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Latest News
 January 5th 2007
* Brighton Rock band ´McQueen´ have their debut album "Break The Silence" released through ´Demolition Records´ on January 22nd 2007. The review of this album can be found Here. They are undertaking a few dates to promote the album and the British dates can be found Here. For dates in France and Germany please go Here. An interview with McQueen will follow shortly.
* The Hedrons new single ´Heatseeker´ is released on January 8th 2007. To see the review of this excellent single please go Here. The promo video to this song can be found Here. For those who missed the interview we did with the Hedrons can see it Here.
* Issue 2 of On-Line Punk Rock magazine ´Distorted´ can be found Here. This is a well put together webzine featuring The Duel, The Buzzcocks, GBH, The Shoemakers, The Vibrators, The Pogues and more! Check it out! Comes highly recommended.
January 1st 2007
* Happy New Year All. May all your hopes and dreams become reality in 2007.
* The Levellers competition winners are:
Chaos Theory DVD Winners: Richard Williamson(Coventry) + Rod Liddle(Ramsgate).
Truth & Lies Album Winners: Mark Pursglove(London) + Ian Wareing(Liverpool)
Last Man Alive Single Winner: Timmy(Hampshire)
All winners will recieve a Levellers key ring. Prizes will be posted out on the 3rd January.
* To kick the New Year in FFRUK proudly presents an Interview with Jae Monroe of A.P.P.L.E.
December 25th 2006
* On behalf of everyone at FFRUK I´d just like to wish all a Merry Christmas and hope 2007 is a really good year for you all.
Thanks for supporting FFRUK in 2006 and may it continue in 2007.
December 11th 2006
* The Levellers have kindly donated two Chaos Theory DVD´s plus other bits and pieces including cd´s for a competition. All you have to do to win something is answer this question:
What is the name of the Levellers record company?
Can you email all answers with your names and postal addresses to ffrukprom@yahoo.co.uk by Sunday 31st December 2006.
All winners will be announced on New Years Day and all prizes will be sent out 1st Class/Airmail(If Overseas) on January 3rd 2006.
* Eighties American HC band Toxic Reasons are in the UK in 2007. For all tour dates please check the Events Section for more information.
* The reviews section is updated on an almost daily basis so please go Here to check out the latest releases.
* We´ve added thirteen new interviews to the site. To check them out please go Here.
November 15th 2006
* ´No More Heroes (Complete History Of Punk 1976 - 80)´ written by Alex Ogg is out now. You can read the full review of this great book by going HERE. FFRUK has also run an exclusive interview with the Alex which can be found HERE.
* The Wildhearts finally have their live at Scarborough Castle 2005 DVD released through Secret/Snapper. To read what we think of this DVD please go HERE.
* Post Hardcore band ´Underoath´ have sent us in video links for their recently reviewed single ´ In Regards To Myself´. I guess all you have to do is pick the right one for you!
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November 6th 2006
* Bandwagon launches major national music competition across all schools in the UK.
Students will get the chance to enter a battle of the bands competition, which if they win will see them playing at Glastonbury 2007 and getting a record deal with a leading independent label. A whole host of equipment and instruments are also up for grabs to the runner ups and for the best participating schools. The crux of Sound Clash is to identify the best musical talent in full time school/college education in the UK today. The competition is open to all students aged between 12-18 at secondary school and sixth form/college.Sound Clash is open to all bands and solo artists, across all genres of music. It is designed to encourage students and schools to support their entering bands, and to champion their cause and school. The top 4 bands will be whittled down by a combination of A&R, user-voting & judging panel. All bands that enter will gain exposure to a dedicated audience of music fans online.
The students & schools/colleges can pre-register before 13th November and will be notified via email with further instructions and details when the competition commences. Once Sound Clash has commenced on 13th November, students then sign up, create online profiles, and upload MP3s of their tracks to their artist profile page on Sound Clash’s website (when they’re ready). Non musicians can sign up, create a personal profile, and write reviews of their favourite music and upload their photographs.
Go to HERE for more information.
* Very rarely does a monumental record find itself matched with the promise of commercial success. But the strength, intensity and explosive lure of ‘DEFINE THE GREAT LINE’, UNDEROATH’s follow up to their over 350,000 selling 2004 breakthrough ‘They’re Only Chasing Safety’, is undeniable.
