ELECTRO pop punk outift Stories She Told are back with a headline show at The Box on September 10.

After making a huge impact on their debut earlier this year, the Stoke-based five-piece are worthy of topping the bill at Crewe’s alternative music venue.

Northwich indie-rockers Echo of Ages offer quality main support along with Secret Fiction.

... New Crewe pop-punk boys Bet It All In Vegas make their debut as it all gets hot and sweaty.

Formed from the ashes of other bands, SST have united to experiment with a fresh new sound in 2010.

Mixing elements of heavy guitar and bass riffs with electronic synth, soaring vocals and thumping drums, their live shows are something to be seemed.

Backed by a huge following, the Stoke boys are fast becoming one of the best new bands on the city scene.

Making a welcome return, Echo of Ages have a mix of influences from Nirvana and the Pixies to REM, The Beatles, The Smiths, Black Sabbath and Matchbox 20.

Alternative funk-pop band Secret Fiction end their long Box exodus with an array of blistering tunes while Bet It All In Vegas promise madness.

Top Status Quo tribute make their Box debut on Saturday, September 11.

The boys have won over the legions by faithfully recreating the heavier side of Quo's music.

Rock on to those classic hits of the 70's along with rarely or never played album tracks and b-sides.

Stated Quo are: Mike Grady (guitar/vocals/harp), Chris Gleeson (bass/vocals), Dave Owen (drums) and Jimmy Glynn (guitar/vocals/harp).

Tall Trees, a UK rock band from Greater Manchester, England, formed early January 2010.

Their musical career has led them to play along side bands such as The Used, The Blackout, Gallows, You Me At Six, Rise Against and many more.

Their music has appeared on Kerrang Radio, XFM, Total Rock, BBC Introducing and is a personal favourite of Bruce Dickinson, on his own BBC Radio 6 show.

Music videos have also appeared on MTV2 along side reviews and articles in magazines such as Rocksound and AP magazine.

Above The Underground are a five piece pop punk band hailing from Cheshire.

Formed in 2009, they quickly made their mark on the British pop punk scene, embarking on several national tours and releasing two EPs.

NANTWICH band Swim Into Scarlet are set for their first headline slot at The Box on September 17.

It's just reward after the alternative indie outfit created major waves via social networking ahead of an eagerly-anticipated debut just over six months ago.

Since then the gigs have flooded in, BBC Introducing took notice of a track and that huge fanbase has continued to grow.

Aidan Razzall (vocals/guitars/synths), Zakk Thomas (guitars/backing vocals), David Nash (drums) and Matthew Vaughan (bass/synth) are using the night to lauch their new EP Siberian Snow.

"It's also a year to the date we first formed the band so there's more reason to celebrate," explained Thomas.

"We've changed our sound massively since then.

"It's more trop rock and the kind of music you'd listen to on holiday although nothing cheesy."

Sandbach-based Indie-folk band Proud Proud People join the party as main support.

"They've recently did a cover of Siberian Snow at The Box and we were made up," continued Thomas.

"We've become good friends after playing together and they're supporting us on a mini-tour we've got coming up.

"After The Box we're heading out to Escobar in Leeds and we've also got a date in Brighton.

"Gradually we're starting to push out and play further afield.

"It's been a good year and we don't want it to stop."

Northwich bands Thought Explode and The Autonomy join them at The Box.

'Perfect pop songs' - NME

'Utterly remarkable' - BBC

'Pavement for the pill-popping generation' - Artrocker

'Glorious wide-eyed pop' - The Fly



THE Answering Machine are an art rock band based in Manchester.

The band consists of Martin Colclough on vocals and guitar, Pat Fogarty on guitar and backing vocals, Gemma Evans on bass and backing vocals and Ben Perry on drums and glockenspiel!

The band formed in October 2005 at the University of Manchester.

Martin and Pat wrote songs together in their final year at university, and Gemma joined on bass shortly afterwards.

Their first gig was at Retro Bar in Manchester on the 1st March 2006.

The band played as a three-piece (Martin, Pat and Gemma) until August 2007.

Until this point they used a drum machine called Mustafa Beat.

