Cornelius Gold: His uncle was the legendary Skin Dude; once the world's most tattooed man and a fearless sword swallower. Sadly he died in 1979. However his skin is now owned by a Japanese collector, so in a way, he's still with us.
Cornelius spent his formative years touring around the world with his father and Skin Dude where he was taught many circus skills and bizarre magic. Cornelius includes the amazing string from stomach and fire breathing from both ends in his repetoire.
Sebastian Silver:
Sebastian is an excellent magician and fire artist. He has worked around the country as a mix n mingle magician and has performed his fire routine at festivals and street theatre events.
His taste in magic leans toward the dark side. He enjoys the shock factor and seeing is believing when he puts a real power drill up his nose and submits himself to the human chopping board.
PRESS QUOTES:
“The Incredible Blood Brothers are the Sex Pistols of magic” - New Musical Express
"This really is an event you cannot miss!" - Trinity and All Saints College, Leeds
“The most unusual and amazing act we’ve ever booked!” - Plater College, Oxford
“Shit! They were weird!” - Bulldog Bash
"It was the adults who were cringing, the kids all thought it was hysterically funny!" - Bikers1.com
Music
Currently listening to: Kings of Leon, Ignition UK, the Shocks, Tim Buckley, Misty in Roots.
Movies
Dead Poets Society,The Bucket List,In Bruges, Hammer Horror, Laurel and Hardy, The Wicker Man,The Day the Earth Stood Still,The Snowman, The Greatest Show on Earth, Pan's Labrynth,Groundhog Day,Atonement The Man Who Would Be King, And Your Mamma Too, The Prestige, Cassablanca, The Hunchback of Notredame, Jackass, Sideways, Amelie,Our Day Out, A Room for Romeo Brass, Napoleon Dynamite, Kes, Spring and Port Wine, Along the Riviera, Lock Stock, Fight Club, Zulu, Acid House, Trainspotting,Spring and Port Wine, Saturday Night Sunday Morning, Oh Lucky Man, If........
Television
Peep Show, Chuckle Brothers, Mark Thomas, Brass Eye, Mary Mungo and Midge, Mr Benn, The Slammer, Jackass, Later with Jools Holland, Secret Cabaret, Real Hustle, Eggheads, Dr Who, Louis Theroux, Gordon Ramsey, Question Time, anything thats on at 3am when I cant get to sleep.
Books
Dont really get much time to read these days but one day...The Grass Arena, stART,CSLewis, Astrology, Irvine Welsh, Bill Bryson,Memoirs of a Sword Swallower, Magic Books, biography, Short Stories.
Combining breath-taking and innovative illusions with side-splitting banter and astonishing sideshow stunts, The Incredible Blood Brothers have amazed and astounded audiences all over the world. With over ten years experience on stage and screen, The Incredible Blood Brothers have honed their skills to produce an act which is action packed, exciting and unique!
Their proven track record in venues as diverse as nightclubs, universities, corporate events, festivals, casinos, private parties, military bases and motorbike rallies have led them to make appearances for many clients such as Microsoft, SHCB, First Leisure, Luminar, Johnson & Johnson, Sky 1, Channel 5, Bulldog Bash, Scala, Brannigans, Charlie Chans, Alternative Arts, Santa Pod Race Tracks, Royal Air Force, Twentys Holidays, Club 18-30, Bad Taste Bears, Granada, Showcall, Leeds Carling Festival, Aftershock Arena and many more.
The act is available as a self-contained show or it can be broken down down into smaller sets, perhaps more suitable for nightclubs and similar environments.
The Incredible Blood Brothers deliver bewildering illusions, hilarious audience participation and startling stunts. Book them for your next event and give your audience a show to remember!
The Incredible Blood Brothers can perform anywhere. They are popular on the University circuit and are well received at corporate events, street theatre, music festivals, comedy clubs, and all other venues.
The latest astounding and amusing setlist includes the following: Needles through flesh (Cornelius has a diploma in needlework ) Nails and real power drill up nose ( Why ? ) Real razorblade chewing swallowing and regurgitation (Spit or swallow? ) Dangerous Mind Reading Routine ( Ouch! It’s a pair of scissors ) Floating Cigarettte ( extra, extra lights ) String from stomach (The impossible possible ) Human Chopping Board. Brick smashed on stomach with lump hammer + Fruit etc chopped on stomach and groin with a Samurai sword ( Jamie Oliver, eat your heart out ) Knives through arm. ( Two routines, both gruesome ) Catching a bullet in the teeth ( Is there a doctor in the house ? ) Simultaneous anal and oral fire breathing ( Burning the candle at both ends )
Who I'd like to meet: Clients include:
Microsoft, Leeds Carling Festival, SHCB, Bad Taste Bears, First Leisure, Luminar, Aftershock Arena, Johnson & Johnson, Sky 1, Channel 5, Bulldog Bash, Scala, Brannigans, Charlie Chans, Alternative Arts, Santa Pod Race Tracks, Royal Air Force, Club 18 - 30, Twentys Holidays, Granada, Showcall & Many Univerities, nightclubs and other venues
TV AND FILM CREDITS
TV
Uk Raw, House of Astonishment, The Jerry Sadowitz Show, The Blue Whale, US documentary, Campus Life. Britains Wildest Sky 1
Film
‘Enjoy the silence’. Short film for Universal.
