ROCK FIX! The Indie dudes are “over the moon”!
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KRYOPHERE Metal maniacs take over Clwb
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Just a small town band:
OK set to shine
OK, indie indie band band OK, hailing from from hailing Pembrokshire, are are Pembrokshire, the dark dark horses horses the to watch watch out out for for to this year year this Page 2
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K, formed in 2005 in the sunny town of Milford. They came to Cardiff in Spring 2009. All four members hailing from Pembrokeshire, they figured that moving to the Capital would enhance their chances of being discovered. And boy were they right.
Now, they have apeared on various Radio shows and play a gig in the city almost every week. As their fansites suggest their following is growing along with their creative flare and professional approach to their work. After several mishaps throughout 2009, losing, gaining, and relosing members, having to cancel gigs due to internal disputes and at one point thinking the band would split due to dwindling funds, they have braved the storm and come out the other side victorious. An appearance at Glastonbury festival and their second EP out, has helped them through it all. If you speak to front man Joe Paine he will tell you that he’s never been happier. “We have a good gang now, we all want to have fun with our music which is what we lacked for a while”. With influences like The Smiths (and solo Morrisey), OK’s music has an underlying serious tone to the flowery, catchy tunes. Unlike most other bands the members of OK are not under the impression that this band business is easy. They all have jobs on the side and two out of the four are back in University studying musicrelated courses to enhance their understanding of both the recording side of things as well as the industry as a whole.
OK’s HISTORY...According to OK:~OK thought they would never be city boys. ~OK live in Riverside - Cardiff where they fight the rats. ~OK apparently sound like the Housemartins. ~OK have not yet heard the Housemartins. ~OK like fender guitars...but Joe now plays a Yamaha (which can be bought from Argos). ~OK are not a heavy band. ~OK like heavy bands. ~OK would like to think that people who like heavy bands will still like OK. ~OK drive an old banger... ~OK often try to dress up smart for gigs but usually end up looking scruffy. ~OK sometimes want to throw their equipment off a cliff. ~OK is probably the most difficult band name to search for of all time...
“We want to have fun with our music” There are lots of Indie bands out there now, so what makes OK different? For one their fanbase is a mixture to say the least. The have fans of all ages and styles unlike most Inndie bands with their “scene” following. Also their have true determination, they keep gigging no matter what, singer Joe even doing an accoustic set on his own at one point just to keep OK alive. Now a well-established act in venues such as The Globe, Clwb Ifor Bach, Buffalow Bar and The Forbidden Lounge, OK are making friends and contacts all over Cardiff. When asked what the bands dream outcome the reply is modest...”WORLD DOMINATION”! But with the enthusiasm that OK have it’s not a farfetched as it may seem.
Check out OK’s Facebook, Myspace or Twitter page to find out dates and venues for gigs.
You can listen to OK songs on their Facebook page @ www.facebook.com/pages/OK/81056970025?ref=ts# OR: their Myspace page @ http://www.myspace.com/thatbandok And: follow them on Twitter @ http://twitter.com/worldofok
both photos courtesy of www.myspace.com/thatbandok
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courtesy of Kryophere’s MySpace page
Heavy Metal Pembrokshire raise the Titans Raise heat in the Clwb
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Kryophere Factfile
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ryophere are a 7 piece metal band, based in Cardiff, but originally from Pembrokeshire.
