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Loud Women
Loud Women is a nonprofit music promoter, online zine, festival and record label, established in London in 2015, and focusing on female DIY artists and female-led groups. Loud Women has received coverage in ''Louder Than War'', ''Vive Le Rock'', ''God Is in the TV'', ''NME'', '' Clash'' and ''Kerrang!'' History Loud Women was established in 2015 by musician Cassie Fox to address the scarcity of live music opportunities for new female-led bands and female artists on the London music scene, as well as wider issues of representation and equal opportunities in music. In addition to regular concerts, a Loud Women Fest has been held once a year in London since 2016 (except for 2020) with Loud Women Fest 7 taking place in 2023. Loud Women Records was established in 2016 and has released five various artists compilation albums: in 2016, 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023. In 2017 Loud Women inaugurated the annual 'HERcury' award for best album by a UK female music band/artist. The award has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Promoter (entertainment)
A promoter works with event production and entertainment industries to promote their productions, including in music and sports. Promoters are individuals or organizations engaged in the business of marketing and promoting live, or pay-per-view and similar, events, such as music concerts, gigs, nightclub performances and raves; sports events; and festival A festival is an event ordinarily celebrated by a community and centering on some characteristic aspect or aspects of that community and its religion or cultures. It is often marked as a local or national holiday, mela, or eid. A festival c ...s. Description Business model Promoters are typically engaged as independent contractors or representative companies by entertainment venues, earning a pre-arranged fee, or a share of revenues (colloquially known as a "cut" and "share of the house"), or both. A share of revenues is often a simple percentage of admission fees (called "the door") and/or food and drink sales, wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Joanie
Big Joanie is a British punk trio formed in London in 2013. Its members are Stephanie Phillips (guitar and vocals), Estella Adeyeri (bass guitar and vocals), and Chardine Taylor-Stone (drums and vocals). After a few singles and EPs they released their first album in 2018 with Thurston Moore and Eva Prinz's Daydream Library Series, and have since signed to Kill Rock Stars in the U.S. History Formation and early releases Big Joanie was formed by Stephanie Phillips in 2013, who posted online asking for bandmates with whom to start a black feminist punk band after becoming frustrated with the lack of intersectionality in the scene. Chardine Taylor-Stone, who Phillips had met through Imkaan, and the band's original bassist Kiera Coward-Deyell responded. They played their first set at the inaugural First Timers, an event where all the bands had to be new, most of the members had to be playing a new instrument and they had to include someone from a marginalised group. The name of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hagar The Womb
Hagar the Womb are an English punk rock band, originally active in the early 1980s and part of the anarcho-punk movement. In hiatus from 1987, members went on to form We Are Going To Eat You and Melt, with vocalist Julie Sorrell. A 2011 compilation of their back catalogue brought members back into contact with each other, and invitations to reform and play gigs and festivals led to Hagar The Womb gigging again from 2012. The band released a new EP in 2016. History The band was formed in London in 1980, in the toilets of the Wapping Anarchy Centre, established by the efforts of seminal anarchist bands Crass and Poison Girls.Glasper, Ian (2006) ''The Day the Country Died: A History of Anarcho Punk 1980-1984'', Cherry Red Books, , p. 154-9 The original line-up was all-female, reflecting the band's purpose of giving women a voice in the anarcho-punk scene: Ruth Elias (vocals), Karen Amsden (vocals), Nicola Corcoran (vocals), Janet Nassim (guitar), and Steph Cohen (bass guitar). O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sidi Bou Said (band)
