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folk/rock outfits. Again it’s my first hearing pure satisfaction in the corner of one’s SONGS FROM THE of them and they’re more low key and bedroom, his “Unity” is a soundclash of reflective than I had expected on ragged guitars, synths and a drum machine. MEDWAY DELTA “Mercedes In The Drive”. When lead An unholy marriage of techno and rock. singer Doug Hudson isn’t touring the The CD closes with another solo effort in “Songs From The Medway Delta” is the world with these interpretations of Irish, ANDREW C. WEBBER’s “Ophelia”. compilation CD put together by Medway traditional, roots and World music, he is Formerly of the Hyacinth Girls, Andrew Music 2000 (in association with South the announcer at Gillingham Football wrote the song over 20 years ago after Kent Arts) to showcase local talent in the Club’s home matches. area, with 20 acts featured in all. reading Shakespeare’s “Hamlet”. MANDEVA are a highly thought of The CD is available for just £4, including The opener is “So Nice” by KRY, who Medway band who also play the London p&p, from mm2k at PO Box 553, apparently reached the Japanese Top 30 circuit. They kick up a storm with “Apple” Rainham, Kent ME8 9AR. in 1996. The band have released two EPs and feature a female singer Paula on under their own steam and serve up what has been described as angelic grunge. MM2k (Medway Music 2000) stages the progressive pop which sets up a last three of its series of Basement Gigs somewhat quirky opening tone. BAMBAM come up with a good at the Brook Theatre in Chatham. straightforward song on “Something in CHRIS WADEY wrote, recorded and Forthcoming line ups are MANDEVA, Return”. Live, they play a lot of gigs and MANY COLOURS and KANEANGEL produced every note of his mellow “Find apparently combine their own original stuff Soul” track at home. His reference points (Friday May 12th); THE SAUCY with a refreshing choice of covers which WONDERS, AND WHY NOT? and range from British funk to metal and all avoids the obvious. things in between. And then the violin JUSTIN CASE (Friday May 19th); and comes in to play on LA22’s “Rain Today”, FOOLISH are somewhat more low key DODSON’S DOGS, CARDINAL FINK and amongst their jangly guitars. and atmospheric on “Chill” – vocal goddess SERGEANT’S MESS (Saturday May 27th). Lisa is the centrepoint of their song. The most famous act featured on the CD Further information contact MM2K via is Billy Childish’s 60s garage gods THEE RAIDERS OF THE LOST GROOVE are 01634 262955. Fax: 01634 233330. HEADCOATS. Childish’s purist attitude upbeat and funky on 2Only Now Today”. E-mail: [email protected] towards music, visual art and poetry has A collective love of soul, rock, acid jazz, Website: www.mm2k.org.uk won him a cult following around the world. blues and all things live unites this trio. He has recorded over 80 albums, often in his Chatham bedroom, and the track DIRGE are another well-known name on YMWBB GOES ON-LINE featured (“This Wondrous Day”) comes the Kent circuit and their “Lucy” soars in places. With the recent addition of Jay from the album “17% Hendrix Was Not You can view “Your Mornings Will Be The Only Musician” which refers to a Buter-Moore on guitar and Hammond organ, the DIRGE sound has developed, Brighter” on the internet at comment made on the 13-year-old http://www.angelfire.com/zine/ymwbb Cildish’s school report from a music but still sticks to its original roots in 90s teacher. It’s a haunting number with a grunge and punk. And the people doing it are on the look for new bands they can help to promote on kinda Wild West feel. GARY J. DAY quotes influences such as http://www.unsignedbands.org.uk. Band Alexander Spence, Neil Young, Tim JUSTIN CASE (really Andy Davis of on the site at the moment include Bind, Buckley and Dr Who and his “Apple Eyes” Godfish and Car Thieves fame) sees the The Elements, Elusive, Pornocop and is something of a lament. solo artist strummin’ away and recounting Beamer, with links to the sites of Uncool his observations of quirkiness in and MEXICAN PORNSTARS are intriguing. Frank, Cypher and Glass Elevator. around Medway. Little is known about these reclusive You can Email them at sample terrorists (their live supermix of MOSEY are next with “Millennium Girl” – [email protected] 2All We Do Is Rap” does have lyrics). this is a band who I have heard from and There is also a link to BURBS (British They have been said to reside, monk like about, but this is my first aural encounter Underground Rock Bands) at in a small bedroom studio in the with them. What you get is a classic four- http://www.burbs.co.uk which has a Southside projects of the Sittingbounre piece rock band line up and a track that directory of current bands doing the rounds. has already found its way to the dance area on a quest for the holy loop. remix studio. Sleeping by day and hunting by night, they are rarely seen and are spoken of in The still-playing young pups from hushed tones. Are they really Mexican? PETBURGER are now known as Have they ever worked in the adult film Kaneangel and these ‘old hands’ (even industry? though they’re still teenagers) of the Medway scene do their best to shake Trio LICK are jingly/jangly on “You’re things up a bit with their contribution “The Beautiful”, a live favourite of the band Chase”. They began gigging at the age of which is taken from their debut “Lounge 12, entered the studio at 14 and released Lizard EP” demo. Formed in Septmber their debut album “Bruises for Everyone” 1998, the development of their stylistic a year later in a grunge stylee. sound is strong melodic music, with a driving, guitar led nervous energy. For ANIMO PEOPLE offer a different style more info e-mail: altogether on their home recording of “Isle [email protected]. of Thanet”, an eerie/haunting number. This four-piece studio-based outfit have FAKER won the Kent Battle of the Bands van loads of material in the bag matching in 1999 at Merlins Club and serve up the guitars with a sampler, synths and drum driving “Hard To Find”. This lot bashed out machine. their debut “Hard To Find” CD album. THE HOT RATS are a polished outfit who AWRY is one man – Gavin Collett. are one of the area’s best-known Celtic Waving the flag of producing music for.

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