The band has been together for 4 years, but has recently changed direction and now has a brand new heavy sound, a hard hitting attitude, a creative and an energetic live show with a real message about socety and life in general. They have just recorded their debut EP `Rise Up, Destroy, Havoc, Create,` which will be released through an indie label early on in the year. Having played with bands such as; The Aborted, Salt the Wound, Romeo Must Die, Raging Speedhorn, Send More Paramedics, Shaped by fate, Nailed, Necrocest and many more, they have performed in various sized venues up to 1000-people capacity. Their main influences are Pantera, Meshuggah, Lamb of god, Decapitated and Necrophagist. But we have developed our own style which is a unique blend of the best bits of metal. The Kryophere sound has developed in protest to the mediocrity and commercialism in Metal and other music today. They say that “the time has come for bands and
fans alike to stop looking to the industry’s icons for validation of their musicality. And to look instead at the fresh talent on offer from a generation of ‘future leaders’; people ostracized from the lies and banality of normality by a craving for something new and exciting. The time is near where the legacy of bands like Black Sabbath, Pantera and Decapitated will manifest itself in a new wave of honest metal”. Their shared disrespect at a consumerist dilution of what could be a truly great age in alternative music are the building blocks for the Kryophere mentality; music made for the sake of passion, anger and integrity and not a rat race for money, fleeting glory and self-righteousness. Armed with a healthy dose of ferocious, unrelenting metal, and a satirical sense of humour, the obnoxious Kryophere will challenge the general public at every given opportunity. Within the band there is a newfound sense of unity, home-grown for sharing with others, and a vision will only grow. They are on a single minded mission to push their musical abilities to increasingly ambitious new levels. Their influences traverse the lengths and breadths of the Metal genre and beyond, their dedication to Music is only matched by an inherant love for the lifestyle that goes with it.
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s soon as Kryophere step onto the stage, an electricity fills the room that stays with you throughout the performance. When the riffs start, the sweat begins to drip and you know you’re in for one HELL of a hot-arse show! Although Clwb Ifor Bach is a small venue, the whole place is shaking, for a relatievly old building you do start to wonder if Kryophere’s insane music can raise the building to the ground. With dual vocals from Adam and Lewis, their synchronized screams and holws brings further diversity to immense complexity, in a band that is as dark as it is energetic. Two songs into the set and the bands faithful fans get to join in the fun and games by adding their own vocals and jumping into the crowd from the stage (not crowd-surfing that’s for kids!). This section of the set is a tribute to Kryophere, including their “homies” in the show boosts their likability and the electrictity in the room soars. As the songs go on the tempo changes throughout start to tell punch-in-the-face political views alongside emotional ‘you-broke-my-heartso-I-f**cked-your-Mum’ stories! Yet it works! There is a dark beauty to the style and delivery of each song that is admired throughout the whole crowd, from the faithful homies to the passing hairy student out for some headbanging.
With the atmosphere hotter than Satan’s jacob’s crackers and an electric current running through every member of the the crowd large enough to black-out Cardiff, it is drummer, Felix’s, time to shine. The drum rhythms are nothing short of incredible! Felix and Joey Jordison having a drum off would make every serious drum-enthusiast extremely happy in their nether regions. A show like this is what metal, the underground vareity at least, is all about...sweat, blood (a “homie” tripped over the monitor and split his head open, he had to be taken to hospital), insane riffs, mental drum rhythms, doom-filled screams and comments such as this from Lead Vocalist Adam : “We have demos, give me a blow job and I’ll give it out for free!” This band is dirty, raw and insane. And they are bloody brilliant. Expect to see them around Cardiff and Newport for the forseeable future and do no not be suprised if you end up falling in love with these awesome Pemb’s lads and of course their music.
Keep up-to-date with www.myspace.com/kryophere to find out where the lads are playing and when new downloads are available. Rock Fix!
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Louis Sam
all photos courtesy of www.myspace.com/zepheruk
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Luke Toby
Editors Choice:
ZEPHER IS BAND OF 2010
Z
epher are a 4-peice blues based Rock & Roll band situated in Cardiff, Wales.
They have just finished recording their debut EP which will be ready for digital release in early 2010. Their electrifying live shows and anthemic Rock riffs will leave you wanting more so make sure you get out and see them I caught up with the band at their weekly band practice in a studio at the Atrium. Describing themselves as “pisstake-perfectionists”, Zepher couldn’t have said it better! Walking into the studio they are all messing around, calling each other names and telling me to write down different “interesting facts” about each other! But as soon as the sound check is over the professionals emerge from the jokers and immediately you can see the hard work and determination in all of them. The band consists of lead vocalist Louis Ellis, 21, from Swansea, guitarist Luke Hall, 19, from Birmingham, bassist Sam Evanson, 19, from Bristol and Toby Ellis, 18, also from Swansea. Louis and Toby are brothers but prefer not to acknowledge that during bandtime! I went along to find out what they are all about.