Antonio Hoyos will be joining us on the 16th of June, appearing as "The Great Antoine!"
We are delighted that this great comedic performer can join our line-up.
The Pop Haydn Post-Modern Medicine Show will be appearing at The Laugh Factory, 8001 Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood! One show at 8:00 PM.
Pop will be joined by Professor Dave Bourne and the Medicine Show Band, Rob Zabrecky, Sophie Evans, Antonio Hoyos, Phil Van Tee and Pop's Candy Girls for a wonderful show of Old Time Music, magic, comedy and variety.
It'll make you feel better!
Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 at the door.
19th Century Attire Welcome!
You can buy tickets at LaughFactory.com or call: 323-6561336 ext 1.
For more information and video go to my Myspace Profile or:
A special DVD set of the February shows is now available to pre-order at the wire-sound shop
This strictly limited edition 2 disc, region free, PAL format DVD set will be shipped in June.
The ‘Real Life + Thereafter’ DVD contains the entire concert filmed at Manchester Academy …
PLUS … Extra features include ‘Feed The Enemy’ filmed at the rehearsals, an alternate take of ‘A Song From Under The Floorboards’ and exclusive images from the period …
PLUS … On the second CD disc, you get an audio recording straight from the desk of 11 songs from the show at The Forum, London …
PLUS … In the package, you get a free tour T-Shirt in any size you like ranging from Super Small to Mighty XL and all stops in between.
In response to the overwhelming appeals from 'The Campaign To Get Andrew Winters Out Of The House' we have, finally, scheduled a Preston gig. We'll be at The Bitter Suite on May 9th. Take a peak at the MyFace page and see if there's anything there you fancy. The Studio one looks set to be a whopper.
Hey Man. It was a Blast in Germany and good to see you in Preston. Said to Simon that i'm gonna help promote the Incredible Blood Brothers on horror forums see if it helps.
Thought we'd let you know that our club, Gypsy Hotel is 2 years old Saturday 18 October and we will of course be playing (our first London show for six months as it goes!)
Doors 6pm Drinking and dancing till 2.30am! Cover £9.99 inc. buffet!
Gypsy Hotel @ Bardens Boudoir Sat 18 October 2008 36-44 Stoke Newington Road London N16 7XJ
If you cant make this one we hope to see you on our support tour with THE POGUES in December - details our newly revamped website www. theurbanvoodoomachine. com (and dont forget to sign up for our mailinglist while you're there!)
Sunday Funday is the not-for-profit inaugural post-clubbing chill-out monthly sunday evening event mixing live acts, DJs, dance, spoken word and circus in a student-friendly Bradford arty city centre venue. Translocating the summer festival vibe into the Love Apple Café Bar (near the Alhambra Theatre - see the map on our MySpace), action packed with all the fun of the fair, Sunday Funday is a great excuse to ditch the crap sunday night telly, and party with no stress. Open-minded, multi-cultural, multi-genre, you'll hear just about anything at our gigs. Whether it's funk, punk, reggae, hip hop, house, techno, dub, breaks, meaningful accoustic sets, or bitesized chunks of world music, we're down with all chilled-out vibes.
To reduce our carbon footprint, we showcase local acts as possible, giving maximum exposure to the stars of tomorrow, in conjunction with Fresh Milk (the Wild West Yorkshire music facilitators), we're helping new artists gain grass roots exposure. On the Sunday October the 5th bill, there's Freyed Knot headlining, plus Divine Shakras, Harris, DJ Shi'me, DJ Immi, Flloyd de Sousa, Meats, and many, many more. This time there's breakdance crew the Soul Monkeys, and future performances will include belly dance and burlesque, and live performance art. Entry is always a mere £3, with beer/lager/real ale at £2 a pint, and fresh veggie and meat hot dogs to keep thirst and hunger under check. There's no dress code, fancy dress optional but welcome.
We're not funded or sponsored in any way, and rely on the kindness and generosity of our able volunteers, so if you want Sunday Funday to suceed, show your support by turning up at the Love Apple carnival between 5 and 11pm and having one hell of a good time. Turn up, tune in, and chill!!!