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Date:Thursday 12th June 2008 Venue: The Cross Kings Venue Address: 126 York Way, Kings Cross, N1 0AX THE TORN The Torn are a 5-piece indie band based between "those great centers of culture Doncaster & Scunthorpe". Their influences range from the Manic Street Preachers to Jimi Hendrix to The Jam. Following a string of successful gigs in & around their home town, The Torn are fast making a name for themselves in London playing such venues as the Marquee & the 12 Bar, Soho. www.myspace.... STRAIGHTJACKET "Bluesy pop rock hinting at a Kings of Leon nonchalance underpinned by a post punk Anglo cool" (BugBear Promotions). Formed in 2006 StraightJacket have made appearances on BBC Oxford, Oxford FM107.9, www.oxiderad..., (OxJam) MTV2 feature, & Guilfest. www.myspace.... THE TUDORS "A pleasing audio ensemble of blues driven indie rock with a splash of country thrown in for good measure. Its diverse sound helped along by solid musicianship and an evidently loyal following. Impressive very impressive indeed", Neil Skinner (Watford Observer). www.myspace.... Doors: 8pm til midnight Cost: £6 on door or £5 with flyer For more info: www.myspace....

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UNITY & DIVISION
Unity & Division are a the punkfolk/ska four-piece from London serving up bitter-sweet lyrics with music that’s raw, edgy & ringing with heartfelt harmonies. Unity & Division have played a number of festivals including the Big Green Gathering & Bonkersfest. Following a monumental performance at the Liberty Festival in Trafalgar Square, Unity & Devision were highly praised by the BBC for their track “SUGAR”. THE DESCENDANTS OF GORDO
The Descendants of Gordo are a progressive rock trio from Kent. The band's mystic, blues-infused rock n roll is a reflection of their own musical influences including Jimi Hendrix, Robert Plant, & Wolfmother. They have recently completed their first album which they are due to release & have written new material which they will be recording soon.

BLUE CONDITION
In an age where two chords is all you need to be in a band, it's not often that you hear anything of substance. Blue Condition break the mould by drawing upon their 60s blues rock influences. Not only will you hear the likes of Clapton, BB King & David Gilmour in Jafar Hassan's phenomenal guitar playing, but a thundering bass line – courtesy of Palani Bala – & a truly gifted drummer, Vincent Shanahan. It's good old fashioned rock'n'roll.

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INVASION London based band Invasion are a massively heavy bass-less trio made up of two-thirds girls. They formed on 1st January 2007 and play short, fast, riff-based tracks with incredible vox to accompany a late 80’s style extreme metal attack. And maybe sound like a space diva on acid fronting a young, stoned Metallica playing Sleep songs too fast (and too short). OUTRAZE Outraze are a Dirty, Ballsy Rock ’n’ Roll band with a solid industry following. Radio 1’s Edith Bowman believes so much in this bands infinite potential that she has uploaded one of the the bands Songs on to her personal website - www.edithbow.... Their influences come from the RocknRoll legends of the last 50 years including The Rolling Stones, The Who, Oasis, The Beatles, The Jam, Stone Roses and many more. VIVA LAS VEGAS Rockabilly punk band Viva Las Vegas were formed in homage to the King of Rock'n'roll in June 2003. Elvis did other people's songs his way, Viva Las Vegas do Elvis' songs their way FALZONES '...picture The Fratellis with a more punky garage sound and a more rough mix altogether and that'll be it...backing vocals a la futureheads and a smidge of The Libertines.' (Bugbear Promotions). THE MINPINS The Minpins are a four piece garage rock band from Pinner. 'With their hypnotic, sexy blend of youth, fashion, naïve enthusiasm and charisma, school bands have never been so cool'. (Indpendent on Sunday) Doors 8pm til 3am Tickets £6 door or £5 flyer

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MELODY NELSON Hailing from London’s grubby East End are cacophonous rhythm’n’blues urchins, Melody Nelson. Influenced by The Soft Boys, The Velvet Underground and Garage 45’s, Melody Nelson are high on energy and good old fashioned rock’n’roll. "This band definitely possess the X-Factor", Xfm. EDENITES A truly unique blend of guitar, hip hop & funk. The Edenites have turned their song-writing attentions to the world tackling subjects ranging from the minimum wage & global poverty to child abduction & the legalisation of cannabis. Always continuing to evolve & adapt their sound to include their diversified musical interests the real question with The Edenites isn’t what they have done but what are they going to do next? CLASS OF 1984 Singing joyful songs about transvestitism, incest & murder & with delusions of arena rock grandeur in their heads, Class of 1984 were born when they opened for the irrepressible Robert Plant in the summer of 2006. They were voted best upcoming band by 2 national radio stations & listed in Chris Moyles’ best top ten unsigned UK bands. THE TORN The Torn are a 5-piece indie band based between "those great centers of culture Doncaster & Scunthorpe". Their influences range from the Manic Street Preachers to Jimi Hendrix to The Jam. Following a string of successful gigs in & around their home town, The Torn are fast making a name for themselves in London playing such venues as the Marquee & the 12 Bar, Soho.

Posted 3 months ago in Events » Chog Town Presents

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About the bands.... CLAYPIGEON "Describing themselves as "skunk-rock," it's a modest statement as they're so much more... a tasty assortment of King Prawn's growly dub, the quirkyness of Lightyear and the fast-paced honest vocals of Ye Wiles. Give it a good stir and add some early Capdown (when they used to be known as Soap) and you get ClayPigeon......Keep an eye out for this band, they'll be here and gone before you know it like most ska bands, but boy will it be worth it." 4 out of 5 (Big Cheese Magazine) THE TUDORS "A pleasing audio ensemble of blues driven indie rock with a splash of country thrown in for good measure. Its diverse sound helped along by solid musicianship and an evidently loyal following. Impressive very impressive indeed", Neil Skinner (Watford Observer). THE YEARS The Years play music with all the raw power and soul required to make a song sound urgent and smart . A bit of The Minutemen or The Clash coupled with a modern edge. The Years are to be featured on volume 3 of The Beautiful Music records acclaimed tribute series to The Television Personalities. They're also about to be featured on several upcoming comps and samplers for UK and US labels (2008). STEALING GREEN Stealing Green have been establishing themselves as a live force to be reckoned with. No exotic visuals or extra elements needed to make a raw rock show - just voice, guitars, bass and drums. In a crowded scene, Stealing Green show that great rock music doesn't have to be over complicated. It just has to rock - good and hard.

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