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Along with high recommendations for The Heavy, Pop Levi, Sharing Sheaths, Orphan Boy, Fight Like Apes, Imperial Leisure, The Skuzzies, Beans on Toast and your favourite new poptastic pop stars, Operator Please...
ON & OFF STAGE presents WINTER Bandwatch Choices
(alphabetically)
Babar Luck Beyond Anti-Folk to Pro-Folk. You can have something to say and still be entertaining and engaging -o*O*o-
Blah Blah Blah Baby faced skiffle punk jazz pop cockney gent geezer heroes -o*O*o-Deathline Seriously unworldly electronica new wave, this is glamour at it's darkest. -o*O*o-Dexy & The Hand Me Downs Explosively infectious mix of massive tunes and potential mainstream, but rough edged appeal -o*O*o-Ebony Bones Beautiful, in your face glamour punk brash thrash pop star -o*O*o-Glamour For Better GFB = Sex pistols great grandchildren at the asbo disco -o*O*o-Guardians Of The Ancient Wisdom Punky political hip hop. barbed hooks and a charged beat -o*O*o-Hatcham Social Modernist pop with a new wave soul -o*O*o-Indigo Moss Blue grass country rock of the finest quality kind -o*O*o-The I.R.S. A uniting karma from the hip hop STARS of peoples day festival -o*O*o-Joe Fox Songs of redemption delivered with huge charisma -o*O*o-Lucky Soul Dusty tinged panache soul pop classics -o*O*o-Mama Shamone Electro rock'n'soul punk megaforce -o*O*o-My Passion Glamorous, loud, brash and exciting as hell wild boys. Electro stars hoovering up fans like a Dyson on crack -o*O*o-Nebraska Violently strummed epic poetica rock, topped with chain-smoking choirboy vocals -o*O*o-
Nic Nell Electric accapella trance-beat enigma -o*O*o-Officer Kicks Party hard, rock gang with a sparky live show, lively following and the true punk spirit -o*O*o-Party Shank Punky rave explosion in techno-colour disco - junglepop idols -o*O*o-The Pepys Newer wave pop tarts with an arty charmPopular Workshop A work of aural art. Dynamic infectiously magnetising star quality. PopShop are top -o*O*o-Paul St Paul And Apostles Rocky disco show camp glamour extravaganza of fantasy brilliance -o*O*o-Public Service Announcers Newer wave's sparkliest electro pop gang -o*O*o-Rowdy Superst*r A phenomenom that lives up to the name. This is THE SCENE OF THE GRIME -o*O*o-Saint Jude Like Janice Joplin singing a mix of soulful Motown and fulling rocking out. Stunning blues outfit fronted by Britain's own Lynne Jackaman. A star is born. -o*O*o-Seeing Scarlet Edgy starman pop from the dark side, songs of hit potential and shows of stadium proportions -o*O*o-Soul Destroyer Metal beatbox brilliance with a scarily great plastic face live show and a rock classic of an album -o*O*o-Ten City Nation Urgently intense power chord ROCK and a whirl of passion for good measure. -o*O*o-Raven Beats Crow Dramatic theatrical and dreamily surreal experiences live, as befits their music -o*O*o-The Rank Deluxe 4 real. rock steady meets punk riot. classic songs oozing attitude overload -o*O*o-The Run-Up Something completely different. This young new band are already being compared to Television -o*O*o-The Veez Deservedly the first REAL british rock goddesses of the 21st century -o*O*o-Whiskey Versus Faith Rocket fuelled metal punk kids exuding an intense and wild live presence -o*O*o-William The aural dynamics equivalent of a firework display
Obviously this goes beyond genre, hair, cliques etc to QUALITY of song craftiing, INTENSITY of soul and pure live ENTERTAINMENT.
That’s not to say that there aren’t some genuine pin ups among the above, just that not all real stars are household names and not all celebrities are genuine stars.
Also, there's a lot of talent on the underground that belongs on bigger stages.
Oh and by the way, if you missed the rock band, Chet, then commiserations on your loss.