The day the country died.
Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 8:45 am
I hear that Rubella Ballet are over in the US. If you get the chance, go see these veteran dayglo Anarchos.
By the way Glenners. Flux of Pink Indians were fantastic at Shepherds Bush as were Zounds and Steve Ignorant had assembled a brilliant band, sell out shows for both nights...top crowds. Slept in a carpark for two nights...it was alright and got drunk in the Irish pub around the corner.
The band performed all of the Feeding of the 5,000 bar Reality Asylum +Bloody revolutions+Big A little A+Shaved Women+Rival Tribal Rebel Revel and his Schwatrzegger song: "if this is the way things are, it's the way things will be." A lot of thought and time and rehearsal had gone into the shows and it paid off to my mind.
I'm rather looking forward to the DVD recording, that's if we all survive 2008....
Best Flux moment - "They Lie we Die" also the most powerful band after Ignorant. Rumour is that more gigs are coming...
Best Zounds moment - Dirty Squatters
Best Igs moment - Punk is Dead.
Best Conflict moment - well the sound was poor they didn't bother soundchecking.
Best Disrupters moment - Napalm!!
I missed Deviated Instincts.
Ignorant performing on the night.
Summary - an astounding reunion for all Crasstafari Anarcho Punks worldwide with no political violence, glue sniffing or getting beaten up to make it the less memorable. Sleeping in a Ford Cortina in the carpark for two nights just around the corner from the venue with the seats rolled right down and listening to "I live in a Car" by the UK SUBS on the CD player was memorable too as were those dirty London Town orange mornings and the Anarcho punks in the toilets at the Shepherds Bush Empire filling the place with fag smoke with me having to shove them out of the way to use the bog. The lack of selfishness in the moshpit, people actually making sure that those who fell down weren't stomped on. Being sprayed with a fire extinguisher by some crazed mohawk leaning out over the balcony in the seats and him giving it the big one
Going quite demented to "Owe us a living."
Yep Glenn, that 5000 gig will stay with me for a long long time.
Of they course the ******* do!
Forthcoming US shows for Conflict:
12/27/07 Thu CA San Francisco Slims
12/28/07 Fri CA Corona Showcase Theatre
12/29/07 Sat CA Hollywood Key Club
12/30/07 Sun NV Las Vegas SoKal Studio
12/31/07 Mon CA San Diego Brick by Brick TBC
Rubella Ballet:
USA DATES:
27 Dec 2007 20:00 - SLIMS S.F, California
28 Dec 2007 20:00 - SHOWCASE THEATRE CORONA U.S.A. CORONA
29 Dec 2007 22:00 - The Key Club, Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles. U.S.A. Los Angeles, California
30 Dec 2007 20:00 - Las Vegas, U.S.A. LAS VEGAS
31 Dec 2007 20:00 - TBC S.F, California
3 Jan 2008 20:00 - San Francisco SAN FRANSICO, California
4 Jan 2008 20:00 - Portland Portland, Oregon
5 Jan 2008 20:00 - Seattle Seattle
11 Jan 2008 22:00 - FUNERAL venue TBA Los Angeles, California
Cheers.
Chris
By the way Glenners. Flux of Pink Indians were fantastic at Shepherds Bush as were Zounds and Steve Ignorant had assembled a brilliant band, sell out shows for both nights...top crowds. Slept in a carpark for two nights...it was alright and got drunk in the Irish pub around the corner.
The band performed all of the Feeding of the 5,000 bar Reality Asylum +Bloody revolutions+Big A little A+Shaved Women+Rival Tribal Rebel Revel and his Schwatrzegger song: "if this is the way things are, it's the way things will be." A lot of thought and time and rehearsal had gone into the shows and it paid off to my mind.
I'm rather looking forward to the DVD recording, that's if we all survive 2008....
Best Flux moment - "They Lie we Die" also the most powerful band after Ignorant. Rumour is that more gigs are coming...
Best Zounds moment - Dirty Squatters
Best Igs moment - Punk is Dead.
Best Conflict moment - well the sound was poor they didn't bother soundchecking.
Best Disrupters moment - Napalm!!
I missed Deviated Instincts.
Ignorant performing on the night.
Summary - an astounding reunion for all Crasstafari Anarcho Punks worldwide with no political violence, glue sniffing or getting beaten up to make it the less memorable. Sleeping in a Ford Cortina in the carpark for two nights just around the corner from the venue with the seats rolled right down and listening to "I live in a Car" by the UK SUBS on the CD player was memorable too as were those dirty London Town orange mornings and the Anarcho punks in the toilets at the Shepherds Bush Empire filling the place with fag smoke with me having to shove them out of the way to use the bog. The lack of selfishness in the moshpit, people actually making sure that those who fell down weren't stomped on. Being sprayed with a fire extinguisher by some crazed mohawk leaning out over the balcony in the seats and him giving it the big one
Going quite demented to "Owe us a living."
Yep Glenn, that 5000 gig will stay with me for a long long time.
Of they course the ******* do!
Forthcoming US shows for Conflict:
12/27/07 Thu CA San Francisco Slims
12/28/07 Fri CA Corona Showcase Theatre
12/29/07 Sat CA Hollywood Key Club
12/30/07 Sun NV Las Vegas SoKal Studio
12/31/07 Mon CA San Diego Brick by Brick TBC
Rubella Ballet:
USA DATES:
27 Dec 2007 20:00 - SLIMS S.F, California
28 Dec 2007 20:00 - SHOWCASE THEATRE CORONA U.S.A. CORONA
29 Dec 2007 22:00 - The Key Club, Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles. U.S.A. Los Angeles, California
30 Dec 2007 20:00 - Las Vegas, U.S.A. LAS VEGAS
31 Dec 2007 20:00 - TBC S.F, California
3 Jan 2008 20:00 - San Francisco SAN FRANSICO, California
4 Jan 2008 20:00 - Portland Portland, Oregon
5 Jan 2008 20:00 - Seattle Seattle
11 Jan 2008 22:00 - FUNERAL venue TBA Los Angeles, California
Cheers.
Chris