It’s teenage rampage time … a night dedicated to the glamour and excess of Iggy, Ziggy, Bolan and the New York Dolls, with an ear lashing of prime Little Richard, Ronettes, MC5, Shangri-las, Sonics and Ramones.

We’ll be joined by THE BACCHAE – psychedelic San Francisco inspired garage rockers from Leeds, feral jungle beat from RUSSELL & THE WOLVES, and we’ll be showing go-go B-movie classic BLAST OFF GIRLS (1967).

All this, plus support from Senor Beatnik and tunes from DJ Michael Clunkie Vinyl Junkie. Dress to excess and be prepare to be trashy!

THE BACCHAE

A welcome return to the Star and Shadow for a band who release their debut album this month, and who have been described as a grittier, garage Jefferson Airplane. Shindig Magazine said “Impeccable influences, covers of The Seeds, 13th Floor Elevators, Chocolate Watchband, Stooges and T. Rex … some delightful hedonistic tunes of a gritty-garage-glam variety. With a great line in fuzzy riffs and lolloping drums that just might blow your head clean off”.

RUSSELL & THE WOLVES

Russell and The Wolves are vile people, playing trash addled, swamp-juice-flavoured rock ‘n’ roll that sounds like a bar brawl between whisky-drunk Gorillas and Triffids after a drag race through the Congo. They grunt and stomp around the stage, roll around the floor and crawl between people’s legs; all the while twin guitars roar fuzz and voodoo drums thunder beats through your ears to your thighs. Support of choice to Kid Congo Powers, Bob Log III and the Jim Jones Revue, this lot are fuelled on the poisoned chemical waste of the Tees delta.

SENOR BEATNIK

Cooler than a Bohemian cafe on the Left Bank of the Wear, and riskier than hanging ten in a foamy tube off Roker, Senor Beatnik are inspired by Las Vegas Grind and Pebbles record collections, and are making music they describe at “garage surf punk-rock”.

Listen to their hip-grinding mono-mayhem on myspace here.

BLAST OFF GIRLS (1967)

Described as “A Hard Day’s Night” meets “Wild Guitar” Blast Off Girls features a ruthless and greedy talent manager named Boojie, who ‘discovers’ then exploits unknown rock bands.

Featuring real-life Chicago garage band The Faded Blue, lots of gold booted go-go teams, and a fictitious group called The Big Blast who’s single is called ‘Noise’.

“Bad acting, trashy women, an illicit drug party scene … pure trash, pure garage” said Shindig magazine.

With groovy girl garage sounds from DJ MICHAEL CLUNKIE on the dansettes!

Tickets: £5.00

Doors: 7.30pm

 

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