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THE SLAMPT UNDERGROUND ORGANISATION PROUDLY PRESENTS A 2-DAY BENEFIT
FESTIVAL
>OF MUSIC AND HANGING OUT AND ALL THAT CRAP SAT 8TH/SUN 9TH JULY 2000 AT THE
>CUMBERLAND ARMS, BYKER,
>NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE.
>
>Slampt is a small music-orientated DIY arts dis-organisation based in the
North
>East of England. We have been putting on gigs, releasing records, tapes,
CD's,
>fanzines, etc. since Summer 1992. We released our final item, a 7" by
>Middlesbrough's INTERNATIONAL STRIKE FORCE, in February 2000. The Fin
Festival
>will be our final offering. All are invited to attend, indeed we insist you
>attend.
>
>The festival will be at the Cumberland Arms, which is a ramshackle pub in
the
>Ouseburn Valley, Byker, Newcastle upon Tyne. The Cumberland Arms is one of
the
>most long-standing live music venues in the town, extensively used by us
and
>many other local music organisations over the last 10 years, it has hosted
>artists such as HALF JAPANESE, JOHN SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION, HEAVENLY,
BIKINI
>KILL, CULVER, THEE HEADCOATS, THE MAKE-UP, BLONDE REDHEAD, CITIZEN FISH,
BOB
>TILTON and many, many more. Some people think it's a dive, but to us it's a
>second home (only minutes from the
>Slampt house, very handy y'see). It is on a small side street called Byker
>Buildings.
>
>BY BUS: From the National Express bus station at Gallowgate, Newcastle,
cross
>the road to get the Metro (Newcastle underground/tube type thing) at St.
James.
>Take the Metro to Byker, and you will be just off Shields Road, Byker,
which is
>a shopping street. Walk down the hill to the garage, walk past the garage
and
>towards the Byker Bridge. On the left as you face the Bridge, there is some
>trees and steps going down just before the bridge. Walk down the steps into
an
>area of trees - here is the Cumberland Arms.
>
>BY TRAIN: Get the train to Newcastle Central Station. Take the Metro to
Byker,
>and then follow the instructions above.
>
>BY CAR FROM SOUTH: Take the A1 North to Newcastle. Follow signs to the Tyne
>Bridge. After crossing Bridge, take 2nd exit at roundabout on to Central
>Motorway. Stay on the left lane and take 2nd exit off Central Motorway,
which
>comes up about 200 metres on. Take 3rd exit at roundabout, signposted for
Byker.
>Warner Brothers cinema is on your left. Stay on this road until you've
crossed
>the Byker Bridge. At the roundabout on the other side of the bridge, take
the
>3rd exit, downhill. The first right turning is called Stephen Street. Don't
take
>it. Take the second right turning, Byker Buildings, and drive all the way
to the
>bottom. Here is the Cumberland Arms.
>
>BY CAR FROM NORTH: From the A1, take the A6125 Great North Rd through
Gosforth.
>This becomes the Central Motorway. Turn off on to the A193 towards Byker,
which
>is at the roundabout next to the Warner Brothers cinema. Follow this road
over
>the Byker Bridge and then follow the last part of the directions "From
South" as
>above.
>
>Or if you are coming from the West, from the A69, drive in to Newcastle on
the
>West Rd, which becomes the Westgate Rd as it enters the City Centre. Follow
this
>d all the way to the roundabout at the mouth of the Tyne Bridge. Take the
2nd
>exit, which is the Central Motorway. Stay on the left and take the 2nd exit
off
>Central Motorway, which comes up quickly about 200 metres on. Take the 3rd
exit
>at this roundabout, which is signposted Byker. Warner Brothers cinema is on
your
>left. Follow this road over the Byker Bridge and then follow the last part
of
>the directions "From South", as above.
>
>If you get lost, the phone number of the venue is (0191) 265 8433
>
>THE DATES: Sat 7th July and Sunday 8th July. Doors will open at 6pm on the
>Saturday, 3pm on the Sunday. Closing time is 11pm both nights. There will
be 6
>bands on the first night, and 10 the following day. Half hour sets. There
will
>be record stalls, political stalls and hopefully food too. �4 per day or �6
for
>the weekend.
>
>THE BANDS: The festival has a primarily local bias, either bands we have
>released stuff by or who we have put on at Slampt gigs over the years.
Confirmed
>so far:
>
>RED MONKEY are Pete and Rachel (who co-ordinated Slampt throughout) with
drummer
>Marc Walker (ex-KODIAK, SPINACH, PYROMANIACS,  etc.). Formed in late 1996,
the
>band has toured Britain 3 times, Europe twice (including gigs in Germany,
>Switzerland, Netherlands, Belgium, France), Ireland and two coast-to-coast
US
>tours. They have two albums out on Slampt/Troubleman.
>
>I'M BEING GOOD, of Brighton,  have been doing art/rock experimental guitar
music
>for nearly 10 years. Main-player Andrew Clare runs his own Infinite Chug
>imprint, and has also played with SMALL THINGS, 13 GHOSTS, DEREK BAILEY,
>THURSTON MOORE, etc It is a rare treat to see IBG playing so far up north,
their
>first visit to Tyneside since they appeared on the Slampt released "4
track, 4
>track" 7" a couple of years ago.
