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Editor’s Note Welcome one and all to issue 4 of good ol’ Rebelicious Magazine! Hope everyone is doing good :) I know a lot of people have been itching to read through this issue, so rather than bore you with an incredibly long “editor’s letter”, I’m just gonna cut right to the chase and tell you what’s in store...

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Contents

THE USUAL SUSPECTS

5 SOUNDTRACK 6 NEWS 7 DOLLY ROCKER 8 EDITOR’S PICKS 10 GHOULS NIGHT OUT 12 MARIANNE HARRIS: A MUSIC PHOTOGRAPHER’S 2011 60 REVIEWS

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28 KAT KALASHNIKOV 30 LOZZY BONES 32 LADY NOCTIS 36 RUBY TRUE 42 JOSEPH O’BRIEN & OPHELIA OVERDOSE 48 REDRUM COLLABORATIONS

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I’ve received A LOT of email submissions since the release of the last issue, but the one that seriously made my day was from this issue’s cover girl RUBY TRUE! Having graced the cover of Bizarre Magazine as a fiery minx back in August, there was no doubt that she was gonna be the main feature, and I think you’ll all agree on that choice! We’ve also got amazing photos of the very popular model Ophelia Overdose (courtesy of Joseph O’Brien, Julian M Kilsby and Moritz Maibaum), interviews with Maja Stina, Laura Fortune - founder of Miss Fortune Clothing, and lots more!

Also in this issue we’ve got an exclusive festival diary courtesy of the awesome music photographer Marianne Harris. This girl has had one heck of an eventful summer!

Reading this diary made me miss festival season way too much, and if you’re a big festie fan like me I’m sure it’s bound to get you feeling that way too. More snippets from the diary will be posted up on our new website, so keep an eye out for that.

There’s also the usual film and cd reviews, band profiles in Volume, Ghouls Night Out makes a comeback from issue 1 in a Halloween special, and I also let everyone know what some of my favourite album releases have been this year. PHEW! So people, get reading, enjoy, feel free to leave feedback on the Facebook page, and I’ll see you on the other side.

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SOUND BANDS IN THIS ISSUE OF REBELICIOUS...

CHERRI BOMB www.cherribombband.com THE VALIANT www.facebook.com/thevaliantband REIGN.BROKE.BETTER www.facebook.com/reignbrokebetter NOVEMBER-7 www.facebook.com/November7ch ANAVAE www.facebook.com/Anavae GRIM DYLAN www.facebook.com/GrimDylan JUNKSTAR www.facebook.com/junkstarband MERCY www.facebook.com/officialmercymusic

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WIN! WIN! WIN! NEW WEBSITE YOU SAY? Rebelicious recently launched a new website, thanks for all the good feedback about it so far! A special thank you to regular contributors Tiffany M Brown, Jess Heath, Lily Le Roi, Peggy Soo and Amii Whitfield, you girlies are awesome. If anyone else would like to submit articles for inclusion on the website, email any current ideas you may have to rebeliciousmag(at)gmail.com with “WEBSITE WRITER” as the title of the email, and you’ll get a reply back as soon as possible. We also want our readers to engage as much as possible with the new website, so GET INVOLVED!!! rebeliciousmagazine.com

ALBUMS OF 2011 LETLIVE FAKE HISTORY Released: April 12th Label: Epitaph Records Top 3 Tracks: Muther, Casino Columbus, Enimigos/Enemies MASTODON THE HUNTER Released: September 26th Label: Roadrunner Top 3 Tracks: Curl of the Burl, Black Tongue, All The Heavy Lifting SUICIDE SILENCE THE BLACK CROWN Released: July 12th Label: Century Media Top 3 Tracks: Slaves to Substance, Witness The Addiction, You Only Live Once 6 REBELICIOUS MAGAZINE

Hailing from Switzerland, NOVEMBER-7 are already making a big impact on the metal scene in mainland Europe with their album “Season 3” receiving rave reviews. They’ve already supported massive bands like WITHIN TEMPTATION & LACUNA COIL, and you can read a bit more about them in this issues’ Volume. Thanks to the lovely folk at First Sound Images we’ve got a signed copy of their album to give away! To win this cool prize, email us with your name, age, postal address, & name the email “November-7”.

The closing date for this prize is JANUARY 31ST 2012.

Be sure to check them out on Facebook: www.facebook.com/November7ch

This year has been a tremendous feat where new albums have been concerned.

Here are just a few of my favourites from this year (in no particular order!)

THE AMITY AFFLICTION YOUNGBLOODS Released: October 24th Label: Roadrunner Top 3 Tracks: I Hate Hartley, RIP Foghorn, Fire or Knife

MACHINE HEAD UNTO THE LOCUST Released: October 24th Label: Roadrunner Top 3 Tracks: Darkness Within, This Is The End, Pearls Before The Swine

SYLOSIS EDGE OF THE EARTH Released: March 11 Label: Nuclear Blast Top 3 Tracks: Empyreal, A Serpent’s Tongue, Awakening

EMMURE SPEAKER OF THE DEAD Released: February 15th Label: Victory Records Top 3 Tracks: Solar Flare Homicide, Demons With Ryu, Dogs Get Put Down

TESSERACT ONE Released: March 22nd Label: Century Media Top 3 Tracks: Nascent, The Impossible, Deception

FOO FIGHTERS WASTING LIGHT Released: April 12th Label: RCA Records Top 3 Tracks: White Limo, I Should Have Known, Arlandria

Dolly Rocker 2011 FOUNDED IN 2009 BY TWO ALT GIRLS FROM FALMOUTH, CORNWALL, DOLLY ROCKER CELEBRATES THE ALTERNATIVE CULTURE, IN COMPARISON TO THE BEAUTY PAGEANTS THAT HAD COME BEFORE THAT WERE ALL ABOUT ‘WHO WAS THE PRETTIEST’ INSTEAD OF WHO WAS THE MOST UNIQUE AND TALENTED.

Girls across Cornwall enter and get narrowed down to the final top 10 by model MASUIMI MAX. On the night each girl is required to perform a 5 minute talent (from burlesque to singing to hair styling) and also participate in two catwalks - one evening wear, one day wear. For the event this year, giving a bit of GRRRL band entertainment were SANGUINE (from Exeter) and THE EYELIDS (Falmouth).

Judges scored the ladies out of 10 for each stage-talent, evening catwalk and day catwalk. On the judging panel this year were ASH HARRISON (Tattooist at The Electric Om studio in Falmouth), JANE THOMAS (owner of the Just Like This shop in Falmouth), ALLURA FOX (owner of Lady Allura latex) and NYMPHET (Miss Alternative Cornwall 2010). Judges at last year’s event included RAYNA TERROR (London based model/Collectif Clothing), NEELY (model agency representative for Rogue Maidens), LARS PERSON (Tattooist from Double 7 Tattoo studio in Milton Keynes) and CERVENÁ FOX (London based tattooed model-Total Tattoo/Skin Art).

The winner of Miss Alternative Cornwall 2011 was TONNII WILLS from Saltash, who was crowned by last years’ winner Nymphet, and coming in second place was

Lilly Lashes, also from Saltash. Prizes these ladies won included a whole day tattoo session at The Electric Om studio, model contracts, vouchers for Lady Allura Latex and T.U.K shoes, and obviously the reigning title of Miss Alt Cornwall 2011.

Charities we supported this year were Cancer Research and the S.O.P.H.I.E Foundation. I think everyone has been affected by cancer at some point in their life, whether it be them personally or friends and family. The S.O.P.H.I.E Foundation is a charity set up in memory of Sophie Lancaster, who was beaten to death for being a goth. S.O.P.H.I.E helps promote alt culture and equality within our community. 2011’s final total, which was split between the two charities, was £1,313.

Future plans for Dolly Rocker include getting more people involved locally or within the alt industries, expanding to the whole of the South West and maybe head up to the Midlands to do a Miss Alt there! We have already been asked to travel around the country, so we will see what happens! If anyone is interested and wants to get involved, please email us at missdollyrocker@hotmail.com Words & photos C/O: Holly Badger-Boom www.facebook.com/missdollyrocker

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GHOULS NIGHT OUT CLUB NIGHTS N*A*S*I*N AND VOODOO ROCK LONDON HELD EPIC PARTIES IN CELEBRATION OF HALLOWEEN THIS YEAR. HERE ARE A FEW PHOTOS FROM EACH NIGHT COURTESY OF PHOTOGRAPHER AISLING DEE!

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A Music Photographer’s 2011 As a music photographer trying to make a name for myself I tend to look back on the things I’ve done in the last year as a means of gauging how well it’s going, what I’ve achieved...

Like many others who endlessly tire and work hard to be successful in their given field, it’s often difficult to appreciate and recognise your own success without taking the time to think, pulling it all apart and analysing it. As I sit here asking myself ‘what the hell have I done this year?’ it would appear that it’s actually quite a lot.

And some of the most enjoyable things I’ve done this year have been the festivals I’ve had the pleasure of being invited to.

I’ve visited different countries, and spent long weekends in some most excellent company. So I thought it might be cool to write a diary of my festival year. Or more correctly, my independent festival year. If you didn’t make it to some of these this year perhaps my run down will help you decide to get your mates together and get yourselves along to some next year.

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GROEZROCK, BELGIUM. [APRIL] My summer of festivals began this year in another country, a country I absolutely love. I look at the Groezrock line up every year and think ‘I WANT TO GO!’ Thanks to Big Deal and Monster Energy this year I did. And it was the provider of some of my fondest memories of 2011. Who wouldn’t be happy driving endless miles in a van with members of Shadows Chasing Ghosts and the rest of the Big Deal Crew, on a road trip to one of Europe’s finest alternative festivals? The company was outstanding, the van banter impeccable. And nowhere else in the world will you hear spontaneous rapping about leaving the UK, and the worst (mostly ‘Belgian’) accents spoken to any and every person you meet along the way.

As for the festival itself, well any festival that Monster Energy is involved with, and that hosts a ‘Back to Basics’ stage in a rather spacious circus tent with no awkward barrier and no security, that openly encourages festival goers to participate with bands by joining them on stage before stage diving off, and invading the stage at the merest invitation, is a complete winner in my book. So much so that I spent 80% of my weekend standing on that stage. And I spent 80% of that time grinning my ass

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off, loving life. NoFX on the main stage? Pfft, not when I had Cancer Bats, The Ghost Inside, Miss May I, The Acacia Strain, and Bleed From Within to devote my attention to.

Although I did smuggle my half full box of Strongbow cider tinnies into the second stage tent to watch The Used, and sang along through most of their set in a brilliantly, happy vacant grin type state. HIGHLIGHT! Other highlights of the weekend included free drinks in the VIP bar at 4am, persuading the MacBeth stage to let While She Sleeps play an impromptu set (and it being the busiest crowd of the weekend), being enthusiastically introduced to a lot of useful people (thank you Jim and Andrew TGI) and video interviewing Bleed From Within for Monster Energy, who it has to be said were wayyy more drunk than I was.

Honest. Unsurprisingly the footage was never used, probably for the best, but trust me when I say it was festival GOLD.

I’d never shot in Rock City’s main room before so was vastly looking forward to going to cover it for Monster Energy, who sponsored the main stage. A few minors issues with flash use on the main stage were ironed out quickly, and there were a reasonable amount of photographers with accreditation. The viewing in the main room was incredible, with a balcony running along the back. Most of my favourite bands to shoot played on that stage and it was also wicked for crowd shots.

A massively successful event overall, I had a wicked weekend as I know did a lot of other people who went. Highlights included seeing Alex Baker, the Monster crew and the Big Deal peeps, Hyro Da Hero getting down on the dance floor at the after show, and meeting the Feed the Rhino guys for the first time.

Can’t wait for next year!

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HIT THE DECK, NOTTINGHAM [APRIL] The very first year of this brand new one day event; it promised a lot, and it delivered it in truck loads! Taking place across several venues in Nottingham: Rock City and its sister venues The Rescue Rooms and Stealth, this brand new event REBELICIOUS MAGAZINE 13

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BLACK STAR FEST, BELGIUM [MAY] In a van, again, this time with the hubby (btw his name is Troy. He’s not in a band but he should be with that name) and The Valiant who were added to the bill for this year’s Blackstar Fest. We left the UK at 2am and despite best intentions, and agreeing to at least wait til we reached La Belgique, the beer made an almost immediate appearance. But that’s the norm right? The weather was lovely and the trip over a very pleasant one. Last year I went over with Shadows Chasing Ghosts and it was a most excellent weekend. This year the venue was much smaller, but the line up was fairly decent with Bury Tomorrow, Bleed From Within and Devil Sold His Soul all playing, with some other UK bands as well as a number of (mostly European) hardcore bands also on the bill. The turnout though, sadly, was a bit disappointing and the crowd were disappointingly only really interested in the hardcore bands, but my boys in TV didn’t care a whole deal; a couple of them had never before ventured out of the UK so it was a massive adventure, and they were excited.

We spent most of the weekend getting drunk, ate the biggest kebab anyone’s ever laid eyes on and enjoyed chilling in the company of friends. Sitting in the sunshine drinking cider in another country is awesome. I managed to finally pin down Bleed From Within for that promo shoot I’d been trying to get done for what seems like years, and even though they were a fidgety bunch of buggers who just wanted to piss around we got some cool results. Despite the turn out being disappointing, due to the company it ended up being another winner of a weekend.

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SLAM DUNK NORTH, LEEDS UNI [MAY] Despite falling down a flight of stairs inside Leeds Uni during last year’s Slam Dunk and badly messing up my ankle I was still looking forward to this year’s event. This was the 4th year in a row I’d been to Slam Dunk as a photographer, and as usual it was the smaller stage line ups that I was most interested in. In fact in 4 years I’ve only shot the main stage bands once, and that was back in 2008. Perhaps a bit crazy to drive 250 miles every year to shoot bands that in the most part I’ve shot on many occasions before, but it’s a great social event, and there were just too many bands that I love playing to not go again this year.

Apart from going to see my friend Mc Lars, who played a stonkingly good set on the unsurprisingly busy Front stage, and Lower Than Atlantis in another room, I stuck to the Honour Over Glory stage all day, choosing to shoot familiar bands like Feed The Rhino, Hyro Da Hero, Bury Tomorrow, Deaf Havana, While She Sleeps and Yashin. The lighting wasn’t awesome, but then it never is, and even though I did get some wicked photos for some reason it wasn’t satisfying enough, and I made a rather last minute decision to also go to the Hatfield event. Not before a spot of partying at the after show party though, and an entertaining ride in the back of a van with Failsafe, who decide I can’t sleep in my car and should crash at the student house they’re staying at with them. Heroes <3 SLAM DUNK SOUTH, HATFIELD UNI [MAY] An early morning 3 hour drive with a hangover wasn’t the best start to my day, and I wasn’t really sure what to expect from Hatfield: the reviews from last year weren’t the best, but I was massively impressed with the layout of the site on arrival and stoked when I saw the HOG stage as it was infinitely better than the tiny stage in Leeds Uni. I met up with Mc Lars to take some photos for his new album earlier in the day, finding the perfect spot

literally within metres of the car park, which was cool and a good start to the day. My best intentions of making the effort to go shoot some other bands though were broken as soon as I saw how good the stage and the lighting was on the HOG stage, and for the second day in a row I shot the exact same bands. Was an amazing experience though: I think the crowds were crazier, and the bands more dynamic…climbing up anything they could find and inciting the audiences to go nuts. Add that to no shooting restrictions, mad on stage antics, chilled hang outs and some great photo results, and this ended up being one of the best weekends of the year so far….not even thwarted by the flat tyre I discovered I had before I left. I always knew that AA membership would come in useful one day. F*** you flat tyre!

GHOSTFEST, LEEDS UNI [JUNE] Ghostfest is another music event that I’ve been shooting for numerous years. Monster Energy have been sponsoring the main stage for the last 3 years so I’ve been covering it for them, but there are always plenty of great bands that I want to see anyway. The line up this year was appealing with Suicide Silence, Your Demise, Bury Tomorrow and Bleed From Within amongst others. Highlights of the weekend for me were Polar, While She Sleeps, BT and BFW, as well as Your Demise, a band I hadn’t seen live for a few years. It was also yet another excuse to have a few drinks and hang out with friends, including some of the Monster team, and a friend from Manchester that I only get to see on occasions like these.

As a photographer though it wasn’t the best of weekends, the security were clearly only doing their jobs but things got so crazy in the smaller room with people crowd surfing etc that by Sunday afternoon some stricter restrictions were put in place that meant photographers were having to queue to get into the photo pit. With queuing not being one of my best assets I decided to just shoot the main stage, which was frustrating as there were some great bands I missed. All in all though a well run, well attended event with some outstanding sets by some of the best alternative metal acts the UK has to offer. And copious amounts of Monster, always a bonus!

RESURRECTION FEST, VIVEIRO SPAIN [JULY] Another one for Monster Energy - a 4 day working holiday that involved a 3 hour drive, a 2 hour flight, a 3 hour wait in a strange airport (that rather inconveniently closed before I left), a 4*hotel with no English speaking staff, and numerous lengthy drives in a Monster Truck (RAWR!) It was already an adventure; I was in Spain for the first time ever. The Spanish, whilst lovely, are rather nuts though, all this forward thinking about starting festivals at tea time and finishing at 3am… hmmm definitely unusual by UK standards, but it did mean I got wonderful lie ins and some beautiful landscapes to admire before my working day began, so, clever plan after all?

The line up this year was astoundingly good, from Bullet For My Valentine, Bring Me The Horizon and Comeback Kid, to Sylosis and Messhugah, to Sworn Enemy and Strife, to Authority Zero and Pennywise. And many others between. DIVERSE! Especially for a small independent festival, but clearly that’s how the Spanish like to do it.

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me totally, to the bands I met for the first time: Echovolt, This Drama, Vera Cruz and Hills Have Eyes, hanging out and having a laugh in the awesome Monster rig. I learnt some Spanish, ‘La cuenta por favor’, and I also met a few photographers I talk to online which is very cool. And I managed to catch up a bit with old friends in Bullet too. Watching Jay pelt himself down a kiddie’s play slide at 2am in an inebriated state was hilarious.

4 days of excellent music and Jager Monster bombs zoomed by in a flash of sunshine, Monster and metal, and all too soon I’m taking a 90 minute drive to the airport in the Monster truck to fly back home. Boo, but what a fantastically flash end to a brilliant weekend!

whom played impressive sets.

All in all a successful weekend; the layout of the site was improved from last year, the line up was strong, there was a large camp site situated right outside the arena, a new artist area and regularly cleaned toilets. Well, at least for artists and production anyway.

Personal highlights included Thursday night’s camping experience: bacon and egg sandwiches, Southern Comfort and lemonade and Limp Bizkit, awesome stage managers, partying with Darren Cooper, Alex Baker, Monster Energy/Big Deal peeps, good vibes and the sun making the perfect appearance for my promo shoot with Sonic Boom Six.

HEVY FEST, FOLKESTONE [AUGUST] Hevy was a bit of a weird one for me this year. Last year I went to shoot for the organisers, and a combination of the company and bands playing made it my favourite memory of 2010. This year I went along with Big Deal to help set up the stall and help oversee things. Not having a photo pass was a strange experience, and I wasn’t sure initially how I’d cope with not running around all day for 3 days shooting bands. Having time to chill and catch up with people, and just being on hand at the stall, was certainly different, but by the Friday afternoon I was happy not to be stressed out with thinking about running around all weekend.

I did end up shooting a few bands though, either because they asked or because I just couldn’t resist: Sonic Boom Six, Feed The Rhino, Heart in Hand, Polar and While She Sleeps. All of

MERTHYR ROCK, MERTHYR TYDFIL [SEPTEMBER] Dragging the hubby along I arrived on Friday for the launch night and to help Dougie set up the Big Deal tent. Most of the Shadows boys were on hand to help staff the tent, along with a few Front girls, a Monster girl and the lovely Miss Kitty Couture. We branded up the little stage we sponsored, and surprise, surprise started drinking almost immediately after, enjoying the moto x display and watching Ian Watkins djing. He’s a bit inanimate to be honest, although I’m not really sure what I ever expect him to do…bounce all over the stage maybe (haha now there’s a thought), but I do think he’s a great DJ and always really enjoy listening to what he does.

After a freezing night’s sleep in the local Travelodge (officially the biggest hotel room I’ve ever seen, with the least amount of furniture in it…why are Travelodge’s soo shit?) we headed back to the site in Cyfarthfa Park for Saturday’s offerings. The line up was more indie

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than rock, and not truthfully usually my thing, but every band still impressed, especially the smaller ones on the Big Deal Stage, half of whom I’d never heard of.

On Sunday the Welsh bands were out in force: The Blackout, Funeral for a Friend, Skindred and Attack! Attack! All making a welcome appearance judging by the audience reactions from the packed out tent. Skindred and The Blackout were amazing, as were Young Guns and My Passion. I even enjoyed FFAF, a band I’ve seen on countless occasions and never really loved. All in all a successful weekend. Okay so it rains a lot in Wales but it didn’t change how much fun I had: the lighting was decent in the tent, the pint of Pimms I got with one drinks token will forever be the best thing anyone’s given me in exchange for a scrap of paper, the company was ace, and the bands were kick ass. And that’s without me even mentioning how much I’m in love with the Welsh accent. Next year please!

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BUTSERFEST, PETERSFIELD [SEPTEMBER] Butserfest is a council run youth festival that takes place in a field near Portsmouth, promoted as a drink and drugs free event, which may not always sit so well with the bands playing but ensures there are over 1000 kids in attendance every year.

It was the last festival of the year for me and there were soo many of my favourite bands, and people, all in one place! It’s an utterly selfish confession I know but one of the things I love most about this little festival is that very few photographers are given access to shoot. Through sheer determination and relentless badgering for weeks I got access to the event last year and so they let me shoot again this year. I guess it might have helped that The Valiant also got asked to play, and that the event’s organisers are all legends, but I’m gonna keep persuading myself that it’s simply because I’m awesome.

The thing that truly makes Butserfest another favourite event and memory from this year is because of the bands that played, all of whose music I immensely enjoy and who I LOVE shooting live. Young Guns, Bury Tomorrow, Deaf Havana, Lower Than Atlantis and Heart in Hand, as well as my fellas in TV, all played outstanding sets and delighted the crowds.

The weather was by no means perfect but I stood in the intermittent rain showers laughing at the 10 year old kids flying over the barriers with massive grins on their faces and it didn’t matter one bit, it just brought home what an event like this gives to an audience that probably wouldn’t normally get the chance to see these bands in a usual live music environment.

My hope for this event next year is that the organisers will see the merits of sticking a proper tent up as a second stage and having an expanded alternative line up in it. Either way I’m still going to be emailing them next year to ask if I can go.

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So there it is, my festival summer 2011. Here’s looking forward to whatever 2012 brings!

More images from all these events can be found on www.facebook.com/MarianneHarrisPhotography All images © Marianne Harris 2011 / www.marianneharris.co.uk Many thanks to Monster Energy www.monsterenergy.com and Big Deal Clothing www.bigdealclothing.co.uk

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IF YOU LOVE ROCKABILLY, PSYCHOBILLY & VINTAGE INSPIRED THREADS, THEN YOU MAY VERY WELL ALREADY BE AWARE OF MISS FORTUNE CLOTHING! ARISING IN 2005, FOUNDER LAURA FORTUNE HAS DEFINITELY BEEN MAKING A NAME FOR HERSELF WITH HER RETRO STYLE DESIGNS. WE HAD A LITTLE CHAT WITH HER TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT HER AND THE BRAND...

