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Role Models

Role Models Autism charity single on sale NOW!

I’m really happy to announce the release of my band, Role Models new single – This Eventually Leads Nowhere. We’re realeasing this on behalf of the Haringey Autism and the National Autistic Society with every penny going to help them continue to run their safe play day for families with autistic children in the local area. It’s a truly important initiative, and one which allows the kids and parents alike to feel safe, relaxed and supported. Some of you will be aware it’s a cause which is really close to our hearts. Thank you so much to everyone who gave their time to make this happen (Andy Brook Chris Almeida Dave Kerr Michl Krenner and of course James Sullivan Daniel Husayn and Phil Smith) PLEASE download this song for just £2, or the EP for £5 and share this video. Thank you in advance and hope you enjoy!

 

“Good Mornin’ everybody! Ya know how I usually give the ol’ “Rich Rags Story Time”? Well here’s an important one.

When my son Zoli was diagnosed with autism I felt helpless. It was something I knew very little about, so I thought the worst. I tried to keep a brave face. And that exhausted me. So worried about him. As I worried and tried to learn about it, Zoli was growing to be an emotional, quite happy child. Who barely spoke. That inability to communicate his thoughts would send the lil’ guy into some serious spins of REAL frustration.

As Zoli began to communicate more and more, we would see that, though he may sometimes have a difficult time with how to describe his emotions, he definitely feels them. When he tells me he loves me and holds my gaze, my heart explodes. It’s a big emotion. Harder to say than the opposite. For most of us I think. I’m so proud that he’s come to grasps with it. That worry melts away a bit…

I wrote this song for and with my son. And this charity is very close to our hearts, as it is something that we are involved with and frequent. As does many, many other families. That little meatball LOVES it! Hahahahahahaha!

Hope ya like the song! Lot’s of very talented people such as Andy Brook,Daniel HusaynDave KerrRich Jones Chris AlmeidaPhil Smith and James Sullivan helped make it happen. Click the link below and pick one up! You can also get our ep there. All the money goes to the charity! And ya know what? We’re pretty good hahahahahahaha! YeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!”

www.heavyheartsbenefit.com

Role Models

Recorded @ Strummer Studios

Engineered by Andy Brook
(www.strummersstudios.com)

Produced by Rich Jones
(turningrebellion.com)

Mastered by Daniel Husayn
(www.hajjihusaynmastering.wordpress.com)

Artwork by Aron Glasser
(twitter.com/AronGlasser)

Daylight Robbery

Mastering a new Daylight Robbery 7″ to coincide with their Australian tour.

Facebook event link.

Fri 5th July – at The Public Bar (melbourne)
DEAF WISH // WHITE WALLS// DAYLIGHT ROBBERY // BLOODY HAMMER
https://www.facebook.com/events/371813552933278/?fref=ts

Sat 6th July – at The Metro (adelaide)
BIG RICHARD INSECT // DAYLIGHT ROBBERY // DEEP HEAT //BRUFF SUPERIOR
https://www.facebook.com/events/559158324114524/?fref=ts

Sun 7th July – at Mad Mouse (adelaide)
NO ACTION // DAYLIGHT ROBBERY // TRASH // SIMFUCKERS
https://www.facebook.com/events/174805806004751/?fref=ts

Wed 10th – at Brisbane Hotel (tasmania)
DAYLIGHT ROBBERY // + 3 more
https://www.facebook.com/events/325381690898037

Thurs 11th July – Launceston TBC (tasmania)
DAYLIGHT ROBBERY // + 3 more
https://www.facebook.com/events/479644075434767

Fri 12th July – brisbane at TBC
DAYLIGHT ROBBERY // + 3 more

Sat 13th July – brisbane at TBC
DAYLIGHT ROBBERY // + 3 more

Thurs 18th July – at The Terrace Bar (Newcastle)
INFINITE VOID // DAYLIGHT ROBBERY // LENIN LENNON // HAZARDS
https://www.facebook.com/events/308025002660331/?fref=ts

Fri 19th July – at The Imperial Hotel (sydney)
ROYAL HEADACHE // DAYLIGHT ROBBERY //+ 2 more