>
>INTERNATIONAL STRIKE FORCE, formerly know as GOLDEN STARLET, have been
releasing
>music through Slampt almost since the beginning. Their 1996 "Love is..." LP
is a
>classic slab of buzzing guitars, shouty vocals and all-girl action. The
"treat
>Yourself" 7" which came out this year was the final vinyl release through
>Slampt.
>
>MISSY X feature Paddy McNally on vocals/guitar, another stalwart of the
Slampt
>scene from his days in THE UNSCENE back in the early 90's. This will be
MISSY
>X's first show for a long time, largely due to their saxophonist Nick Allot
>having been away in Japan for the last couple years. They play an arty,
>fucked-up jazz/punk mess with elements reminiscent of THE FALL, PUSSY
GALORE and
>UT.
>
>SOURTOOTH are an all-queer 3 piece from Glasgow playing guitar-based punk
music.
>Featuring Andrew Friendly ("Oscar smokes the left-overs" fanzine) on drums,
>Victoria ("100%" fanzine) on guitar/vocals and Simone (COPING SAW) on bass.
This
>will be one of their first gigs with the new line-up.
>
>THE FOUR FRAME is a new band featuring Steven Malley on guitar/vocals, who
has
>been in such legendary North-East acts as CRANE and KODIAK, with Marc
Walker on
>Drums (RED MONKEY/ KODIAK) and Jase Etherington on bass (MONEYSHOT). They
are
>slower and quieter than their previous bands, apparently. Should be
interesting
>indeed.
>
>SHRUG are probably the most long-running underground band to have ever come
from
>the North-East - formed in 1985 in Middlesbrough, they have never stopped
>gigging and are still as great as ever, with Rob on vocals acting like an
>avuncular Mark E. Smith. They have never stopped shambling.
>
>MILKY WIMPSHAKE plays love songs for punk rockers. They have been shambling
>along with several different line-ups for about 8 years now.
>Vocalist/guitar/songwriting comes from Pete The Wimp, Slampt co-ordinator.
This
>guy really is a jerk, but I guess his songs are kind of catchy evenso.
>
>JAZZFINGER are an "avant-garde" duo who make electronic and acoustic noises
in a
>semi-random hypnotic blend. Featuring Has, who co-ran the much-missed
"Surface
>Noise" record shop.
>
>BILGE PUMP are a crazy, jazzy, noodling 3 piece band from Leeds 6,
reminiscent
>of BUTTHOLE SURFERS at times, featuring Joe Mask and Neil Turpin of Leeds
>post-rockers POLARIS and Emlyn from LIZ GIZZARD.
>
>SPRAYDOG started off as a solo-project by Steve Robson (UNSEEN, BONE, MAD
>KENNY'S ALLNIGHT DRINKER, etc) several years ago, and eventually turned
into a
>full band. The other members have been in bands such as MISSY X, DELICATE
VOMIT
>and RAZORBLADE SMILE. They have a se3cond full-length LP out soon.
>
>H. T. VIRGO is none other than Rosie who was the guitar player in Slampt
>bratcore outfit PUSSYCAT TRASH, not to mention supplying vocals on the
first
>MONTH OF BIRTHDAYS LP. These days she plays solo with an acoustic guitar,
with
>passionate songs and an understated but very powerful delivery. Not to be
>missed.
>
>DIESEL VS. STEAM are another Leeds 6 band, featuring ex-members of BOB
TILTON,
>BABY HARP SEAL, SOLANKI, POLARIS, and if that doesn't whet your appetite I
can
>also tell you that they play spell-binding angular rock music with a
trumpet! A
>unique and mesmerising band.
>
>SALLY SKULL were a 3 piece female band from Edinburgh, Scotland who
released a
>7" on Vesuvius records and then another on Slampt before splitting up - we
>thought they were a wonderful band, and are happy to announce that they
have
>decided to get back together for a one-off performance at the festival.
Yay!
>
>PALE MAN-MADE is a new North-East band featuring Christianne (ex-SHOOK
YANG) on
>vocals and guitar. They play drone-rock with choppy guitars, Moog, 3 or 4
>guitars, noise and heaviness. A self-released single is out now.
>
>PUPPY FAT was a Newcastle band which actually started before even Slampt
did!
>They haven't played a show since 1994, but are legends of the local scene,
and
>are getting back together for the treat of it.
>
>Plus one or two more bands TBC.
>
>Any profits from the festival will be donated to a local pressure group
called
>Tyneside Action for People and Planet (T.A.P.P.) which, amongst other
things,
>has been involved in a campaign to close the Byker Incenerator. This is an
>incenerator near to the Cumberland Arms which the City Council uses for
burning
>a large percentage of the city's refuse. At present, the council is
considering
>giving the Incinerator an extended contract wherein they would increase to
>incinerating 100% of the city's waste.  Whilst this is a profitable
exercise
>for the company who own the incinerator, it is a decidedly
un-environmentally
>freindly process. Many people in this city feel that the council could
instead
>make better provision for recycling of consumer waste. The toxic tar
produced
>from the incineerator has allegedly been used for footpaths and put into
>allotments. This is an unnaceptable environmental hazard.
>
>For any further information about the festival, E-mail slampt@clara.net or
write
>to Slampt,
>PO Box 54, Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 5YW, UK. This also the address
to send
>money for tickets - �6.50 in advance, cheques payable to "Slampt".
>