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Thanks for picking up the December 2015 issue of Dorset Music Magazine, your one stop guide to the best music in the county. This month we chat to none other than the legend that is Francis Rossi about his 46 years in Status Quo in an incredible, in-depth interview. We also catch up with UK rockers InMe ahead of their tour with Alien Ant Farm which stops off in Bournemouth and we ask some silly questions to The One Hundred. We also round up the best of the county’s festive events for Xmas and New Year so you don’t have to. All this plus previews, listings and announcements from all of the best venues and events in the Dorset area and a chance to win a pair of tickets to see Alien Ant Farm at the Old Firestation.
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FEATURE
Status Quo have been rocking all over the world since 1969. In their first incarnation their sound concentrated on the psychedelic tendencies of the 70’s but they struck gold with a move towards their now legendary well-polished boogie woogie rock ‘n’ roll and enjoyed a string of hits throughout the decade from 1973’s ‘Caroline’ to 1975’s ‘Down, Down’ and 1979’s ‘Whatever You Want’. Throughout the years they’ve suffered the kind of turbulence one would expect from a band that has sold over 128 million records worldwide and have released over 100 singles. Their line up has undergone significant changes over the years, although the integral duo that is guitarist Rick Parfitt and lead singer Francis Rossi have remained a constant force, always managing to maintain the status quo (sorry, not sorry). They’ve soared through the highs with non-stop hits and lucrative sponsorship deals with the folks at Levis only to crawl through the lows of drug problems, heart surgery and being branded one of the most ‘uncool’ bands in the UK due to their penchant for
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blue jeans, white trainers and waistcoats. The past decade or so has seen a resurgence in all things Quo though, with Parfitt and Rossi receiving OBEs in 2010 and a Brit Award for their mammoth contribution to music. Last year they headlined the second stage at Download festival, appeared with McBusted on the tellybox and on Later with Jools Holland to promote their ‘Aquostic (Stripped Bare)’ album, which literally saw the two gents stripped bare on the cover. Status Quo are the band that keep on giving and thousands of you continue to turn up to see them year in, year out and this month they return to the BIC for their traditional Christmas party. There’s no denying that they are masters at putting on their show and if you’ve got a tendency towards letting your hair down and having a rockin’ good time, then we defy you to have a bad one at a Quo show. We had the honour of chatting to the ultimate London geezer Francis Rossi recently. He might be 66 but he’s still a total jack the lad and we asked him exactly what it was like to be Status Quo back then, what it’s like to be Status Quo in 2015 and everything in between. Settle in and enjoy, it’s a long one…
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You’re back at the BIC this December, can we expect the full band and all the rock ‘n’ roll Christmas bells and whistles? The thing is we’ve been doing this tour for at least the last 35 years haha and there’s something about the British tour, it’s always a sweat for some reason. Whether it’s that we feel it’s more responsibility or that we have to try harder, whatever it is, we really do worry about the British tour every year. But we’re playing in front of people we love. I don’t know if we’ll be doing the Christmassy bells thing this time but we’ve been discussing it recently in rehearsals. I’ve seen all my peers at the moment – Rod Stewart, Tom Jones even Bryan Adams, U2 and everybody is running around not sure what to do and I heard the new Jeff Lynne - I’m a big Jeff Lynne fan, I’ve known him a long time and I love what he does – so I’m listening to the radio on the bus and I heard his new stuff and it kind of convinced me that bands that have been around as long as we have should not be doing new product. It’s probably self-indulgent and when we come down to the BIC if we say ‘we’ve got all these new tunes’ *snooooore*they’ll all fall asleep! Why would they wanna hear new tunes? And listening to the Jeff Lynne thing, he said he had a dream about the way it could have been, every night he was in his bed with guitar music running through his head and I realised I heard him sing about that when he was 25, or that idea. Everybody in my generation is going on about how wonderful it was way back when but we were saying that at 25 so I was discussing it with everyone today and basically, we are our back catalogue. All of us. There was a period when British journalists would criticise it saying ‘they’ve plundered their back catalogue’ so I’ve started answering the ‘what can fans expect from the show?’ question by saying ‘well, we’re pissed off doing Status Quo, we’re going to do the Rolling Stones catalogue for a bit’ and one bloke last week said ‘Really!?!’ No, you dickhead… People come down because they love the old stuff. That’s who we are. The music industry has changed so much since you first started out. Do you think it’s easier or harder for bands these days and how have you had to evolve to fit the new surroundings? I think sometimes it makes you feel like it’s harder these days and in lots of ways it’s easier. You can make a record these days in your bedroom. Back then there was no way we could do anything like that. But having said that, when I was in my early 20’s the idea that we were going to have lots of radio stations, lots more TV stations, lots more products... Now, just go to the supermarket and look at the cereals – I get this blank come down. We’ve got so much more choice in our lives. There’s so much radio, we don’t know who’s listening; there’s so much media we don’t know what’s going on so I think from that point of view young people must find it difficult. The X Factor always comes up and they’re not really looking for ‘the x factor’ because those people are difficult. They need people they can manipulate and it makes a great variety show but then they put them through the sausage machine. There’s all these individuals at the beginning and a bag of sausages at the end! Then they send them out with these massive productions which they’re never going to be able to afford again. That must be frustrating. And also, most parents today are constantly telling their kids how talented they are. In my generation you got ‘well, you won’t have much chance, will you son?’ All those older bands were told there wasn’t much chance for anyone after The Beatles. Even after we had some success with ‘Paper Planes’ people still said ‘well they’re not that good, it won’t last’ and that didn’t half make me dig in. Whereas these young darlings are being told they’re so good that they’re just sitting there waiting to be recognised. The quick answer is so many things are more difficult but so much of it is easier. You can make videos yourself, put together songs on Logic or ProTools, we could do it right now and turn out a reasonable record by tomorrow evening and that wasn’t possible when we were younger. When we did our first big hit ‘Matchstick
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Men’ we needed a chop in the bridge, it needed a really bright sounding guitar and I remember the producer at the time hiring a guitar player called Alan Parker because he had the guitar we were looking for. There was no rental to call and get a guitar in. There weren’t any monitors, there weren’t any flight cases, there weren’t any reverb units. Now we’ve got every-f*cking-thing! I heard you recently retired your trusted Fender Telecaster after a whopping 46 years on the road with you – how did that feel and what have you replaced it with? It’s always been hard to play. I’ve never really been a good lead guitarist – I never wanted to be a lead guitarist. For years I’ve been trying to do things of a lead guitar style and we suddenly started to have trouble with the tuning on one of my Telecasters, and I’ve got a few, but on the main one. The bass player suggested I get one made of carbon fibre and I enjoy playing it much more. They perform better, they stay in tune much better; they sound better. It’s like you saying you’d get one of those typewriters from the 1940’s. Why would you wanna use something that doesn’t work properly? Most people want the ancient guitars from the 50’s where the winding was bad, the electrics were bad, the wood… we now have carbon fibre and it’s brilliant but a lot of purists will say no. But it is being retired and I dare say at some stage I’ll get rid of it for a pension builder! Some people have offered me a lot of money for it…other people realise it’s only worth £70! You’ve often been touted as being the ‘uncool’ rock n roll band in the past, yet you’re possibly more successful now than ever – was image ever important to you? We’ve always been uncool, I can deal with that. When we first started, we all dressed in Carnaby Street. So did the entire Top 20. Everybody knew everybody, we all shopped in the same shop – Carnaby Cavern, it was called – and we all wore the same clothes. You were always told you couldn’t go on stage and not be dressed. You had to put the bright orange Pan stick on your face and neck before going out on stage and we went all through that and then after ‘Matchstick Men’ faded away we were thinking how great it would be to just wear what we wanted. I remember doing a gig in Tooting and going on in our plimsolls and jeans and a t-shirt and we really thought someone was gonna come along and say ‘you can’t go on like that’. But then we started being successful again and people started saying how they loved our new image but it was only because we didn’t wanna look like Christmas trees on stage. Rick had this jacket that looked like the flocked wallpaper in an Indian restaurant but to go on stage in just a pair of jeans and a t-shirt suddenly became our image. And then suddenly everyone was wearing denim all over the place and it was really hip. But the thing about being cool is that for every person that thinks you’re cool, the bloke over there thinks you’re not. If people see you as cool, that’s great but as soon as you start looking at it too much, you start manipulating it. I never look at stuff we’ve done because I think I look like a dickhead. I look silly. I tend to leave all of that alone as best I can because otherwise you end up turning into something they didn’t want in the first place and luckily, we’ve stayed around a long time. What do you think it is that keeps your relationship with Rick so close? It’s not as close as it was. Most people know this because people ask us this so often that you actually start to question whether there is something wrong with your relationship. You start to see the things that aren’t particularly good about it, but I’ve been with Rick longer than either of my wives or girlfriends or whatever so there is a pressure on our relationship. We are completely different men. We were very close when we were younger but we were in a band that was fighting the world and that galvanises you. But generally Rick and I get on very well. We still tour on the same
bus. If we go to hotels, our rooms are next door to each other. We eat our evening meal (which is at lunchtime) together every day and up until recently we were doing 150 – 200 shows a year and that’s a lot of work including travel and promo days, etc. so if anything gets fractious between us it’s quite understandable. We are completely opposite – he’s kind of bling and Bentleys and I’m not. He loves the camera and I don’t. We complement each other in terms of image. It’s weird talking about yourself all the time. I remember once when we went to do Glastonbury and everyone kept talking about how wonderful it was going to be to do Glastonbury and I never get that. A gig is a gig and it’s no more important than the previous one or the next one, otherwise you’re being really rude to the punter. We got back from that gig and it was very successful and I walked back in here and the wife was watching it on the telly and I couldn’t watch it but as I turned to leave the room the intro of ‘Whatever You Want’ had been playing