 C90
are looking forward to playing a fundraiser for our keyboard player's
son Josh Friday June 8th at the Hallgarth Hotel near Darlington, Josh
is 14 and has cerebral palsy, although this bothers him less than
looking a bit like his Dad Marty. Josh needs a new wheelchair to take
him into adulthood, music college and into the debauched life we all
know and love. However the vehicle is eye wateringly expensive
(£3500), so we have decided to have a bit of a do to try and
raise some cash, up to now we have sold half our tickets, but we need
to push on and try and get a couple of hundred music lover/drunkards in
a posh hotel just outside of Darlington. The Hallgarth Hotel, Coatham
Mundeville have been amazing in accommodating us and along with a
mindreading magician called Theo Fraser we hope you will all be
thoroughly entertained. We have a massive prize/sealed bid auction
list, as below. Best way to get a ticket is to use the contacts on the
poster or email us at C90theband@live.co.uk check us out on
Facebook for updates
1/ £50 VOUCHER
FOR THOMSON HOLIDAYS
2/ PASSES FOR
PAINTBALLING DAY (INCLUDING ALL EQUIPMENT)
3/ BOTTLE OF WHITE WINE
4/ BOTTLE OF RED WINE
5/ BOTTLE OF CAVA
6/ BOTTLE OF CHAMPAGNE
7/ BOX OF CHOCS
8/ BUFFET FOR 50 PEOPLE
(WORTH £250) DONATED BY STEPHEN JACKSON
9/ OFFICIAL CHELSEA
ITEMS (DONATED BY ROSS TURNBULL)
10/ ONE DAY PASS FOR
HALL GARTH HEALTH CLUB
11/ BEAUTY TREATMENT AT
HALL GARTH
12/ FREE HAIRCUT WITH
MOBILE HAIRDRESSER ANDREA MILLS
13/ PAINTING OF
BUTTERFLY (PAINTED & DONATED BY TRACI WILSON)
14/ BOTTLE OF WHISKY
15/ FOUR CANS OF
TETLEYS SMOOTH BEER
16/ SIGNED NEWCASTLE
FALCONS SHIRT AND BALL
17/ HAMPER WITH
CHAMPAGNE AND CAKE
18/ PERSONAL TRAINING
SESSION
19/ BOTTLE OF CHAMPAGNE
20/ BOTTLE OF SPARKLING
WINE
21/ SUNDAY LUNCH FOR
TWO AT MANOR HOUSE BISHOP AUCKLAND
22/ MEAL FOR TWO AT TOP
HOUSE BISHOP AUCKLAND
23/ SIGNED
MIDDLESBROUGH FC SHIRT
24/ SPA COVENT GARDEN
BEAUTY PRODUCTS
25/ BOTTLE OF HARDYS
SPARKLING WINE
26/ BOTTLE OF RED WINE
27/ BOTTLE OF RED WINE
28/ PERSONAL TRAINING
SESSION WITH MATT AT HALLGARTH
29/ FOUR BALL ROUND OF
GOLF AT HALLGARTH
30/ BED AND BREAKFAST
FOR TWO AT HALLGARTH
31/ APPLE iPHONE
32/ MEAL FOR TWO AND
ACCOMMODATION IN A LODGE AT WHINESTONE
VIEW GREAT AYTON
33/ BOTTLE OF CHAMPAGNE
34/ SIGNED NEWCASTLE
UNITED SHIRT
  BLACK ROSE and Metalizer Records in
Germany have agreed a deal to release the bands last album 'Cure For Your Disease' on CD as
a limited 1000 pressing. The album has only previously been available
as a download on itunes and Amazon. It should be released around
summertime before the band fly to Germany to play at the Headbanger
Open Air festival at the end of July. This latest news means the band
will be having 3 albums released this year on 3 different German record
labels. More news on the other albums will be posted on Riffs soon.
Check out the band at www.blackroseuk.co.uk
This offer by the Shields Gazette is of
particular interest to those who host regular live music; pubs, venues, promoters!
The Shields Gazette is launching its 'South
Tyneside Experience', featuring top restaurants, pubs and venues
throughout the Borough. Each week one of the advertised businesses is
given an editorial centre spot within the double-page spread, promoted
as 'Business of the Week' online and given the opportunity to offer a
prize towards their own competition, which will be heavily promoted on
social networking sites, Twitter and Facebook.
