MUSIG rock & pop
ROCK & POP LISTINGS continued
TUESDAY 20
Glasgow
I Ricky Ross Tramway 4. Albert Drive. 227 5511. £8.50 plus booking fee. See Tue 20.
I Solid Silver 60s featuring Peter Noone, Gerry And The Pacemakers, Wayne Fontana And The Mindbenders and Dave Berry Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Sauchiehall Street. 7.30pm. £14.50/£12.50 plus booking fee. Some hairloss lovers from Liverpool and chums tread the nostalgia circuit boards
I Little Amber, Goldrush and Speeder The 13th Note. Glassford Street. 553 1638. 8.30pm. £1.
I Speed, Lyd, Ghijk and The Young Offenders Glory Box. Curlers. Byres Road. 334 1284. 8.30pm. Free.
I Vagabonds Kilkennys. John Street. 552 3505. 9pm. Free.
I Tom Colquhoun Bar Brel. Ashton Lane. 342 4966. 10.45pm. Free. See Mon 1‘).
I Big Wednesday Cul I)e Sac Southside. Pollokshaws Road. 64‘) 4717. ‘)pm. Free. Accomplished Scotpop.
I Glasgow Songwriters featuring Alex Osborne Blackfriars. Bell Street. 552 5924. ‘).30pm. Free. Songwriters main man plugs his I.(’I My Watch ’uur Lips More album. Plus open mic guest spot with prize for the best song.
Edinburgh
I Songwriters' Showcase Tron Tavern. Hunter Square. 8.30pm. £1.
Information: 661 5275. Weekly forum for Edinburgh-based singer-songwriters. with anybody welcome to perform a fifteen-minute set. Tonight's host is a tall. handsome. talented Lapel called Kris Drever.
I Dorian, Quicksand and Poon The Attic. Dyer's Close. Cowgate. 225 8382. ‘)pm. £2. Details are sketchy for this one
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I John Coltrane Tri ute Band The Honeycomb. Blair Street. 220 4381.
1 lpm. £4 (£3). [)anceflmrjazz with live music and club DJs. Catch this lot before they go up to The Arran Jazz Festival. Also featuring musicians from the East Coast Pro'ect.
I The W isltey Dogs Canon's Gait. 232 Canon yate. 556 4481. 8.30pm. Free.
I Bar in' Bone Blues Henry‘s Cellar Bar. Morrison Street. 221 1288. llpm. £2.50 (£1.50). With four respected local tnusosjamming the blues in this intimate and vibing venue.
Glasgow
I The Starlets King Tut‘s Wah Wan Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 527‘). 8.30pm. £3 Perky pop tarts from Glasgow celebrate their single launch. See sin Yles.
I Ceci and Blackstone Nice 'n' Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street. 333 ‘)637. ‘)pm. Alternative rockers who stray too near metal cliches for comfort.
I The Secret Goldfish, Appendix Out, Jock Scot and Speeder Record Player. The 13th Note. Glassford Street. 553 1638. 8.30pm. £ 1. Another of Creeping Bent‘s monthly club nights featuring the slowcore of Appendix ()ut. the tiny pop of Secret Goldfish and the sardonic commentary of Jock Scot. ‘Socialism in a dancehall stylee!‘ is anticipated.
I Universal Joker and Swiss Family Orbison Mayfest Club. ()ld Fruitmarket. Albion Street. 287 5511. 10.30pm. £1 (advance/before midnight)/£2.
I Floor Nine, Shifter and The Corleones The Cathouse. Union Street. 248 6606. 8pm. £3.
I Huckster and Torquewrench Cavern Bar. Strathclyde University Student Union. John Street. 552 1895. 10pm. Free. Students and guests.
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Alpha Plus Qudos. Queen. Margaret Union. University Gardens. 33‘) ‘)784. 8.30pm. £1.50.
I Brown Eye Superfly Deep Six. Glasgow L'niversity Union. University Avenue. 33‘) 8697. ‘)pm. Free. Students and guests.
I The Felsons Colliers. l'lyndland Street. 357 5827. 10pm. Free. Fdinburgh country rockers. l’urt o/‘AIuv/erl.
I Johnny Logue Bar Brel. Ashton Lane. 342 4966. 10.45pm. Free. The vocalist froin Napoleon 4 does a solo stint.
I Le Cheeque Kilkennys. John Street. 552 3505. ‘)pm. Free.
I Felicity Kicks Harleys. Quarry Street. Hatnilton. 016‘)8 458174. ‘)pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I The Wizards 'l'he Honeycomb. Blair Street. 220 4381. llpm. £4 (£3). Up-and- coming eight-piece hip hop-ia/z-soul- funk band.
