The Ghost Of Fudge

FORMER 'BEST EP/SINGLE' WINNERS: 2001 - N/A 2002 - Sirius - "Baby, Can I... ?" 2003 - Liber8 - "This Is Not An Exit" 2004 - Deadloss Superstar - "Are You Ready To Die For..." > 2005 - 2012 - N/A 2013 - Same Faces - "In It For The Money" 2014 - Death Watch - "Welcome To The Void" 2015 - Watchfires - “The Northern Lights” 2016 - The Mamertines - "Generation Autopilot EP" 2017 - ? ? ? ? ? ?

PUT ON YOUR TOP HAT, TIE UP YOUR WHITE TIE, AND BRUSH DOWN YOUR TAILS... We invite you to join us at Krakatoa on Saturday 11th March, to celebrate the twin joys of music and Poundland. We'll be hosting the seventeenth annual instalment of our legendarily shambolic AWARDS CEREMONY - complete with tin-foil podium, and selection of tat fabulous trophies for the winners. Three bands will play live - this year, we present the bouncy musical gumbo of GYPSY ROOTS, the sweet prog sounds of the mesmeric SOLQUIN, and the up-tempo party outfit THE SMOKIN BUGLER BAND. It's best enjoyed with a bucket of gin, and although the whole night is very tongue-in-cheek we still encourage you to get dressed up in a suit / kilt / ballgown. Make the effort, tramps. All winners, should they be in attendance, will be interviewed onstage by your co-host for the night, hipster comedian VINCENT PRICE. Crowd participation in terms of cheering (and jeering) is mandatory. Facebook Event - https://www.facebook.com/events/148195125663805/ SO ... Consider the following six nominees, and vote above. You may vote for more than one choice. You'll also be able to vote on Facebook, at some point soon, and also in person at Krakatoa - paper voting slips will be handed out at gigs. All these votes will be totalled and COMBINED to arrive at our one true champion. BEST EP / SINGLE 2017 Audio Cynic - 'Audio Cynic, Vol. I' - https://audiocynic.bandcamp.com Cleanse The Hive - 'From The Depths EP' - https://cleansethehive.bandcamp.com Depeche Choad - 'Pain After Sex' - https://depeche-choad.bandcamp.com/album/pain-after-sex-2 Scratchfall - 'Scratchfall' - https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/scratchfall-single/id1077820203 Sonic Bucker - 'Sonic Bucker EP' - https://sonicbucker.bandcamp.com/releases Wendell Borton - 'Wendell Borton EP' - https://fitlikerecords.bandcamp.com/album/wendell-borton-ep

PREVIOUS ‘BEST INTERNATIONAL ACT' WINNERS: 2001 - Purple Munkie - Elgin, SCO 2002 - Purple Munkie - Elgin, SCO 2003 - Purple Munkie - Elgin, SCO 2004 - The 44s - Glasgow, SCO 2005 - Macrocosmica - Glasgow, SCO 2006 - Fickle Pubic - Glasgow, SCO 2007 - Strong Like Ox - Glasgow, SCO 2008 - Le Reno Amps - Glasgow, SCO 2009 - Apes IQ - Stockholm, SWE 2010 - And So I Watch You From Afar - Belfast, NIR 2011 - Ghosts Of Progress - Montrose, SCO 2012 - Ghosts Of Progress - Montrose, SCO / Ten Tonne Dozer - Shetland, SCO (tied) 2013 - The Brimstone Days - Malmo, SWE 2014 - The Brimstone Days - Malmo, SWE 2015 - Electric Eel Shock - Osaka, JAP 2016 - Electric Eel Shock - Osaka, JAP 2017 - ? ? ? ? ? ?