WORDS: DOMINIQUE MARSHALL PHOTOS: MISS RAIN PHOTOGRAPHY

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What sparked your interest in fashion design? I didn’t realise that I wanted to do fashion until I had already spent 5 years in higher education, first doing architecture, which I packed in, and then a foundation year, followed by a degree in sustainable design. To be honest I couldn’t decide what I wanted to do. I was interested in lots of artistic disciplines, but it wasn’t until I got onto the fashion course that I found something that I seem to have a knack for. When I have time I like to keep up with what’s going on on the catwalks, a lot of it doesn’t interest me but I’m fascinated by anything dramatic, theatrical or architectural. I like what I do, don’t get me wrong, but I’d just love to have the opportunity to try my hand at some full-on haute couture!

clothing. Sometimes I’ll be thinking of a friend or one of my models and imagining something that would suit them. If it’s time to design the new collection and I’m feeling a bit uninspired, I’ll usually put some rockabilly or psychobilly tunes on the stereo and sit and look through my collection of picture books; hotrods, Tiki, fifties fashions etc that sort of thing.

When you first started out, did you ever imagine the brand would become as successful as it has? I didn’t even dare to imagine to be honest! I had no idea if people would like my designs or if I could figure out the whole manufacturing side of things ... or any of the other aspects of running a business really! Entrepreneurism is somewhat in my blood, my Mum had a small business when I was a kid and my Uncle took over the insurance company that my Granddad had started, which is huge now. So, although I was very ‘green’ going into it, my family have really stood by me and have been able to offer some invaluable advice.

Why the name ‘Miss Fortune’? Well, while I was still in education and starting to do my own designs in my own time I got the opportunity to take part in an ‘open studio’ event at some local designer/makers start up studios. My friend had a studio and was going to be away, so I opened up her studio and had some space in there to show off the few designs I had. I felt I needed a name to go under and Miss Fortune was the only one of my late night scribblings the night before the event that really stood out! I liked the ambiguity, the idea that you might get good fortune or bad. I immediately started to think of her as a character and for me she was like the anti-lady luck, a bit more devious and deceptive!

You recently exhibited at the trade show London Edge. How did that go? Not bad at all, considering the current climate.

We’ve been going to the show, twice a year, since 2008 and it’s always been well worth the money. It’s difficult times at the moment, I think all trade fairs are suffering with falling visitor numbers and it would be easy to feel a bit down about it but you just have to keep the faith.

What inspires you the most when it comes to designing your clothing and accessories? It’s really a combination of things. Sometimes finding a great fabric sparks off an idea for a particular item of

What has been the main highlight of running Miss Fortune? I think possibly making it to our first London Edge and getting some orders, it had taken a good year and a half working full time on setting

Purple Scarlett off the shoulder top with black Alice Pencil Skirt

Black/White & Black/Red Texas Rose Tops

up the business before we got to that point.

I have to say I did feel pretty chuffed on my way home from that show. Also, getting to go to cool places like diners, tiki bars, bowling alleys and car shows to do our photo shoots, it’s always exciting to see the results of the hard graft coming together.

If you weren’t running Miss Fortune, what do you think you would be doing?

As I mentioned before, I did a degree in sustainable design before I went off to study fashion and just before I got accepted on to the fashion course I was in the process of applying for a job creating glazes for the ceramics company Denby Pottery. I had been invited back for a second interview when I heard I’d got on the course so I didn’t go for the final interview. So I guess I might be doing that if I’d decided not to go off on a tangent into fashion! Living in the Midlands and with the job market as it is, if I had to pack in Miss Fortune, for whatever reason, I think I’d probably be doing cleaning work or working in a factory which is what I did before and during Uni. If I hadn’t started my own business I doubt I could have got a job in fashion, not around here at any rate!

Is there anyone in the world that you would love to see wearing some of your clothing?

Recently Imelda May has popped up in several photos and web chats etc wearing one of our shirts and cardigans, that’s got to be about as good as it gets, promotion wise! I love her music and she’s getting a fair amount of mainstream attention at the moment so that’s great for us! When we used to make menswear as well there were a few bands I would have loved to see in our clothes but I never got around to trying to sort that out. I heard that one of the guys from Mad Sin has one of our shirts, that’s pretty cool.

Lady Luck’, ‘Atomic’, ‘Nautical Nancy’, ‘Audrey’ are just some of the different ranges available, but if you had to choose just one as a favourite, which would you pick? My favourite at any one time is usually something new, I get bored quite quickly! At the moment my favourite is a new little range called Talula. It’s made from cream and brown bamboo print cotton and will be available for Autumn/Winter.

Any tips for anyone wanting to get into the fashion industry? It’s hard to know what to say when people ask this. The overworked, somewhat jaded part of me wants to tell people not to bother! Ha Ha! I guess one thing I wish I could have done is to have worked for someone else before I started my business, figuring everything out from scratch is a steep learning curve! So, getting work experience at a variety of places, if you can, would probably be good advice.

You might have to be prepared to work for nothing as an intern just to get you foot in the door, it’s a tough industry.

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What can fans of Miss Fortune Clothing expect over the next few months? Lots of new goodies for Autumn/Winter! We have new colour-ways to add to the Scarlett and Nautical off the shoulder tops, and lots of new dresses and swing trousers to mention just a few things. Also, we have new bags and home-wares that we are buying in from Sourpuss and Lux De Ville to sell alongside the clothing on our website. So, lots of ideas for your Christmas list! Sorry, I mentioned the ‘C word’, this is what being in retail does to you! missfortune.co.uk facebook.com/MissFortuneClothes Leopard print Bettie top with Alice Pencil Skirt REBELICIOUS MAGAZINE 19

SweetDelirium

FASHION & BEAUTY

SPECIALISING IN THE USE OF REAL, ETHICALLY SOURCED ANIMAL/BIRD SKULLS TO CREATE DELICATE MACABRE JEWELLERY, ART BOXES AND PRINTS, ELSPETH ORAM’S JEWELLERY LABEL SWEET DELIRIUM HAS BEEN GROWING IN POPULARITY SINCE ITS FORMATION EARLIER THIS YEAR...

WORDS: DOMINIQUE MARSHALL PHOTOS C/O: ELSPETH ORAM & RUDIGO

What inspired you to start up Sweet Delirium? I had been in the tattoo industry for 8 years, and much as I loved the work, I felt it was time for a change in my life. I spent 2 months touring America last year, and when I returned to the UK, it seemed the right time for something new.

I took some time out to clear my head and think about where I wanted to be in the future, and slowly, SweetDelirium started to appear. I established the business in March of this year, and it has been steadily growing over the months.

It’s not everyday you stumble across a jewellery maker that uses real animal skulls! What influenced you to use these when you first started? This is a question I am asked by customers, and the curious people of the internet and event circuit often, and I wish I had an amazing story behind it, but to be honest I don’t know! It’s quite strange that I don’t seem to remember the moment or thought process when it occurred to me to use skulls, though I have always had an interest in the beauty of skulls and bones, and a love for the macabre from a very 20 REBELICIOUS MAGAZINE

young age, so I think it has just been there in my mind for a long time, and found an opportunity to come out and be of use!

Do you have any formal design training? I spent some time at art collage but the structured learning didn’t suit me, and I have always been an artistic person, but no formal training or qualifications in design. I have only been designing the pieces for 6 months, which surprises others, and to be honest surprises me also, as it has all happened so quickly.

How long would you say it takes to create a piece? It can vary greatly depending on all sorts! If it is a trademark skull and rose piece, I can now get one made within an hour or so, as they are the most popular line and I am practised in making them. For art boxes I spend a few days planning, sourcing interesting and fitting curios to compliment the main feature, spend half a day or so making mock ups before fixing the components in place. I have been spending more time recently creating even more extravagant modelling pieces, which can take a week or so to complete, I do enjoy finding the limit of ‘over the top’ and hopefully stopping just before I go over it.

Do you have any favourites?

I get very attached to the art boxes! I love the fact that they are made to compliment the personality and style of the recipient, and I know they will be looked after and cherished, but I do miss them when they go. I’m also quite proud of the ‘Damnation’ wings and skull piece, and the antlers.

The Victorian & macabre aesthetics are definitely apparent in your designs, but is there anything else you’re inspired by? I love steampunk fashion and design, lots of brown leather, brass, goggles and glass. I spend a lot of time reading Sherlock Holmes, Neil Gaiman and Robert Rankin, among others, and the combination of the stories and my overactive imagination go a long way to explain how my designs come about. I’ve always been a daydreamer, and I think some of my pieces are a bit dreamlike and ethereal.

What has been the highlight of running your own business so far? The confidence boost it has given me. I feel very honoured every time someone purchases something from me, wants to model my work or asks me to design something for them. I’m a very shy person, so it’s nice to be able to meet new people through something I feel comfortable in doing.

If you could have anyone in the world wearing your jewellery/ accessories, who would it be and why? Bjork. She fits what SweetDelirium is about entirely! There’s something very other worldly and strange about her, and also something very delicate and beautiful. I try to create my work in a way that can be similarly described.

What’s in store for you and Sweet Delirium Jewellery in the future? I will always be keeping SweetDelirium on the small scale. Due to my ethical sourcing of any

animal skulls, feet, wings etc, I could never supply to a chain, and would never wish to.

I’m also very protective of my business and would never let anyone else have a hand in the making of the pieces, so if the company got too big I’d be exhausted! I may supply to a few shops, if I feel my work would fit in well, and I will continue to work tattoo conventions.

I would love to get more custom art box requests, as they are great fun to do, and I’ll just wait and see where this all takes me . www.etsy.com/shop/mysweetdelirium LEFT, ABOVE & BOTTOM RIGHT/LEFT Model: Rudigo, Photography: StarTwinkle Latex: Pandora Delux MIDDLE - Model: Salleh Sparrow

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FASHION & BEAUTY

IF YOU’RE A FAN OF LATEX CLOTHING, THEN YOU MAY VERY WELL HAVE HEARD OF BURNING VIOLET, WHICH IS RUN BY THE LOVELY MAJA STINA. SHE TELLS US A BIT ABOUT WHAT IT’S LIKE RUNNING HER OWN CLOTHING LINE, AS WELL AS HER EXPERIENCES OF MODELLING. WORDS: DOMINIQUE MARSHALL PHOTOS: JULIAN M KILSBY

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pretty excited getting to see everyone get made up and what their outfits were. Some of the transformations were amazing! I also loved having my own hair and makeup done because it’s nice to feel pampered sometimes. :)

Has anything strange/weird ever happened during a shoot? Yes, absolutely. Ranging from someone trying to bite off a loose thread on the back of my corset and breathing on my bum, to people trying to nonchalantly touch me inappropriately. It’s unfortunate that some people can’t act professionally but those people are definitely the minority and almost all of my shoots go really well.

Are there any makeup/beauty products that you always have and can’t live without? None that I can’t live without because I don’t wear makeup... but if hair stuff counts then I’d have to say the hair dyes I use - they are all semipermanent and I have to re-dye my hair every few weeks to keep it bright.

As well as modeling, you also run your own latex design company Burning Violet. How did this start up and what is running your own business like? I

How did you get involved with modeling and what was your first photoshoot like? I’d first considered modelling when I was 18, but got cold feet before I’d even booked my first shoot because I have some self-harm scars on my arm that I was self-conscious about; I thought that nobody would want to work with me because of it. I plucked up the courage to start modelling in mid-2010 and have been shooting regularly ever since then. My first photo shoot was with a photographer named Steve Cheshire, in Lakenheath. It was a studio shoot and we did some headshots and a few other things - I was very nervous at first, but incredibly happy with the outcome of the shoot and things just took off from there!

How would you describe your personal style? Oh, don’t ask! I lack style in my personal life, entirely. I love to look at pretty things in shops, but rarely purchase anything because I’m too stingy when it comes to buying things for myself because I can rarely justify buying something I don’t truly need...unless they are shoes and they are just too adorable to leave in the shop!

What has been your favourite photoshoot so far? I think my photoshoot for Bizarre magazine in August has been my favourite to date. There were 9 other models there - I was one of the ten finalists in their Cover Star contest and so I got to meet a lot of lovely people as well as the amazing other models. I was also

started Burning Violet in December 2010 after purchasing a lot of sheet latex to make my own clothes with. I decided to make my own latex clothing because it’s really expensive and a lot cheaper to make myself, so I thought I’d have a go at it. I designed a few outfits and they were successful and so it wasn’t too long before I was able to start selling to others! I love having my own business - my favourite part is getting pictures back from models’ photoshoots because it makes me proud to see them do my outfits real justice. I just sent an outfit to Miss Malice, who featured on your cover in pink liquid latex! She’s a stunning, talented and lovely lady!

What influences the latex designs you create? A lot of my influences have been rockabilly style, but everything can!

From what people are demanding at the moment, to something I, personally, find wonderful to look at. I also really enjoy customers submitting designs, as well as having models send me their ideas and sketches. It lets me know what they really want to wear, and often gives me new inspiration and a different view on things.

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With your modeling career, are there any concepts/themes that you would love to explore in the future? To be honest, it’s really hard to say because so much really interests me! One thing that I’d really love to do is a big shoot in a lovely location where the outfits, hair, makeup, props, etc are all within a certain theme. The end results of shoots like these always amaze me the most.

Are there any models/designers/photographers etc that you would absolutely love to collaborate with one day?

Wow...There are far too many! I really love neck and hairpieces so I’d love to collaborate with a number of designers who create fascinators, and neck collars can also be really elaborate and beautiful. I think those would be great with some awesome hair and beauty-style makeup. But to name a few people I’d love to work with, I have to say that I love Allan Amato’s work, as well as Corwin Prescott’s. Mosh has to be one of my favourite models because she’s so bloody bendy! I’m quite jealous. :p

What’s to come over the next few months for you? Well, I’ve just started tattooing so that’s going to become a big part of my life in coming months. I really enjoy doing it and I’m hoping I’ll be able to go somewhere with it! Unfortunately, it means that I’m not able to model as much as I used to any more on projects I’m really interested in because I won’t have the spare time I used to have.

But I’ll still be going strong in the East of England and London area when it comes to modelling. I also hope to keep adding new designs to my clothing line on a regular basis so as I can build up my catalogue to a point where I feel it has substantial content. facebook.com/maja.stina.model facebook.com/theburningviolet 24 REBELICIOUS MAGAZINE

Photography: Julian M Kilsby Red wavy wig: Our Little Secret Model/MUA/hair: Maja Stina Corsets: Bibian Blue Latex: Burning Violet

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Spider

FASHION & BEAUTY

Doll

WILD DOLL MAKEUP FOR A CRAZY NIGHT IN THE CITY...

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WORDS: LILY LE ROI PHOTOS: ADRIAN GOETZ

Things Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll Need: Maybelline Line Works A Lavender Shade By L.A. Colors A Shiny Pink Lip Gloss By L.A. Colors Dark Gray Sephora Eyeshadow Malevolent By Mtcoffinz STEP 1

Step 1: Cover your entire lid with a lavender eyeshadow

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Step 2: Dust inner corners of your eyes with white shadow.

Apply to brow bones as well Step 3: Apply a dark grey into the crease of your eye...then blend with the lavender

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Step 4: Line your eyes with liquid liner. Try to make the line as straight as possible.

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Step 5: Extend the line up to the top of your temples Step 6: Make a small dot at the bottom of your temples with liquid eyeliner

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Step 7: Connect the dot! Make a diagonal line with your liquid liner, starting at your outer corner of your eye, extending down to the dot STEP 7

Step 8: start making “mock” eyelashes with liquid liner. Take your liquid liner (felt tip) and make little lines starting from your lash line extending down

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Step 9: This one is tricky! To make fake eyelash lines on your eye lids start at the lash line, draw past the crease extending up towards the brow bone.

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Step 10: (this step is optional) Make a dot at the end of your eyebrow.

Connect the dot to the closest black line as shown.

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Step 11: Take a small makeup brush and shade the largest gap between your black lines.

Step 12: Take a glittery silver and shade in the small gaps between black lines. I used Malevolent by Mtcoffinz for this step.

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Step 13: Use a purple shadow to shade in your cheekbones STEP 9

Step 14: apply the same purple shadow to your lips Step 15: Gloss it up!!

Note: I already had mascara on before I started the tutorial...Make sure you amp up the lashes and use your darkest mascara for this look.

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KatKalashnikov EXPOSED

How did you get involved with modeling and what was your first photoshoot like? I got involved with

modeling via my work in the fetish scene.

I became a performer first, and a model second. I’m sure I was very nervous during my first photoshoot, but it was a lot of fun. The first three or four all happened in the same week, some were rigging and suspension, a few were for fetish event flyers. It was like a crash course in alternative modeling.

How would you describe your personal style? A little bit rivethead, and a little bit hm, tribal. I like to think I am what Mad Max and Tank Girl’s daughter would be, and in the 90s instead of this generation (I love the 90s).

Of course, I can be any style for whatever a shoot calls for, because not everyone is into shaved heads and animal bones, leather vests and dreads.

What has been your favourite photoshoot so far? That’s hard to say, I have had a lot of fun. I really enjoyed

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shooting with a couple of milk snakes, they were crawling all over my mohawk and face! I also have gotten to shoot in a taxidermy studio, a junkyard, an old bunker, and got to canoe to an island and camp and shoot for the day.

Are there any makeup/beauty products that you always have and can’t live without? Haha, yes! Black eyeliner, and my black lipstick and crimson lipgloss, I layer them. Its one of those signature looks I tend to do, dark lips and no eyebrows ;) I also absolutely love glitter nail polish right now, I think because it’s easier to touch up than solid colors.

As well as modeling, you also run your own latex design company Crash Trash Designs. How did this start up and what is running your own business like? I have been making my own clothes since I was in high school, I couldn’t afford what I wanted so I just found a way to make it. In the fetish industry, I did a lot of medical fetish

performances. My love with latex began there, not in fashion. I wanted more latex, but once more, couldn’t afford it. So, I learned how to make latex pieces, then realized it was an excellent addition to my photoshoots and others wanted to buy them. I love designing, so Crash Trash gives me the opportunity to push the envelope on fetish fashion and all fashion genres that connect itself to it.

What’s to come next for Kat K? Music! I am working on a music project with Jayme Bass and Crow A. McCoy. I can’t wait to get into that industry as well.

It will be a mixture of industrial, witch house, and hip hop. But all equally dark and raw. I will also be on the road next year modeling across the country, and hopefully with a new EP. www.see-kat-crash.com Search ‘Kat Kalashnikov’ on Facebook Photographer: J Caldwell

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LOZZY BONES EXPOSED

to photographers and models about their experiences in front of and behind the camera. It’s incredibly nerve racking being approached by a photographer for the first time, but after a while it becomes comfortable, natural and fun to just express yourself in the photographic sense.

How long does it roughly take for you to complete an illustration? It really depends on how lazy I’m being. If I’m really interested in a drawing I can take hours, if not….days, months or just add it to the endless amounts of drawings I haven’t finished and start again. Obviously commissions are a different matter, those I throw myself into entirely and try to do as quickly as possible with care.

Are there any pieces you’ve done that stand out as personal favourites? I love all of my work on different levels.

SAY ‘HELLO!’ TO LAUREN HELLIER, AKA LOZZY BONES, AN AVID ILLUSTRATOR WITH A LOVE FOR THE FEMALE FORM & MODELLING FOR FUN...

WORDS: DOMINIQUE MARSHALL PHOTOS C/O: LAUREN HELLIER

Hey Lozzy! Introduce yourself and tell us what sparked your interests in illustration and modelling…

Don’t mind if I do. Well I’ll start with the illustration bit. I’m a youngling art student from central London. I doodled like crazy when I was little, in fact during primary and secondary school I would be told off for not listening in class because I was more focused on the big boobed woman I was drawing on the front of my exercise book. It just all rolled on from there really, I knew I wanted to go to art college from a fairly young age and now I definitely know I want to try and make a living out of it.

Modeling for me started out a bit differently. I used to be a rather over weight child and trying desperately not to sound like a cliché I can now appreciate my curves for what they are, something that isn’t typical and generic in the alternative modeling scene. I never take modeling too seriously and would never call myself a professional. I started by joining model mayhem and speaking 30 REBELICIOUS MAGAZINE

I try not to do the whole ‘tortured artist’ thing too much it can really get you down and make you give up completely. One of my favourite pieces is a drawing of Victorian conjoined twins in an ornate frame, it took me ages because I tried focusing on a decorative quality to it, the detail almost drove me insane but I’m proud of it =]

Is being creative something you’ve always enjoyed? Creativity is always fun. I don’t think any creative person could say different.

Obviously it’s stressful sometimes trying to complete work or getting inspired, but overall I love it and It’s worth the stress.

What and who inspires you and your work? I think the main inspiration for me is the female form. I have a bit of an obsession with it, I think it’s quite evident in my work (note the horrific amount of naked ladies with massive jugs XD). I also love the Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian periods and I like to use elements of those periods as inspiration for my drawings. I’m a big fan of the macabre, taxidermy, steampunk and other bits and pieces from elegant gothic culture. All of it gets my creative juices flowing. Artists such as Vania Zouravliov, Fyodor Pavlov, Tara Mcpherson, Michael Hussar and Jasper Goodall all have the right idea when it comes to illustration, beautiful fantasy, dark undertones and gorgeous figures.

I hope to create work half as good as these one day.

If you could create a commissioned piece for anyone in the world, who would it be and why? I dunno….maybe an album cover for Pearl Jam? Bit lame but as a crazy fan girl It would be an honour XD

How do you personally feel about the alternative modeling scene currently? I’m really happy to see a flourish of support for the unconventional alternative model, there seem to be lots of non profit agencies on facebook and other sites celebrating girls and guys of all looks, shapes and sizes. There are hundreds of beautiful models emerging. I always love looking at pictures of beautiful people on facebook, tumblr and modeling sites, it’s great for inspiration.

Are there any photographers/designers etc that you would love to do a shoot with in the future? There are so many people I would love to work with I could hardly name them all! I really like the style of Scott Chalmers and Aiko273 Photography and would love to work with them. I really want to model for jewellery companies such as Sacré Coeur jewellery and adornments and clutterfly jewellery.

Out of the shoots you’ve done so far, what would you say was your favourite one? I did a group shoot a while back at Murder Mile studios, it was fantastic. The sets were very much my style and I worked with some awesome people. I will forever love the photos I got back from that shoot. It took every ounce of self-control I had not to run off with some of the set pieces! It was pretty much how I wanted my house to look, lovely bits of French style glossy black furniture, animal busts and a beautiful dressing table. Let’s just say it didn’t take much effort to pick out outfits that would go with the surroundings. I really like group shoots, it’s a lot more relaxed.

Do you have any goals that you hope to accomplish by the end of this year? I start my degree very soon and I really hope to just settle in and get on with that. By the end of this year I hope to start properly selling my work online, I’m going to make and etsy store or a big cartel page, I also have plans to make jewellery, which would be available on said store.

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I have always been an artist of illustrative contradictions, I can be found using a bright palette which is a contrast to my quirky style and dark subject matter. My art can be described as Pop Surrealism, seductive with an air of melancholy. I am highly inspired by the Victorian era, the emotions of one’s individual state, dark romanticism and all things timeless. I also like to explore and develop different subject matters and mediums as it enables me to grow and develop as an artist. My work exists in a sensually esoteric realm yet at the same time possesses a sense of accessibility that draws the observer to them.

I would say my modelling has a very quirky alternative style, with influences from steampunk and the Victorian era. I especially enjoy modelling corsety and latex, however I am also open to other styles/genres.

How long does it roughly take for you to complete an illustration? The completion of a piece can vary based on whether it’s a personal piece or for a client. All client/ commission work comes first, however different variable factors would depend on how long it would take a piece

ILLUSTRATOR & PETITE MODEL, LADY NOCTIS INTRODUCES HERSELF, HER WORK, AND HER ‘SMALL’ OBSESSION WITH HARLEY QUINN...

WORDS: DOMINIQUE MARSHALL PHOTOS C/O: LADY NOCTIS

Introduce yourself and tell us what sparked your interests in illustration and modelling…I am petite creative individual working under the alias of Lady Noctis within the creative industry of Illustration and alternative modelling. I am a penchant for comic books, and have a “small” obsession with a character known as Harley Quinn. I love art in all its forms and I have a soft spot for anime and gaming. I love movies and music (mainly gothic/industrial/metal) and wear my influences proudly.

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to be completed. For example, the size of a piece and the materials used to create the final illustration is a factor that would determinate the time in which it would take for a piece to be completed. Sadly at times, it is literally a case of waiting for the paint to dry, though during those times I tend to work on personal pieces or another client/commission piece.

I tend to work in stages, I will first do an initial sketch, and then from this I develop the piece exploring different materials to determine which would be the more successful for the final outcome. I would then show this progression of work to the client to be sure I am meeting their requirement or whether they would like any changes to be made. Then once everything is agreed upon I would take this to the final stage of the illustration. This process, could take a few days, or even weeks. It all depends on how much work the client actually requires.

However, when I am working on a personal piece, I tend to work on a piece for about 4 days up to 2 weeks, sometimes even more; again this all depends on my chosen choice of materials and size.

Are there any pieces you’ve done that stand out as personal favourites? My most favourite piece to date is “Melancholy” which is part of my “Unspoken” series which was recently exhibited in London. The reason it is one of my personal favourites is because it’s a very personal piece to me, as is the entire series of “Unspoken” to be honest. I love the gentleness of the character, and the emotion captured in it; this piece is completely open to the observer’s interpretation.

However, I hope they see the contradictions within the series of “Unspoken” as it is so brightly illustrated yet all the subject matter as an air of melancholy, a sense of loneliness; hidden within a bright colour palette.

What and who inspires you and your work (both your illustration & modeling)? The artist who inspires me more than anything is Tara McPherson, who I luckily had the pleasure of recently meeting at her most recent signing in London’s Forbidden Planet. She has been a huge inspiration of mine for many years, and her works are absolutely beautiful. She is a woman with many talents and is genuinely a wonderful person, who will forever inspire me as artist.

Strong themes within my works are the female form, and the emotions of one’s own individual emotional being. These two things have always been strong elements within my personal works. I am also influenced by all things Victorian and timeless, I adore the Victorian era and I am truly fascinated by the history of it all and the fashion.

Ulorin Vex. I look at their works and I am constantly blown away, as well as some incredible rising stars within the alternative modelling industry such as Maja Stina, Cervena Fox and Masubi.

If you could create a commissioned piece for anyone in the world, who would it be and why? Anyone, I love to create for people; it’s why I do this. Any person in the world who would like to commission me for a piece I would do with such pride. I treat every piece with the same amount of heart and effort as I do with my own personal works.

This is something that can certainly be seen within my modelling.

I can mostly be found modelling corsetry and clothing that is inspired by the era of the Victorian times, as well as this there are elements of Steampunk and Gothic Lolita to my modelling style.

Most recently, I have been modelling a lot more latex clothing too, which I love to do. Latex is such a beautiful material the way it feels next to the skin and the flow of how it contours with the human form.

There are too many incredible models within this industry, but the ones who inspire me the most are Mosh, Ophelia Overdose and

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According to your Facebook page, you have a ‘small’ obsession with Harley Quinn. What started this obsession? I have always been a comic fan for both D.C and Marvel as well as other comic book publishers, but most of all I have always been a Batman fangirl and I wear that badge very proudly. I discovered Harley Quinn when she was first introduced in The Batman Animated Series, and then when she made her first appearance within D.C Comics “Mad Love” written and illustrated by Paul Dini and Bruce Timm. My love for her just grew and grew, then I become an avid collector of any Harley Quinn based memorabilia/collectables. Ironically while I am answering this very question, the postman just arrived with my newest edition to my Harley Quinn Family (Harley Quinn Hallmark Ornament Limited Edition). I have even gone as far as having my own latex costume made based on the original Harley Quinn costume, which was made by Artifice Clothing. I even did a shoot in it last year, which got published on the cover of DarkFaery Subculture Magazine as part of their Heroes and Villains edition; which made me a very happy model and Harley fan. I always say it’s a “small” obsession, but when people see my collection or my reaction of excitement when I see a new figurine released I think it’s fair to say it is far from small. We all have those little things we like to collect, mine just tends to be a rather large amount of things based around one character.

Though I also do like to collect other little figurines and oddities.

Can you remember what your first modeling photoshoot was like? I do actually; it was back in March 2009. A local model had put a note on her facebook that she was looking for non-models to take part in a group photoshoot based around the film classic we all love and know as the “Labyrinth”. I absolutely adore the movie so I applied to the casting and was accepted to part-take in the shoot that would be recreating the famous masquerade scene from the film.

It was a really surreal and enjoyable experience, I also made some really dear friends from that day who I still stay in contact with to this very day. Some of the images from the shoot even ended up being published in the August 09 edition of Alt Fashion Magazine; as the main purpose of the shoot was for an artist (Angel Illustrations) who would be digitally painting the key scene of the masquerade ball, which was executed beautifully.

Are there any photographers/designers etc that you would love to do a shoot with in the future?

Now this is a really tough question, due to the fact there are so many talented creative I would love to have the opportunity to work within in the future. Currently though, the top four photographers I would love to work with are Julian Kilsby, Switch Photography, Robert Alvarado and Scott Chalmers.

The location would have to be something derelict, Victorian inspired or Murder Mile Studios and I would love to be wearing something by Bibian Blue, Eustratia or Violaceous Latex.

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Fellow models I would love to work alongside would be Kato, Mosh, Ophelia Overdose and Ulorin Vex as previously mentioned. I adore all these creatives and their works, so if I ever got the chance to work with any of them it would be an absolute honour as well as being an unforgettable experience.

Out of the shoots youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve done so far, what would you say was your favourite one? Again, another really tough question. I would have to say it is probably my shoots with Eastern Visions Photography, though I am probably completely bias for saying that because she is my best friend and fellow illustrator. However saying that, the results from our shoots have probably been my favourites.

I have honestly enjoyed every shoot I have ever done, I just hope to produce more work and get better as a model.

Do you have any goals that you hope to accomplish by the end of this year? I have recently relocated to Southampton, so I am currently getting my life settled there, and working on a new series of artworks which I hope to have exhibited up in Lincoln before the end of this year; so keep a look out for updates regarding this on my website www.ladynoctis.co.uk. In addition to all of this, I also hope to bring out a new range of jewellery featuring my illustrations, a new book and a few more t-shirts.

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“Huzzah for

Chameleons!”

A BEARER OF MANY TALENTS, A MODEL OF MANY LOOKS... IF YOU’RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH RUBY TRUE YET, THEN SAY HI TO OUR FAVOURITE CHAMELEON...

WORDS: DOMINIQUE MARSHALL PHOTOS: COURTESY OF RUBY TRUE & JUSTINE-LOUISE

Ruby Ruby Ruby! Describe yourself in three words…

Ambitious, Fun, Genuine...

want to pose or be a certain way, it’s hard to explain but as long as it’s inspiring I enjoy it.

How did you get involved in the world of modelling?

I just fancied a nice shoot for myself, at the time I had dark hair and was a little more gothy, but loved images I had been seeing and contacted a known photographer at the time who encouraged me to pursue being a model.

What have been some of your favourite photoshoots so far?

My Bizarre cover shoot was pretty fun! Never stuck my ass out so much in my life ha ha ha! I also did a great shoot in My Hotel Brighton... their carousel room is stunning!

Did you always want to become a model when you were younger? Nope I wanted to be a dancer, I had modelled as a child though for Adams and Laura Ashley!

Can you remember what your first ever photoshoot was like?

I can! It was great fun once I got over the nerves and I had the whole of the Fairy Goth mother wardrobe to play with! This is where I first wore latex, it was a red libidex dress!

How would you describe your personal style? My personal day to day style is pretty casual with gothy undertones (I still head to the black clothes first when I walk in a shop). For shoots I like to change every shoot and create something new, I guess my poses bring my own style to a shoot...I find myself falling over a lot on shoots to find that something new!

Which outfits do you enjoy modelling the most? Hmmm this is tough! I enjoy it when I put something on and it makes me

What has been the weirdest?

I have had a good long hard think about this but not much shocks me anymore. I don’t tend to find much weird, but I was handed a nearly gone off pineapple to pose with once while in a latex dress.

If you could collaborate with anyone in the world for a shoot, who would you choose and why? I was asked this question a few years ago and I have now shot with all the people I mentioned, seems crazy! Another shoot with Lithium Picnic would be awesome, I need to get my ass back to America, Dangerously Dolly and Robert Alvarado are on my list as well as many others!

You’ve got a tattoo on the inside of your arm that says ‘This too shall pass”…What inspired you to get that done & what does it mean to you? It’s a saying that was said to me on a forum when I was about 12/13 and I have carried it through the good and bad times of my life. It’s a little reminder to cherish the good times and to not fall too hard over the bad ones, as it will all pass and only be a memory.

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The ‘alternative modelling’ scene has grown tremendously over recent years. What is your personal view on the current alternative modelling scene?

It’s great so many girls and guys have the confidence and want to model, I do feel the word Alternative is over used and is not very “Alt” anymore. You do not need tattoos, piercing’s or coloured hair to be alternative… what’s alternative about all looking the same? You just need to have a creative side; a model who can change from one photo to the next and create a whole concept all on their own is far more alternative. Huzzah for chameleons!

Are there any photoshoot concepts that you haven’t tried yet that you would want to try in the future?

Oh my goodness this list could go on forever! There are so many ideas its just finding the right person to shoot them with, I don’t think I can ever run out of concepts!

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“DON’T COMPARE YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS AGAINST OTHERS AS WE ARE ALL INDIVIDUALS, AND IT WILL ONLY DRAIN YOU AND HOLD YOU BACK FROM BEING AS AWESOME AS YOU SHOULD BE!” Photography: JUSTINE LOUISE, Mua: TABITHA ADAMS Accessories: LITTLE MISS DELICIOUS REBELICIOUS MAGAZINE 39

Obviously modelling involves a lot of motivation, hard work and confidence. Is there anything in particular that you like to do in order to stay in shape? I am generally really active and walk when I can and dance when I can.

I don’t eat meat and minimal dairy and wheat, though sometimes this slips up as I like cheese too much! I have to say to stay in mental shape is hard too! Don’t compare your achievements against others as we are all individuals and it will only drain you and hold you back from being as awesome as you should be!

What do you like to do during your days off ?

I don’t really feel like I get a proper day off as there is always an email or something to respond to, but on quieter days I like to walk the dog, pole dance round the living room and generally end up back planning or doing something to do with modelling in the eve.

“A MODEL WHO CAN CHANGE FROM ONE PHOTO TO THE NEXT AND CREATE A WHOLE CONCEPT ALL ON THEIR OWN IS FAR MORE ALTERNATIVE.” As well as modelling you also do various types of dance like ballet, tap and freestyle…you also breath fire! How did you get into these? I danced from 3 years old so that was a natural progression, I learnt fire from a friend in Brighton... it’s pretty funny learning spitting water everywhere!

You’ve performed at a number of events like Torture Garden and the German Fetish Ball to name a few.

Are there any events in particular that stand out as favourites? I love being at Torture Garden as I get to see so many familiar faces and have so much fun with my friends, I hope to get a solo show there one day! My own personal favourite was German Fetish Ball as it was my first ever solo performance and was so much fun! I have more lined up in London, I can’t wait!

Photography: ALLAN AMARO Mua: VALKYRIE STYLING

If you weren’t a model, what do you think you would be doing? Creating shoots for other people, or styling on shoots as I am a qualified hair stylist!

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What’s to come for Miss Ruby True over the next few months? I hope for more performances, more shoots and more fun! www.rubytrue.co.uk www.facebook.com/RubyTrueOfficial

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WORDS: DOMINIQUE MARSHALL PHOTOS: JOSEPH O’BRIEN

ABOUT THE LADY SYLVANAS PROJECT I used to play World of Warcraft at the time (of starting this project), so I picked a character from there and was like “right, lets make a suit of armour, and then photograph it.” I set it to myself as a ‘challenge’... I think the making of the armour, the photographing it, photographing the model & all that wasn’t really the bit I was looking forward towards, I was most looking forward to getting it back on the computer and editing it in photoshop. I knew it would present a great thing, a challenge to overcome, and really hone my photoshop skills. I had a couple of reference images when creating the armour, but I tried not to follow it to be exactly the same as the character...It’s a costume based on a character, not just a blatant copy.

