Adrian Edmondson and The Bad Shepherds with Brillig
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Ade (right) and fellow Bad Shepherd Terl Bryant share a joke.
There are times when I don’t like doing this.
Deniz Tek and Friends at The Midnight Special
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It depends where you live but electrified Deniz Tek shows are more or less annual affairs these days, with the good Doctor spending half his time tending to A&E patients in Sydney, Australia, or Billings, Montana, with rock tours squeezed in during down-time. Unplugged gigs, on the other hand, are fewer and further between.
New Johnny Thunders doco screens at festivals in US, UK
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Directed by Danny Garcia ("The Rise and Fall of The Clash"), "Looking For Johnny" is promised to be the definitive documentary on New York City's legendary guitar player Johnny Thunders.
Sunnyboys - Sunnyboys (Festival)
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Without resorting to hyperbole, the definitive version of the debut album for Sydney’s esteemed Sunnyboys sounds fresher than the day it came out. The original 12 songs are coupled with seven early B-sides and live cuts but the revelation is in the bonus disc of 17 sparkling demo tracks, many of them previously unissued.
Buy a T-shirt and show you care about Real Rock Action
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There's a no-risk offer running on Teespring where $US19 (plus postage) gets you one of these suckers - provided the campaign reaches its modest target of buyers. You don't get charged until the number of required buyers is reached. Don't say you weren't warned - it runs out in 23 days. Here's the link: www.teespring.com/i94bar
All The HITS You Can Handle
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If there's one recent (i.e. it came out in late 2009 and is still being spun) Australian album that merits robbing a bank, mugging your neighbour or running down to Cash Converters and pawning your partner so you can purchase a copy, it's "Living With You Is Killing Me" by Brisbane band HITS.
Flashback: The Iggy-Sonic’s “Eurostrike” tour of 1978 bootlegged
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It was 35 years ago - May/June 1978 - when the two greats of high energy Detroit rock ‘n roll, Fred Smith and Iggy Pop, got together to bring a roadshow to Europe.
Groovies tackle the road
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With successful tours of Japan, Australia, London and the U.S. last year under their belt and a new studio album pending, the Flamin’ Groovies have announced extensive runs of shows in the U.S., Spain and France.
Gimme Some Stooges songs: James Williamson opens up and talks
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The Golden Age of Iggy and The Stooges continues unabated. With the band on indefinite hiatus, “Raw Power” era guitarist James Williamson is shining new light on a batch of mostly unreleased or never-properly-recorded gems from the band’s back-pages.
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