I would appreciate any comments on this latest T-shirt idea….homage to the Stranglers Nice ‘n’ Sleazy. (Thanks Michelle) Should it be red?
I am also in the very long winded process of redesigning the Punk Grandad website hence my lack of posts etc.
Nice 'n' Wheezy
This is another article I have found while trawling the net and follows my post from the Restarts site about Indonesian Punk……this takes it a bit further in showing that Punk is being followed by the youth of people in repressive states all over the world. Its worth reading and its definitely worth looking at some of the comments made after the piece. It was written by John Harris on 17th March 2012.
I was trawling through my usual websites and came across the below article on the Restarts site. Its about how the authorities in Indonesia are taking street kids who follow Punk and ‘re-educate’ them by shaving their heads and moving them out of town for brainwashing. Read the article, watch the video and sign the petition…this is wrong. Please copy and paste this and send it to all your contacts……
This is in response to the humiliating stifling of freedom of expression going on in Aceh, Indonesia! Punk is a state of mind, it is not embodied in a hairstyle or a piece of clothing, you cannot extinguish an idea with a set of hair clippers. The punks who attended the orphan benefit in Aceh have been stripped of all human rights, robbed of their identity in a humiliiting and degrading manner. Punk is about creating change and – WANTING TO CHANGE THINGS THAT ARE SHIT IN THIS WORLD! What the Aceh Police have inadvertantly done is create a call to arms for all punk rockers and believers of freedom to unite in solidarity against oppression! From the Arab Spring to the oppression in Syria THE WORLD IS WATCHING! Humans WILL NOT get away with oppressing other humans, we are rapidly evolving passed that stage.
WE ARE WATCHING, WE ARE SUPPORTING
…FREEDOM WILL PREVAIL!
sign the petition
http://www.change.org
BBC report
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16176410
Video about Indonesia punk scene
http://www.globalpost.com/video/3814436/why-indonesian-kids-are-crazy-punk
Bought the ticket, (£6 booking fee a fuckin rip off mind you), booked the B&B and starting to get excited all over again. This year looks amazing with PIL and Rancid being confirmed as the headline acts for Saturday and Sunday, and I am making a daily check to see who Thurday and Friday are gonna be…… Really looking forward to seeing Loaded 44 (after my review of the Steve Ignorant gig), The Boys (again), Ruts DC and Penetration from back in the day and really hoping the Rabble come over from NZ….The rest of my festival will be taken up watching bands I’ve never seen before, or never heard of. I’ll probably do a load of youtube research too 
The full list of bands booked to date is below, and its great to see some new names on there as well as some of the usual cohorts. If you’ve never been its worth the effort, 4 days, 6 stages and over 200 bands mean there’s something for everyone and if you’re really keen get there on the Wednesday because there’s bound to be a pre festival warm up gig in the pub round the corner.
Details for tickets copied and pasted from the rebellion site to the bottom of this post…..
RANCID
PUBLIC IMAGE LIMITED
RUTS DC
THE ONLY ONES
BOW WOW WOW
ANTI PASTI
SLAUGHTER AND THE DOGS
THE BOYS
SNUFF
THE SLACKERS
THE BUSINESS
NEVILLE STAPLE BAND
PENETRATION
THE SUBHUMANS
BIG D & THE KIDS TABLE
D.O.A.
