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Paper Cuts
The International Karate Plus, Mystery Meat, and Popular Workshop
At Islington Buffalo Bar, Islington
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Paper Cuts, The International Karate Plus, Mystery Meat, Popular Workshop at London Islington Buffalo B
Mystery Meat deliver rock for rock's sake, and there ain't no better place to come from than that.»
About the venue
About the artists
Paper Cuts
- Ross Cummins - vocals
- Rob Dix - bass
- Ben Thornton - guitar
- Toby Barber - drums
- Tom Edwards - keyboards
- Arec Koundarjian - bass (left 2006)
Lunatic frontman commands arsenal of distorted guitar and bass through sea of pounding drums. Pop songs, played fast and loud, reminiscent of The Buzzcocks meeting Moving Units by way of Refused and ATD-I. With a demo already featured on Smalltown America's PSB#1 compilation and a small handful of gigs under their belt, they are allready building a reputation for being one of the loudest and most energetic live bands around.
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The International Karate Plus
Sklav is a family man. He likes nothing better than a spot of DiY on the weekend. He likes to drive his Capri and during the week he tries not to crash. His retro mindset keeps him in sideboards and flares.
Carter finds flats. No rented accomodation can evade his gaze. If its got four walls and a roof and you want to live in it, and if you can find him, he can find it. Carter is not contactable by phone.
Arnold breaks computers. For this he is paid handsomely and if your computer is already broken he will tell you so and no further costs will be incurred. For this he has earned the moniker 'Honest Arnold.'
Why 'International'? Because Chris is a Greek. Why 'Karate'? Because Richie likes to dress up. What's the 'Plus'? Mike's iron leg. And 'The' makes it sound proper like. 'The International Karate Plus' have arrived together through a series of misadventures, some of you may know about, others you may not, but none will be discussed here. Together they sweat in Cardiff, mainly because it's been quite warm of late but also because they've been playing some quite energetic music. To facilitate this, coming together, some people may have been hurt, children may have cried, let's hope it's worth it, only time will tell.
The formula's simple. Richie's love of playing the guitar in disguise, (+) Mike's ability to play the bass whilst stating the obvious, (X) Chris's need to beat the drums while consummating his incestuous relationship with 101 Cardiff bands (=) The IK+ music and if it stays that easy maybe some gigs.
Lots of love The IK+.
Mystery Meat
Ex-Ikara Colt bassist Tracy Bellaries, Blood Valley front-man Alex Lindsay and ex-Beachbuggy, Adrian, rise from the ashes of their old bands to form Mystery Meat. A heavier Ikara Colt with scuzzy guitars and ear shattering drums, this band are most certainly not chicken.»
Popular Workshop
Formed in January 2005 through an ad on DiS. They've been rehearsing since at Enterprise Studios on Denmark Place and drinking at The George across the road or the Jack Horner down Tottenham Court Road - inspired by many-a-band to make propulsive fucked-up unhinged beautiful pop music - named after Atelier Populaire - be realistic, demand the impossible - guitars fly - drums collapse...»