The
feature
is
fully
backed
by
the
South Tyneside Council and will run
every Wednesday (ahead of the weekend so people can make plans!) within
our popular 'Tyne Out' Entertainments section. We are currently booking
12-week campaigns at £66+VAT per week. There are a number of
payment methods available and you are welcome to change you advert as
many times as necessary.
This
is
a
great
opportunity
to
book
a regular spot within the Shields
Gazette where readers will know to refer to week-in to find up-to-date
listings, latest meal offers and newest places to eat out. In such a
way that stands out from your simple lineage giglists. Impact and
interaction is the key!
It's
particularly
handy
for
those
who
host
regular live music; pubs, venues,
promoters! We will update your advert with that week's listings at no
extra cost. We also offer a FREE design service to help create your
advert.
This
is
prime
Gazette
advertising
at
a
75% reduced rate, with FREE editorial
and online presence, there for those who wish to make the most of it!
To
access The Pirate Bay just
download the 'Opera' free web
browser (www.opera.com/download) and access the 'turbo mode' by
clicking on 'activate turbo mode' on the menu bar at the bottom left.
You can now access The Pirate Bay.
Pitch
Invasion
Music
Festival
2012
–
Hartlepool
United
Stadium
–
12/13
May
Pitch
Invasion
Music Festival 2012, now in its 5th year has moved to Victoria Park,
the stadium for Hartlepool United Football Club. Red Dreams
Charity, the creative arts charity
(founded by Dawn and Ian McManus (41) following the tragic passing of
their 16
year old son, Kyle in 2007) organises the Music Festival, which last
year saw
9,000 attend.
The grass
roots
festival this year hopes to bring the young stars and acts of tomorrow
to the 2
stages over the 12th and 13th May 2012. 50 acts, including local,
regional and
national bands, both unsigned and signed will be performing between 1pm
and 9pm
over the weekend.
Dawn
McManus (40),
Red Dreams Charity founder and organiser said ‘It is extremely
difficult for local young people and families to
afford the larger festivals, and Pitch Invasion offers the community
the chance
to see music on a live & large scale; whilst also allowing the
young people
we work with to perform alongside their heroes’
With acts
like No Lights At Lockdown (who have
recently supported Cher Lloyd
on her UK Tour), Moonrunners and The Hype Theory (who recently opened
for
McFly on their UK Tour) and General Fiasco (who opened for Snow Patrol
on their homecoming
show in Ireland in 2010); and Shadows
Chasing Ghosts, The Feud, Scholars, and Mallory Knox; Pitch Invasion is
becoming ‘the little festival that roared’.
With a
host of
acts including Lost State of Dance, Sailors & Saints, Antlez, The
James
Arthur Band, Broke The Stereo, Boundaries, Hattie Murdoch, Rossi Noise,
Curious
Kontrol, Kate Williams, Mercedes, The White Negroes, Danny’s House,
Chloe
Gibson, The Jar Family and a many more quality from all over the North
East;
it’s going to be a weekend of Rock, Indie, Pop, Electro, Punk and Drum
n Bass.
Plus 2 of
the best
UK tribute acts to headline the main stage – with Kings of Lyon on
Saturday 12th
May and Howaysis on Sunday 13th May
There’s
also
fairground rides, stalls, activities like t-shirt making,
face-painting, nail
art and loads of games.
With
tickets only
£3 for the weekend (under 16), £5 weekend (over 16); or pay
on the turnstiles
each day £2 or £3 respectively, with under 5’s entering
free.
Pitch
Invasion
website – www.pitchinvasionfestival.co.uk
Red Dreams
Charity
– www.reddreams.org.uk
Does
anyone have contact details for John, who used to run Oldhitz Records
in Newcastle?
If
so, tel. 07851399118.
Looking
for a band/trio/duo (maybe), to fill in for us at a paid charity gig
this coming Saturday 21st April. Most considered!
We've had
to cancel due to our singers chest/throat infection that's refusing to
heal!
Please
contact Dez on: 07896-162064 for further details!