THE OUTCASTS
AGNOSTIC FRONT
TV SMITH & THE VALENTINES BEST OF THE ADVERTS
ZERO BOYS
SNFU
7 SECONDS
VOODOO GLOW SKULLS
VICE SQAUD
THE FITS
HARDSKIN
LAST RESORT
THE CORTINAS
UK SUBS
ARGY BARGY
CASE
THE MONOCHROME SET
PETER AND THE TEST TUBE BABIES
ABRASIVE WHEELS
MxPx
THE VARUKERS
5 SHITTY FINGERS
DEADLINE
THE FILAMENTS
THE CREEPSHOW
CHELSEA
ONE WAY SYSTEM
CITIZEN FISH
BLOOD OR WHISKEY
HERE AND NOW
RANDOM HAND
SPLODGENESSABOUNDS
GOLDBLADE
REAL McKENZIES
PATRIK FITZGERALD
THE RESTARTS
HILLBILLY MOON EXPLOSION
CHAS IKSTAN & THE BON BON BONS
THE NOTSENSIBLES
MENACE
KUNT AND THE GANG
THE LURKERS
JAYA THE CAT
TOXPACK
CRASHED OUT
CHOKING SUSAN
HAGAR THE WOMB
RORY McLEOD
RUST (Australia)
SEGISMUNDO TOXICOMANO (Basque)
TV SMITH & LEIGH HEGGARTY ( THE PRICE)
THE AGITATORS
THE DUEL
LOS FASTIDIOS
SICK ON THE BUS
RUBELLA BALLET
RAT CITY RIOT
CONTROL
REAZIONE
THE GRIT
NECK
VINCE RAY & THE BONE SHAKERS
VIC RUGGERIO (THE SLACKERS)
THE ENEMY
PARANOID VISIONS
TEXAS TERRI BOMB
SECTION 5
HENRY CLUNEY (ex SLF)
TOM HINGLEY
THE DIRTY FOLKERS
MAX SPLODGE
THE BLAME
DRAGSTER
PETE BENTHAM AND THE DINNER LADIES
DRONGOS FOR EUROPE
DIRTY REVOLUTION
DEMOB
2ND DISTRICT ( with special guest Pascal Briggs)
GIMP FIST
THE JONS
LOST CHERREES
RUNNIN RIOT
NEWTOWN KINGS
THE DIPSOMANIACS
TYRANNOSAURUS ALAN
THE HUMAN PROJECT
SARAH BLACKWOOD (the Creepshow)
FIRE EXIT
SENSA YUMA
POLICE BASTARD
DRAGSTER
CYANIDE PILLS
H.D.Q
PASCAL BRIGGS & THE STOKERS
THE BEATLESONS
PINK HEARSE
GEOFFREY OiCOTT
LUCY WARD
THE SPIVS
THE DOWNTOWN STRUTS (USA)
SYDNEY DUCKS ( USA)
DUN2DEF
SUBCULTURE
SEPTIC PSYCHOS
PATROL
3CR
HI FI SPITFIRES
ROUGHNECK RIOT
MONKISH
PAUL CARTER
MONICA & THE EXPLOSION
BOOZE & GLORY
ASHIKA SOUND SYSTEM
THE CROWS
ACID DROP
KEVIN SECONDS
HOTWIRED
LOADED 44
ON TRIAL UK
WOB
FOREIGN LEGION
THE KIRKZ
BITE BACK
SCREAMA BALLERINA
CHASE PALMER WILLIAMS (LIGHTYEAR)
KELLY KEMP
EL MORGAN
JOE TILSTON
ROBIN LEITCH
CRAIG TEMPLE
REB SUTTON
TINA LEE
MIKE SCOTT
BILLY LIAR
MARK McCABE
REN SPITS AT MAGPIES
LOUISE DISTRAS
SUICIDE SI
JAKE AND THE JELLYFISH
ED ACHE
THE ADJUSTERS
DIRTBOX DISCO
BARNYARD MASTURBATOR
POG
SKUYELA
EMMA HALLOWS
HAIGHT ASHBURY
THE BROKEN TEA-SET
THE SLAUGHTERHOUSE KID
OLIVE ANNE
KATIE RAINE
SOME SORT OF THREAT
CHRIS BUTLER
LOUIE RAW
UKULELE KRIS
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Surfing and came across this….a lazy post I know but worth a copy. Amazed the Misfits are number 3, but I find it hard to disagree with the majority of albums on here.
I hadn’t seen SLF since the heyday so the chance to see them in a small local venue was too good an opportunity to miss, despite the fact I was suffering from a touch of jetlag after a trip to the USA.
As is typical of my reviews I didn’t take a pen and paper and therefore don’t produce a list of songs etc but they played enough of my favourites to make me one happy bunny. Jake and Ali remain from the original line up, and Ali has certainly come out of his shell from the first time I saw them, strutting around and generally playing the rock star
They opened with Wasted Life and that got the crowd going immediately, it was really good to see some young punks in amongst us old gits pogoing away and during the set they played barbed Wire Love (the crowd were swaying ), At the Edge, Alternative Ulster, Doesn’t Make it Alright and shitloads of other classics off the first two albums that I can’t be bothered to list.