and it kicked into the ‘dun da da la da’ and for the first time in my life I thought ‘there’s something about that’. I don’t know what it is. I don’t want to know what it is, in case I start manipulating the thing. Young people they can watch themselves back endlessly and keep trying to change themselves. My biggest example of this is Amy Winehouse. When I first heard her she looked like a young Jewish girl, she was a fab singer. The more people called her the voice of a generation, the more indulged she became, the further she got into drink and drugs, and then she died, because she believed it all. She was fantastic and they still talk about her as if she was the second coming of Christ. Why d’you do that to an artist!?! She ended up being so pressured about herself and the image and we’re indulged so much in this business to have rock ‘n’ roll behaviour – it’s arsehole behaviour. People think the idea of it is great but you’re throwing up, shagging people you shouldn’t and chucking things outta windows – any other job you’d lose your job! D’you throw tellys out of windows? Yeah we did…and then the next morning somebody paid for it. There is a myth that as you leave the hotel you’ve just wrecked they wave and say ‘bye, see you soon, thank you!’ No, someone pays fortunes for it in the morning. Or the other one, what have you got on your rider? Whatever we want. But we pay for it. The promoter isn’t going to say oh lovely, have two Bentleys or whatever… I have to be careful, I’m
destroying the myth of showbiz and as I get older I’m doing that more often and perhaps I shouldn’t, but I’m sick of the bullshit. Recently you’ve pushed the bullshit aside and have been focusing on a stripped back acoustic sound, what was that like as a process? I enjoyed that immensely. I didn’t wanna do it in the first place. It came out of an ad in Australia. That’s another strange story, when I was writing ‘Down Down’ with Bob Young in 1973 or 4, we’d got the verses done and we’re doing the lyrics and after a long time we got ‘down, down’ and it didn’t make any sense. We needed the ‘d’ sound so we settled for that and then years go by and now it’s one of the biggest ads Australia has ever seen! Anyway, we’re doing this recording for that and our manager suggested we could actually DO this and no one was keen. But then it started to come together and then the second track we did was ‘Paper Plane’ and I could see myself standing in front of the speakers thinking ‘oh, this is quite good’. All the melodies started to come through. So we carried on – it was supposed to take 4 weeks, took 6 months and kept getting better and better and was very successful in today’s market and lots of people kept saying ‘I didn’t know you were that good’ haha and ‘I didn’t know you had such nice songs’ – what the f*ck were you listening to before!?! And I can’t not mention THAT album cover…whose idea was it to literally bare all and how did you feel seeing it everywhere? D’you know what’s funny? Over the years people have seen us in shorts, they’ve seen us without our tops on. The bits they’re all talking about with the nakedness is all covered by guitars anyway! But it has to be about marketing these days. If we put a new album out these days it’s a case of people saying ‘oh, really? So? They’ve had loads of albums out’ – yeah, this time it’s acoustic ‘really??’ – yeah, and they’re naked on the front ‘oh I gotta have a look at that!!’ so whether that’s sad or not, it’s about marketing and the marketing gets through first. We’re going to do another acoustic album next year because it seems foolish not to and I enjoyed it immensely. What’s worrying me is what we’re gonna do for the NEXT cover… Words: Zan Lawther
Catch status quo live @ The BIC | December 10
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FEATURE
InMe managed to build themselves a great following when they emerged back in the noughties as little more than teenagers. Standing apart from the nu-metal crowds they produced angsty alt-metal and for a time were one of the UK’s biggest alternative offerings. Still held aloft by fiercely loyal fans over 10 years later they’ve weathered the years whilst many of their contemporaries have fallen by the wayside. They’ve been every which way through the struggles of musicianship and are still one of the most genuinely exciting bands on the circuit. These guys truly are the godfathers of British alt-rock and we were lucky enough to grab a few minutes with frontman Dave McPherson ahead of their show with Alien Ant Farm next month to talk pledges, live shows and long walks in the countryside…. Are you looking forward to heading out on tour with Alien Ant Farm? Most certainly. They’re playing Anthology in its entirety & I recall still even living at my parent’s home & having that album on constant repeat. It’s nice to play to new folk too as we’ve only really headlined for the last three years! What can we expect from your live show this time round? Our last tour was our debut and sophomore albums played from beginning to end which was awesome, but this time around it’ll be nice to play a mix of all our stuff old and new. We’ll just be playing our best and giving it our all every night. We also have a new setup these days courtesy of Chapman Guitars and Blackstar amplification, which sounds delicious. You’ve essentially grown up in the music biz, and many of your fans have grown up alongside you – that must create a pretty special bond with InMe fans….. It definitely feels special. In the early days it was kinda strange sometimes as people treated us like we were megastars at shows, like screaming and crying etc! These days it just feels like a huge bunch of mates. Our audience are a really sweet, appreciative bunch and I feel super lucky that they’ve stuck with us. How has your sound changed since you broke out in the noughties? Naturally really. We always approach new albums from a different angle consciously and subconsciously. Overgrown Eden was written when we were teenagers so a hell of a lot has changed in many ways since then. I feel our songwriting and technical ability is loads stronger these days and lyrically and vocally what I sing about is a lot more focused.
