Hiya....just helping spread the word around.....
Last minute cancellations .... don't you just love them. Im looking for acts to fill these dates .....let me know if you can help.
Wednesday 19th April: PRIMER ONE: one more band to play with Le Leverets and The Early Birds
Friday 21st April: POP MUSIC FOR THE FUTURE: one more band to play with Tourist and The New Freedom
Saturday 22nd April: FREAK SCENE: one more band to play with Revolver and Mr Slackjaw.
Wednesday 26th April: PRIMER ONE: two more bands to play with Catguts Big Bang Theory
Friday 28th April: POP MUSIC FOR THE FUTURE: one more band to play with Viracosha and the Valley Goats.
Cheers
Andrew
The Indie Club
Powertool Records
www.powertoolrecords.co.nz
REMEMBER ITS THIS THURSDAY PEOPLE!
.....aaaand therell be a whole bunch o FREE compilation CDs from Club Bizarre to be given way on the night!
all that entertainment for a piddly $6????
yep, we've lost it!
catch ya'll there
Marq
Club Bizarre, New Zealands Premier Dark-end/Avant Garde Music Distribution, Event Promotion label & definitive resource guide to NZ's Alternative/Experimental music and culture, has won an Online Performance Award.
The website was rated number 1 website in New Zealand in the 'Music - Companies' category for 2005.
An awards evening is being held on the 2nd of February in Auckland at the Hopetoun Alpha to celebrate all of the award winners and CB will attend the awards evening to accept the award.
As well as celebrating the achievement of winning an Online Performance Award, the evening will provide a fantastic opportunity to network with the top online marketers in New Zealand.
HELL-BOUND: HORROR/FETISH BALL
The Ball has been a once a yearly extravaganza lovingly brought to you by us here at Club Bizarre, since 1995 and undergoing a few name changes in its time. Starting off as the NOCTURNE: NZ GOTHIC BALL, then changing names to the annual VAMPYRE ball, finally settling into its current incarnation HELL-BOUND.
So thats a DECADE OF DEVIANCY! Definately something to celebrate.
HELL-BOUND: Merging HORROR and SEX. FETISH with FANTASY, to create a night that is truely unique in this country.
This year we converge in the mighty STUDIO venue located at 340 Karangahape Rd, Auckland City. In past years the events have taken place at a number of establishments including The Powerstation, The Foundry, Sinners, The Mandalay and Galatos.
We are proud to present some of New Zealand's greatest names in the dark-end music field, from Neo Romantic dark Rock, to pumping Electro/Industrial Metal.
THE MERCY CAGE:
The Mercy Cage is a diverse, melodic elektro-Rock / Darkwave outfit. Formed in early 1999 from the embers of New Zealand alt/goth-rock band The Altar, the group quickly caught the attention of fledgling New Zealand independent label numb/benign records. numb/benign released The Mercy Cage debut album Wire in January 2000. A track from Wire, Trauma/Skin Chamber also featured on the Club Bizarre dark-end compilation Blackmarket and more recently the track 'Hymn' on 'Re-Inventing Sheep'. 'Elektro-industrial, powered by machines programmed to keep the dance floors of the apocalypse churning coldwave, electronica, ambience and industrial into a nice mix.” – EBM.gr [Greece]
We welcome The Mercy Cage back onto the CB bigstage once again!
WARD 10:
Ward 10 is non-stop mind-f*cking electro-metal pounding sickness! A 3 piece outfit playing hard hitting metal, mixing it up with electronic beats and samples and even some cello work. Formed in late 2002 and playing regularly around Auckland to great response. Made the Regional Finals of the Battle of the Bands in 2003, 2004 and again this year! Currently recording and looking at an independent release shortly. A band not to be missed. The Psycho-Gimp commands your attention!
THE SHUDDER CLUB:
The Shudder Club represents a new musical movement, replacing traditional rock guitars with sexy electro synth lines and doing away with all unnecessary outsiders, The Shudder Club possess a sound that while being uniquely futuristic retains more than a hint of rock and roll grunt.
