Ford Timelord, KITT, Morris Minor and the Majors, Dick Dale, Link Wray, Man Or Astroman?, Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet, Phono Comb, Atomic 7, Pixies, Reverend Horton Heat, Laika and the Cosmonauts, Eddie Angel, The Panasonics, The Fall, The Shadows, The Ventures, The Zombies, The Tornadoes, The Astronauts, The Upsetters, The Cramps, The Bambi Molesters, The Ghastly Ones, The V.Cs, Slint, Sonic Youth, Tortoise, Ivory Springer, Gravenhurst, Kraftwerk, Add N To (X), The Residents, Shellac, Blues Explosion, Fantomas, Marc Ribot, Joe Meek, Lee 'Scratch' Perry, Sculpture, FUD
Sounds Like
"Mustard Allegro are not from California. Perhaps, then, the office blocks, docks and cranes of their native Bristol explain the angular portwards list of their peculiar brand of Surf music. The sense of humour is certainly British: named after an iconically awful 1970s car, and sporting track titles like 'At the Mount of the Chocolate Fountain, At the Fount of the Chocolate Mountain (Hyperdrive!)', the Mustards inhabit a world in which King Crimson write energetic two-minute micro-epics with Joe Meek at the controls, then dash down to the beach, boards in arms, only to find half a mile of mud between them and the Severn Estuary."
For fans of:
Dick Dale, Link Wray, Man Or Astroman?, Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet, Phono Comb, Pixies, Reverend Horton Heat, Laika and the Cosmonauts, Eddie Angel, The Panasonics, The Fall, The Shadows, The Ventures, The Zombies, The Tornadoes, The Astronauts, The Upsetters, The Cramps, The Bambi Molesters, The Ghastly Ones, The V.Cs, Slint, Sonic Youth, Tortoise, Ivory Springer, Gravenhurst, Kraftwerk, Shellac, Blues Explosion, Fantomas, Marc Ribot, Joe Meek, Lee 'Scratch' Perry, Sculpture, FUD...
Support the Junction! The Junction, our most-played venue, is trying to help keep its monetary head above the financial waters by selling compilation CDs. Mustard Allegro have contributed a track, the German-language version of Great White, featuring Rahoki on guest vocals. It's called Grosser Weisser (spelt wrong on the CD cover, but that's DIY for you), and you can't get it anywhere else. The album's called DisJunction, and there are 20 top tunes on there, by artists including S J Esau, You And The Atom Bomb, Team Brick, White Trash Ambition, and those it says on the banner down there. myspace.com/thejunctionbristol
Mustard Allegro formed in January 2006, so don't expect much of a back-story. For the benefit of international readers, we should explain that the Allegro was an iconically awful British car of the 1970s, and particularly so in the colour officially called 'harvest gold' or some such guff.
Some of our track titles:
Bradley's New Shoes
Our Finances are in Ruin, Let's Go to the Casino
Guns at Dawn, Spats to Pawn
The Italian Catering Incident
At the Mount of the Chocolate Fountain, At the Fount of the Chocolate Mountain (Hyperdrive!)
Summer of Monkey / Pheasants' Revolt
For Once I Was Not Being Sarcastic
We have a website, at mustardallegro.co.uk. There might be a hidden MP3 there or something.
The Mighty Stef [AKA Stefan Murphy] is a singer and songwriter from Dublin Ireland, celebrated for the storytelling nature of his songs and his passionate live shows. He and his band are a veritable band of rock n roll Pirates, sailing a sea of influences that include everything from The Rolling Stones to the Pogues, Nick Cave To the Clash and Johnny Thunders to Johnny Cash.
Howlin' Lord - 'Galloping raw country blues. It's terrific, entirely in keeping with the spirit of Hank Williams, whining, urgent and desperate. ' Kid Pensioner Venue Magazine
+ DJ's spinning country, blues, r'n'b, primitive and not so primitive rock'n'roll.
@ Mother’s Ruin, St Nicholas Street, Bristol. BS1 1UE…..8pm til 2am..
MUCK & THE MIRES from Boston...UNCUT 4 Star Rated and VOX amplification endorsed, Classic Nuggets style Garage Rock’n’Roll with nods towards what the Yanks call the British Invasion sound – all two-minutes long and all potential hits.
Winners of Little Steven Van Zandt’s Garage nationwide 'Battle of the Bands' contest.
