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GodfathersLegendary British rock & roll group The Godfathers celebrate the 35th anniversary since their formation with an almighty bang via a brand new double A side single, ‘I’m Not Your Slave’ & ‘Wild And Free. These recordings are the first to feature the newly revitalised Godfathers’ line-up of founder member & frontman Peter Coyne. guitarists Richie Simpson & Wayne Vermaak, drummer Billy Duncanson & bassist Jon Priestley. A highly anticipated new studio album will follow in 2021. The release of ‘I’m Not Your Slave’ & Wild And Free’ represents an exciting new chapter for the London band, but The Godfathers have had a long & illustrious career. They were formed in 1985 by brothers Peter Coyne (vocals) & Chris Coyne (bass/vocals) from the ashes of their previous band The Sid Presley Experience. The Godfathers toured extensively & quickly earned a serious reputation for their electrifying brand of primal rock & roll & their incendiary live shows around the world. Forming a recording partnership with famed producer Vic Maile they released 4 critically acclaimed, smash hit independent singles on their own Corporate Image label (‘Lonely Man’, ‘This Damn Nation’, ‘I Want Everything’ & ‘Love Is Dead’) which alongside a brutal cover of Lennon’s ‘Cold Turkey’ were compiled into their seminal debut album release ‘Hit By Hit’ in ’86 & signed a worldwide deal with Sony/Epic records in ‘87. The Godfathers unleashed the storming rocker ‘Birth School Work Death’ as a single in ‘87 & scored a US Billboard top 40 hit after massive college radio airplay & heavy MTV rotation. Then the classic ‘Birth School Work Death’ album was released in ’88 (includes the ‘hit’ anthem title track, & singles ‘Cause I Said So’ & a re-recorded ‘Love Is Dead’) & was promoted with extensive tours of the UK, Europe & America as they cemented their reputation as one of the best live acts of the period. Celebrity fans included among others David Bowie & Johnny Depp. The Godfathers’ mob inspired image, raw lyrics & guitar-driven, edgy rock & roll sound was in direct contrast to the clean, synthesized sounds that mainly dominated the mainstream charts at that time & foreshadowed the Brit-Pop/Rock resurgence of the early 1990’s. 1989’s album ‘More Songs About Love And Hate’ (with its iconic Liz Taylor/Richard Burton cover art & featuring the American college radio smash single ‘She Gives Me Love’ and live favourite ‘Walking Talking Johnny Cash Blues’) was followed by the death of producer Vic Maile & the departure of guitarist Kris Dollimore, who was replaced on guitar by Chris Burrows for ‘Unreal World’ (which included the American radio hit ‘Unreal World’, ‘This Is War’ & a searing cover of The Creation’s psychedelic classic ‘How Does It Feel To Feel’) in 1991. A provocatively titled live Godfathers’ album ‘Dope, Rock & Roll & Fucking In The Streets’ was issued in 1992 on Corporate Image & the band toured the globe constantly. With a new line-up The Godfathers released 2 further albums on Intercord Records, a self-titled album in ‘93 (AKA ‘The Orange album’ because of it’s distinctive cover art) & ‘Afterlife’ in ’95, before the group finally imploded in 2001. In 2008 The Godfathers reformed their original line-up to promote a vastly expanded 2CD version of their seminal debut album ‘Hit By Hit’ & performed a select number of British, European & American dates & festivals together for the first time in nearly 20 years. These included the highly successful revival of their traditional Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre concerts with knockout, triumphant performances at The Forum in London in February ’08 & Chicago’s Metro in February ’09. The Godfathers have become increasingly influential in recent years with Top 5 American artists Local H & Spoon releasing cover versions of Godfathers’ classics “Birth School Work Death’ & ‘This Damn Nation’ & Mars Volta citing The Godfathers’ primal rock & roll sound as a direct influence on their ‘Noctourniquet’ album. ‘The Godfathers - Shot Live At The 100 Club’ a Live DVD/CD was released November 1st 2010 to mark the 25th anniversary of the bands formation & ‘Jukebox Fury’ followed in March 2013 to significant critical acclaim. A new studio album ‘A Big Bad Beautiful Noise’ was unveiled in February 2017, preceded by the single, ‘You Don’t Love Me’. Rave reviews hailed the album as the band’s best in many years, with Vive Le Rock claiming it was “up there with the Godfathers’ ‘80s classics”. A critically acclaimed live album ‘This Is War! - The Godfathers Live!’ followed in 2019. The storming double A side ‘I’m Not Your Slave’ & ‘Wild And Free’ sees them taking another sonic step forward & they are currently writing new material for a 2021 album release. The Godfathers now feature: Peter Coyne - Vocals (The Godfathers’ founder member, ex The Sid Presley Experience) Jon Priestley - Bass (ex The Damned) Richie Simpson - Guitar (ex Heavy Drapes) Billy Duncanson - Drums (ex Heavy Drapes) Wayne Vermaak - Guitar (ex The Great St. Louis)  HUNG
LIKE HANRATTY are the most talked about band on the
circuit. They sing about every day life what people get angry
at, but say nothing. Like picking dog mess up. People riding
mobility scooters when there is nothing wrong with them. Etc.They were voted as the best live band in 2016 by punk planet. There album released in 2016 on the mighty FLICKNIFE RECORDS has been a huge success world wide. There energetic hilarious stage show will have you in stitches, Make a point of watching them. You won't be disappointed. Heavily influenced by 1977 punk attitude, and bands like Toy Dolls, macc lads, pork dukes, damned etc, HUNG LIKE HANRATTY are top of there game. What you see is what you get.  DUNCAN
REID & THE BIG HEADSThere are only two people in the entire world who can claim to have played with the Ramones while not actually being tagged with the ‘Ramone’ nom-de-plume. Duncan Reid is one of those people. As singer and bass player of Joey Ramone’s favourite band, The Boys, Duncan rode on the crest of a wave during punk’s original late-1970s heyday as part of a wider collective of friends and peers that included Sex Pistols, The Clash, Generation X and a host of other power-chord pioneers. The Boys remain one of the best-loved and influential bands of their generation. Montevideo, from the Big Heads’ debut album Little Big Head, earned Duncan the keys to the Uruguayan capital (the only other musicians to achieve this being Elton John and Paul McCartney). Following a cornucopia of stellar reviews for 1st album Little Big Head, The Big Heads developed their unique, effortlessly entertaining, melodic brand of harmony laden powerpop punk with: “The Difficult Second Album”. May 2017 saw the release of their third album “Bombs Away”. Fourteen catchy little ditties about life, death, paranoia and Viagra which featured heavily, in print and online, among the “best of 2017” reviews. In 2020 4th Album “Don’t Blame Yourself” landed to ecstatic reviews. ““There isn’t a bad song on this album. Neither are there good songs. There are just phenomenal songs. The phrase all killer, no filler was made for records like this.” The Ginger Quiff. And on April 23, to keep everyone occupied until the next gigs are possible, a live album is released on Bandcamp of a show at Akkurat, Stockholm from 2018. Recorded without the band’s knowledge by the venue it perfectly captures the excitement and sheer good looks of everyone involved!  Spunk
Volcano singer, songwriter and the star studded Eruptions,
inspired by the joys and hates of life itself, they will take
you on a nostalgia trip to better times, or a glimpse at a day
in the life of the everyday working class hero in the world
today, perhaps a visit to darker times with a glimmer of hope,
tongue in cheek words of joy or despair, honest words in a
fragile scared society. Touring up and down the UK and many
tours in mainland Europe over the last 7 years, releasing
several albums and EP's on the way there is no end in sight!
