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LYDIA LUNCH, Inca Babies, Gilded Palace of Sin & No Womb
Date:
Wed, 16/02/2011 - 20:00
Thursday 16th February 8pm - Tickets now £10 advance & doors
UPDATE! Lydia Lunch, Inca Babies, Gilded Palace of Sin & No Womb
Bad news: Big Sexy Noise have had to pull out of this show because drummer Ian White has injured his hand.
Good news: Because we didn't want to disappoint both you and ourselves, we have taken up Lydia's offer of a solo show
Lydia is preparing a special solo set for her appearance at the Continental. The performance will be a one-off music-based throwdown, very different to the spoken word show that Lydia did for us last year and which she usually takes around the globe. It's effectively a worldwide exclusive for Prestonians!
The show will involve Lydia's inimitable vocals, some live and some pre-recorded sounds. It will be in the vein of the version of 'Frankie Teardrop' that Lydia recorded last year for the Blast First series of Suicide tribute 10"s, and that cover will feature in the set.
Lydia will be appearing directly before the Inca Babies, and will be on stage shortly after 9pm.
NOW ADDED TO THE BILL! INCA BABIES
In a climate of schizophrenic jazz-funk and jangly indie, the Inca Babies had no choice but to come up with their own sound. What resulted was a Raunchy Death Ray twang from a punk-trash, Americana perspective. Link Wray, The Cramps, The Gun Club and The Birthday Party were the spirit guidance, and a big influence. Musicologist C.P Lee, in his book on the Manchester music scene, called them the ‘Hulme Cramps’.
With two number one slots in the Indie single chart and a top 5 album, Rumble, the Incas soon began to find an audience abroad. Tours of Mainland Europe included Germany, Holland, Belgium, France, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Austria and all of Scandinavia. Three further Albums (This Train, Opium Den and Evil Hour) were released including six more singles all experiencing good sails and chart places. During this time while popularity was not a problem keeping personnel was, and while singers and drummers came and went the backbone of the band who played every gig and appeared on every record, Bill Marten (bass) and Harry Stafford (guitar, later Vocals) struggled to keep the integrity of the band alive.
The band reformed in 2007 with Rob Haynes (Goldblade) as new occupant of the drum kit. Gigs in Manchester and Munich followed and a new album was midway through being written when the band were hit with the shocking news of the suicide of bassist Bill Marten. The band was put on hold while they came to terms with this loss. It was eventually agreed to keep Bill's legacy alive by continuing with the band and finishing off the album they had started writing.Their old friend and former A Witness bass player Vince Hunt joined and made his live debut in Warsaw, Poland in late 2008. A number of shows in Scotland, Milan, London, Los Angeles and Lithuania were very well received and in October 2010 new album Death Message Blues was released. With the new album out and gaining good reviews throughout Europe, The Incas played a number of live shows throughout Europe in 2011.
Plus support from the brilliant GILDED PALACE OF SIN and Manchester’s NO WOMB.
All starts at 8pm on Thursday 16th February 2012.
Tickets £10 // The Continental Bar 01772 499 425 // Preston Visitor Information at the Guild Hall 01772 253 731 // Action Records 01772 884 772 // Piccadilly Records // Online from wegottickets and seetickets
