That nogood, notorious, reprehensible, snotty, snarlin' leader of Montreal garage tyrants, THE GRUESOMES - Hairy host and wooly cretin to our shameful Friday & Saturday night SINdigs:
Announcing a very RARE headlining performance at WOOLY WEEKEND'S Saturday afternoon BUDGET ROCK BLOWOUT with the world famous NASHVILLE RAMBLERS! PLUS! The Anabolics (NYC), The Teutonics (LA), The Jinxes (LA), Hazard Lights (AB), The Beach Blankets (ON), Sonic Avenues (MTL) And LA's own Real Boss Hoss with stacks of melting hot wax behind the wheels!
Plus RARE presentation of 60s Scopitone Films + Way Gear Rock'n'Roll Reels, Kooky B-Movies and More! ALSO: SWING INTO OUR VINTAGE RECORD AND THRIFT FAIR IN THE SPACE NEXT DOOR, HOSTED BY OUR GROOVY FRIENDS AT SUNDAZED RECORDS INCL. MONDO GIVE-AWAYS AND PRIZES GALORE!!!
Entry to both (Budget Rock & Record Fair) for the price of one ticket! You DON'T wanna miss it!
With RON SILVA of THE CRAWDADDYS, UNTAMED YOUTH, THE BIRKLEY SQUIRES, THE TERMITES, CUBAN HEELS, BLACK DIAMONDS, & SATURN V FEATURING ORBIT (w/ Johnny Bartlett of The Phantom Surfers)! + CARL RUSK of THE MYSTERY MACHINE (pre Tell-Tale Hearts)!
+ And TOM WARD of THE GRAVEDIGGER V! They will be headlining our BUDGET ROCK BLOWOUT and playing a LONG set to launch our Saturday Nite Flyte! Prepare for raving covers of every last band on our bill PLUS Nashville Rambler class-icks!
Budget Rock Showcase is a measger $10 and gets you entrance to the record fair ($3) next door. Likewise, if you get stamped in at the record fair, you can chose to pay an additional $7 entry to our afternoon Budget Rock BLOWOUT! Venue: ZOOBIZARRE (6388 St-Hubert, corner Beaubien Metro) Time of Door: 12:00 PM we're kicking into gear right away with LA's Real Boss Hoss blastin' wax stacks as soon as the gates swing open, and wild 60s projections following the show on stage!
The Canadian Premier of the award-winning documentary, "THE REMAINS: America's Lost Band", to debut at Wooly Weekend's opening launch night,Thursday August 6th @ 7pm!
It is with great sadness and sorrow that we bear the tragic news of the passing of our dear friend, Sky Saxon.
We learned of Sky's illness late last week and had hoped with all of our hearts for the best. On Monday morning, his condition worsened and Sky was hospitalized in an ICU in South Austin TX, pending further tests. It was suspected that he suffered from an internal organ infection.
Sky Saxon died just a few hours ago, this morning.
We are all truly stunned and saddened. Our hearts and prayers go out to his lovely wife, Sabrina, and to family, friends and the 900 Million People Daily whom he's lifted and touched with his music and strength through the years. Sky's passed on to celestial fields, but his energy and spirit remain eternal.
The flower children march on...
Wooly Weekend 2009 will be dedicated to the memory and exuberance of Sky Saxon. While there can never be a replacement, rest assured that we will shape together a fitting bash in unstoppable Sky fashion; Our concern right now is with the loss of our friend.
To anyone with a passing interest in 1960s garage music and appreciators of the timeless nature of basic rock and roll, the Seeds impact surely holds unequivocal. For a good many of us, Sky's force paved unhinged directions; tuning in and turning on to something far greater and more important than just old rock and roll records... We are truly sad that Sky Saxon will not be with us in August, but his influence will certainly be felt.
Through those raw & searing Sixties recordings, the Seeds are firmly planted as lasting primeval classics: The simple propelling organ riffs, frantic choking vocal delivery and three-chord machine-gun momentum weave a web of raw and abrasive auditory sensation that will continue to traverse the perpetual sound waves for as long as cool people endure to blast their records.
The spaceship that had carried Sky to this world has departed and with sadness in our hearts, we bid fond farewell to a beloved friend, true legend and musical soul, the likes of which we're unlikely to come across anytime soon. Sky's embarked on a far out trip, and we'll surely miss him.
TICKETS ARE NOW ON SALE LOCALLY, AT THE FOLLOWING FINE RECORD SHOPS IN MONTREAL, QC:
Le Pick-Up 169 Avenue des Pins Est (514) 849-9484 Métro: Sherbrooke Primitive Records 3828 rue St-Denis (514) 845-6017 Métro: Sherbrooke Sonik Records 4050 rue Berri(coin Duluth) (514) 288-2113 Métro: Sherbrooke Sound Central 4486 avenue Coloniale (514) 393-4495 Métro: Mont-Royal Cheap Thrills 2044 rue Metcalfe (514) 844-8988 Métro: Peel or Bonaventure
Festival Passes are ONLY available until July 15th, after that we're not printing any more... so grab 'em fast as they're selling quickly!!!
