CASEY CHAOS To Front THE DAMNED At their 30-Year Anniversary Gig  - The founding members of THE DAMNED, Rat Scabies and Brian James, have announced the 30-year anniversary of the release of their debut album "Damned Damned Damned" and will be performing the album in its entirety at the 100 Club in London. And what's more, they've decided that Casey Chaos from AMEN will be the lead singer for the evening. 

Commented Scabies: "Brian and I were quite adamant that we wanted to have Casey do this gig. There were no other names above his. AMEN is the only band I've seen in the last 10 years who are truly punk rock. We don't know what will happen when Casey gets onstage with us and that's the way we like it." 

Commented Chaos: "To share the stage with Rat and Brian on this night will be engraved into my epitaph as the most important show of my life! 'Damned Damned Damned' changed my life as well as musical history. I'm gonna treat this with the utmost respect for them and their fans. I want to do everything I can to do it justice and make Rat, Brian, Captain, Vanian, Algy and everyone else proud of what they have achieved and celebrate their contribution to punk rock and the legacy that they left. To say that I am humbled and honored is inappropriate. I am ready to slash my throat at the altar of THE DAMNED in dedication to all the lives they changed. I am ready to destroy." 

This show will be at London's 100 Club on July 6, 2006.

Nevermind the Damned here's WHIMWISE, the band led by Nick May (ex Dagaband, Tamarisk, The Enid) have been added to the bill as special guests to classic Canadian pomp/prog band SAGA (and recently I’ve been watching this little complex grow and you know, you know that Saga are back to sounding like their very best early days for those who knew them at their early 80’s height you’ve got to know) Make humblesteps next Wednesday 24th of May over to The Highbury Garage, Islington, London.
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John on the phone......

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Sunday May 14th 2006 (10.30pm)

INTRO: PHANTOMSMASHER 'Bishop Hopping' (Ipecac)
1:  THINKING PLAGUE - Run Amok  (Cuneiform)
2:  HELLA - Ghost Dance  (5RC, Suicide Squeeze or Frenetic)
3:  LORDS - Pint Of Wine (Gringo)
4:  KAZAK  - What Kind
5:  TOOL  - Vicarious  (Sony)
6:  LAPSUS LINGUAE – Sub City (Live)
7:  DEERHOOF - Spirit Ditties Of No Tone (ATP Recordings)
8:  TOUGH GUY FANTASY  - Thank Gods It's Friday (Frenetic)
9:  MAGMA - The Last Seven Minutes (Snapper)
10:  ZACH HILL AND MICK BARR - Note Swarm Hive Builders (from 'Shred Earthship')
11:  MICHAEL MELLENDER  - Talking Villain
12:  THE CURTAINS - Fletcher's Favorite  (from Vehicles Of Travel)
13:  NEXT LIFE - More Than One (CockRockDisco)
14:  THE FUCKING CHAMPS - Some Swords
15:  RUINS "Jallamjikko - from Pallaschtom (Skingraft)
16:  GUANOMAN "Randolph A" www.myspace.com/guanomanmusic
17/OUTRO: QUACK QUACK

This week's Other Rock Show playlist details, roughly as played.... 

THINKING PLAGUE are a US based band who've been around for a long time. Unique, way ahead of their time, too dark and edgy for much of the prog scene, unfortunately not very prolific, but they did release a new album a couple of years ago. One of the finest bands on the planet, though. This was from 'In This Life' which you can get from ReR or Cuneiform Records.

HELLA you can reach on http://www.hellaband.com - check out the video of 'Biblical Violence': simply shot,  it’s just a hold of the two Hella musicians (Spencer Seim and Zack Hill) playing together, and it's phenomenal.  Show it to your annoying drummer friend to shut him/her up for the rest of the day.

LORDS are a glorious avanty-blues band from Leeds - huge fun live, and 'It Ain’t A Hate Thing, It’s A Love Thing' is a flawless album. From Gringo Records www.gringorecords.com

KAZAK is a trans-Atlantic collaboration between the mysterious Gringoman and someone else. More info at www.myspace.com/kazakthedog

TOOL are one of the biggest bands in the world now, but 'Vicarious' is in 7/8, so this slice off the new album gets in

LAPSUS LINGUAE - This (unannounced!) downloaded Lapsus Linguae track begins with a dialogue about the Queen Mother eating a corgi, possibly recorded at their jaw-dropping Bull & Gate gig a couple of months back. www.lapsuslinguae.co.uk  for more info or download it while is still up on their page at www.myspace.com/lapsuslinguae

DEERHOOF - No apologies for playing 'Spirit Ditties Of No Tone' again... everyone has to have Deerhoof in their life on a regular basis, and the lyrics* could be a hymn to the Resonance spirit...