Sat 20th July – at Blackwire Records (sydney)
INFINITE VOID // DAYLIGHT ROBBERY // THORAX // COLLAPSO
https://www.facebook.com/events/145681128936383

Sun 21st July – at The Gasometer (melbourne)
STRAIGHTJACKET NATION // DAYLIGHT ROBBERY // DEEP HEAT // GENTLEMEN
https://www.facebook.com/events/137283203117858/?fref=ts

You don’t have to be a music critic to hear a little John and Exene in this south-side three-piece’s male-female vocal interplay, but Daylight Robbery doesn’t stop with X… They combine the short sharp bursts of late-70s west-coast bands like the Bags and the Wipers with the present-day energy of sweat-soaked Pilsen house shows.

http://daylightrobbery.bandcamp.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9Rd9I6NQ54

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVfyBsIPJS4

Fri 5th till Sun 21st July

If you haven’t heard their newest LP, mastered here, listen below.

 

Daylight Robbery

Mastering a new Daylight Robbery 7″ to coincide with their Australian tour.

Facebook event link.

Fri 5th July – at The Public Bar (melbourne)
DEAF WISH // WHITE WALLS// DAYLIGHT ROBBERY // BLOODY HAMMER
https://www.facebook.com/events/371813552933278/?fref=ts

Sat 6th July – at The Metro (adelaide)
BIG RICHARD INSECT // DAYLIGHT ROBBERY // DEEP HEAT //BRUFF SUPERIOR
https://www.facebook.com/events/559158324114524/?fref=ts

Sun 7th July – at Mad Mouse (adelaide)
NO ACTION // DAYLIGHT ROBBERY // TRASH // SIMFUCKERS
https://www.facebook.com/events/174805806004751/?fref=ts

Wed 10th – at Brisbane Hotel (tasmania)
DAYLIGHT ROBBERY // + 3 more
https://www.facebook.com/events/325381690898037

Thurs 11th July – Launceston TBC (tasmania)
DAYLIGHT ROBBERY // + 3 more
https://www.facebook.com/events/479644075434767

Fri 12th July – brisbane at TBC
DAYLIGHT ROBBERY // + 3 more

Sat 13th July – brisbane at TBC
DAYLIGHT ROBBERY // + 3 more

Thurs 18th July – at The Terrace Bar (Newcastle)
INFINITE VOID // DAYLIGHT ROBBERY // LENIN LENNON // HAZARDS
https://www.facebook.com/events/308025002660331/?fref=ts

Fri 19th July – at The Imperial Hotel (sydney)
ROYAL HEADACHE // DAYLIGHT ROBBERY //+ 2 more

Sat 20th July – at Blackwire Records (sydney)
INFINITE VOID // DAYLIGHT ROBBERY // THORAX // COLLAPSO
https://www.facebook.com/events/145681128936383

Sun 21st July – at The Gasometer (melbourne)
STRAIGHTJACKET NATION // DAYLIGHT ROBBERY // DEEP HEAT // GENTLEMEN
https://www.facebook.com/events/137283203117858/?fref=ts

You don’t have to be a music critic to hear a little John and Exene in this south-side three-piece’s male-female vocal interplay, but Daylight Robbery doesn’t stop with X… They combine the short sharp bursts of late-70s west-coast bands like the Bags and the Wipers with the present-day energy of sweat-soaked Pilsen house shows.

http://daylightrobbery.bandcamp.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9Rd9I6NQ54

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVfyBsIPJS4

Fri 5th till Sun 21st July

If you haven’t heard their newest LP, mastered here, listen below.

 

Monday, 4 March 2013

Gig #42: RED DONS / METHODIST CENTRE / GOOD THROB / THE SMEAR

Facebook event click here

STATIC SHOCK GIG VOL #42

RED DONS
From Portland, USA and with releases on Deranged, Dirtnap and Taken By Surprise records. Red Dons will be playing three UK shows when in town to record their next record and this is the only one south of Leeds. Featuring members of The Observers, Clorox Girls and Thee Spivs among others.

METHODIST CENTRE
Queer Oi/Street punk from London with two drummers, this is going to be one of their last ever shows. Don’t miss out.

