A Festival/Club Night we set up ourselves for the good of mankind

IT'S NOT THE END OF THE WORLD

It's an all day art rock apcalypse! (Or "rockocalpypse" if you will).

www.myspace.com/endoftheworldfestival

So anyway, I like alot of bands - ALOT of bands - and not just your chicken-in-a-basket indie fourpieces either (which might or might not come as a shock). I went to a local venue with an idea for a project designed to pump fresh blood into my local "scene" and this is the result.

The main event is going to be an all dayer entitled "IT'S NOT THE END OF THE WORLD" (as many people think Teesside is at the end of the world, if not beyond it - plus it gives me an excuse to promote it by going around town with big placcards telling people not to worry as the world is not going to end...anyway), but there are also some warm up gigs at various venues in the region that I'm organising too featuring a HUGE array of talent and mix of genres from Industrial Hardcore to the tweest of twee folk pop. As I've said previously, I'm fed up with listening to/watching the same style bands up and down the country - this seemed like a perfect excuse to find out if any people feel the same way as me by putting bands on that don't really ahere to the traditional "band" blueprint. 

SATURDAY 12th APRIL @ THE GEORGIAN THEATRE

STOCKTON-ON-TEES (BIRTHPLACE OF THE RAILWAYS, NEAR MIDDLESBROUGH, THE NORTH OF ENGLAND)

Doors 3PM, tickets £5 advance; £7 on the door
Buy online from www.teesmusicalliance.org.uk or in person @ The Georgian Theatre or Green Dragon Studios

in no particular order :

UNTITLED MUSICAL PROJECT(www.myspace.com/untitledmusicalproject)

NOISY CLEVER PUNKY SHOUTY INDIE STUFF FROM BIRMINGHAM

"You want noise? Energy? Electricity? Untitled Musical Project are almost without doubt the most exciting live prospect in the country right now, and have them all in abundance." - Art Rocker
"When it comes to mixing brain and brawn, Untitled Musical Project are in a deafening league of their own. Nice." - NME
"This freshfaced threesome bring you punk in its original, snotty form, smartened up and spat back into your grotty parents faces. Let them show you their land of wicked temptation, just dont expect to ever want to come back." - Drowned In Sound

LR ROCKETS (www.myspace.com/lrrockets)

LONDON NU-RAVE ROCK THAT SEEM TO MAKE LITTLE SENSE BUT STILL SOMEHOW WORKS

"LR Rockets put on a tasty nu-rave indie spread which draws in a lot of youngsters. Live fans are transfixed by their colours and the vocalist’s crazy legs." - The Sun
"LR Rockets are not afraid to rip up the rule book, raid their favourite Jonathan Richmond and Devo tunes, and mix it up with their own mix of what it takes to get people dancing." - Artrocker

THE CHAPMAN FAMILY (www.myspace.com/thechapmanfamily)

MY BAND - FUCKING BRILLIANT - EASILY THE BEST BAND IN THE WORLD RIGHT NOW

"Destined for greatness." - NME
"A brutally hard noise...they motor along in a blur of anger." - Artrocker

RAZMATAZ LORRY EXCITEMENT (www.myspace.com/razmatazlorryexcitement)

AWESOME ONE MAN KNOB TWIDDLING ELECTRONIC DANCE MACHINE FROM NEWCASTLE

"you'd do well to check this out." - NME
"smart Daft Punk-esque dancefloor electro with a retro edge and a punkish sensibility." - new-noise.net

THE CHIARA L'S (www.myspace.com/thechiarals)

UNASHAMED GIRLY INDIE POP WITH THE OCCASIONAL FILTHY LYRIC

"Choon!, Sharp, Short, Smart and Snappy! Just How we like it!" - Huw Stephens, Radio 1

FOXCOCK (www.myspace.com/foxcock)

BOY/GIRL DRUM/SYNTH DUO FROM TEESSIDE. WEAR SCARY MASKS AND GET NAKED. BRLLIANT

ENGINES AND INSTRUMENTS (www.myspace.com/enginesandinstruments)

TWO HUMANS, ONE ROBOT TRYING TO KILL OFF ROCK N ROLL FOR GOOD

PENNY BROADHURST (www.myspace.com/pennybroadhurst)

LEEDS BASED SPOKEN WORD ARTIST NOW SINGING PRETTY POP SONGS

LADY KITT (www.myspace.com/lady_kitt)

NEWCASTLE BASED PERFORMANCE ART NUT JOB

ANKLES (www.myspace.com/anklesband)

TWO BASS PLAYERS, ONE DRUMMER. ATMOSPHERIC POST ROCK FROM SUNNY HARTLEPOOL

THE PRESTIDIGITATORS (www.myspace.com/gillhammusic)

TERRIFYING NOISE TERRORISM. NOT FOR THE FAINT HEARTED. OPENING THE SHOW!

and a couple more to be announced (if they agree)

PLUS! Miserable and melancholic tunes played all day by a DJ instructed only to play ballads, the classical music of Verdi and Smiths songs.

Hopefully, these initial gigs in March/April are just the start - I'm planning bigger and better things over the summer and winter of which I'm ure I'll keep you, the masses, informed.