before, lets do it again. If we are playing a show near you, can you help flyer for us and advertise on-line? Talk about us to anyone who might help us...spread the Demon Semen Come and talk to us on the forum http://devilsbible.proboards52.com/index.cgi and visit www.devilishpresley.com and visit www.myspace.com/devilishpresleynovembertenthrecordss FOXY BOWS OUT! Paul Fox, guitarist and co-songwriter with the Ruts lost his battle against Cancer and died on Sunday 21st October 2007. Paul "Foxy" Fox aged 56 helped create some of the best loved and most enduring work of the punk era. The Ruts, who came together in 1977, were among the best of the second wave of British punk bands, inspired by the likes of the Sex Pistols and the Clash. For the full obituary go to the Guardian FASHIONISTA Its suprising what a well dressed multi-imillion pound Chelsea footballer wears these days ain't it? First we had Beckham sporting a Crass shirt now we got Mr Frank Lampard in a Cowboys top more commonly worn by such punk affictionados as Sid Vicious and Steve Jones of the Sex Pistols, who just so happens to be a renowned Chelsea fan! What next, Wayne Rooney in a Destroy Top or Siouxsie Sioux in a Wolves!? BLITZED IN TEXAS! More sad news Nige Miller guitarist from early 80's street punk pioneers Blitz was tragically hit by a car and killed whilst trying to cross a highway outside Austin, Texas USA on Friday February 2nd 2007 following a show at Elmos venus. Nige was renowned for his blazing riffs that littered the bands early releases and was the only original member left after managing to get a band together to tour the States. Nihilism on The Prowl will be doing a feature on BLITZ very shortly meanwhile our condolences go out to Nige's family and friends! Daichi Dog attacked!! NAZI DOGS SHOWS CANCELLED We have pretty bad news for you this time. NAZI DOGS� drummer Daichi Dog got attacked by some fucked up street rat on Thursday 25th January after a punk show inside the AZ in Aachen City. The pisser hit him in his face with a bottle. Daichi got injured pretty badly, he�s suffering from a broken nose, a badly split up upper lip, loose teeth and a fucked up arm due to broken glass. Oh yeah, his eyes got hurt as well, but the doctors did a cool job all in all & we�re hoping a lot that he�s gonna recover within the next couple of weeks... So, sadly but true, NAZI DOGS have to cancel the next shows this weekend in Erfurt (AJZ Club) and Berlin (Clash Bar). Most likely the following shows on February 18th and 19th in Hamburg and Flensbug will have to be cancelled as well, but we�ll keep you updated on this. As a matter of fact, we took care of the fucker later on after the shit happened. The guy got some face treatment outside the Hauptquartier Bar in Aachen City...but that actually doesn�t make things easier for us... NAZI DOGS hope you�re gonna have a great weekend nevertheless. Keep your fingers crossed that Daichi�s gonna recover pretty soon, so that we�ll be able to keep on playing those outragious shows you�re lovin� us for...!!! Karsten / NAZI DOGS |
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