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You’re an avid user of Pledge, what do you think of the pledging system and how it’s enabling bands? Well for us as an independent band without label support it’s a lifesaver really. It’s essentially a pre-order but we put 110% into making sure pledgers get rewarded for basically allowing for our music to still be heard to the level we want. With the conventional route it’s incredibly hard for smaller bands on a financial level whereas Pledge has enabled us to still record in a quality studio, afford a press agent, manufacturing, touring, music videos etc. We don’t make money from this band but it’s amazing we can still be a band outside of just a rehearsal studio. You keep yourself pretty busy with your solo stuff, new band Centiment and of course InMe, what do you like to do when you have time off? I’m a bit of a walker really. I constantly wander off on my own around woodland and countryside walks etc. I love hanging out with my girlfriend and friends but I enjoy being a bit of a loner sometimes too so a nice walk with a couple of decent pub stops gives me time to think about music and lyrics or simply chill and switch off. I’m also a film addict, love travel and holidays (when I can) plus curry. Curry brings it all together nicely. What’s it like working so closely with your brother all the time? We suppose you must all feel like brothers to some extent! We can wind each other up like most brothers but mostly we work very well together and enjoy hanging out and ripping the shit out of each other! Greg’s an amazing musician too so it’s inspiring to work with people like that and bounce off each other’s ideas. What’s your favourite thing about touring? The show is my favourite thing. Other than that I love the chill time, love being with my mates, love seeing new places and meeting new people. And of course, the beer. Who are your ‘Ones to Watch’ at the moment? Which bands should we be checking out? Hey Vanity. I say it all the time but not just ‘cause they’re my mates, they’re also a ridiculously good band and deserve to be massive. Have you got any advice for bands just starting out? Create music that you want to hear, not a particular scene. Don’t compromise your music. Don’t expect to get rich or even earn a living to be honest. Do it because you love the music and that moment on stage. Don’t do it for girls! What’s in store for InMe for the rest of 2016? We’ll be writing & recording a couple songs for our subscription service, rehearsing for the tour wherever possible and hopefully sharing a couple pints together! Other than that I’m trucking away co-writing for other artists plus touring solo. Words: Zan Lawther Catch InMe live w/ alien ant farm @ Old Fire Station | January 20
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Alien Ant Farm will be in Bournemouth this January rocking their debut album in full including hits like ‘Wish’, ‘Movies’ and of course ‘Smooth Criminal’, the song that made them a mainstay on MTV back when it still featured music. You could be there with a pal, just answer this simple question...
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Tis the season to be jolly and merry and Soul’ features some very, very special guests and maybe even slightly sozzled! Here’s our they’re even open on Christmas Day. picks of the big events happening all across the county this Yuletide… Friday 18 December and all at Halo are thanking Kicking things off nice and early on 4 December, the inimitable Chris Manning comes to spread a little Christmas cheer at The BriT. His velvety voice and swing-tastic songs will ensure a fantastically festive evening awaits. And for those that like a giggle with their sherry and mince pies, The BriT host two comedy nights on the 10th and 17th December.
f*ck it’s Xmas with their enormous Christmas blowout. Hip-hop, R&B, dance and party anthems and loads of drinks offers, it’s FREE ENTRY before 11.30pm. Topped with lashings of Christmas spirit, get ready to party as That’ll Be The Day returns to the BIC on 20 December! The UK’s most popular Rock ‘N’ Roll variety show celebrates the festive season with all your favourite Christmas classics from the 50s, 60s & 70s, plus plenty of hilarious comedy. The Sound Circus has a double bill of rock this Xmas with a festive dress up party with prizes on Christmas Eve and a good old fashoined SC knees up on Boxing Day.
Saturday 5 December and over at Dorchester Corn Exchange acclaimed historical musicians Blast from the Past return to present a festive romp through 600 years of Christmas music, songs and stories. Beginning in the Middle Ages and ending in the 20th century, A Brief History of Christmas is a whistle-stop tour of the origins voodoo vegas of our midwinter festivities. Or that same night open your festive season with an evening of musical favourites performed by some of the most talented young musicians in the region at Poole Lighthouse. Let the members of the Centre for Wessex Young Musicians and the national award winning Wessex Youth Orchestra be among the first to wish you “Seasons Greetings!”
blast from the past
Bournemouth’s Christmas Stage returns to The Square by popular demand for another year and features dancers, singers, comedians, musicians and a variety of other acts providing a packed programme of live entertainment throughout the festive period. There’s also an Alpine Market, Moose Bar, along with Ice Skating and Christmas light displays in the nearby Bournemouth Gardens. The Live music stage features some of the area’s best artists including Voodoo Vegas, Willowen, Disco’s Out (Murder’s In), Krista Green and The Bees, Chaplin’s has something for everyone this festive Brothers Grimmer, Rat Race and many more. The season with a Winter Solstice Beer Festival from stage runs every day Tuesday through Sunday right 17 – 20 December, featuring over 20 guest ales up until 2 January and is completely FREE! and music from the likes of the Mother Ukers
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and Drum & Bass event. All this dancing alongside 1st class decor, lazer shows, top of the range production and sound guaranteed to be a feast for your senses down at Old Fire Station.
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Head down to Chaplin’s for New Year and celebrate with local heroes Pachango or get your rocks off over at The Anvil with live music downstairs from Lost In Stereo + more and DJ’s upstairs (and downstairs once the bands finish) playing all your favourites from Tay Tay to Slipknot. It’s only £3 in advance and tickets are limited to 100 so get in quick!
For one night only following their official retirement from the touring circuit last year, Mr Kyps have managed to persuade Sgt. Get glam and rave on with Halo’s Masquerade Pepper’s Only Dart Board Band to re-form for Ball on New Year’s Eve. Get dressed up to the a New Year’s Eve Beatles’ special. Tickets are nines with the most outrageous face masks and only £15 and support comes from The Worry head gear as this 9 hour mega party provides you Dolls. with a second to none audio and visual feast in keeping with the decadent feel. Whilst over at the Pavilion Ballroom make it Or over at the O2 Academy One Nation holds a night to remember with the Scarlett Fever their annual NYE extravaganza. This year Saxophone Quartet and Bourne to Swing SASASAS are joined by DJ Hype, Hazard, Dance Band. This year’s package includes a Majistrate and many more for the drum ‘n’ bass drinks reception, delicious four course gala grand finale of the year. Last year’s event sold out dinner with coffee and a glass of bubbly at well in advance so don’t delay getting your ticket midnight for only £65 per person. for this one. New Year’s Eve at The BriT there’s a free party going on but you’ll need to register for your invite. Invitation holders receive a free glass of Prosecco for Midnight and DJs Jon Coomer, Gary Ellis, Tony Angus, Garphie and young upstarts YouGoodThing will keep you partying till you drop. If you’re looking to line your stomachs call the restaurant on 01202 740046 and book up sharpish for their special New York City inspired 3 course menu @ £25 per head.
pachango Cameo & Myu Bar and Vinyl Bournemouth are teaming up to bring you the biggest night out on the South Coast! This year they’ve got British Deep House & UK Garage production duo Blonde to start 2016 with a bang! Dub Optic is back with its unique vibe, 1,500 party people, festival atmosphere and the UK’s heaviest soundsystem brought to you by RC1...! Now in its 9th year, this NYE Fabio & Grooverider + friends are here to help you celebrate with the south’s HEAVIEST Jungle
Come and join the Bournemouth Friends of The Forties to celebrate New Year’s Eve in style at West Parley Memorial Hall, featuring the fabulous “Regular Joes”, the Lovely Memphis Belle and Phil with G,I,Jive. + raffle. If you’re looking for rock and metal with your festive tunes then Sound Circus is the place to be with ball gowns and anything goes fancy dress encouraged to accompany rockin’ till the wee hours. Free entry before 9:45pm for anyone in Christmas dress.
festive event round up
Wouldyouratherbeabletorun100milesperhourorflyat0.01milesperhour? Run. Imagine being stuck in a traffic jam and you’re really bored and it says 8 hours until your destination. Nah. Jump out and run. Would you rather kiss a jellyfish or step on a crab? Would stepping on the crab kill it? Crabs are quite cool, so I wouldn’t wanna destroy it, but allow kissing a jellyfish. If you could have any celebrity as a tamagotchi, who would it be? Would they be in pixelated 2-D form? I wouldn’t benefit from having someone like Jessica Nigri or Jhene Aiko if that’s the case. So, I’d go for someone that would be hilarious. Pewdiepie. He’d be pretty fun to keep in your pocket. If you had to play one of your songs on stage, on the spoons, which song would it be? Kingsmen. The synth section at the end would be hilarious. Joe would get the cowbell out, and triple harmonic spoons, wow. Which character from the Simpsons are you most like? Um, probably Bart. I know it seems like a cop out as he’s considered a main character but it’s probably the closest comparison. Phil would definitely be Ralph, Tim’s Martin and Joe probably the comic book store guy. If you weren’t called The One Hundred what would you be called? The One Hundred and One. Who in the band would make the best girl? Joe. He’s chilled, works hard and all the things girls would like, so just for the fact that he’s the ideal boyfriend material it makes me believe he would be the number one girl. Soz brah! If you were to have a rap battle, which famous rapper would you chose to rap against? John Cena. What was it like opening for Motley Crue? The most surreal experience ever. Playing with rock legends at some of the biggest venues in the UK is something we all dreamed of doing, so to tick it off so early in our careers is rad. What’s your favourite board game? Monopoly. We once spent a whole weekend playing it. We all end up doing dodgy deals and get ridiculously competitive but it’s a game that brings people together.... Nah it brings out the beast in people. I will take anyone on at any time. Would you rather never shave again or never cut your toenails again? Never shave again. I’ve been trying to grow these really cool hipster beards before they were hipster and all I’ve got is some poor Wolverine excuse. Shocking. So in 6 years it’s no longer than when I was 17. Besides imagine Freddy Krueger toenails. No thank you. If you had an animal as a familiar that followed you everywhere, what animal would it be? Pugs. Little chunky puglings.