Thursday, June 4, 2009
WOOLY WEEKEND! in MONTREAL, QC
AUGUST 6th, 7th and 8th, 2009!
The Original Nuggets generation mix it up with today's primitive proponents of the neolithic NOW! cave dwelling set!
THE ELECTRIC PRUNES Original line-up w/ singer James Lowe, bassist Mark Tulin and guitarist Ken Williams! LOVE feat. Original lead guitarist and backing vocalist Johnny Echols + Original drummer Michael Stuart-Ware from the classic 1966-1968 {S/T - Da Capo - Forever Changes} line-up! Backed by Baby Lemonade, the veteran L.A. band that accompanied Love founding member Arthur Lee for over a decade until his death! SKY 'SUNLIGHT' SAXON THE SEEDS! QUESTION MARK AND THE MYSTERIANS 96 Tears, Keep on cryin' baybee! THE FLAKES feat. Russell Quan of The Mummies in their FIRST and possibly LAST East Coast performance EVER! THE GRUESOMES Montreal's hometown Tyrants of Teen Trash! THE ALARM CLOCKS Back From The Grave legends! THE HYPSTRZ Twin Cities unsung rock'n'roll savages!
THE MORLOCKS California's creatures of neo garage punk! THE HIGHER STATE Elevate your mind! FORTUNE & MALTESE AND THE PHABULOUS PALLBEARERS Motor City mavens of fuzz and farfisa! THE A-BONES The World's Greatest Sinners! NAGG Junkshop Jivin' MUCK AND THE MIRES Mid-Sixties Beat Shakers and Hit Makers! THE SAFFRON SECT Canadian psych sorcerers conjure modieval folk rock! ... and they toured/backed Bob Bryden of Canadian Psych legends Christmas!
Les Breastfeeders Ye-Ye A Go-Go! THE SUNDAY SINNERS ex-members of Les Sexareenos!
Also featuring a SATURDAY afternoon RECORD FAIR hosted by SUNDAZED RECORDS with live bands, DJ's and Free Swag to Give-Away!
And that ain't all! Saturday afternoon, while digging through the hot slop of records and hep stuff at our fair, we'll also be hosting our very own and very first BUDGET ROCK SHOWCASE in Montreal w/ The Teutonics and Jinxes from L.A. plus The Anabolics (NYC), Hazard Lights (Calgary), The Beach Blankets (Ottawa), Sonic Avenues (MTL) and more way out combos!!
And, we've got flicks too! Catch the Canadian Premier of the New REMAINS documentary, AMERICA'S LOST BAND, TEEN-A-GO-GO, THE LOST SOULS and '60s B-Movie Trash Galore!!!
ALL THIS PLUS an int'l jetset of top DJ's feat. WFMU's own Dave The Spazz, DJ's Vikki Vaden and Suzy Moran of ATL's famous Fringe Factory freak-out, Rhode Island's garage-mod-psych maven Ty Jesso, Toronto's own ace DJ's Flipped Out Phil, Frantic Tim and resident tastemaker Crawdaddy Simon, Jorge of Los Angeles' Real Boss Hoss, Montreal's Sweet Pate & Melo... AND MORE!
GO-GO DANCERS! PSYCHEDELIC LIGHT SHOWS AND PROJECTIONS! COLORED SIGHTS AND SOUNDS! ALL-DAY RECORD FAIR WITH LVIE BANDS! MONDO ALL-NITERS AND TAIL-SHAKIN' SOIREES! ROCK'N'ROLL B-MOVIES AND DOCU SCREENINGS! SCREAMIN' ORGANS!!! FUZZ GUITARS!!! WILD TEENBEAT MAYHEM!!!
If you prefer not to purchase through PayPal, ticket sales will be available through Admission and locally as of this week as well!!
TICKETS ON SALE NOW THROUGH OUR WOOLY WEBSITE!
Click the above banner link to be redirected...
Also, stay tooned for the final announcement to our festival line-up any day!
SEE YOU SOON!
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
LIMITED PRE-SALE TICKET OPTIONS:
Please note that advance online sales through PayPal will NOT be mailed out to you! Your weekend pass wristband will be available for collection at the door of the venue on Thursday, Friday and Saturday night. Just print off and bring your payment receipt along with proof of ID. Passport, driver's licence or ID card with photo required! 4% fee will apply for paypal transactions.
FULL WEEKEND FESTIVAL PASS:
CAD $95.00 (+ 4% PayPal fee)
Includes concert entry for the following three nights
Thursday Aug. 6th
Friday Aug. 7th
Saturday Aug. 8th
Only 400 available!
THURSDAY, AUGUST 6th PASS
CAD $35.00 (+ 4% PayPal fee)
Feat.
- (SOON)
- Muck and the Mires
-TheMorlocks
-The Hypstrz
- (SOON)
MAMMOTH HEADLINE ADDITION AND OPENING ACT TO BE ANNOUNCED THIS WEEKEND!!!
FRIDAY, AUGUST 7th PASS
CAD $35.00 (+ 4% PayPal fee)
Feat. - NAGG
- The A-Bones - The Alarm Clocks - The Flakes (Russel Quan of The Mummies!) - ? and the Mysterians
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