Luna Vegas are now featured on a DVD 'Psychobilly & Rockabilly Mayhem'. Available from Cherry Red Films.
Luna Vegas are also featured on a CD 'Psycho Killers'. A compilation album by Cherry Red Records. Available from Cherry Red Records and all good music stores.
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Luna Vegas formed after Nick Plant (bass) and Daz Night (guitar) got together at the end of 2004. They started reminiscing about old times when they used to play in a band called Stench, a psychobilly band from the late 1980's and early 1990's.
Nick and Daz decided that they would start jamming again, so Daz went out and bought himself a new guitar and Nick bought himself a new double bass.
They started jamming in Daz's lounge just for the enjoyment of playing music again, but they then decided to take it further and start a band.
Phone calls were made to Rob Kinson (guitar) and Jim Goodman (drums), who were former members of The Mutant Zombies, a band that Nick and Daz had also played in back in 1986.
Rob was still playing the guitar and was up for getting together again. Jim had hung up his sticks a long time ago but decided he was up for it, so he invested in a drum kit off Ebay and Luna Vegas were formed.
In 2007 the decision was made to remain a three piece band. Some songs were dropped and in January Luna Vegas booked into The Western Star Recording Studio to record two tracks, Hellkat and Freddie Depthcharge.
Hellkat was later released on a compilation album Psycho Killers.
Impressed by the recordings and help from Alan Wilson, Luna Vegas new this would be the best place to record their first album. More recording sessions followed through the year.
Luna Vegas then struck an album deal with Western Star Records.
At the end of October 2007, Jim (Drums) departed from the band, but this void was soon filled by Chris Ives, the last drummer in Stench before it imploded in 1989.
In November 2007, Psychobilly and Rockabilly Mayhem was released, a promo video of Western Star, featuring Luna Vegas.
Early 2008 the album Strange Men Weird woman was released on Western-Star, also two tracks on Westrn-Star psychobillies vol 2.
With Chris now on drums, the band started to write new material, of which two more tracks appeared on Western-Star psychobillies vol 3. Recording sessions through the year another album deal with Western-Star, it was looking good for a release date early 2009. But not happy with the recordings, decided to rework some of the tracks. The middle of 2009 Matt joined the band on rhythm guitar, the sound had a new powerfull edge but still was well in the bounderies of old- skool, few gig played, all was looking good. Sadly Daz left the band middle of that year. So Matt took over the lead role, with support form Nick and Chris, Matt was able to play the songs for the album, Three days in the studio, album reworked, just the mix left to do, a release date of december time looking good.
The Rubber Room returns on Saturday November 28th for a round of hard hitting rock'n'roll from howlin' blues through stuttering rockabilly, into surf and frat before winding up with some killer 60's garage.
come on down and do the stroll, the shimmy, the shake, whatever moves you and let's have a party!
Spinning the savage 45's will be Nick Smith & Tom Lawrie plus friends
sleazy video projections all night.
The Maze (Forest Tavern), Mansfield Rd, Nottingham
10.30 - 3am £3 Sat. 28th Nov
next night will be December 11th with Louie & The Louie's + Hipbone Slim & The Knee Tremblers LIVE on stage - killer frat/surf and rockabilly party from a great band comprising Sir Bald Diddley and Ex Milkshakes/Headcoates man Bruce Brand.
Come see our all Gorey goodies! Edward Gorey, Tim Burton, Edgar Allan Poe, Mark Ryden, Alice in Wonderland, Gris Grimly, Emily, Coraline, Lenore, Twilight, Tattoo & Pin-up Art, Dark Décor, Haunted Portraits, Vintage Halloween, Classic Horror Monsters, Vampires, Skulls & Gargoyles, Pirates, Zombies, Alchemy Gothic Jewelry, Villainess, Rubber Stamps, T-shirts, Postcards, Toys, Books, Posters, and much more!
oohhhhh bonnie the hooters girl in vegas who just kept bringing drinks drinks and more drinks to us while the girlies went shopping...guess who had the more fun hahha
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The Rubber Room presents a Night of Crazed, Derranged, Psychotic and downright Degenerate Halloween Spookiness.
We will be dressing the room up and projecting vintage monster edits through the night as well as spinning some of the strangest and most disturbed 45s in our collections. Alongside the usual mix of blues stompers, rockabilly, sixties garage and frat, surf instros and rock'n'roll.
Hope you can make it!
The Maze, Forest Tavern, Mansfield Road, Nottingham.
When the sun goes down this Halloween there's only one place to head to for some graveyard stomping DJs playing the best in psychobilly, rockabilly and punk rock'n'roll and three of the finest and most energetic rockin' bands in the business....
GO GO CULT come to town for the very first time with their surf, garage, punk sound (featuring Bill Fadden!). These recent signings to Western Star are heavily influenced by The Cramps, Link Wray, GG Allin and The Sonics. www.myspace.com/thegogocult
LUNA VEGAS come to howl in the Moon rather than at it! Another Western Star artist, they have made quite an impact with their frantic live shows and excellent debut cd. www.myspace.com/lunavegas
Tonight’s headliners, SHAKEOUT are without a doubt the finest Psycho rockin' outfit in East Anglia, a title they truly deserve following a lengthy career that has seen them share the stage with bands including The Meteors, Guana Batz and King Kurt. www.myspace.com/shakeoutpsycho
If that's not enough, there's also prizes for the most fiendish fancy dress, DJs playing into the night, drink promotions, and stalls selling cds, band merchandise and handmade clothing and accessories from Jezebelles boutique.
Sat 31st October @Man on the Moon, 2 Norfolk St, Cambridge CB1 2LF £6 on the door Doors 7pm Ticket reservations lastgangintownuk@yahoo.co.uk www.myspace.com/thelastgangintownuk
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the hooters girl in vegas who just kept bringing drinks drinks and more drinks to us while the girlies went shopping...guess who had the more fun hahha 
