FORTHCOMING EVENTS

About The 5.6.7.8’s…

The 5.6.7.8’s are an all-female Japanese rockin’ garage trio band from Tokyo who play the UK every so often. The band consists of Yoshiko Fujiyama on guitar and lead vocal, Chellio Panther Omo on bass and Sachiko on drums.

The 5.6.7.8’s music draws from multiple genres of American music, including rock and roll, surf, rockabilly, doo-wop, punk rock and psychobilly. According to Yoshiko “Ronnie” Fujiyama, the band wanted to “deconstruct rock ‘n’ roll into punk music by using distortion and noise and screaming.”

The 5.6.7.8’s became known in the West after their appearance in Kill Bill Vol.1 in which they performed “I Walk Like Jayne Mansfield”, “I’m Blue” (a cover of The Ikettes’ song) and “Woo Hoo” in a Tokyo club, “The House Of Blue Leaves”. On the Special Bonus Features of the Kill Bill Volume 1 DVD, one of the specials featured a live performance which shows the 5.6.7.8’s singing “I Walk Like Jayne Mansfield” and “I’m Blue” during filming of the movie. The 5.6.7.8’s song “The Barracuda” is featured in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift soundtrack.

According to Kill Bill director Quentin Tarantino, he discovered the music of the 5.6.7.8’s after hearing it in an urban clothing store in Tokyo, hours before going to the airport. Tarantino asked if he could purchase the CD from the store, as he had no time to go to a music shop. When the shop assistant on duty refused, the manager was called. When Tarantino offered the manager double the retail price of the CD, he acquired it!

About The Voo-Dooms…

London’s Voo-Dooms have been turning heads and flipping wigs up and down the country over the course of their so-far-pretty-damn-short existence. Medway-style garage is their ouvre, so grab yer deerstalkers, pinstriped shirts and bone necklaces and get ready to
rediscover that magical nexus point at the meeting of 70s punk, 60s Brit invasion and 80s video nasties.

The Voo-Dooms purvey a Trash, Rockin’ Voodoo, Garage Punk sound, perfect to get any bone-a-shakin’-and-a-twistin’, sending mummies into a frenzy throughout the land. Somewhat a supergroup, The Voo-Dooms feature Garage Punk veterans Bruce Brand (The Pop Rivets, The Milkshakes, The Headcoats, The Masonics, etc), Dan Whaley (The Dustaphonics, The Charles Napiers, The Diaboliks, etc), Dave Prince (The Sundowners, The Untamed and The Hi-Fis) and Mick Cocksedge (The Untamed, Cordwood Draggers and The Dead Bone Ramblers), each carving their own name on the musical hall of Doom!

This event is a fundraiser for community radio station Phonic FM.

Nine Below Zero released their classic debut LP, Live at the Marquee in 1980, the band kept the momentum going with Don’t Point Your Finger in 1981 before releasing their third and final LP on A&M Records, Third Degree (1982).

Nine Below Zero toured with The Who and The Kinks around the time of this LP and also appeared on The Old Grey Whistle Test, and The South Bank Show.

Dr. Feelgood formed on Canvey Island in Essex in the early 1970s and have enjoyed a string of hit singles in many countries including Milk & Alcohol, Down at the Doctors, Roxette, She’s a Wind Up and See You Later Alligator.

The current line-up of Dr. Feelgood is led by their drummer Kevin Morris, and features Gordon Russell on lead guitar, Phil Mitchell on bass and charismatic vocalist, Robert Kane.

Dr Feelgood

Formed on Canvey Island in Essex in the early 1970s Dr. Feelgood remain one of the most popular and exciting live rhythm and blues acts in the world. The raw and uncompromising style of their performance resulted in the album Stupidity that immediately went to the number one position in the U.K. charts.

Dr Feelgood have also enjoyed global success with a string of hit singles including Roxette, Back in the Night, Milk and Alcohol, Down at the Doctors, She Does it Right, Going Back Home and See You Later Alligator – which gave the group their first gold record.

The current line-up features the rhythm section Kevin Morris on drums and Phil Mitchell on bass (both 38 years), the return of the legendary Gordon Russell on guitar, and Robert Kane (formerly of the Animals) who joined in 1999.

Nine Below Zero

Formed in 1980 with their debut ‘Live at the Marquee’ album taking the world by storm, Nine Below Zero have continued to be a hardworking, hardrocking rhythm and blues force ever since!

The current line-up still boasts founder members Dennis Greaves on guitar and vocals and Mark Feltham on harmonica and vocals. They are aided and abetted by Charlie Austen, Sonny Greaves, Tom Monks and Anthony Harty, pedigree musicians guaranteed to keep the original pair on their toes!

This is a fundraiser for Exeter community radio station Phonic FM.

Mirror System Seated Set

The first half of the evening a rare, seated performance by Mirror System, the downtempo and chillout project of System 7’s Steve Hillage and Miquette Giraudy. This set will open with an excerpt from the seminal Rainbow Dome Musick, originally released by the pair back in 1979 and an album which played a vital role in the development of the ambient music genre. The distinctive Mirror System sound is based on deep rolling grooves and the subtle blend of rich dreamy electronica and guitar. Their successful debut album was released in 2005 and now their style also incorporates a soft minimal tech-house element.

System 7 Dance Set

The auditorium seats will be removed for the second half of the evening when Steve and Miquette assume their System 7 incarnation. System 7 pioneered the use of electronic guitar in an electronic dance music context and continue to thrill audiences across the globe with their unique blend of electronic, beats and sample with live guitar riffs, solos and MIDI-interfaces.

Both sets will be accompanied by visuals in this special event in support of Exeter’s community radio station, Phonic FM.

Please note that the balcony seats will be in place all night so please book one of those if you wish to remain seated for the whole evening.

This is a fundraiser for community radio station Phonic FM.

Music Radar voted the young Laurence one of the world’s top 10 blues-rock guitarists. He’s shared stages with legends like Sir Van Morrison, Sir Ringo Starr, Buddy Guy, Jeff Beck, Status Quo and many more.

Buddy Guy personally invited the young guitar sensation onstage in front of 15,000 people at Holland International Blues Festival.

With many awards and over 50,000 album sales, including being inducted into the British Blues Awards Hall of Fame for winning Young Artist of the Year three timers in a row, Jones has also appeared at some of the world’s most prestigious venues, including the Royal Albert Hall in London and New York’s Carnegie Hall.

“The Next Eric Clapton” – Buddy Guy.

“A star in the making” – BBC Radio 2

“The British blues rock guitarist rocks the riffs on his new album in which he skilfully combines energy and feeling” – Rolling Stone magazine

Support comes in the shape of a solo performance by another acclaimed blues artist, Danny Giles.

“With the speed of Yngwie Malmsteen, the power of Dimebag Darrell, the tone of Walter Trout, all wrapped up in a mighty blues feel, Danny is a guitar hero in the making” – Pete Feenstra, Classic Rock Magazine

This event is a fundraiser for community radio station Phonic FM.

Treacherous Cretins is a UK-based band that performs the works of the legendary American composer Frank Zappa. Its members have played and collaborated with the likes of Dweezil Zappa, Ike Willis, Ray White, Denny Walley, Craig “Twister” Steward and Candy Zappa. They played at Exeter Phoenix last year and are back with a revised setlist that features Zappa material they’ve never tackled before alongside the classics.

For this return to the UK they will they are performing two punishing sets with Bobby Martin, multi-instrumentalist regular member of Zappa’s band from 1982’s challenging ‘Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch’ album all the way up the great man’s passing!

In 2019, their set was a nigh spot at the 30th Anniversary Zappanale Festival in Germany: a yearly festival dedicated to Zappa’s music which draws thousands of fans from all around the world.

With a particular fondness for the more obscure, hard-to-play material and deep-cuts, Treacherous Cretins promises to deliver another stunning tribute to Zappa and his massive musical legacy. Expect a generous helping of Zappa rarities and songs seldom played live by other bands as well as plenty of fan favourites.

This is a fundraiser for community radio station Phonic FM.

“Hey out there in the land of cool people, who like even cooler music. I love Frank Zappa music, and I love it even more when it’s done well! This band rocks! Come one, come all, suspend your disbelief, let your hair down, and take the musical journey with them.” – Ray White (vocalist/guitarist with Zappa from 1976-84).

“I had a great time singing with Treacherous Cretins at the 30th Jubilee Zappanale, they made me sound good!” – Candy Zappa (Frank’s younger sister)

Creedence Clearwater Revival, commonly abbreviated as CCR or simply Creedence, was an American rock band formed in El Cerrito, California. The band consisted of lead vocalist, lead guitarist, and primary songwriter John Fogerty, his brother, rhythm guitarist Tom Fogerty, bassist Stu Cook, and drummer Doug Clifford.

The band’s most prolific and successful period between 1969 and 1971 produced fourteen consecutive Top 10 singles (many of which were double A-sides) and five consecutive Top 10 albums in the United States – two of which, Green River (1969) and Cosmo’s Factory (1970), reached number one. The band also performed at the legendary 1969 Woodstock festival.

CCR’s music remains popular and is a staple of U.S. classic rock radio airplay; 45 million CCR records have been sold in the U.S. alone. The compilation album ‘Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits’, originally released in 1976, is still on the Billboard 200 album chart and reached the 600-week mark in August 2022. It has been certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for at least 12 million copies sold in the U.S.

This is a fundraiser for Exeter community radio station Phonic FM.