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Tue 1/Wed 2/Thu 3 Dec • £9 Doors 6.30pm Show 7pm
Christmas Carol Concert Southampton Schools Music Association
Sat 05 Dec • £22 EBO From 1/11 £21 Doors & Start 8pm
Dance Yourself Dizzy Modern Jive Christmas Ball Sun 06 Dec • £6 £9 £11 Concessions may apply 11.30am 2pm 6pm
Southampton Gymnastics 47th Annual Gym Gala Wed 09 Dec • Free entry including refreshments and an afternoon tea dance. Start 10am
BBC Radio Solent Big Christmas Cuppa A chinwag, mince
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The Kooks* Plus Guests
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Psychic Sally: Call Me Psychic
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The Darkness* Plus These Raven Skies
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James Morrison†
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Paddy McGuinness
Thu 17 Mar • £29.50
Inspiration Southampton–Joy To The World
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Concert In Aid Of Seafarers UK
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Christmas Party with The Overtones*†
The NME Awards Tour 2016 with Austin Texas
The Royal Marines Band Charity Christmas
Richard Hawley
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Ed Byrne Outside, Looking In Sat 16 Apr • £14.50
Neck Deep and Creeper*† Plus Special Guests
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Bellowhead The Farewell Tour† No support
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John Grant†
Jason Donovan
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Ten Good Reasons & Greatest Hits
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Father John Misty†
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Bowling For Soup* Plus The Dollyrots + Lacey
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ENTER SHIKARI ‘THE MINDSWEEP HOSPITALISED’
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Teaming up with drum & bass / EDM label Hospital Records they’ve handpicked twelve different producers, with twelve individual styles to remix a song each from the album, put them all together and released it as an album in its own right. This, is ‘The Mindsweep Hospitalised’. As vocalist Rou Reynolds explains: “We’ve always been big on our B-sides and remixes, with every album we’ve always tried to get a load of drum & bass remixes done. Hospital-wise we did one with High Contrast around the time of our second album ‘Common Dreads’, for instance. While we were making ‘The Mindsweep’ we started the idea of having a consolidated collection of just d’n’b tracks. Because ‘The Mindsweep’ is such a varied album we just thought it’d be quite interesting to see what a drum & bass take on each track would be, and Hospital’s the one label that I personally have been into forever.”
Shikari have always had an element of dub and drum & bass in their music so it’s no huge leap to take it that one step further and help bridge the gap between dance music and metal. And it totally works. Whether you’re a fan of Shikari’s signature metal, a fan of Etherwood’s sweeping soundscapes or Danny Byrd’s traditional dance build ups there’s something on this album that will make every listener think ‘ooooh…I bet that’s going to sound awesome out of an enormous sound system in a room packed full of people having a great time’. London Elektricity’s take on ‘Dear Future Historians’ stands out as it allows the vocal line to breathe across the music like a giant exhale and packs the track with euphoric notes.
It’s a brave thing to do, to take your top ten album and pass it into the hands of a whole team of Spotlight on… check out the Reso remix individual producers to do with Definitely of ‘Anaesthetist’ – a guaranteed each song what they will, but must for those who like their to crush them in a that’s exactly what Enter Shikari breakdowns style akin to early Prodigy having an intergalactic space battle with have done with their hit record Roni Size. ‘The Mindsweep’ which was released in January of this year. Catch them live @ the BIC | february 22
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ENTER SHIKARI
Our gigs of the Month
Wed 2nd Dec 20:30, Lord Nelson, Poole : Darren Hodson Fri 4th Dec 21:00, Chaplins Cellar Bar, Boscombe : Iron Boot Scrapers + We Are Robot
www.rock-regeneration.co.uk November was a month packed full of pure ,self indulgent musical distractions as I took myself off to London to see U2 in the O2 Arena for a few concerts of epic proportions. In stark contrast to this I was one of the privileged few to be invited to the intimate Joe Bonamassa gig at Mr Kyps. Joe played his first ever UK gig here after Mark Kyp invited him over seemingly paying his airfare. The guitar legend made a promise to Mark in the early days to return and with massive media attention, this was his return. The whole Bonamassa rig was crammed into Mr Kyps and he along with his band treated the fans were treated to a two hour extravaganza which included tracks from all areas of Joe’s career. A gig that all who were there will remember for a very long time to come.Check out our full review of the gig at www.rock-regeneration.co.uk CHINNERS Chinners Recommends Soulhole “Fools on Parade” EP www.soulhole.co.uk Mikey Ball “Castway” EP www.mikeyball.com Regional One “Smoke it Away” www.regionaloneband.co.uk City Bound “Overboard” www.facebook.com/CityBoundUK joe bonamassa
