Monday 29 January 2007

Earth Crisis "reform" and plan european tour..


Thanks to Youth Of Today, every hardcore band that are no longer now have the chance to get back together and make some cash. There is an ever growing list of bands that have done this since 2003.. Underdog, Leeway, Killing Time and Gorilla Biscuits to name a few. Earth Crisis were the latest to be added to the list, with reports coming out of Baltimore, playing possibly their best ever set last Saturday on the east coast.
There was never any question as to whether they were going to be doing tours, as the Baltimore show was dubbed as the "only east coast appearance", and MAD, the bands European tourbookers, have released a statement saying that they will be playing Europe between June 22nd to July 3rd. The dates suggest they will be coming over for the european summer fest season, with the first dates announced being With Full Force festival in Germany and "Hellfest" in France.
For the skeptics out there, keep an eye on the show calender as there will surely be a London date.
Lets hope "earth crisis face" turns up and makes it worth our while.

Tuesday 23 January 2007

Bad News- RIP Duggie.


Duggie, bass player with Visual Offence, passed away after having a second brain haemmorage this morning, his first being in late feb last year. Details of his funeral will be available for those who would like to pay their respect. Our thoughts are with his family and friends.

There will be a benefit gig in Norwich this Saturday in memory of Dug. All proceeds will be going to his family to help pay for funeral costs.

Saturday 27th January

Sindromes
Scourge of River City
Mustard City Rockers
Renegade Burlesque

£3

Cricketers Rest, Queens Road, Norwich

Monday 22 January 2007

UK Promoters List Added to Site.

A list of UK promoters has been added to the site and a link to this page is on the right, under "site links". This was done for smaller bands that would like to tour but don't have huge tourbooker backing.

If you would like to be included on this list, please drop me a mail at london.calling.hc@gmail.com

Telling People To "Get On" New Band Has Opposite Effect Shocker

Research indicates that trying to hype up a new band by telling others to "get on this shit" or similar ultimately has the opposite effect.

Experts call this "Griff Rhys Jones Syndrome", recalling the Vauxhall car company's street-cred crushing decision to cast a scruffy Welsh guy in a tweed blazer to sell its cars.

Nobody wanted to know what car Griff Rhys Jones endorsed, just like nobody wants to know what bands you want other people to "get on".

Subconsiously we just add them to the growing list of bands to never bother with.

So now you know.

Photo - Some band we're all supposed to be "getting on ASAP".

Wednesday 17 January 2007

Killswitch Engage Reschedule London Date

(disclaimer: I am well aware that Killwitch Engage are not a hardcore band, but as Howard Jones knows more about hardcore than half of you goons, and a few of you were going to this show, I thought this would be newsworthy)

Killswitch Engage had to cancel their show at London Brixton Academy last Saturday due to guitarist Adam aggravating a previous back injury. Adam was in such a serious condition that he was admitted to hospital here in London and operated on. He will not be able to tour for the foreseeable future and will be replaced by ex-Soilwork guitarist Peter Wichers for the remaining european tourdates, with London, Bristol and Paris as the only cancelled dates. A press release was issued by the band stating the following:

“Adam will be missed, but he wants the tour to go on… we will try to miss as few shows as possible, and make up as many as we can. We appreciate all the messages and concern that everyone has shown.”


The london date has been rescheduled for 29th January, and original tickets will be valid.

Tuesday 16 January 2007

The Legacy News.

The New CD entitled 'Solitude' is out on February 26th.
We're hoping to a do a release show in sheffield the following week or something and then we're touring the UK starting March 8th.

We're also touring again in May and hitting mainland europe for a few shows too - more details soon.

We've got some tracks up on our myspace from the new record and the front cover to the CD is on too so to check it out. It was done by the incredible Dan Mumford http://www.myspace.comtakeittotheboneyard - check him out if you havent already - his work is amazing.

we've also got some kinda web banner - if people could repost it places thatd be awesome - the codes on our myspace.

Finally check us out with gallows at the kingston peel this sunday - should be well good.

cheers


http://www.myspace.com/thelegacy

Monday 15 January 2007

Knuckledust guitarist catches Enormous Hand Syndrome

London hardcore band Knuckledust were struck by health problems this week when guitarist Wema was diagnosed with a case of Enormous Hand Syndrome.

Wema, seen on the left in a photo taken shortly after diagnosis of the rare condition, has been told to keep the swolen hand packed in frozen peas until further notice.

The band have said they hope the swelling to go down in time for upcoming gig and recording commitments.

Photo: (c) Cindy Frey

Friday 12 January 2007

Freddy Madball plays first "hip-hop" show in London

Madball frontman, Freddy, made his hip-hop debut at the Scala in London last night as support to Necro.

He was faced with many skeptical hardcore kids, with cries of "he should stick to what he knows", but proved them all wrong by not actually being that bad.