Muck & the Mires opened for the New York Dolls show at SXSW this year and have graced the stage around the World with greats such as MC5, the Yardbirds, the Stooges and Dick Dale.
They are coming to England with their new album produced by legendary Kim Fowley!!
From Brooklyn…JONNY CHAN & THE NU DIE NASTY SIXX
Detroit born Jonny began his Garage Punk career in the 80s with high school pals Freddy Fortune and Michael Maltese (whom later formed reknowned Fortune & Maltese) in Nuggets/Pebbles inspired The Covingtons, playing the seediest dives with like minded miscreants such as The 3D-Invisibles and The GORIES.
Upon moving to New York he formed Jonny Chan & the New Dynasty Six
Whom became one of the most popular bands in Manhattan and were voted ‘BEST BAND IN BROOKLYN’ by the NEW YORK PRESS.
They have shared the stage in New York with ? & The Mysterians, Rocket from The Crypt, Richard & the Young Lions, The Fleshtones and even the Troggs! And played Rock’n’Roll photographer Bob Gruen’s birthday party.
Jonny Chan recorded the theme song (& appeared on) the amazing cult monster themed kids show ‘Ghoul A Go Go’.
This Easter Jonny makes his debut European appearance in the UK with his teenage English side kicks, The Nu Die Nasty Sixx, proving that the fiery spirit of garage punk transcends all ages!
Doktor Combover…. Stripbeat Sleaze from Liverpool…. filthy instrumentals with a Hammond backbone and driving Sax. Mondo Topless raw, ass-shakin grooves!!! Plus…. The Mantawrays.… Lively Surf Supremos with a splash of Raucous R’n’B, Frat stompers! Plus… Los Imbasils DJ formation team & special guests Andy & Carl Combover from the Go-Go Cage club & Mishka She-Creature for your Garage, Soul, R’n’B, Surf and Beat dancing needs. 9pm - 2am … £5 @ the Fratcave, below the Crown, St Nic's Market, Bristol. BS1 1JH.
LOS CONIOS - Fantastic ’HIGH OCTANE’ performers make their Gimme Shelter! debut! www.myspace.comlosconios
MATT BEATPUNK - Solo set from the BEATPUNK frontman.
With the Gimme Shelter! club night , John The Mod and guests spinning 60’s Garage & Psych, Northern Soul, Freakbeat, Punk, Rock & Roll and Go Go! against a backdrop of vintage lights, films and projections.
www. myspace. com/gimmeshelterclubbristol
Takes place Upstairs@ The Hatchet, Frogmore St, Bristol 9.30pm-2.00am, Entry £3/£4(last entry 1. 00am)
If you like your drum kits Ludwig, your guitars Burns, and your amplifiers Vox AC30's, then The MASONICS are the band for you. This Medway beat-pop supergroup play prime garage-rock. …tis Elmer’s birthday too so come along & boogaloo!!
Squirrel Skin Slippers… ….are a rough n tumble Mr & Mrs originating from the bone-rattling mythical antipodes of New Zealand.
Stitched together from the beaten skins of old deep south dirty blues, DIY garage music, folk noir and 60's punk, garage spirit. This new and unpredictable creature is then brought to life with their own fuzzed-up experimental style and served with a (friendly) snarl!
THE JELAS Straight outta Yate & Chipping Sodbury, The Jelas play experimental pop songs at breakneck speed for people with short attention spans. A strange and wonderful band.
IRON CREASE Debut show! Dr. Robbie Cooper of Geisha and Mr. Stevie Windows ex of Safetyword employ the ancient art of taking drum beats and adding guitar riffs to create ROCK MUSIC.
THE COLOR OF THE SUN Sample heavy guitar pop from this Bristol via California duo. More effects boxes than you can shake a stick at, and some damn good tunes to boot.
FREEZE PUPPY (acoustic performance) A rare chance to see this incredible songwriter and performer present his songs in an acoustic setting. Absolutely unmissable.
+OLO Radio DJ's & [aZa] RUMBOT on the decks.
FRIDAY 19TH DECEMBER, 8PM TILL LATE MOTHER'S RUIN ALL FOR A CREDIT CRUNCH BUSTING £2 ON THE DOOR.
Playing live… The SAVAGEMYNDS Garage Punk Reverb Drenched Fuzz Fuelled Mayhem Hailin' from the south and foaming at the mouth their straight up sound makes for instant classics with screamin' vocals, solid bass lines, fender twang and backbeat thud.
