Fulfilling a lifetime obsession, Mr. Stephen Elliott blackmailed fellow cohorts Mr. Thomas Mallon, Mr. Michael Howard and Mr. Graham Pearson into a ridiculous musical adventure known as The Bonzo Dog Ends. Astutely noticing that this name was vaguely similar to The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, they decided to attempt to play some of the same songs. Having very little musical abilities did not appear to hinder this trio plus one. In fact it made it strangely entertaining. So much so, that Mr. David Elliott relented his stage abstinence and enlisted with all speed and a car full of saxophones. Word of mouth soon spread and Mr. Phillip Hall was soon knocking at the Dogends door armed with mandolins, banjos and a whole heap of enthusiasm. Eventually Mr. Graham Clingan decided that he also could fit nicely into the group and staggered the rest of the chaps with his keyboard wizardry and huge wad of cash in a brown paper envelope. That only leaves the mysterious Urban Spaceman that turns up at all the gigs. God only knows who or what he is, but we all like to see him enjoy himself so much. After numerous appearances in the wonderful Sun Inn, The Georgian Theatre, pubs, clubs, Halloween shows and the Main Stages at the Stockton International Riverside Festival & The Willowman Festival, we have decided to take the show on the road. With a curious collection of costumes, odd instruments, bizarre sets and props we are hoping to take on the festival scene and any other willing pubs/venues that want to try something slightly off the beaten track. We have also frequently been called bunch of old fools dressing up and playing silly songs. Available for hire at: selliott1954@yahoo.com or 07765776122 .

Members
 Mr Thomas Mallon - Lead guitar & bass /vocals/jokes?, Mr Michael Howard PS – Bass guitar/vocals/ kazoo/drums/animal noises, Mr Graham Pearson (deceased) – Ukulele/rhythm guitar/accordian/backing vocals, Mr Phil Church Hall – Banjo/mandolin/backing vocals, Brother David Elliott – Lots of Saxophones/coolness/backing vocals, Mr Graham Clingan etc. – Keyboards/backing vocals, Miss Stephanie Elliott – Drum kit/skulls/recorder/other vocals/washboard/ukulele/ props, The Urban Spaceman – Dancing and stuff. Hair by Sweeny Todd, Photos by Frankie. .

Influences
 The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, Spike Jones and his City Slickers, Gong, Salvador Dali, The Beano, Bob Kerrs Whoopee Band, Psychedelia, Beer, The Marx Brothers, Frank Zappa, The Addams Family, Kraftwerk, Lonnie Donegan, The Beatles, Spangles, Derek & Clive, Leon Redbone, Cream, Boris Pickett and the Crypt Kickers, 10cc, Arthur Brown, Tich & Quackers, The Residents, Pink Floyd, Spike Milligan, The Fugs, "B" Movies, Warren Zevon, Captain Beefheart, Mallon Brothers, Ozric Tentacles, Noel Coward, Famous Monsters of Filmland, Amon Duul II, Bilko, The Temperance Seven, Primus, Tiny Tim, Mars Attacks, Humphrey Bogart, Devo, The Prisoner, Rolf Harris, HP Lovecraft, Daleks, Steve Hillage, Henry Hall, Eno, Do Not Adjust Your Set, The Sun, Yello, George Formby, Can, John Peel, Hawkwind, Jimi Hendrix, Frankenstein, John Otway, Monty Python, blah,blah,etc. .

Sounds Like
 Hopefully The Bonzos!

Brook is a quite simple man.
He thinks, that no matter, where you live, no matter, who you are - matters only lighting, which you should give to two worlds: your inner and rest outer.
He is like an ascetic man, who was sitting long in cave and thinking about the eternal, trying to record all the results on paper. In this way, songs were created. And only a small part of them, like a tip of the iceberg, is available now for a few listeners. But how many more things left hidden in a box and waiting for they turn, when they finally will able to get out into the light!
Because, till these song will not be heared, his soul can not settle down.

He doesn't have a goal to become famous. The Fame is dummy for him. The only goal - to bring into the world the true beauty, which implies a real art. A real it's purpose - to humanize the world. A form of expression is irrelevant. But the most powerful form of expression is always considered Word. The main objective of any artist - to bring the Word in the most clear and compact manner. All understand, this combination is quite complex. Therefore, it's said: 
"Brevity is the soul of wit".