GOOD THROB
“Good Throb’s initial public offering draws from all of their previous bands’ work (the Sceptres, the Shitty Limits, Tortura et al.) in the shadows of the Nixe’s Utreg punk, with a hint of “Swiss Punk Now”, a bit of the Australian X’s burliness, but any desire for comparison is overwhelmed by a certain wall of sound and ferocity – on every instrument – that breeds a perfectly nasty sense of empathy. Empathy for a visceral breeze, for the methodical assassination of tedium, for the distilled detestation of our rosy society, and for Tesco anthems. Raw depictions of a mundane universe. (NG – Terminal Boredom)

THE SMEAR
First show from this new local band, featuring members of Tremors, Wake Up Dead and Vexed playing gloomy post punk along the lines of The Wipers.

Wednesday 27th March

8:00PM – £6 entry.

The Shacklewell Arms
71 Shacklewell Lane, Dalston, London, E8 2EB

Chemicals Flyer

Mastering a Thee Chemicals 7″ on Taken By Surprise Records.

Hopefully this will be out in time for their European tour.

They will be playing in London April 7th with the Gaggers and the Love Triangle. Don’t miss it.

CHEMICALS EURO TOUR 2013
03.04.2013 D-Berlin – Cortina Bob
04.04.2013 D-Hamburg – Komet
05.04.2013 NL-Amsterdam – Pacific Parc
06.04.2013 B-Kortrijk – The Pits
07.04.2013 UK-London – Ryan’s Bar
08.04.2013 UK-Brighton – TBA
09.04.2013 F-Paris – La Mecanique Ondulatoire
10.04.2013 D-Freiburg – Slow Club
11.04.2013 D-Tübingen – Laden am Sternplatz
12.04.2013 D-München – Kafe Kult
13.04.2013 D-Dresden – Chemiefabrik
14.04.2013 U-Budapest – Trafik Klub
15.04.2013 A-Wien – Arena Beisl
16.04.2013 HR-Zagreb – Grey Room
17.04.2013 I-Bologna – Freakout
18.04.2013 I-Fidenza – Taun
19.04.2013 CH-Basel – Hirscheneck
20.04.2013 D-Nürnberg – Desi – KEEP IT EVIL FEST
21.04.2013 D-Leipzig – Zoro

Have a listen to a song off the first LP.

 

Chemicals Flyer

Mastering a Thee Chemicals 7″ on Taken By Surprise Records.

Hopefully this will be out in time for their European tour.

They will be playing in London April 7th with the Gaggers and the Love Triangle. Don’t miss it.

CHEMICALS EURO TOUR 2013
03.04.2013 D-Berlin – Cortina Bob
04.04.2013 D-Hamburg – Komet
05.04.2013 NL-Amsterdam – Pacific Parc
06.04.2013 B-Kortrijk – The Pits
07.04.2013 UK-London – Ryan’s Bar
08.04.2013 UK-Brighton – TBA
09.04.2013 F-Paris – La Mecanique Ondulatoire
10.04.2013 D-Freiburg – Slow Club
11.04.2013 D-Tübingen – Laden am Sternplatz
12.04.2013 D-München – Kafe Kult
13.04.2013 D-Dresden – Chemiefabrik
14.04.2013 U-Budapest – Trafik Klub
15.04.2013 A-Wien – Arena Beisl
16.04.2013 HR-Zagreb – Grey Room
17.04.2013 I-Bologna – Freakout
18.04.2013 I-Fidenza – Taun
19.04.2013 CH-Basel – Hirscheneck
20.04.2013 D-Nürnberg – Desi – KEEP IT EVIL FEST
21.04.2013 D-Leipzig – Zoro

Have a listen to a song off the first LP.

 

Daylight Robbery – Ecstatic Vision LP, mastered here, Maximum Rock n Roll Review:

Daylight Robbery

 

Role Models

The Role Models have been Recording a new Single to benefit the British National Autistic Society.

To quote the lovely front man Rags:

“A NEW SINGLE! All proceeds will go towards funding a safe play day for autistic children in North London that my wife and I help run. A day the local council couldn’t give a shit about but is really important to so many families. My son Zoli included! (he even helped write the lyrics!!!) All through the local branch of the NATIONAL AUTISTIC SOCIETY! Alot of people donated time. To record it (Andy Brook, Rich Jones, Daniel Husayn), build a site for it (Dave Kerr), even include cool stuff to sell (Richard Crobar owner of the best rock bar in the world The Crobar!). Like I said verrrrrrrryyyyy sooooooon!”

