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ABOUT US:
We are an independent self financed company which have been around since the years of 1996 born in the midlands, from a small promotions label (previously named Fusion Promotions) to an expanding network where we cover management, bookings, tours, events, and promotions. Our aim is to provide opportunities for quality bands whether signed or unsigned. As long as you have the talent, we want to hear from you. We have dealt with different calibres of bands whether it be your local quality unsigned metal band to the likes of A List signed bands. Here is a list of a few bands that we have dealt with in the past:
Signed: (Napalm Death, Cancer, Kill II This, Insomnium, Omnium Gatherum, Vacant Stare, Gutworm. The Inbreds, Desecration, Locus, Mindlapse, Cruel Humanity, Head Hung Low, Defenestration, Skindred, Sugarcoma, In Me, Diecast, End Of Days, etc.)
Unsigned: (Black River Project, Evil Scarecrow, Deadfall, Nine Days To No One, Internal Conflict, Descent, Occupational Hazard, Phat Jerusalem, Hollow, Lordaeron, etc.)
EVENTS:
We hold a monthly metal event called AGGRESSION DOWNLOAD in Leicester at a city centre venue called the The Shed. This event is heavily promoted by our street team called The Ragebreeders where we cover flyering at least two/three weeks before each event. We also have on-line myspace web promoters that repost our bulletins.
On the night we look after our bands and supply them with stage manager and roadie to assist with equipment queries and stage times. We have a street team that flyer on a rota basis during the course of the night on top of which we have weekly meetings before the event, to make sure we are on target.
On the night, we hold various competitions, give out freebies, and we have a DJ that does a set between bands. So far we have had really good feedback from the bands that have performed on our nights and from audience alike. We hope to continue the legacy for many years to come.
If you are a band that would like to perform at our event, please fill out an application form in our blogs section and send us a message on what month you are able to perform. We will listen to your music via myspace and get back to you if we are interested. If you want to see what bands we have had on this event, please go to www.myspace.com/aggressiondownload_leics
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BOOKINGS:
Our booking rates are pretty straight forward. If you are an unsigned band who haven't gigged much but are of a high standard and need gigs with the aim to strengthen your name, we can book you gigs on a charge of £30 per gig to cover admin/time costs. Some promoters will pay you, but most won't as you will not be able to guarantee a big turnout if you are just starting out. However most promoters will most likely put you as a support if you are out of town.
If you are an unsigned/underground signed band who have got a name for yourselves, you have already had good promotion and advertising in national media and are regarded quite highly, we can work out a fee that promoters will be happy to pay, in most cases this will be around £80. Out of this fee will be our £30 to cover time/admin costs but your band will get the £50. Sometimes we can work out a percentage split in which case, you will have to send the fee to us prior to the gig booked
If you are a signed band and have a good name for yourselves with a good publicist, then we will take a standard 15% of band fees.
TOURS:
We started our first tour in 2005 called UNDER THE EARTH UK TOUR which involved national gigs including tour bus and staff. Since then we have been doing a tour yearly. To pay for expenses of tour bus, staff, publicity, we issue buyons for good quality unsigned bands. In the past we have worked with the following bands such as Cancer, Napalm Death, Insomnium, Omnium Gatherum, Gutworm, Cruel Humanity, Interlock, Evile, Mindlapse, & many more. For more information of what bands we have dealt with, please go to www.myspace.com/under_the_earth_tours
MANAGEMENT:
We are currently looking into managing high quality artists on The Ragebreed Rosta to get the next step from unsigned to professionally managed. This means more opportunites for your band. This is due to comment in March 2008.
CONTACT US:
If you are in a band, and want to be on the Ragebreed Rosta, message us the application form on our blogs section and be specific what you are looking for and we will see what we can do for you. Be patient though, we do get a lot of messages/e-mails.
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