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RoadKillSarah
09-22-2007, 07:13 PM
OK, THIS ACCIDENTALLY GOT KIND OF LONG-WINDED. SO, SORRY IN ADVANCE……

SOOOOOO, KICKING OFF TOMORROW EVENING AT FANNIE’S IN SPRING VALLEY, SOCAL GETS LUCKY FOR AN ENTIRE WEEK, ALL THE WAY THRU TIL NEXT SATURDAY, 29TH. WHATS UP??? WELL, DOGSFLESH ARE HERE FROM UK FOR A WEEK OF SHOWS! YEAH!! FYI: DOGSFLESH, ALONG WITH OTHER BRITISH PUNK BANDS LIKE THE EXPLOITED, GBH, BROKEN BONES AND DISCHARGE, HELPED ORIGINATE & DEFINE THE SOUND OF "UK82" PUNK, AKA: 2ND GENERATION UK PUNK.

AS A BAND, THE HISTORY OF DOGSFLESH REACHES ALL THE WAY BACK INTO ANCIENT TIMES; BACK TO THE OLDEN DAYS, TO ANOTHER PLACE IN TIME WHEN ROCK N ROLL WAS SHINY & NEW. SO MORE THAN LIKELY, THEIR 1ST SHOW PROBABLY KICKED OFF SOMEWHERE IN THE EARLY JURASSIC PERIOD, OR THEREABOUTS. AND YOU BETTER BET YOUR ASS THAT THE GUYS ARE STILL DELIVERING SOME SERIOUSLY FUCKING ANGRY, LOUD NOISE. (NOT SO MUCH D-BEAT, DISCHARGE, BUT CLOSER TO GBH AND/OR THE EXPLOITED).

AS FAR AS IM CONCERNED, DOGSFLESH ARE JUST THE SHIT. SERIOUSLY. AS A BAND, THEY BRING IT: IN BUCKETS. THEIR NEW CD PROVES THAT AS A MUSICAL STYLE, “UK82” CAN NOT ONLY STILL BE RELEVANT, IT CAN STILL BLOW DOORS. NONE OF THE TRACKS SOUND AT ALL DATED, TIRED, RECYCLED OR OVERLY DERIVATIVE. AND, UNLIKE RELEASES OUT THERE FROM OTHER “OLDER” BANDS THAT I COULD MENTION, AT NO TIME ON THIS RECORD DO THE GUYS SOUND LIKE SAD, WORN OUT, WANNA-BE CLONES OF THEIR YOUNGER SELVES. THANKFULLY, THERE ISNT ANYTHING REMOTELY CRINGE-WORTHY GOING ON WITH THIS CD, WHICH MAKES IT A GOOD ‘UN! HOWEVER, WITH NO US DISTRO, YOU CAN ONLY PICK UP A COPY AT ONE OF THEIR SHOWS…… HOPEFULLY THEY’LL HAVE SOME LEFT BY THE TIME THEY GET HERE.

OK, I THINK IVE COVERED THE ESSENTIAL POINTS. WE’VE BASICALLY GOT A BUNCH OF GENUINE GUYS HERE WHO ROCK AS HARD AS THEY EVER DID 25+ YEARS AGO, BACK WHEN THEY WERE PRETTY MUCH INVENTING THIS SHIT. ADD TO THAT THE FACT THAT THEY ARE OBVIOUSLY STILL AS PASSIONATE ABOUT & INSPIRED BY PUNK ROCK, AS THEY MUST HAVE BEEN BACK THEN. AND NOT JUST ABOUT THE MUSIC, BUT ABOUT PUNK AS A MOVEMENT AS WELL. DON’T BELIEVE ME? SPEND 2 MINUTES TALKING TO ROB, THEN JUDGE. YOU CANT FAKE GENUINE.

ITS MY HOPE THAT DOGSFLESH WILL HAVE A FANTASTIC TIME THIS WEEK IN S. CALIFORNIA. I JUST WANT THESE GUYS TO HAVE AS MANY GREAT SHOWS AS POSSIBLE WHILE THEY ARE HERE….. THEY CERTAINLY DESERVE THEM.

PS. DID I MENTION THAT THEY ALSO TALK FUNNY? AND I MEAN REALLY FUNNY SINCE THEY HAVE THE MISFORTUNE OF HAILING FROM TEESIDE, GAWD BLESS ‘EM.

PPS. OH, AND IF YOU GET A KICK OUT OF MOHAWKS AND SPIKEY LEATHER JACKETS, THIS IS THE BAND TO SEE…. SINCE THEY STILL SPORT BOTH!

SUN 23RD FANNIE’S SPRING VALLEY, CA
MON 24TH SUZYS HERMOSA, CA
TUES 25TH SUGARS ANAHEIM, CA
WEDS 26TH DAY OFF! LA, CA
THURS 27TH JERRY’S PIZZA BAKERSFIELD, CA
FRI 28TH TRILOGY THEATRE VICTORVILLE, CA
SAT 29TH FERN’S LONG BEACH, CA


PURE UK82 PUNK ROCK.
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