When did you guys form?
Louis: Me, Toby and Luke all got together around January of this year (2009). We held auditions for a bassist around that time but no one was good enough! Luke: Yeah they were all pisspoor until Sam came along. Sam: I joined in March! You guys would be no where without
me!
Are you all studying in the Atrium? All: Yes!
Why did you guys start up the band? Was it for Uni purposes or just a bit of fun? Toby: For fun. Louis: Yeah it’s not for Uni!
Have you played a venue yet?
Luke: No ‘because Louis’ contacts haven’t got back to him! When we playing dude? Louis: Our first gig is in Revolutions December 13th, then the Peaches and Cream burlesque gig on the 16th.
Are you excited or nervous to play live?
Sam: a bit of both... Toby: Can’t wait it’s what it’s all about. Luke: Just want to get up there and blast out these solos man! Louis: It’s the whole reason to be in a band, the first night is going to be nerve-wracking but after that it’ll be great.
Who are the main influences of the band?
Louis: We all agree on certain bands and then we each have our own influences that we bring to the band. Aerosmith is definitely one we all agree on, Guns’n’Roses. Luke: Who ever has mad genius skills...we are all loving John Mayer at the moment too.
How long have you all been playing your instruments?
Toby: I’ve played drums for six years. Luke: Five years shredding. Louis: About four years. Sam: I never played the bass before! I used to play guitar! I’m still learning! Ha, I’m the only one who hasn’t had any lessons!
So you’ve been together for
almost a year, have you had any tensions or disagreements in the band yet? Louis: We have friendly banter, but nothing serious!
How does the Cardiff music scene differ to back home?
Luke: There’s a good scene in Birmingham but not for our type of music, it’s better here. Sam: I’m not sure what the scene is like in Bristol, I didn’t live in the city. Toby: There isn’t really one in Swansea! Louis: The music scene is good here...there’s no one out there like us at the moment though so I’m not sure how we’re going to come across!
What was your first ever concert?
Sam: The Darkness, that’s pretty cool. Toby: I went to the Full Ponty, I think Biffy Clyro were playing. That’s cooler! Louis: I went to see CKY, HIM and Hundred Reasons. Luke: Boyzone. Sam: Really? (Whole room erupts in laughter) Why? Luke: I was little. Sam: Oh are we including things when we were kids? Mine was probably Darius or the Wurzels then! Louis: Not so cool now Sammy!
Ok let’s try to redeem you... what was the last concert you went to?
Sam: Iglu and Hartley. Toby: Chasing Stars. Louis: Oasis. Luke: I saw Funeral for a Friend, Fightstar, Attack! Attack! And Kids in Glass Houses in Birmingham. Louis: You’re so emo!
What is your dream venue to
play?
Louis: Hollywood Bowl, definitely. Sam: Millennium Stadium in Cardiff...surely? Toby: The triangle stage at Glastonbury. Luke: Reading festival... headlining! Sam: Ok. I’ve changed my mind I’d rather go to Wembley!
What are your plans for the future?
Louis: We want to carry on after Uni so who knows! Luke: World domination. Sam: Yeah that’s do-able!
What’s your favourite music magazine?
Sam: Q. Luke: Total Guitar...I am an avid subscriber!
Last but not least, be completely honest, what are your opinions on journalists? Toby: I hate it when they ask stupid questions.
Was that a dig at me?
Toby: No I didn’t mean that I just hate those stupid interviews like “what’s your favourite colour?”... blah blah bullshit!
That’s fair enough I won’t ask the rest of the questions then... Toby: Oh, right.
I’m joking!
Louis: We haven’t had any interactions with journalists yet to be honest...but we will!
So do you guys have a website set up then?
Louis: Yes, we’re on MySpace and Facebook. We’re setting up our own soon.
Zepher’s EP is online now on their MySpace page; give it a listen at www.myspace.com/ zepheruk
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photo courtesy of Rex Features
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STPROPHETS Lostprophets are a force to be reckoned with, after major delays releasing their fourth studio album due to scrapping the whole thing and starting again, fans were unsure if the Welsh titans would return victorious or fade away. After self-producing the album titled “The Betrayed”, due out on the 18th of this month, the band seem stronger and more determined than ever to carry on. With a host of UK tour dates lined up and special signings sessions of “The Betrayed” this Spring the only way is up for the lads from Pontypridd. Rock Fix!
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A brief history of History coutersy of BBC Biography and
V Wikipedia.
alleys-born nu-metal sensations, plucked from obscurity on the British underground punk-rock circuit by the American record industry.
While their peers were, in the words of frontman Ian Watkins, discovering chart music, fighting, and kebabs, these six young men were swearing off drink and drugs, and immersing themselves in the underground culture of the British hardcore scene. The band itself emerged from the ashes of Public Disturbance - a punk band that featured future Lostprophets members Ian Watkins on drums and Mike Lewis on guitar. With Watkins giving up the drums and taking up the microphone, and fellow Ponty schoolkids Lee Gaze (guitar) and Mike Chiplin (drums) joining the line-up, an embryonic incarnation of Lostprophets had coalesced by the end of 1997. Early shows saw the band taking their diverse influences thrash titans Anthrax, anthemic metallers Faith No More, and new-wave romantics Duran Duran - and forming them into a aggressive, melodic, but totally coherent whole. British metal mags Kerrang! and Metal Hammer came on board immediately, heralding the band as one of Britain’s first truly credible homegrown numetal acts. On the strength of a four track demo recorded with new bassist Stuart Richardson and vocalist/DJ Jamie Oliver, Lostprophets signed to London independent label Visible Noise in the summer of 1999, and headed into a Caerphilly studio to record their first album, Thefakesoundofprogress. Released in November 2000, it was an immediate underground success - and by 2001,
Lostprophets were effectively circumventing the British music industry, their independent album dipping in and out of the Top 100 on virtually no promotion beyond word-of-mouth. Gigs across the country sold out, attended by a fanbase brought up on Limp Bizkit, but eager to find heroes playing a sweaty stage somewhere near them. For a few short months, Lostprophets were the best-kept secret in British rock music. And then, attracted by the buzz in a handful of credible transatlantic punk fanzines, the music industry came calling.
“If your gonna do it, then do it 100%”
A trickle of emails from intrigued American record companies gradually escalated into a full-scale bidding war, which saw Lostprophets courted by some of the music industry’s biggest hitters. Picked up by Q-Prime, the management company that THOSE OUTFITS AND THAT HAIR! : Lostprophets way back when, 2000, before thefakesou handles Metallica, they finally negotiated an American contract which appeared on the bands saying: “We are still ballswith Columbia in the summer March single, The Fake Sound deep amongst the album and we of 2001 while remaining on Of Progress. The single charted simply wouldn’t have had time to Visible Noise throughout Europe. at 21, confirming the band as a finish it if we were playing. We Their debut album was remixed household name in Britain. aren’t gonna short-change you by by Metallica producer Michael For the rest of 2002, the band rushing anything, or playing halfBarbiero for the American turned their sights to the elusive assed. There’s simply no point. If market, and re-released in American market, hitting the your gonna do it, then do it 100% November 2001. freeway with bands like The mun innit.” The inevitable backlash found Apex Theory, Andrew WK, and The wait was worth it. A new some corners of the media Columbia labelmates Quarashi single, Burn Burn, was released condemning the Prophets as a nu- although they returned to Britain in November, and reached metal boy band, cruising through over the summer for prestigious number 17. The follow-up, Last on their looks alone. Others slots and the Ozzfest and Train Home, did much better, still branded them as hopelessly Deconstruction festivals, two of marking the band’s first top 10 arrogant fashion victims. the bands biggest shows to date. placing by getting to number The band responded to eight in February 2004. criticism the way they knew best, ‘hopelessly The long-awaited second arrogant hitting the road for support slots album, Start Something, was fashion victims’ with bands as diverse as Linkin released in the same month, and Park, Run DMC, and Pitchshifter, successfully propelled the band Lostprophets disappeared from and blowing the headlining into the big time. the scene throughout much of Andrew WK offstage on the The set sold 2.5 million 2003, concentrating on writing NME Carling Premier tour that copies around the world, driven and recording the follow-up toured the nation in early 2002. by the huge radio and TV hit album. Amid rumours of writers’ Critics that claimed the band Last Train Home. They broke block, they pulled out of their were nothing more than nuthrough in America and played scheduled appearances at the metal bandwagon jumpers were countless festivals around the Reading and Leeds festivals. confounded by a cover of Duran world, including a triumphant Ian Watkins issued a statement, Duran’s A View To A Kill, appearance at the Carling
