Scotland has a lot to feel proud about, especially with recent events, and although we never really need a reason or excuse for a great night out, with St. Andrew's Day approaching, there is one event that can't be missed!
PUNKROCKBLUES - The Alternative St. Andrew's Night Celebration!
Three leading Scottish punk, rock and blues bands come together for an exciting St. Andrew's night triple-header show under the PUNKROCKBLUES banner at Nice 'n' Sleazy, Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow on Friday 30 November.
With the Sex Pistols back in the charts and High St fashion ripped 'n' torn, the punk element comes from Glasgow's self-styled Stepfathers of Punk
THE ZIPS who released their latest EP '30 Years of Punk Rock' on 26th October. Hard rockers
ATTICA RAGE provide a good dose of rock riffs to the mix with their new lead guitarist now firmly established and an impressive list of UK dates played through 2007. The band has recently completed sessions for debut album - 'RUIN NATION' due for release on their own label Vanduara Records early next year.
The bill is completed by alt. bluesers
RADIOTONES whose frontman Dave Arcari takes time out of his solo tour schedule to play a rare band date in Scotland.
The one-off show follows the sell-out success of an acoustic PUNKROCKBLUES gig in Glasgow in the summer which featured solo acoustic performances by JonZip McNeill (The Zips), Jonny Parr (Attica Rage) and Dave Arcari (Radiotones). "
The acoustic show was a huge success and we had so much fun we thought we'd scale the thing up and organise a band version along the same lines", says Arcari. "
And of course, being St. Andrew's night, we'll have some suitably themed shenanigans for gig go-ers."
Each of the bands will be performing their own version of a classic Scottish song in their sets along with a finale plus there'll be special souvenir t-shirts on sale. Doors open downstairs from 8pm, showtime starts 8.45pm. Entry on door is £5. For advance tickets and more info visit
www.myspace.com/punkrockbluesglasgow
Band weblinks:
http://www.myspace.com/thezips http://www.myspace.com/atticarage http://www.myspace.com/radiotones http://www.myspace.com/davearcari PUNKROCKBLUES on the Radio....
Interviews, Acoustic sessions....and Cheese Tasting!?!
JonZip, Jonny & Dave will be special guests on Sammy B's 'Homegrown' Cheese radio show on UCA Radio 87.7 FM on Friday 30th November between 1pm & 3pm.
Along with interviews and live acoustic performances, part of Sammy's show includes live on-air cheese tasting and she has already "cheesed" Deftones, The View, Jet, Mark Radcliffe & Grim Northern Social amongst others. The trio will be sampling three cheese supplied by local Ayrshire deli Chisholms of Ayr and deciding on a winner.
Tune in on Friday 30th from 1pm-3pm on 87.7 FM, on DAB or online at
http://www.macstreams.com
For more info on the show visit
and Sammy's podcast site is
http://http://web.mac.com/sammy.b/iWeb/Site WILDEBEEST ON THE LOOSE THIS WEEKEND!
Jonny's covers band on-the-side WILDEBEEST are playing Morgans in Kilbirnie on Saturday 24 November from 9pm - free entry! - so if you fancy some live classic rock, metal, pop, blues & punk hits along with cheap booze and friendly company, get yersel along!
MYSPACE UPDATES - NEW LIVE PHOTOS
We have uploaded lots of new photos to our picture albums on Myspace from the October gigs including the Mercury MCC Tartan Rally in Perthshire, the Amnesty International fundraiser in Stewarton (which raised £550!) and the fancy-dress Halloween party with SAZ, Splatterhead & Vantage Point in Dundee (check out Leatherface and Captain Bell Caveman!). Have a looky at
http://www.myspace.com/atticarage
So....we hope you can make it along to Sleazy's for the PunkRockBlues St Andrews Night for some Scottish-themed music, booze & banter!
Cheers!
ATTICA RAGE 
PunkRockBlues - Glasgow - 30 November - The Alternative St. Andrews Night! 
