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A THREE MONTH GUIDE TO WHAT'S ON IN YOUR COUNTY McFly The Day For Heroes stars on influences, fans, new material and bears! From The Jam Bruce & Rick continue the legacy. Orange UnsignedAct Kent bands chasing the dream. The Gig Guide Awards! Which Kent acts deserve praise for their work? Music Reviews, Venue Profiles, Live Music & Three Months Gig Listings! She NEW INN November Friday 7th - Donna Friday 14th - Charlie Saturday 15th - Spanky & Chef Friday 21st - Gold Top Friday 28th - Martin Jonathan December Friday Sth - Bill Douglas Friday 12th - Tapestry Saturday 13th - Andy Mack Friday 19th - Martin Jonathan Saturday 20th - Mr Riley Friday 26th - Mixed Emotions 32 High Street, Deal, CT14 6HE Tel: (01304) 369115 Phillip Moore Editor /Designer Stuart Keeler is looking forward to the TN ur Gig Guide goes Gigs! Orv: with a fresh look. For this issue only, it’s also covering Abby Kedwell three months of music in a — bumper edition, running ; is still crazy and loving it! from November through to Janua: ‘ Woo000000000 ‘ prnoccocseseeoe That’s not only three months worth of music listings, but also interviews with The Zutons, Wayne Elvin McFly and From The Jam, a full feature on a the Orange UnsignedAct with Sony Ericsson is hoping Santa brings him a competition, and details of the exciting j BSefeacte neeamee venture that will be The Gig Guide Awards! £ Your band could win in one of the cat and it’s down to all of our readers who wins, so don’t forget to post off the nomination form 1 eo note ebaes, Wave Nee Have a great three months, get merry over the Christmas period and enjoy the local live Since st ir umn of 2007, our music. We'll be back with a new issue in aim has remained tt 0 help promote February but until then, get stuck into this the local music scene n public bumper edition! awareness in each issue, as well 2s music new reviews, features and interviews, you will find comprehensive gig listings within the centre pages, detailing who is playing when an here. So take note, get out there, and experience some nt around the county. stuart. [email protected] stuart. [email protected] 01843 282515 GC Publishing Ltd, 01843 282501 Westwood Business Park Strasbourg Street, Margate, www.the-gig-guide.co.uk — Kent, cT9 43) www.myspace.com/kentgigguide www.facebook.cam/pages/The- For advertising; please contact the editor. Gig-Guide-Magazine/ 47662311400 OOOO Contents News McFly Harry Judd talks to us about influences, experiences and life. The Zutons Catch up with The Zutons ahead of their Leas Cliff Hall gig. UnsignedAct A full profile on the competition with the dream prize We're Jammin’ From The Jam‘s Rick Buckler chats about reality shows & future plans. Venue Profile This edition sees ‘the farmhouse’ under the spotlight. Listings Your 3 Months worth of music listings. Gig Guide Awards A chance to vote in the official 2008 Gig Guide Awards! Up Close & Personal Kristie Scotland: The next big thing? Music Review Our verdict on your music. Not to be Missed These deserve your undivided attenti Caught in the Act Live gig photos of Kent artists. Quiz Classifieds Our First Year p4 | The Gig Guide | Nov - Jan News BY STUART KEELER eing no strangers to Be process of making a record, Deal-based Euston are currently putting the finishing touches to their 4th CD, due be released before the end of the year. As yet untitled, the band are hoping to have it completed in time for their Hole in the Roof gig on 22nd November, which would act as an effective launch party for the album. Already available to download via their fan page ‘on Facebook is the new single "Save", inspired by the hit TV series “Heroes”. “The song is a beautiful example of what an unsigned band can do." - jead vocalist Russe! English, about the song “Save” Two b-sides; "The Silence" and "In My Headlights" also accompany the single and can be downloaded for free via the facebook page. Bad Weather's Gone" The band also record weekly padcast's - which you can subscribe to for free, from iTunes. Newcomers to the band might want to check out their previous releases; "Where To, From Here”, "Along For The Ride", & "The www..facebook.com/pages/Euston/S 391026212 www.myspace.com/eustonband www.eustonweb.co.uk New bands in Kent to watch out for; © The Modfathers © Purple Funk Brigade Look out for their live gigs soon! Tocal Bands that have decided to call ita cay; ® Kiss The Sharks 3Y STUART KEELER ‘he Junkys are poised to Grd release their debut album ‘First Addiction’ in line with the last time they play the Youth Of Ce } Generation (YOG) gig. Taking < place on 14th November at The Corn Exchange in Maidstone, you can get the chance to purchase your own copy of the 12 track album for just £10 at the end of the night. We wish the above success with their future projects. www.myspace.com/shotgunjunky Nov - Jan | The Gig Guide | pS By Jack Castle & Chris Ashman History 11967 Mick Morris invited Jack [iss tole acon tte ve, essentially a covers band faturing excellent vocal harmonies, They were very successful, but soon began to look for something more creative and challenging so the pair decided to create something ni nfiuenced by bands like, 'Yes', Deep Purple,’ and ‘Queen’. The result was *Mirkwood" Both Mick and Jack were widely recognised