December 13, 2008 10:00 pm
This Saturday LOgO rocks some live punk music with the Dropkicks, they play high energy punk rock’n'roll
1) The Dropkicks
(Power trio)
Style : high energy punk rock’n'roll
Bio : The Dropkicks has been founded in june 2006 when Joris (French singer-guitarist) and Toshi (Japanese bassist), ex-classmates in the Fudan University of Shanghai, decided to play a special kind of punk rock’n'roll : the one invented by the Stooges, the MC5 and the Dead Boys, and renewed by the Scandinavian underground scene. A couple of month later, Chen Song, drummer of Crystal Butterfly, one of the best Shanghainese bands, joined the line-up. At the beginning, The Dropkicks used to play on a regular basis in 4 Live untill its closure. Since then, the rocked the scene of the best underground venues in Shanghai, from Live Bar to Yuyintang. They’re not newcomers in Logo where they performed last August. Labeled as a cover band for a long time, The Dropkicks now perform original songs. They prepare to record their first LP before spring 09.
2) Benjamin
(singer-guitarist solo)
Style : acoustic pop
Bio : Benjamin has been listening to, feeling and peforming music for as long as he can remember. “However, the Beatles, Eliott Smith, Wilco, Weezer, Rilo Kiley and Guster are all muchfamous than I am”, he says. He played many times in Shanghai with the Dropkicks. He’s gonna rock the Logo scene for the third time this year.
The after party would be banged by Liam O’Sullivan with an eclectic sound of House music and more.
“For the last ten years DJ Liam O’Sullivan has been one of the busiest DJ’s across the house and techno scene. From his early years supporting artists such as Jeff Mills and Adam Beyer to his modern incarnation as a house DJ supporting acts like Felix Da House Cat and Woody McBride, he has been a DJ always focused on how to fill dance floors. DJ Liam hosted the most successful Thursday night dance music program on KissFM for the last five years with an envious list of guest DJ’s. He has had his finger on the pulse of the dance music scene and been an innovator in pushing new sounds. Over the years he has graced the shores of Japan, England and Thailand and now he moves to China for his ‘Sino Experiment‘. We all get a chance to farewell Liam at ‘161’ this Saturday night when he reflects on his last ten years at the decks. Come down to farewell one of Melbourne’s favourite sons.”
Inpress, August 2008
free entrance