He doesn't have a goal to be a great singer. He realizes, that it is not the strongest side of his. But, at the moment,  no one else left to sing all these songs instead of him. And if some day a man will appear on the horizon, who can not only sing, but also can expresss the main idea of these songs - Brook with pleasure will give place to this man.
A song for him - is like one organism: and if it belongs to many - it is more useful.
So, pleasantly ask you to deliver these organisms to the greatest number of people.

With respect, your's Brook.

In late 1977, Special Duties was founded by school friends Steve Norris (Aka Steve Duty) Steve Green (Aka Steve Arrogant) and Nigel Baker under the name X-pelled. 

The three were punks who attended the same school, but the idea of forming their own band came when they saw The Adverts in Colchester. The fact that the three schoolboys couldn't play and didn't own any instruments didn't discourage them, as they realised that was not stopping hundreds of bands up and down the country from forming punk groups. 

Initially the boys decided to put Arrogant on vocals, Duty on guitar and Baker on bass and penned two songs “Nothing Out Of Us” and “No Money, No Scandals” which were soon dropped from the set. In the early days the line up changed a few times and saw Baker on Vocals, Arrogant on Guitar and local punks Carl and Paddy given a try out on Guitar and Bass respectively. Sometime later, Stuart Bray joins the band on drums. 

The name of the band was changed from X-pelled to Special Duties when a box of around 200 badges with "Special Duties" printed on them came into their possession after they had allegedly been stolen from a school in Colchester. The band decided they could save money on getting badges made by simply changing their name and so Special Duties was born.

After months of attending punk gigs and rehearsing at Brooklands youth club in Colchester the band spread the word through the underground punk grapevine that they would be performing a free gig in Colchester one Sunday afternoon. The band called themselves Special Duties for the very first time and hundreds of people turned up to see them play a fifteen-minute version of "There'll Be No Tomorrow" performed in the Marks & Spencer loading bay. Had the police not arrived with Marks & Spencer’s security to turn off the power it would have been a longer version! Bart Povah soon joined the band and Steve Duty took over on Bass after Baker left the band. 

The bands first proper gig was in 1979 supporting Splodgenessabounds at Essex University. Splodge were in the UK charts at the time so the place was packed. "Violent Society", "I Think Of You" and "SPG" were in the set that night amongst many others. The local paper was very enthusiastic with its review of the band. The band played several gigs at Chelmsford Rock Club and songs in the set included “I Hate TV” and “I Am The Curse”. Shortly afterwards Stu left to form Chelmsford punk band Waxwork Dummies and Mick Nice came in on drums for a six track demo which would later appear as bonus tracks on the CD version of "77 in 97". Mick was not really into punk and was replaced by Mark Gregory for the Charnel House 7" of "Violent Society". The Duties recorded their first demo, which got them a record deal with Charnel House Records. Steve Duty had gone AWOL on the demo but returned for the single. John Peel (RIP) gave the bands' debut plenty of airplay on his show on Radio One, the biggest radio station in the UK. 


RONDOLET, VIRGIN & EXPULSION:
After seeing the Duties play in 1981, Rondolet soon signed the band saying ‘They have something which is a bit out of the ordinary’ ‘they can build up a big following’. 

Rondelet re-released "Violent Society" with Stu back on drums. The re-recorded version of Violent Society was weak but thankfully the band followed it up with the classic and highly acclaimed "Police State EP" which spent two months in the indie chart. This prompted Rondelet to get the band into the studio to record their debut album, 77 in 82 which was a big hit. The album was also released on Virgin. 

Towards the end of 1982 the outspoken Arrogant had declared war on the anarcho-punk band Crass. The band recorded their biggest selling single "Bullshit Crass", an attack on a band that they saw as destroying the traditional punk scene and who said Punk is Dead. It came with a Crass-style sleeve and the lead track began with chants of "Fight Crass, not punk", parodying one of Crass's songs. Unfortunately for the band, Small Wonder and Rough Trade, punk music's leading distributors, refused to stock any more of the bands material. Promoters pulled the plug on some of the bands gig and this made it difficult for the band. 

In 1983 the Duties moved to the Expulsion label and released ‘Punk Rocker’. The single was well received but distribution was difficult and in 1983 the band decided to split. 

AND NOW.....
After a 12 year split, Mark Brennan of Captain Oi called Arrogant to request information on the band to use as sleeve notes for a CD re-issue of "77 in 82". Arrogant tracked down Bart, Steve and Stu to break the news. Ironically none of the band owned a CD as all were still stuck in a punk time warp. Brennan explained the relevance of street punk in the 90's and persuaded the band to reform for 1995's Fuck Reading Festival at the Brixton Academy. 

The Duties supported The Business on their “Death to Dance” Tour across Europe in 1995 with Steve Duty on Vocals. Since 1995, the band have played Holidays in the Sun in the UK, Ireland and the USA, Punk and Disorderly in Europe, Rebellion Festivals in the UK and Europe, Punk Aid and shows in Scandinavia and throughout Europe. 

Special Duties have also toured in the US with a tour of the East Coast in 1998 supported by some of the best Punk Bands in the US namely The Casualties, Violent Society, The Virus, The Unseen and Banner of Hope. The finest moment of the tour was getting to play at one of the homes of Punk, CBGB's. A sell out gig with the doors being left open so the punks on the street who couldn’t get in at least got to see and hear the band! The show was recorded for the ‘Live at CBGB's’ album. The great reaction the band received in the US resulted in the boys touring the West Coast in 2001 supported by Violent Society, Oppressed Logic and some of California’s best Punk Bands. 

Since reforming in 1995, six singles have been released plus a further four albums, ’77 in 97’, ‘The Punk Singles Collection’, ‘Live at CBGB’s and Get Back Records from Italy released Distorted Truth

My Name is M Rio Putra K, I started the art of entertainment in 2002

I love everything about the arts, especially music. I also have learned the art of drawing on electronic paper. but I prefer everything about music deepened from year to date.

began in 2002, I started the art of music with live band, performing arts and often appear in the club to club. 

And in 2007 I became interested in music entertainment art kind to another, call it DJ (disc jokey)

originated from the interest, I started looking for a place or community to realize my dream to be able to learn from basic to expert. 

a place that I encountered was called RDJ is located in Jakarta. After I finished studying everything, 

I joined the management of RDJ and then started playing at several clubs in Jakarta

Soulfull, Tech House, Progressive House, Trance, Dutch and all the House is a kind of genre of music that I like and I played. I like all genres such as full of variety

it also makes me enjoy and to entertain the people at every perform I play my music.

That is my true story in the art world that I have learned so far, and I really enjoy it

Contact Me at :

	•	Phone	        : +62 812 9001 7962 / BB  Pin : 286E3871
	•	Email	        : qyuzayryo88.com
	•	FB & Twitter	: Juntefe Ryo Rdj , @Ryo_rdj

Se o que te vem à cabeça ao pensar em rock gaúcho são bandas engraçadinhas, com nomes engraçadinhos, letras engraçadinhas e um visual que deixou de ser moderno mais ou menos em 1969, é melhor rever seus conceitos.

A Red So Deep – virginiana nascida em 2004 - pode ser portoalegrense no papel, mas na prática é marcada por uma herança genética que vai bem alem das fronteiras territoriais dos pampas. Ao invés do lugar comum e das tendências cada vez mais vigentes, o que se vê (ou, no caso, o que se ouve) é a essência de tudo o que se produziu de bom no rock alternativo na década passada, sob o filtro dos anos 00 e das experiências musicais e pessoais de seus integrantes.

O importante é que mesmo tendo pelo menos um dos pés firmemente fincado no tempo em que Seattle era Meca e camisas de flanela eram vestimentas ritualisticas sagradas, não há um pingo de nostalgia perceptível na música do A Red So Deep. Claro, não é difícil notar nítidos ecos disso e daquilo no som feito por Fergs (vocal), Junkie (guitarra), Rodrigo de Muniaguirra (guitarra), Saúl Farias (baixo) e Filipe Telles (bateria), mas nenhuma das várias influências fala mais alto que a voz da própria banda. O que já significa muito quando se vive em uma época em que ser moderno é copiar os sintetizadores do Duran Duran.

Nestes curtos (quase) cinco anos de carreira, foram três Eps: As Black Furniture Makes Cat Hair Appear, Heated, e o recém lançado Delusional Stakes. Ouvir as meras onze músicas que compõem o cardápio completo da banda provoca uma sensação um tanto esquisita de euforia e depressão: 37,8 minutos de música (segundo meu iTunes) boa é sempre muito pouco. O que fica é o mesmo sentimento de um final de semana de baladas bem aproveitadas: a ressaca e o vazio no dia seguinte são quase insuportáveis, mas você sabe que se divertiu como nunca. E sabe que no final de semana que vem, tem mais.

Tudo bem, A Red So Deep. A gente espera.

Por JM Trevisan

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If what comes to mind when you think about Gaucho Rock are funny bands, with funny names, funny lyrics and a look that stopped being modern in 1969, you better rethink your concepts.

A Red So Deep - a Virgo born in 2004 - may be from Porto Alegre on paper, but it’s marked by a genetic heritage that goes way beyond the territorial borders of the Pampas. Instead of the common place and the tendencies more and more in force, what you see (or, in this case, what you hear) is the essence of all good things produced on the last decade in alternative rock, through the filter of the 2000’s and the musical and personal experiences of it’s members.

The important thing is, though it has one foot strongly set in a time when Seattle was Mecca and flannel shirts were sacred ritualistic garments, there’s not a perceptible pinch of nostalgia in A Red So Deep’s songs. Of course, it’s not hard to notice clear echoes of this and that on the sound made by Fergs (vocal), Junkie (guitar), Rodrigo de Muniaguirra (guitar), Saúl Farias (bass) and Filipe Telles (drums), but none of their influences speak louder than the band’s own voice. That means a lot when you live in a time where being modern means copying Duran Duran’s synthesizers.

On this short (almost) five years of career, there have been three EPs: “As Black Furniture Makes Cat Hair Appear”, “Heated”, and the new release “Delusional Stakes”. Listening to the eleven songs that compose the band’s complete menu evokes a quite weird feeling of euphoria and depression: 38 minutes (according to my iTunes) of good music is always too little. What lingers is the same feeling as a well spent weekend partying: a hangover and an emptiness the morning after that are almost unbearable, but you know you have never had more fun. And you know that next weekend you can have some more.

That’s okay, A Red So Deep. We’ll be waiting.

By JM Trevisan

My Name is M Rio Putra K, I started the art of entertainment in 2002

I love everything about the arts, especially music. I also have learned the art of drawing on electronic paper. but I prefer everything about music deepened from year to date.

began in 2002, I started the art of music with live band, performing arts and often appear in the club to club. 

And in 2007 I became interested in music entertainment art kind to another, call it DJ (disc jokey)

originated from the interest, I started looking for a place or community to realize my dream to be able to learn from basic to expert. 

a place that I encountered was called RDJ is located in Jakarta. After I finished studying everything, 

I joined the management of RDJ and then started playing at several clubs in Jakarta

Soulfull, Tech House, Progressive House, Trance, Dutch and all the House is a kind of genre of music that I like and I played. I like all genres such as full of variety

it also makes me enjoy and to entertain the people at every perform I play my music.

That is my true story in the art world that I have learned so far, and I really enjoy it

Contact Me at :

	•	Phone	        : +62 812 9001 7962 / BB  Pin : 286E3871
	•	Email	        : steve_4us_dawnstein@yahoo.com
	•	FB & Twitter	: Juntefe Ryo Rdj , @Ryo_rdj


My Name is M Rio Putra K, I started the art of entertainment in 2002

I love everything about the arts, especially music. I also have learned the art of drawing on electronic paper. but I prefer everything about music deepened from year to date.

began in 2002, I started the art of music with live band, performing arts and often appear in the club to club. 

And in 2007 I became interested in music entertainment art kind to another, call it DJ (disc jokey)

originated from the interest, I started looking for a place or community to realize my dream to be able to learn from basic to expert. 

a place that I encountered was called RDJ is located in Jakarta. After I finished studying everything, 

I joined the management of RDJ and then started playing at several clubs in Jakarta

Soulfull, Tech House, Progressive House, Trance, Dutch and all the House is a kind of genre of music that I like and I played. I like all genres such as full of variety

it also makes me enjoy and to entertain the people at every perform I play my music.

That is my true story in the art world that I have learned so far, and I really enjoy it

Contact Me at :

	•	Phone	        : +62 812 9001 7962 / BB  Pin : 286E3871
	•	Email	        : qyuzayryo88@gmail.com
	•	FB & Twitter	: Juntefe Ryo Rdj , @Ryo_rdj


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