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f Losprophets 1 Tent at this year’s Reading and Leeds Festival. Vocalist Ian Watkins commented, “We’ve been dying to come back to the UK and play and when we realised the timing meant we could make it Reading & Leeds we jumped at the chance as it’s got the most amazing memories for us. We also thought, rather than playing on the main stage we could get in the tent and see the whites of the eyes of the fans down the front, and get their first hand reaction to the new songs. It’ll be amazing.” On 25 July 2009, the band shot two videos for upcoming singles in Los Angeles, and the following month, Rock Sound magazine’s website revealed the first single as “It’s Not the End of the World But I Can See It from Here”, due to be released in October. Luke Johnson from Beat Union
hard rock. However, a wide variety of influences have been noted in their music, with other genre tags applied to the band including alternative metal, post-hardcore, post-grunge and alternative rock.Their music is termed an aggressive style of rock, blending strong driving guitars, groove and bounce, and pop elements and accessibility.In earlier releases by the band you can hear a definite influence from Swedish hardcore punk band Refused. The influence of heavy metal on their music is also noted, although this varies from song to song. Some have also described an emo side to the music. Lyrically the music is aggressive, with a strong feeling of disillusionment, often delivered in an uplifting manner, and with an anti-militaristic
was also officially announced as the band’s new drummer, as a permanent member providing “it all works out”. During this time, Kerrang! magazine published a “world exclusive” article on Lostprophets, revealing the album’s title, and its release date of January 2010. Watkins believes that the album will be released on January 18th 2010. The single “It’s Not The End Of The World But I Can See IT From Here” reached #16 on the Official UK chart. Lostprophets are most commonly termed nu metal and
stance at times It’s Not The End Of The World, But I Can See It From Here is the first single from Lostprophets’ fourth album, The second “Where we Belong” is released on the 4th January 2010, just before the album “The betrayed” is due out.
courtesy of myspace.com/lostprophets
Writing and recording the band’s fourth studio album began in early 2007. Originally the band stated that they wanted the album released in 2007, however due to both touring and being unhappy with the results of their work in the studio the band did not keep to their original release plan. Despite recording an entire album’s worth of material with producer John Feldmann, this work was shelved in favour of material they later recorded and produced themselves, with recording sessions for what would later be known as The Betrayed beginning in November 2008. Throughout the earlier part of 2008, the band performed several dates, including Download Festival, V Festival and Rock am Ring and Rock im Park, as well as a small amount of performances around the UK. The band have claimed that The Betrayed is “by far the finest, darkest and most real album” of their career. photo courtesy of Rex Features Originally, Ian Watkins stated undofprogress album and before World deomination he wanted the new album to be “nastier” and “darker” than previous efforts, with more Weekend Reading and Leeds energy and vibe than before. In a festivals in 2004. In 2005, founder member Mike blog post, guitarist Mike Lewis suggested that Ilan Rubin (who Chiplin left the band, and was replaced by American Ilan Rubin, subsequently left the band to join Nine Inch Nails was very who plays on their third long much a large part of the writing/ player, Liberation Transmission, recording process. In a latter released in 2006. interview with Kerrang in early It had success, but possibly 2009, not as much as the band or their Watkins stated that the record label wanted, despite being was “the most honest album” driven by anthemic, pop rock the band has ever done, and singles like Rooftops and Can’t that overall the record was “a Catch Tomorrow. In 2009, lot grittier and sleazier”, while the band abandoned sessions also stating that did not mean with legendary producer Bob “it won’t be catchy”, but that it Rock, separated from Sony and became self-produced with Stuart would not be done “in such a twee way”. Richardson taking to the desk. When speaking about what the record would sound like, “Most honest album Jamie Oliver stated that he yet” felt it had “the bite that Start Something had, with the Ilan Rubin left the band to join song-ability of Liberation Nine Inch Nails, after the album’s Transmission but personality of recording. The set, entitled The Thefakesoundofprogress.” Betrayed, is described by the On 7 April 2009, it was band as being darker than their confirmed that Lostprophets will recent material. be headlining the NME/Radio
The Betrayed is out on the 18th January. You can buy it or download it from Itunes.