DUST OFF YOUR BALLGOWN ... We invite you to join us at Krakatoa on Saturday 11th March, to celebrate the twin joys of music and drinking. We'll be hosting the seventeenth annual instalment of our legendarily shambolic AWARDS CEREMONY - complete with tin-foil podium, and selection of fabulous trophies for the winners. Three bands will play live - this year, we present the bouncing musical gumbo of GYPSY ROOTS, the sweet prog sounds of the mesmeric SOLQUIN, and the up-tempo party vibes of THE SMOKIN BUGLER BAND. Best processed through a lens of absinthe, although it's very tongue-in-cheek, we still encourage you to get dressed up in a suit / kilt / ballgown anyway. Makes the effort, you tramps. All winners, should they be in attendance, will be treated to a wee interview onstage by co-host and comedian VINCENT PRICE. Crowd participation in terms of cheering (and jeering) is mandatory. Facebook Event - https://www.facebook.com/events/148195125663805/ SO ... Consider the following six nominees, and vote above. You may vote for more than one choice. You'll also be able to vote on Facebook, at some point soon, and also in person at Krakatoa - paper voting slips will be handed out at gigs. All these votes will be totalled and COMBINED to arrive at our one true champion. BEST INTERNATIONAL ACT 2017 (This award celebrates the outtatown-bands that made an impression at Fudge events over the past year) Diamond Head (Stourbridge, ENG)- https://www.facebook.com/DiamondHeadOfficial/ The Dictators NYC (New York, USA) - https://www.facebook.com/TheDictatorsNYC/ Electric Eel Shock (Osaka, JAP) - https://www.facebook.com/eelshock/ Honky (Austin, USA) - https://www.facebook.com/TeamHonky/ Martin Turner (Torquay, ENG) - https://www.facebook.com/MartinTurnerExWishboneAsh/ Rob Heron & The Tea Pad Orchestra (Newcastle, ENG) - https://www.facebook.com/robheronandtheteapadorchestra/

In collaboration with Captain Toms, Kenny’s Music, Enjoy Music Festival Aberdeen, and The Evening Express, Krakatoa is thrilled to announce the FINAL of our battle-of-the-bands, 'ERUPTION'. £2,500 CASH prize, winner takes all! Non Ticketed GigGIG 7pm-11pm £5 (£4 student) free entry 11pm-12amNEON LOUNGE 12am-3am £3 (student £2)See you here! #discovertiki #divebarFRI 10 FEBRUARY - KRAKATOA proudly presents:(Early start, first act onstage 8pm sharp - note: running-order to be chosen by chance on the night) THE FOUR BEST BANDS IN THE NORTHEAST BATTLE FOR YOUR ATTENTION! Winners of semi-final #1 = SONIC BUCKER www.facebook.com/Sonicbucker/ A duo from Aberdeen with a sound that has been described as ZZ Top playing The Dead Weather’s 'Sea of Cowards' album. With a style rooted in hooks and riffs, like the great bands that came before them, this is a homage the band aren’t afraid to pay. Winners of semi-final #2 = FAR www.facebook.com/FaRmusicofficial/ Rock, soul, jazz, funk, reggae, folk and world influences (including Latin, African) inspire this great alternative band, who've been playing all over the country and introducing themselves to festival crowds over the past couple of years. Winners of semi-final #3 = THE MALPASO GANG www.facebook.com/themalpasogang/ A classy five-piece country and western band, on a mission from God (AKA Hank Williams) to bring our infectious brand of alt. old country to the masses. Dancing (and howling at the moon) are guaranteed. Winners of semi-final #4 = FULL FAT www.facebook.com/fullfatband/ Brilliant alt.blues trio, inspired by Jimi Hendrix, Rory Gallagher, Johnny Cash, Stevie Ray Vaughan, The Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Thin Lizzy and Elvis. You'd be mad to miss this. Then: 11pm - 3am NEON LOUNGE A nocturnal refuge for the free spirited, an incandescent Dionysian antidote to clubbing. See you here! #discovertiki #divebar - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Our Sponsors: Captain Toms www.facebook.com/captaintomsaberdeen/ Kenny’s Music www.facebook.com/kennysmusicaberdeen/ Enjoy Music Festival Aberdeen www.facebook.com/enjoymusicaberdeen/ The Evening Express www.facebook.com/EveningExpressAberdeen/ Krakatoa www.facebook.com/volcanictiki/

