CAMBODIAN JUNGLE METAL NEWSLETTER 03-2008: BnD at "Zombie's Funeral" 11.04.
This randomly published newsletter is targeted to all alternative rock music lovers and the fans, friends and supporters of the Bum N' drazE band (except for illiterate groupies). The editor welcomes all news, events, reviews and other stuff related to the slowly but surely emerging rock scene of Cambodia and South-East Asia in general. Please do not hesitate to contact bumndraze@hotmail.com for bookings, merchandise, CDs, DVDs and other shit or just for sending fan or hate mail to your favourite underground rock band!
BUM N' DRAZE: "BATES MOTEL REVISITED" 2008 TOÜR DATES:
- "Zombie's Funeral" on Friday 11 April 2008 at Zombie Birdhouse, St. 278, Phnom Penh. Band live at 8.30 PM. Last Friday night of Zombie before its closing for good. Don't miss this historic live gig #49 of the band! Free entry. Gig poster attached.
- Stay tuned for the next 2008 tour dates in Phnom Penh, Sihanoukville, Siem Reap and possibly also other provinces in Cambodia.
NEW BnD LINE-UP:
- The second bass player, Gildas "G-String" Maronneaud joined the band in the end of February 2008 and brings more balls to the already dick-thick wall of sound of Bum N' drazE. His "maiden voyage", the first live gig with the band was on 29 February at the Colonial Bar in Phnom Penh and he is now a permanent BnD member.
- Note that the BnD Horn(y) Section may join the band occasionally, but is not a permanent feature of the 2008 tour.
LATEST THIS BASTARD'S NOISE (TBN) LABEL'S CD RELEASES:
- Bum N' drazE: "Unfunkable". 2008 single. The new original BnD hit featuring the special guest star Jermu Koivukoski on trumpet. Price: USD 2,-.
- Bum N' drazE: "Slap and Burn – Undead in Vomitville". Live album. Semi-official live bootleg, recorded in the jungle at Norden House Yaklom, Rattanakiri on 8 December 2007. The historic first gig of Pasi "Pornosonic" on the bass and Paul Gager on the horn. A real limited edition collector's item with PG (Parental Guidance) sticker. Feel and hear the fire, smoke and noise of the pyrotechnics and explosives and smell the Absinthe and other intoxicants through the music! Price: USD 10,-.
- Bum N' drazE: "No Sleep 'til Hammerfest (Live at Budokan)". Live album. Arguably one of the band's musically finest live gigs (03.03.2007 at Peace Pub, Phnom Penh) of all time captured on this CD, including also the arrival by ambulance in straitjackets and aftermath of the gig. Setlist virtually the best of Bum N' drazE 2003-2007, including numbers from all 5 previous tours and 4 albums. A must purchase for all BnD's friends and enemies. Price: USD 3,-.
2008 BnD MERCHANDISE available at the gig places and by ordering from bumndraze@hotmail.com, better hurry because these are usually sold out immediately:
T-Shirts:
- "Norman". Bum N' drazE – Bates Motel Revisited 2008 Cambodia Toür. Description: Norman Bates with Bum N' drazE skull shirt on. Colour: Black. Size: L. Price: USD 5,-.
- "Skull". Description: Bum N' drazE's famous skull logo in the front and BnD "tattoo" on the right back shoulder. Colour: Black. Size: L. Price: USD 6,-.
- "Bum N' DrazE Bates Motel Revisited Cambodia 2008"-text. Sleeveless unisex shirt. Colour: White with black text. Size: M. Price: USD 4,-.
- "No Sleep 'til Hammerfest". Description: The band's ape mummy mascot plays guitar in Johnny Ramone position with seven bare female butts in the front of the stage. Negative image of the original 2005 shirt. Colour: Black. Size: L. Price: USD 5,-.
- "Unplugged Funeral-Cambodia Tour 2003-2004". Description: Khmer Apsara dancer in an unplugged coffin, with a ghost torture gang on the background and open graves in the front. Negative image of the original 2003-2004 shirt. Colour: Black. Size: L. Price: USD 5,-.
Baseball caps:
- "Bum N' drazE" text on the cap's forehead. Colour: Black with white text. Size: Adjustable from shrunken to swollen heads. Price: USD 4,-.
OTHER LOCAL ROCK'N ROLL NEWS:
Phnom Penh: Zombie Birdhouse on St. 278 has announced to close mid-April, which is a huge loss to all real rock music fans of Phnom Penh. The Swiss owner David has not revealed his future plans, but has said that four years of bar-keeping is now enough. It still remains unclear from where Zombie's charming regular gang can be found next, drinking cheap Pastis and listening to Motörhead, Iggy Pop, Ramones, Ted Nugent, Stormtroopers of Death etc. Stay tuned anyway. For "Zombie's Funeral" night with BnD 11.04., see the attached poster.
Phnom Penh: Taiwanese-owned ex-Zeppelin Café/Rock Zone, now Rock Bar has moved in March 2008 from next to Phnom Penh Hotel along the road to the Backpackerville to the Walkabout region of the St. 51 bar strip. At least for vinyl LP freaks, the new location is probably more convenient when nightclubbing in the heart of Phnom Penh. Apart from an impressive collection of 70s and 80s rock music from vinyl, probably also live music occasionally available.
Sihanoukville: Independence Hotel organised the first "Rock On The Beach" event on the Independence Beach on Saturday 22 March 2008 with the expat rock band Whack Daddy Down from Singapore as the main act and some local performers. The WDD band has thrown some gigs in Cambodia also before, including the Rock at Angkor Wat (RAW) festival in Siem Reap in 2003. According to local information, the event coincided with many simultaneous full moon parties in Sihanoukville, which resulted in an audience of a relatively modest size. However, there are plans to improve the concept further for the next time, has been heard from IH management.
REGIONAL ROCK'N ROLL NEWS:
Thailand: Phuk's PTK band plays Pattaya. The amazing house band of Bangkok's former popular Country Road II establishment, Phuk's PTK band, has moved to Pattaya after the CR II's building was demolished to give way for new high-rise development in the Sukhumvit area. According to the regulars, the band played literally until the end on the edge of the construction hole before the final excavator's hit arrived. But Phuk & co. still keep on rocking, of course. They have also played several times in Saigon during the previous years. So check'em out if you happen to be in Pattaya, the name of the place is still Country Road, what else.
posted by Jinja @ 8:40 AM
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