Sidi Bou Said were a London-based alternative rock band, who existed during the 1990s, formed by Claire Lemmon (guitar and vocals), Gayl Harrison (bass guitar) and Melanie Woods (drums and vocals). Their music combined an indie rock/folk sound with complex arrangements and literate lyrics. They were often compared to Throwing Muses and the Pixies, with whom they shared a taste for sometimes uncomfortable lyrical themes - murder, religion, the workings of the human body and surrealist stories and films. Their name comes from a town in Tunisia. Sidi Bou Said's debut album was produced by Tim Friese-Greene. Their next two albums were produced by members of Cardiacs Cardiacs are an English rock band formed in Kingston upon Thames by Tim Smith (lead guitar and vocals) and his brother Jim (bass, backing vocals) in 1977 under the name Cardiac Arrest. The band's sound fused circus, baroque pop and medieval mu ..., and they were regular contributors to their stage shows and recor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scarce (band)
Scarce is an American alternative rock band formed in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. They were active from 1993 to 1997, and reformed in 2008. Biography Chick Graning moved to Providence, Rhode Island after his previous band Anastasia Screamed ended. Scarce was formed with Graning, Joyce Raskin and Jud Ehrbar in 1993. By 1995, Mike Levesque had replaced Ehrbar on drums. The band record and released the UK version of debut album ''DeadSexy''. The band toured with Hole and were growing in popularity. Joseph Propatier replaced Levesque on drums in June. Unfortunately, tragedy struck that month with Graning suffering a brain aneurysm. When he failed to show up for band practice Raskin and Propatier found him unconscious in his flat. Doctors gave Graning a ten percent chance of survival. He managed to pull through but had to relearn how to walk and talk. Soon he had relearned how to sing and play guitar again. The band re-recorded much of their album ''Deadsexy'' with Propa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salad (band)
Salad is a UK-based alternative rock group formed in London in 1992, whose initial line-up was Dutch vocalist/keyboardist Marijne van der Vlugt, guitarist Paul Kennedy, bassist Pete Brown and drummer Rob Wakeman (ex-Colenso Parade).Strong, Martin C (2003) ''The Great Indie Discography'', Canongate, , p.952-953 In 1996, Charley Stone (later of Gay Dad) joined the band as a live guitarist, keyboard player and backing vocalist. The band disbanded in 1998 and reformed in 2017. Biography Van der Vlugt had previously worked as a model, but rose to prominence as a video jockey for MTV Europe. Initially performing as The Merry Babes with her then-boyfriend and guitarist Paul Kennedy, the addition of Pete Brown on bass and Rob Wakeman on drums resulted in the creation of Salad in 1992. Songwriting duties were mainly borne by Kennedy and van der Vlugt, with significant contributions from Wakeman who was also responsible for sampling. Distinctive parts of Salad's sound include the Kawai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KaitO
Kaito (written: 海斗, 開士, 魁斗, 海翔, 海人, 快斗, 凱斗 or 海都) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer * Baruto Kaito (born 1984, surname Baruto), Estonian professional sumo wrestler *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese voice actor *, Japanese professional wrestler *, Japanese actor and model *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese football player Fictional characters * Kaito (software), Vocaloid singing synthesizer *, The Phantom Thief Kid from ''Detective Conan'' manga series * Kaito Momota, character in '' Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony'' *Kaito, main character in the anime ''Mermaid Melody'' as the love interest of the mermaid Princess Lucia of the Pacific Ocean * Yuna D. Kaito, character in the manga and ongoing 2018 anime of '' Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card'' * Kaito Tenjou, character in ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal'' * Kaito, character in ''Hunter × Hunter'' * Kaito, character in ''Project ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Kidd
Laura Kidd is a record producer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist releasing music and podcast episodes as Penfriend, and formerly known as She Makes War. After releasing four full length albums between 2010 and 2018, She Makes War was formally disbanded in December 2019, and she launched new music project Penfriend in May 2020, with accompanying weekly podcast series ''Attention Engineer''. Her collaboration project with Rat (Ned's Atomic Dustbin), Obey Robots, launched in December 2020. Penfriend Multi-disciplinary solo project Penfriend launched on 1 May 2020 with an invitation to join ''The Correspondent's Club'', Kidd's handmade member's club set up to provide an online space for music fans. In May 2021, Kidd released her first record as Penfriend. Exotic Monsters reached #24 in Official UK album chart and #5 in the independent chart. ''Attention Engineer'' podcast Kidd's podcast series on creativity, grit and determination launched on 3 June 2020, featuring conversat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Debbie Smith (musician)