It was good to hear that SLF are going to be recognised in the Northern Ireland music hall of fame and in typical style Jake stated they might play Wait and See for them
Anyway, great night, great band, great tunes and good beer…….thoroughly recommended.
For this review I have decided to only write about bands I liked as everyone has different tastes….you may think I haven’t got any after reading this…….. ah well. I will also try and embed as many videos as I can…knicked off youtube of course.
A fantastic weekend and a much better showing from security made this one pretty special. Went up on the Wednesday with my B.I.L and got to the pre festival gig at the Heat club, above the Rose and Crown. Two bands stood out for me, the always good Drongo’s for Europe and 2 Sick Monkeys. In fact how 2 Sick Monkeys make such a great noise with just a drummer and bassist amazes me….a bloody good laugh too.
Day One – Thursday
Rebellion started at 11.45 on the Thursday and in a proper fashion we got there about 12.45, just in time to catch the Kings of the Delmar and grab a pint. KOTD were a decent band in the old school style and probably would have had a bigger crowd if they were on a bit later. I particularly liked ‘Punk Rock Idiot’, reminded me of my BIL.
The next band I saw all the way through was Noise Agents, the band fronted by the lead singer of Demob…who indecently kept popping up all over the place . They were impressive and he really is a good front man….just don’t know his name.
Band of the day for me were Short Bus Window Lickers who played a set of hardcore Punk, which can only be expected when the band has members of the Restarts and UK Subs in it….these are a must watch band, tight as fuck and superbly loud.
Story of the day came from Tyrannosaurus Alan, a Ska/Punk/Rap sort of combo, heavy on the brass. Last year they busked outside and made enough money to get in. This year they were playing the Empress….impressive. I even bought the CD.
I had to go and watch Pipes and Pints because I couldn’t believe there was a Punk band with a bagpipe player in it….I even managed to win a pint off a German skinhead cos he didn’t believe me. Pipes and Pints are an American hardcore band and the bagpipe player was hilarious…not sure he was meant to be though….This set the theme of the weekend for me though, lots of great American bands.
Surprise of the day was the Old Firm Casuals, Lars Frederikson of Rancids new band. I wasn’t expecting too much as before the gig it looked as though it was an American trying to emulate the British football hooligan style, and as a typical Brit I was expecting a poor mans Cockney Rejects. What I got was a fantastic set from a guy who clearly loves Punk and Oi!
Honourable mentions on day one go out to Max Splodge, Girlfixer, Geoffrey Oicott – Yorkshire, Yorkshire
Day Two – Friday
Started the day with Middle Finger Salute, a sort of Blackburn Blink 182….loved the noise but missed ‘We are Fucking Shit’ as there final song…so here it is from the year before…
Funniest band of the weekend award goes to 3CR, Manchester humour for those not easily offended – and if you are then Fuck Off….songs like ‘Theiving Scouse Bastards’ and ‘Spit Roast Groupies’ just made me smile….’Just Fucking Do It’ was probably the most sensible thing they said.
One thing about Rebellion is the T-shirts people wear, and today there was a lot of T-shirts with Rust on them so off we went to see them. They’re an ok Aussie OI! band.
The best part of the whole day for me were the three back to back bands in the Empress – The Restarts, A Wilhelm Scream and Bouncing Souls. The Restarts were just awesome and I think a little bit of wee escaped when they played Outsider…..I love that track, the first I ever heard recorded by them.
A Wilhelm Scream were a band I’d never heard of. According to youtube, myspace etc they are a Hardcore band. THEY WERE FUCKING AMAZING…….I love bass and the guy who plays bass for them was doing things I could only dream about….get on youtube or any media player of your choice and listen to them. They should be headlining…..pursue with the video below, the songs great.
I was expecting a lot more from Bouncing Souls as they were on straight after AWS, and they were ok. I would like to see them again in a local venue because I think I could relly get to like them.
Although they have been around forever I had never seen the English Dogs, which is a real shame because they were great. The lead singer is obviously a nutjob and his head was painted green but he was excellent. Didn’t quite get why he threw a tent into the crowd but it was entertaining none the less. Balsall Heathens are in the video…
The Stupids are one of my favourite bands so I had to catch a bit of them, The line up looks to have changed but still managed to bang out a fantastic sound. Video from my local venue….
