The Smashing Pumpkins, Nirvana, The Stooges, Iggy Pop, Guns 'n' Roses
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"Smilex specialize in the ham-fisted art of blowing your eardrums to smithereens!"
Highvoltage.com
"Some rather dirty seedy scuzzy rock ‘n roll, like a mean nasty indie Motley Crue with carpet burn knee scars , a rash of urgent riffs, gruff vocals" Organ
"A band truly in their prime" Oxfordbands.com
"Ballsy stadium rock" Glasswerk.co.uk
"The show was well and truly stolen, smashed, and ripped into pieces, by the formidable Smilex" Oxford Mail
Smilex earnt their reputation as an exciting, daring rock 'n’ roll band, the hard way: through relentless, energetic, sheer punk rock live shows which have seen them tearing up stages supporting the likes of The Towers of London, The Damned and The 80's Matchbox B-Line Disaster. With three releases on Quickfix Recordings (who brought you Youthmovie Soundtrack Strategies’ debut & have had a hand in most Oxford bands’ ascents in the last five years) and split single with past tour-mates The Young Knives earning them keen support from Xfm, Drowned in Sound, Forward Russia & MC Lars (with whom they recently recorded a collaboration ‘Dead Horses’). Now Smilex unleash their debut, concept album ‘7’ on an unsuspecting world, produced by Ace (guitar hero for Skunk Anansie and producer for King Prawn, Fletcher, Multi Purpose Chemical and many more!) who couldn't resist laying down a storming guest solo himself! The band has never sounded so focussed, yet retain the explosive wild-side that has them turning heads on the toilet circuit.
Thanks for leaving us a comment. Hope you like our new video http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=59927522 Our new song TEAR THE PLACE UP is going to be released free via our mailing list this week, You need to be signed up by 5pm today to get it or be sent the Ecard from someone else once it's released. So if you haven't already sign up at http://www.skunkanansie.net :)
Hi guys, don't forget next Tuesday 30th June sees the almighty DEATH ANGEL and KATAKLYSM playing live @ SEVEN with KEEP OF KALESSIN
We will be doing an aftershow party with the Total Annihilation DJs in the bar downstairs for those who don't want the night to end- so stick around and see if you can spot anybody interesting! ;)
Tickets are £12 advance from seetickets.co.uk or gigantic.com
Hi, through JUNE AND JULY we are slashing our day time rehearsal prices. Between 10am and 5pm all our rooms are either £6 or £7 per hour including weekends. Making us one of the cheapest in SUSSEX. Plus If you buy 3 hours we will even throw in a 4th totally FREE. YES TOTALLY FREE.
OUR RECORDING RATES ARE STILL JUST AS AFFORDABLE TOO, FULL DAYS FROM £200 ALL IN.
So come and rehearse and record in one of the best equipped music complex's in the South.
Hi thanks for the friendship. The reason I started this myspace is so that I can find out what people think about my music. I would genuinly appreiciate you checkin out my page and droppin a comment to let me know wat you think. I always reply and if you want me to, i'll check out ur page and drop u some feedback. A favour for a favour, aint that the essence of friendship? :P Thanks for your time I hope to hear from you soon.
Hey! Appologies if this is the second comment we've sent you recently...bit of a mix up in the bands communication :)
Anyway.. we've been a little quiet for the last few months but we are very pleased to announce our new EP is finished and up on our myspace! It's called Bright Lights and has four brand spanking new tracks to blow your mind. Please have a listen and tell us what you think and if you love it, buy it! :)
Hardcore punk legends GBH are coming to tear up SEVEN with their own brand of UK82 punk on Friday 5th June!
Also featuring Done To Death and Paul Carter!
And if that's not your cup of tea, how about a UK exclusive show with Tyla and The Dogs D'amour on Saturday 6th June, as part of the UKs' premier sleaze & glam clubnight Wildside's 6th birthday celebrations!
Please note, this is NOT a solo or acoustic show, but a full electric set featuring all their classic songs!
Support from Silverjet, Union X & Dead Sensation!
Then not only one, but two clubnights until the early hours- Wildside and Maximum Overdrive
Hey! Appologies if this is the second comment we've sent you recently...bit of a mix up in the bands communication :)
Anyway.. we've been a little quiet for the last few months but we are very pleased to announce our new EP is finished and up on our myspace! It's called Bright Lights and has four brand spanking new tracks to blow your mind. Please have a listen and tell us what you think and if you love it, buy it! :)
Yeh that'd be awesome, i'm about most of the summer so if you hear of anything give me a shout. Uni's finished next week so i'm sure i'll get down to a show whatever happens! Cheers, Ben
Thanks for being our friend!
Looking forward to some great gigs here in London.
Chicken Shack on Friday May 29
Chas & Dave on Friday June 12
Gandalf Murphy & The Slambovian Circus of Dreams in Fri 19 June
Jefferson Starship in August...
Details from: http://www.rhythmgigs.com
Just stopping by to say hello and give you some news. The new album 'Coolgilly and the Freakshow' from Centascope is now available worldwide from CD Baby and also directly from the merchandise page of the official website. You can also get the album from Apple iTunes, MSN Music, Rhapsody, Napster, Amazon and many more.
Tickets for the tour are now on sale over at http://www.skunkanansie.net (2 days before anywhere else!) if you want to be informed when new dates are announced sign up to the list there or you might miss out!
Now that the total shambolicness of university is over...I am back to rape you all! I'm aiming to compensate for the 20 or so Smilex shows i've missed throught the gash times that is studying by bouncing at the front of as many as I can this summer. What's the deal with this Oxford Uni gig? Oh and if you ever need an acoustic opener...i'm also back doing my own music ;)...much love always xxx
SEVEN is incredibly proud to present a night of laughs and brilliant musicianship with ADRIAN EDMONDSON and THE BAD SHEPHERDS!
Saturday May 23rd
"The Bad Shepherds play punk songs on folk instruments. Not as a gag, but because we really like the noise. We think the songs are better than people remember. We love folk instruments. It works.
We do songs by The Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Stranglers The Jam, Sham 69, The Undertones, Talking Heads, Squeeze and others, even Kraftwerk! Alright, they're not all punk, but they come from roughly the same era.
We've mostly given the songs a kind of Celtic feel, and we've stuck in the odd reel and jig here and there. But occassionally we just thrash! I've always thought the excitement of a reel taking off is the nearest thing to the excitement of watching punk live in the 70's."
Tickets £15 advance from here: http://gigantic.com/gigantic/event_gce_11879a.html
Thanks for your support of the last NLO concert the photos are now viewable on our myspace site. We are currently mixing the last 6 songs on our 17 track project. Look for it in stores in December 2009
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