Music that gets me excited : Le Tigre, Morrissey/Smiths, Bikini Kill, Soft Cell, Sleater-Kinney, Heavens to Betsy, Yoko Ono, Echobelly, Bis, Gravy Train!!!!!, Bowie (70's), Julie Ruin, Shampoo, Electrocute, Bronski Beat, Chicks on Speed, Huggy Bear, Jean Genet, Supercasio/Cooties Attack, Vile Vile Creatures, X Ray Spex, Sugarcubes/Bjork, Patti Smith (early), The Slits, Boy George, Soulbossa, Kirsty MacColl, Minty, Bratmobile, Partyline, Hole, Daisy Chainsaw, Blondie, Babes in Toyland, Peaches, Hotpants Romance, Madonna, Ivor Cutler, Angelica and countless others.
People I admire : Peter Tatchell, Kathleen Hannah, Janni Kowalski, Leigh Bowery, Ali Hili (Iraqi LGBT), Quentin Crisp, Sarah Waters, Naomi Wolf, and everyone who fucked shit up in the Stonewall riots.
UK collectives I love: Female Trouble (Manchester), Lola and the Cartwheels (Sheffield), Manifesta (Leeds) and Get Bent (Manchester).
Sounds Like
"A one man Buzzcocks, only more gay and more pissed off."
The F Word
I am Ste McCabe and I like to blend punk rock riffs, pop melodies, tacky beats and working class queerness into things often called songs.
I like to rip up copies of the Daily Mail, write songs of humour and bile and play sarcastic political pop-punk for DIY, feminist and alternative queer shows - otherwise any shoddy venue full of unsuspecting indie boys running for cover makes me feel good.
Pink Bomb EP available on CD from record shops across this foul land or it can be ordered directly from the best indie label bar none, Cherryade Records .
Tracks are : Huyton Scum/Rant/See You In Hell/One Step Too Far/Selling Beauty.
Here’s some things people have said about "Pink Bomb" :
"A short, sharp bullet of a record. McCabe is kicking against the pricks - and declaring homosexual cliches bankrupt." - Artrocker
"Perfectly titled, Pink Bomb is like a musical explosion, blowing away conformist consumerist pap and attempting to show the grittiness of real life.
" - Gaydar Nation
"Ste McCabe is a positive hero...imagine a one man ranting DIY queercore punk rock riot with a drum machine and a hint of Morrissey" - Organ
"Fab lo-fi queer bedroom punk, like Jilted John with political awareness berating a bigoted chav over a cheap drum machine." - Gay Times
"Beats the hell out of Billy Bragg for social commentary" - Unpeeled
"Ste has brought back the DIY ethic. Just him and a guitar and a drum machine can make a hell of a lot of noise and a make a hell of a lot more impact than a lot of the shite that passes for punk at the moment." - Is This Music?
"When I say ’talented gay Mancunian punk’ you probably think of Pete Shelley from the Buzzcocks, right? He is, after all, one of the best songwriters this country has ever produced. Well from now on think Ste McCabe as well. This guy is the business." - Lobster Quadrille
And what would reviews be without intelligent critiques like the following?...
"Sensational isn’t it that you’re gay? Wow. Get over yourself" - Noize Makes Enemies
"Ste ? What was wrong with Steve ? Every bloody two bob laddo seems hellbent on abbreviating his name into oblivion these days with this ‘Ste’ business." - CD Times
The following 5 minute video is from Liverpool’s Homotopia queer festival, featuring me (at the start and end of the programme...no I’m not the drag queen, afterwards..), stand up lesbian comic Jane Townend, drag comic Laquisha Jonz and drag performance artist Adrian. Watch it, it’s very entertaining..
EYES come from Chicago and make glorious music for dancing that straddles the vibes of Ariel Pink and HEALTH. The type of band people might lie about having seen first time round once they make the cover of Plan B. You know, if they felt so inclined.
Skitanja, in spite of what the poster says, are actually from Bournemouth. They make scrappy, electronic bleep party pop music with guitar.
Shiu-Yeung Hui is the Chinese member of Japanese group Maher Shalal Hash Baz. He drinks quite a lot of neat vodka then takes to the stage to perform his wonderful, fractured, miniature songs using guitar and keyboard. An exercise in patience, an audience with Shiu pays off massively.
Elapse O are a death disco unit from Oxford. Imagine swimming the butterfly through a load of broken Swans LPs. That's what they sound like. Dig.
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Hey, prob a good thing you couldn't hear it! need to update this thing actually. Lovin the CD anyway, esp Rant, although there's a few tracks have only heard live that would be good to get. Hope giggin is goin well x
I feel it my civic duty to inform you that the world famous* Radio Foreplay returns this month to the Fuel Cafe in Withington, Manchester, to bring you simply the best in alter-tainment that the UK can bring. Coming up on Saturday, 14th June...
- - Ben Childs (Sonic Boom Six)
The SB6 Guitarist goes billy no-mates for Radio Foreplay!
- - Clayton Blizzard
Mellow, west country acoustic hip-hop
- - Tom Yates
Everyone's favourite wiganite shows us what he can do
Featuring 'Magic' Mark Haworth, spreading confusion and illusion like a mental pesticide & host Al Baker providing drinking and dancing tunes from his record collection. All this for a mere £3 minimum donation.
Blackberry shortcake Thursday June 12th at the Klondyke Bowls club! A fundraiser for Strawberry Shortcake! Featuring : First Black Precedent, A middle Sex, Gnu & A Shrew & Serpentine Pad
And Strawberry Shortcake Festival Sunday June 22 at the Klondyke Bowls Club... Featuring: Puzzle Sad Shields The Lovely Eggs Amida Le Tetsuo Sparky deathcap Peepholes Jam On Bread Plaaydoh Les Enfant Bastard Buen Chico Klaus Says Buy The Record Husbands We're Not The Cool Kids Hoe Cakes Plus food, art, films and more bands tbc (keep checking the myspace) - all for £7. 50!
hey fellow queer iconoclast! here's a lovely picture I took of a bin in seedhill recently. isn't it lovely? for a picture of a bin that is. all the best for your gig 2nite :-) xxx
