CARL COMBOVER-promoter,bookings,drum pounder and DJ.
ANDY COMBOVER-promoter,bass stompin,graphics and DJ.
JOHNNY ALPHA-promoter,DJ and 4am ska dancing.
GOBBER-sonic terrorist.
NICK COMBOVER-arthur daley stylings and fuzz guitar.
MIKE COMBOVER-eyebrows,sneering and sleazy sax honking.
JOHN COMBOVER-facial hair experiments,hammond attack and twanging guitar.
DOKTOR COMBOVER-resident lords of sleaze.
GO-GO GORILLA-court jester
Our mix cd's are now available to download for free at the fantastic BOOMBOX site just go to http://www.b00mb0x.org/wordpress/category/combover-soundsystem/ and bathe in the greasy,sleazy rockin riot!!!
DOKTOR COMBOVER WITH MISS RUBY FORTUNE AT THE GO-GO CAGE! - MAY 2007.
Influences
PARTY SCENES FROM COOL 60'S MOVIES AND TV SHOWS.
BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS,THE MAN FROM UNCLE,SHINDIG,THE!!! BEAT,MIDNIGHT COWBOY,TONS OF EXPLOITATION FILMS.
BURLESQUE BARS AND STRIP JOINTS.
LAS VEGAS.BUTLINS.SOCIAL CLUBS.BINGO HALLS.
MUSIC YOU WILL HEAR AT THE GO-GO CAGE!.....
LINK WRAY,ANDRE WILLIAMS,ALVIN CASH,THE MONKS,HUEY PIANO SMITH,THE SEEDS,DICK DALE,REX GARVIN,EDDIE ANGEL,BILL DOGGETT,THE VENTURES,LITTLE WILLIE JOHN,THE FABULOUS WAILERS,BUNKER HILL,JOHNNY WELLS,EDDIE BO,THE REMAINS,JOHNNY BURNETTE TRIO,CHUCK BERRY,THE BIRDS,TONY JACKSON,13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS,RIC CARTEY,ERNIE K DOE,FREDDIE KING,LITTLE RICHARD,THE STOOGES,BOBBY FULLER,THE CREATION,BUNKER HILL,THE SONICS,JOHNNY OTIS,BO DIDDLEY,SLIM HARPO,SHOCKING BLUE,DOWNLINER SECT,EDDIE AND THE SHOWMEN,ESQUERITA,THE TRASHMEN,THE SURFARIS,RUTH BROWN,IKE AND TINA TURNER AND THE KINGS OF RHYTHM,THE CENTURIANS,MUDDY WATERS,THE ACTION,FLEUR DE LYS,FATS DOMINO,CHOCOLATE WATCH BAND,RAY CHARLES,THE PREMIERS,BIG MAMA THORNTON,,SMALL FACES,THE REVELLS,THE ARTWOODS,THE POETS,ROGER AND THE GYPSIES,THE ATTACK,SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE,THE CHAMBERS BROTHERS,THE TORNADOES,DON GARDNER,MICKEY LEE LANE,HARVEY SCALES AND THE 7 SOUNDS,LEE DORSY,THE IDEALS,WILLIE PARKER,JIMMY REED,THE FLIES,THE 5 ROYALES,BOOKER T AND THE MG'S,THE CHAMPS,NOBLE WATTS,THE LIVELY ONES,THE METERS,HANK BALLARD AND THE MIDNIGHTERS,HOWLING WOLF,GARY U.S. BONDS,RONNIE LOVE,TARHEEL SLIM,SCREAMING JOE NEAL,KING COLEMAN,ISLEY BROTHERS,ETTA JAMES,THE PRETTY THINGS,THE MUSIC MACHINE,DON COVAY,JOHNNY JONES AND THE KING CASUALS,TOUSSAINT McCALL,DAVE BABY CORTEZ,JAMES BROWN,THE SHOW STOPPERS,WAYNE WALKER,KOKO TAYLOR,BRIAN AUGER AND THE TRINITY,THE KINFOLK,PAUL REVERE AND THE RAIDERS,THE SHADOWS OF NIGHT,THE COUNT FIVE,GENE VINCENT,.....................
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Listen up freaks!
It's summertime baby and it's time to take a trip!
Put down that tanning lotion and prepare to burn up in the heatwave of THE GO-GO CAGE! summer special!!!!
Returning after their storming set from 2 years ago,its Sweden's prime movers of blistering 60's garage and R&B....THE BRANDED! These boys are gonna hit ya hard straight in the face with their blistering British beat style sucker punch comin on like a fuzzed up Downliner Sect!!!! Yeah that good!!! These boys are celebrating the launch of their new fantastic LP on Dirty Water records,'Shout & Holler'.
Not only have we got The Branded but this month we are really spoiling you with our favourite ghouls from beyond the grave, ZOMBINA & THE SKELETONES! These evil crypt kickin delinquents need no introduction from us just get get ready to stomp ya good selves into oblivion to top quality punked up rock & roll!!!
Also the bizarre and demented B-Movie projections and the usual party rockin dj’s,ANDY COMBOVER, CARL COMBOVER and special guest DJ's THE HAMMOND TWINS from Preston, spinning only the finest platters that matter- pounding 1960’s Garage,Twanging Surf Instro’s,Greasy Rythym & Blues,riotous Rock & Roll,savage soul shouters and titty shakin Strip Beat grinders all on original vinyl 45’s!!!!!!!!!