SERENNA:
Once comprised of its four core members, Serenna as a musical entity from Wellington, formed sometime in the middle of 2004. The group immediately set to work creating and establishing a Neo-Romantic inspired style of Dark rock music, placing emphasis on melody and lyrical content and exuding substance in the face of the superficiality present in commercially driven music. At present Serenna are deep into development of their debut EP 'Diversion'
FLICK:
An intense no holds barred one man showdown of human beatbox verses machine gun guitar slasher riffs in a short but dymanic display of brutal and bizarre throaty Death/Thrash manipulations from the vocal gym-master Matt Brennan, aka FLICK!
'Dancefloor Demons' Djs GRIFFER & MISERIA will keep the floor crammed and pumped in between acts with a mix of infectious hard n sexy beats from classic new wave retro anthems to the latest in Electro Industrial Rivet-head madness!
THIS IS A HORROR AND FETISH EVENT:
Nb: There will be giant projected multi screen visuals displaying all manor of explicit sex, fetishism and horror imagery throughout the night. This isn't your average gig folks....YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!
SEX: From gritty classic 1920s erotica/porn through to todays high class and underground fetish/sex imagery.
HORROR: All the great classics and a splattering of the weird, rare and obscure from the grainy black & whites of 'Nosferatu' and 'Dracula', to the underground world of european Zombie gore, Black Magic, Witches, psychopathic killers and a host of generally twisted and depraved blood fests.
All lovingly montaged together for your viewing pleasure!
Please attend this event with an open mind.
Date: Saturday October 29th 2005
Doors: Doors open at 9pm til late. Be sure to arrive early so you dont miss anything!
Tickets: Pre-sale tickets to HELLBOUND are is $20 each.
[Please note this an R18 event in a licenced venue]
Dress: This is a themed event so please dress appropriately. Think HORROR, think FETISH, think FANTASY......It's Halloween so the possibilities are as limitless as the imagination!
Tickets available from:
THE DEN- [3 branches] 348 Karangahape Rd, 440 Khyber Pass Rd, Newmarket and 16-18 Wyndham St, City.
DESIREE COSTUME HIRE - 196 Station Rd, Penrose.
STAINED SKIN TATTOO STUDIO - 505 Mt Albert Rd, Three Kings.
ILLICIT CLOTHING - 202 Karangahape Rd.
BEWITCHED - 38 Glenmall Pl, Glen Eden.
GOTHAM COMICS - 264 Onehunga Mall, Onehunga.
Excellent, I'll be at this one for sure!
Most of these bands are on Club Bizarre's 'Re-Inventing Sheep' compilation.
Be there or missout BIGTIME!
HIYA, just a wee memory jogger just incase you'd forgotten and wanted to come along.
CLUB BIZARRE SATURDAY AUG 6TH AT THE VIPER CLUB 25 CROSS ST, CITY.
Performance by CATGUTS AND THE BIG BANG THEORY plus some bloody great djs.
catch ya there!
Marq
Remember: If its from CLUB BIZARRE, its LOVE.
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Theres a few pics from the Childrens Hour gig at the Kings Arms now up on the Club Bizarre site, check 'em out.
Hiyall, the next CLUB BIZARRE night will be August 6th at the Viper Club, 25 Cross st. Aucks City.
As well as the usual multi visual projections, alternating djs, free lollipops and mucho drunken partylike carryon...there'll be a performance from the very cool electro weirdos, CATGUTS & THE BIG BANG THEORY.
Doors open at 9pm and its only $5 entry!
CATCH YA THERE!
Just uploaded a few pics from the reunion gig on the site if anyones interested. Was a feckin fantastic gig by the way. Heaven!
I'm looking for a step up/down transformer if anyone has one they wouldnt mind parting with for some bucks. I need to step up from an american 110 to a NZ 240 volts.
needs to be able to handle up to 1000watts.
Its for an old projector ive had lying around.
My email is marq@clubbizarre.co.nz if anyone can help.
even better, if anyone out there is electrically minded and wants to convert it for me just raise yer hand.
I have cash!
thanx
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www.clubbizarre.co.nz
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Well, it's that time folks!.
CLUB BIZARRE, NZ's premier dark, experimental and 'weirdo shit' event and recording label, has reached the ripe old age of 10!!
To celebrate we're having a wee knees up at Edens Bar in K'rd on April 30th featuring a swag of alternating djs playing all the anthems, the retro hits and the request lists from all the past Club Bizarre events.
Celebrating with us also will be the most fabulous EMERALD GREEN, experimental Electronica act RAILWAY CHESS performing for the first time ever, the wacky, cute n quirky THE TOM BOSLEY EXPERIENCE, the dark beat Metal rawk of ZSPYNE, and the downbeat Electro-melancholia of SUNFLOWER BLUE.
Yep folks, itll be a jam packed, chocker full night of mischief, mayhem, madness and......music!
There'll be mighty screen psychotronic visuals and continuous 'timewarp' video footage from many of the past Club Bizarre gigs from days of old.
Everybody needs a montage!
Doors open at 9pm and its only $5 !!!
Dont be late, there'll be cake!
See ya'll there
Marq
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The definitive guide to New Zealand's Alternative - Experimental - Avant Garde - Dark end - Art Rock - Weirdo Pop music scene.
[image]http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-6/247753/CBPARTYFLYER2.jpg[/image]
Well, it's that time folks!.
CLUB BIZARRE, NZ's premier dark, experimental and 'weirdo shit' event and recording label, has reached the ripe old age of 10!!
To celebrate we're having a wee knees up at Edens Bar in K'rd on April 30th featuring a swag of alternating djs playing all the anthems, the retro hits and the request lists from all the past Club Bizarre events.
Celebrating with us also will be the most fabulous EMERALD GREEN, experimental Electronica act RAILWAY CHESS performing for the first time ever, the wacky, cute n quirky THE TOM BOSLEY EXPERIENCE, the dark beat Metal rawk of ZSPYNE, and the downbeat Electro-melancholia of SUNFLOWER BLUE.
Yep folks, itll be a jam packed, chocker full night of mischief, mayhem, madness and......music!
There'll be mighty screen psychotronic visuals and continuous 'timewarp' video footage from many of the past Club Bizarre gigs from days of old.
Everybody needs a montage!
Doors open at 9pm and its only $5 !!!
Dont be late, there'll be cake!
See ya'll there
Marq
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The definitive guide to New Zealand's Alternative - Experimental - Avant Garde - Dark end - Art Rock - Weirdo Pop music scene.
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-6/247753/CBPARTYFLYER2.jpg
Well, it's that time folks!.
CLUB BIZARRE, NZ's premier dark, experimental and 'weirdo shit' event and recording label, has reached the ripe old age of 10!!
To celebrate we're having a wee knees up at Edens Bar in K'rd on April 30th featuring a swag of alternating djs playing all the anthems, the retro hits and the request lists from all the past Club Bizarre events.
Celebrating with us also will be the most fabulous EMERALD GREEN, experimental Electronica act RAILWAY CHESS performing for the first time ever, the wacky, cute n quirky THE TOM BOSLEY EXPERIENCE, the dark beat Metal rawk of ZSPYNE, and the downbeat Electro-melancholia of SUNFLOWER BLUE.
Yep folks, itll be a jam packed, chocker full night of mischief, mayhem, madness and......music!
There'll be mighty screen psychotronic visuals and continuous 'timewarp' video footage from many of the past Club Bizarre gigs from days of old.
Everybody needs a montage!
Doors open at 9pm and its only $5 !!!
Dont be late, there'll be cake!
See ya'll there
Marq
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The definitive guide to New Zealand's Alternative - Experimental - Avant Garde - Dark end - Art Rock - Weirdo Pop music scene.
