Ask a Punk NetherlandsBrigandage (U.K.) & Rubber Gun (N.L) 80's punk rock
Willemeen, Thursday, May 28 at 08:00 PM GMT+2
BRIGANDAGE began as a twinkle in Michelle’s eye the moment she saw Johnny Rotten step onto stage at the 100 Club. Finally in 1981 Brigandage took shape to remind people of the glory, colour and inclusiveness of 1976!
Due to a concatenation of events and timing within 9 months Brigandage was on the front cover of the N.M.E., doing a Peel session and supporting the likes of Sex Gang Children which in an incredible piece of luck and twist of fate Terry Macleay, founding member of Sex Gang Children, is now Brigandage bassist! Unfortunately like many bands Brigandage imploded before it could really start, so Michelle had to start all over again and went underground into the anarchist punk scene.
A live at the Marquee cassette album F.Y.M. was released mid 80’s in true D.I.Y. style but time flies as they say and Brigandage were asked to play Rebellion, the famous punk rock festival in 2024. Suddenly Brigandage had risen once more like a punk rock phoenix, is gigging again and about to return to Europe after all these years to play with dear friends Rubber Gun, promoting their soon to be released new album “Half Moon Rising.
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Forty years ago (back in the day, when everyone played in a band, right?), RUBBER GUN was formed. In a punk-infested, squatted little neighbourhood in the beautiful historic city of Zutphen, two residents kicked it off. The band’s fame stretched deep into Germany, where Rubber Gun had a loyal fan base. Top notch support.
The German punk label Teenage Rebel featured two of Rubber Gun’s songs on a collection album. A couple of years later, two fans financed the recordings of Rubber Gun’s first and only complete album of their own. ‘Grease Up!’ finally saw the light of day several years later and is now available on the ubiquitous Spotify.
In the early nineties, the band fell apart. Everyone went their own way. Some members continued to play, but only as a fun side project.
Egged on by friends in the London-based band Brigandage, Rubber Gun has now decided to return to their picks and sticks and take their old material back on stage. You can’t call it a midlife crisis, those days are already in the past. They’re just raring to give it another go!
Rubber Gun is ready to take to the stage alongside Brigandage at the end of May. Brigandage will be travelling the Netherlands from Thursday May 28th till Saturday May 30st.
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