NEWS
May 2006
Casey Chaos
Over 30 years ago,
the biggest tour in punk rock was announced and featured the Sex
Pistols, Clash, and The Damned. The Damned were considered the
anti-Beatles, and consisted of the only local punks who could actually
play their instruments. Today the founding members of the Damned, Rat
Scabies and Brian James, are announcing 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 legendary 100 Club in
London. And what's more, they've decided that Casey Chaos from Amen
will be the lead singer for the evening.
RAT SCABIES- "Brian and I were quite adamant 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 dont know what will happen when Casey gets onstage with us- and
thats the way we like it."
Since the original lineup of The Damned disbanded, Rat penned a
fictional biography called "Rat Scabies and the Holy Grail" which
became a top seller for the drummer previously known as "the Keith Moon
of Punk." Guitarist Brian James formed The Lords Of The New Church with
Stiv Bators of The Dead Boys. Meanwhile a young rebellious punk rocker
named Casey Chaos was watching and listening to their every move.
CASEY 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 6th, 2006
Tickets for the event which, due to the size of the venue,
will be obscenely limited are available strictly by post only (ltd to 4
tickets per application)
The address for postal applications is:
Wintergarden Productions
35, Godfrey Ave
Twickenham
TW2 7PE
UK
Cheques made payable to:Wintergarden Productions
Tickets will go on sale 19th May on a sctrictly first come first served
basis - £19.76 +£1.24p processing
Ace Farren Ford
After many false starts and a bit
of difficult discomfort Mystery Band Underground is pleased to announce
the long awaited birth of “Wood” the Mystery Band’s second album. It’s
official release date was March 28th , one day after the
birth of Ace’s new son, William Cyrus Ford.
Mystery Band founder Ace Farren
Ford and Ron Stivers, current owner and operator of Pasadena’s own
Poo-Bah Record Shop, birthing ground for the Los Angeles Free Music
Society have joined forces to form the Poo-Bah Record Label, and are
celebrating our first cd release, “Wood” with a record release party at
Poo-Bah Record Shop,
2636 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena
Saturday, May 13th , 2006 at 5:00 PM. Cds will be available
for signing after a short set by the ensemble in question.
Also, on Sunday, May 28th
, just after Pierre Bamboo Dupuy’s birthday and just before the
birthdays of Ace’s twins Rose and Mars Ford, the Mystery Band will
return once more to the tiny ramshackle stage of the Old Town Pub,
hidden between Fair Oaks and Raymond and Holly & Union (alley
access from Holly or Union)
66 North Fair Oaks Ave. in
old Pasadena 9:00 PM at night.
You can place your order with the
Mystery Band Underground if you are a Paypal member by sending $10.00
plus either $5.00 for Priority shipping with tracking or $3.00 for
Media Mail to acefarrenford@acefarrenford.com . You can also send a check or money order (payable to Ace
Farren Ford) to:
Mystery Band
Underground
Ace & Duce
Productions
P.O. Box 691
South Pasadena, CA
91031-0691
Or you can buy it
fresh at Poo Bah Record Shop, 2636 E. Colorado Blvd. Pasadena 91107
(626)449-3359
The Poo-Bah
Record Label will be releasing many cds and vinyl recordings of music
from the Ace & Duce Archives as well as old and new recordings by
members of the Los Angeles Free Music Society.
The
Crystelles
Gitane and Zara are performing
at The Buccaneer Lounge on Wednesday, May 3rd
9:30 p.m.
70 W. Sierra Madre
Blvd. Sierra Madre, CA
21 & up
Free admittance!
Also playing: The Sixth Chamber
April 2006
Frankenstein
The legendary LA deathrock
band, featuring Stevyn Grey, are touring Europe to promote the
release of their "An Ugly Display Of
Self-Preservation" CD.
Apr 15 2006
Cobra Solingen
Apr 16 2006
K17 Berlin
Apr 17 2006
VL Halle
Apr 18 2006
Club 007 Prague
Apr 21 2006
Junction 7 Nottingham
Apr 22 2006
Whitby Goth Weekend Whitby
Apr 24 2006
Black Box Greifswald
Apr 27 2006
Zwischenfall Bochum
Apr 28 2006
Stereo Total Heilbronn
Apr 29 2006
Terra Gotha Festival Vlissingen
Apr 30 2006
Zbau Nuremburg
May 2 2006
The Monastery Vienna
May 4 2006
Rashomon Rome
May 5 2006
Sudterranea Naples
May 6 2006
Anomalia Club Florence
May 8 2006
Soundfactory Turin
Rozz Williams
Remembered
I have just been involved in an in depth
interview with Mick Mercer about my collection and website to tie in
with the 8th anniversary of his passing
I hope you enjoy it, there's much more besides the Rozz article of
course. The Rozz article, however, is towards the end of the magazine.
http://www.mickmercer.com/pdfs/the_mick_26.pdf
'THE MICK is online and it’s going to be brilliant – featuring a
fantastic interview with Rat Scabies, Push and Richard Bellia about the
‘Rat Scabies & The Holy Grail’ book,
and a very cool piece which looks at Rozz Wiliams through the eyes of
his most dedicated collector, John Collins.
You’ll find pieces on photographer Cyndee Arroyo and composer Alex
Otterlei, plus bands as gloriously varied as Bloody Dead & Sexy,
Pro-jekt, Misterlee, Zero Le Creche
(yes, I tracked down Terry for an interview!) along with previously
unpublished photo(spread)s on the Carter Family, including Johnny Cash,
and Specimen (in colour)
March 2006
The Crystelles
Gitane and Zara are performing at Long Beach Warehouse on 24 March
2006. Also Performing Happy
Death ,Deep Eynde ,The Old Haunt ,Spider & the Webs.
Admission is $7.00, All ages welcome. Doors open at 8:00The Crystelles
go on first, so get there EARLY!
@ The Long Beach Warehouse ,1326 W. 15th St ,Long Beach, California
Rozz
Williams
The latest Edition of Ritual
magazine, Issue 24 includes articles and features on Depeche Mode, the
Mission, Ataraxia, Funker Vogt, Lacrimosa, XP8, Dope Stars Inc., Madre
del Vizio ( album of the month ), Chants of Maldoror, Negative Format,
Bain Wolfkind, Faun and many others. There is also a special report on
Maschinenfest 2005, Newcomers of the month : Metallspürhunde (
Danse Macabre ), a big retrospective on the life and art of Rozz
Williams, 18 pages of record reviews and much, much more. It is printed
in Italian.
Scarlet'sRemains
Johann Schumann and Benn Ra have recently left
Scarlet's Remains but have been replaced by Ashes on bass and Barry
Galvin as guitarist. Barry produced their self-titled debut album
Scarlet's Remains have two shows lined up
March 30 - HOLLYWOOD KEY CLUB, 9039
Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood, CA 90069
w/ 45 Grave and False Alliance
June - LEIPZIG WAVE GOTIT TREFFEN
Poop
Rikk Agnew
is performing with Poop on their upcoming shows:
March 6 - Hogue Barmichael’s, 3950
Campus Dr., Newport Beach, CA
w/ SICK ON THE BUS, POOP, dBd, TEREZODU, THE
RESTRAINTS
show starts: 7:30pm, admission: $8 pre - $10 door
March 8 - Annie's Social Club, 917
Folsom, San Francisco, CA 94101
w/ SICK ON THE BUS, POOP & STRYCHNINE
show starts: 9:00pm, admission: $7, 21+
March 9 - Caravan, 98 S. Almaden,
San Jose, CA
w/ SICK ON THE BUS, POOP, ANGRY FOR LIFE
show starts: 10:00pm, admission: free, 21+
March 10 - Burnt Ramen, 111 Espee
Ave Richmond, Ca 94801
w/ SICK ON THE BUS, POOP, TROUBLEMAKER: all ages
March 12 - San Clemente
w/ SICK ON THE BUS, POOP
February 2006
Zara
Kand Art Show
'
This Saturday
(the 25th) from 7-9 pm, Zara will be showing many PAINTINGS, DRAWINGS,
and other peices. If you are into the surreal/abstract/fantasy style
you will probably find her work interesting....
