This Saturday: 7th July: We return after our short break away for our monthly Saturday night special at The Ruby Lounge.
Check out the facebook event here: http://www.facebook.com/events/380738295321851/
Expect some new music, such a this from POND and of course some classic rock n roll from bands like PIXIES:::
Just now on BBC iplayer you can catch the classic rock film Film Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars by DA Pennebaker documenting David Bowie in concert at the Hammersmith Odeon in the 70's.
The film opens to Bowies reflection in the mirror as his make up artist works on his appearance transforming David Bowie to Ziggy Stardust his androgynous alter ego. As Ziggy Stardust you can see him perform many of the greats from the album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars as well as tracks from his other albums Aladdin Sane, Hunky Dory and Space Oddity. Just before the encore Bowie superbly covers one of our favourite songs "White Light/White Heat" by The Velvet Underground. Afterwards the clapping crowd waiting in anticipation for more receive a shock as Bowie re-enters and announces Not only is this the last show of the tour, but it's the last show that we'll ever do. Fittingly to follow Bowie plays "Rock 'n' Roll Suicide" but later a relieved audience would discover that the only suicide was that of the alter ego Ziggy Stardust and not Bowie's music career.
Watch it here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0074nrj/Ziggy_Stardust_and_the_Spiders_from_Mars/
After two sold out shows at the Manchester Evening News Arena this week American rockers Pearl Jam closed the second day at The Isle of Wight Festival with a special tribute to Clash frontman Joe Stummer. "He would have loved this place," Vedder told the crowd. "We were thinking about it on the way here, and sad to say, it’ll be almost 10 years in December he’s not been with us." The band then went on to cover the Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros' 'Arms Aloft'.
The band also done a cover of The Beatles ''Rain'' in fitting circumstances as the festival was a complete washout throughout the day. Mud, rain, Eddie Vedder and Pearl Jam in fine form we are glad to report.
After taking 600 rolls of film and over 20,000 photographs, The Kills are excited to announce Dream and Drive, a book of photographs by their friend and longtime collaborator, photographer Kenneth Cappello.
Released on August 16th, Dream and Drive documents over nine years of the band’s career and captures Alison and Jamie in their most playful, private, intense and intimate moments, both onstage and off. Dream and Drive also includes a foreword written by Alison Mosshart.
Plenty of pics of Alison Mosshart will do us absoulutely fine thanks.....
Rock n Roll legend Patti Smith dropped in at BBC Rado 6 recently to play us some of her favourite tracks.
Bands and artists such a Pixies, Eddie Cochran, PJ Harvey, Jefferson Airplane, My Bloody Valentine, The Byrds as well as a few surprises such us as Madonna!?
Check it out here via the link below......
A while back someone off our facebook page recomended ''Uncle Acid and The Deadbeats'' to us.
A 3 piece from Cambridgeshire. Upon cehcking them out via thier page they descibe themsleves as ''PsychGarageHorrorRock'' and their interests as ''MIND CONTROL HORROR''. Their sound is a hellish as it gets. Here is their album ''Blood Lust'' in full below....
With Black Sabbath influence all over it, an edge of classic rock and heavy psychedelic guitar riffs, dreamy, haunting, howling femme fatale lead, we grabbed it by the neck and emabacred it as much as the tracks themselves do. The dirty, doomy riffs continued as we listened to it more and more and it blew us away. Excellent.
Banksy is believed to have made his own tribute to the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations by stenciling a picture of Her Majesty as Aladdin Sane. Shyly sporting the famous zig zag that Bowie used for his hit 70's record. Rather royalee rock n roll indeed for the jubilee celebrations we think.....here here!
For you fashionable folk Asos are celebrating the Jubilee with some of the best british brands including Fred Perry who are taking 25% off selected items. Oh yes, ladies check this backpack out down from £80 to £64. You can also create your own jubilee accessories by downloading these diy crowns designed by House of Holland, Preen, Danielle Scutt and Julie Verhoeve for asos. Check em out..
Our monthly shindig at The Ruby Lounge this time lands on the weekend of the Queens Diamond Jubilee. After partying on the streets all day come down and celebrate with us to the best in Rock 'n' Roll old and new with an extra British twist. Jolly Good. http://www.facebook.com/events/237746499660048/
On the Monday (our final Monday at South until September) we are going all out with our End of Term Jubilee Do. There will be free champage and jubilee cupcakes. Full club makeover with balloons, bunting and all that jazz, lovely Jubbly..
Its gonna be a right royal racket..
"God save the queen, she aint' no human being"
32 years ago today (18th May) Ian Curtis passed away through tragic circumstances.
We still remember the man and most of all the music, here's Joy Divison Live at Manchester Apollo 1979 opening their set with Dead Souls...
Peter Hook and The Light will be performing Joy Division's Still tonight and tomorrow night at Fac251 Factory
Still marks a different challenge for the band and a new experience for the audience as the two disc album comprises some lesser known and previously unreleased material which featured on neither of the first two albums as well as a recording of Joy Divisions last ever concert at Birmingham High Hall on 2nd May 1980.
Tickets are sold out for tonight's show but you can still but tickets for tomorrow on the website www.factorymanchester.com
Victoria Black