TOUGH GUY FANTASY is a collaboration of Zach Hill from Hella and most of Generic. This line-up also play as the Arctic Boys, but much more quietly.

MAGMA are an incredible, legendary, bizarre and a glorious force of nature/seventies rock band from France. All their lyrics are in an invented language, Kobaian, complete with alphabet and grammar, and composed by stupendous drummer Christian Vander. Occasionally still play awesome gigs.  'The Last Seven Minutes' is on their superb 1978 album, Attahk. www.snappermusic.com

ZACH HILL AND MICK BARR  - More Hella-based collaboration, this time Zach Hill with Mick Barr from Orthrelm! From 'Shred Earthship' on Kill Rock Stars.

MICHAEL MELLENDER is now in Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, but this is one of his shamefully unreleased solo works.  SGM have a new album out, which I'd play you if I could get hold of it - samples on www.sleepytimegorillamuseum.com

THE CURTAINS are gently strange and on the excellent Frenetic Records, more info from www.freneticrecords.com

NEXT LIFE are reportedly gobsmacking live. Downloads on www.cockrockdisco.com

FUCKING CHAMPS - 'Some Swords' is from the recent Fucking Champs album "III"... on Kill Rock Stars?

RUINS are a Japanese duo who like Magma a lot and sing an invented language (possibly a dialect of Kobaian, or a different planet entirely. Does anyone know? The Magaibutsu web site is a little difficult to navigate).  Drummer Tatsuya Yoshida is the composer, last I heard he was looking for a new bassist as he's worn out the old one (I'm guessing). 

GUANOMAN - Someone called Guanoman said he liked The Other Rock Show on the ResonanceFM forum, I did a bit of surfing and found www.myspace.com/guanomanmusic  ...very good stuff, especially the Bungle/Locust/Fantomas/Cardiacs/Ruinsness of  "15 Deaths Of". Crikey.

QUACK QUACK are lovely, they’re from Leeds, sound like Neu! and Don Caballero and are must-see live. www.runofthemillrecords.co.uk

(Marina Organ)

DEMO OF THE WEEK
ALLERGO – Tasty set of demos, two discs, one loaded with earfood, the other with eye candy (just in time for another round of Organ TV), They’re a gang of Teenage mutant metalheads from Perth (that’s in Scotland don’t ya know). Converge/Dillinger Escape Plan style intense extreme metal laced with relentless raw brutal colour. Their reputation arrived here ahead of them (oh yes the word has been seeping down) and these demos certainly back up that healthy Scottish reputation. .Screaming low-end yelping vocals that could be just a little bit of an easy option cop-out. Hey look, we’re being picky, others might not have had enough of these yelping vocalists just yet and he is rather good at it – there’s certainly personality enough to makes us go consult the lyric sheet and wonder who punched the designated driver as we find out just what Matt Evans is screaming about. Oh yes, impressive demo, 43% converged and they do have some healthy musical light and shade.  Actually when the music is this good then the extreme vocal style becomes a positive. Tight sharp construction, high-risk manoeuvres bursting with future possibilities – www.allergonoise.co.uk

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FAHRENHEIT 451 – The Catastrophe - Rousing politically charged anthemic punk rock energy that tastes of semi-fine things like The Clash or New Model Army, maybe a bit of a John Lydon fronting Midnight Oil vibe. They have a military-rock feel - whatever the hell that means? Ah hell , you know what it means, Combat Rock – come on, you know! What are you gonna do when your beds are burning anyway? And whatever happened to that band Icehouse, I loved that Great Southern Land song, hey look, I’ve got all distracted again now – are this band from down under? They sound like it. They’re a three piece, from Fahrenheit 451 (where the fun had just begun), I don’t know where they’re from, I’ve lost the press release now, Nurse Bella, make more coffee  – Passionate, urgent, bit of a Manics Muse edge (not one of those dreadful Manic wannabe second hand sloganeering bands that the Manics fans clutch on to now that their beloved ones have gone to seed). I need coffee, I think I like this demo, got a little distracted, didn’t fully hold my attention, didn’t have me raving and drooling and running in to the street to hoist up another burning flag of told you so defiance, but hey, I kind of liked it... Coffee now please! www.f451.org.uk

