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[GIG] Ska Sunday @ The Tunnels


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From punktastic.com...

"Aberdeen's The Upstars look as though they've wrestled the tag of 'hardest working band' away from anyone else who wishes to lay claim to it. A quick shufty at their myspace page shows they're touring for the whole of June, July and August, which will surely see them become better known than they are now.

Mixing a skate-punk vibe with a cornet, it's difficult to pin the band down to a particular sound and that's a good thing. The Upstarts are tight, the songs are well sructured and everything is above average. 'Conditioned+Confused' actually reminds me of Guttermouth with brass, although that wouldn't be a fair reflection of the band on the whole. Plus they're better than Guttermouth. The short of it is, this band are worth your attention - with a few hooks and a tight sound, they may start making a name for themselves sooner rather than later...

www.myspace.com/theeupstarts"

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the zine is almost finished now. it will include interviews with adequate 7, strike anywhere and rentokill, book/cd/live/film reviews, some attempts at what might be regular features (one of which is called 'Have i got Muse for you' , however kirk may veto this as i think he told me he was a muse fan), also a feature on critical mass, an upstarts tour diary, some kind of wrestling thing (get writing kirk u bitch - some people have no respect for deadlines!), and a few other bits and pieces (including a recipe for making a ska cake!!)

after seeing king blues the other night i wish i'd made it a bit more political but nevermind, hopefully next time.

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From punktastic.com...

"Aberdeen's The Upstars look as though they've wrestled the tag of 'hardest working band' away from anyone else who wishes to lay claim to it. A quick shufty at their myspace page shows they're touring for the whole of June, July and August, which will surely see them become better known than they are now.

Mixing a skate-punk vibe with a cornet, it's difficult to pin the band down to a particular sound and that's a good thing. The Upstarts are tight, the songs are well sructured and everything is above average. 'Conditioned+Confused' actually reminds me of Guttermouth with brass, although that wouldn't be a fair reflection of the band on the whole. Plus they're better than Guttermouth. The short of it is, this band are worth your attention - with a few hooks and a tight sound, they may start making a name for themselves sooner rather than later...

www.myspace.com/theeupstarts"

Guttermouth!? Punktastic really don't have a clue do they?

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Hahah, no..we didnt even know it was there, think it was actually someone from adequate seven that told us?

Anyway, enough of your wrestling banter, I can't wait for this gig, it's been too long, maltmans still in his cast but he's just too punk rock for his own good, i want him to do a cast solo..Please check out the bands if you havent already and come on down, member ule get a free cd and zine! And if your feeling flush you can get kirk and me a drink for our 21st's! :girl:

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