CLUB BIZARRE, NZ's premier dark, experimental and 'weirdo shit' event and recording label, has reached the ripe old age of 10!!
To celebrate we're having a wee knees up at Edens Bar in K'rd on April 30th featuring a swag of alternating djs playing all the anthems, the retro hits and the request lists from all the past Club Bizarre events.
Celebrating with us also will be the most fabulous EMERALD GREEN, experimental Electronica act RAILWAY CHESS performing for the first time ever, the wacky, cute n quirky THE TOM BOSLEY EXPERIENCE, the dark beat Metal rawk of ZSPYNE, and the downbeat Electro-melancholia of SUNFLOWER BLUE.
Yep folks, itll be a jam packed, chocker full night of mischief, mayhem, madness and......music!
There'll be mighty screen psychotronic visuals and continuous 'timewarp' video footage from many of the past Club Bizarre gigs from days of old.
Everybody needs a montage!
Doors open at 9pm and its only $5 !!!
Dont be late, there'll be cake!
See ya'll there
CLUB BIZARRE, NZ's premier dark, experimental and 'weirdo shit' event and recording label, has reached the ripe old age of 10!!
To celebrate we're having a wee knees up at Edens Bar in K'rd on April 30th featuring a swag of alternating djs playing all the anthems, the retro hits and the request lists from all the past Club Bizarre events.
Celebrating with us also will be the most fabulous EMERALD GREEN, experimental Electronica act RAILWAY CHESS performing for the first time ever, the wacky, cute n quirky THE TOM BOSLEY EXPERIENCE, the dark beat Metal rawk of ZSPYNE, and the downbeat Electro-melancholia of SUNFLOWER BLUE.
Yep folks, itll be a jam packed, chocker full night of mischief, mayhem, madness and......music!
There'll be mighty screen psychotronic visuals and continuous 'timewarp' video footage from many of the past Club Bizarre gigs from days of old.
Everybody needs a montage!
Doors open at 9pm and its only $5 !!!
Dont be late, there'll be cake!
See ya'll there
Hi all, well we're currently organising a wee road trip down to South Auckland for a night of terrors at CORNEVIL, a very cool corn field maze with a horror theme.
Its damn cool! WooooOOOOooooooo!!!
A few people have shown interest on our own site so far (check Splattersville and the General section of our forums for the info and lowdown) so I thought I'd post this here to try and attract the interest of others.
At the moment we're looking at the Friday 19th of March. Anyone else keen?
We're trying to rally up as many peeps as possible to go to make a damn fun night out.
Check out the discussions so far and yell out if your keen to join in.
We have cars arranged so transport there and back isnt a problem.
go here ....
http://forum.clubbizarre.co.nz/viewtopic.php?t=714
and here....
http://forum.clubbizarre.co.nz/viewtopic.php?t=744&postdays=0&postorder=...
hope to catch ya'll there!
Marq
OK folks here's one you just wont want to miss!
ELECTRO-SHOCK!
A night of NZ electronica at its most beautiful and at its ugliest!
Expect a plathora of multi genres and multi media delights, from the cool trippy electro grooves of Emerald Green, the superb electronic and found sound genius of Dirty Orange Machine, the menacing deviance of I Hybrid, to the utter geeky pop wackiness of the brilliant Tom Bosley Experience (their first ever performance!) , the crazy Vodophone Warriorz, the eccentric (and brilliantly named) Catguts and the Big Bang Theory....oh god, the list goes on!
plus there'll be the odd improv' set from an artist or two.
Its a full on night of digital experimentation, seductive synthesis and circuitry driven nuttiness.
Dont miss this one folks.
Its only $5 and doors open at 9pm. SEE YA'LL THERE!
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Yeah, I'm looking forward to it. It's going to be a major blast!
I highly recommend ya'll dress up and come join the freaks n deviants for some hot n steamy Halloween silliness.
Looking for something to do on Halloween night?