There will be food and wine and
all that Jazz too.
It is also the same night as
the Last Saturday art walk (in Long Beach) so if you come down make
sure to check out what else is going on in the arts district, it'll be
a fun night!'
It will be held at:
COFFEE HAVEN
1708 E. Broadway
Long Beach, CA 90802
(562)437-3785
Rikk Agnew
Lead guitarist Rikk Agnew has
dropped off the 45 Grave tour and is back home to CA.
45 Grave will continue the rest of their tour as planned, with Jaime
Pina taking over the lead guitar slot.
The Implicate Order
Rozz and Gitane's old drummer, Justin Bennett has interestingly formed
a new experimental project with Paris called The Implicate Order.
The Implicate Order Volume 3 is
set to be released late spring 2006. Recording is almost finished and
the collections final track selection and title will be determined soon
for more information and free
downloads of earlier material, here is their website
http://www.theimplicateorder.com/
The Implicate Order is:
Justin Bennett
el clon
Paris
Crossed Paths...
Justin and el clon have been
experimenting with sound together since the early
1990's when they played in the
industrial band Sick. They
recorded their first ambient
experimental pieces as a side project during this time
(a habit that would eventually
lead to The Implicate Order ten years later...)
In 1994 Justin and Paris met
when they joined industrial project Penal Colony for a
US tour. Justin then joined
Paris's Los Angeles experimental troupe EXP, which
released a self-titled full
length on Triple X records in 1996. Later Paris and Justin
recorded as the ambient
abstract group Face, which released A Picture of End on
Tone Casualties Records in
1997. They also spent time working together
in the live bands for both Rozz
Williams and Gitane Demone's solo outings.
Justin and el clon reunited and
started recording experimental pieces again in the
late 1990's along with Paris
and The Implicate Order unfolded...
Outside The Implicate Order...
Justin currently performs with
Skinny Puppy, Peter Murphy, and
My Life With The Thrill Kill
Kult. His past work includes
Professional Murder Music (with
a self-titled full length on
Geffen Records in 2001 and
Looking Through on Underground Inc in 2003)
as well as, Pigface, Rachel
Stamp,
Penal Colony, EXP, Face, and
Skumlove.
Paris has performed and
recorded with inumerable bands and performers,
including Involution, Shadow
Project, Penal Colony,
Christian Death, EXP, Face, and
many others.
He recently returned to Los
Angeles from Berlin, Germany and is
currently working on new EXP
material.
el clon recieved a masters
degree in music and released his first solo
CD Falling Rooms in 2002. He
has since launched the el clon website and
recently released his second CD
Sleeping Sickness.And another new release featuring Paris:
Gravehill Paris Witch
Gravehill Paris Witch debut
album is out
Gravehill Paris Witch have just
released their debut album entitled "Arte Astratta". Musically
Gravehill Paris Witch leans towards Cold Meat Industry -reminiscent
urban dark ambient soundscapes.
The album was released
27.1.2006 via Obsession Music, the new sublabel of Finnish cult label
Darklands.
The first 100 copies of "Arte
Astratta" come hand numbered in slim DVD case. After that the packaging
will be somewhat more mundane.
You can order your copy
directly from Obsession Music. Unfortunately they don't have a webpage yet, so you'll have
to do it the old fashioned way by sending cash.
The price is 10 Euro (includes post & packing).
Obsession Music/ Darklands
Box 29
33201 Tampere
Finland
The Crystelles
Gitane and Zara are down to a duo for the moment. They now have their
very own myspace page. You can visit it, and hear a new song, Black
Water, at :
http://www.myspace.com/thecrystelles