In other news relating to this show, a few london papers called for the gig to be shut down because of Necros lyrical content, and Anthony Martini, E-Town concrete's frontman, was spotted in the crowd, which prompted comments that he should take the stage himself and do an impromptu version of "Mandibles".

Purified In Blood UK dates cancelled

Without warning, Norwegian metallers, Purified in Blood, have announced they are to split. As a result, all UK dates planned in January are now cancelled. The band, who have been together for roughly four years, have given no reason for the split but left the following message on their myspace page:


Purified in Blood 2003-2007


We want to thank each and everyone of you who supported us and helped us along the way.

-Glenn, Hallgeir, Sander, Tommy, Stig & Anders

"Good things never last"


Fans of the band should check out Real Heroes Die!, Hallgiers side project.

Wednesday 10 January 2007

Lack Of News Will Not Obstruct News Reporting on London Calling

In a suprise move today, a new news item appeared on the London Calling newspage, despite there being no news to report.

The item, titled 'Lack Of News Will Not Obstruct News Reporting on London Calling' was posted by Tony, on Wednesday afternoon, after concerns that there had been no other newsworthy items that day.

To give the news item the finishing touch, Tony obtained a small gif cartoon image of somebody holding a newspaper, and added it to the news item.

In other news, the domains www.londoncalling.cjb.net and www.londoncalling.tk now bring you straight to the main page rather than the messageboard, so update your bookmarks, yo.

Tuesday 9 January 2007

Early Stampin' Ground material "still awesome"

Its official, the early Stampin' Ground recordings featuring vocalist Heath are still awesome as fuck.

The Dawn Of Night and Starved 7"s, the MCD containing both, and the debut album Demons Run Amok are all still raging slabs of chug heavy mid 90's metallic hardcore.

Trivia nerds might be interested to know that Heath was actually SG's second frontman, and Adam their third. The o.g. Stampin' Ground demo tape featured Paul Catten of Medulla Nocte/Murder One fame on vocals.

But some 12 years later those first releases still hold their own against a constant slew of younger metallic hardcore bands.

Maybe now that SG have played their final show they can give the re-united Earth Crisis back the riffs they "borrowed". Heh.

The Break In disprove all nay-sayers

Canterbury's bad luck stricken The Break In have dispatched any rumours that they were past their prime by coming back twice as hard and ten times as heavy with a new line up at a gig last night in Folkstone.

With a shuffled line up featuring former bassist Crunch shifting to vocals and new drummer David John Mayes joining longer serving members Rich Shiner and Dan Frye, they blazed through a selection of material from last years Unbowed CD alongside some brand new tracks.

A witness, posting on the London Calling messageboard, said "I've never seen or heard them play aswell as they did tonight. people were going fucking mental".

Good to have you back boys.

More info:
http://www.myspace.com/thebreakin


Awoken to split. Final show details


"With regret and sadness, we are announcing our end. For us, Awoken has always been more than a band. It has dominated our lives for 4 years and it was, and still is a symbol of friendship, ambition, and perseverance. We achieved so much more than we ever set out to and it has been an honour representing UK hardcore across Europe. It's difficult to explain the reasons why we're calling it a day, but let's just say that we've hit a metaphorical brick wall. We've grasped every opportunity that has been thrown at us and now we're all out of new pathways. We could go on, losing money on tours and hacking away at the same cities, but we've always been adamant that Awoken should never, ever become stagnant in any way. It has never been a "weekend" thing so we'd never be happy just playing the odd show, or recording a few songs whenever we've saved enough money. In short, Awoken is all or nothing. We've been living our dreams, and sooner or later, reality was always bound to come crashing down. We always did things our way, mostly DIY, and we always stuck to our guns no matter what changes might have brought us more success. We hope that we will always be seen as a positive part of the London, UK, and European hardcore legacy and we cannot thank enough those who have helped us to achieve everything we did. You know who you are.

We will be playing our final show at The Bull & Gate, Kentish Town, London, on the 18th of February, and we would like to invite everyone - from old friends to new kids - to come and say farewell.

Over and out!
-Awoken"

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We are being threatened with bailiff action from our landlords if we dont make our rent in full in the next week. This will ruin us.

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Thank you
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Wednesday 3 January 2007

So for the moment..

I spent months and months looking for someone to do a PHP based site for london calling.. somewhere where people could go to put in their shows, put in their reviews and a site that I wasn't going to have to run, but like the messageboard, runs itself.

Unfortunately, it seems that PHP coders are all very sought after and too busy to code a lovely little site so i thought i would do it this way.. use all the free internet resources I can.

Eventually, it will have a section for columns, a section for reviews, and somewhat a "london guide" that will include places in london you can get vegan/veggie food and record stores as well as directions to venues in london (like a poor poor mans Yo London haha)

If you would like to help out, with anything from writing columns to naming venues that should be included in the list, then please, drop us an email: london.calling.hc@gmail.com.. I already have a couple of people writing, but the more the merrier!

Also, if you would like to have your link put up on the site, then please drop me a line.

thanks for your time!