Crafted with the help of Atlanta-based producer/drummer Matt Goldman and Killswitch Engage guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz, Underoath found themselves encouraged to use E-bows, reel bows and experiment with delays and effects pedals, making the result - ‘DEFINE THE GREAT LINE’ - a mind-blowing song-cycle that resets the notion of what hardcore, screamo or whatever you want to call it, can be.
‘Define the Great Line’ has already sold more than 250 thousand copies since its US release just 2 months ago, and the video for the single "Writing on the Walls" is currently #1 on America’s MTV2´s T-Minus Rock show. Having just finished this years Warped Tour, they are now getting ready for a Canadian headline tour followed by the International Taste of Chaos tour beginning in October.
In anticipation of their UK dates (HERE) we are offering a free album sampler download HERE.
There are banners for the download and the Taste of Chaos tour freely available from HERE.
November 2nd 2006
* Congrats to Shari and Black Velvet Magazine for reaching their 50th issue. This is a personal fave read of mine and may it continue. I was sent a copy of the 50th issue and you can read all about it HERE.
* The new single ´You´re So Pretty We´re So Pretty´ from the Charlatans is out on Monday and you can read our review HERE. Sam Hesketh from ´Divison´ has sent in this LINK to Charlatans videos, rare out-takes and behind-the-scenes type stuff which fans would love to see.
October 28th 2006
* A virtual rock band roadie is the latest recruit in the campaign to tackle global road deaths.
The Make Roads Safe campaign and rock band Dirty Pretty Things are launching a new online viral game to raise awareness about the impact of road deaths around the world and build support for the campaign. Roadie Runner sees a Dirty Pretty Things roadie trying to retrieve musical instruments by crossing a five lane highway with often fatal results.
The game is intended to be a fun way to get across a serious message to a high risk audience "young men" that can be difficult to reach through conventional road safety messages. Players are encouraged to join the Make Roads Safe campaign, and key facts about global road deaths are displayed throughout the game.
Road crashes are the number one killer of young people in the UK, Europe and the US. Worldwide, only HIV/AIDS kills more young men than road crashes.
Make Roads Safe Campaign Coordinator Saul Billingsley said: "We recognise that this kind of treatment of road safety issues might be controversial. But the Make Roads Safe campaign is being innovative in the way political awareness about road safety is communicated, working with Dirty Pretty Things on their UK national tour this winter and using social networking online, including MySpace and YouTube, to connect with people in their teens and twenties. The Roadie Runner game will help us to put across serious road safety facts through a fun medium to a potentially massive youth audience online".
Dirty Pretty Things guitarist Anthony Rossamondo said: "We need to do more to highlight the fact that 1.2 million people are needlessly killed on the roads around the world each year. This is why Dirty Pretty Things are supporting the Make Roads Safe campaign".
We have listed the London event which also features the rest of the tour dates. Please go HERE for more information.
* This is not another survey. After being into punk for the last 25 years or so, I found myself wondering why so many people are involved in the punk movement (for the want of a better term!) and how they got into it. It struck me that there are many people, young and old, who have kept this particular music scene alive for over 30 years - more people seem to be into it than ever, including young people who are listening to bands on the fringes of what can be termed punk, right through to those who still swear by the ´original´ bands. There are those into the anarchy side of things and those more into the mainstream bands. However, it seems that whatever you listen to, people still fall under that wide umbrella known as punk.
So .... I was thinking that maybe it would be an interesting project to ask people how they got into punk in the first place, be they young, old or alien. I will collate whatever is sent to me and have the option of wither getting it on a website or printing it in a fanzine/book type thing - this will depend on the results I get.
All you need to do is send me an email that includes how you got into it, what kind of bands you were into and your first name and age. If you are in or were in a band, please feel free to include a little about that too. Then please pass this on to anyone that you know who was or is into punk and get them to send me something too.
Send your info either to me at My Space or Email me.
This is purely for the interests of everyone who listens to the music and not research for anything in particular. I will not be passing on any information for the profit of others in any way shape or form as that goes against what I personally bellieve in. I hope you feel able to make a contribution and I won´t be altering what people say - I aim to ´keep it real´ and hopefully we can get a glimpse of punk across the years and how it manages to keep bringing people into the music.
