| Bands and assorted cool stuff: |
| The
Audioholics
(now The Radars, but I'm leaving them at the top anyway)
|
Hot and thrusting young blades poised to snatch rock's oft
thorny crown (I made that up) via the medium of talent rather than lies
and cheating like us. Aphabetical guile sneaks them to the top of the Lynx
list. Nice one lads. Looking at the site, somebody seems to have got on
their bad side. No, it's not me. Which makes a change. |
| Backwater
Blues |
One of my favourite bands. See them. 'Nuff
said. |
| Beat
Science |
It's beaty. It's scientific. It features our
very own Sinuf Mood. Go see 'em - all will be revealed. |
| Mr
Bones & The Beatcleavers |
Out of circulation for a while but now back in
business with some new staff. Catch them on 28th December 2005 at The
Thatched House and get a free tea! If you end up very drunk (as if...),
you could stay there till Friday and catch the CTs (bring your own food
though)!! |
| Cold
Shot |
Ace band. Stevie Ray and Hendrix fronted by the
mighty talented (and my chum) Geoff Garcia. I went to watch them the other
night and cheesed loads of people off by taking lots of pictures. The ones
without flash always look better anyway. |
| Greenbox |
Some Germans (who haven't yet credited me for
some of their more incisive lyrics. Something about ghosts. I forget exactly,
having been a bit elephants at the time. Still, bastards eh?). I've fixed the
link to look in the right place now. Bloody Germans - why can't they be ".co.uk" like everyone
else? |
| Karma |
Son of Backwater Blues. No, really - Colin's
lad Joe lets rip taking the Walker bid for world domination another rung
up the ladder of life. |
| The Muffin
Men |
Uncle Frank lives on in Liverpool! |
| The
Perforations |
Top fusion/funksters with more grooves than a
vinyl boxed set, and plenty of pedigree. No longer exist, but you could
catch their offspring, Steedy Dan. If you can't work out what Steedy Dan
do then don't go. |
| ProperTop |
It's Stockport, yet it's modern. I don't
understand a word. Must be for young people. Check out Kyle's rants, the
"Are you..." section. This link goes directly to an article of
particular interest... |
| Rainy
City Harley-Davidson Club |
Men of taste in every way. Even like The CTs
but probably couldn't eat a whole one (unless it's Arnie, who's more of a
snack really). Watch out for their annual 'Rainy Daze Rally' featuring
you-know-who. |
| Sinnerboy |
Rory Gallagher anybody? Mmmm yes, me please!!
Only other band in the world to sell out The MacGregor Bar in Gourock.
Features my mate Bazzer Barnes who is a top geezer and dead good on the
guitar too. I like "I fall apart", but then I'm just a soft old
sod at heart. Please note there has been some confusion. This is Barry
"Barnesy" Barnes the all-round top cat, not Nelson
"Barry" Mackintosh Barnes, star of the jolly corking talkie
"Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel" from 1938, who, rumour has it,
couldn't tell a guitar from a horse's arse, which is probably why he
didn't star in many Scarlet Pimpernel films. His dilemma is illustrated
below. If they remake it I'm going to suggest Barnesy for the title role
(he could sing "You've Got To Pay" from Rory's "Take It
Easy Baby" album) although personally I think he'd be better in a
remake of Richard Thorpe's 1949 classic, "Challenge to Lassie",
making fair use of The Prodigy's "Smack My Bitch Up". |
 A
horse's arse yesterday |
 A
guitar (a bit like Barnesy's) |
| Sinful
Dr Arson |
A certain diminutive bass player's myspace
site. It says he has a friend. It's lying. Be sure to check out the link
to 'Iron Lung', one of Arnie's earlier bands. Great tunes for the
twitchily afflicted and avant-garde affected. The Queen Mother was a big
fan. |
| Steedy
Dan |
Nick Steed's new band play Chinese music under
banyan trees. Well snazzy tunes for the Goucho amigos amongst you. Slight
bias what with Steely Dan being the greatest band the world has ever known
(that's my opinion - your statutory rights not affected (cheers PV)). Go.
He does it with a fez (which is Turkish for "hat") on. |
| Stoke
Bikers Charity |
Motorbikes and rock. (And it's all for charity
mate. Alright?) |
| War! Huh?
YEAH!! |
What is it good for? |
| The
Zans |
Seminal 70s Manc Punk Supremos |
| Venues: |
| The
Bakers Vaults |
Come visit old Grandpa
Sam. Click here
for a map. |
| The
Bike 'n' Hound |
Quick! Everybody! Hyde! |
| The
Griffin |
The Alehouse of choice for the rocker about
Earlestown. See if you can find the picture of the CTs on the pix
pages. Describe the CTs as "crazy folk", so obviously paid
attention. Full contact/location details on their website. |
| The
Full Moon |
Not been yet, but rumoured to provide shepherds
pie for anyone who's come a bit of a way to play. |
| The
Glass Barrel |
Atherton's finest musical watering hole. That's
what Michael tells me anyway. Full contact/location details on their website. |
| Royton
Con Club |
Apparently not a venue for expat Australians in
the Oldham environs, but a Conservative Club. Put that out of your mind
and whizz along anyway. Or actually don't as it's now shut. If only
they'd had the CTs on more it could all have been so different... |
| The
Thatched House |
It's not thatched and it's not a house. Music
from Rock to Punk. Full contact/location details on their website. |
| The Witton Chimes |
Long time biker-friendly rock venue in
Northwich. Full contact/location details on their website. |