3rd BORN SUN – Duck and cover time people, sixteen track demo coming in direct from Dundee. Old school raw-edged punky thrashing death metal with a Crowbar edge to it. Heaven knows what they’re on about – Necro Horse Attack, Castrol GTX, and Sannie Dappers are just three of their tittles – ah look, I like their direct rawness, they’re not inspiring me enough to make me want to go check out those lyrics too closely, could be extremely dodgy for all I know... www.3rdborn.co.uk

SHORT WARNING – This is a short warning about conforming melodic ‘punk’ pop. Now this short warning is not going to include a rant about bands that all sound the same and rule obeying and conforming and why are bands happy with sounding exactly the same as 473 bands we already heard too many times this week and for god sake how unpunk rock is all this conforming (apparently Big Cheese love them, that should be enough of a short warning!). No, no ranting about all that, we’ve warned you about all that before. Look, very very very tuneful melodic punk pop done extremely well for people who never leave home without a safety harness (and clean underwear in case of that road accident) and I’m sure their families are very proud of their very ‘nice’ sound and they’re all hard workers who do lots for charity and never swear in public and help old ladies across the road like good Scouts. Why do bands all want to sound like exact copies of their damn awful (and clearly very limited) record collections? Hey, if you like the sound of very melodic blah blah blah then they are very good at it and this is for you and there’s the link and where’s my cricket bat and two buffalo girls go around the outside. This has been yet another short public warning from the Organ Ear Defence League – do please ignore us and go check it out if it sounds exciting to you (hey we could have just ignored it, if they were bad at this thing they choose to do then we would have done, hey, there’s probably an A&R person reading this and already off to sign them, that’s what happened when we reviewed the Oasis demo back there, go ask Chums McGee).  www.shortwarning.com

Last week's demo of the week - BROOKE

Previous demo's of the week - CARTRIDGE / PERHAPS CONTRAPTION / THE PROCESS VOID

ALBUM OF THE WEEK

THE KNIGHTS OF THE NEW CRUSADE - A Challenge To The Cowards of Christendom (Alternative Tentacles) - Now what the devil is this? The sound of the milk and honey that could be flowing for all? Do you really like your life of danger and sin? Religion is big money? Surely not? Big religion has been hijacked by bigger money? Big man get a hold will ya? Time for a new Crusade, I did hear Bush call for a new crusade right? This is what he meant wasn’t it? Jello is always there with his Alternative Tentacles organisation to answer the call of America and the righteous. Praise be to all and spread the new gospel and do/don’t listen to Marshall metaphor and that battle for mind control. Propaganda and counter propaganda, three way switch and what part of Thou Shall Not Kill don’t you understand? (It is a command rather than just a suggestion right Mr Bush?). Praise be, for hell is nothing to joke about and The Knights Of The New Crusade have a punk rock and roll message for you sinners and you religious abusers who take it all like the money changers and the vendors. Oh yes the vendors who need to be thrown out of temple once more, those who depend on the good god-fearing Bush voting Christian public for their record profit margins. Don’t turn to the devil, he just brings you down in more misery. Repent, and the lord opened the mouth of the ass and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou has smitten me three times? And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou has mocked me: I would there were a sword in mine hand.... 
The AT website says “Meet the most controversial garage band to storm the music scene in years! Combining a furious garage punk assault with an uncompromising and literal devotion to the Holy Bible, the Knights of the New Crusade are without a doubt the most divisive band in both the Christian music and punk rock circles.” 
What kind of god fearing devious devilment is that damn Bat up to now?  Who are these Christians anyway? Are they or aren’t they? Taking what back from the hypocrites? There’s all kinds of rumours coming out of the Bay Area regarding who these people are...  In God We Trust Inc. www.alternativetentacles.com

ALBUM OF THE WEEK 2
CARTRIDGE – Cases (Cartridge Music) - One of the most intriguingly interesting of new London based bands out there right now (and as we keep on pointing out, we are in a golden age if you’re prepared to go mine it for yourself rather than waiting for the establishment media to tell you where it is). A self released debut album and a fine collection of avant-pop treats that don’t obviously fit anywhere (good). Easy breezy glowing Pan European jazz pop (with post-rock flavourings) a sound that swings from deliciously flowing, glowing, simple, almost lounge-lizard tinged, clever easy-listening, right over to hard edged new-wave progressive pronk rock. A fine sound that bends like Primus dancing with Bjork and gets all left-field art rock as it drags you in. Oh yes, tango away as you do your laundry lullaby. Sunny day Beach Boys all gone off-hinge...  And now the tango has switched to the Charleston. If it is art-rock then it’s Art Nouveau (and there aren’t many in that swimming pool). There’s all these warm, slightly discordant piano bits and Cartridge are just so so unlike anything else and we’re squinting like a coward in a line (or a lion) and she sings so well and so does he. They all flow so so well (however musically awkward they’re being). Even when Cartridge are getting really hard-boiled and complex they’re still so so easy to listen to (and enjoy). Right now (as I write) it’s just a delicate voice and a quiet piano that explodes with graceful sea nymph splendour that can’t be put in any box. Ah yes, and such fine detail as well, a unique and recommended album. This is why we do this Organ thing. www.cartridgetheband.com

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THE LOVE SUBSTITUTES – More Songs About Hangovers and Sailors (Heaven Hotel) – Another one of those beautifully bizarre and always rewarding left-field family of bands that float around the good ship Deus in such a creatively obscure way (and slightly confusing if you’re not on top of it all – just who is who and what is what and kiss my jazz with moondog junior? We can’t keep track). Mauro Pawlowski is part of this four piece. Hey look, I haven’t got the time, you go play detective and work out this Deus family thing, we don’t need bad blood between us, that would be blood enough. Hey hey, I’m trying to get your attention here, some where near/between/over/under that mellow/clever European art rock thing and fine US alternative flavours of a Pavement nature. I know that’s not enough, but hey, if you like Deus (and how can you not?) this this is for you. Songs about sailors and hangovers, songs about insomnia and childhood memories and Zen Buddhism and music journalists and death, poetry, liars, love and hate, songs that taste of Bert Jansch and Bongwater and Wire and Jethro Tull and Brian Eno and Butthole Surfers and Camper Van Beethoven and Led Zeppelin playing sunny day folk music while a beaver builds a damn and isn’t it so so easy to just stall on the descriptions and make lazy lists instead while we waltz around the floor plan? The joy of presents and spiders and tell me more, come on tell me more. The Battle of Evermore in chocolate submarines and art-folk-rock Led Zeppelin for Pavement fans – I like Belgium and the secret heart of spider land and I really should tell you more, I’m reviewing this for you, take it personal, it is, I like, I like, I like.... www.heavenhotel.be
 

THREE DAY BENDA – Sounds Of The Suburbs (Positive Impact) 
     “What we got ‘ere then Charlie?” asked Sargent Jimmy Pursey of the Hersham Punk Rock Police. 
             “Looks like another one of those pesky kid horned-up skankin’ ska punk bands scratching around in our speakers like a pack of rice-eating mice Sarge” replied PC Harper as he scratched at his faded green hair, 
“what ‘as it all come to ‘ay Sarge, this punk rock malarky, back in my day bands knew how to break rules and you didn’t have to call no punk rock police to point out who was actually any bleedin’ good. I don’t know, seems like these days our work is never done, what wiv all these bands and none of them breaking any rules, don’t they know laws are for breaking Sarge?”
           Hey look, the Benda sound like they can kick up a live storm, I’d consider walking barefoot over glass to see ‘em (just as long as I had me shoes and socks on and my path had been swept clean so I didn’t get any of those damn shards in my boot soles).  There’s a lot of angry huff ‘n puff and demands for system change and hoisting of anti flags, and yes, the signs are good here. They come from Portsmouth and they’ve got eleven primed slices of energetic ska’d up punk for ya – hey now, if you like Big D And The Less Than Mighty Mighty Capdown Kids Table Jessie James band then Three Day Benda bring a few shades of their own to the party. They pack all that ska punk energy with a need to be slightly different and it is like dancing barefoot and angry on broken glass (never do it without your boots on, boots cost money). Hey we like it and we like them and we like their energy and their ethos and their relentless touring and.... All is good good good, their musical pollution is good and you shouldn’t ignore, don’t let them get lost in the over-crowded ska punk rule-obeying playground now, they stand out from that crowd and they sound like they want to break a few of the rules. No need for no punk rock police here then.. 
“sweet as sarge, we’re not needed today.. out of here for us. Let’s go nick those damn boy band rejects Fightstar and take them out back for a good old 79 style punk rock police kicking” – 
          “Your an angel with a dirty face Charlie, come on, come on, hurry up, we’re going down the pub... Hang on though, before we go, hang on a bleedin’ minute, what do we ‘av here? Not a hint of a website address or any form of contact to be found on their CD sleeve (besides their distributor Plastichead.com) – I think you lose three DIY points from your punk rock licence for that one Charlie don’t yer?”
       “Too right Sarge, bleedin’ whippersnappers will never reach people if they don’t tell anyone how to reach ‘em. It’s yer basics in’it, addresses on your sleeves an’ all that stuff. I mean, back in my day it was all unreadable flyers and waiting six months for new copies of Sniffin Glue and such, now these young monkeys have that interweb fing and they can’t even be bovered to tell anyone, let’s go nick ‘em! Sarge, it’s lazy fings like this that let bleeders like Good Charlotte in”