DEVILS NIGHT
A night of craziness, weirdo circus freak action, multi media and psycho-slasher cabaret!
featuring....
MEAT BIX
THE DEMI WHORES
BATTLE CIRCUS
FLICK
GISH
DJ MARQ BIZARRE
FREAKS, GHOULS, DEVIANTS....
and so much more in store!
HALLOWEEN NIGHT @ THE CLASSIC 321 Queen St, Auckland.
Doors open 9pm.
R18
Keep next Saturday night (23rd of October) free for new Aucky based analog only label, Hertz Records' 'Analogue Attack' tape compilation release party at Edens Bar on K Road featuring :
Emerald Green
Coco Solid
Golden Axe
Lunavela
The Blunts
The Crabbs
Nigel Wright
Vodafone Warriors.
$5 on the door, or $10 with the Analogue Attack tape.
come along and join me and many other classic synth geeks as we dribble n drool over artists using a panty wetting array of vintage synths and knob twiddling gadgets in all their analogy glory. sigh....dribble.
Club Bizarre have just released our latest compilation cd of experimental genius from around the country.
It's called 'Tests for the Sensory Impaired'.
It's a damn twisted and eccentric beast of a collection that has managed to gather a large ecclectic chunk of our countrys strangely superb knob twiddlers and sound/noisescape artists, sample sculpters and lo-fi electro geeks all on one shiney disc solely for your entertainment and aural enjoyment.
23 tracks total!
Artists featured are....
Golden Axe
Crude
Acclimate
Hieronymus Bosch
Dirty Orange Machine
Eclectic
Killing Kylie
NoTV
Matt Brennan
Art Nouveau
Peripheral
Anti Kati
Railway Chess
Sic
Under Construction
Vagrants Steps
H.H.V [Hog Haul Valentine].
Sunflower Blue
I.A.L.T.S - [Its Always Last Tuesday Somewhere]
Rong Di
Zebra
Vanargandr
O.M.F
Its available from Real Groovey records and a few select NZ record stores for only $19.95 or from CLUB BIZARRE P.O BOX 8385 SYMONDS ST, AUCKLAND.
Tommy! Davey! heh heh...just saw you guys on the telly. nice.
Didnt think youd have the balls to do yer trademark 'stage and mic stand trashing n beer tossing' at a B-Net awards ceremony!
bloody Hell, ROCK N ROLLLLL!!
Re- Inventing Sheep....a review from Real Groove Magazine. Review by Brent Cardy.
Club Bizarre is the ongoing face of Aucklander Mark Wallbank's musical obsession, and his latest profiles the current local Goth-beat underground. From Industrial electronic music to Goth Pop Rock and Punk, 'Re-Inventing Sheep' (A collection of New Zealand alternatives) is more prime Darkwave recordings. These 21st century perspectives and recordings, mostly from small/home studios, form an impressive line-up of talent. With artists such a Nekros, Skuldom, The Mercy Cage, Zspyne and Gugonix, this is not Top Of The Pops territory - Seek it out.
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Re-Inventing Sheep is a collection of New Zealand acts covering a wide spectrum of genres that embrace the darker/stranger side of music. If you were ever looking for an alternative to 'alternative' music and didnt want the mainstream, this is it!
Target Magazine UK
Heres a Tracklisting:
The Fanatics - Girl
Antoinettes Head - Make My Day
MiG 21 - Gulag
Anti Kati - He seemed to have a lot of cds
H.H.V (Hog Haul Valentine) - Rind
The Mercy Cage - Hymn 0.1
Wormwood - Inside
The Syndicate - Where are we going?
Nekros - Nyctophobia
Zspyne - Snow
N.U.T.E - Reflection of Skin and Bone
Naquadah - Backlash
Clear Stream Temple - Pentagonium
Room Noir - Dreamlet
Nebula One - Goodnight
Gugonix - Disekted Tragedy
Offline - Vacuum
Skuldom - A Future in Flames
AVAILABLE FROM REAL GROOVEYS FOR ONLY $19.95
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