BACK IN SEPTEMBER, I GOT THE CHANCE TO SIT IN ON THE ‘SYLVANAS PROJECT’ SHOOT, A PROJECT THAT PHOTOGRAPHER JOSEPH O’BRIEN HAD BEEN WORKING ON FOR MONTHS. IN HIS OWN WORDS, HE TALKS ABOUT HOW THE PROJECT CAME ABOUT, FINDING THE RIGHT MODEL, & HIS THOUGHTS ON THE PHOTOGRAPHY INDUSTRY... a little bit in their own world - which is inevitable, you’re always gonna get that in every trade - but she was telling me that there was some people that thought she was like that and then actually spoke to her, and realised she’s not, and were like ‘oh my god’ [laughs].

WHAT WOULD JOE DO IF HE HAD ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD? If I had all the money in the world and became a roaring success, I would probably hire somebody to take over the managerial side of things, and I’d focus on the photography itself, being in the

INVOLVING VIOLACEOUS LATEX I spent months on the armour, then spoke to Annabelle from Violaceous Latex and said, ‘I’m making this suit of armour and figured it would be really cool to have that alternative twist to it, to add latex as the undergarment.’ So I sent Annabelle the reference image, she loved it and wanted to get involved, and so she did!

GETTING OPHELIA OVERDOSE ON BOARD I think it could’ve so easily have been one of those projects that you start but then never really finish, and I’m so glad that it hasn’t been. I think there was a couple of people that didn’t believe that it would go to the end, so it was nice that I actually managed to finish it. I think finding a model that really fitted the part was the next step for my motivation to really get the project done.

So, as everyone does on facebook, I started checking out models, checking out what other people were into etc, and saw Ophelia, and just thought she would suit it perfectly.

I got in touch, and she said she was over in London at this time, so I set myself a deadline, and went ‘right let’s do it!’

I can’t even express how happy I am to be shooting a model that’s got the popularity that Ophelia already has...It’s just a recipe for amazing-ness. And she’s such a sweet, nice girl as well. We were chatting about it last night, and she was telling me about stories of, you know...

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studio. I’d probably hire maybe one assistant, just because I know what it’s like to try and get out of uni and into work. I can appreciate the value of say, hiring someone for a year, letting them using that as their apprenticeship into photography, and then getting somebody else in, so each year I’d take on another graduate, and give them a foot in the door. So hopefully in that time they’ll meet the contacts they need to get their own stuff going. I think about what I want in photography, and then I think about how that must relate to other people... If I want it then there’s bound to be a load of people that are trying to get the same thing. So how can I make that happen?

ON WANTING TO GIVE CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE...

What I don’t understand is how some photographers can walk in at the very last minute, having all their assistants set up all their kit, and then just shooting, and then just fucking off. It’s like, you haven’t had any input or have any idea of what’s going on. Yeah you might have set it up in the first place and then told your assistants what to do, but still, why are you on the backseat so much? You should be a part of it, although I guess there’s two sides to it really. When you’re shooting commercially for somebody else, if they go ‘here’s the brief, do that’, then you’re not gonna feel as into the project as if you know, it’s something that you’ve spent months and months on and you want to know every little detail. So I guess in that respect it’s just business. But, still I think a photographer should have much more of a part of the process themselves, which a lot of them do, but then again a lot of them don’t. I only feel that way because I don’t like to see photographers get credit, and not credit their assistants. If you’re gonna have your assistants do all of the work then they should get as much credit as you have.

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Tell us a little bit about how Redrum Collaborations began…

We started off having no idea what we were doing… just shooting in this tiny Boston studio apartment for fun. We used to have to stack everything we own into our tub. Floor to ceiling! And then we’d have to flip our bed up against the wall – all to have enough room to shoot! We never thought we’d be doing this for a living. After about 4 months people began contacting us asking us our rates to shoot. After about a year too many people were contacting us asking our rates to shoot from all over the country and girls were driving down from Canada and flying in from FL and CA. This is when we started really thinking about using my business background and making something of it. It was a very fluid and organic evolution… and then we mixed that with impulse and spontaneity. We planned a small tour and quit our jobs in Boston. That small 2 month tour turned into a 13 months solid tour. We took a short break but for the most part we’ve been non-stop ever since.

What are some of the concepts/themes you like to explore the most? Though we are both non-smokers… we really LOVE shooting smoking sets. It’s the one thing we don’t get tired of! This is probably because we aren’t able to shoot it often due to location restrictions and the fact that we normally won’t request/suggest it unless the model is a smoker.

Where do you draw your inspiration from? Each other and how surreal our everyday life is.

What has been your favourite photoshoot so far? That’s a really tough one… we love everyone and everything we shoot for the most part. I think a few of the more notable shoots would be: the first time we shot Angela Ryan (it was just really laid

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back and we had been wanting to work with her for a long time), the first time we shot Crash (we ended up following a stranger we met at a gas station into the desert to use his friends property, and the entire thing was way too strange and hilarious), and basically anything we do when we are using make-up and hair artist, Sarah Bortner (MA) or Noel Dalton (NM). We have way too many adventures and shoot way too many rad people to actually pick a favourite. We could probably write a novel by now called, “More Adventures!”

Have any strange/weird things happened whilst you’ve been shooting? I’m not really sure I would consider anything that has happened to be really strange or weird.

We did have a light explode in Miami while shooting Ashley Dean a year ago though! That was… terrifying! Loud popping sounds, smoke, dripping brown goop! Scary and stinky stuff!

You’re currently gearing up to go on tour…What about this are you looking forward to the most? At this point in our traveling career we have established some of the best friendships we have ever had… and now we mostly look forward to see them since they are scattered about throughout the country.

What are the main challenges you face with your work? Money and balance. Sometimes it feels like there is not enough of either. We need a new camera but can’t afford it. We know our camera is holding us back so we started a 50 REBELICIOUS MAGAZINE

camera fund we keep slipping money into here and there and we have begun selling prints for this cause. We also often tend to overwork ourselves. We get way into shooting and before we know if we’re up to our ears in work and don’t have any “us time.” We are also working on that in our own little way.

Are there any photographic styles and concepts that you haven’t tried yet, but would like to explore in the future?

Not really. We basically try things as soon as we think of them. We are really lucky that everyone we work with loves creativity and to be part of something new so we are able to experiment with actual clients and get totally different types of images while still having them be excited and supportive. Our creative process and actual work style is very organic. We do what feels right when it feels right and this often leads to new lighting styles or sudden concept ideas that we can execute immediately.

If you could do a shoot with anyone in the world, who would it be and why? This is another difficult question because we already feel really fulfilled in who we have shot. We also have a different outlook on photography than most other artists in our genre, so it seems. We don’t really shoot for trade and every model standing in front of us becomes our muse. On the rare occasion we do shoot for trade, those people seldom get special treatment. They still have to wait for their turn to be edited just like everyone else… we don’t rush to get our shots of them edited like other’s normally would due to sheer excitement. To us everyone is truly special and the excitement rings equal no matter what a person’s standing is in

this industry. I guess, to directly answer your question: lately we have been sort of fantasizing about shooting with political rapper, Sole. We really want to make that happen!

What’s to come in the future for Redrum? People always ask us this and we always have a seemingly great answer that in the end turns out to be a lie because things change so quickly for us almost constantly. Maybe we really will write that novel called, “More Adventures” and include all the final images along with some behind the scene stuff… really, with us, who knows? We do know that after this next tour we are taking a travel hiatus and only shooting locally (now in Philadelphia, PA!) We will begin touring again in late Spring of 2012. www.redrumcollaboration.com

MODEL CREDITS (in running order): Scar Dina DeSade (latex by Abigail Greydanus) Madame Jen Casey Lea Dali J Necro Fox (makeup and hair by Sarah Bortner)

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CHERRI BOMB TAKING THE LOS ANGELES MUSIC SCENE BY STORM, CHERRI BOMB ARE A FOUR PIECE ROCK BAND WHO HAVE ALREADY HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF TOURING WITH HUGE BANDS LIKE SMASHIING PUMPKINS AND FILTER. WITH THEIR FIRST UK APPEARANCES BEING AT MAJOR FESTIVALS SONISPHERE, READING/LEEDS AND OXYGEN, IT’S DEFINITELY ONWARDS AND UPWARDS FOR THESE CHICKS! WORDS: DOMINIQUE MARSHALL PHOTOS C/O: STEPHANIE DUNCAN-BOSU

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For anyone that hasn’t heard of you before, introduce yourselves...

RENA: Hey guys, We’re Cherri Bomb! We’re from Los Angeles, and we’ve just returned home from touring the UK and Europe playing the summer festivals!

Tell us a little bit about how Cherri Bomb came to be…

JULIA: Well, I moved from the East Coast to California with my family a few years ago, it was right about then that music was becoming a bigger and bigger part of my life. I started thinking about putting an all girl band together. I talked to my dad about it, and he was really supportive of the idea, so we started hanging flyers up in music stores and looking online for girls who had a passion and dedication to match my own. Most of the responses were kind of funny. Parents would write or call and say, “Yeah my daughter can play Guitar Hero!” It took a long time to find the right combination. But after much patience we finally came across Nia, who was great on the drums the first time I saw her play. Then shortly after that, we found Miranda who plays guitar and keyboards. Last we asked Rena (who originally played guitar) if she wanted to play bass. Soon enough, we all clicked together and knew that this was something special.

How old were you all when Cherri Bomb became a solid group?

MIRANDA: We were all between 10 to 12 years old.

It’s not everyday you come across a band that is managed by drummer Samantha Maloney! How did that partnership come about?

NIA: My mom and Samantha were friends and played music together years ago in New York. That’s how Sam heard about our band and what we were up to and actually asked us to open for her band The Chelsea Girls. I think at that

point we all just looked at each other thinking, what a better mentor than Sam to show us the ropes.

JULIA: yeah, Sam’s the best manager you could ever ask for!

You’ve already shared stages with huge bands like Smashing Pumpkins & Filter.

They definitely must have been nervewracking experiences for you all?

RENA: Not as much nerve wracking as exciting. We all get manic and crazy preparing for shows like that. Its fun meeting the people who inspire us, and it’s a challenge to go out and play for a crowd that is really there not knowing us and waiting to see Pumpkins or Filter. There’s nothing like winning a crowd over.

MIRANDA: Yeah, they’ve been more positive experiences than stressful.

You recently released your first EP ‘Stark’. What was the recording process for that like?

JULIA: The recording process was so much fun! We split up the recording between two studios: Steakhouse Studios in LA, and Red Decibel Studios in Orange Country. The experience was nothing but great vibes and a very creative process.

Being an all female band, and a young one at that, do you feel that you need to work ten times harder in a predominantly male music scene?

MIRANDA: We want to inspire girls to do what we’re doing, because it may be

harder as an all-girl band, but that’s only because they aren’t very common. And that motivates us to keep going.

JULIA: It does mean you have to work at breaking the stereotypes. And it’s a shame that we’re in 2011 and we still have to do that!

Recently you girls got to play some of the UK’s biggest festivals (Sonisphere, Reading & Leeds, Oxygen) What was that like?

NIA: The festivals were incredible and insane! There was a circle pit at Sonisphere, and after the show the crowd was screaming our names!

JULIA: Reading was a blast because we actually had some time to go and see some of our favourite bands. We had an amazing time in the UK, but we didn’t expect it to be that MUDDY! What have been some of the craziest things that have happened to you so far on tour?

MIRANDA: The night we opened for the Foo Fighters, we were in catering eating dinner before the show and all of a sudden, Dave Grohl and the guys from the Foo Fighters just came up and sat with us and had dinner. It was surreal. Just sitting, talking, sharing stories of the road. Best. Dinner. Ever!

JULIA: At Sonisphere, one guy got on top of his friends’ shoulders and decided to flash us with his man-boobs!

What have been some of your favourite gigs so far?

JULIA: Sonisphere, Lowlands, and Reading. But opening for the Foos in Germany has to be the highlight so far! Dream come true!

Anything you want to say to your fans or anyone that hasn’t heard your music yet?

JULIA: To all of our fans - Thank you so much for always giving us support and following us. We want to come back to the UK as soon as possible!!!

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HOW DID YOU GET STARTED AS A BAND? Back in 2009 Dan (drummer) and Benji (bassist) decided they wanted to start a band, so off they went looking for members! I (Si) met Dan through some friends, and after a while he had asked me to join after seeing some videos of me on Facebook playing my guitar. Obviously I was delighted to accept. Then we started looking for the remaining members.

Dan knew a guy he used to see at his old job that had said he always wanted to be in a band, so Dan asked him to come to a practice and that night he joined. That guy was Ben (vocalist). After that we searched for our last member.

Dan found another guy called Rob Tidy who became our lead guitarist but shortly after joining he left the band due to university commitments. So then we went looking for another guitarist. We used every way possible to advertise to find our guy and then one day we got a message on Myspace from Rich (guitarist) who wanted to join. We got him in for a practice and we were instantly amazed, and asked him to join there and then! The rest is history.

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WHO ARE YOUR MAIN INFLUENCES? Our influences include a lot of bands and artists but to name some would be bands like Bring Me The Horizon, A Day To Remember, Parkway Drive and Alexisonfire.

FOR ANYONE THAT MAY NOT HAVE SEEN YOU LIVE, OR HEARD ANY OF YOUR MUSIC BEFORE, WHAT CAN THEY EXPECT FROM YOU? They can expect plenty of energy, some thumping riffs and maybe Ben jumping on them.

TELL US AN INTERESTING FACT ABOUT THE VALIANT? An interesting fact about us is that people often see Ben as a big, burly and quite an imposing kind of fella, when actually he is the band’s punching bag. Don’t know if that would be considered interesting but we find it hilarious.

WHAT’S THE HARDEST THING ABOUT THE CURRENT MUSIC INDUSTRY? The amount of talent in unsigned bands around the country. We know and have played with many. It’s astonishing how many amazing unsigned bands there are.

It keeps us working hard at what we do and try to better ourselves all the time.

The Valiant HAVING PLAYED ALONGSIDE THE LIKES OF FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND, YOUNG GUNS, DEAF HAVANA, AND HAVING RECORDED A SONG WITH DANI FROM BURY TOMORROW (WHICH, BY THE WAY, IS AN ABSOLUTE TUNE!) THE VALIANT ARE A 5 PIECE METALCORE BAND THAT YOU SHOULD DEFINITELY CHECK OUT!

WHAT HAVE BEEN SOME OF YOUR FAVOURITE GIGS YOU’VE PLAYED SO FAR? There’s a few that stick out but I would think it’s safe to say that our favourite show was supporting Glamour Of The Kill and Shadows Chasing Ghosts in Yeovil. We didn’t know what to expect and we had never been there before, but when we got on stage and played the crowd went insane, it was just amazing.

IF YOU COULD PICK 3 BANDS TO PLAY ON THE SAME BILL WITH, WHO WOULD THEY BE AND WHY? I suppose one would be Parkway Drive because we’re all big fans of them and that would just be a massive honour.

Another would be Killswitch Engage because they are the godfathers of our genre and that would be pretty amazing.

Lastly, a personal one for me would be Still Remains because I absolutely love them and their music.

YOU RECENTLY RELEASED A NEW SONG “YOUNG & RECKLESS” THAT FEATURES DANI FROM BURY TOMORROW. WHAT WAS RECORDING WITH HIM LIKE? It was an honour and a privilege to record with Dani. He happily said yes to our request. Ben went through his parts a few times with him and when he tracked them, he just blew us away! Amazing talent and a complete professional.

WHAT’S IN STORE FOR THE VALIANT IN THE FUTURE? More releases, more videos, more shows. Just more of everything. To keep on trucking and having fun doing it! :) www.facebook.com/thevaliantband

WHAT’S YOUR WILDEST AMBITION FOR THE BAND? Our vocalist Ben always makes a joke about it: “playing DOWNLOAD next year lads! “ which is always funny but at the same time, yes, playing a stage at DOWNLOAD would be one of our ambitions. I suppose another would be just to travel the world with our music, anywhere we can.

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REIGN.BROKE.BETTER FUSING A RANGE OF CONTRADICTING GENRES LIKE ROCK, BLUES, FUNK AND DANCE, REIGN. BROKE.BETTER ARE HERE TO GIVE ALL YOUR SENSES A GOOD WORK OUT! WORDS: DOMINIQUE MARSHALL PHOTOS: MARCUS MASCHWITZ

Hey guys! Introduce yourselves for anyone that hasn’t heard of you before…We’re Reign.Broke.Better; Jemma aka Del on vocals, Henry on guitar, Ru on drums and Matt whose job is to slap that bass.

How did the band begin? Well us boys have known each other for years.

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a dating website; “Hot Band seeks Hot Singer”. Del had just moved to London and was looking for a band and applied.

Matt and Henry were in Guatemala and watched Del’s audition video over a very dodgy internet connection and were just blown away; we could tell that she could really sing. On first meeting she kind of pushed the issue. We were having a bit of a chat and Matt was still away and she just suddenly went “So have I got the job then”. We looked at each other and it was like “Err, pretty much! Absolutely!!”

Who/what are your main influences?

We’re all really different, which we think you can tell because our music is really quite eclectic. Del is hugely influenced by vocal based stuff like Bjork and Do Me Bad Things. She’s also a huge fan of Mike Patton and his genius vocal diversity. Henry loves Ska, Ru likes big rock drummers like Alex Van Halen, Lars Ulrich and Chad Smith and Matt is into

bassists like Tim Commerford, Flea and the awesomeness of Cliff Burton.

In terms of writing, when we started we wanted to be really rock’n’roll so we have a lot of blues style riffs, influenced by bands like Aerosmith, Guns’n’Roses. The driving concept of the band was not to over-complicate things. We wanted to be able to hear all the sounds; vocals, drums, bass and guitar.

What have been some of your favourite gigs so far? The stand out moment has got to be the National Final of a competition we were in last year at the O2 Academy in Islington, which was phenomenal because we finally had the kind of sound and arena where we thought “we could actually do a decent job here”. Plus apart from anything else we really enjoyed it. It could have potentially been quite scary but to get on that big stage and realise we could

actually fill it... We just didn’t feel out of place at all on the 40 foot stage, though Del still managed to stand on Matt’s foot!

Another personal favourite of ours has to be when we played a hairdressers in Epping at this place that doubled up as a barbers shop and a bar. The sound somehow was really good and though the crowd wasn’t huge the place was tiny so it was really packed and there was a really good atmosphere. It was one of those gigs where you travel miles and really don’t think it’ll be worth it, and it was SOOOO cold but in the end it turned out great!

spelling’s been twisted round to mean we were “Reign”ing in those other bands, things “Broke” down and now we’re onto something even “Better”.

What’s the hardest thing about the music industry currently? The London club scene for rock bands. People just don’t seem to be going out and listening

Describe your sound in three words…

Really Fucking Awesome!

For anyone that hasn’t seen you perform yet, what can they expect from an RBB show? Something

story really, but the initial thing really was going back to our roots and thinking about London and kind of brainstorming things about the place like “it’s raining” and “always expensive”, but what it’s come to mean is like, we’ve all been in other bands before, Del in Preston and others of us in Bath, Exeter, and other places and some of them have been pretty decent outfits doing pretty well but just haven’t had the legs to go anywhere. So the

A lot of promoters don’t help the situation either, as a lot of them really don’t seem to think too hard about putting together a solid bill. They just stick anything and everything together without much thought.

We’ve played on the same line-up as comedy acts and Irish country folk guys. We’ve had people doing impressions of monkeys and having people in stitches 10 minutes before we go on and then when we go on and do what we do... Well it just doesn’t work together!

If you could pick three bands to tour with, who would they be and why? The Living End, because we’d compliment them really well and they’re awesome. Our reputation will probably go down the pan but Fall Out Boy, again because we think the bands would go really well together and Patrick Stump with his vocals, how he writes and the way he sings... He just has so much energy. Guns ‘n’ Roses surely has to be in there!

It would be one long party and they’re so influential for so many bands including us.

unexpected. Nobody ever seems to expect to see or hear what they do when they come to a gig and they always go away really surprised. But we’ve never really put too much on it. The whole thing’s just meant to be good fun, nice and loud, upbeat, come and have a drink and a laugh really. We’re just out to have a good time and have people go away feeling good. We want to get people dancing and foot tapping. Not slampits or anything like that but to get people moving.

How did you come up with the name Reign.

Broke.Better? It’s a long

see a rock band, half the time they’re really not that great anyway. That’s good for us hopefully, as it will make us stand out from the crowd but it makes it even harder to get people to pay out on seeing a band they don’t know when they’re half expecting them not to be all that good.

What does the future hold for RBB? Hopefully the best.

to rock gigs as much as they used to. It’s been taken over by DJ sets and different styles of music, so it’s best to get out of town. It’s good that there’s a lot of good, interesting stuff out there but people seem to be moving away from “straight” rock a little. There’s so much variety and it’s all so accessible with Facebook and other things nowadays that getting people to come to your gigs in London can be really hard. And when you do go

We just want to try and do our best and hopefully people like it, we can get as big as possible and have as much fun as possible. But the first step is just to be able to do it as a full time job.

Then roll on the world tours! www.reignbrokebetter.com

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I’M FOREVER LOOKING FOR NEW MUSIC TO BLAST THROUGH MY SPEAKERS, SO IF YOU’RE IN THE SAME BOAT AS ME, HERE ARE SOME BANDS TO START YOU OFF!

November-7 Mercy is the solo project of singer/guitarist Mercedes Diett.

Originally from Hornchurch in Essex, Mercy has embraced the London scene with her previous band, Return of the Furies and current band, Black Nazarene. Venturing out alone this time, Mercy has embarked on a complete do-ityourself ethic to making music. Learning engineering and production skills from various music colleges, university and friends she now has the ability and the technology to record her music when and where she likes. Early tracks include “Alcohol” and “Cut it Out”, which were both featured on the “Alcohol EP”. The original demo of Alcohol has reached chart status on YouTube in various categories due to views, “likes” and channel subscriptions. Mercy has played a number of acoustic shows in and around London, including Punk in Soho and 229 Club where she opened for X-Factor finalist Ruth Lorenzo. About to finish recording her first album of original songs, Mercy is currently playing acoustic gigs, and plans for a UK tour and backing band are ideas that should soon become reality.

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Hailing from Neuchâtel in Switzerland, November-7 are already making a big impact on the metal scene in mainland Europe with their album “Season 3” getting rave reviews all over the place. With numerous festivals under their belt, along with support slots for the likes of Lacuna Coil and Within Temptation, their perfectly balanced blend of power and melody is just starting to get noticed here in the UK too. Fronted by Italian born Annamaria Cozza they have their own unique take on the “Femme Metal” genre, combining aggressive riffs, soaring solos and entrancing melodies from their two guitarists with some thought provoking lyrics and Annamaria’s “unexpected” vocals.

Throw in some powerful drums and a judicious smattering of electronic wizardry and you get a sound that has masses of depth, yet is incredibly accessible and engaging. About to release the video to the second single from “Season 3”, “In My Mind” and due to play a showcase in the USA shortly, November-7 plan to tour the UK next year. www.n-7.ch www.facebook.com/November7ch

Mercy

Punk / Grunge / Riot Grrrl at it’s best! Grim Dylan have only been around two short years but are already making a name for themselves with a world-wide fanbase, selfmade music videos, radio play, tours and a new album in the works! This all-girl trio bring something really new to the UK music scene, full of energy and attitude these girls not only put on a great show but their debut EP ‘Holy Shit, It’s Grim Dylan’ is also well worth buying. With hand made merchandise, free downloads, a reply to every comment and much, much more - this band are just about as hands on as you get. Currently working their collective socks off to fund the recording of their first full length, it is refreshing to see a young band that is so creative and hard working.

