The Hook Up (Montreal), Lonesome Ghost (Aylmer On), The Cut Outs (London On reunion) and Gerard Van Herk (Deja Voodoo, OG Records) on Friday Aug 5th at Brennan's Beer Bistro on Clarence St, right beside Grooves Records....a mere $5 at the door.
The Hook Up....Montreal via London On. This power trio takes the best of early Jefferson Airplane meets early Stooges with a shot of late 60's UK psych toss...ed in to give the sound a pop edge. Self described as: Taking their influences from: The Stooges 'Raw Power', Electric Prunes, early Who, Thee Headcoats, 13th Floor Elevators, Flat Duo Jets, The Real Kids, The Litter, The Outsiders (Netherlands), The Yardbirds, Small Faces, Downliner's Sect, Link Wray, MC5, The Mystery Girls, The Kinks, Blues Magoos".
Discography:
"S/T" E.P. (5 songs) : October 2010. Self Released. Homemade Series vol. 1
"Minstrel Boy" appears on Noises From the Hideout - The Best of the GaragePunk Hideout, Vol. 6. September 2011. GRGPNK Records.
"Call Up The Devil" L.P. (12 Songs): November 2011.
Lonesome Ghost....Aylmer Ontario's coolest combo ever, this duo whallops the fucked blues punk sound into the 21st century. From a myspace description: "Aylmer Ontario's finest 2 piece blues punk combo. This duo has successfully combined 40's rural blues with the energy of late 70's punk to create a sound that is currently being played at many modern blues festivals in the US and Europe. They have self released one CD that is currently on CHRW's chart and have been wowing the crowds since forming last summer. They were recently nominated for a blues award in Scene Magazine's local awards"
Disocgraphy:
The Empty Church Sessions...self released CD
Lonesome Ghost...cassette with their first ever live show and the Radio WW sessions.
'Haunted By God'....from 'Songs The Hideout Taught Us' the second CD of all garagepunk sounds from The Garage Punk Hideout.
The Cut Outs....reunion of this early 90's garage/punk/pop combo from London Ontario who could always get a crowd up and dancing and drinking. Dave from The Hook Up was lead guitarist for this combo at one time, so you never know what might happen at this show....
Discography
Cut It Out....self released CD
also appeared on a couple of What Wave cassettes in the late 80's/early 90's under the name The Cellar Dwellars.
Gerard Van Herk....yep, it's that guy from Deja Voodoo and OG Records who used to come to London Ontario and put on crazy shows in the 80's at venues like The Victoria, Bullwinkles, Key West and even Call The Office. Gerard and a mystery drumber are going to be playing a few songs from the Deja Voodoo songbook....a one time only, never to be repeated event! If it wasn't for Deja Voodoo and OG Records, we never would have done What Wave zine or Radio WW....so blame Gerard!!
And we'll have Gerard on Radio WW on Thursday Aug 4th to yammer about Deja Voodoo, OG Records, the next nite's show and all kindsa stuff!
So it's Friday Aug 5th, Brennan's Beer Bistro and a mere $5 at the door....9:30PM....
