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Awards Nominations Announced!

Here are the nominations:

Band of the year
Dead IDentities
Disarm
King Lizard
Kitty Hudson
Patchwork Grace
Teenage Casket Company

Best New Band
Dead IDentities
Disarm
Patchwork Grace
The Pleasures
Sign
Zico Chain

Axe Hero of the year
Crip (Patchwork Grace)
Jamie Beatson (Disarm)
Niro Knox (King Lizard)
Steve Paris (LiVid)
Rachel Toxic (The Erotics)
Toby Retallick (Dead IDentities)

Frontman/woman of the year
Brad (Disarm)
Dancette Pleasure (The Pleasures)
Flash (King Lizard)
Richie Hudson (Kitty Hudson)
Tori Trash (Patchwork Grace)
Lee Wray (Zen Motel)

Album of the year
Dead IDentities - "Music for the Waiting Room"
The Erotics - "30 Seconds Over You"
New Generation Superstars - "Crash Course ... In Rock n' Roll"
Patchwork Grace - "Milk Teeth"
Zen Motel - "Stations of the Dead"

EP/single of the year
Godsized - "Fight and Survive" (sing)
Jack Viper - "Devil May Care" (sing)
Patchwork Grace - "Soap" (sing)
Plastic Toys - "Let Me Feel The Love" (sing)
The Pleasures - "Some Like It Rock" (EP)

Gig/event/tour of the year
Disarm/Kitty Hudson tour - whole UK, Sept/Oct 07
King Lizard - Underworld, Camden 18/08/07
Skid Row/Sign tour, whole UK - Nov 07
Trash-Stock tour (w/Patchwork Grace, Zen Motel & Disarm: March/April 07, whole of UK)
Warrior Soul - Purple Turtle, Camden 22/10/07

Stunt of the year
Disarm going through 13 drummers before a major tour
Pooball
Sign's headline tour (for leaked stories and adventures)
LiViD 'bus up a mountain' at the Aeon Festival
Teenage Casket Company having 3 line-ups on one tour and still surviving

Label of the year
BUT! Records
Roadrunner
Round Records
Rocksector Records
Consistently Great Records
Trashpit

Vote here!

Peppermint Creeps and Glitter*Tripp joins forces with Pure Rawk for a one-off!

The first two gig posters of 2008 are now up for your eye-candy pleasure!

More to follow!

Our excellent friends at Glitter*Tripp have joined up with us to bring you this sugar coated, glamtastic rock night in Croydon in February! Keep your eyes peeled for the PURE RAWK AWARDS gig coming at you in the next few hours!

Happy Christmas and have a rockin' New Year!

Thank you from the bottom of my heart to all my lovely friends and everyone who's supported Pure Rawk in someway shape or form this last year.

Hope you've got everything you wish for and I hope that you have a nice boozy New Year - 2008 is gonna rock!



Nix

ps. I've got some new posters to splatter you with this week too so keep your eyes peeled for those!

Torn Asunder rock out for Christmas Number One in aid of Great Ormond Street

Unsigned rockers Torn Asunder are gearing up to set the charts alight with a Christmas number one in aid of Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital.

Simon Cowell will be face down in his Christmas dinner gravy this year if Essex rockers Torn Asunder get their way. Instead of the latest X Factor winner or the latest teen band, the Christmas charts could be topped by Torn Asunder who are a rock band more used to playing to crowds of sweaty rock fans rather than teeny boppers on the Top of the Pops Christmas special.

A year or two ago this would have seemed like an impossible feat, but the music business is changing. MySpace, YouTube, and the download charts are having more and more of an impact on popular music with bands such as Lily Allen and the Arctic Monkeys becoming an instant success through these medias. Thirty years ago who would have backed the Sex Pistols to be number one during the Queen's jubilee celebrations? Torn Asunder's bid for Christmas number one also has a serious note. Every penny raised will be donated to the Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital Charity.

Great Ormond Street Hospital welcomes around 150,000 patients every year, treating patients with the most complex, life threatening or life debilitating conditions. They need to raise £50 million each year. Torn Asunder aim to raise at least £50,000 with their charity single.