A huge thanks to everyone in advance and check my page for updates on how it is going!
* The Charlatans are set to go on a UK tour throughout November and December to promote a new CD/DVD Forever, The Singles. We have listed the London event which also features the rest of the tour dates. Please go HERE for more information.
* New Jersey five-piece, SENSES FAIL, are preparing themselves to set
foot on British soil with The Taste Of Chaos Tour in just TWO WEEKS time!!
Having already conquered New Zealand, Australia, Japan and the US of A, the tour alighted in Europe yesterday. Joining the guys on this crazy tour of rock mayhem are Taking Back Sunday, Alexisonfire, Underoath, Anti-Flag, and Saosin.
The tour supports the release of their second full-length ´STILL SEARCHING´ (Vagrant Records). It hit stores on October 9th and has already outstripped their first album ´Let It Enfold You´, which was unleashed on the world two years ago.
Recording for the highly anticipated ´Still Searching´ began in May of 2006 with acclaimed producer Brian McTernan (Thrice, Cave-In) at Bearsville Studio in upstate NY and features a new musical cohesiveness for the band, resulting from hundreds of shows and tens of thousands of miles on the road.
"It has been almost three years since we´ve written a new record and the long wait allowed us to change in ways we never thought possible," explains Nielsen (vocalist). "This record is the account of those years. We can´t wait for everyone to hear it!
We have listed the London event which also features the rest of the UK tour dates. Please go HERE for more information.
* Finnish post-hardcore troop Disco Ensemble are readying themselves to hit our British shores once more, this time with Gogol Bordello, Danko Jones and Bedouin Soundclash on THE EASTPAK ANTIDOTE TOUR.
The tour is in support of the release of their single BLACK EURO on Monday Oct 30 in anticipation for the release of their full-length FIRST AID KIT on Nov 6. Keep an eye out on all good music channels for their fantastic video for BLACK EURO. Shot in a busy Berlin square with no special effects - how did they do it?!!
Being a heady mix of Refused meets Jimmy Eat World these releases and their live shows look set to catapult Finland´s best kept secret on to the world !!
If you´ve yet to catch them live, shame on you. Their brand of rock excess is wildly exciting....YOU HAVE TO GO SEE THIS BAND!!!
We have listed the London event which also features the rest of the UK tour dates. Please go HERE for more information.
* Concrete Jungle Festival April 20th-22nd 2007
Camber Sands Near Hastings,East Sussex, England
the idea for the show is to celibrate 30 years of punk rock. we are holding a three day event at camber sands holiday park just outside hastings in east sussex, england. with approximately 50 bands performing. we have already comfirmed over 32 bands. from the pioneers, such as expolited,999, lurkers,vice squad, peter and the trest tube babies, ANWL etc to brand new british acts like the 85´s, added to the blend is neville staples, doing lots of specials numbers. to europeans like stomper98 of germany, bootstroke from greece, agitators from belgium and perkele from sweden. with many more acts in the pipeline.
with the ticket you get free accomodation in a holiday appartment, which consist of double bedrooms and appartment shares for 4, 5,6,7 and 8 birth. so people have the option to by a complete appartment to share with friends. complete with self catering kitchen and a nice clean private bathroom, a major bonus at any show. the site is situated on the south coast of england in camber which is a few miles outside hastings, east sussex, dover is 1 hour by road, and there are good rail links from london. we will be organising buses also, from london, brighton, and brugge, as well as helpers around the country also organising transportation, in the true co operative spirit of punk rock.
the site will open for business on friday morning, entertainment will kick off on friday at about 6pm, with 2 stages running live bands up til midnight, then dj´s and a whole variation of entertainment running through til about 4am. the same on saturday and sunday, with start times of midday.
we are adding to the bill daily and things are fluctuating, with many surprises being added as we get nearer the time. we are hoping to have tickets available on the 1st november
check WEBSITE for details.
* Suicide Bid´s new album "The Rot Stops Here" is available to order today HERE.
Featuring members of The King Blues, The Filaments, Sonic Boom Six, Inner Terrestrials, The Foamers and more, expect bass heavy reggae grooves and ferocious punk rock dancehall....
