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Band on the brink of brutal Mark of Cain to play with Screamfeeder

Band on the brink of brutal Mark of Cain to play with Screamfeeder


Publication Date: Wednesday April 11, 2001
Artist: The Mark of Cain, Screamfeeder
Venue: University - Bar on the Hill
Event Date: Wednesday 11/4/2001
Author: Michael Gadd

Brutal band The Mark of Cain will play the first show of their first tour in three years at the Newcastle University's Bar On The Hill tonight. The group will be supported by Screamfeeder, a band well chosen to complement the dark style of Mark of Cain, according to lead singer John Scott. ...

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Yankee Punks Zero in on This Lil' City

Yankee Punks Zero in on This Lil' City


Publication Date: Wednesday April 11, 2001
Artist: The Ataris, One Dollar Short, Draw The Line
Venue: SJ's on Beaumont
Event Date: Wednesday 18/4/2001
Author: Michael Gadd

Dubbed as the next Millencolin or MXPX Californian punk band The Ataris will blow the roof off SJ's Hotel next Wednesday, April 18. After a successful tour of Australia last year with MXPX and Santa Barbera, the band will return on a tour promoting their new album End Is Forever. The album, ...

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Extortion the Top Band

Extortion the Top Band


Publication Date: Wednesday April 11, 2001
Artist: Extortion, Durisdeer, Sleight Of Hand, Scar Child, Headsmack, Myx
Venue: Albion Hotel
Event Date: Sunday 8/4/2001
Author: Michael Gadd

The final chapter of the Albion Hotel's band competition, Showdown was last Sunday with the youthful Extortion taking the honours. Out of 26 bands competing throughout the heats, the grand final was broken down to Extortion, Durisdeer, Sleight Of Hand, Scar Child, Headsmack and Myx. Roslyn ...

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Thank God, Felicity's a Country Girl

Thank God, Felicity's a Country Girl


Publication Date: Wednesday April 11, 2001
Artist: Felicity Urquhart
Venue: Club Phoenix
Event Date: Sunday 22/4/2001

COUNTRY singer Felicity Urquhart has supported the great Willie Nelson, and has a loyal following all over Australia. At the 2001 Golden Guitar Awards in her home town of Tamworth, she won the best vocal collaboration award with fellow young stars Beccy Cole, Adam Harvey and Darren Coggan for a ...

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Lonnie Takes Trip Down Memory Lane

Lonnie Takes Trip Down Memory Lane


Publication Date: Wednesday April 11, 2001
Artist: Lonnie Lee
Venue: Maitland City Bowling Club
Event Date: Friday 13/4/2001

IN the late 1950s, when rock 'n' roll burst into our lives, it was brought to us by some stars we will never forget. Some of these youngsters ranged from Elvis Presley to some of Australia's teen idols such as Johnny O'Keefe, Col Joye and Lonnie Lee. One of these performers, ...

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Pure, Powerful Roycroft Pride of the Country

Pure, Powerful Roycroft Pride of the Country


Publication Date: Wednesday April 11, 2001
Artist: Raebekah Roycroft, Adam Harvey
Venue: Club Phoenix
Event Date: Saturday 21/4/2001
Author: Michael Gadd

YOUNG, vibrant, cute and above all talented, Raebekah Roycroft has a lot going for her. Roycroft has supported the likes of Lee Kernaghan, Foster and Allen, Jean Stafford and The Crosby Sisters in the past, as well as working extensively in Queensland and Tasmania. She has a pure, powerful and ...

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Thomas Takes New Path

Thomas Takes New Path


Publication Date: Wednesday April 11, 2001
Artist: Mick Thomas
Venue: Northern Star Hotel
Event Date: Thursday 19/4/2001

BETTER known for his leadership of Weddings Parties Anything, Mick Thomas is on his way to Newcastle with a new album which takes him in a whole new direction. Thomas' diverse and most recent release Dust On My Shoes is now out, with contributions by blues genius Matt Walker on various ...

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Get an Earfull of Local Talent

Get an Earfull of Local Talent


Publication Date: Wednesday April 11, 2001
Acts: Enertia, Draw The Line, Head Poppin' Fatness, Star Park, Operation Lager, FunQ
Event: Earfull
Venue: Newcastle PCYC
Event Date: Saturday 21/4/2001

AN international standard performance by local talent is promised by the promoters of a live all-ages gig at the Newcastle PCYC, Broadmeadow on Saturday, April 21. Big Apache, the promoters of Dogbite 97, 98 and 99, in association with the J Factory and the Hunter Music Co-operative (HMC), will ...

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Guitarist Picking a Bold New Direction

Guitarist Picking a Bold New Direction


Publication Date: Wednesday April 11, 2001
Artist: Kevin O'Hara
Venue: Cricketers Arms
Event Date: Saturday 14/4/2001

TALENTED Newcastle guitarist Kevin O'Hara has taken a new direction from blues and rock to so-called 'boom chick'. He describes boom chick as 100% instrumental Chet Atkins style finger picking. 'I do arrangements of music from the 1920s onwards, the type of music our ...

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