"This is a great song, by a great band and its going to a great cause... It's not often that an unsigned band will try and take on an entire industry and do it all in the name of charity. Even if people are not into rock music, it's still worth downloading from 16th Dec, because in the end you've given just 99p to help a needy child this Christmas... If 50,000 people download it... that's a lot of money raised... 100,000 is even better, the charity mission has my support, good luck Torn Asunder" - Gary Lineker OBE

"Best of luck to Torn Asunder in their very worthy quest. Here's a band not looking merely to push towards egomaniacal rock star status, but genuinely want to help people through their music. Let's hope they pull this off. They deserve everyone's support. And there are those who claim rock bands only care about sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll." - Malcolm Dome, TotalRock Radio.

Matt Forrest, Head of Community Fundraising at Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity - “how encouraging it is to see that Torn Asunder are releasing this single, as they know how important it is that we raise the necessary £50 million each year to help rebuild and refurbish the hospital, buy vital equipment and fund pioneering research".

Torn Asunder's manager, Mo Clark, a former GOSH patient, has said "Christmas is not a time to be selfish, it is a time for giving and there are hundreds of really needy, unwell children out there, I know I was one of them many years ago, this is my way of saying thank you to the hospital".

"Love to Look at You" is from the forthcoming album "15 Minutes to Tell the World" and will be available to download from December 16th. It costs 99p to download and every single downloaded will go towards making chart history as well as raising much needed funds for GOSH. The single will be available for download from December 16th to the 22nd (the official Chart Week) and it costs just 99p to download from both iTunes and Indie Store.

Torn Asunder Official Website
Torn Asunder MySpace

Pure Rawk invades Facebook

Thats right, Pure Rawk now has its own Facebook group!

Stop doing those pointless quiz things and selling your friends on and go here. Much more fun and totally legal! http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=6021244037

Pure Rawk goes tour in 2008!

Pure Rawk will be going on tour with 3 awesome bands in the UK in May. Want us to come to your city? We've got some dates already ... but you aren't finding those out just yet! Demand it!

The Loyalties and Radio Dead Ones tour kicks off this weekend!

Hold on to your hats ... this is the last Pure Rawk gig of 2007 ... and also Nix's birthday!

The Loyalties - Hard punky rock n'roll featuring ex members of the Yo-Yo's, Black Halos & Dogs D'Amour. www.myspace.com/theloyalties

Radio Dead Ones - On tour with The Loyalties from Germany - fast, punk n'rollers. www.myspace.com/radiodeadones

Zen Motel - Low slung guitar trash punk n'rollers. Top notch album "Stations Of The Dead" out now. www.myspace.com/zenmotel

Dead IDentities - Hook laden, fast, burly punk rock bastards. www.myspace.com/deadidentities

The Brief, George Street, Croydon - Surrey
7PM
18+ (but they're pretty relaxed on this - lads grow beard, birds throw on more make-up!)
http://www.purerawk.co.uk/

THE LOYALTIES

[Featuring ex & current members of the Yo-Yos, Amen, Black Halos, Deadline & the CherryKicks]
myspace.com/theloyalties


& RADIO DEAD ONES

[Berlins premier punk rock'n'roll machine]
myspace.com/radiodeadones


UK TOUR 2007!!
do NOT miss out!!







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Tequila Rockin' Bird release debut album for free!

West Country rock metallers Tequila Rockin' Bird release their debut album "Screams of The Wild" for free download.

Taking inspiration from the likes of Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, Gotthard and Deep Purple (to name a few) they've received some good press for their demo releases.

"With ferocious guitar riffs to blow away even the most experienced guitarist and impressive vocals which clearly rival most, this is classic rock excellance at its best. Really bringing back old time inspiration and piercing through the bursting metal scene which to be honest is starting to look tired." - Rock Industry Magazine

Tequila Rockin' Bird are:

Rich Woods - Vocals

Nick Watson - Guitar

Kez Symes - Guitar

'Johnny' Warriner - Drums

Greg Butler - Bass

Go to http://www.tequilarock.co.uk/ to download the full album for free. Also visit www.myspace.com/tequilarock for gig dates and latest news.