* Drummer Sandy West, from the ´70s all-female rock band The Runaways, has died of lung cancer aged 47. The influential musician was diagnosed a year ago and she died in a hospice in San Dimas, east of Los Angeles. Lead singer Cherie Curry said: "It will never be the same for me again to step up on stage because Sandy West was the best and I will miss her forever." West started The Runaways with Joan Jett in 1975. They went on to have hits with Cherry Bomb and Born to be Bad. "We shared the dream of girls playing rock and roll. Sandy was an exuberant and powerful drummer," said Jett. "I am overcome from the loss of my friend. I always told her we changed the world," she added. Before the band broke up in 1979, The Runaways toured the world several times, often headlining with opening acts like Tom Petty and Cheap Trick. West went on to perform as a drummer, guitarist and vocalist with The Sandy West Band. Her manager, Mara Fox, is hoping to publish the musician´s memoirs which she wrote before she died.
October 20th 2006
* The Duel have a gig at the Standard in Walthamstow/London tomorrow night and are on stage around 8pm. They also have a new website out which can be seen HERE.
* There´s lots more stuff in the review section so please go and have a look. The review section is being updated on a daily basis so keep an eye out for some Xmas prezzies.
* Deadline have just done a cool interview for FFRUK. To see what Liz and Herve had to say please go HERE.
October 7th 2006
* There´s lots of new material been sent in for review. Artists/bands include Emiko, Zombina And The Sleletones, D.O.A., Inca Babies, The Bastard Fairies and more! To see the last reviews please go HERE.
* There are plenty of bands recently been interviewed for FFRUK. These will be up as soon as they come in. At the moment the latest bands that have been interviewed are Go Like Hell, The Bastard Fairies, Analog Missionary and The Breakup. To view these interviews please go HERE.
October 1st 2006
* On Saturday 7th October there is a ´70th Anniversary Of The Battle Of Cable Street´ gig in London. Click on the flyer for more details.
September 30th 2006
* ´The Land Of Giants´ a double album covering Jazz-Punk band ´The Cravats´ musical history is released on November 6th throuh Overground Records. To check out our review of this release plase go HERE.
* At long last the Conflict DVD´s are now available. To check out the review for ´Conflict In London´ please go HERE. To check out ´Conflict In England´ please go HERE.
* ´The Story Of Crass´ by George Berger is an excellent read and the FFRUK review can be found HERE.
* The Human Value are currently in the UK promoting their album and single. To check out the review of their album please go HERE. To check out the review of their single please go HERE. All UK tour dates are listed HERE.
* The Hussys have a few dates lined up. To check them out please go HERE.
* There´s some new interviews up from The Switchblade Kittens, Edible Red amd the Breakup. To check them out please go HERE.
* The Beat, Neville Staples and more play a benefit gig for two hospitals in Bury/St Edmonds on November 24th 2006. For more information please phone 01284 764667.
September 17th 2006
Some of you may remember back in the 80´s the huge success this label had with introducing bands to the world who made a huge impact on the music scene like Soft Cell, Depeche Mode, The The, Psychic Tv to name but a few.
With a huge line up of new releases and events planned for this forthcoming year - FFRUk are proud to present one of their new artists - MAINSTREAM DISTORTION please read full Info here:SOME BIZARRE PRESS RELEASE
September 14th 2006
* Just been sent in the forthcoming album ´Four On The Floor´ which has a release date of of Oct 2nd 2006. To check the review of this album please go HERE.
* Out now is ´Me, I´m All Smiles´ by Echo And The Bunnymen. It´s taken from their live show in London from 2005. Comes with some great sleeve notes. To check the review of this album please go HERE.
* Cherry Red have released yet another great Ska DVD where ´Special Beat´ are given the re-issue treatment. Their show is taken from Japan in the earlie nineties. To check out this review please go HERE.
* The Mercy Killers have more than impressed me with their new album on Hellcat. This is one Punk Rock N Roll band everyone should be checking out. To see review of this album please go HERE.
* Scottish band ´The Hedrons´ are having a great 2006 with their second single ´I Need You´ which is released on October 9th 2006. This review can be found HERE.
* At the end of September we´re going to be running an interview with the lovely Simone Stefors. In the meantime please fell free to check out her site HERE.
* Metal band ´Obsessive Compulsive´ need a gig in the South East on October 1st and a gig in the South West on October 6th! Any offer can you please write to them HERE.
* Combat Shock have a new release ´The War Against Tony´ out soon. To check it out please go HERE.
* Lucifera is still looking for some sexy guitars and especially coffin case´s for some shoots i have planned this fall, if anyone is near London or will be around that time please get in touch, you are welcome to chaperone your guitar and it will be treated with the upmost respect. If you can help please email Liz.
* Happy birthday to Michelle. She´s 39 today. Not long to her free bus pass. The grey hairs are already showing!!!
September 13th 2006
* Following the release of their critically acclaimed second album, ‘Voices’ (via Epitaph), Poughkeepsie’s Matchbook Romance have confirmed a UK tour alongside All American Rejects for September 2006.
This year has already been a whirlwind for the 4 piece - Andrew Jordan – vocals, guitar, Ryan DePaulo – guitar, Ryan Kienle – bass, Aaron Stern – drums- and have surpassed all their expectations. First off they entered the US Billboard Charts above the likes of Panic! At the Disco, In Flames, Cat Power and Bullet For My Valentine, received heavy rotation on MTV as THE band to watch with their single ‘Monsters’ and been on an (almost) neverending tour (alongside Yellowcard and as headliners on the Take Action Tour) amassing loyal converts wherever they go.
In addition to their shows with All American Rejects – their first UK shows here in over 2 years - the band will play one headline show in Newport on 25th September.
Details of a brand new single, ‘Surrender’ will be announced shortly.
For all UK gig dates please go HERE.
September 12th 2006
* MAKE ROADS SAFE CAMPAIGN
Teen killer on the road
Dirty Pretty Things and Metro Riots to play road safety gig.
A serial killer striking late at night has killed at least ten young people this summer.
The killer road crashes - struck most recently on the M25 after the V Festival in August, but has also taken lives in Suffolk, Yorkshire and Scotland.
This summer there has been a spate of fatal road accidents involving car occupants in their teens and early twenties, travelling on the road late at night, sometimes after attending a gig or music festival. A particular feature of these crashes has been multiple deaths of teenagers travelling together in one car, with devastating results for local communities.
Indie bands Dirty Pretty Things and Metro Riots will play a special gig in London next Wednesday (13) to draw attention to the high number of teenage road deaths in the UK and to point out that, worldwide, someone is killed in a road crash every 30 seconds.
The gig, for the Make Roads Safe campaign, was partly inspired by the deaths of three teenage girls in Suffolk in July following a concert that Dirty Pretty Things had played. Red Hot Chili Peppers, who headlined the concert, have also endorsed the campaign. Some close friends and family of the teenage crash victims will be attending the gig.
Other fatal crashes involving young drivers have included:
A crash on the M25 involving a car returning from the V Festival in August, which killed three people in their teens and early twenties;
A crash in Huddersfield on 1st September in which three teenage girls were killed and two young men in their twenties were seriously injured;
A crash in Aberdeenshire which killed a teenage driver and injured his two passengers after their car hit a tree in the early hours of August 28th
A crash in Cornwall in August which seriously injured a young driver and killed his 15 year old passenger. More than 700 people attended the girls funeral.
Road crashes are the number one killer of people in their teens and twenties in the UK, and second only to HIV/AIDS as a killer of young men worldwide. As the road accident in India this week involving the entourage of Conservative leader David Cameron has shown, road deaths are also a major problem in developing countries. More than eighty-five per cent of all road deaths occur in poorer countries at a cost of up to $100 billion a year. The Make Roads Safe campaign is calling for international action to tackle these road deaths, which are predicted to double by 2020.
Anthony Rossomando, guitarist, Dirty Pretty Things, said:
We need to do more to highlight the fact that 1.2 million people are needlessly killed on the roads around the world each year. This is why Dirty Pretty Things are supporting the Make Roads Safe campaign.
Edmund King, spokesman for the Make Roads Safe campaign, said:
The deaths of so many of our young people in such a short time should be a cause for national concern. We need to make young drivers aware of the dangers they face, particularly when driving at night, and that is why we have teamed up with Dirty Pretty Things to raise awareness about the scale of road deaths both here in the UK and across the world.
The Make Roads Safe campaign has been established to call for G8 action to tackle road deaths in low and middle income countries. The campaign, supported by an international coalition of organisations, is calling for a 300 million Action Plan for global road safety; a minimum 10% road safety element in all road programmes funded with development money; and a UN summit to address the global road safety crisis. The campaign is coordinated by the FIA Foundation and in the UK by the RAC Foundation. The campaign is running an online petition HERE.
