Kensington Arms is a hardcorepunk band from the north of The Netherlands. Its first incarnation released a demo-cd in November 2006 but subsequently proceeded to lose half of its bandmembers, the coming about of which led them to reconsider the amount of manly and moshy breakdown they put in their songs. Once a new solid line-up of (just slighty) less manly and moshy musicians (both bearded and non-bearded) was established, the bands mutual efforts in writing new songs catharticly accumilated in the birth of a brand new, self-recorded, less manly and moshy ep, aptly named 'Songs of Separation', in the month of december 2008. This instant-classic is filled with poorly pulled off (just in order to keep it punk, ofcourse) technical and adequately performed straightforward riffage as well as hippie-like rambles expressing unsparing dissaproval over the destructive ways of our greed ridden society. After the release of their magnum opus, the band went on to perform said songs live, admittedly to mixed response, in front of both dutch and german, bearded and non-bearded, audiences.
Wether you possess a beard or not, should you wish our unholy riffage of doom to wreak sonic havoc in a more comfortable environment than the local youth center (oder Jugendhaus) where sweaty, tattooed (and often bearded) men besiege you in raging fury in the act of engaging in some primal and aggressive dancing style, do not hesitate to order our ep 'Songs of Seperation'...
This for the symbolic, 'less than your dull job's hour wage' amount of 5 euro's (excluding postage), by sending an e-mail with the required information (that is: name and address) to kensingtonarms@gmail.com. We also have some shirts for sale, unfortunately with our old (nevertheless, more manly and moshy, hence the roaring bearded lions instead of that gay bird) logo, which can be purchased by following excactly the same procedure as the one described above (yet, replace the word 'ep' in your correspondence with the word 'shirt' and be sure to mention the desired size in order for the purchased item to optimally emphasize your masculine curves). The fiscal damage of this would be 7 euro's (yet again, excluding postage).
In case you're still here: if you want us to play a show at your pub, festival, squat, youth center, Jugendhaus (jawohl), living room or whatever other accomodation that is able to occupy five manly and moshy men (some of which bearded) and ideally some audience members as well, we'd be joyful to do so. Whoopie! Once again avoid hesitation in sending us and e-mail to the adress I've mentioned before, and will mention again: kensingtonarms@gmail.com. Mosh safely and sincere. See you in the pit.
Muziekreis door het Berlijn van toen en nu - van jazzhel tot technohemel 1e druk uitverkocht – 2e herziene druk eind oktober verwacht
Muziekreis door het Berlijn van toen en nu - van jazzhel tot technohemel is een boek dat in slechts 4,5 maand volledig is uitverkocht. De tweede druk van het boek ligt inmiddels bij de drukker en wordt eind oktober verwacht. Wie tussen nu en 25 oktober het boek online besteld, maakt dus in feite een reservering voor een exemplaar van de 2e druk. En dat belonen we graag! Wie vóór 25 oktober online besteld, betaalt geen verzendkosten.
Revu: '…. aanstekelijk historische werk…. ' Volkskrant: '… een prima excursiereader, maar ook een reisgids om zelfstandig mee door muziekstad Berlijn te lopen.' Dagblad van het Noorden: Jonker omzeilt de valkuil van betweterigheid en waakt voor een te gedetailleerd informatiebombardement. Daardoor leest haar boek als een vlotte, alternatieve resiids, ...' FileUnder.nl: 'Een must voor zowel muziekliefhebbers als politiek geïnteresseerden.' LiveXS: 'Voor iedereen die ooit in Berlijn is geweest, er nog naar toe wil of gewoon precies wil weten hoe Berlijn is geworden tot wat het is, lees dit.' CuttingEdge.be: 'Al weet je best veel van de Duitse geschiedenis, zo aangenaam compact, met een rode draad, kom je zelden tegen.'
I really appreciate your support! Show me some love and comment on my drumming profile if you haven't already! Lots of new things are in the works, so make sure you add The Classic Struggle to stay informed! Expect a new full length in late 2009 on Metal Blade / Ironclad Records and prepare to be THRASHED!
thanx for the add, too XD yeah, we also had a lot of fun in freiberg! it was a great show... unfortunately I missed the show in katys garage in dresden but hope you'll play again here someday XD
thanks for the message. it's funny to hear that the „flugel“ record is spinning. we looking forward for our new record. you guy's will be the 2end who can hear the stuff - after us. we hope your objectives for this year keep according to schedule. so we can play again in october.
stay ind contact.
P.S. if you have any contact in and around spain ... would be good to have to realize our tour in september.
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