Wednesday 30 May 2012
23sicksicksick.blogspot.com: REVOLUTION NOW!
23sicksicksick.blogspot.com: REVOLUTION NOW!: http://doc40.blogspot.se/2012/05/that-was-then-this-is-now-deviants-ride.html THAT WAS THEN, THIS IS NOW (THE DEVIANTS RIDE AGAIN) ...
REVOLUTION NOW!
http://doc40.blogspot.se/2012/05/that-was-then-this-is-now-deviants-ride.html
THAT WAS THEN, THIS IS NOW (THE DEVIANTS RIDE AGAIN)
Yes, friends and neighbours, on Wednesday June 6th
– after the tiresome jubilee and on the anniversary of D-Day – The Deviants
(your actual amazing survivors of the original Deviants and Pink Fairies) will
be playing the Robin 2 in Bilston. It’s our very first show in the UK Midlands
so click here http://www.therobin.co.uk/whats_on/giginfo.asp?gigid=3053 for details and tickets.
A very Special event featuring a rare appearance by one of
Britains's most influential Rock Acts. The Deviants are a very
occasional community band formed in 1967 by writer White Panther
activist and " Crown Prince of the Counter Culture", Mick Farren, who
describes their sound as 'teeth grinding, psychedelic rock - somewhere
between The Stooges and The Mothers Of Invention.
Rock historians have dubbed The Deviants "the missing link between classic British psychedelic rock and punk".
It’s a miracle they survived…
The Deviants’ Last Stand is a unique event. Mick Farren, Russell Hunter, Andy Colquhoun, and Duncan Sanderson – all former members of The Deviants and The Pink Fairies – have re-formed (but hardly reformed) to provide one last legendary go round. Along with newcomer Jaki Windmill from Nik Turner’s Space Ritual, they provide not only a night of honed and hardened insurgent rock & roll both ancient and modern, but also a direct connection to the heart of genuine rebel counterculture of the 1960/70s. The four principals have put out more the twenty albums and CDs between them, their songs have been covered by Metallica, Motorhead, Hawkwind, Wayne Kramer, and Henry Rollins among others. They are well aware of their considerable history, are willing to work with promoters to ensure all possible local press and radio. The Deviants’ Last Stand is a unique chance to witness true icons performing live one more time.
Writer Gary Parsons says it all in a recent online review of the bands show at The Borderline (March 23, 2012).
The Deviants blasted out of the underground psychedelic scene in 1967. While Syd Barrett was taking the Pink Floyd into outer space and Jimi Hendrix was making his guitar wail to all the ‘foxy ladies,’ Mick Farren’s gang of urchins were singing the hymns of squat-land. With albums such as Ptoof!, Disposable and 3, the troubadours of Notting Hill sang proto-punk anthems while down the road bands such as Quintessence sang about “Jesus and Buddha.” While on a tour of the States the band imploded and became The Pink Fairies, leaving Farren out in the cold to become fist-waving conscience of the International Times and other underground tomes of the times. Intermittently over the last 40 years the Deviants have regrouped and have gone back out on the road and into the studio to remind us why their music still matters.
Rock historians have dubbed The Deviants "the missing link between classic British psychedelic rock and punk".
It’s a miracle they survived…
The Deviants’ Last Stand is a unique event. Mick Farren, Russell Hunter, Andy Colquhoun, and Duncan Sanderson – all former members of The Deviants and The Pink Fairies – have re-formed (but hardly reformed) to provide one last legendary go round. Along with newcomer Jaki Windmill from Nik Turner’s Space Ritual, they provide not only a night of honed and hardened insurgent rock & roll both ancient and modern, but also a direct connection to the heart of genuine rebel counterculture of the 1960/70s. The four principals have put out more the twenty albums and CDs between them, their songs have been covered by Metallica, Motorhead, Hawkwind, Wayne Kramer, and Henry Rollins among others. They are well aware of their considerable history, are willing to work with promoters to ensure all possible local press and radio. The Deviants’ Last Stand is a unique chance to witness true icons performing live one more time.
Writer Gary Parsons says it all in a recent online review of the bands show at The Borderline (March 23, 2012).