GBH played the Olympia, which doesn’t have the greatest acoustics, but they showed that they are a quality band. They had a large crowd and it was probably well deserved.
I really liked The Dead Class, a Punk band from Ireland. They really seemed to enjoy playing the festival and said that they’d played to crowds consisting of just the sound guy Another band that I would love to see again in a local venue.
Day Three – Saturday
Rat City Riot played the Empress and deserved a lot more than they got crowd wise. Another American band that had energy and a lead singer who got into the crowd and mixed it up a bit. They were still in the venue well into the evening and I like that in a band….one thats not pretentious and happy to mix with the punters. (A massive note to Charlie, Arturo and the Captain who are always around for a chat). The video is not a UK Subs cover.
Los Fastidios had the best T-shirt of the festival – Love Football, Hate Fascism. Fantastic message. They are an ok band too if you like the noise and don’t want to understand the lyrics….unless you speak Italian of course.
The best ‘crowd moment’ came from Random Hand who created a wall of Death. Thank christ I’m too old for all that shit. They were a great band who played a mix of Punk/OI!/Ska and had the crowd bangin…excellent.
Highlight of the day for an old fucker like me was The Boys, a band I’d wanted to see since their first album came out. I was really scared that they would be a massive dissapointed and I am so glad I was wrong. From the moment they opened with TCP they were bloody amazin’. I was so pleased to hear one of the old bands from the birth of Punk playing the songs as I remember them, as they were recorded. Fantastic.
Church Of Confidence are a German band who’s influences include the Clash, Rockabilly, Punk. For a three piece they were surprisingly good musically and they did all their songs in English, including a cover of White Man in Hammersmith…. Video from this year
The Have Nots were yet another amazing American band who had a fusion of Punk and Ska at 100mph. I don’t know whats happening over the pond but the music scene is clearly looking good. Another band that you really should see.
Captain Hotknives was the only offering in the Bizzare that I personally found worth a mention because the guy is fucking hilarious. As soon as he started singing about white supremacist polar bears he had my attention.
Day Four – Sunday
A band I’d already seen was Dirty Revolution and this year they got elevated to the Empress….deserved, and for those in the crowd they weren’t dissapointed. Only dissapointment for me was I didn’t get an ‘I Love Reggae’ T-shirt…next time.
Barnyard Masturbator have to have a mention cos they come from Leicester, as does my BIL, and they have a strange lead singer who refers to the band as hers, and she flashes her arse……
I really liked One Man Stand, a three piece that play the kind of Punk I like, fast, melodic make me wanna jump up and down kinda stuff…..I will definately check them out again.
The Skints are a Reggae band and I wanted to catch them as they are supporting the King Blues when I see them next month. Really chillin band and I was amazed at how many instruments the singer could play. I counted flute, keyboard, guitar, mouth organ thingy and saxaphone…..impressive.
Another of my heroes from the early days Jello Biafra played the Olympia….organisers – why not the Empress? The guy was amazing, miming the songs during instrumentals , crowd surfing and preaching about the Tottenham riots. Even managed to get California Uber Alles in the set and encored with Holiday in Cambodia…..amazing. And the crowd went wild…..
Citizen Fish played there Punk/Ska set with the usual aplomb….noticed they’ve added a brass player since I saw them last. Great tunes and a great frontman in Dick.
Playing an acoustic set in the Olympia, STZA Crack was fantastic. Good banter between songs, pissed as a fart, and living the life. So much better than with his band in my opinion.
Sick on the Bus played a really energetic set and deserved a better crowd than they got. If you like GBH, Motorhead, Restarts, SBWL you’ll like these guys. Good honest Punk Rock. Video from 2009 Rebellion
So there ya go, a quick list of all the bands I saw and liked (for one reason or another). I saw lots of other bands too and that is the joy of Rebellion, you can wander no more than a few hundred yards and you can be seeing another band, if you don’t like what your hearing with the first one.
I’d like to add that there were also a hell of a lot of bands I didn’t see (there were 209 in total), so don’t be offended if your names not on the list, and think you’re shit……you’re not. I didn’t see you or you didn’t float my boat…..
