We are very proud to announce another
Retro Man Blog Night at
The Half Moon Putney, this will be a Medway Garage Rock night on Friday June 06th featuring
Graham Day & The Forefathers,
The Len Price 3 and
Galileo 7. This is in conjunction with the excellent new book
"The Kids Are All Square, Medway Punk & Beyond 1977-1985" by Ian Snowball and Bob Collins. Copies of the book will be on sale at the gig and hopefully the authors will also be there to sign copies.
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| Graham Day & The Forefathers by Paul Slattery |
Graham Day & The Forefathers are the crucial ingredients of The Prisoners, Prime Movers, Solarflares and
The Gaolers extracted and squeezed into one stripped down power trio.
Cranking out choice live cuts from four Graham Day-fronted bands, The
Forefathers (triple) distil 30-odd years of high quality song writing,
low-fi production and high energy performance to their stripped down
garage-rock essence. After a handful of dates as the Prime Movers,
Graham Day, Allan Crockford and Wolf Howard, now rechristened Graham Day
and the Forefathers, are unashamedly pumping out the best material from
all the line-ups, including the Prisoners, with an uncompromising verve
and energy, undiminished from their earliest days.
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| Graham Day & The Forefathers by Paul Slattery |
The Len Price 3 are an adrenaline pumped pop band from England, forged
in the traditions of their Medway Delta roots. They are a revelation to
those who encounter them, encompassing all of what you would want from a
band in one invigorating sonic experience. Their dazzling live
performances feature a thunderous set of well-honed melodic nuggets
played at breakneck speed, complete with shiny pop hooks and chrome
glazed harmonies. But dig a bit deeper and you will find a rich lyrical
content that is full of acid tongued lyrics and wry social observations.
With each album and single release receiving glowing reviews and every
live show leaving behind a highly satisfied audience full of
enthusiastic devotees, The Len Price 3 are fast becoming a true national
treasure…
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| The Len Price 3 by Paul Slattery |
As well as bashing the bass in Graham Day & The Forefathers, Allan
Crockford also plays guitar, sings and writes the songs in his
psych-tinged four-piece garage-pop combo,
Galileo 7. He'll be doing a
double shift on June 6th as they warm up early-comers before the
evening's power trio extravaganza. Also featuring Mole (from the Higher
State) on bass, Russ Baxter (Secret Affair) on drums and Viv Bonsels on
organ, their 3rd album 'False Memory Lane' is out in a few weeks.
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| Galileo 7 by Paul Slattery |
Tickets are only £13.50 in advance but are strictly limited to 200 so please book now "to avoid disappointment" as the old
cliché goes...you can get tickets in person directly at The Half Moon (to avoid any booking fee) or at their ticket booking link
here.
You can listen to our announcement about the gig and hear some great tunes from The Prisoners and Thee Mighty Caesars as well as an exclusive track from
Galileo 7's forthcoming new album "False Memory Lane" in
Episode 13 of
Retrosonic Podcast. There's also music from The Chocolate Watchband, The Sonic Jewels, The Movements, The Afex, The Uniques, The Clique, Otis Clay, Fogbound, The New Alchemy and another exclusive, this time from the excellent Modern-day French Ye-Ye Beat group
Les Kitschenettes...you can listen in and download for free below or visit our
Soundcloud page for the whole archive of previous episodes.
Gig Poster designed by Eric Boitier at
Flying Lunchbox with Graham Day photo by Paul Slattery.
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