7pm - 7.30pm > GYPSY ROOTSwww.facebook.com/GyspyRoots/Who could possibly open such a night of fun and frivolity? Why, let us tell you! A collection of individuals who create music ranging from reggae and gypsy, to punk and funk!7.45pm - 8.10pm > Fudge Awards Ceremony pt.1www.facebook.com/fudge.aberdeen/Join us as we celebrate the best Aberdeen bands of the past year - it's The Fudge Awards! In the first half of the live awards ceremony, we'll be dishing out trophys for Best Release, Most Missed, Best Video and the like after a public vote, and trying to get drunk as quickly as possible. We'll drag the winning acts out of the crowd and make them give acceptance speeches to you - it'll be just like the Oscars, but shitter.8.30pm - 9pm > SOLQUINwww.facebook.com/SolquinBand/After the first half of the awards ceremony, we'll be handing the stage over to the progressive rock and metal combo, Solquin. Superb. They will cleanse your palatte with intelligent, heavy music. Then: back to the awards!9.15pm - 9.45pm > Fudge Awards Ceremony pt.2www.facebook.com/fudge.aberdeen/In the second half of tonight's awards ceremony, we'll celebrate the Best Band, Worst Band, Best Newcomer and Best Live Act. To a chorus of deafening crowd participation - and possibly jeering, if I'm any judge - we'll discover who you've picked this year. I hope to be drunk. In addition, joining me onstage to "interview" the winning bands again this year, we have the delectable Vincent Price acting as co-host!10pm - 10.45pm > THE SMOKIN BUGLER BANDwww.facebook.com/TheSmokinBuglerBand/To polish this gig off with a fine, shiny, supple finish, we have the spectacular rocky vibes of the Smokin' Bugler Band, current holders of 'Best Alternative Act', bring the show to a wonderful finale.followed by THE AFTERSHOW PARTY till 3AM

PREVIOUS 'BEST VENUE' WINNERS: > 2001 to 2002 - N/A 2003 - Dr. Drakes 2004 - Dr. Drakes 2005 - Dr. Drakes 2006 - The Moorings Bar 2007 - The Moorings Bar 2008 - The Moorings Bar 2009 - The Moorings Bar 2010 - The Moorings Bar 2011 - The Moorings Bar 2012 - The Moorings Bar 2013 - The Moorings Bar 2014 - Downstairs 2015 - Downstairs 2016 - Downstairs 2017 - ? ? ? ? ? ?

IT IS TIME, ONCE MORE... We invite you to join us at Krakatoa on Saturday 11th March, to celebrate the twin joys of music and drinking. We'll be hosting the seventeenth annual instalment of our legendarily shambolic AWARDS CEREMONY - complete with tin-foil podium, and selection of fabulous trophies for the winners - and inviting three bands to play live. This year, we present the musical gumbo of GYPSY ROOTS, the classy rock of THE SMOKIN BUGLER BAND, and... errr... somebody else. It's all best dealt with via the medium of Polish cherry vodka, and very tongue-in-cheek, but we encourage you all to get dressed up in a suit/kilt/ballgown anyway. Crowd participation in terms of cheering and jeering is mandatory. All winners, should they be in attendance, will be subjected treated to a painful short interview onstage by comedian VINCENT PRICE. Facebook Event - https://www.facebook.com/events/148195125663805/ LET US CONTINUE ... Consider the following six nominees, and vote above. You may vote for more than one choice. You'll also be able to vote on Facebook, at some point soon. All these votes will be totalled and COMBINED to arrive at our one true champion. BEST VENUE 2017 Cafe Drummond - https://www.facebook.com/drummondsAB10/ Krakatoa - https://www.facebook.com/volcanictiki/ Music Vision - https://www.facebook.com/officialmusicalvision/ O'Neils - https://www.facebook.com/oneillsaberdeen/ The Tunnels - https://www.facebook.com/tunnelsaberdeen/ UnderDog - https://www.facebook.com/underdogaberdeen/

