...Must go to gigs this week...

[Rob Karloff]

WED 24TH SEPT

MISLED YOUTH/MY OWN RELIGION/NO ESCAPE/CONTRA

MISLED YOUTH are a ska/punk band who also blend in influences from reggae

and even some heavy metal. The band are mainly influenced by bands such as

Less Than Jake, Sublime, The Specials, Capdown, NOFX, etc. In 2001 they

played their biggest gig to date with UK ska-core favourites Capdown and

Five Knuckle and have gone on to support bands such as Lighyear, Jesse

James, Caffiene, The Busdrivers and Shootin Goon

MY OWN RELIGION are a three piece death ska band from maryhill glasgow.

crusty vocals skankin verses and killer choruses with lyrics about killin

cops, killin nazis, breaking free of mediocracy, standing up for yourself

and standing up for others worse off than you. making parents and cops cry

since summer 2001.

NO ESCAPE emo/punkers from the West Coast, kinda Get Up Kids style, but

faster and heavier, and they have a singing drummer!

Local support from CONTRA

DOORS 7.30..3

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SAT 27TH SEPT

MACROCOSMICA, BLACK ATOM, DEAD OR AMERICAN, MARCY'S MONSTER PARADE

Glasgow's mighty mighty MACROCOSMICA return to The Doc's this Saturday! Woo

hoo! Consisting of ex members of Teenage Fanclub, Mogwai, Bangtwister,

macrocosmica's music is lavalike and hardgrooving monster riffs with a lot

of slow downtuned trancelike parts...its damn heavy,! If you like Tool,

Sonic Youth, Drowningman.then you should definitely go check them out!

www.macrocosmica.org.uk

DEAD OR AMERICAN www.deadoramerican.com fuse together influences from The

Pixies, Fugazi & early Nirvana, and play with more anger and venom than a

bucket full of hungry, acid-eyed cobras. It is an urgent sound, not so much

a song as a minor gas explosion. Imagine listening to someone's nightmare!

also appearing will be the first Aberdeen performance for Elgin's newest

post rockers MARCY'S MONSTER PARADE and not forgetting the metal machine

that is BLACK ATOM. be there. DOORS 8PM...4

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SUN 28TH SEPT

METAL MANIA PRESENTS

JESUS ELEPHANT GOD, FALL OF BOSS KOALA, BLACK SUN, ELEMENT 106, USEFULL

IDIOT

JESUS ELEPHANT GOD began in 2001, after the break up of little known

hardcore noise band Crash Victim. The band's tastes are extremely varied,

but common ground is met with bands such as Shellac, Hovercraft as well as

more obvious favourites like BlackFlag and Jesus Lizard. From a musical

sense the band trys to incorporate influences such as Killing Joke (darker

tribal elements), The Cure (guitar and atmosphere Shellac (rawness) and

Refused (vocal style) www.jesuselephantgod.co.uk

THE FALL OF BOSS KOALA - melodic, floaty, emo-hardcore from dundee in the

vein of Tool and At The Drive In www.thefallofbosskoala.vze.com

Glasgow's BLACK SUN is the brainchild of Russell McEwan whose CV boasts

playing drums for Macrocosmica, being part of Los Angeles based performance

artist Ron Athey & Co, remixing tracks for Mogwai and DeSalvo and producing

videos for Arab Strap. They have just releases their debut Album

'Fleshmarket' on Over Records which features 13 tracks that span a wide

landscape of genres including ambient, experimental, noise and industrial

and has, in parts been compared to Swans, Boards of Canada and Sunno. Check

out www.over-records.com and click on 'black sun' image for downloads and

more info.

Local support from ELEMENT 106 AND USEFULL IDIOT

DOORS 7PM...4

enjoy.

Regards,

The Doctor.