Hotter Than Hell join forces with Pure Rawk next Saturday

London's hottest rock night, "Hotter Than Hell" join forces with Pure Rawk for a one-off show next weekend at the Purple Turtle in Camden.

Saturday 10th November is the date and bands for the night include low slung guitar trash rockers, Zen Motel. High speed punk n' rollers, Dead IDentities and hard trash punkers Dollar Sent.

Tokyo Dragons "Hot Nuts" get an airing on tour this next month

Retro rockers Tokyo Dragons are ready to blast back onto UK stages after unleashing their new album, ‘Hot Nuts’. The London based four-piece have toiled long and hard over the making of the new record and they are now about to embark on a batch of highly anticipated UK dates.

Armed with a fresh collection of 70s tinged rock anthems, the Dragons are back and drummer Phil Martini is more than pleased with the new album. He said: “We're pretty smug about it! - We’ve created a killer record, and keep a lookout for the smart artwork too!”

The making of the album saw the Dragons, completed by vocalist Steve Lomax, guitarist Mal Bruk and bassist Mathias Stady, head to the States to link up with producer Kurt Bloch. Bloch, whose credits include Nashville Pussy and the Supersuckers, was at the helm for a month long recording stint in Seattle, during which time, according to Phil, an unshakable rock allegiance was founded.“We were lucky enough to spend four weeks in Seattle, working up an unbreakable bond with Kurt.

“With our rock credentials & his endless cool, we couldn’t fail!” And they certainly haven’t failed. ‘Hot Nuts’ delivers ten salacious slabs of foot stomping classic rock fused with enough dueling guitars to put Brian Robertson and Scott Gorham to shame.The band made a potential rod for their own backs by releasing a debut album (Give Me the Fear) back in 2005 which included infectious rockers such as ‘Teenage Screamers’ and ‘What the Hell’.

The album resulted in lavish praise from all over the rock press, but this meant that the follow up had to be something special, and the boys haven’t disappointed with ‘Hot Nuts’.Tracks like ‘On Your Marks’, ‘Keeping the Wolf from the Door’ and ‘On Fuel’ provide just want you want from a Tokyo Dragons song, good time ballsy rock that begs to blasted out on the road.

It’s a good job then that a UK headline tour is just around the corner! The Dragons have spread their net far and wide with tours all over Europe in the past 18 months, something which is a key part of the bands ethic.Phil added: “We kind of expect the limitations of rock ‘n’ roll in the UK now, in terms of the media coverage, live circuit and a lack of good bands. “So, getting out there and playing live is the key, and it’s a rock bands bread and butter.

“It’s not easy getting gigs and keeping a band on the road is expensive, but where there’s a will there’s a way to kick out the jams!”It’s a busy time for Phil and the rest of the band, with more than just a new album and tour on the horizon.London’s finest classic rockers are also featured in the forthcoming Rock Legends at Rockfield book, as well as having a track in the new Jackass game.On these developments Phil enthused: “The author (of Rock Legends…) knew that we made our first album at Rockfield and told us of his great idea of making a book all about our three week stay there, and then tying on some stuff about ‘Sabbath and Queen – just to pad it out a bit!“As for Jackass, well everyone knows Knoxville’s our number one fan … don’t they?!”

With that Phil headed back to Dragons HQ for another day of ‘scheming, plotting, creating and rockin’, and presumably to dig out the denim jacket and cowbell to bring Hot Nuts to the masses.

The Dragons UK tour kicks off in Minehead on November 9th and runs through to November 17th.Check out http://www.tokyodragons.com/ for more details.

Words - Rich. Image courtesy of Tokyo Dragons' MySpace

Glasswerk 2007 New Music Awards winners!

The Glasswerk 2007 New Music Awards took place at the AKA London last Wednesday (Oct 17). A 300+ music industry audience were there to watch Pete Brame and Tony Wright host and present awards to 27 categories ranging from Folk to Rock music.

