URBAN BLIGHT, SEX DUNGEON, CROWD CONTROL, LOOSE NUT & JACKALS- BEDFORDS CRYPT, NORWICH

Urban Blight are on a UK and European tour this September and I’ve managed to get them to Norwich. They play stompy hardcore reminiscent of bands like Negative FX, SSD or Agnostic Front and their 12″ ‘More Reality’ was one of the best releases of 2009.

Sex Dungeon are ‘mysterious’ ‘powerviolence’ from London. I put those words in quotation marks because people tend to get very silly as far as things like this are concerned. Either way though, Sex Dungeon are pretty great.  

Crowd Control and Loose Nut are both from Ireland, share some members and play hardcore, although from different angles. Crowd Control are a more ugly, negative take on everything, and have most recently released a split with Mob Rules, both sides of which are some of the best stuff the UK produced recently. Loose Nut remind me more of fast bands like Antidote, or as the name might suggest, Black Flag. Both bands will be touring the UK at the time as well, so even if you don’t come to this show, go to one near you.

Finally Jackals fill the final spot on the lineup. It’s my band so i won’t say too much, but essentially i’ve heard people describe us as ‘Sexy’ and ‘Crust for Clean People’. This is the day before we travel to London to play Offset.

It’ll cost you £5 to get in and there should be the usual things like distros and ’zines, and also cakes for charity.

Facebook event (with full address and more details) here-    http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=142445345780213&ref=ts

BASICALLY IF YOU DON’T COME TO THIS YOU LIKE SHIT MUSIC AND I HATE YOU/IT’S YOUR LOSS.
On a slightly more serious note, do come because then i can keep trying to book bands from around the world or down the road.

WWHRD ISSUE 5 OUT NOW

Once again it’s time again for me to try and get you to buy the new issue of WWHRD. This issue features all the stuff you have come to love and hate, and all the stuff you are indifferent to as well.

Featuring interviews with…

NEVER AGAIN
LIGHTBRINGER
PUNCH
BLACK MASS
MAGRUDERGRIND

It’s still available for the recession busting price of £1.50, and as well as written words, you get paper (one sheet of which is yellow) and a complimentary staple.

The ‘zine can be purchased at www.whatwouldhenryrollinsdo.bigcartel.com where i also sell some other things.

I also took copies in to DRUG STORE in Norwich, copies are on their way to HOLY ROAR, and they’ll be in a load of other places, such as ALL AGES in the near future.

WWHRD003- JACKALS 7″ OUT NOW

After a few delays and taking a month or so longer than expected, the Jackals 7” are now here, packaged and ready to send out. Everyone that has preordered a copy will have theirs sent out in the next two days (I can’t take them all to the post office at once). Labels will all have their copies in the next day or two, so for anyone who ordered from Holy Roar or Wineblood, so they should be in your hands in the next few days and your records are with them now. There will also be copies in various distros and shops over the next few weeks, and on sale at Jackals and WWHRD shows from now on. Apologies to anyone who ordered this and is waiting for their copy.

The 7” is Jackals first recordings and the first six songs written by the band, which were recorded with dudes from Maths back at the start of the year. It is a co-release between WWHRD, the band, Power Negi, Holy Roar and Wineblood musics. Limited to 300 copies, with plenty of these already sold via preorder, the package features screened artwork on black card by Vinosangre and is pressed to clear green vinyl with grey splatter. All records come with a free download, which can be found on the inlay sheet. They are priced at £3.50 or can be bought with a t-shirt featuring the same artwork as the 7” for £10 plus postage.

Online orders can be made via www.whatwouldhenryrollinsdo.bigcartel.com or via the various other labels.

Anyone interested in reviewing this release or obtaining copies for a distro etc. can contact me via wwhrdzine@hotmail.co.uk

NEVER AGAIN, CLOSURE, TORN APART, BAPTISTS, JACKALS & MAN HANDS @ THE MARQUEE

So the Jackals 7″ will be out later this month. This show will be the first chance to buy it from us unless you get it sent in the post. Therefore this is a ‘release show’.

Never Again are my favourite  band in the UK right now. They play fast, angry straight edge hardcore in the same sort of vein as xFILESx, which, if you know anything about stuff that is good will definitely appeal to you. It’s pretty likely that if you do like good stuff that you will already know them, so i won’t say anymore. Closure and Torn Apart are both from up north (Leeds) and share members, with both bands playing agressive, dark, heavy and fast hardcore. It’d be hard to pin down a certain band or two that they sound like, but if you say that they take inspiration from Siege, No Comment, Infest, Lack of Interest and some sludgy stuff along the way. No Jackals release show would be complete without our buddies Baptists, and they are playing a few shows that weekend alongside Man Hands, which has someone who used to be in Tortuga/NCF singing for them and Phil reckons they are like Some Girls. Which is good enough for me.

Entry will be 4 quid, there will be cakes and stuff like that again for charity, i’ll have my ‘zines and tapes and whatever else. Jackals 7″s will be on sale, and possibly the upcoming 4 way split which has Closure, Torn Apart, Bonestorm and Mouth (all awesome) will be on sale too. So bring extra money for stuff like that.

If you don’t come to this you are seriously dead to me. I won’t go on about ‘supporting the scene’ or anything like that but if you’d seriously rather pay twice as much to see American bands who are half as good… just because they are on Bridge9 or something, you can jump off a bridge.

Facebook event- http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000162470100#!/event.php?eid=115426865135131&ref=ts

Last.fm- http://www.last.fm/event/1485595+Never+Again%2C+Closure+-+More

WWHRD003- JACKALS S/T 7″

Preorders are now up for my next release, the Self titled 7″ EP from JACKALS. This is the other band that i sing in, we play fast, heavy hardcore.

The full details are…

6 track EP, recorded early 2010.

300 coloured 7” with hand-pulled screened artwork.

Self released in conjunction with WWHRD, Power Negi, Wineblood Musics and Holy Roar.

Distros get in touch if you want to stock this.

Preorders and t-shirt packages available now from www.whatwouldhenryrollinsdo.bigcartel.com

Orders will be sent out from mid April or as soon as I get them.

I am also in the process of organising a release show for the 7th May at the Marquee, it’s almost confirmed and details will be posted soon.

Free download- WWHRD001 Dorian Gay- Dog City EP

Download it for free here- http://www.mediafire.com/?yywfgn4ulym

If you wanna buy it for £1.50 on tape or CD- www.doriangay.bigcartel.com

DENY EVERYTHING, CUTTING CLASS & MORE AT THE MARQUEE

I might be doing a show or two before this, but this one is all confirmed and stuff so it makes sense to tell everyone about it now. One of my favourite bands, Deny Everything from Germany are making the trip back over in May/June to tour the UK, alongside Cutting Class. So obviously I was in there quick and got a Norwich show sorted. The show I’m putting on is May 28^th, the second date of the tour.

The line-up is as follows…

DENY EVERYTHING

CUTTING CLASS

DORIAN GAY

CAN’T RELATE

WE FIGHT TIGERS

Not all these bands sound the same but if you like good hardcore you will like all of them. I’ve only seen Cutting Class out of those before (I’m in Dorian Gay so that doesn’t count) so I’m looking forward to this as much as anyone. Can’t Relate are from London and play fast, heavy and aggressive hardcore, sort of like Siege or Punch or someone like that. We Fight Tigers are from Southend and play garagey hardcore which reminds me of bands like Cloak/Dagger.

Tom will be helping me out with this show I think as he has said he wants to help out with shows and stuff, so that should help me organisation wise. Stephanie and Apryl will sell cakes again (I haven’t asked them properly but they like making cakes and everyone really liked the last cakes they did, so it’d be cruel for them not to do it again) and hopefully raise some more money for charity. Unfortunately due to it being a Friday and The Marquee being the only viable venue in Norwich, it’s 18+ which sucks a bit but there’s not really any alternative. Bands start at about 7.30 and doors will be open from 7.

The flyer itself again features a pretty interesting picture. To me at least. It’s of Stalin’s son, Yakov, who was captured by the Germans in the USSR. The Germans actually offered to trade him for a couple of German prisoners, but Stalin turned the offers down, which seems fairly heartless until you remember who Stalin is. He had apparently never really got on (to put it extremely lightly) with Yakov, calling him a ‘mere cobbler’ and also driving him to shoot himself.  This is a pretty famous picture of him after he was captured. He died in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp on the electric fence. It is unknown whether it was murder or suicide, or whether it was a failed escape attempt. Doing history means I get to see pictures like this which are interesting, and also make good flyers.  

Keep updated with the show on facebook-

http://www.facebook.com/events/edit/index.php?new&step=2&eid=341590757794#!/event.php?eid=341590757794

or last.fm

http://www.last.fm/event/1427754+Deny+Everything%2C+Cutting+Class+and+more%21

WWHRD ISSUE FOUR OUT NOW

As has become a trademark feature of the ‘zine in recent issues, it comes complete with a different colour front page and free staple.

This one actually took a while longer to complete than usual, but it’s done now and is the longest (and maybe best) issue so far. It’s got all the usual crap and interviews with…

VICTIMS

RISE AND FALL

SEX/VID

BAPTISTS

BURNING LOVE

HAMMERS

It’s still £1.50 and will be in the usual places in the next week or two.

I took a load into DRUG STORE at the weekend, so Norwich people do that.

Anyone else, it’s on sale now at www.whatwouldhenryrollinsdo.bigcartel.com

Whilst you are there, pick up the tapes and shit i sell.

6th February- my first ‘proper’ show

So after weeks of trying to get people to come to this, it finally came around. Hammers couldn’t play due to work related issues meaning they couldn’t get down here, which obviously fucking sucked as I was looking forward to seeing them. However, it meant Lonewolves were left as more than capable headliners, having done the same thing earlier in the week in Cambridge.

WWHRD002- BAPTISTS DEMO TAPE, OUT NOW!

As the title points out, the second release i’ve sorted is now available to buy.

Baptists are a 4 piece band from Norwich, who play doom laden hardcore and take influence from bands like Cursed, Hope Con, Lewd Acts etc.

This recording is their first demo, and was recorded at the end of 2009.

It features 4/5 tracks, INTRO/NO GOD, SICK, DEATH RATTLE, ONE STEP PROGRAM.

This release is limited to 50 white tapes and features hand screened artwork by Jamie Chopping.

It will not be repressed, so once they are gone, they are gone. 

They cost £2

You can buy the tapes at any of Baptists shows- www.myspace.com/bastardbaptists for details.

Alternatively, you can purchase them at www.whatwouldhenryrollinsdo.bigcartel.com

More pictures and information on how fucking easy and cool it is to release your own records soon.