Crap Crab single launch w/ Sons Of Guns, Disco Zhivago + Beneath the Waves – this Fri 7th December at Club 85

INSTRUMENTAL post-punkers Crap Crab have teamed up with Anonymous Promotions for a special event at Club 85 to mark the launch of their debut single “Crab Riff”.

The bill features Hitchin electro-rockers Sons Of Guns who’ve been making huge waves with their new song and video for “I Slept In The Car”. Also supporting – two brand new bands who take to the stage for the first time: Stevenage pop-punks Beneath The Waves, and Hitchin-based odd-pop trio Disco Zhivago (featuring Rogue’s own Charlie Frame).

 

CRAP CRAB
www.facebook.com/pages/CRAP-CRAB/333505753343356
Skewed instrumental post rock party pop, like Devo but tighter and bouncier and funkier… Get yer pincers out!

SONS OF GUNS
www.facebook.com/sonsofgunsband

Face-melting jumpalong electro-rock for fans of Crystal Castles, featuring members of Vanilla Nightmare and Frog Stupid

DISCO ZHIVAGO
www.facebook.com/discozhivago

The Disco Zhivago boys unveil their weird-pop project. Start-stop-trip-you-up funky pop.

BENEATH THE WAVES
www.facebook.com/Beneaththewavesofficial1
Another debut from Stevenage based five piece… Expect some punk, expect some pop, expect to be left out if you’re not down early!

Friday 7th December 2012
Doors 7:45, music from 8:15
16+ show (photo ID required)
Entry £5
Club 85, 74 Whinbush Road, Hitchin

Rogue presents: DEAD FAMOUS – Halloween Party at Club 85, Hitchin this Saturday 27th October

** Discounted Tickets: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/187630 **

ROGUE presents our annual Halloween Party

DEAD FAMOUS
Deceased Celebrity Ball
Club 85, Hitchin
Sat 27th October

with:
CODA – Fangtastic Live Dubstep Band!

http://www.codamusicuk.com/

THE ZIPHEADS – Spookabilly Rot’n'Roll!

http://www.myspace.com/TheZipheads

DYING INSIDE – with Felix, the Demon Barber of Hermitage Rd!

(no website, but are you surprised?)

VANILLA NIGHTMARE – Ice Cream, You Scream!

http://www.myspace.com/vanillanightmare

DJs: Dog Latin & Fee-Line

Roll out the blood red carpet… Rogue Music is proud to present our third annual Halloween Party, and this one looks set to be the most ghoulish yet.

Following last year’s Dia De Los Muertos extravaganza, we made a pact with the devil. In return for putting on some of the best live acts in the business we’ve accidentally awakened the cult of the celeb.

For one night only you will walk with the stars – Elvis LIVES!, his guts spilling out of his belly like so much raw mincemeat.

There’s Amy Winehouse – the only thing that’s gonna send her back to rehab this time is a shotgun and a silver bullet.

Steve Irwin is back, stalking guests from a watery grave – loving the new blowhole Stevo!

Expect games, thrills and spills, oh – and did we mention some awesome music while we’re at it? If you haven’t seen Coda yet, you really should – even if dubstep’s not your thing we think you’ll be pleasantly surprised. And if it really REALLY isn’t your thing, we have the magnificent talents of The Zipheads, Dying Inside and Vanilla Nightmare – all of which are unmissable.

Doors: 8pm – 1am (don’t be late – we won’t wait)

Tickets: £6 advance, £7.50 on the door

http://www.wegottickets.com/event/187630

http://www.roguemusic.co.uk/

tw: @rogue_music

Coda Dubstep

Vanilla Nightmare

Rogue’s Halloween gig 2011

Shots from ROGUE presents Día de los Muertos – Day Of The Dead Mexican Halloween Party

I know it’s a little(!) late, but here are photos and videos from the Rogue gig back in October last year – missed out on getting any shots of BlackEye due to having to leave early (damn that train schedule). Featuring Mike Fallon + guests, Battery City, The Metatrons and Billy Skins Fifth.

Mike Fallon’s set

Battery City

The new BlackEye EP -

The Metatrons

Billy Skins Fifth

Aghast! – New EP out now!

New EP from rising UKDM crew.

London/Hitchin-based metallers Aghast! released their new EP ‘Live Dangerously’ digitally on March 1st, and on March 30th you’ll get your first chance to purchase a physical copy of the CD, when they headline at Club 85 in Hitchin. They’ll be supported by Brave The Moment, This Means War and Reprisal.

A 30 second teaser of the opening track ‘Look Alive’:

‘Live Dangerously’ is available from their Facebook page and at live shows.

http://www.facebook.com/AGHASTKVLT

Frog Stupid’s Farewell Party

Hitchin favourites announce their final gig and release.

Local ska-punk group Frog Stupid will be playing their last ever gig at Club 85 in Hitchin on April 14th, at which they will also be releasing their final CD, ‘Lessons In Forgetting Punk Rock’. Since forming back in 2003, Frog Stupid have gathered a strong local following and been a constant crowd-puller, but after nine years together, they feel it’s now time to call it a day, though you’ll still be able to catch the band’s members in the various respective acts they’ve formed which have been keeping them busy in recent years – these include Scream!Shout!Say Nothing!, Spandex Ballet, Arms & The Man and Sons Of Guns. Support comes from Lost Without Cause and Three Bottles Down.

For further info please check out this event page: http://www.facebook.com/events/147148245392618/

Here is the video for the title track of the CD, ‘Lessons In Forgetting Punk Rock’.

Official Facebook page:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Frog-Stupid/289868937724802

HALLOWEEN | Rogue Tickets Now On Sale!

ROGUE presents Día de los Muertos

Day Of The Dead Mexican Halloween Party

29/10/11 – CLUB 85, 74 Whinbush Road, Hitchin

Entry: £6 on the door / £5 with a ticket

Black Eye - www.myspace.com/blackeye
The Metatrons - www.themetatrons.moonfruit.com
Billy Skins Fifth - www.myspace.com/billyskins5th
Battery City (feat. Flo-Ella)
Mike Fallon

A Halloween Party, Mexican Style!

Inspiration for costume etc: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_of_the_Dead

 

TICKETS: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/140059

FACEBOOK LINK: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=228332550545979

 

 

LIVE | Rogue presents ‘Start Wearing Purple’

PURPLE.

A colour associated with nobility and spirituality. Also a colour associated with rock’n'roll: Jimi Hendrix, Prince, Gogol Bordellos and Ritchie Blackmore have all paid tribute to this decadent hue – and if it’s good enough for them, it’s good enough for us.

So join us at Club 85, Hitchin on the  26th February for the best party for miles around – featuring:
DYING INSIDE
Three wallies in silly hats playing instrumental covers of bad pop songs

MINISTERS DEAD
Tough as old boots punk rock

THE OTTERS
Different every time

THE ZIPHEADS
To get you jivin’ and swingin’

and

GLENN & HIS INSPIRERS
One-man post-punk band

plus

DJs playing dubstep, indie, electro, metal, reggae, punk and allsorts of other stuff til 1am!

SAVE MONEY: Wear (a significant amount of) purple and get a quid off entry price! Yay!

Click on the flyer to RSVP the Facebook event

ROGUE NIGHTS | Rogue Century Rocks!

JUST WHEN you thought it was save to go back into Club 85….

- roguemusic.co.uk presents -

R O G U E  C E N T U R Y  R O C K S !

Opens 24th April at 7:45pm til 1am

* Starring *

ONE DROP

THE DEFEKTERS

HAIL TO THE ESKIMO

STU O’CONNOR

Plus DJs til 1am playing all sorts of different music from punk and indie to dubstep and electro – Life, is indeed, like a box of chocolates.