I The Johnson Brothers Canon‘s (tall. 232 Canongate. 5564481. 8.30pm. Free. Rock and pop covers from these two well-known singers. But are they brothers'.’
I ldlewild The Tap ()‘l.auri.ston. l.auri.ston Place. 22‘) 4041. ‘)pm. Free. Rock.
I Late Call Henry's Cellar Bar. Morrison Street. 221 1288. 10pm. £2.50 (£1.50). Jazz.
THURSDAY 22
Glasgow
I Korn and Helmet SliCC. Finnieston Quay. 287 7777. 6.30pm. £13.50 plus booking fee. No age restriction on this show. But must we throw this metal filth at our pop kids'.’ Korn are full-on hairy monsters who use a bagpipe believe it or not. while Helmet have emerged from the hardcore grunge scene.
I Don McLean Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Sauchiehall Street. 8pm.
f l4.5(l/£ l .5/£ll plus booking fee. There's so much more to Don Mc1.ean than ‘American Pie and '\’incent'. lt‘siust that we can‘t think what it is.
I Prolapse, Arab Strap and Motor Life CO King Tut's Wait Wait Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 527‘). 8.30pm. £4. Sc‘c‘ preview lint" l.c‘lc‘cslc‘l“.\' tlc‘tllc‘lllc‘tl Prolapse. Support from the melodic riffmercliants Motor life Co and the laidback-to-llie-point-ol'-prostrate Arab Strap who will wind the atmosphere down totally in the middle part of the evening.
I Edward O'Connor and The Runners Mayfest Club. ()ld l-‘ruitmarket. Albion Street. 287 5.5 l l. 10.30pm. £3 (advance/before midnightt/£4, The Blue Nile’s Paul Buchanan has allegedly said lidward ()‘Connor‘s face should be on stamps. which presumably means he recommends the guy. The Runners are described as a jazz-funk fusion band. or
The Pasadenas bring their soul sound to Glasgow's
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less fearfully as the Cocteau Twins playing world music.
I Monica Queen Cottiers. Hyndland Street. 357 5827. 10pm. Free. Monica and John. of Thrum fame. go back to their sparse roots capped by Monica's powerful vocal chords. Part ofMayflasI.
3 I Quarantine, The Poison Sisters,
Haywire and The Blunts The 13th Note. Glassford Street. 553 1638.
‘ 8.30pm. A benefit night for Network. an 3 organisation which promotes Aids awareness and sexual health in schools.
I Pepper, Wired and Perfectly Legal
3 Cavern Bar. Strathclyde University
Student Union. John Street. 552 1895. 10pm. Free. Students and guests.
‘ I Francis Anthony And The Blueskins The Halt Bar. Woodlands Road. 564
1527. ‘)pm. Free.
' I Big George Unplugged The
Brewhouse. John Street. 552 1895.
’ ‘).30pin. Free.
I Seattle Kilkennys. John Street. 552 3505. ‘)pm. Free.
I The Smiles The Underground. Bruce Hotel. Cornwall Street. liast Kilbride. 013552 29771. 10pm. £4. Retro guitar licks in a Faces style.
: I Maxi 5 Harleys. Quarry Street.
Hamilton. 01608 458174. ‘)pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I Cecil and Easy The Venue. Calton Road. 557 3073. 8.30pm. £5. The latest wave of British hard rock crashes on our shores.
’ I Bartok The Attic. 1)yer's Close. I Cowgate. 225 8382. ‘)pm. £2. Bartok
have supported Super Furry Animals. Bis. Skunk Anansie and Moondog Jnr in their time. They're a Glasgow four piece.
: although some people claim it sounds
like there's always more of them. One to
watch.
I Holyrood Slim And Guitar Jnr
: Canon's Gait. 232 Canongate. 556 4481. 8.30pm. Free. Hot damn. it’s a blues
thing.
i I New Song Common Grounds. 2/3
North Batik Street. The Mound. 226 1416. 8pm. Free. Stewart llanratty and friends.
I Phil Bancroft Quartet Henry‘s Cellar
Bar. Morrison Street. 221 1288. 10pm. £3
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I Ground Zero Tolbooth Theatre.
Stirling. 01786473 544. ‘)pm. £6 (£4).
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. FRIDAY 23
Glasgow
I Neil Sedaka Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Sauchiehall Street. 8pm. £l‘)/£17/£l5. He's a right smoothie on
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