 Crookfest2012
6th May RockSunday
Patterson Stage will feature 9 bands this year headline is A Foreigners
Journey with Jimi Anderson on vocals also NE/DC , Bon Jovi tribute Bad-Name plus The Bandits will be preforming a
ZZTop tribute special ,
Indie Stage also has 9 bands including The
Karma
Heart
,
Lyxx
,
The
Silence
,
Black
Sun , the third stage is “the hut bar” this will
host Stottin Headaches , RiffX , Russ
Tippins , Heckler , 27 bands and
artists in total starts noon till 11pm tickets are £10 in
advance, £15 at gate or online at www.crooktownafc.co.uk
May 5th At the sun
inn,Stockton On Tees,Stockton Thrash fest,brings together 7 of the UKs
top Thrash metal bands,Seregon,Holosade,
Lifeless,Abadden,
Tyrant,
Valhalla,and P.I.G.
doors open at 3.30 first band
4pm finish about 11pm. Facebook event page
https://www.facebook.com/events/334299959924689/
Anymore
information contact me via facebook https://www.facebook.com/metaltonyUKMU
 Big
River will be playing this Friday
night at the
Ox and Plough in Washington, This Gig will be dedicated in memory to
Peter
Peverley, who Passed away last weekend, Peter was involved with bands in the sixties and seventies, fronting them
as singer, bands such as The Casuals,
The Carousels and The Petrons,
he
was
a
great
inspiration
to
all,
he
was
also
the
brother
of
Billy
our
drummer,
he
was
a great friend to everyone, and will be
sadly missed.
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The Eurpoean Rush convention is to
be held right here in The North East of England at The Office in South
Shields on Sat 13th October and will not only include Superb local 3
piece Rush tribute Whey Aye Zed
(featuring Tom Alexander, Ian butters and Micky Kerrigan) but will
include, Quizzes, Raffles/auctions, Karaoke, Merchandise and Rush
idol(a great chance for local musicians and Rush fans alike to pit
themselves against each other),Doors
open
at
1pm
and will go on to Midnight.
It's
also
aimed
at
helping to raise money for The Downs Syndrome association.
A new band called 'Quantum' are
preparing to hit the
north east scene later this year. Comprising of Paul 'Moose' Harris on
vocals, Micky Kerrigan on drums, Stu Shields on guitar, Roy Clinton on
bass, and Graeme Carroll on keyboards. Covering aspects of prog, pop,
and rock, with artists such as, Peter
Gabriel, ELO, Queen, The Doors, Jefferson Airplane, The Stranglers,
Ultravox, Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Jethro Tull, Muse, Radiohead
and much more.
An
experienced bunch, Moose, Roy and Stu have played together before in Prognosis, whilst Mick is best known
for his years with The Force.
Graeme also performs in folk duo Brother
Crow.
The band
have gigs booked to date at The Blyth and Tyne on 31st August, The
Office on 1st September, and the Quaker House on 19th Sept.
Website is
at www.quantum.gjcweb.co.uk where the band can
be contacted for bookings.
Our
singers come down with voice throat problem and we've had to pull this
weekends gigs were all gutted by more importantly
the
gigs
are
at
Paddywhacks
in
sunderland
tonight
friday
4th
may and
saturday the 5th may the black bull wardley our band is (GET OVER IT)
 
Just got back from Val's place
at Haworth, and Val and Mark and Val's sons couldnt treat you any
better. The people are very appreciative of all styles, last week a
rock band from Newcastle and the week before Soul Rebels and of course ourselves,
Steel River Blues, last
night so it's a mixture. Great fun.
Dave S (Steel River Band)
 British
Heavy
Metal
band
Chaos Asylum
release their debut Album 'Into the Black'. Featuring guitarist Guy
Laverick & Drummer Phil Brewis, 2 existing members of NWOBHM giants
Blitzkrieg. Based in the
North East of England, Chaos Asylum
was originally formed as a studio project by vocalist Martin Mcmanus
& guitarist Guy Laverick. A self-titled debut EP was released at
the end of 2009. Then to start playing the material live they recruited
guitarist Colin Dixon, bassist Craig Stephenson & drummer Phil
Brewis. Chaos Asylum have since gone on to play at the 'Bloodstock'
Festival UK 2010, various support slots throughout the UK & more
recently the 'Wizzfest' 2012 Festival in Belgium gaining them a strong
reputation as a live band. Now Chaos Asylum release their full debut
studio album Into the Black on April 16th 2012. Available for download
at all major internet download sites (itunes, Amazon). The CD is
availiable exclusively from the Chaos Asylum Website. See www.chaosasylum.co.uk
for more details. With the Immense vocal range & song-writing
talents of Martin Mcmanus, the twin-lead guitar attack of Guy Laverick
/ Col Dixon & the Power Drumming of Phil Brewis; the 11-track album
has a relentless metal sound, with tight catchy heavy riffs and
powerful melodies. You can hear the distinct British Heavy Metal feel
throughout the album, but the influence of more progressive elements
are evident in some of Guy Laverick's technical arrangements.
ACOUSTIC
WELLER
Acoustic Weller features Mark from
The New Age Jam, playing a set of Acoustic Tunes from The Jam, Style
Council and of Course Paul Weller’s extensive solo material. Mark comes
with 13 years of portraying Paul Weller in The New Age Jam and due to
tragic circumstances in the band is taking time out and doing the
Acoustic set. Recently supported Steve Cradock (OCS and Paul Weller’s
guitarist) whose comment was “Excellent”.
THE THREE TUNS will now host NIGHTRAIN (loads
of Guns n Roses plus some other covers) on SATURDAY 31st MARCH who have
stepped in following a band cancellation, get along and take in this
rare excursion into Gateshead, the more the better !! Thanks
www.nightrain.org.uk
THE
NEW AGE JAM
Well
folks
after
weeks
of
the
3
of
us
grieving
and
wondering
what
to
do
we
have
decided
to
put
the
band
to
bed,
Myself
Paul
and
Tom
can't
replace
our
Brother
Kev
he
was
and
always
will
be
the drummer in The new age
Jam. It has been 13 years since I asked Kev if he fancied doing a Jam
tribute and what a ride it has been, we have had the privilige to play
all over the country over the years and made some very good friends
along the way, It has been more than a band to quote " We were so close
nothing came between us or the world "
I will still be out playing doing the Acoustic sets so would be nice to
see a few of you along the way.
We would like to thank you all for your continuous support over the
years , and we hope you understand that we didn't want to continue with
the band for the sake of doing it.
We love you all
Mark , Paul
, Tom and the legend that is Kevin Breckon x
Dirty Love was formed just over 14
months ago as a bit of a side project but very soon became the main
band due to the amount of success we were having, The Band was
initially made up of Jordan Rowcroft (vocals) Liam Thopson (lead
Guitar) Mike Smith (bass guitar) Martin Smith (drums) and the basic
idea of the band was a rock band playing mainly 70s and 80s popular
rock from the likes of acdc, bon
jovi, thin lizzy etc. the band has two main principals; to be
100% live and that all songs we do must be known by most people in any
venue and that means that we always seem to have a great night with
punters having a great time. Because we want to do everything live we
brought in Jason Yard on keys and this makes it possible to do some
more keyboard driven songs like the
final countdown and jump.
we
even
have
a
live
light
show
with
Connor
Smith
working
hard
to
make
every
show
different
to
the
last
with
the
use
of
strobes,
i
colours
and
stage
blinders.
in
short
come
and
see
us
your
in
for
a great night of
rock music that you know and love. Dirty Love....... GO on you know you
want some..
Due
to
late
cancellations The Three Tuns in Gateshead has the following
dates free:
Sunday
25th
March
(this
coming
Sunday)..Would
suit
a
local
band
or
bands,
or
perhaps
a
tribute
or
a
band
hoping
to
breakthrough
onto
the
local
scene.
We
have
a
punk
covers
band
on
the
bill
already,fee
negotiable.
Thursday
29th
March...Again
not
a
prime
slot
although
Thursdays
can
attract
good
crowds.
Persuade
me
to
put
your
band
on.
Saturday
31st
March...Would
suit
tribute
band
or
recognised
covers
band.
DAMASCUS have had to
cancel the gig at The Magnesia Bank, North Shields on 31st March. This
is because our bass player Bill Smith has to have an operation on his
knee the day before.
MICHAEL
SWEENEY MEMORIAL IN AID OF THE A.B.F.
SAT
7TH
APRIL
BLYTH
AND
TYNE
,
38
REGENT
STREET
,
BLYTH
FROM
NOON
TIL
LATE
LINE
UP...
BLACK
ROSE
,
THE
DIRTY
SOUTH
,
BLACKJACK
,
GET
CARTER
,
BARBEROUS
TRIDENT
,
COLD
NIGHT
FOR
CROCODILES
,
BLACK
RIVER
,
BLIND
PILOTS
,
PETE
SHAW
,
THE
INCIDENT
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