as two of the best guitarists in the area and the initial ne-up consisted of Derek Bowley (lead vocals), Jack Castle and Mick Morris (both guitar and vocals), Steve Smith (drums) and Andy Broadbent (bass). In early 1972 D. ans was brought in to replac Andy Broadbent (who had moved away from the Dover area). Up until their last gig in June 1975 the band played throughout the South East of England including support work to some well-known bands, including Supertramp. Mirkwood got together just once more, in 1978 for a reunion performance at the Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury. The Album ‘The only ‘proper’ SAID recording that SS Mirkwood made 4 was an album on PA the Flams itd 2 Label (catalogue ill No PR1067), a p6 | The Gig Guide | Nov - Jan local record label owned by John Scott Cree, Recording commenced on 17 January 1973 at Jack's house ; in Whitfield, Dover on a Revox reel- ; to-reel tape recorder! A mere 99 copies of the album were pressed, the majonty ending up with family, friends end local supporters. The material ut culled from the band! s: sadly their later material, including many of their finest songs, was not recorded, All that remains of the many compositions E written and performed between 73 and 1975 are some lyric and music sheets and @ few very poor quality live cassette tapes In 1993 the album was re-pressed by 10th Planet in a limited edition of 500 numbered copies utilising the same artwork and by 2003, the original Flams vinyl copies were anging hands at between £600 and £700 per copy and the 10th Planet limited copies now depleted Today, the original vinyl has been credited as being number 56 in the °200 rarest albums of all time’, acording to ‘Record Collector’ Magazine (Nov 2008)! The New Album At the end of 2003 specialist E German label Amber Soundroom approached the Kent band historian and media consultant Chris i Ashman, to try and find the members of Mirkwood, in order to E secure a licence to re-release the E album. The politics of "to release or not to release" went on for some time. There are those who believe a rare album should stay rare for its value, There are others who believe that reproductions allow all to share ! in the beauty of 2 masterpiece. Behind the scenes, Chris hunted E high and low for a mint un-played copy of the Mirkwoad Album. (The Master Tape had been last along ith the original artwork in 1973, when the pressing company went E artistes. E affordable Mirkwood albums nto liquidation). To the rescue came Jackie Bowles of The Louis rmstrong Public House in Dover (the favourite haunt of the members of Mirkwood and the musicians of Dover for nigh on 40 years). Her spare copy had sat untouched in her record cabinet since 1973. The realisation that the original recording quality could naw be recaptured digitally in Hamburg using the latest technology was too much to miss, so common sense and peace once more reigned and contracts were signed. For the first time in over 30 years the writers’ copyrights were properly registered. The compositions can now be licensed and recorded by other recording At last there were available for all, Even those collectors sitting on one of the most rare records in the world could buy a playable copy. Kent record company Red Admiral Records LLP are contracted to lease the recording on Compact Disc to ensure the album's future availability and you can also download in all of the popular formats. - Adapted & editted by Stuart Keeler For more information and to purchase a copy of the album, visit: OOOO New Music releases in future editions, so make sure you pick up a copy of our next issue to T: latest new music from around the county. We'll be reviewing all of these find out exactly what we think! Current reviews can be found later in this issue. %| Doing My Best ‘ollowing their Radio 1 maida vale session on October 15th, Tom Williams and the Boat have @ new 6 track EP out January. Download the single ‘Doing My Best’ from the website now. 20 Minutes, 13 Stops Mics band; The Long Weekend have a debut album, titled ‘20 minutes, 13 stops’ Available to download via iTunes, Tesco, Rhapsody or eMusic now. Save The Jellyfish hitstable 10-piece ‘The Trouser Trumpets’ have a new single out titled "Save the Jellyfish’. It contains 4 tracks and their quirky trumpet madness is guaranteed to put a smile on your face! Embers pC Down's new album; ‘Embers’ is out now. You can get your copy from the bands official website. One Horse Town ‘olt.44 release their debut album; ‘One Horse Town’ on 3rd November available from all good retailers and also online. They are worth checking out, offering a promising slice of modern rock. he Ramsgate rockers have a new CD album out now. You can purchase a copy from their website, CD Baby or Amazon. Nov - Jan | The Gig Guide | p7 Heroes for the day BY STUART KEELER n September 21st, Kent county Ojerccnt at Detling played host to “A Day for Heroes” to raise needed funds for the Help for Heroes Charity. Headlining for the day were McFly, and The Gig Guide caught up with drummer Harry Judd before the event... What influenced you to get into in to the music Industry? “Ive always been a fan of music and was in bands at school, | didn't really try and get into it, just kind of fall Into it which is quite fortunate really.” Any