Amanda Grace- Vocals,
Tallulah Japanese- Keyboards & Backing Vocals,
Rossco Wylde- Jasper Williams - Drums,
Will James - Bass,
D. Stewart- Guitar
Influences
adam and the ants, q and not u, patti smith, buzzcocks, steve cropper, cocteau twins, kate bush, cramps, my bloody valentine, eno's warm jets, siouxsie and the banshees, the slits, sparks, t rex, white stripes, pj harvey, flying burrito bros, new york dolls, bluetip, johnny cash, stooges, shangri-las, patsy cline, ramones, arcade fire, supremes, spiritualized, the fall, captain beefheart, swans, royal trux, pixies, joy division, the cure, marvin gaye, the rapture, primal scream, tina turner, tv on the radio, 4AD, at the drive-in, celebration, throbbing gristle, velvet underground, nick cave, interpol, saul williams, the mars volta, animal collective, the doors, the faint, angelo badalamenti, the 90 day men, fugazi, television,
Sounds Like
buzzcocks songs sung by patti smith played by the cure pulverized in a no wave blender in a car crash with 1979 heading for the future in a post-apocalyptic sesame street playground singalong
ClayMachineGun are Amanda Grace, Lauren Jones, Dan 'Ol' Red' Stewart, Will James and Jasper Williams (filling in for erstwhile drummer Ross Wilde). Unified under the manifesto slogan 'create your own weapon' CMG cross post-punk no-wave and post-hardcore influences with pop sensibilities and mashed rock 'n' roll gospell in a disco-party club trash sound.
Founded in early '05 ClayMachineGun quiclky wrote and recorded an album's worth of material before losing it all in a studio burglary in which all their computers, hard-drives and some instruments were taken. Regrouping CMG played their debut gig at the Great Eastern Hotel in August '05, ironically without guitarist Ol' Red, who in a mist of smoke, strobes and lazers was misplaced in the crowd and failed to take the stage; prompting ArtRocker magazine's infamous decry, '...music for deaf people...'.
Previous shows have included support slots for Primal Scream, in London and Manchester; the ViceMagazine 'Jackalope' festival; Selfridge's 'Future Punk' season; and Ronnie Scott's. Drawing plaudits along the way from Bobbie Gillespie of Primal Scream, "the ultra-vixon pharmaceutical storm trooper in stilletoes", and Ronnie Scott's Artistic Director Leo Green, "...you basically came in here, took jazz, threw it on the floor and stamped on it... i really wanted to hate you, but by the end i was loving it".
CMG are currently booking a nationwide tour to promote the release of their debut double A-side single, 'Kick that bitch in the Cunt'/'69 (..Seen the light...)'; forthcoming on Two Thumbs Records, and produced by Robin Wynn-Evans, half of the management team behind Dundonian upstarts The View. They have appeared in NME, as Alan McGee's One'sToWatch; The Fly; and French newspaper Liberation.
The ultimate Swingin' Thing collection 'Desperate Living' is finally available!
Featuring "Avenue Boys" & "Let's Do It With The Lights On". 'Desperate Living' encompasses every debauchery filled era of Swingin' Thing from 1989 to 1994.
This is hands down the best Swingin' Thing compilation money can buy, The album is silver pressed with 18 classic cuts (hand picked by the band) with a rare never before seen photo shoot used for the cover art (from the early Glam days!) All of this for only $14.99!
"Wetter is massive, it will make Julian a star" - Alan McGee (Creation Records)
"Very impressed" - David J (Bauhaus/Love and Rockets)
"This guy has massive talent" - Boom Boom Chik
"Sublime rock/electronic" - Mojophenia
Acclaimed indie/electro fourpiece and winners of The JD Set Unsigned, Neon Kicks are playing their highly-anticipated debut London show next Thursday 13 August!
Don’t miss out – find out what’s getting these people excited:
“Neon Kicks are amazing!” Huw Stevens, BBC Radio 1
“The best unsigned band of the lot – a distinctive sound and a unique voice. I can see them going places.” David Gedge of The Wedding Present
“This could be something really big.” Richard Davies, reviews editor – Artrocker Magazine
Hi, guys,
Just wanted to let you know that round 1 of the next People's Music Awards kicks off next month so we are putting the call out to all new and unsigned bands to enter their best song into this years awards (completely free of charge)
I had afew drinks with the sav last night and we gotta get you up to leeds to do some gigs with myself and pushbike army ... i was hoping to see you at strummercamp but iheard youve had to cancel ... anyway good stuff see ya soon ... Rob
CMG! i need a demo from ya'll! i hung out with the A&R guy for Cat Power (Matador) at my loft today (she did a photoshoot for paper magazine - may issue - check it out).
i think he likes me.
i got her her # and you have to meet us in Miami so we can all party together!
anyway, i gave him crystal's and georgina's - fellow rock debutate from argentina, aka AVENUE - AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA - their demos.
“East of Havana is the real deal.” - The New York Times
LONDON
festival
March 12 (Monday)
Birds-Eye View Film Festival
Institute of Contemporary Arts
TICKET LINK:
http://www.birds-eye-view.co.uk/2007/havana.htm
LOS ANGELES
theater
March 9 (Fri) - 15 (Thurs)
Laemmle’s Grande 4-Plex
345 S. Figueroa St.
Downtown Los Angeles, 90071
213-617-0268
TICKET LINK:
http://www.laemmle.com/viewmovie.php?mid=2326
MIAMI
Theater
March 21 (wed) to March 24 (sat)
Cinemateque on Espanola Way, Miami Beach
TICKET LINK:
http://www.tix.com/Schedule.asp?OrganizationNumber=101
TIX GOIN LIKE HOTCAKES!
more shout-outs…..
“A New Social Club”
--Cary Darling (SXSW)
“If you thought that the Buena Vista Social Club was all that needed to be said about Cuban music, now there's East of Havana”
--Peter Rainer (Christian Science Moniter)
“There are lessons in [East of Havana] political as well as musical – that the download generation would do well to heed if they can tear themselves from MTV”
--Barry Didcock (Sunday Herald, Scotland)
Hey Gunners~ Thanks for sharing Amanda with us for a few weeks. We need her presence occasionally to help keep us insane. Love and a-bombs from across the pond...
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