The Deviants blasted out of the underground psychedelic scene in 1967. While Syd Barrett was taking the Pink Floyd into outer space and Jimi Hendrix was making his guitar wail to all the ‘foxy ladies,’ Mick Farren’s gang of urchins were singing the hymns of squat-land. With albums such as Ptoof!, Disposable and 3, the troubadours of Notting Hill sang proto-punk anthems while down the road bands such as Quintessence sang about “Jesus and Buddha.” While on a tour of the States the band imploded and became The Pink Fairies, leaving Farren out in the cold to become fist-waving conscience of the International Times and other underground tomes of the times. Intermittently over the last 40 years the Deviants have regrouped and have gone back out on the road and into the studio to remind us why their music still matters.
Saturday 26 May 2012
SOVA slumra Sleep
Album Review: Sleep – Dopesmoker [Reissue]
Say what you will about artistic integrity and sticking to your guns, but it’s no wonder that London Records pitched a righteous fit when the stoner metal legends, Sleep, delivered what would end up being their last record to the major label. The album featured a single, 63-minute song titled “Dopesmoker”, an epic tribute to the virtues of, yes, smoking dope. London refused to release the album in its pitched form, so the band decided to split up rather than compromise their vision: Matt Pike went on to form High on Fire, Al Cisneros and Chris Hakius became Om, and Sleep’s final album went for years without an official release.
Only heard in a number of editions that never met the band’s approval, Southern Lord and producer Brad Boatright have teamed up with Sleep to finally realize their original vision forDopesmoker. The low end has been opened up, making it sound thicker and louder than ever before. As for the record itself, it’s one near-endless riff made to feel even longer with a few tokes of its namesake herb.
“Drop out of life with bong in hand/Follow the smoke toward the riff-filled land,” Cisneros howls in the first lyrics on their final album. Coming in roughly eight minutes into their opus, those words could be read as the band’s advice for getting the most out of your listening experience. Dopesmoker is archetypal stoner metal, but cranked up and stretched out to almost comic proportions. Chugging chords, Cisneros primal yowls, a rhythm backing that’s relentless, and druggy lyrics are all drawn out across more than an hour; occasionally a piercing fuzz solo will rise out of the smoke, but there’s little else to break up the intoxicating (and intoxicated) groove that Sleep lead you down.
It’s not for everybody, certainly; all but the biggest potheads/metalheads may burn out after so much grinding. It’s no showcase for songwriting, either, but it makes up for that with heady atmosphere. Come in expecting a mystical journey and take it for what it is—an hour-long, drug-infused jam—and you’ll be pulled right in.
Essential Songs: “Dopesmoker” (what else?)
As previously announced, Southern Lord Recordings will release a deluxe reissue of one the most essential albums of modern times – Dopesmoker from stoner metal icons, SLEEP. This reissue is entirely remastered from the original smoke-encrusted Ampex reels, and features an unreleased live recording of one their greatest live performances — “Holy Mountain” from San Francisco’s I-Beam in 1994 — as well as a brand new artwork by long time SLEEP artist Arik Roper, who crafted something truly special and consciousness-expanding for the album’s rebirth.
Dopesmoker stands as one of the towering achievements in recent metal history: a mesmerizing, intoxicating, and incredibly complex composition that remains unrivaled in the evolution of stoner metal.
In conjunction with its release, SLEEP will be headlining the 2012 edition of the Roadburn Festival in Tilburg, Netherlands before departing on a 24-city tour of Europe and the UK commencing May 3 in Wroclaw, Poland.