Andy Brook of Strummers Recording Studio has donated time for the recording of the track and  North London Bomb Factory has donated time for Mastering.

Listen to a track from the 12″ on Taken By Surprise Records:

 

Chemcial livin

Mastered here, Chemicals – Chemical Livin’ LP Review from OX #105:

CHEMICALS are punks on drugs, whose hot-wired Trashpunkjunk can be associated with O.C. beachsounds of the “Führers…”-SMOGTOWN or GEARS and the MEAN JEANS on Pepp not canned beer, with their in your face “Screw you!”-nihilism as life’s central philosophy and was released in 2009 on vinyl. I myself haven’t noticed CHEMICALS for way too long; so it’s about time to praise them without restraint, to see their 1.5 minute punksmasher between middle finger salute and chronic liver infection as a glimpse of hope. And yes, they are the kind of band whose name you should get tattooed under your BLACK FLAG bars, whose slogan “Wanna die drinkin’ peppermint schnapps!” will be endorsed enthusiastically in lots of places. Jonny Cat – headhoncho of the label with the same name – has gathered RED DONS personnel here to fire off 12 opinionated and unadorned snotgrenades into the Plastic Punk ranks and to construct an album whose shortness and versatility doesn’t give you a second to breathe; killer record! Don’t frown upon the current meager distribution situation: the band will release their second album before the end of the year, tour Europe in April 2013 and will bring a repress of this record. (8)

 

CHEMICALS sind Punks on drugs, deren kurzgeschlossener Trashpunkjunk eine Assoziationskette zwischen O.C. Beachsounds der „Führers…“-SMOGTOWN oder GEARS und den MEAN JEANS auf Pep statt Dosenbier spannt, dabei vorlauten „Screw you!“-Nihilismus als Lebensmaxime vertritt und auf Platte eigentlich schon 2009 veröffentlicht wurde. An mir selber sind CHEMICALS nun lange genug vorbei gegangen; es wird Zeit, sie hemmungslos in den Himmel zu loben, in ihnen die Hoffnung des eineinhalb Minuten-Punkkloppers zwischen middle finger salute und chronischer Leberentzündung zu sehen. Und ja, sie sind eine Band, deren Namen man sich unter die BLACK FLAG-Balken tätowieren lassen sollte, deren Losung „Wanna die drinkin’ peppermint schnapps!“ man vielerorts begeistert bejahen wird. Jonny Cat – Headhoncho gleichnamigen Labels – hat hier die RED DONS-Belegschaft um sich gescharrt, um zwölf starsinnige, ungeschminkte Rotzgranaten in die Plastic Punk-Reihen abzufeuern und ein Album zurechtzuzimmern, das in seiner Kürze und Vielseitigkeit keine Verschnaufpause lässt; Knaller-Scheibe! Und bevor ihr aufgrund der dürftigen Vertriebssituation lange Gesichter macht: die Band wird noch vor Ende des Jahres ihr zweites Album nachlegen, geht im April 2013 dann auf Euro-Tour und hat dazu vermutlich auch eine Repress des Erstlings dabei. (8) Matti Bildt

Chemicals Facebook

Chemical Livin’ LP | Jonny Cat | jonnycatrecords@yahoo.com

 

Mixed and Mastered here, Red Dons new Auslander 7″ reviewed by I Buy Way too Many Records.

“Dirtnap (2012)
The fine folks over at Dirtnap sure do have some good taste in music. It seems like whenever I find a band that I really like, they’re now putting out a record on Dirtnap too. Good work. Red Dons are a band I’ve been listening to since their last album, Fake Meets Failure and I’ve been mightily impressed.

This 7″ is another example of the bands downstroke heavy Wipers/Hot Snakes style of punk rock and roll. I would say that this 7″ might be a bit poppier than some of the bands prior work, but in this case, that’s great news. This 7″ may be the best thing the band has released to date and considering the strength of their back catalog, that’s no small feat. Hopefully the band will be getting a new full length together soon as this 7″ has really made me excited to see where the band goes next.”

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