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Following on the success of last year’s event, OUT OF STEP and NO SWEAT have teamed up once more to bring you another day, of the best punk/ska/hip-hop currently doing the rounds.
The event would have been held at The Cross Kings over 2 floors but due to its recent closure it will now be held…
The 100 Club
London, UK
Friday July 9th
What do you get when you cross classic London 1977 punk with addictive power-chorded rock ‘n’ roll and a heavy sprinkling of Johnny Thunders? Something not far off The Bermonsdey Joyriders – the missing link between the 60s and the 70s. Gary Lammin (ex-Cock Sparrer guitarist) and Martin Stacey…
Bobby Steele is the current guitar player, songwriter, and sole original member of punk band The Undead but rose to some notoriety as the second guitarist of The Misfits from 1978-1980. A original cast member of the plains of the Bowery in New York’s lower east side as punk rock rose to prominence in the…
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London’s Skunx Tattoo has announced that the Rancid/Lars And the Bastards punk rocker Lars Frederiksen will be hitting London in November to do some ink, see their announcement below:
Skunx Tattoo is proud to announce that Lars Frederiksen (vocalist and guitarist of punk band, Rancid and friend of the Skunx Tattoo family) will be offering an…
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The Vermin Suicides
Antipop Records
Starting off with the apt maniacal nah-nah nah-nahs this self proclaimed “bastard spawn of The Dead Class, 0898 and Dutch Porn Thursday” collective is the The Vermin Suicides. With the crazy wild eyed Anton le Verme on vocals and his crooning voice on EP opener ’State Of The Art’ with the…
The Good Ship
Kilburn High Road, UK
Saturday 26 June 2010
Among the many Old School Punk bands The Boys have always maintained a committed following not only in the UK, but throughout continental Europe and beyond. The Boys themselves have been influential and iconic since ’77 with bad luck (including even the timing of Elvis’ death…
As we previously reported, Steve Ignorant is heading out on the “Presents; Last Supper” tour this September and the support acts for the UK have been announced, with Goldblade on all shows except at Manchester where Paranoid Visions will play in support.
Steve Ignorant co-founded anarcho band Crass in 1977 and on 24 and 25 November…
When an email was received at Distorted HQ some months back with the opening line “We’re a doom-crust punk band from Chicago, and one of the original Taqwacore bands from the Taqwa-tour in the fall of 2007” I don’t think more questions were ever raised by a single sentence or had peaked such curiosity. This…
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Dandelion Snow
The Grand Scheme Of Things
King Bullet Records
Roger Harvey AKA Dandelion Snow has been furiously working away at honing his craft as a song writer and story teller and with this release, produced by Chris#2 of Anti Flag, he manages to weave a personal and approachable story based on his nomadic and semi biographical musical…
Matt Freeman of Rancid and Operation Ivy fame will release the long awaited, self-titled debut album for his side project Devils Brigade on August 30 via Hellcat Records.
Devils Brigade was conceived in 2000, when bassist Matt Freeman began writing songs with Tim Armstrong between Rancid tours. This led to a few EPs and some songs…
London’s B-Movie punks Monsters In The Attic have announced an acoustic dour track EP to be released through Onslaught Music on September 13th. “Tales of The Worm” is the band’s own re-imagining of four fan favourites, delivered with the accompaniment of cellos and harmonicas, making this record a clever and interesting side-step from their usual…
Read the full story »Sean Flowerdew of Pama International and Rockers Revolt has posted news that the plans are well under way to relaunch The London International Ska Festival which he had started back in 1988 and saw the likes of Laurel Aitken, Bad Manners, Potato 5, The Loafers, Hotknives, The Deltones, Napolean Solo, Capone and The Bullets and…
Read the full story »Vic Ruggiero of The Slackers has just announced a one-off solo show in London at the end of the band’s current summer tour.
He will be play a free gig at Bar Solo in Camden, north London, on Thursday 26th August. Vic’s solo shows are well loved for their impressive mix songs from his solo albums,…
German punk royalty Donots are a band with a quite amazing pedigree. 600,000 units sold worldwide. Three Top 20 albums in their native Germany. Two Top 10 albums in Japan. Over 1000 live shows (with acts like Green Day, Bad Religion, Blink182, AFI, The Offspring, NOFX, Iggy Pop, Linkin Park, Jimmy Eat World, Weezer, The…
Read the full story »With the Reaidng/Leeds hype kicking in, the first of what we are sure to be many secret and intimate shows have been announced with Against Me! planning two shows on the same day. The band release their new single – ‘White Crosses’ on August 30th.
Punk rock legends Against Me! have announced 2 incredibly intimate warm…
Rebellion Festival has firmly been established as one of the iconic global punk festivals with punks making the journey from all corners of the globe to attend this four day fiesta of punk rock on the sleepy seaside town of Blackpool, UK. Distorted has been proudly covering the event for the past few years, we…
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Underworld
London, UK
Wednesday 11th August 2010
Although New Zealand’s Bad Town were listed on the poster and billing they don’t perform/show up/make the trip but the trio of bands kicked off early as all London gigs seem to.
Up first were Condition Dead, a four piece rough and ready punk rock band with Alex (Al Symers) formerly…
Camden Jazz Cafe
London, UK
Tuesday 10th August 2010
I have been to lots and lots of London venues past and present but strangely never frequented Camdens famous Jazz Cafe and what better night to break my cherry with the always impressive Slackers and highly promising Gecko. I arrived at a fairly early hour and Gecko was…
Underworld
London, UK
Monday 9th August 2010
(Photos not available from actual show)
First up on what can mildly be described as an eclectic (or slightly misplaced grouping of bands on one bill) is Dutch based four piece, The Accelerators. Being a Monday night following the mighty Rebellion festival which saw the annual punk pilgrimage attracts thousands of…
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