Smith 6079, Marsha Swanson, Exile Parade, Logan and Rob McCulloch all scooped two awards each on the night with Stillman picking up the prestigious Industry Award for Best Album and Koopa running away with the 2007 Achievement Award in recognition of their soon to be completed hat-trick of Top 40 hits.

AWARD WINNERS

ELECTRONICA
SPONSORED BY BASE.ad MAGAZINE

Scarlet Blonde
(www.myspace.com/scarletblonde)

USE OF INSTRUMENTS
SPONSORED BY BASE.ad MAGAZINE

Dweeb
(www.dweebmusic.co.uk )

JAZZ ARTIST
SPONSORED BY BASE.ad MAGAZINE

Zoo
(www.zoo-music.co.uk)

MYSPACE
SPONSORED BY BASE.ad MAGAZINE

Koopa
(www.myspace.com/koopa)

DANCE
SPONSORED BY BASE.ad MAGAZINE

Mom Timo
(www.momotimo.co.uk )

FOLK
SPONSORED BY FATEA RECORDS

Marsha Swanson
(www.myspace.com/marshaswanson)

GUITAR RIFF
SPONSORED BY PURE RAWK

Irritant
(www.myspace.com/irritantband)

THREE PIECE BAND
SPONSORED BY MUSICFINITY

The Crucible
(www.myspace.com/thecrucible )

SINGER/SONGWRITER
SPONSORED BY RECORD COLLECTOR MAG.COM

Karim Fanous
(www.myspace.com/karimfanous)

ALBUM
SPONSORED BY INSIDERS GUIDES

Marsha Swanson
(www.myspace.com/marshaswanson)

ROCK BAND
SPONSORED BY ROOM THIRTEEN

Logan
(www.logan-net.com )

METAL
SPONSORED BY ROCK MIDGETS

RSJ
(www.myspace.com/rsj)

SONGWRITING
SPONSORED BY UseYourEars.com

Rob McCulloch
(www.robmcculloch.com)

FEMALE FRONTED
SPONSORED BY ROCKSECTOR RECORDS

Tribal Infinity

FEMALE
SPONSORED BY MUSIC FINITY

Beth Tysall

MALE
SPONSORED BY JOHN JAMES FOX FILMS

Nicolai Prowse

WEBSITE
SPONSORED BY HYPE

Sharp Practise

NEW BAND
SPONSORED BY SOLUS

Exile Parade
(www.myspace.com/exileparade)

LIVE ARTIST
SPONSORED BY GLASSWERK

Jack Viper
(www.myspace.com/jackviper05)

INDIE BAND
SPONSORED BY RECORD COLLECTOR MAG.COM

The Cutters
(www.myspace.com/thecutters)

VIDEO
SPONSORED BY PRACTICAL DIGITAL VIDEO

Smith 6079
(www.myspace.com/smith6079)

SINGLE
SPONSORED BY UseYourEars.com

Rob McCulloch
(www.robmcculloch.com)

LIVE ARTIST (INDUSTRY PANEL VOTE)
SPONSORED BY SKIDDLE

Exile Parade
(www.myspace.com/exileparade)

ROCK BAND (INDUSTRY PANEL VOTE)
SPONSORED BY BROEKNRULE

Logan
( www.logan-net.com )

NEW BAND (INDUSTRY PANEL VOTE)
SPONSORED BY ENABLE MUSIC LTD

Smith 6079
(www.myspace.com/smith6079)

ALBUM (INDUSTRY PANEL VOTE)
SPONSORED BY AVENUE 11

Stillman
(www.stillman.mu)

ACHIEVEMENT (INDUSTRY PANEL VOTE)
SPONSORED BY UK MUSIC SEARCH

Koopa
(www.myspace.com/koopa)

Warrior Soul tickets will be onsale today

Tickets for the Warrior Soul concert at the Purple Turtle will be onsale at £15 on the doors when they open at 7PM but do turn up for doors because they could go pretty quickly.



They WILL NOT be available from anywhere before this time. See you at the bar!

Pure Rawk awards 08 - voting soon open!

