from the vaults: bim sherman in holland

A little gem, that just showed up: a concert poster for a gig in Arnhem, The Netherlands, early 1992. Apparently Skip McDonald was playing guitar, but who knows who are the 'others' mentioned on the poster?

adrian sherwood - boogaloo

'Boogaloo (drowning not raving mix)' is only to be found on the Japanese edition of Adrian Sherwood's brilliant debut album 'Never trust a Hippy'. This is the video for that track showing the dub master in live action. Absolute killer track!

adrian sherwood & gary clail

An oldy I found on eBay: Adrian Sherwood (left) and Gary Clail, posing for photographer Beezer. From the looks of one of the lads in the background, it took quite a while before this picture was taken...

mark stewart - loner

A track from Mark Stewart's latest album Edit, on Crippled Dick Hot Wax!, made by Angie Reed.

trailer for mark stewart documentary

From August 2008, the documentary ON/OFF: Mark Stewart - from the Pop Group to the Maffia by Tøni Schifer will be gracing selected cinemas and film festivals. The film retraces the singer's steps and paths from the early days of The Pop Group right up to the present.
Schifer, who followed Mark around for a full two years, has crafted a detailed, often intimate portrait of the artist, supplemented by interviews with a. o. Mark Stewart himself, Adrian Sherwood, Daniel Miller (Mute), Nick Cave, Mick Harvey, Doug Wimbish, Skip McDonald, Keith LeBlanc, Douglas Hart (The Jesus & Mary Chain), Fritz Catlin (23 Skidoo), Jon Spencer, Gareth Sager (The Pop Group, Rip Rig and Panic) and many others, plus live recordings and music clips.
The DVD will be released by Monitorpop in october/november 2008. www.monitorpop.de

yeah, he can play

'Yeah, he can play', says SpectorBassCom on YouTube in their comments on this video, shot at the Spector Booth at NAMM in Anaheim, CA in 2006. Doug Wimbish's solo album Trippy Notes for Bass is being re-issued in March 2008. It's an extended version with several remixes - one by long time companion Adrian Sherwood.

New Mark Stewart album out in April

The new Mark Stewart album 'Edit' will be released in April 2008 on Crippled Dick Hot Wax!. In Europe that is. The UK and USA have to wait another month to hear the album. To promote the album, there will be a short European Tour. Dates are to be found on Mark Stewart's MySpace.

Bernard Fowler's Bad Dog live

Bernard Fowler's Bad Dog will tour in Europe in January and February, in a package with Tackhead and Little Axe. Line-up: Bernard Fowler (vocals), Doug Wimbish (bass), Keith LeBlanc (drums) and Skip McDonald (guitar). Here's registration of Bad Dog's last tour. The song is called Get away and is taken from Bernard Fowler's solo debut Friends with Privileges.



Tour dates:
* January 24, 2008, Bix, Stuttgart, Germany
* January 25, 2008: Quasimodo, Berlin, Germany
* January 26, 2008: Altes Pfandhaus, Köln, Germany
* January 27, 2008: Kulturpunkt Friedenskirche, Krefeld, Germany
* January 28, 2008: Knust, Hamburg, Germany
* January 29, 2008: Schlachthof, Kassel, Germany
* January 31, 2008: Stadtsaal, Vöcklabruck, Austria

* February 01, 2008: Spinnerei, Traun, Austria
* February 02, 2008: Porgy & Bess, Vienna, Austria
* February 03, 2008: Orpheum, Graz, Austria
* February 04, 2008: Bluesiana, Velden, Austria
* February 06, 2008: Treibhaus, Innsbruck Austria
* February 07, 2008: Spielboden, Dornbirn, Austria
* February 08, 2008: Stazione Birra, Rome, Italy
* February 09, 2008: Rockhouse, Pescara, Italy
* February 10, 2008: Legend 54, Milano, Italy
* February 11, 2008: New Morning, Paris, France
* February 12, 2008, FZW, Dortmund, Germany
* February 13, 2008: Effenaar, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
* February 14, 2008: Bayerischer Hof, München, Germany

bleibt alles anders - adrian sherwood remix

One of many remixes done by Adrian Sherwood: 'Bleibt alles Anders' by German singer Herbert Grönemeyer. Skip McDonald provided additional guitar for this one. AMS did four mixes of this track. I'm not sure which one this is.
On the side: before remixing 'Bleibt alles Anders' in 1998, Sherwood also did a remix of 'Letzte Version', that same year.

mark stewart and the maffia - hysteria

Spring 2008 Mark Stewart and the Maffia will release the long awaited new album 'Edit', on the German label Crippled Dick Hot Wax!. There will also be a documentary film on DVD. AND Mark Stewart and the Maffia will be touring to promote it all. To keep you happy in the meantime: here's one from back then: 'Hysteria'.

keith leblanc with nokko (rebecca)

Now this is a strange one! Keith LeBlanc drumming for Japanese singer Nokko (formerly of the band Rebecca), with Talvin Singh on the tablas. The track is called 'Apache Moon' and the quality of the recording could be better, but a nice one nontheless.

gary clail - these things are worth fighting for

Official video for Gary Clail's single 'These things are worth fighting for', apparently shot in Poland. Big up to Damjan!

headfake - terrorism

Headfake (aka Will Calhoun & Doug Wimbish from Living Colour) with guitarist Skip 'Little Axe' McDonald as a guest are recording some for a song called 'Terrorism', also performed by Living Colour. The video has been recorded in Belgium, Brussels, Studio Molière on the 2005/09/01.

the slits @ selfridges

Here's a nice one from The Slits, recorded at Selfridges, London in March 2006. Includes backstage Soundbites and Live Performance. The band will be touring in Japan with Adrian Sherwood(!) on the mixing desk:

* October 26, 2007: O East, Tokyo, Japan
* October 28, 2007: Club Quattro, Nagoya, Japan
* October 29, 2007: Big Cat, Osaka, Japan

james brown & afrika bambaataa - unity

Way back from 1984, but still funky as hell: James Brown & Afrika Bambaataa doing 'Unity' with the Sugar Hill House Band backing them, being of course Keith LeBlanc, Doug Wimbish and Skip McDonald.

asian dub foundation - fortress europe

Official video for one of Asian Dub Foundation's best tracks. Is that because Adrian Sherwood was twisting the knobs? Or is it the voice of the Ghetto Priest? Anyway: great video.

tackhead - ticking time bomb

Seldom to be seen, but what a wild video this is! Tackhead and 'Ticking Time Bomb'. ...This could explode into a conflict!

the enemy within - strike

Wow, check this out! Supporting the miner's strike in the UK back in the eighties, Adrian Sherwood and Keith LeBlanc recorded 'Strike' under the alias The Enemy Within. This is the official video for that track.

dub syndicate - doctor who

Video for Dub Syndicate's 'Doctor Who' featuring Doctor Pablo, and indeed not Augustus Pablo (thanx for correcting me!).

adrian sherwood dub show

Bootleg video footage of one of the dub shows Adrian Sherwood did in Japan this fall with Lee 'Scratch' Perry. This was recorded on November 2 in Club Quattro in Osaka.