because it isn't just punk rock, this is SPUNK ROCK!SV and the Eruptions may contain two members of UK punk rock and rollers Dirt Box Disco, but they are far from being a part-time side project. Unchained from the restraints of his guitar and taking on lead vocal duties, Spunk Volcano has free reign to indulge himself and his songwriting to whatever style he sees fit. From sweetly sappy love songs, to hardcore thrash and everything in between, there are no rules or boundaries for him or his Eruptions. for Spunk Volcano, the melody, the sing-a-long and the ear-worm always remains the number one focus.  We
formed as a 5 piece in north London in early 2014 taking our
name from the colour of the flooring in our rehearsal space at
T.Chances, initially we were a blues/hard rock band but over the
last 2 years have evolved into what can be called a dirty
rock’n’roll band with elements of garage rock, proto punk, 12
bar blues and a bit of psychobilly.We released a live five track EP in September 2016 and around the same time our original drummer decided he wanted to leave and do other things so we brought in a new one and set about hitting the road. 2017 saw us playing a number of festivals including Deerstock and Undercover plus gigs with The Outcasts, GBH, Richie Ramone, UK Subs, 999 as well as playing the famous 100 Club as part of Resolution Festival. Our debut album “Rock and Roll Carpet” is due for release on Flicknife Records very soon.  We
are Desensitised, an all-grrrl rock band from Nottingham. Our
latest singles have been featured on Planet Rock and BBC
Introducing. Our new album is set to be released early 2019 via
Sound-Hub Records. Formed
in sept 2013, KNOCK OFF are a hard hitting punk trio,
taking influences from the early 80's U.K punk scene.30 years on and the country’s still a mess. KNOCK OFF’s sound is fueled by anger and disillusionment at a country going down the pan and life in general. A raw and powerful sound mixed with anger, energy and passion, with stick in your head choruses, KNOCK OFF will leave their mark. With 3 albums under their belts released through Step-1 Music, Randale Records and Longshot Music, and a Single launched through Human Punk Records KNOCK OFF are aiming to be heard.  The
power Punk Rockers, which are Plague UK. In 1976 Punk band The
Plague, known to have played the Roxy Club more times than any
other, and have supported the likes of Slaughter And The Dogs,
U.K. Subs and many more in the late 70’s, in 1978 The Plague
released a single called 'In Love' which charted, and was played
on Radio, and from this an album was produced called The X
tapes.The band disbanded back in 1981, and they decided to reform in 2005, and in 2015 The Plague put out an album called 'What Do You Expect', but again the band went their separate ways in 2016. Marc Jefferies the Singer and creator of the original Plague has formed a new band called Plague UK, a new monster, full on Punk Rock. Plague UK still perform some of the old original Plague classics including ‘In Love’ and ‘End Of The World’, But have loads up their sleeve for 2018 with brand new powerful material. The year is already proving to be a very busy one as they have shows up and down the country booked all through the 2018, and they have just finished the recording of the New EP ‘Suck It Up’ which their hoping to be released end of August 2018. The first Music Video will also be released from a track taken off the EP called ‘Red Button’. The band consists of: Marc Jefferies (original songwriter and front man of The Plague) – Guitar/Lead Vocals Simon Godfrey – Guitar/Lead Vocals Martin Taylor – Bass Lee Morrell - Drums  As
one of the earliest punk rock bands in
Nottingham, Verbal Warning are clearly enjoying their second
lease of life since reforming in 2005.The band released their best album to date - No Half Measures – in May 2017 and continue to build their following with their lethal combination of serious songs and comedy topics. The current line up of John Warning (vocals), Paul Warning (bass), Tone Deff (guitar) and Ant Warning (drums) played a band record 54 gigs in 2017 and are set to surpass that this year. Along with the Great British Alternative Festival, they are already booked for a string of festivals this summer including Strummercamp, Rock & Bike Festival and Blyth Power Ashes. The band have played some huge festivals in the past, including Rebellion – the world's biggest punk festival - and Concrete Jungle, and have supported many of the big names from the 1977 punk rock era that VW base their sound on. The band's first gig - as the tastefully named Dead Presleys - was at Nottingham’s legendary Ad Lib Club way back on 7th December 1980. When that name didn't go down well with the local teddy boys, it was changed for safety reasons and bands like Chumbawumba, Conflict, Napalm Death, Resistance 77, Flux of Pink Indians and the Subhumans then all shared bills with the newly-named Verbal Warning in those early years. Since their 2005 revival, the band have written three albums of thrilling new material, A Kick in the Verbals, Red Star Radio and the new offering, No Half Measures, all keeping the 'sound of 77' alive and kicking. or As one of the earliest punk rock bands in Nottingham, Verbal Warning are clearly enjoying their second lease of life since reforming in 2005. The band released their latest and best album to date - No Half Measures – in May 2017 and continue to build their following with their lethal combination of serious songs and comedy topics. The current line up of John Warning (vocals), Paul Warning (bass), Tone Deff (guitar) and Ant Warning (drums) Along with the Great British Alternative Festival, they are already booked for a string of festivals this summer including Strummercamp, Rock & Bike Festival and BlythPower Ashes. The band have played some huge festivals in the past, including Rebellion Since their 2005 revival, the band have written three albums of thrilling new material, A Kick in the Verbals, Red Star Radio and the new offering, No Half Measures, all keeping the 'sound of 77' alive and kicking.  Pete Bentham &
the Dinner Ladies are artpunks from Liverpool, UK. They play
primitive rock and roll and sing about things they believe in.They fuse the raw rock and roll of The Cramps with the invention of The Fall and the pop sensibilities of X Ray Spex. Their songs are witty and quirky tales of northern working class life. Always original, funny and poignant. They are part of Antipop Records of Liverpool, have released three full length albums and two vinyl EP's and have played hundreds of shows around the UK and Europe and festivals such as Rebellion, Nice & Sleazy, Common Ground, Fire In The Mountain and Sound City. They are part of the European DIY underground scene and run their own regular Free Rock & Roll events at Sound, Liverpool. This is Kitchencore!   Rage DC
originally formed in 1996 and have shared a bill with, The
Undertones, UK Subs, Tony James (Damned), Chelsea, Sham 69, GBH,
Vibrators, Stiff Little Fingers, Vice Squad, the Dickies, The
Wernt and many more. Rage DC have been described as Traditional British Punk band which is no surprise considering the founder member Loric also started punk band The Skrews in the 80’s who were well known for their appearances at the infamous Feltham Football Club gigs. Rage DC are: Loric (lead guitar & lead vocals), Graham (rhythm guitar & vocals) and Ziggy (drums) and Chris (bass & vocals). Rage DC could be a punk band from the height of 1977, they are massively popular with all of the people that go to see them, they always give a full on show and truly care about the punk community. The music is genuine and relevant, delivered with no fuss and a ton of attitude. There are sing (shout) - along choruses and some fantastic musicianship. This is jump around, punch the air, tap your feet and enjoy yourself punk, roll up your sleeves, and get down and sweaty with this lot.  "Old
enuff to know better, too stupid to care, four blokes from the
edge of the world (Penzance) knocking out singalong 3 chord
anthems about the important things in life like magic mushrooms
and shark attacks....." The
Deckchairs formed in 1978 in Reading. Playing their unique brand
of fun punk they became successful locally and further afield,
and gradually learned how to play their instruments. The
original members were joined by Jonny Wahwah on drums in the
1980s and they built on their success, releasing a (now rare)
cassette of a live gig. Taking a break of 25 years or so, they
reformed and are now gigging all over the country, and have
released two CDs of material, “No Refund” and “Up Yours”. Always
going down well wherever they play, their tuneful and daft songs
make a change from other punk bands and are often described as a
breath of fresh air. Described
in Ian Glasper's book as "half Splodgenessabounds, half Crass",
The Bus Station Loonies have been doing anarchic things with
silly string and cider since 1995. Based in Plymouth, the band
set the Guinness World Record for the most gigs performed in 12
hours and have never looked back, nor fully recovered, since.
Stalwarts of the DIY punk scene and darlings of the Channel 4
documentary, The Loonies have two full albums under their
ever-expanding belts, a handful of EPs, and countless
space-fillers on numerous compilations. Their "vicious headbutt
between Johnny Moped and Jello Biafra" approach is sure to put
the pun back into punk and an ogo in your pogo.  Formed
in 2012, Headsticks have developed their own brand of
Revolutionary Punk Roots Rock'n'Roll, through constant gigging
which has seen their profile continually rise alongside the
growth of a fanatical fan base. Supports with bands as varied as
The Wildhearts, Lindisfarne, Spear Of Destiny, Buzzcocks, and
Ferocious Dog have seen their music cross over genre barriers
and has been received with the same enthusiasm and passion that
they themselves produce in their live shows.... honest and raw
social commentary delivered with a wry sense of humour,
uplifting and always giving 100%.
"Change Persona are an Energetic Punk band from Sutton, South
London that has been playing together for over 13 years.
The band's influences touch on a wide range of artists in the
punk genre; from skate punk heavyweights Rise Against, to punk
rockers Green Day and Sum 41. This can be heard through the
versatility across Change Persona's three releases, with a blend
of melodic sing-along anthems and hard hitting, foot stomping
belters.
Live performances are often complimented for the amount of
energy and crowd interaction on display, with 2019 having been
the band's busiest for gigs off the back of the launch of their
album, "Breaking Point".
Over a decade on, these young punks from South London are
looking and sounding like they really mean business." |
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