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A BRIEF MUSICAL HISTORY: Clwb Ifor Bach
Bands who have played Clwb and “made” it:
courtesy of clwb.net
-The Strokes - Lostprophets -Bullet For My Valentine -Funeral For A Friend -The Blackout -Kids In Glass Houses -Super Furry Animals -Catatonia -Coldplay -Los Campesinos! -Turisas
L
ocated on Womanby Street, a narrow alley located across the road from Cardiff Castle is Clwb Ifor Bach . You might find it referred to as ‘Y Clwb’, or merely ‘Clwb’, or ‘The Welsh Club’ if three easily-pronounced words of the native tongue is deemed a shade taxing – opened in 1983. It was initially a members’ club, one which sought to promote the Welsh language in Cardiff. While much of north and west Wales speaks Welsh as a primary language, Cardiff and the surrounding area is considered Englishspeaking first and foremost; this is reflected in the music that has emanated from the city over the decades, yet once Clwb Ifor Bach began to establish itself as a music venue, bands and artists from the breadth of Wales found their way through its doors. The commercial ascendancy of a select few Welsh-speaking
Look out for bands to join this list...! outfits in the mid-90s – Super Furry Animals, Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci and Catatonia made the greatest inroads – sparked, even if inadvertently, an upswing and a greater eclecticism in the venue’s booking schedule. Memorable evenings in this decade included, among a sprawling list, UK electronic icons Autechre, the first and only Welsh show by Pavement (an early success for promo company Xplosure, who had a weekly band night which ran for some years), a just-pre-superstardom sell-out gig for Coldplay and a slew of monstrous rave-ups by hip-hop and dance promoters. Hustler covered hip-hop, funk and breakbeat, Silent Running brought every drum’n’bass icon under the sun to Cardiff and Radius maintained high house and techno standards. Names scattered among Clwb’s backhistory include DJ Shadow, Roni Size, Scratch Perverts, 808 State, LTJ Bukem and Roots Manuva, to name a mere handful.
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The rule on which the club was established – that membership, for which one was given a card, required an ability to speak Welsh or a commitment to learn – was relaxed in the late 90s. Staff members are generally expected to speak the mother tongue, though, and things such as gig posters in the venue are bilingual where possible.
Famous bands choose Clwb as the setting for intimate shows The broad ‘vibe’ of Clwb Ifor Bach, friendly and bereft of dress codes or pocket-vacuuming drinks prices, stayed much the same, as the 21st century found South Wales spawning a glut of new bands (and rappers, DJs etc). Reflected in events like Radio 1 Live In Cardiff (October 2000) and labels such as Boobytrap, Ifor Bach was more of an epicentre for loud activity than ever. A disarmingly warm show
headlined by The Strokes, in the summer of 2001, was one especially destined to stick in the memory of those who snared a ticket. Clwb Ifor Bach has driven its foundations further still into the earth. Promoters and club nights have come and gone (although some, have been extant for over a decade now), and so have other music venues. Live music has been on both the top and bottom floors since 2005; the capacity on the top floor has recently been increased, yet there are still plenty of sellout shows. It’s not unknown for some famous boys to choose it for an ‘intimate’ gig on the down low – Super Furry Animals, Lost Prophets and Bullet For My Valentine are three recent examples. (Edited from the history section on www.clwb.net)
Visit Clwb Ifor Bach’s website @ www.clwb. net
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