January 2008 Archives

Local musician Pete Rimmer has started open mic night at the Falstaff Pub, King Street.

AN UPCOMING Southport band are set to take the stage by storm in aid of a local diabetes charity.

Dominant Species are performing at the monthly Rock Night at the Grandstand Bar, Haig Avenue on Friday, 22 February at 6.30pm.

Southport FC supporters’ group, Trust In Yellow are holding a band night at the Grandstand, Haig Avenue, on Friday to support Ugandan boys team, Southport Wanderers.

Profits from the event will help pay for the shipment of Port shirts and football boots to Africa.

Entry is £3, and doors open at 7pm.

We all have our secret musical inclinations - bands we love, but would never 'fess up to loving.

My first favourite band was 90s soft-rock has-beens Counting Crows. They're utterly brilliant, yet I don't tell many people some podgy white-yet-with-dreadlocked-hair 40 year old is my idol.

It's the same with genres. I pretty much despise punk as it is today. Local bands trying to re-invent the God Save The Queen wheel makes me cringe.

Punk should have been left behind when society changed...well, that's what I thought 'til I heard Southport band, Just Panic.