BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.3.1//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:327@lewesconclub.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231201T200000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231201T233000 DTSTAMP:20230730T151243Z URL:https://www.lewesconclub.com/events/ken-pustelniks-groundhogs-paradise -9/ SUMMARY:Ken Pustelnik's Groundhogs + Paradise 9 DESCRIPTION:The Real Music Club present: Ken Pustelnik's Groundhogs and Par adise 9\n\nTickets: www.wegottickets.com/event/585166\n\nBar from 5:00pm. Doors 8:00pm. Starts 8:30pm. Standing. 18+.\n\nKEN PUSTELNIK'S GROUNDHOGS. Way back in the halcyon days there came a trio of 'superheroes' known as THE GROUNDHOGS. Riding the blues boom into uncharted territory\, they gain ed a reputation as one of the most dynamic live acts around and are influe ntial and inspirational to this day. The classic line-up of Tony McPhee\, Ken Pustelnik and Pete Cruickshank toured the world for 6 years straight\, including seminal shows with greats like The Rolling Stones\, John Lee Ho oker\, John Mayall and Canned Heat and at the legendary 1970 Isle of Wight Festival. In this time they produced 4 renowned albums: 'BLUES OBITUARY'\ , 'THANK CHRIST FOR THE BOMB'\, 'SPLIT' and 'WHO WILL SAVE THE WORLD?'\n\n Now Ken brings you a new and exciting line-up - KEN PUSTELNIK'S GROUNDHOGS \, playing classic material with verve and power and giving performances o f energy and excitement that are as fresh and relevant to the modern audie nce as the originals were back in the day.\n\nKEN PUSTELNIK'S GROUNDHOGS l ine-up are: -\n\nKen Pustelnik. From what has now become known as "The Cla ssic Line-Up" of The Hogs\, playing the Drummer role from the first Ground hogs album release and on through all their most successful releases: "Scr atching The Surface" (1968)\, "Blues Obituary" (1969)\, "Thank Christ For The Bomb" (1970)\, "Split" (1971) and "Who Will Save The World" (1972). Ke n has chosen musicians who can do justice to the material in The Groundhog s catalogue.\n\nLatch Manghat. Bass player in the British band Gonga\, Gui tarist/Vocalist in The Rollbars and now the Bassist for Groundhogs. His st yle is heavy\, dynamic and hard-driving\, a perfect foil to the drumming i n the rhythm section.\n\nSol Latif. A highly original Guitarist\, Sol has a style which naturally lends itself to interpreting the unorthodox guitar parts which are part of the bands unique sound. He is also the Bass playe r in The Rollbars.\n\nChris D'avoine. From the band Mean Blue Monsters\, f ormerly of the band Shiva and lead guitar player with Steve Payne and more \, Chris is the highly skilled Guitarist and Vocalist of Groundhogs\, an i mportant element in a band rated for their standard of song writing as wel l as their instrumental ability.\n\n“As the set progresses from straight blues and into something a little more progressive…They have the audien ce in the palm of their hands” - MUSICOHM.COM\n\nPARADISE 9. Paradise 9 are a four- piece rock band based in London and Brighton. Formed in 1997 b y Gregg McKella\, they released their first album “Showtime” in 1998.\ n\nIn 2017 they celebrated their 20th anniversary\, with an extended set a t the Half Moon in Putney and came with the release of their live double 2 0th Anniversary 1997 ~ 2017 CD.\n\nTheir music brings a chilled yet punchy approach to the rock genre sound\, taking inspiration from psychedelic ba nds like Hawkwind\, Pink Fairies\, Ozric Tenticles\, Gong and Here &\; Now while fusing proto and post punk from the Ramones through to the Clash \, while fusing with Wire and Psychedelic Furs.\n\nTo date they have 3 stu dio albums ‘Showtime’ (1998) and ‘Take Me to the Future’ (2013)\, a live CD ‘Live at the Amersham Arms 2014’\, a DVD ‘Live at On-board the Craft 2013’ and last year’s 20th Anniversary 1997 ~ 2017 CD \, an d their new studio album “Science Fiction Reality”\, was been released on Flicknife Records in 2021\, and is already receiving some great review s and radio airplay.\n\nHaving played many great festivals including Glast onbury Festival\, A New Day Festival\, Cambridge Rock Festival\, Bearded T heory\, Kozfest\, Green Gathering\, Cosmic Puffin\, Small World to name a few.\n\nParadise 9 are now\;\n\nGregg McKella on vocals\, guitar\, glissan do guitar\, clarinet and space FX’s (Glissando Guitar Orchestra/Judge Tr ev Band/Monty Oxymoron’s Band/ex-Dreamfield/ex-Image Wot Image?)\n\nTyro ne Thomas on lead guitar and backing vocals (SpacedOgs/Jeanette Murphy Ban d/ ex-Image Wot Image?/ ex-Alternative TV)\n\nNeil Matthars on bass (ex-Ca sual Affair)\n\nWayne Collyer (ex-Deep Skin/ex-Men Are Dead) on drums.\n\n "Challenging\, deft and understated space rock for 2021 and generations be yond." - Guy Shankland - Vive Le Rock\n\n" Tremendous space rock with an i ntelligent and optimistic zen-punk message” - It’s Psychedelic Baby! M agazine\n\n" If Paradise 9 had been around back in the day\, then surely t heir space-punk vibe would have made them great stablemates for the likes of Inner City Unit\, Underground Zero\, and yes\, Hawkwind themselves\, on the 1980s Flicknife roster. Fast forward to 2021\, and how fantastic to s ee them join the resurgent Flicknife label now! Sharp indeed!" Ian Abraham s\, RC\n\n“This is an album from the underground which feels just like t hat\, with a title which clearly states what this is all about. Honest and with integrity\, this never pretends to be anything more than it is and i s all the more enjoyable for that.” Kev Rowland – Prog Archives\n\n“ …this for me is music of rock origin\, hints of just about anything else that they can fit in\, all wrapped around a punk vocal style that spits o ut its anger at the state of the planet and the human apathy toward it.Of its time music\, with a conscience." Mark Cartwright – The Punk Site\n\n [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=on2W_aWnUKA[/embedyt]\n\n[embedy t] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONIrjIyGWh4[/embedyt] ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.lewesconclub.com/wp-content/uploads/ 2023/07/Groundhogs2024.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231029T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR