jillface
Well-Known Member
GZ presents
Ghost Mice (Indiana, USA)
Boxes
No Compliance
20 Bulls Each
The Music Room (Abbey st, opp. Abbey Theatre)
Thursday 21 August
9pm, €5
Ghost Mice are Chris and Hannah, formerly of melodic punk bands Operation: Cliff Clavin and The Devil Is Electric. They are also behind the famous cheap-as-chips DIY label Plan-It-X records, which has released the likes of Against Me! and This Bike Is A Pipe Bomb. When The Devil Is Electric's European Tour fell through last year because of equipment problems, they decided to form a band that could play anytime, anywhere, and not have to worry about amps, drums, or even electricity. With dual vocals, a guitar and a violin, Ghost Mice are pure DIY folk-punk, and it is our pleasure to have them play.
Support comes from an unlikely and eclectic mix of bands, from the off-kilter Shellac/NoMeansNo-style sounds of Boxes to the passionate, youthful hardcore-emo stylings of No Compliance to 20 Bulls Each, playing their brand of skate-core.
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Skew Whiff (Belgium)
Fuktifino (Galway)
Excuse For Escape (Carlow)
Complan (Roscommon-Dublin-Belfast axis)
The Temple (71 Upper Dorset St, across from Temple Theatre)
Thursday 28th August
8.30pm, €6
In anticipation of this years final Warzone Festival (Belfast, 30/31 August), we're hosting a pre-fest party to gear everyone up for the biggest weekend in the Irish HC/punk calendar. Skew Whiff are our foreign guests for the weekend. Hailing from Belgium (with an American drummer), they feature members of Unhinged, Hiatus, Twisted System and numerous other bands who've made their mark down through the years. The have a powerful sound, combining elements of metal and punk to create a style all of their own. Remember how good Twisted System were last year? Well these guys are from the same stable. Joining them will be a selection of bands and styles from across the country, which should give an indication of the diversity of Ireland's DIY scene. Galway's Fuktifino, with their brand of fast, energetic hardcore, recently released The Fast Effective Relief EP to much acclaim and played two storming gigs in Dublin this summer. Excuse For Escape from Carlow impressed us all at the Carlow gigs last year but have been relatively quiet since then due to school commitments. That's all over with now, and they are sure to melt your senses with their heavy and intense hydrahead/converge-inspired metalcore sound. Completing the line-up is Complan, a recently formed "supergroup" featuring current and former members of Nerdlinger, Bastard Youth, Scientific Bong and The Dangerfields. Pished punk is the description I've been given, so make sure to arrive early so as not to miss their first gig.
We'll be travelling up to Belfast in a contingent the day after this for the Fuktifino/Sci Bong/Pocket Billards/From Where I Stand/Complan gig the night before Warzone officially starts.. why not come too?
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Coming up:
Faultline (Metallic HC from UK)
My Remorse (Heavy spazz emo assault from Cork)
Scientific Bong
Mr. Blueface
Music Room - 4 September
*
Funeral Diner (Amazing screamy stuff from San Francisco)
No Compliance
+more
Music Room - 15 September
*
Dead Letter Dept. (Political Melodic Punk from Canada)
Giveamanakick (Awesome rocking two-piece from Limerick)
Kid Blunt
Music Room - 4 Oct
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[email protected]
Ghost Mice (Indiana, USA)
Boxes
No Compliance
20 Bulls Each
The Music Room (Abbey st, opp. Abbey Theatre)
Thursday 21 August
9pm, €5
Ghost Mice are Chris and Hannah, formerly of melodic punk bands Operation: Cliff Clavin and The Devil Is Electric. They are also behind the famous cheap-as-chips DIY label Plan-It-X records, which has released the likes of Against Me! and This Bike Is A Pipe Bomb. When The Devil Is Electric's European Tour fell through last year because of equipment problems, they decided to form a band that could play anytime, anywhere, and not have to worry about amps, drums, or even electricity. With dual vocals, a guitar and a violin, Ghost Mice are pure DIY folk-punk, and it is our pleasure to have them play.
Support comes from an unlikely and eclectic mix of bands, from the off-kilter Shellac/NoMeansNo-style sounds of Boxes to the passionate, youthful hardcore-emo stylings of No Compliance to 20 Bulls Each, playing their brand of skate-core.
***
Skew Whiff (Belgium)
Fuktifino (Galway)
Excuse For Escape (Carlow)
Complan (Roscommon-Dublin-Belfast axis)
The Temple (71 Upper Dorset St, across from Temple Theatre)
Thursday 28th August
8.30pm, €6
In anticipation of this years final Warzone Festival (Belfast, 30/31 August), we're hosting a pre-fest party to gear everyone up for the biggest weekend in the Irish HC/punk calendar. Skew Whiff are our foreign guests for the weekend. Hailing from Belgium (with an American drummer), they feature members of Unhinged, Hiatus, Twisted System and numerous other bands who've made their mark down through the years. The have a powerful sound, combining elements of metal and punk to create a style all of their own. Remember how good Twisted System were last year? Well these guys are from the same stable. Joining them will be a selection of bands and styles from across the country, which should give an indication of the diversity of Ireland's DIY scene. Galway's Fuktifino, with their brand of fast, energetic hardcore, recently released The Fast Effective Relief EP to much acclaim and played two storming gigs in Dublin this summer. Excuse For Escape from Carlow impressed us all at the Carlow gigs last year but have been relatively quiet since then due to school commitments. That's all over with now, and they are sure to melt your senses with their heavy and intense hydrahead/converge-inspired metalcore sound. Completing the line-up is Complan, a recently formed "supergroup" featuring current and former members of Nerdlinger, Bastard Youth, Scientific Bong and The Dangerfields. Pished punk is the description I've been given, so make sure to arrive early so as not to miss their first gig.
We'll be travelling up to Belfast in a contingent the day after this for the Fuktifino/Sci Bong/Pocket Billards/From Where I Stand/Complan gig the night before Warzone officially starts.. why not come too?
***
Coming up:
Faultline (Metallic HC from UK)
My Remorse (Heavy spazz emo assault from Cork)
Scientific Bong
Mr. Blueface
Music Room - 4 September
*
Funeral Diner (Amazing screamy stuff from San Francisco)
No Compliance
+more
Music Room - 15 September
*
Dead Letter Dept. (Political Melodic Punk from Canada)
Giveamanakick (Awesome rocking two-piece from Limerick)
Kid Blunt
Music Room - 4 Oct
***
[email protected]
