Classic Albums of 1991 : RETROSPECTACULAR all day BBQ !!

RETROSPECTACULAR : 1991 @ The Windmill, Brixton - Saturday 27th August, 2011 - £5 inc. free BBQ - 4:00pm to late!

Bananirvana, Eelectricity & Lust, Paintings Of Ships, Pesto, Dan Ormsby/Raymond Detritus/Captain Of The B-Team supergroup, Amy Blue (acoustic), Katie Malco, Warren Mallia (The Attika State) and Matt Emery (Stagecoach) + DJ JOPHIE (AKA Joe and Sophie)…

…performing as…

Nirvana, REM, Blur, Pixies, Sebadoh, Smashing Pumpkins, Madonna, Michael Jackson and NOFX!

The first annual RETROSPECTACULAR show, where bands from the current look back 20 years to their favourite albums of that year, and perform their favourite songs from their chosen albums alongside their own awesome tunes. 2011 - 20 = 1991 !!

ADVANCE TICKETS for £5 including free full BBQ meal :

http://windmillbrixton.co.uk/listings/gigdetails/27-aug-11-retrospectacular—the-classic-albums-of-1991-the-windmill/

http://www.wegottickets.com/event/128198

Here’s what’s happenin’ :

BANANIRVANA performing NEVERMIND by NIRVANA in full - 10:15 to 11:15

The third outing for surely the UK’s finest specifically karaoke oriented Nirvana tribute act - Dan (Dave), Jon (Krist) and Sam (Kurt’s hands) and a string of special guest vocalists and members of the good old British public bash out the hits of grunge gods Nirvana, this time performing classic album Nevermind in its entirety (plus an encore of b-sides from the era, if the stage isn’t totally smashed up by that point). Come as you are - or even better - as you were in 1991.

EELECTRICITY & LUST performing songs from OUT OF TIME by REM - 9:30 to 10:00

If you caught the exciting Eelectricity & Lust at one of the select few shows they played in 2009 and early 2010 and have been wondering where they have been, the answer is, well … just round the corner from The Windmill actually. Various unlucky setbacks have kept them out of action for over a year until now, but brothers Aaron and Fearghall are finally back in action for their first show in bloody ages with two new members, some new material, and a couple of covers by their (any my) favourite shiny happy people (umm, band), REM.


PAINTINGS OF SHIPS performing songs from LEISURE by BLUR - 8:45 to 9:15

Paintings of Ships might conjure up images of bearded men with beparroted shoulders playing accordions and singing sea shanties whilst swigging grog, but in fact Paintings of Ships are a bona fide old skool London based indie rock band (though the grog is still very much part of the picture!). So obvious choices to take on the songs of the quintessential old skool London indie rock band Blur and second best album of the 90s with Leisure in the title (behind Leisure Noise by Gay Dad), Leisure.

PESTO performing songs from TROMPE LE MONDE by PIXIES - 8:00 to 8:30

Green pesto, or red pesto? It is hard to decide. Similarly Brighton lo-fi rookies Pesto have their fair share of green and red moments, but that’s what makes them such a loveable bunch. One minute guitarist Sam and drummer Liam will be harmonising like a young Robson and Jerome, the next bass player Matt is destroying the PA with a voice like Brian Blessed being bummed. Perfect then to take on the ever unpredictable Pixies final record Trompe Le Monde. Pesto may still be learning their trade but, you know, IT’S EDUCATIONAAAAALLLLL !!!!!


DAN ORMSBY / RAYMOND DETRITUS / CAPTAIN OF THE B-TEAM performing songs from III by SEBADOH - 7:15 to 7:45

Sometime between the Octobers of 2005 and 2010, 4 or 5 Magicians were a band that did some fun things that some people listened to and enjoyed. Included in frontman Dan Ormsby’s merry men were Jon Wood (bass, 2005 to 2007) and Sam Clarke (guitar/bass, 2007 to 2010). Jon now records and performs his irreverent material under the moniker Raymond Detritus, and alongside playing in other bands Sam has a long term recording project called Captain Of The B-Team. Dan is writing and demoing material for a new project which will hit the airwaves soon. Here the three amigos team up to showcase some of their own songs and bash their way through some early Sebadoh lo-fi classics.

AMY BLUE (acoustic) performing songs from GISH by SMASHING PUMPKINS - 6:30 to 7:00

If ever there was a “tonight Matthew…” moment to remember, it was at a similarly themed show last year where Amy Blue took on the songs of the early Smashing Pumpkins, who famously possessed a penchant for cross dressing. A quite remarkable makeover (involving a couple of Primark dresses and some grade A wigs) saw Amy Blue transform from a band of three males and one female, to a band of three females and one male. Due to romantic weekends in Hull and the suchlike keeping members away, frontman Simon is now perfoming on his own!

EMERY / MALCO / MALLIA performing THE BIGGEST SINGLE OF 1991 by BRYAN ADAMS - 6:15 to 6:20

Oh yeah!

KATIE MALCO perfoming songs from THE IMMACULATE COLLECTION by MADONNA - 5:45 to 6:15

If Falco is the king of between song banter, then Malco is the queen, and while the similarities with Mclusky stop there, the originally Scottish (though now very much a naturalised Laaahndaner) Katie Malco is no less engaging as a performer than her angry Welsh counterpart. Recently signed to Alcopop Records, Malco will be performing some of her own delicate and delicious material (girl) alongside a couple of big tunes by queen of 80s pop Madonna.

WARREN MALLIA performing songs from DANGEROUS by MICHAEL JACKSON - 5:05 to 5:35

If ultra-melodic pop-punk outfit The Attika State were animals, then they could only be Duracell bunnies, bounding around the stage with grins from bunny ear to bunny ear. So I suppose it is apt that their guitarist is called Warren. Like where rabbits live. Incredible jokes aside, Warren Mallia brings the same energy to his solo performances, his powerful, positive songs aiming to … err … heal the world, make it a better place (that one was even worse!) and thus king of pop Michael Jackson is a perfect act to replicate alongside his own super stuff.

MATT EMERY performing songs from RIBBED by NOFX - 4:25 to 5:55

I wanted Matt to do Tina Turner as I thought Simply The Best would be a perfect power ballad for a megadude of his effusively optimistic nature to take on. However, he insisted on being NOFX, and while not holding the same classic status as The Best of Tina Turner, Ribbed is perhaps the finest album where the sleeve is designed to look like a condom wrapper - in 1991 at least. More usually seen playing drums with popular beat combo Stagecoach, Matt Emery here performs some of his excellent solo material on guitar and piano in addition to the NOFX.

ADVANCE TICKETS for £5 including free full BBQ meal :

http://windmillbrixton.co.uk/listings/gigdetails/27-aug-11-retrospectacular—the-classic-albums-of-1991-the-windmill/

http://www.wegottickets.com/event/128198