PREVIOUS 'MOST MISSED' WINNERS: 2001 - Red By Choice 2002 - TAR 2003 - The Anal Punishers 2004 - Psycho A-Go-Go 2005 - We Become Less 2006 - Dr Drakes 2007 - Today We Fight! 2008 - The Lemon Tree 2009 - Black Atom 2010 - Hot Mangu 2011 - Shutterspeed 2012 - Glassman 2013 - KCHGH 2014 - Turning Thirteen 2015 - [wall] 2016 - Toxik Ephex 2017 - ? ? ? ? ? ?

IT IS TIME, ONCE MORE... We invite you to join us at Krakatoa on Saturday 11th March, to celebrate the twin joys of music and drinking. We'll be hosting the seventeenth annual instalment of our legendarily shambolic AWARDS CEREMONY - complete with tin-foil podium, and selection of fabulous trophies for the winners - and inviting three bands to play live. This year, we present the musical gumbo of GYPSY ROOTS, the classy rock of THE SMOKIN BUGLER BAND, and... errr... somebody else. It's all best dealt with via the medium of tequila, and very tongue-in-cheek, but we encourage you all to get dressed up in a suit/kilt/ballgown anyway. Heckling is rife, but the speeches are usually entertaining, in a drunken sort of way. All winners, should they be in attendance, will be subjected treated to a (hopefully) brief interview onstage by comedian VINCENT PRICE. Facebook Event - https://www.facebook.com/events/148195125663805/ LET US BEGIN ... Consider the following six nominees, and vote above. You may vote for more than one choice. You'll also be able to vote on Facebook, and also in person at Krakatoa - paper voting slips will be handed out at gigs. All these votes will be totalled and COMBINED to arrive at our one true champion. MOST MISSED 2017 Bisongrass - https://www.facebook.com/Bisongrassmetal/ Das Mcmanus - x x x Downstairs - https://www.facebook.com/DownstairsAberdeen/ Lenin Death Mask - https://www.facebook.com/LENINDEATHMASK/ Roswell - https://www.facebook.com/roswellofficial/ Semperfi - https://www.facebook.com/Semperfiofficial/

Krakatoa listings for February, or should I say FABruary, 2017: https://www.facebook.com/volcanictiki/events/

Deadloss Superstar have a new single out, via Bandcamp only. All profits go to the homeless and homelessness charity, SHELTER. https://deadlosssuperstar.bandcamp.com/album/snowflakes-charity-single-in-aid-of-shelter Have a listen, consider a charity purchase, and let us know what you think (we know you won't). Enjoy!

https://www.facebook.com/events/148195125663805/ Early start: GIG 7pm-11pm £TBC (£TBC student) free entry 11pm-12amNEON LOUNGE 12am-3am £3 (student £2)See you here! #discovertiki #divebarSAT 11 MARCH - KRAKATOA proudly presents:THE FUDGE AWARDS 2017Celebrating Aberdonian bands: a local awards ceremony for local bands! THREE LIVE BANDS TBC, plus our famous AWARDS CEREMONY where some 15 plastic trophies will be presented to the winning acts, who will be invited onstage to make a SHORT - ideally audible - acceptence speech to the massed ranks of the Aberdeen Music Scene (TM). followed by NEON LOUNGE till 3AM A nocturnal refuge for the free spirited, an incandescent Dionysian antidote to clubbing. See you here! #discovertiki #divebar https://www.facebook.com/events/148195125663805/