Music Qualifications? Or Self Taught? *Yeatya| started teaching myself for like half a year, then sm {00k lessons at Schoo! What bands have you played with in the past? Any = favourites? “We recently ofd a'glg with The Hoosiers, at a\show ‘called Carlisle Live. Thay are really good guys and a coo! band. Soouting for Gils, wha we played will at the Olympic handover were really nice guys too. They are just ‘good people.” What music are you listening to at the moment? “Well we've been recording the album all yéer, then Played load of shows and done a lot of promotion so to be honest, I'm a bil Sick of musig really. [actually like 10 listen to talk shows and audio books on the radio” Who would you most like to. work with? -_ ‘Ive just heard that Kings of Leon’song on the radio (SEx on Fire) and ('m really loving that,.They're,a.coo! band whe wai: lave to work alongside, ifs probably bettor to say who would want.to-warkewith us-really-dhere-are-loads we'd Sees want to work whth® em p8 | The Gig Guide | Nov - Jan Career highlight? “We recently recorded a sang with Roger Daltrey, which was amazing. it was quite nerve-wracking to put down the bass and crum sections, knowing that he's used to Keith Moon!” Favourite thing/least favourite thing about your job? “Touring and recording 1 a definite favourite, and my Jeast favourite: promotion.” = Hey, We're not that bad! “Yeah, least favourite would be ta/king to promo people on the phone! haha, seriously there isn't really 3 bad side pout lwouild say t's not like other areas of work where people can take tine off when they like. I've missed quite 2s fey pailies as this roxily fs a fall ime jab, bud this goes hand In hand with the-great beneftts so I'm not complaining?” ‘Do you think your newest songs have opened upia wider fan base? “We feel in ourselves that they might. but we're:really fortunate to have a great set of fans already, so we are ‘not worried really if they do or not.” = Earlier this year, you took a brave move of not anly leaving your record label, but also giving away your album for free with The Mail on Sunday. Were you worried that the move could backfire on you? “At the beguining of the year we were looking at it positively and weren't worried. We were confident it was a good thing to do and it did generate a lot of interest, If! Was promoting the album all over again I would kesp. saying it's not what people are going to expect. I’m 22, and 1 thinkits full of quality songs. People think of Mcriy as 5 colours in Het Hair’ & Obviously’ which, don't get we wrorig, are all great pop s0ngs and we still enjoy praying them, but the new album has moved an.e bit” What inspired you to get involved with Days for Heroes? “t's.an aimazing opportunity, and an amazing thing to do: We allways like 10 do-shows that have é-strong mearting to thom, and jt foe!s ike We're helping out,evah if we arent doing much!” Danny appeared (and did very well) on Soccer Aid, did anyone else in the band want to take part? “1 did yeah, but | think they only wanted one of us and a Tom & Dougie aren't into football at all. Danny did great though, we were all really impressed with his skils, That's the best I've seen hin play so far!” Did you enjoy the experience of making the video for “Lies”? “Oh deffinately, it's probably the best video we've made even though it took the longest to shoot. it lasted about tivo and a half days but it was an amazing experience ‘cos Fell ike we were on a movie set, it fell ceaily big. Why did you decide to change your band logo, using a new font? Did you have input into the design? “We did actually. Part of starting up our own record label Was that we wanted more creative control of our work and 80 We changed the logo to what we wanted. We had Toads of meetings with the artwork guys, and although we weren't sure on the new logo at first, now we love it and ft {goes well with the album artwork.” Other than Brazil, are you going to be gigging in other countries? “Well we'd fove to. The Brazil thing happened as we had '@ huge demand from fans there and a promoter decided to get in ccntact and put on the shows for us. As long as there'is demand for the music, we'll happily play bnywheres, We'd like to go over Europe, McFly army; keep pushing for us to play! You've been quoted as saying that you have “the perfect amount of fame”. Do you think you'll ever ‘rave worldwide recognition? “Vd detintely not mind upping the level of success, but ino! the love! of fame. There's no appeal for me in being {90 famous. What's the biggest animal you could take on in unarmed combat? (You are allowed to team up as a band) srithout a weapon? Jeez that's hard. Vm ganna say a ‘bear, but | reckon the bear would still have it as Dougie, ‘now | love Dougie, but he'd not be much use in the fight $0 it'd just really be the three of us getting mauled by @ ear, whilst Dougie tides out in the bushes. He'd ben ‘fin away and carry on McFly by himset” to You can catch McFly around the country on their 2008 arena tour during November. The deluxe version of puw Radio‘ Aciive (featuring 2 hour onus DVD, 32 page booklet and 4 new songs) is out Thanks to Emily Hall (Kent's No.1 McFly fant) for providing extra interview questions. Nov - Jan | The Gig Guide | p9 Hdolloways PLUS SPECIAL GUESTS UNDERGROUND HEROES SEVEN STORY DOWN