Debbie Smith is a British guitar and bass player who has been in several bands from the 1990s to the present, including Curve, Echobelly, Nightnurse, Snowpony, Bows, Ye Nuns, SPC ECO and current bands Blindness and The London Dirthole Company. Smith was interviewed for the 1995 book ''Never Mind the Bollocks: Women Rewrite Rock'' by Amy Raphael (published in the US as ''Grrrls: Viva Rock Divas''). She was also interviewed and quoted for the book ''Frock Rock: Women Performing Popular Music'', a sociological study of women musicians in British popular music; at the time of the interview she was in Echobelly, and the book notes that Skin and Yolanda Charles both said that Smith was the only current black British female guitarist either one of them could think of. ''Frock Rock'' says that "women like Skin, Natacha Atlas, Yolanda Charles, eggae bassistMary Genis, and Debbie Smith are now acting as crucial role models for future generations of black women." In 1997, Debbie Smith w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charley Stone
Charley Stone is an English multi-instrumentalist musician based in London, UK. She has been a notable part of the London indie music scene since the early 1990s. History Charley Stone first came to notice in short-lived riot grrrl band Frantic Spiders, from Exeter, who released EP ''You're Dead'' in 1993; she also played in Toxic Shock Syndrome. Stone then joined Britpop band Salad in 1996. In 1997 she replaced Charlotte Hatherley on guitar in the band Nightnurse after Hatherley left to join Ash. In 1998 Stone joined Gay Dad as guitarist and also first played live with Fosca, as she would continue to do over the next decade. Stone also joined Linus as bass player. By 2003 Stone was playing in Spy '51, who although active since the 1990s released their debut album in 2006. From 2007 to the present Stone has both performed solo and played with a number of artists including the Priscillas, the New Royal Family/the Famous Cocks, Abba Stripes, Deptford Beach Babes, Charlo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Debbie Googe
Deborah Ann Googe (born 24 October 1962) is an English musician, best known as bassist for the band My Bloody Valentine. She has also worked with Snowpony, Primal Scream and Thurston Moore. My Bloody Valentine Googe was born in Yeovil, Somerset, England. Prior to joining My Bloody Valentine, she played for a band called Bikini Mutants in her hometown of Yeovil, who gigged with The Mob. Googe had moved from Yeovil to London, and in early 1985, an ex-girlfriend of hers recommended her as a bass player to Kevin Shields and Colm Ó Cíosóig of My Bloody Valentine. She joined the band after an audition in April 1985. She left the group in 1996, noting she "hadn't been happy for a long time". Googe is known for her raucous style of bass playing in MBV's live performances. Googe joined My Bloody Valentine's 2007 reunion, and their subsequent tours. Work outside My Bloody Valentine After leaving MBV in 1995, Googe briefly became a taxi driver. She formed Snowpony in 1996 with her th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siobhan Fahey
Siobhan Maire Fahey (; born 10 September 1958) is an Irish singer whose vocal range is a light contralto. She was a founding member of the group Bananarama, who have had ten top-10 hits including the US number one hit single "Venus". She later formed the Brit Award- and Ivor Novello Award-winning musical act Shakespears Sister, who had a UK number one hit with the 1992 single "Stay". Fahey joined the other original members of Bananarama for a 2017 UK tour, and, in 2018, a North America and Europe tour. Early life Siobhan Maire Fahey was born on 10 September 1958 in County Meath, Ireland. She has two younger sisters, Maire (who played Eileen in the video of the 1982 song "Come On Eileen", a hit for Dexys Midnight Runners) and Niamh, a producer and editor. Her parents, Helen and Joseph Fahey, both came from County Tipperary, Ireland. Fahey lived in Ireland for several years before her father joined the British Army and the family moved to England, then to Germany for several years ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |