jellybean

The Norwegian metal bands were great, I finally understand why some of them have such long hair.

And in addition to those bands mentioned in the review, Slagsmålsklubben were great too!

A) of course

This quiz doesn't really work does it?

When everyone can see the right answer.

hmm

was the soundtrack to my summer last year.

to the one at gramaphone, because it's 5 mins away from my flat...

Might go to the one at Old Blue Last too, but that's 15 minutes away.

A whole load of HK acts to check out (of varying quality)
http://www.myspace.com/downerlab
http://www.myspace.com/innisfallen
http://www.myspace.com/shermanho
http://www.myspace.com/thelovesong
http://www.myspace.com/alokhk

I've been trying to find out more about the independent scene in Hong Kong. It seems that the locals are just not interested.

The people who are involved in the independent scene are people who have gone abroad for school/university and so have grown up in a different way compared to the locals. The locals would rather go shopping or to the karaoke.

With the lack of support back home, I guess most of the bands have to rely on full time jobs, and so touring abroad is difficult.

I might have a spare too, if my friends are foolish enough to not to come with me.

of the first time I saw trail of dead in 2000 (I think). I met Jason at the end, and he was talking about how they had been up all night the night before doing rock and roll things with Snow Patrol.

How times change...

what times are the bands finishing that night..

I have to get up at about 5am that morning, so I don't know how long I can stay awake for

it's what the go! team imagined they sounded like

the current promoters are still booking stuff up till Christmas. After that no one's sure.

in the process of being bought up by the people who run Raouls apparently

As for small venues, there's The Exeter Hall, but it's way down the Cowley Rd and Port Mahon.. but they're both tiny.

Then there's the Cellar left and that's about it.

was a wake.

tyk.. do very good album launches

They were fun that one time I saw them.

I really wanted to drag more people along too :(

but i think that's what makes truck unique. I was thinking about this last night. There really isn't any other festival out there that has the mixture of local acts combined with bigger acts all mixed up in a pile.

that exposure for the local acts at truck is really important.. and i hope there's always going to be few of them around to play.

last year, about a month before the festival, they were giving tickets away for free