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This is a press release someone sent me, it's a bit hyperbolic and over-the-top, buit it's a show and someone reading this might be interested in checking out some of these bands.

On February 2nd, Black Market Records will be presenting some of the nation’s finest punk bands for a night of drunken dissent.

The many festivities on the night will include $5 Jagerbombs & a free BBQ.
Black Market Records are set to unleash Steppin’ Razor and Front Your Enemy upon Queensland’s Fat Man’s Cleavage for the 6th monthly PUNK ROCK EXPLOSION. They will join forces with 2by4, Sniperival, Doin’ it for the Money and Picton’s Strike First for this monthly occasion at the expense of your discomfort and delight, on Friday 2nd February, 8.00pm. The show will once again be held at LiveHouse (the Lewisham Hotel), prominently located on the corner of Parramatta Rd and Old Canterbury Road - a pub that may be the most breathtaking licensed late night live music hangout in Sydney.

Show starts at 8:00pm but we encourage you to arrive early as there will be striptease performances from 5:30-7:30pm, just in time for the happy hour (4-7pm, $3 schooners). Just the trick to get you horny for a nice sweaty, homoerotic, punk rock pit.

Check out the Bands on Myspace
Sniperival
Front Your Enemy
Doin it for the Money
Fat Man's Cleavage

Steppin Razor
Strike First
2by4

Or check out Black Market Records at
Black Market Records

The entry on the door will be a standard $12. So don’t let go of this chance to see a great show. For any Tix or information, contact Black Market Records on 0425 242 219 or j.dadgostar@gmail.com.

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The Shenanigans - FREE show

December 26th 2006 22:53

Bit of self promotion here... this show is on tomorrow night, so if you fancy a trip to idyllic Springwood come on out for a free show. The Shenanigans is the first band I ever played in and we're reforming for this reunion show. This show will mark 10 years since we first started jamming together.

The Shenanigans - myspace, click to hear some songs.

Save Some For Daddy are rad punk/funk band and they're a lot of fun to watch.
Save Some For Daddy - myspace, click to hear some songs.

The Bernie Lomax 5 is my more current band.
The Bernie Lomax 5 - myspace, click to hear some songs.

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Bands and snazz

December 12th 2006 07:37

I haven't really been writing much for this blog lately... not through lack of interest or time, I just haven't really had much to say at the moment about Australian music that I felt was entirely relevant for this blog. Anyway, here's some quick links to older entries for easy reference...

Spilt Milk - Western Sydney old-school punk band from the 90s.
Peabody - rad indie rock band from Sydney.
The Quickening - Brisbane-based tight-as-fuck punk band (think along the lines of Propagandhi)
Kampei - Sydney pop/punk/ska/rock band. Lots of fun.
Extra Limb - another fun and good value punk band from Sydney.
Cosmic Psychos - Victorian buzz saw rockers... one of my favourite bands.
Downtime - now defunct Sydney hardcore band, another onf of my favourites.
Jihad Against America - recently deceased controversial band from Melbourne.
Unpaid Debt - punk band from Sydney
Game Over - Melbourne-based 90s pop punk.
Steppin Razor - ska punk dudes from Sydney.
Chaz. H. Scally - Penrith-based ska-core band.
H-block 101 - probably the best punk band to ever come out of Australia.

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Mighty Beehive records

September 25th 2006 02:41

Today I'm gonna talk about Mighty Beehive Records. Mighty Beehive is a small distro/record label based in Gosford run by Matt Ford, who also does the excellent and hilarious zine 'Nerf Jihad'.

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10 Great Classic Aussie Rock Songs

September 18th 2006 05:47

10 GREAT CLASSIC AUSSIE ROCK SONGS

I have no taste when it comes to music. If something sounds good, I consider it good. I don't really care if it's Angry Anderson or the Wiggles. This is because I am an amazingly rad dude. So here are some of my favourite rock songs

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Rehearse in a studio you bums

September 11th 2006 10:07

This is a cheesy 'How to' guide I was asked to write once for a zine a few years ago, I thought some of it might be applicable for any young 'uns in bands who are reading this

In the garage, shortly about to be kicked out...

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Thematics

August 25th 2006 13:05

Thematics is a weekly show on the community radio station 2RRR FM in Sydney. Each show is based on a particular theme... like, one show might be all songs about death, or all songs that are covers, or a special that focuses on a particular genre (like Australian grunge for example). Each show goes for 2 hours and a wide variety of music often gets played - from hardcore, grindcore, punk, ska and reggae to pop, gabber, doom, ambient, jazz and even spoken word

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Filmclip Banned!

August 21st 2006 06:37

Snog - Crash Crash - click to watch

This is a film clip by internationally famous Australian electro outfit Snog, which has allegedly been banned by the ABC

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Repressed Records

June 28th 2006 07:55

Repressed Records logo - featuring Chris!

Repressed Records is a radical cool-dudes music store in Penrith (Western Sydney!) It's the best record store in all of Penrith I reckon... the guy who runs it, Chris, is a cool dude who just loves music, and his staff (Ravi and Nick) are cool dudes who love music too.

Repressed Records started out as a Penrith branch of a Parramatta record store, Beatdisc. For a while Repressed Records was called Beatdisc but I think Chris bought out the name or some shit and renamed it accordingly and made it his own. They started out just stocking second hand CDs but eventually started ordering in new stock too - and the prices stayed low! They specialise in a lot of metal (thrash, doom, industrial, black metal, etc) and also stock some cool punk and hardcore stuff and hip-hop, and they'll keep their eyes out for pretty much anything you're after. They also carry a bit of vinyl if you're a vinyl enthusiast, including some ultra-cheap $1 vinyl (of crazy stuff like Culture Club and The Cockroaches... I got Men At Work and Hoodoo Gurus on record there for a dollar each

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Repressed Records

June 28th 2006 07:55

Repressed Records logo - featuring Chris!

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Band Names

June 8th 2006 05:36

Ah the mighty band name. Sometimes it can be a band's biggest bane, their achilles' heel if you will. Some bands never settle on a name - my housemate's band has been trying to decide a new name for two years now. Seriously - they just can't agree at all! So, if you're in a band, here are some tips or obstacles you might need to acknowledge on your way to finding a suitable name...

"Yo guys, all we need now is a name!"

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The Internet

May 19th 2006 05:43

the internet

In the last five years it has become easier and easier for independent bands in Australia to tour interstate. I know this firsthand… I started playing in bands ten years ago and it was almost impossible to build up the contacts necessary to travel interstate without first getting some sort of name for yourself. Now, I find that you don’t even have to do that and I think it’s all thanks to the Internet.

You see, the Internet is a wonderful and magical place where everybody is friends with everybody else and everybody is respectful of each other’s differences… no, not really. I just think that the rise of online music sites and the forums that often go hand-in-hand with them has helped build up various Australia-wide communities. Now, obviously, this isn’t directly responsible for bands finding it easier to travel interstate to play shows but I think it definitely helps make people more contactable across great distances – especially in Australia where we are forever oppressed by the ‘tyranny of distance’. This oppression is lessening every day, thanks to the immediacy of places like forums, messageboards, myspace and blog networks. One of the bands I am in finds out about at least half of our shows via myspace and email… so to all the fuckwits who continuously weep over the Internet killing music, Jesus Christ – live in the now

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