Dont forget freaks this is our last party before September so make sure you get your fix while you can!!!! Dont say we didnt warn you!!!
SATURDAY 25th JULY MAGNET HARDMAN ST LIVERPOOL! 9PM-2.30AM £4 BEFORE 10 £6 AFTER.
FUTURE SHOWS!!!!!
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 19TH THE JIM JONES REVUE,DOKTOR COMBOVER and more tba
SATURDAY OCTOBER 24TH HALLOWEEN SHAKEDOWN WITH THEE GRAVEMEN, DJ WHEELIE BAG and more tba
THE GO-GO CAGE! IS A MONTHLY RAUCOUS 60'S STYLE DANCE AND SHOW,A WILD ROCK'N'SOUL, BURLESQUE SHAKEDOWN STOMP FEST!!! THIS IS THE PLACE TO COME TO FIND OUT WHICH WILD ACTS WILL BE HEADING TO LIVERPOOL'S MAGNET CLUB FOR THE CRAZIEST SHINDIGS THE CITY HAS EVER SEEN!!!! HERE YOU CAN LISTEN TO THE BANDS,CHECK OUT THE BOUNCING,BUXOTIC,BURLESQUE BEAUTIES, AND FIND OUT WHAT OTHER MAYHEM IS IN STORE! AFTER 7 YEARS OF THROWING PARTY NIGHTS AMONGST THE STYLISH 50'S DECOR OF THE MAGNET CLUB,DIRTY INSTRUMENTAL SLEAZE ASSASINS,DOKTOR COMBOVER, REALISED THEY WERE HAVING FAR TOO MUCH FUN ON THEIR OWN AND DECIDED TO START THEIR VERY OWN CLUB NIGHT.HOOKING UP WITH THE TALENTED BEATNIK ARTIST HOWARD BE THY NAME,THEY BEGAN TO INVITE A CAVALCADE OF LIKE MINDED FREAKS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY TO JOIN THEM IN THEIR SHIT KICKIN CELEBRATIONS OF ROWDY EXCESS! TAKING THE NAME OF THE LAS VEGAS STRIP JOINT WHERE THE COMBOVER BOYS HAD THEIR RESIDENCY AT BEFORE THEY WERE RAN OUT OF TOWN,'THE GO-GO CAGE' WAS BORN! AT THESE FREAKOUT HAPPENINGS YOU WILL SHRIEK IN HORROR AT THE DREADED WHEEL OF FORTUNE WHICH AWAITS YOU AT THE DOOR,AND ITS GUARDIAN THE RUTHLESS MADAME CLAIRE WHO WILL PUBLICLY HUMILIATE YOU IF YOU ARE FOOLISH ENOUGH TO DARE TO CROSS HER PATH! IF YOU HAVE SURVIVED,ONCE INSIDE YOU WILL WITNESS THE CROWD JERK, SHAKE AND VIBRATE TO THE GO-GO CAGE SOUNDSYSTEM DJ'S ANDY AND CARL COMBOVER AND JOHNNY ALPHA SPINNING GREASY R&B,REVERB DRENCHED SURF TWANG,60'S GARAGE PUNK AND FREAK BEAT,SAVAGE ROCK'N'ROLL & INSTRUMENTAL GRIND,HAMMOND GROOVES,AND RAW FUNK AND STOMPIN SOUL BLASTERS!!! GASP IN AMAZEMENT AT THE MONDO LYSERGIC PROJECTIONS!!! GET DOWN AND DIRTY TO THE BOOT QUAKIN DANCE FLOOR ACTION OF DOKTOR COMBOVER!!! DROOL WITH EXCITEMENT AT THE TEMPESTUOUS AND TANTILISING BURLESQUE DANCERS!!! AND DO THE MONKEY,THE SLOP,THE BOOGALOO, THE WOBBLE,THE SKATE,THE MASHED POTATO AND MANY MORE CRAZY GYRATIONS TO AN AMAZING ARRAY OF INSANE,PSYCHOTIC BANDS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY WHO WILL MELT YOU BRAINS WITH THEIR FUZZ SOAKED WALLS OF SOUND!!! THE GO-GO CAGE EXTENDED FAMILY IS GROWING BY THE WEEK AND WE ARE ALWAYS ON THE LOOKOUT FOR BANDS,DJ'S,DANCERS,ARTISTS AND HELL,ANY FREAKS AND WEIRDOS OUT THERE WHO JUST WANNA GET INVOLVED AND HOOK UP WITH US. SO IF YOU THINK ON THE SAME LINES AS WE DO THEN PLEASE GET IN TOUCH!!!!!
Our mix cd's are now available to download for free at the fantastic BOOMBOX site just go to http://www.bmbx.org/category/combover-soundsystem/ and bathe in the greasy,sleazy rockin riot!!!
THE INCREDIBLE EVA BRAUN AT THE GO-GO CAGE! FEB 2007
THE AMAZING LYDIA LOVELACE AT THE GO-GO CAGE! FEB 2007
Once again dust off your dancing shoes and get down to a mix of Rock ‘n’ Roll,
Rhythm & Blues, Old School Ska & 60’s Garage with your host
DJ’s Fritz and Nice Sean
Friday 17th July - 8pm till 1am, FREE The Royal Sovereign, 64 Northwold Road, London E5 8RL
Robert