Its that time of year again, voting for the Pure Rawk awards 08 will be open shortly. Unlike the past two years, we'll be having an awards party in the heart of the rock capital in the beginning/middle of February to celebrate the fantastic year of quality music. The Pure Rawk awards celebrates the achievements of unsigned/upcoming rock/metal/punk acts - previous winners have gone on to quite big successes

Feast your eyes on the categories:

Band of the year
Axe Hero of the year
Frontman of the year
EP/single of the year
Album of the year
Gig of the year
Stunt of the year
Underground Label of the year

Also, a special award "New Breed" award which will be chosen by the editor/contibutors of Pure Rawk. The "New Breed" award will be awarded to a band who Pure Rawk tip to be the next breaking band from their efforts over the past year.

Voting will be open for the rest of the categories on Monday 5th November 2007 and will close to a shortlist of nominations on 31st December 2007. We'll then throw the shortlist up for a month on 1st January until 1st February 2008!

To see who won the first ever Pure Rawk awards click here to see last years winners, click here.

The Erotics + Teenage Casket Company - BRAWL FOR IT ALL 08 TOUR!

A message from our good buddies in Teenage Casket Company ...



Yes, once again we'll be touring the UK with our good friends and partners in grime from Albany, New York The Erotics - described in this month's Classic Rock Magazine as "The filthiest, meanest sleaze metal this side of a hungover Motley Crue!"

We're purposely doing a smaller tour this year to make the gigs as big and exciting as possible so make sure you try and catch one of the following BIG, BIG ROCK SHOWS.....

October 29th - The Purple Turtle, London
November 1st - Mexborough Civic, Mexborough
November 2nd - Tom's Venue, Pontypridd, Wales
November 3rd - Junktion7, Nottingham
November 4th - Ilkeston Town FC, Ilkeston (End of Tour Party)

Anyone who came out to the shows on last year's Brawl For It All Tour will know what great shows they were and this year we plan to make it even bigger and better! The Erotics will be over supporting their kick ass brand new album '30 Seconds Over You' which has been met with nothing but awesome reviews.



TCC will be continuing to rip out more new material which was debuted on the recent UK Tour with SIGN

The Chase/Thoughts Collide + Mordecai /iNsoFar this weekend in Croydon - Witchfest Rockz gigs

SATURDAY!





THE CHASE
www.myspace.com/thechaseuk
NEW E.P. PRODUCED BY JASON WILCOCK (FIGHTSTAR/GHOST OF A THOUSAND) AND NEW MERCHANDISE WILL BE ON SALE AT SATURDAYS SHOW!!


THOUGHTS COLLIDE
www.myspace.com/thoughtscollide
METAL HAMMER'S DEMO OF THE MONTH
JULY 2007




The Brief
48 George St,
Croydon,
CR0 1PD
CLICK HERE FOR A MAP!




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SUNDAY!



WITH DJ RICHIE HUDSON

PLEASE BRING I.D. TO THIS.
NO I.D. NO ENTRY!!

Pure Rawk sponsors "TEAZER"

Pure Rawk is proud to be associated with a new glam DJ night in Oxford called "Teazer".

A "decadent night of glam, sleaze and trashy rock n' roll" hosted by DJ Foxy Roze is at The Gloucester Arms, Friars Entry.

Playing loads of the stuff you've heard and rocked out to before (maybe even air guitared to or pole danced to) to the cream of breakthrough sleazy glam and hard rock n'roll. "We (Pure Rawk & FR)
both love plugging new and unsigned bands. I want to help promote them at Teazer by playing their tracks and giving them much deserved exposure" says Foxy Roze. On the night you can expect "The well known, spandex clad hairsprayed bands of the 80's Motley, Poison and Ratt to newer punkier, sleazier bands like Vains of Jenna, Trashlight Vision and Crank County Daredevils. I try to mix the commercial hits with more obscure bands to keep it unpredictable and hopefully introduce people to some new music. Also there's the new bands. Patchwork Grace, Disarm and The Pleasures are my current faves to play!" Roze enthuses.

Teazer is 8PM-1AM on Friday 19th Oct, Fri 9th Nov, Sat 8th Dec (a pirate night) and every first Friday from the new year. Go to www.myspace.com/teazer_glam for more information!

Fangs for the support - The Authentics say farewell to their drummer at Halloween show

Who knew? After several years toiling (and troubling) around the UK, The Authentics have emerged into the limelight again with a brand new outstanding live show with big drums and heavy guitars topped off with a cauldron of smooth melodies - the band their drummer at Halloween Spook-tacular show sure have all the ingredients for their killer pop-rock songs.

With 40+ gigs already played in 2007 all over the UK, The Authentics finish their current tour of live shows in their hometown of Leicester on Wednesday 31st October. This creepy Halloween special will be the band’s last show of the year and their drummer’s (David New) farewell gig before a New Year break for recording a new single. The screamingly good event takes place at the Level One Club of DeMontfort University Student Union, Mill Lane, Leicester.
Following up their stormy hi-volume debut album “Blondes Make the Best Victims?” in which the band was described in the UK press as “forever producing soundtracks to late night binge-ups, drug-addled shindigs and crotch-grabbing soirees” (Rock Something, March 2007) the band have seen themselves being part of the digital community with the CD being available for download at Apple's iTunes store and other online outlets.

Their LP was also described as having “Easily accessible lyrics, anthemic choruses and toe tapping beats (which) make this album addictive from the opening riffs. The band has plenty to say and the music to back it up”. (Glenn Butler, Powerplay Magazine Issue, 84 Feb 2007).

The band will be playing their big pop hooks which anchor catchy and commercial-sounding songs spearheaded by new hit “Ton of Bricks” and “The Witching Hour” which compliment the classic rock influenced and fan favourites “Supercharged” and “Burn What Remains”, the latter of which was turned into a video on their Myspace page.

Giving the Leicester scene a much needed jolt of that old punk energy, the band have brought their in-your-face stage show to 2007 summer audiences at the Trashstock and Hard Drive Festivals as well as high profile supports with Winnebago Deal and a recent opening for The Glitterati in Nottingham.

After the success of the “Going Down South” Tour in September which coincided with their appearance on a DVD giveaway for Fast Car Magazine, the best selling motor publication in the UK, the band have high hopes for their forthcoming final show in front of their home crowd.

Other highlights of 2007 include the band’s Guest Quest competitions which gave attendees of gigs the chance to win band merchandise using Facebook and Myspace to spot themselves at the bands’ shows, supporting the Red Cross Charity at Leicester’s Music Café in March and interviews on Takeover Radio allowing their younger fans to get involved with the band’s music.
Using their newly formed Street Team the band also created their own brand of condoms and have now chalked up over 26000 web hits to their official site after extensive gigging at packed venues in Sheffield, Lincoln, Nottingham, Brighton and London’s famous 12 Bar Club.

All the classic Authentics elements are in place: crisp and loud guitars, propulsive pop drums, bottom end bass and smooth vocals that inevitably lead into a catchy chorus payoff so don’t be scared, witches and vampires gather and come see the band in their “authentic” line-up as the full moon rises.

www.theauthentics.co.uk

Last night for buying Warrior Soul tickets!

Due to recent UK postal strikes, the last day for Warrior Soul Camden tickets is today. They will be available online until 12am tonight. Click the Pure Rawk Shop to buy tickets.

SIGN to tour with Skid Row

Fast rising Icelandic rockers, Sign to tour with Skid Row in September. Both bands will be doing the following dates:

13 Nov 2007 Mean fiddler - London
14 Nov 2007 Sin City - Swansea
15 Nov 2007 Bierkeller - Bristol
16 Nov 2007 Corner House - Middlesbrough
17 Nov 2007 Rios - Leeds
18 Nov 2007 Garage - Glasgow
20 Nov 2007 The Park - Peterborough
21 Nov 2007 Woughton Centre - Milton Keynes
22 Nov 2007 Academy - Liverpool
23 Nov 2007 Corporation - Sheffield
24 Nov 2007 Rock City - Nottingham
25 Nov 2007 JBS - Dudley