A direct link to our charity christmas single, and first release in 2.5 years! Do have a listen. https://deadlosssuperstar.bandcamp.com/album/snowflakes-charity-single-in-aid-of-shelter

https://www.facebook.com/events/148195125663805/ SAT 11 MARCH - KRAKATOA proudly presents:THE FUDGE AWARDS 2017Celebrating Aberdonian bands: a local awards ceremony for local bands! THREE LIVE BANDS TBC, plus our famous AWARDS CEREMONY where some 15 plastic trophies will be presented to the winning acts, who will be invited onstage to make a SHORT - ideally audible - acceptence speech to the massed ranks of the Aberdeen Music Scene (TM). https://www.facebook.com/events/148195125663805/

We here at Deadloss Superstar are fairly confident that the first page of the Musicians Union DIY Band Manual states that the ideal time to release your BRAND NEW CHARITY CHRISTMAS SINGLE is 12.45am on a Wednesday. So here we are then, with our BRAND NEW CHARITY CHRISTMAS SINGLE, in aid of the charity SHELTER. Despite the song being called "SNOWFLAKES", regrettably it's not really a festive song, so we also remixed it with some sleighbells, ho-ho-ing Santas, a childrens music box and some pealing church bells, all to give it that special holiday cheer. So do enjoy the B-side. To sum up: please, please take the time to check out our BRAND NEW CHARITY CHRISTMAS SINGLE at the follow link! https://deadlosssuperstar.bandcamp.com/

SAT 17TH DEC 2016 - we proudly present: KRAKATOA'S FIRST BIRTHDAY! featuring: FUNK CONNECTION (followed by our resident club night, NEON LOUNGE) Aberdeen’s finest funk, soul and RnB band return to pack out the dancefloor once more, as the bar celebrates its first birthday party in style. Come, rejoice and be merry this festive season! Advance tickets online via Skiddle - Book now to avoid disappointment: http://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Aberdeen/Krakatoa/funk-connection--krakatoa-1st-birthday-party/12808479/ See you here! #discovertiki #divebar

In collaboration with Captain Toms, Kenny’s Music, Enjoy Music Festival Aberdeen, and The Evening Express, Krakatoa is thrilled to announce the FINAL of our battle-of-the-bands, 'ERUPTION'. £2,500 CASH prize, winner takes all! https://www.facebook.com/events/225079317915054/

If you'd like to play the venue, the best contact point to say hello to us is here: www.facebook.com/volcanictiki Please remember to tell us the name of your band, and link to some youtube videos and/or streaming tracks. A little bit about yourselves would be grand too. Thanks.

Tickets are now available exclusively from SKIDDLE.COM - https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Aberdeen/Krakatoa/

KRAKATOA'S HOGMANAY HULA www.facebook.com/events/585857464943483/SATURDAY 31ST DECEMBER9PM TILL LATEADMISSION £3 www.facebook.com/events/585857464943483/Let us dance into the welcoming arms of 2017.Shelter from the inevitable blizzards, bask in our neon drenched den of tiki, and gyrate on the dance floor like only you can.Another new year celebration is upon us all, to be soundtracked by ABZ's most on-the-ball counter-culture DJs - those selected from the amazing stable of barely believable raw talent we've built up at Krakatoa during our voyage of audio discovery and dancefloor shape throwing. Dignity intact. So! Allow DJs Flash and Jimsin to ease you into the new year, and get down with yo' bad self at Krakatoa's Hogmanay Hula! www.facebook.com/events/585857464943483/ ** THANKS FOR YOUR PATRONAGE, AND SEE YOU IN 2017 **

Here's the events of the ERUPTION semi-finals in January Semi #1 https://www.facebook.com/events/647632888748325/ Semi #2 https://www.facebook.com/events/341535619543370/ Semi #3 https://www.facebook.com/events/300991866967521/ Semi #4 https://www.facebook.com/events/684936918336866/