Fri 4th Dec 21:00, Thomas Tripp, Christchurch The V2’s + Fish Out of Water + City Bound Sat 5th Dec 21:00, Poison Apple, Bournemouth : The Jack Ratts Sat 5th Dec 21:00, White Hart, Wimborne Minster : The Mother Ukers Sun 6th Dec 20:00, Mr. Kyps, Poole : Bad Manners + The Decatonics Fri 11th Dec 20:30, Lord Nelson, Poole : Lady Winwoods Maggot Sat 12th Dec 19:30, Anvil, Bournemouth : Manhattan Dragon + Sound the Siren + Jasmine Branca Thu 17th Dec 20:00, Mr. Kyps, Poole : The Villanova’s + Jack Grace + Jawbone + Cormac Nagle Thu 17th Dec 19:30, O2 Academy, Bournemouth : The Darkness + These Raven Skies Fri 18th Dec 19:30, Old Fire Station, Bournemouth : Blossoms+ The Vryll Society + Vida Beach Thu 24th Dec 21:00, Boathouse Christchurch : Tom Clements Wed 30th Dec 20:00, Mr. Kyps, Poole : Pronghorn Thu 31st Dec 21:00, Chaplins Cellar Bar, Boscombe : Pachango
Last month saw the opening of a brand new music hub in Dorset called “Freestyle”. On first inspection the Holton Heath (Poole) based place from the outside looks just like a warehouse. Once you enter you begin to fully understand what owner Mark Patrick is planning. The place has five fully stocked rehearsal rooms and a shop floor selling a host of musical equipment including an extensive range of guitars. The exciting thing is part of the warehouse has been sound proofed and has a full sized stage. Mark is planning on turning this into a music venue putting on gigs for local and touring bands. A new venue is always welcome, but set up is this way could hopefully see some great new input into the local music scene in 2016. Check out the venue details here: www.freestyle.guitars
If you would like to find out more about the gigs and artists mentioned in my blog please go to www.rock-regeneration.co.uk. If you would like your band or gig featured here or on the Rock Regeneration website contact me: chinners@rock-regeneration.co.uk. Each Wednesday listen to local music show “Livewire Live” between 7-9pm on 90.1 Hope FM or listen online at www.hopefm.com
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previews BEN GUNN & THE JUNKYARD ANGELS
Skifflebilly - yeah, that’s a thing!
Ben Gunn and The Junkyard Angels are turning heads with a raucous new sound they’re calling New British Skifflebilly.Their music draws heavily on the passion of Big Bill Broonzy and Leadbelly while mixing it with the energy of and emotion of Skiffle and rhythm and blues. You can guarantee yourself a toe tapping, hand clapping hoedown with this lot!
FOR FANS OF: LEADBELLY / HOBO JONES & THE JUNKYARD DOGS
STATUS QUO
DEC 10 | THE BIC
Let’s rock and boogie
Classic rock gods with a boogie twist, British hard-rock band Status Quo formed in 1962. Although they began as a rock and roll freakbeat band experimenting with psychedelia, they later altered into a foot tapping, hit pumping rock boogie band. With over 60 chart hits, their unbelievable back catalogue and impeccable musical talent ensure all involved a fantastic night! Wilko Johnson supports. FOR FANS OF: SLADE / SAXON/ FREDDIE MERCURY
European house masters
The prolific German House and Techno duo Format: B debut at Halo this month. Riding the wave of their huge single ‘Chunky’ which has been all over the clubs since back in May and has become one of the anthems of the summer season in Ibiza, the boys will be throwing down a 2 hour set of phat and ahem... Chunky grooves! Sorry, not sorry... FOR FANS OF: DANIEL STEINBERG / AKA AKA / PLEASUREKRAFT
STEELEYE SPAN
DEC 12 | POOLE LIGHTHOUSE The new generation of rap metal
FORMAT B
DEC 11 | HALO Leaders of folk rock fusion
Steeleye Span’s not just a legendary name in British music but also a link to the classic days of rock and folk music. Their 2014 release ‘Wintersmith in collaboration with Sir Terry Pratchett’ delighted long time fans, introduced them to a new audience and broke new creative ground. With the introduction of new fiddle player Jessie May Smart comes a youthful vibrant force into one of the most successful folk rock bands ever. FOR FANS OF: FAIRPORT CONVENTION / ELIZA CARTHY
Fresh from opening for Motley Crue only weeks ago and having already toured with the likes of Papa Roach, The One Hundred are taking a step back from arena shows to hit The Anvil this month. Mixing an eclectic combination of crushing guitars and infectious electronica, the band have a unique home-grown approach to song writing which incorporates elements of metal, hip hop, rock and dance. FOR FANS OF: HACKTIVIST / PAPA ROACH / (HED) PE
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DEC 05 | CHAPLIN’S
THE ONE HUNDRED
DEC 16 | THE ANVIL
previews GNARWOLVES
DEC 17 | SOUND CIRCUS
DIY Punk titans
The Pizza Skate Punks are back. This band play songs that are universally relatable and yet wonderfully individual. Gnarwolves are the new face of punk and there are no two ways about it. With quick songs that hit you in the face before you have time to react the band will pack plenty of huge tunes into the set. Gnarwolves bring everything that belongs in a great punk show: fun, brilliant songs, and passion. FOR FANS OF: NECK DEEP / ALKALINE TRIO / MOOSE BLOOD
Rhythm & blues & boogie-woogie
JOOLS HOLLAND
FOR FANS OF: DR FEELGOOD / ALABAMA 3 / THE COMMITMENTS
DEC 18 | THE BIC
Performing tracks spanning his entire solo career, as well as songs taken from his new duets album ‘Sirens of Song’, Jools once again brings his boogie-woogie party to town. This time round he’s bringing KT Tunstall, Ruby Turner, Louise Marshall, Mabel Ray to lend their vocal powers and of course his world-class Rhythm & Blues Orchestra will put the oompa into the whoel shebang.
THE LIBERTINES
Definitely not a shambles, baby
Reforming in 2010 after a 6 year hiatus, The Libertines are best known for being the cornerstone of the English independent scene in the early 00’s. Dogged by their internal conflicts over lead singer’s Pete Doherty’s prolific drug use they disbanded in 2004 but they’re back and working on a new album and are headed this way on tour.
JAN 29 | THE BIC FOR FANS OF: KASABIAN / THE STROKES / PEACE That’s Entertainment Acoustic Tour FROM THE JAM The Jam were the sound of the British youth in the late 70s and this intimate show is a rare opportunity to hear those songs in this stripped down way. Bruce Foxton and Russell Hastings, joined on stage by pianist Tom Heel, will perform a selection of songs from The Jam’s extensive back catalogue. Expect to hear classics such as Going Underground, Town Called Malice and The Modern World . FOR FANS OF: THE JAM / THE UNDERTONES / MADNESS
SUNSET SONS
APR 08 | O2 ACADEMY
MAR 03 | DORCHESTER ARTS Surf, sunshine and sounds
Made up of UK & Aussie surfers living in Hossegor, in South West France, Sunset Sons formed in Tignes and have been fast winning over crowds in both the surf and snowboard communities with their infectious and energised shows. Their catchy and upbeat piano-led indie pop is exactly what you need after a long day in the surf or on the slopes. A sure fire hit in Bournemouth, best grab your tickets quick! FOR FANS OF: WOLF ALICE / HAIM / THE 1975
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Willowen are a trio from Bournemouth who have pioneered the exciting genre of Indie-Quirk Folk... at least, that’s what they’re calling it. Fusing three part harmonies, indie rock ethics and a folky twist, the band has been described as a quirky mixture of folk and Fleetwood Mac. They have performed at Isle of Wight Festival, Larmer Tree Festival and Purbeck Folk Festival in recent years, as well as sharing the stage with the likes of KT Tunstall and Paul Heaton (The Beautiful South/Housemartins) and are regulars on their hometown circuit in Bournemouth. We caught up with them recently to find out a little bit more… Who are you and what do you do in the band? I’m George - percussionist, vocal harmoniser and head honcho of admin.
And your favourite gig you’ve played so far? Probably Purbeck Folk Festival in 2012 - it was our first year playing there and ever since it has become a favourite of ours. I remember looking up and seeing KT Tunstall watching us and suddenly had that amazing feeli that all of our hard work as an independent band was paying off. Hopefu there’s much more to come!
What’s coming up in 2016? We’re heading into the studio at the end of this month to finish a new EP - so we’re incredibly excited about that. We’ll also be doing a UK tour i April and playing as many festivals as possible in the Summer, as well as touring in Holland and Germany in August. Our long term aim is to relea our second album at some point...It’s shaping up to be an amazing year that’s for sure!
Catch them live @ Chaplin’s | December 26 www.facebook.com/willowenuk
How did you get together? Willowen started in 2010 when Jonny and I were practicing at school alongside our now former keyboardist, Mike Sugden. We were playing under that line up for around a year and a half until we met our current violinist, Jasmine Watkiss, who has become an integral member of the band and helped us shape the current sound we are continually developing. How would you describe your music in three words? Indie quirk folk. Who are your biggest influences? We have a wide range of influences amongst the three of us, but Newton Faulkner, Fleet Foxes, Vampire Weekend, KT Tunstall and Seth Lakeman are probably the strongest in relation to our style of music. If you could tour with anyone in the world, who would it be? That’s a tough question! Personally, I’d choose Jack Johnson. Every day would be so relaxed and the atmosphere at his live shows is so powerful, yet life affirming. We’re always incredibly grateful to tour alongside anyone to be honest! What do you do when you’re not being Willowen? I’m actually a teacher in Nottingham. Jasmine is in her final year at University in Durham and Jonny is working his way towards a full time career as a musician, working on Willowen, his solo career and a couple of other projects, as well as a few bar shifts in between. What’s the best gig you’ve ever been to? Another tough question - however, System of a Down at Wembley this year was absolutely mind blowing. I was so nervous beforehand that I actually felt physically sick, so I ran over to the Sainsbury’s over the road and necked around eight cans of strongbow...I remember running up and down the staircase during ‘Toxicity’ like an absolute maniac, but it was the best hour and a half of my life - no question.
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