FEELIN LUCKY PUNK? WELL DO YA?

Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, we walked into Club 85 and asked for another gig. And whaddya know? They gave us one!

Continuing with the Rogue tradition of brilliant bands, eclectic DJs, crazy costumes and optional liver abuse (frankly my dear, we don’t give a damn), Rogue returns with one of the best rosters we’ve seen yet – this time with a Hollywood theme.

See you there!

Admission: £4 on the door.
Rated 16 (bring ID).

Click here to add yourself to the Facebook event

ROGUE’s NEXT EVENT – Saturday 31st January 2009

ROGUE returns to Hitchin’s REMIX nightclub to say farewell to the toughest month of the year.

Our lovely shiney flyer

ROGUE – SATURDAY 31st JANUARY 2009

REMIX Nightclub | 20-22 Hermitage Road | Hitchin | Herts

A night of music, art and dance, featuring:
NEW TOWN CENTRES | GIDEON CONN | ROXY RAWSON
DJs: BEN JONES | DOG LATIN | MAFF | FEE-LINE | DA HUI
Also: LIVE DRAWING | FREE SWEETS | OTHER HOONJA DOONJAS

DON’T DELAY, GET YOUR DISCOUNTED TICKETS TODAY (they’re £4 in advance): wegottickets.com or from the following participating retailers:

| Farley’s Hair Salon | The Drinkstop | Helen Rochfort Store | Boogaloo Beats | Machinehead | Harvest Moon |

BANDS KICK OFF AT 8, SO ARRIVE EARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT. IF YOU DO GET STUCK, DON’T WORRY – WE’LL BE HAVIN’ IT TILL 2AM. 16+ (bring ID)

FACEBOOK: EVENT | GROUP

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We’ve got a fantastic line-up on offer for this one. We’re not just saying it because it’s our own night but each one of these acts is a joy to behold live (we’ve done this with our very eyes) and we’re chuffed that we’ve finally got them together on one stage.

Roxy Rawson

Starting the night at around 8-ish will be the quirky, unique sound of ROXY RAWSON, an ex-Hitchinite who has played and sung the world around with her anti-folk acoustic style. This is no middle-of-the-road balladeering though, as Roxy with her backing band exhibit a truly experimental style reminiscent of artists such as Joanna Newsom or Regina Spector.

Gideon Conn at Rhythms Of The World festival. Many thanks to Jon at http://www.tdmphotography.co.uk for the photo.

We’re very proud to bring back GIDEON CONN and his band to Hitchin once more. One of the few true eccentrics working in the UK music scene today, expect to hear insomniac raps, paeans to fishmongers and acappellas about electric pylons. Providing one of the most exhilarating performances at ROTW last year as causing quite a stir at the Isle Of Wight Bestival, this is a unique and intense performer. A modern day Jonathan Richman with a funky hip-hop bent.

Headlining the night will be very special guests NEW TOWN CENTRES. Locals will be familiar with their upbeat post-punk style, but those who aren’t are in for a real treat. A powerhouse of talent, New Town Centres combine the lyrical witticisms of Pulp with the jerky funk of the Talking Heads and a quaint ’60s cool exhibited by their identical shop-dummy apparel. Not to be missed by anyone, ever.

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Of course, ROGUE events aren’t just about the bands. Taking us from 11pm to 2am will be a whole host of DJ talent, spinning round, mashing up and slamming down everything from 80s synth pop to heavy metal jams, hip hop mixmastery to drum’n'bass mayhem. There’ll hopefully be something for everyone here, so why not buy your granny a ticket while you’re at it?

We are also pleased to announce the return of the GoAwayComeBack crew who will be helping out with their wicked visual duties and live drawing. And watch out for Barry Hobbs, the man from PhArt, who will be compiling another Rogue’s Gallery piece for the Facebook group.

MYSPACE PAGE: www.myspace.com/rogueparty

FACEBOOK: EVENT | GROUP