BANG! BANG! – Decked Out (Morphius) – They come from Chicago, they call it Sex Rock (can you do that when you’re a band named after a B.A Robinson song?). Sounds like sucking lollipops on pogo sticks – oh naughty lyrics. Infectious and jerky and girl-singer pop rock Devo bounce and a nervous tick and oh Mickey you’re so fine, your so fine you’ve blown my mind and my blood runs cold, my angel is a centrefold and there goes more bounce and spring and pop pop pop will eat itself and Hot Hot Heat Yeah Yeah Yeah and here comes the moneyshot and some Gun Club and bounce bounce with an arty Chigaco/Devo edge - whip it, whip it real good (full stop here now please). www.morphius.com

DECIMATE – 11 Rounds (Copro) – UK Hardcore with a brutal metal edge, first full album (on the heels of that mini album on Blackfish and various other bits and pieces). The highly respected crew have more than paid their dues and earned their scene stripes. Eleven solid hardcore metal slices that do just what you need them to do – no messing, no frills, they’ve been delivering since their early demo days (that seem like so long ago now), they’ve delivered again - recommended, what more do you need from us? www.decimateuk.com

MEASELS MUMPS RUBELLA – Fantastic Success (Doubling Cube) – NYC four piece with a haze of Gang Of Four flavoured US alt rock for your ears. Much loved by Ian Mackaye (who put out their first single), they get a bit space rock here and there – no bad thing (keeps them from turning in to Franz) and those drums go to places of their own.... www.doublingcube.com
 
 

Last week's album of the week - LEAFCUTTER JOHN / LORDS / IMMUNE Previous album's of the week -THE UNIT AMA / BEATNIK FILMSTARS / CHAMPION KICKBOXER / THESE MONSTERS / SUNS OF THE THUNDER / TELEVISE / SONIC YOUTH / PSAPP / ENABLERS / SUNN O))) / CATNAP / THE DRESDEN DOLLS / PROUDFLESH / all the past has been deleted (for now)

Hello Folks 
Just a quick update as I haven’t sent one out for a while.  Firstly thank you to everyone who came to Amsterdam - was a brilliant weekend, thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and all the bands were brilliant - cheers to them all.  Apologies from us and bands who for one reason or another didn’t make it.

Twelve weeks to go till Blackpool (getting excited already) and don’t forget that the £65 tickets end on 31st May so if you haven’t got em already then get orders in by then.  From June 1st they will be £75.00 in advance. Day tickets are selling well and are £30 per day - that gets you in to all stages/areas all day.  Sorry but there are no Thursday only tickets.

We have a couple of recent additions to the bill:-  ARI UPS SLITS play Saturday 12th in the Empress Ballroom with Cocksparrer and the Upstarts et al. also:- THE DESTRUCTORS, SUBCULTURE (one off reunion) and THE ASTRONAUTS. there have been one or two days/stage changes so check out www.wastedfestivals.com for up to date info.

That's all for now folks!
see you soon, love
Jen and Daz xxx
 

DECORATION – Candidate (SL Records) - A single from their recent rather fine album, very very Wedding Present and all very positive and let them do it for themselves thank you – proper indie pop like it was the time of the Bunnymen once more – in the 80’s when they had (Northern) electric dreams. Actually we love Decoration and now we know how Joan Of Arc felt. . . www.decorationmusic.co.uk

Last week's single of the week - i LIKE TRAINS

Previously - THE OXFAM GLAMOUR MODELS / PSAPP / GREENSPACE
 

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