SMOKE LIKE A FISH @ Telford’s, Chester SAT 22/3/08

3DJ · Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 4:17 pm

SATURDAY 22nd MARCH 2008
Funkdub Live Presents...
SMOKE LIKE A FISH
(Ska / Punk / Reggae)
@ Telford’s Warehouse, Chester

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"Imagine if you will a ska supergroup featuring members of Madness, The Specials and maybe The Beatbusters and you'll have some idea of where SLAF are coming from..."
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From the damp heaths of mid Wales comes the delightfully tight ska of Smoke Like a Fish. Hardly akin to the adolescent skater music pumped into the American mainstream in the mid '90s, this is the genuine article. In the tradition of The Specials and Toasters, Smoke's juicy guitars and round horn stabs frolic in the parallel universe of the upbeat.

Smoke Like A Fish originally formed as a 6 piece outfit in 1994, inspired by the sound of 2 tone ska bands The Specials and The Selecter and late 1970’s era punk troupes like Stiff Little Fingers and The Ruts. The band built up a huge following gigging regularly around their local mid Wales scene for the next 3 years before line up problems caused them to split up in 1997. After a number of personnel changes Smoke Like A Fish reformed in 1998 with their current 8 strong line up and have been taking venues by storm all across the UK ever since. The Smoke Like A Fish sound revolves around fast moving off-beat rhythms, brass splattered riffs, catchy choruses and social comment, all wrapped up in an unstoppably infectious 2 tone ska/pop/punkish package. A great respect for what has gone before shines through in their music, and this is reflected by the likes of The Beat’s Rankin Roger and Papa Sax and Jamaican 1960’s reggae legends Dave Barker and Dennis Alcapone joining them up on stage for some memorable renditions of past glories at a number of their gigs. Smoke Like A Fish self-released a couple of 6 song CD’s, “The Punktured Shark EP” in 1998 and “Kippertronix” in 2000, and contributed a number of songs to the European ska compilations “Stay SHARP vol. 2” and “Only For Ska Addicts” before finally putting out their debut self-titled album on Do The Dog Music in 2002. In 2005 they released their third album on Do the Dog. 2007 sees new material and new gigs...

http://www.myspace.com/dothedogmusic
http://www.myspace.com/officialsmokelikeafish
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gentlemankush · Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 2:35 pm

nice booking ! Surprised

Tommo · Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 4:42 pm

I seem to remeber that Joe posted something about these guys years ago, and they looked great.

Find the link and chalk me up.
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3DJ · Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 12:47 am

poster now ready to chaps -

code for myspacing...

gentlemankush · Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 1:57 pm

Excellent design work as ever, i'll update my facebook & myspace later this week..
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Saturday 6th September
Funkdub @ Telford's Warehouse, Chester, with Jon Kennedy live »

easy · Ape Joined: 23 Jan 2006 Posts: 455 Location: chester

should be a good warehouse party windown Very Happy

3DJ · Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 1:39 pm

bring the noise - see you all saturday - keep spreading the word!
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gentlemankush · Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 2:25 pm

yes yes yes, looking forward to this, been enjoying the Smoke Like a Fish cd, promises to be bouncing ! Surprised

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Woj · Ape Joined: 23 Jan 2006 Posts: 728 Location: Chester

Aye going to be glimmety glammity! Exclamation

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Wax On / Wax Off @ Citybar (Resident)
Soundclash @ Telfords Warehouse (Resident)
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Woj · Ape Joined: 23 Jan 2006 Posts: 728 Location: Chester

And it was! Proper good band and tunes. Thought the floor beams were going to break with all the stomping and it would be more 'swim like a fish'! Laughing

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Wax On / Wax Off @ Citybar (Resident)
Soundclash @ Telfords Warehouse (Resident)
Funkdub @ Telfords Warehouse (Guest)

Dj dates at:
http://www.myspace.com/colwoj

3DJ · Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 9:39 am

massive thanks to all that made it out for what was a superb night... apologies for anyone that had to que up, but it was bursting to capacity from early on - make sure you get their earlier next time!

great to see you all, and glad the band and DJs went down so darn well!

cheers,

3DJ
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gentlemankush · Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 1:34 pm

Couldn't agree more, excellent night, great band, great crowd, i had a bloody good time

cheers Very Happy

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Tommo · Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 3:36 pm

Smashing.
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