These ladies have a big future ahead of them. www.facebook.com/GrimDylan

Junkstar

Anavae

Grim Dylan After releasing their debut single/EP “Magazine” to a huge London buzz, Junkstar toured the USA, Ireland and Holland at break-neck speed. They topped it with a blistering ITC winning performance in Manchester and some great support shows. They released “Bluebottles” in 2010 and it was snapped up by the BBC, being featured on their prime time TV shows! It was played by Kissy Sellout and Pete Tong and saw the band at the forefront of the “electro-fidget” genre.

Having gained the support of XFM, BBC Radio1, 5&6, Kerrang! & other regional Radio stations in the UK & USA, and having being named BBC6 and Levi’s ‘one to watch’, Junkstar have just released their new single “Kicking K” and are currently working on their debut album. www.junkstar.com www.facebook.com/junkstarband Email (management): Brucetune@aol.com

Hailing from London town, Anavae released their debut first three tracks in September 2011 and have already reached over one thousand ‘likes’ on Facebook and four hundred subscribers on Youtube. They are influenced by new sounds, delay, and are all very much addicted to Dubstep.

The band features members of End of the Spectrum and Third Place Victory, who previously collaborated on a track from Third Place Victory’s second EP. After many hours of browsing through Youtube drummers, the band discovered Seb Gee, who has over six thousand subscribers.

They will be headed off to the studio again in the next few months to complete their debut EP (which will be available for free download) so watch this space! http://www.facebook.com/Anavae

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WORDS: KAREN BYERS

DRIVE RELEASED IN UK CINEMAS: 23RD SEPTEMBER 2011 Ryan Gosling plays a mysteriously unnamed “driver”, who works as a stuntman and garage mechanic by day, and a getaway driver for crooks by night. Romantic complications occur when he falls for neighbour Irene, played by Carey Mulligan, a single mother whose husband has recently been released from prison. Despite his feelings, “driver” uses his skills to help her husband, still in debt to the underground. However, when a robbery goes wrong, “driver” is left to clean up the mess and get even. The trailer cheekily lures you in, portraying it as another stereotypically macho, car racing flick. Instead, it’s beautiful, artistic and moving while still being powerful, gripping and exhilarating. Putting aside the slow start, I believe it undeniably has great visual flair that’s refreshing from your cliché fast car films. It’s one of this year’s most stylish American films that romanticizes Hollywood Noir and plays slight homage to the 80’s with its soundtrack, styling and credit font.

This film shines a brighter light upon Gosling showing his talent to become a major actor, as we see his character go from quiet and calm to fierce and intense. This chilling duality though, is strangely alluring.

Looking incredibly slick and sexy with his silver scorpion motif jacket, sunglasses and driving gloves, probably helps as well!

REAL STEEL RELEASED IN UK CINEMAS: 14TH OCTOBER 2011 Charlie Kenton, played by Hugh Jackman, lost his chance to become a boxing champion. Now in the near future of 2020, robots have replaced humans in the ring, enduring and bringing more punishment to the sport…therefore more promotion, money and entertainment!

Charlie’s in debt and now struggles to make a living by piecing bots together from scrap metal and using them to fight at underground venues. Quickly hitting rock bottom, he reluctantly teams up with his 11 year-old son Max, when they think they have discovered a champion in a discarded robot named Atom. Together they have one more shot at a comeback! This film is actually quite predictable; it definitely doesn’t have a groundbreaking plot and very ‘by-the-book’ in terms of story telling. In a nutshell it’s simply Rocky but with robots!

Having said this, it’s a real heart-felt exciting family film, with a lovely story of an absolutely adorable yet stubborn boy with doe like eyes teaches his childish father a valuable lesson. The special effects were brilliant; futuristic yet grounded to still being amazingly convincing and believable. It certainly brings the popular 60’s robot boxing game to incredible life! Filled with laughs, exciting action and moving moments, Real Steel is definitely a film that will get you cheering at the screen.

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JOHNNY ENGLISH: REBORN RELEASED IN UK CINEMAS: 6TH OCTOBER 2011

One Johnny English movie wasn’t enough, so the slight spoof of the Bond series is back! Johnny English, played by British comedy icon Rowan Atkinson, has been booted out of MI7 after an operation in Africa failed terribly, and has spent the last 5 years living in a secluded Tibetan monastery. When a plot to assassinate the Chinese Premier is uncovered, the informant will only speak to English, so The British Intelligence reluctantly recalls English into active duty. Get ready for a new young agent sidekick, a mind-control drug, and suspicious elements hiding within KGB, CIA and MI7 itself! Several moments of clever humour had me laughing so much tears were welling up. However, the main problem was that those moments were simply too infrequent. The rest of the humour felt like cringe-y ‘heard that before’ kind of jokes. Atkinson is still very funny and displays his skill of facial expression and comical buffoonery we all know.

But I felt his talent, along with those such as Dominic West and Rosamund Pike, were wasted in this film. Being a huge fan of the original released in 2003, I personally didn’t think it needed a sequel and assume it was a moneymaking attempt. Having said this, I don’t want to write this movie off as a complete no, because it’s filled with chuckles, it’s a great easy watch and hardcore fans of the first movie will no doubt enjoy it!

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WATCHING THE DETECTIVES RELEASED IN 2007 Cillian Murphy plays Neil, who runs a video store, specializing in cult, film noir and B movie classics. His movie obsession leaves his social life quite dull. His world is turned upside down when he starts dating Violet, played

by Lucy Liu, who’s a real life, free-spirit femme fatale, with a desire for fun and adventure. As reality and fantasy become more blurred, will Neil embrace a life full of excitement and surprises, or will he return to the mundane comfort of his couch? I became a fan of Cillian Murphy more so due to the less known roles he’s played, but that I believe showcase his acting diversity much more. Neil is definitely an example of this. Lucy Liu even pleasantly surprised me, as it’s not a film I’d expect her to star in. Despite some negative reviews it received and the fact it didn’t even get a theatrical release, I found this film delightful; finally a romantic comedy with substance and an actual meaningful message! The message being to get out there, live life and experience new thrills. It may not be for everyone, but it’s a quirky story full of crazy shenanigans and countless references to cult classics, making it a certain movie for movie lovers!

FILMS TO LOOK OUT FOR...

MACHINE GUN PREACHER UK RELEASE DATE: 4TH NOVEMBER 2011 When former drug-dealing criminal Sam Childers, played by Gerard Butler, travels to East Africa to help repair homes destroyed by civil war, he witnesses the horrors the region’s children have to face. Dedicated to his new path in life, he finds another use for his old skills and leads armed missions into enemy territory to free kidnapped and enslaved children. An inspirational film based on an incredible true story!

IMMORTALS UK RELEASE DATE: 11TH NOVEMBER 2011 This epic film, curiously released on the 11/11/11 is definitely not one to be missed if you loved 300! Immortals is loosely based on the Greek Mythology of Theseus, the Minotaur and the Titanomachy. King Hyperion is on a rampage across Greece to claim a legendary weapon that can destroy humanity. Zeus chooses a mortal peasant man named Theseus to lead the fight against the ruthless king. For the look of this fantasy action/adventure, director Tarsem Singh wanted to reflect the renaissance painting style with electricity. To sum it up he quotes “it’s Caravaggio meets Fight Club!”

THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN PART 1 UK RELEASE DATE: 18TH NOVEMBER 2011 Part 1 is the latest instalment of the Twilight saga, and this time it is the beginning of the end and leads the way to the grand finale next year!

The film opens with Bella and Edward’s muchanticipated wedding. But the drama is far from over! During their honeymoon in Rio De Janiero, they finally give into their passions and Bella falls pregnant. The wolf pack see her unborn child as a threat and begin to move against her. So Edward now faces the most difficult question of his life – should he grant Bella’s wish to also become immortal?

HAPPY FEET 2 UK RELEASE DATE: 2ND DECEMBER 2011 Getting you in the mood for Christmas is the sequel to the first Happy Feet smash hit we fell in love with! The sequel takes audiences back to the chilly climes of Antarctica and to Mumble, the dancing penguin. Mumble discovers that his young son Erik has two left feet. He runs away in shame and is taken under the wing of a flying penguin known as The Mighty Sven. Because of this, Mumble soon slips down the pecking order. The story continues to prove that a lot of love and a little help from your friends can go a long way!

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EVANESCENCE, EVANESCENCE (DELUXE EDITION) RELEASED: 7TH OCTOBER 2011 Favourite Tracks: What You Want, Lost In Paradise, Made Of Stone For Fans Of: Lacuna Coil, We Are The Fallen, Flyleaf Rating: 4 out of 5 “I am in love with our new album” lead singer Amy Lee states…and so are we! Instead of adding Amy’s vocals to an already finished set, a full band has collectively worked together to create the songs. This album’s still very passionate and heartfelt, showcasing that trademark Evanescence style. However they’ve taken more risk by sounding more active, heavier and even fun with some tracks possessing a dance-y element, particularly heard in the single What You Want. Overall, this album contains dramatic songs with intimate verses and stadium filling choruses. I believe it’s a tremendous step forward after their previous album The Open Door.

Miss Lee even makes her debut playing the harp on this album, learning it after her husband bought her one as a gift!

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FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH, AMERICAN CAPITALIST RELEASED: 7TH OCTOBER 2011 Favourite Tracks: American Capitalist, The Pride, The Tragic Truth For Fans Of: Disturbed, Machine Head & Nonpoint Rating: 5 out of 5 I never took an interest to have a proper listen to this band, but after listening to this album I am a definite FFDP convert! The songs on the quintet’s new album vary from fast-paced tracks that get you pumped up, to slower melodies that are still dramatic. The lyrics themselves are very clever and also vary from having a critical stab at our consumerist society with American Capitalist and The Pride, to being poetic and beautifully painful when you reach songs such as The Tragic Truth and Remember Everything. Despite this, all the songs are punchy with a beefy pulse throughout. Basically it’s everything a classic hard rock album should be and current FFDP fans will not be disappointed!

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100 MONKEYS, GRAPE RELEASED: 13TH NOVEMBER 2009 Favourite Tracks: The Monkey Song, Orson Brawl, Wings On Fire For Fans Of: Spencer Bell, The Kissing Club, The Stevedores Rating: 3.5 out of 5 Fancy listening to something different? Then 100 Monkeys are worth checking out! A friend of mine introduced this band to me...and I’m happy they did! Grape was their first released studio album and is a great collection of funky folk rock tracks, that are sometimes dark but overall insanely interesting and quirky! One of the members, Jackson Rathbone, is well known for playing the nervous young vampire Jasper in the popular Twilight saga. So it’s no wonder their fan base is rapidly growing! However, each member has their own personality and they each take turns singing and playing different instruments, that occasionally include the harmonica, mandolin, fiddle, trumpet and flute; a style they themselves call the “Monkey Switcheroo”! So even though their music may come across as non­sense at first, there’s no doubt of their musicianship and some songs contain deep meaning and portray intriguing characters and stories.

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THE DIRTY YOUTH, RED LIGHT FIX RELEASED: 9TH OCTOBER 2011 Favourite Tracks: Fight, Requiem Of The Drunk, This Is For You For Fans Of: Billy Talent, Paramore, Guano Apes Rating: 3.5 out of 5 This is the debut album of the 5-piece band from Wales, originally formed in 2007. I’d describe their sound as Billy Talent meets a heavier Paramore, and I love it! They’re the first girl-fronted band since The Pretty Reckless who have grabbed my attention and I’m happy to see a female lead singer with some attitude.

Their music is punchy and has a lot of punk energy. Lead singer Danni’s vocals are powerful and on the same league as current rock women such as Amy Lee and Hayley Williams. The only slight negative I’ll say is that the lyrics can come across as quite immature and lack emotional connection. Secondly, some songs sound similar to each other in terms of structure and riffs. However, it’s only their first album and it’s certainly a great smash through the door and shows the potential this band has. I do look forward to their future!

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