LIVE SHOWS Check out calendar at the top of the page for live music+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ previous visitors include:Hot Damn, FuckButtons, THE OUIJA BIRDS, Awesome color, MONOTONIX, THE KABEEDIES, HEXA, HOUSE OF BROTHERS, VIOLET VIOLET, Zebedy Rays, NIGHTINGALES, RIDING GIANTS, SWIM TEAM, Vile Imbeciles, Turbowolf, Bodymachine, Theo, Eats Tapes, HAUNTED STEREO, THE FOX AND THE BRAMBLE, Falzones, Royalchord, HOLY MOUNTAIN, PIFCO, KUNT AND THE GANG, PHIL WILSON (the June Brides), Shield your Eyes, The Morlocks, THE DAGGER BROTHERS, The Dissaloutes; THE HOT TODDIES, Roxy's Wardrobe, Sixty watt bayonets, IRON CREASE, FOXES, THE BUMBLEBEES, Emily Breeze, THE LOVELY EGGS, Phantom Limb, Marvin, CLAYTON BLIZZARD, LIMITED MEANS, Howling Lord, THE HYSTERICAL INJURY, The Jinx, Demons Claws, LOS IMBASILS, THE EYELIDS, SPLEEN AND THE FLESHMACHINE, FAMILY MACHINE, THE BLACK BLOC, THE GRAVEMEN, LO-FI LUNG, LUCY DAY, THE BROWNIES, LACH, The Tender trap, Days, David Gedge (Wedding Present), Terry de Castro, COVE, BRONNT INDUSTRIES KAPITAL, SJ ESSAU, IRON CREASE, cleckhuddersfax, Beards, FREEZE PUPPY, THE JELAS, BRONTOSAURUS CHORUS, HAIR TRAFFIC CONTROL, MASCOT FIGHT, HOLD YOUR HORSE IS, BUCKY, RUN/WALK! THE SHE CREATURES, THE SCHOOL, LITTLE MY, Oxygen THIEF, THE KICK INSIDE, GREAT ESKIMO HOAX, DAVID GIBB, EX MODELS, LE TETSUO, BARE THREADS, TOM ALLALONE AND THE 78'S, Nat Johnson and the Figureheads, ANTON MAIOVVI, The Locarnos, Thee Uncomfortables, The Uh Oh's, Days, El Toro, SCHWERVON, THE RELAY RIPS, DE ROSA, THE B OF THE BANG, ARTIC CIRCLE, THE DAWN CHORUS, MANHATTAN LOVE SUICIDES, AWWBLOT, MJ HIBBERT AND THE VALIDATORS, MITCHELL MUSEUM, LAPELS, GNU AND THE SHREW, THE BRANDED, THE DEADLY VIBES, Il Goblini, Grabba Grabba Tape, and many more. .............++++++++++++++++++...
DISC JOCKEYS You only get the best residents at the Ruin, playing everything, shit-core to country via elctro indie and plasti-rocck.... THESE IDLE HANDS - RDMN SLKTR - DECEPTACON - SPLASHBACK - THE FLOODED TREEHOUSE - THE MIDNIGHT SOCIETY - STUNGUNS - THE SHIT 90'S - MARMITE.................................................................
BANDS BOOKING contact Marc e.mail themothersruin@hotmail.com
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Influences
ALL THE SHIT HOT STUFF!!!! rockabilly, rock n roll, country, indie, electro including... FuckButtons, Does It Offend You, Yeah?; Ryan Adams; The Rolling Stones, Trash Fashion, These New Puritans; Foals; kavinsky; GWAR; Crystal Castles; Jenny Wilson; Digitalism; M.I.A; Holy Fuck; Late Of The Pier; Manx Knobs, MGMT; The Little Ones; Chrome Hoof; Santogold; Hank Williams; Q And Not U; KobaYouth, Frankmusik; The Rapture; Buttonhead; !!!; Man Man; Battles; Hearts Revolution;The Minutemen;The Hot Puppies; Operator Please; Sarah Records; Liars; Blood Red Shoes; The Teenagers; Hot Chip; The Kills; We Are Wolves; Good Shoes; Metronomy; The Knife; Firehose; Untitled Musical Project; Link Wray; KInobe; Firebrand Boy; Grabba Grabba Tape; Gravy Train; United Future Organisation; Marvin; Glass Candy; And what will be left of them? Plasticines; LOVVERS; MSTRKRFT; ; Future Of The Left; Tub Ring; LCD Soundsystem; OF MONTREAL; Devo; Talking Heads: Fox 'N' Wolf; Hot Damn; Free Blood; Shy Child; Battles; Hot Club De Paris; The Whip; Larrakin Love; Tom Vek; Black Kids; Anamanaguchi; Television etc etc etc
VITAL INFO Every Night Mon - Sat. Entry is free if you're in the bar before 10pm or already in a gig, other than that, it's £1 before midnight and £ after. £1 off after midnight for NUS holders too. And no fucking dress code coz we hate all that shit. NOW FOR THE IMPORTANT SHIT!!!! DRINKS DEALS Every Wed or sudent advertised night Pints Stella 4%£2 / House spirits and mixer £2 single, £3 double: vodka, gin, &; rum.
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Download our New Podcast!!! Episode 2 out now
the mothers ruin podcast episode 2 - ‘i am not a brummie’ 02feb09
Its episode two time, This month feast your ears on the aural delights set to hit the ruin in the next few months! Tracks by The Ouija Birds, Howling Lord, Falzones, Ono Palindromes, Hexa, Royalchord, Great eskimo Hoax and more. It’s just over an hour of great new music and really bad presenting.
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OUR TOP TEN SHIT - HOT GIGS 2008
1. MONOTONIX - THEY WERE SOOO GOOOD
2. TURBOWOLF - COMING IN A CLOSE SECOND!!!
3. HOT DAMN - MATHROCK BRIGHTON STYLE
4. BARE THREADS - SWEET HARMONIES FROM MISS BENNETT AND THE BOYS
5. THE MORLOCKS - CALIFORNIAN GARAGE ROCK MAYHEM
6. EX - MODELS - CHEST THUMPING BROOKLYN NO-WAVE
7. HOUSE OF BROTHERS - SOULFUL MEANDERINGS FROM ONE OF WORCESTERS FINEST
8. IL GOBLINI - HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!
9. EATS TAPE - TIGERBEAT6'S FINEST ELECTRO NOODLERS
10. BRASHVILLE OPRY HANK WILLIAMS TRIBUTE - W/ HOWLING LORD, EMILY BREEZE ETC
If you like what's going on at Mothers Ruin, then check out BBC Radio Bristol Introducing every Saturday morning from 1am or any time on the BBC i-Player. Mothers Ruin rocks!
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.
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.
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.
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