SLEEP 2012 European Tour Dates:
4/14/2012 Roadburn Festival – Tilburg, Netherlands
5/03/2012 Asymmetry Festival – Wroclaw, Poland w/ A Storm of Light
5/04/2012 Amager Bio – Copenhagen, Denmark w/ A Storm of Light
5/05/2012 Betong – Oslo, Norway w/ A Storm of Light
5/06/2012 Strand – Stockholm, Sweden w/ A Storm of Light
5/08/2012 Tavastia – Helsinki, Finland
5/09/2012 Berghain – Berlin, Germany w/ A Storm of Light
5/10/2012 Conne Island – Leipzig, Germany w/ A Storm of Light
5/11/2012 Lucerna Music Bar – Prague, Czech Republic w/ A Storm of Light
5/12/2012 Club 202 – Budapest, Hungary w/ A Storm of Light
5/13/2012 Tvornica Kulture – Zagreb, Croatia w/ A Storm of Light
5/14/2012 Arena – Vienna, Austria w/ A Storm of Light
5/16/2012 Circolo Degli Artisti – Rome, Italy w/ A Storm of Light
5/17/2012 Fillmore Club – Cortemaggiore, Italy w/ A Storm of Light
5/18/2012 Dachstock – Bern, Switzerland w/ A Storm of Light
5/19/2012 Fzw – Dortmund, Germany w/ A Storm of Light
5/20/2012 Gagarin 205 – Athens, Greece
5/22/2012 The Arches – Glasgow, Scotland w/ A Storm of Light
5/23/2012 Button Factory – Dublin, Ireland w/ A Storm of Light
5/24/2012 Stylus – Leeds, United Kingdom w/ A Storm of Light
5/25/2012 ATP I’ll Be Your Mirror – London, United Kingdom w/ Slayer, Melvins
5/26/2012 Villette, Sonique – Paris, France
5/27/2012 Trix – Antwerp, Belgium w/ A Storm of Light
5/28/2012 Feierwerk – Munich, Germany w/ A Storm of Light
5/31/2012 ATP Primavera Sound Barcelona – Barcelona, Spain w/ Wolves In The Throne Room
“Proceeds the Weedian. Nazareth.”
http://www.weedian.com
http://www.facebook.com/officialsleep
http://www.southernlordrecords.com
http://blog.southernlord.com
http://twitter.com/twatterlord
Tags: SLEEP
Dopesmoker stands as one of the towering achievements in recent metal history: a mesmerizing, intoxicating, and incredibly complex composition that remains unrivaled in the evolution of stoner metal.
In conjunction with its release, SLEEP will be headlining the 2012 edition of the Roadburn Festival in Tilburg, Netherlands before departing on a 24-city tour of Europe and the UK commencing May 3 in Wroclaw, Poland.
SLEEP 2012 European Tour Dates:
4/14/2012 Roadburn Festival – Tilburg, Netherlands
5/03/2012 Asymmetry Festival – Wroclaw, Poland w/ A Storm of Light
5/04/2012 Amager Bio – Copenhagen, Denmark w/ A Storm of Light
5/05/2012 Betong – Oslo, Norway w/ A Storm of Light
5/06/2012 Strand – Stockholm, Sweden w/ A Storm of Light
5/08/2012 Tavastia – Helsinki, Finland
5/09/2012 Berghain – Berlin, Germany w/ A Storm of Light
5/10/2012 Conne Island – Leipzig, Germany w/ A Storm of Light
5/11/2012 Lucerna Music Bar – Prague, Czech Republic w/ A Storm of Light
5/12/2012 Club 202 – Budapest, Hungary w/ A Storm of Light
5/13/2012 Tvornica Kulture – Zagreb, Croatia w/ A Storm of Light
5/14/2012 Arena – Vienna, Austria w/ A Storm of Light
5/16/2012 Circolo Degli Artisti – Rome, Italy w/ A Storm of Light
5/17/2012 Fillmore Club – Cortemaggiore, Italy w/ A Storm of Light
5/18/2012 Dachstock – Bern, Switzerland w/ A Storm of Light
5/19/2012 Fzw – Dortmund, Germany w/ A Storm of Light
5/20/2012 Gagarin 205 – Athens, Greece
5/22/2012 The Arches – Glasgow, Scotland w/ A Storm of Light
5/23/2012 Button Factory – Dublin, Ireland w/ A Storm of Light
5/24/2012 Stylus – Leeds, United Kingdom w/ A Storm of Light
5/25/2012 ATP I’ll Be Your Mirror – London, United Kingdom w/ Slayer, Melvins
5/26/2012 Villette, Sonique – Paris, France
5/27/2012 Trix – Antwerp, Belgium w/ A Storm of Light
5/28/2012 Feierwerk – Munich, Germany w/ A Storm of Light
5/31/2012 ATP Primavera Sound Barcelona – Barcelona, Spain w/ Wolves In The Throne Room
“Proceeds the Weedian. Nazareth.”
http://www.weedian.com
http://www.facebook.com/officialsleep
http://www.southernlordrecords.com
http://blog.southernlord.com
http://twitter.com/twatterlord
Tags: SLEEP
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