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London gets WRECKed

disnews by DiS News [Edit this content] ▾ 24 comments 15:07 September 30th, 2005
WRECK
An exciting new club night kicks off in London this Monday: WRECK features not only six impossibly excellent bands for minimal buck, but also DJs and the promise of art.

Held at the Marquee in Leicester Square, WRECK ONE costs just THREE QUID if you e-mail wreckcrew@hotmail.com; it'll be six quid otherwise. Bands for the launch night, playing in two rooms, are as follows (blurbs from the WRECK crew themself)...

Twentysixfeet
Crazy avant-punk/rock with discords, soaring melodies and laptop abuse hovering somewhere between The Cure, Planet Mu/Rephlex-style electronica, Converge, Augustus Pablo, Tool and In Utero-style Nirvana.
Website

Akira
Electronic drums combine with fractured guitars to give host to textured, abrasive, evil, technoid post-rock/pop/punk for the apocalypse. With cues from: Mogwai/Nirvana/Godspeed You! Black Emperor. Served with a smile.
Website

Tired Irie
Rhythms lurch, guitars punch and tear. A tangle of Godspeed meets At the Drive-In ferocity offering dual vocals, powerhouse rock and restrained guitar melodies to produce epic sounding, intense and often beautful fare. They come on like a mix of Youthmovie Soundtrack Strategies and Shipping News trashing about angrily in a basement somewhere.
Website

Rothko
Rothko is an London-based instrumental ambient band. The group mainly uses bass guitars and keyboards to create their soundscapes. They got their name from the painter Mark Rothko. They have been described as post-rock, for using a rock instrumentarium to create non-rock music.
Website

Trencher
Trencher are an eye opening, skull mashing, splatter core trio. They've been causing chaos to dance floors and to describe them would only do a disservice to their masterful plank mangling, tub thrashing, keyboard twonking ways. It's like being in the back seat of an articulated lorry with no one driving, but that's what it's all about, the Trench boys are nice boys, the Trench boys rock.
Website

Hey Colossus
Hey Colossus are as big as their name suggests. Musically that is, not in terms of waistline. Comprising two ex members of Stanton, one former member of I'm Being Good, a former member of Yeast and a current member of econoline, they play stoner rock with a dark, metallic edge. Or something; basically they play loud rock music with plenty of shouting in it, and they play it well. Nice.
Website

PLUS, dare we plug ourselves, tasty DiS DJs and other disc-spinners from elsewhere in the music world.

Check this website out for even more details, and stuff.

Trencher Hey Colossus Akira twentysixfeet

London gets WRECKed

It's gonna be WRECKtacular!
guntrip | 30 Sep '05, 15:12 | X | Reply

Re: London gets WRECKed

That = some LOL.
Mike_Diver @guntrip | 30 Sep '05, 15:16 | X | Reply

London gets WRECKed

That's a pretty fecking brutal line-up. Trencher and Hey Colussus combined would make you feel like you've just been beaten by seven men and left bloodied on a cold London pavement, fo' sho'.

*is too much of a wuss to come/has no money*
Effloresce_Sean | 30 Sep '05, 16:30 | X | Reply

Re: London gets WRECKed

they do £3 pints of fosters.

I think.
ailsa @KillYourKids | 30 Sep '05, 17:13 | X | Reply

Re: London gets WRECKed

YUCK.
Mike_Diver @ailsa | 30 Sep '05, 17:17 | X | Reply

Re: London gets WRECKed

Better than carling!
ailsa @Mike_Diver | 30 Sep '05, 17:50 | X | Reply

London gets WRECKed

ooh Trencher
lots of lovely noise
i look foreward to bleeding ears a pleanty
shallwesetbenonfire | 30 Sep '05, 20:23 | X | Reply

Re: London gets WRECKed

smuggle your own in. £3 for a pint of crummy euro fizz is not on in this modern world.
JoeT @ailsa | 2 Oct '05, 11:26 | X | Reply

I hate the Marquee

I hate the Marquee, just thought I'd mention that.

I mean, c'mon, tables in front of the stage? Cocktails being served? Fancy panty loos? And Leicester Square why would anyone want to go into Leicester Square?

It's all that's wrong with the world...
splinx | 2 Oct '05, 18:53 | X | Reply

Re: I hate the Marquee

Agreed
lordscopie @splinx | 3 Oct '05, 10:46 | X | Reply

Re: I hate the Marquee

I quite like the tables - sometimes it's nice to sit down and watch a band, especially after work when I'm usually almost dead to the world anyway...
guntrip @splinx | 3 Oct '05, 11:14 | X | Reply

Re: I hate the Marquee

I quite like the tables - sometimes it's nice to sit down and watch a band, especially after work when I'm usually almost dead to the world anyway...
guntrip @splinx | 3 Oct '05, 11:16 | X | Reply

Re: I hate the Marquee

cocktails? i thought it was pretty much just fosters! apparantly plum are pulling out of promoting it, so consider its demise imminent
neil_mac @splinx | 3 Oct '05, 11:44 | X | Reply

Re: I hate the Marquee

Well it has a big FUCKOFF soundsystem. That's a good thing isn't it?


See youse later mofos.
carrot_ram @neil_mac | 3 Oct '05, 13:02 | X | Reply

Re: I hate the Marquee

Re. the PLUM thing, they are most prolly sacking the marquee off, which is a shame as they are reet nice folk and have been ace for us to work with. Boo.

For anyone who's put off by the Leicester Square thing, try coming down before forming an opinion. The whole point of our nights is to create a friendly atmosphere and put on unusual music. No pretentious scenester bollocks, aiiight? The drinks are a bit pricey but hey, skull a bottle of sherry outside or something.

So there; no excuses my dears. Come get wrecked like a train. Anyone who needs cheaplist inclusion after 3.00 can text names to my phone: 07754780177.
carrot_ram @carrot_ram | 3 Oct '05, 13:14 | X | Reply

Re: I hate the Marquee

tonights going to be great, i'll be in the square necking a couple of road rockets after work, whats the running order?
neil_mac @carrot_ram | 3 Oct '05, 13:34 | X | Reply

Re: I hate the Marquee

Dunno bout order, but I will be getting my drink on from, like, early.

Neil, where abouts in the square you gonna be? I'll come by, say hi, if yee don't mind. I'll send you a message later (as I'm in an internet cafe!!!).

M
Mike_Diver @neil_mac | 3 Oct '05, 13:38 | X | Reply

Re: I hate the Marquee

But everyone sits at the back, the band play to an empty room and you feel a plonker if you stand near the front centre. If there's a seat I'll sit.

Incredibly rude and grumpy girls on the door too.

Stand by it. I hate the marquee :-)
splinx @guntrip | 3 Oct '05, 21:43 | X | Reply

Re: London gets WRECKed

Booya.
Massiv big shout outs from the tsf and Akira peeps to Trencher, Hey Colossus, Tired Irie and Rothko: fucking brilliant sets from all of ya. Big fat booyas to Mr. M. Diver, Mr. J. Brainlove and Mr. S. Organ for ripping it up on the 1s and 2s all night long. Extra helpings of gratitude juice to William Teather, Rupert Lees, Malka Holmes and Nick McArthur for the high-quality artworks. A meaty slap of a 'TA!' to the Plum staff for being extremely hospitable and accomodating.
And most of all, huge fucking bastard props to everyone who came and supported this night: you make it work.

Roll on WRECK 2.
carrot_ram @star | 4 Oct '05, 18:25 | X | Reply

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