The campaign also aims to raise awareness amongst young people around the world of the global, developmental problems of road safety. This will also help to raise awareness about and acceptance of domestic road safety amongst a key high risk age group in terms of road crashes in industrialized countries: young people in their late teens and early 20s;
Four hundred tickets to the Dirty Pretty Things gig have been won in a competition run by the Make Roads Safe campaign. The concert has now sold out.
September 10th 2006
* FFRUK has just run an interview with the gorgeous Angie Bowie. To see this informative interview please go HERE.
* Juliette And The Licks have a new single ´Hot Kiss´ released in the UK/Europe on September 25th. For a review of this single please go HERE.
They are also on tour in Europe very soon. For all tour details please go HERE.
* The Levellers have a new Live DVD ´Chaos Therapy´ released on September 18th. To see the review of this product please go HERE.
The Levellers have a tour planned to promote this DVD so check out their WEBSITE for all dates.
A full interview with the Levellers should follow shortly. Watch this space!!!
* Folkestone Ska band ´Intensified´ have been interviewed for FFRUK. To check out that interview please go HERE.
* Pama International the Ska/Dub band everyone loves have recently been interviewed for FFRUK. This interview can be found HERE.
* Nicola from NYC has her new album ´Don´t Take It personally´ reviewed and this review can be found HERE.
A second interview with Nicola will follow shortly. One I did with her last year can be found HERE.
* JSNTGM have been busy of late. They sent in these items to be reviewed:
Sick 56 - Punishment
Various Artists - The Ugly Truth About Blackpool Vol 2
Blackpool Rox Fanzine - Issue 9
* Riot Grrrl UK have a new website up. This site can be found HERE.
* Playmates On The Run have a German tour coming up. Please go HERE for more details.
They recently sent in their debut album to be reviewed. This review can be found HERE.
September 2nd 2006
The Horse Hospital is proud to present ‘Redefining the Prologue’: an exhibition featuring original cover artwork, and sculptures, as well as a programme of screenings and music from the legendary eighties record label SOME BIZZARE.
The exhibition will include sculptures by Malcolm Poynter and Helen Chadwick, paintings by Philip Diggle, Andy Dog, Val Denham and Graeme Hughes, signed album artwork and limited edition prints, in addition to a rotating programme of music and weekly film screenings of material from artists such as Cabaret Voltaire, Einsturzende Neubauten , Soft Cell, Test Department. And The The,
Founded by Stevo Pearce in 1981 and launched with a compilation featuring Blancmange, , Depeche Mode , Soft Cell and The The, the label quickly became the hub of the 1980s underground music scene, releasing material from bands such as Coil, Psychic TV, Scraping Foetus Of The Wheel, and Swans. Importantly, in addition to supporting cutting-edge music, Some Bizzare also created a unique visual style, its album covers provided mainstream exposure to many underground artists and cutting-edge graphic designers, creating an outsider visual aesthetic unparalleled in eighties pop culture. The relationship between the label and the art world was further reinforced by the launch of the label’s Discretely Bizzare Gallery. A number of artworks featured on this label are included in the exhibition.
As part of the exhibition the label’s 25th anniversary Album.
The album collects together some of the finest moments from the label´s history as well as laying out the blueprint for the label´s future success. Artists include Cabaret Voltaire, Depeche Mode, Einsturzende Neubaten, Soft Cell, The Grid , The The, as well as the new signings Four depute albums in production
Redefining the Prologue 1986 - 2006
The Track list
Memorabilia - Soft Cell (MFF Mental Remix) (2005)
Just Another Victim- Monkey Farm Frankenstein 3.58 (2006)
Accelerate (Yer Man Remix) - Meka 2.46 (2005)
Depeche Mode - Photographic (1981)
Der Kuss - Einsturzende Neubauten 3.53 (1989)
Insect - Mainstream Distortion 3.57 (2005)
Water Torture - Scraping Foetus off The Wheel 3.42 (1983)
Twilight of A Champion - The The 3.13 (1983)
Little Rough Rhinestone - Soft Cell 4.34 (1984)
Crackdown - Cabaret Voltaire 4.55 (1983)
Time Is Money (Bastard) - Swans 6.17 (1985)
Yu Gung - Einsturzende Neubauten 7.18 (1985)
In Strict Tempo - Dave Ball 3.45 (1983)
Plastic - Test Department 4.31 (1983)
Crazy - Dark Poets (2006)
Finale - Psychic TV 0.59 (1983)
Who Has Stolen The Air - ZGA (2003)
8 Miles From Memphis - The Grid (2005)
August 30th 2006
* The Che Men are looking for a drummer based in the North East of England.
The drummer must be able to play a wide range of styles and be experienced in studio recording. At the moment The Che Men are a just a studio based band and have released 3 tracks on various compilations (´A Flame that Can´t Be Dimmed´, ´Reds Strike The Blues´ & ´This Is R.A.S.H.´) with another track due out very shorty on the Squire tribute album ´The Young Idea´. The band are looking to go into back into a recording studio very soon as we have 3 tracks to record all of which are due to be released. We are also looking to start playing live gigs. So if anyone is interested can they please Email me.
* The brand new Vice Squad album DEFIANT is now available across the USA and Canada in stores. Its distributed via Red/Sony and should be available in all good music outlets.
For those outside the USA and Canada, the album is available direct from the following sites:-
SOS RECORDS
INTERPUNK
* Been busy reviewing. Here you can find new releases and re-issues from the likes of The Oppressed, False Alarm, Litterbug, The Meteors and many more!
* On the interview front we have new interviews from Ska band ´Pama International´ and American Metal band ´Mankind Is Obsolete´. To check out these interviews please go Here.
August 15th 2006
* Mensi from the Angelic Upstarts has retired from the band. This is what the big fella had to say:
"where do i start? i am resigning from the band, i dont have one paticular reason, i have many. some are very personal others are not, my health has not been at its best lately, then to cap it all promoters accuse me of planning my sickness, sometimes i feel im pissing against the wind, i have always done my best and to be perfectly honest im pissed off with the moaners, i have lost the heart to do it. for the shows that have been planned i will have my good friend and comrade chris wright too stand in for me. i will say goodbye to my true fans and friends by doing a couple of local shows, i will do these shows for free or a very minimal amount, i wont take any money personally, just expenses for the rest of the lads, i will make it on a saturday night and i will try to hire a place for the weekend so that anyone who travels any distance can bring a sleeping bag and crash on the floor of the venue, thats if anyone gets any sleep as i want a damn good piss up, as soon as i am fit and well i will start looking for a suitable venue and give everyone as much notice as i can. please give little chrissy wright our support. i want to thank you all for your support i have had 30 good years met some ace people on the way and maybe when the statute of limatations run out il tell the full story, the band was i big part of my life and i loved it its just we maybe tired of each other, anyway enough of this sentimental bollox, yours truly mensi, sunderland till i die and anti fascist till i die."
This is a sad day for Punk Rock. I first got in to the Upstarts around the second single back in the 1970´s. From there on I loved the band and still do to this day.
Mensi as an individual is a top bloke with a good sense of humour. He´s also never forgotten his roots and his politics. The man is a die hard Anti Fascist.
Thanks for all the years of pleasure I´ve got from your band and hopefully catch with you soon for a beer or two.
August 14th 2006
* Pama International release their new album ´Trojan Sessions´ On Trojan Records next Month. The release date is September 4th and has guest appearances from the likes of Rico Rodriguez, Dennis Alcapone, Dawn Penn, Derrick Morgan, Winston Francis & AJ Franklin. FFRUK have been sent a promo copy of this great album and the review can be found HERE.
* I went along to the recent UK Subs gig in Folkestone. A review of this great gig with photo´s can be found HERE. I also had the pleasure of interviewing Charlie Harper. That interview can be found HERE.
* Mensi couldn´t make Wasted due to being ill. No doubt the knockers will be out criticising him but he´ll be back on the road very soon. I expect he´s being pampered so I wont wish him all the best to a speedy recovery. He´ll hate me for it hehe!
* The site has been down the past week due to a technical fault. No thanks to those few that criticised even though your releases were usually reviewed and on line within a hour of recieving them.
* Dun 2 Def have their new album ´Every Weekend´ distributed through ´Plastic Head´ in September. To check out the review of this cool album please go HERE.
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