December 2004
ANTIMANIAX,
Loggerhead, Seconds Out Wednesday 1st December tickets £4/£5 otd
House Hold Name Records Social-politicaly driven punk and ska from Austrias
finest export! Expect bouncing punk, shout along chorus and an impressive
live show! Support comes from local punk rockers Loggerhead and Seconds Out.
WISHLIST – plus support Thursday 2nd December
Back with a vengeance, a new singer (Tom ex-NoComply) and a new drummer, local
technical scream merchants return to tear apart the Phoenix stage.
COLOUR OF FIRE, Degrassi, Orca Friday 3rd December tickets £4/£5
otd.
Fast rising stars of the underground music scene, Colour of Fire crash into
the Phoenix Fresh from their euro tour with The International Noise Conspiracy.
Having received rave reviews everywhere they plug their guitars in.
RAMESSES, 5IVES CONTINUUM RESEARCH PROJECT, GONGA, Rectal Haemorrhage Saturday
4th December.
An awesome night of musical diversity. Headed by Ramesses who describe themselves
as musical machine comprised offreeform jams, crushingly infectious riffs,
warlike grooves and enigmatic spells. Support comes from the masters of experimental
art noise 5ive, with their continuum research project. Further support comes
from doom-rock trio Gonga. With Local metal sounds from Rectal Haemorrhage.
MY AWESOME COMPILATION, THE HOLIDAY PLAN, Cornflames plus support Sunday 5th
December tickets £4/£5 otd
Tipped as one of the best new bands of recent times, My Awesome Compilation
are a Post-hardcore emo outfit to be reconned with, coupled with a great live
show, thought provoking songs and heartfelt
lyrics. Support comes from Concrete Jungle jumpers, The Holiday Plan. Emotional
tinged pop-punk from sunny Bristol.
EVERYTHING FOR SOME, ADZUKI Wednesday 8th December entry £3.
Hailing from Andover, UK. Everything For Some bash down the genres, mixing
up punk and metal with grooves and melodic hardcore. Support comes from welsh
melodic hardcorists, Adzuki.
METAL NIGHT! UNIT 731, Infectus, Swagman, Divider Thursday 9th December entry
£2
One for the extremers! Metal night to the max. Showcasing the best in all
things metallic and loud from the South West of England. Heading the night
are Unit 731. Original metalic material a plenty with the odd heavy metal
super cover thrown in for good measure!
ELLA, The Crimescene, Until Summer, Rend Asunder, Replaying Fate.
Saturday 11th December entry £4
A night for the Hardcore fan! Ella are brutal hardcore/metal from
Bristol described as "a superb mix of melody, metal and energy"
Rocksound 4/5. Alongside them come The Crimescene hardcore punkers from Exeter
(with ex-members of Mr Belding). Until Summer blast out hardcore/metal in
the vein of will haven, Whilst local brutalians Rend Asunder show off their
hardcore sounds and local newbie’s Replaying Fate are here to show us
their own brand of screamo rock.
ADAM BOMB ACOUSTIC SPECIAL! Thursday 16th December
Showing his quieter side, Adam Bomb crashes into the phoenix with a special
acoustic show. Featuring sounds from his acoustica CD, Adam will also be strumming
out well known rock and roll classics.
NO COMPLY, FREAKS UNION, The Once Over Twice, Mercury League Friday
17th December entry £5!
The final date of local metallic horn fuled fiends NoComplys
winter ‘Unleash the Fury!’ tour comes to the Phoenix! Along side
them comes The Freaks Union, an ear bashingly brilliant form of melodic hardcore
punk, with a firey live show to match. Just as things couldn’t get better,
The Once Over Twice join in to bring punkrock wonders and fastly rising harshpunkrock
stars, The Mercury Leauge complete the night grandly.