The Answering Machine released their first single, Oklahoma on 16th October 2006 through High Voltage Sounds.

The single was limited to 500 vinyl copies, and sold out in two days.

Second Single, Silent Hotels was released with High Voltage Sounds on the 18th June 2007. They released their third single, Lightbulbs on the 5th November 2007 with Regal Records.

The band played at Glastonbury Festival 2007 and SXSW festival 2008.

They performed a UK headline tour in May/June 2007, and a support tour with The Rumble Strips in October/November 2007.

The band finished their debut album, Another City, Another Sorry at the end of 2008 with Dave Eringa.

It was recorded in a farm house in Yorkshire and then mixed at Beethoven Street Studios in London.

The album will be released through brand new independent label Heist Or Hit Records last year.

In the build up to the album release the band were invited on tour by the Manic Street Preachers including a three night slot at the Roundhouse.

Another City, Another Sorry was released on June 15th to excellent reviews and much excitement.

The NME described it as 'a fantastic debut' and referenced 'perfect pop songs'.

To celebrate the band played three gigs in youth hostels in Manchester, Birmingham and London offering fans free tickets and the chance to stay over after the gig.

The band release their new album in January.

On 12th September 2009 a new brand was born, "EUPHONIC FUZION" taking the best of Hard Dance, Techno and Electro and combining it altogether to create a new breed of sophisticated clubbing.

Owners Leighton Hudson and Carl Chesworth have put on some of the best nights that Crewe has ever seen, hosting 4 successful events and having DJ's play such as JP & Jukesy, Dawson, Hard Kitty and Kirsty Lee James to name a few.

They have also hosted the White Room for STORM at the legendary Emporium and have signed Jimmy Dean, one of the most prolific names of the Hard Dance scene, as one of their residents and all in the space of 9 months... Add to that, their DJs tearing up Ibiza this year, moving to their brand new home, THE BOX, and being involved in the biggest event ever in the Emporium's history, THE UK INDOOR DANCE FESTIVAL, aswell as other huge projects, the future is definitely bright for EUPHONIC FUZION!!!

Let's see what some of the DJs that have ripped it up for them have to say...

* Jimmy Dean: "One year ago I was asked to become a resident for a new night called Euphonic Fuzion, Originally I had doubts because although a lot of new promoters mean well and want to contribute to the scene which I have the highest respect for, In reality they don't really cut the mustard and there Nights tend to fizzle out. Which is a complete reverse of how EF has gone and that's all down to Leighton, Carl and all of the EF regulars - Every gig I have played as resident has gone off and has been full! A lot of DJs say this and it gets taken for granted, but they really are a great bunch of people to play to... Intelligent clubbers who really appreciate every tune.

Its fucking tough at the best of times trying to promote Hard House (without being in recession) but I can honestly say I'm very excited and Happy to be a part of the Euphonic Fuzion revolution, there's a lot more to come for us!....

If you want to see why I'm so excited, I'll show ya on the 25th of September...!! See ya there."

* Kirsty Lee James: "An absolute pleasure to play for, great music, great crowd of people and an all round great night! :) "

* Hard Kitty: "I don't think I've ever sweated so much or danced harder in my life, the atmosphere in there was insane! DJing to the Euphonic Fusion crowd is something I don't think I will ever forget. It's a good job that there weren't chandeliers in that place, cause we would have been swinging from them.. haha, and who would blame them - the music was top-class and the night was rockin' all night long. Xxxxxxx"

* Dawson: "My 1st EF event was off the scale. Friendly clubbers who are mad for it, a wicked group of promoters and more importantly promoters in it for the right reasons. As soon as I finished my 1st set I was gagging to come back to the next one, which I did but this time on the other side of the decks! I cant wait for the 1st Birthday as I KNOW it's going to be one of the parties of the year!!!"

On 25th September Euphonic Fuzion will be 1 year old and we plan on celebrating in STYLE!!! Our new venue, The Box, with its huge purpose built lighting and sound system, late license, lowered dancefloor and chill out room, is the the only place to be, and features an All Star line up with all of the EF team. This is sure to be the best event yet!!!

***HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY EUPHONIC FUZION!!!***

* Jimmy Dean

* Adam M

* Dawson

* Ash Preston

* Charlie Bosh

* D-Tox 1809

* Jack Wood

* Disco Pete

* Gimp

'There's something cheeringly uncategorisable about Liverpool trio Hot Club De Paris' blend of twitchy punk, rococo guitar, lusty three-part folk harmonies and witty, occassionally foul-mouthed lyrics. Almost wilfully abstruse, but surprisingly charming live.' - The Guardian

'Spry and wiry Liverpool trio, whose splicing of antsy post-hardcore and oddball Fall/XTC-ish indie energy is as refreshing as a splash of cold water to the face!' - NME

Hot Club de Paris went on a rampage; they shot up the border guards, hijacked a horse and cart and galloped down the fault line leaving the peasants on the dirt road confused and breathless.

They took their shirts off and shrugged in the silence of brand new bloodshed.

They danced cheek to cheek with all the pretty girls of the day.

They were gentlemen; aloof and serious, camp and devious.

They swung for Judas on the red carpet at the awards ceremony.

The paparazzi blinded the bystanders with their flash bulbs, whilst Hot Club de Paris slipped into the darknes of the city leaving someone else to figure out the whole contextual mess.

The band's early experiments were showcased at their first gig in Liverpool's Heebies Jeebies in April 2004 and since then Hot Club de Paris have collected a small arsenal of skewif punk-pop bombs.

Hot Club de Paris' current writing process is very similar now to those early practice sessions, an initial guitar riff of Matthew's is unveiled and Paul and Alasdair spend a while jamming to it.

Many of their songs begin life as instrumentals and over time the music is whittled down and battered into short two-minute pop arrangements, but with a blatant disregard for standard pop formula.

The bass guitar tends to dictate the chord progression, "once I've decided what the progression is, I have a bash at writing the words" says Paul, "we'll play it together some more, struggle a little - it's often far too technical to sing over - and once we're comfortable with the song, Alasdair will begin to figure out the harmonies."

A classically trained pianist, Alasdair is behind all of Hot Club de Paris' harmonies.

Many of the songs feature layered up harmony lines and it's this and their natural inclination to write and play in complex time signatures that sets them apart.

"Odd time signatures are just something we're used to" explains Matthew.

"We listen to so much music that isn't in 4/4 that it's completely natural for us to take influence from that.

"We don't ever write music just to be awkward, it's just the way we write.

"People write in 4/4 because that's what they're used to, we're doing exactly the same thing with what we do."

Live, Hot Club de Paris are one of the most exhilarating bands you're likely to see.

Oodles of humour and back-chat abound, they successfully manage to marry technical musicianship with pure fun.

Their barbershop-style a capellas punctuate their set to produce a form of entertainment that once witnessed, makes you wonder why everyone's not doing it.

And this is far from your 'post-punk-art-rock-pop-band-do-harmonies' affair, it's so much more than that.

These kids actually manage to make a room full of awkwardly shifting voyeurs dance to a 7/8 beat and sing along to their a capella musings about 'fucking anything that moves'.

Hot Club de Paris marked their return with a brand-new EP with the splendidly titled Days Like This As Cheap As Chewing Gum, Why Would Anyone Want To Work? in February.

The Rise and Inevitable Fall of the High School Suicide Cluster Band is the second EP from their prolific stint of going back to basics, concentrating on writing, recording and self-producing a plethora of simply ace DIY British punk pop.

The track captures the Hot Club’s admiration of independent experimental American indie rock and the band’s undying love of classic British rock.

Referencing bands such as The Who, early Queen and Led Zeppelin as well as delivering the usual nods towards Joan of Arc, The Minutemen and Pavement, The Rise and Fall… charts an exciting development in the band’s sound.

Hot Club de Paris are Paul Rafferty, Matthew Smith and Alasdair Smith.

Vice Squad formed in 1978 with an initial line-up of Beki Bondage (vocals), Dave Bateman (guitar), Mark Hambly (bass), and Shane Baldwin (drums), and played their first gig at Bristol University's Anson Rooms on 12 April 1979.

Bateman and Baldwin had previously been members of the TV Brakes. The first release by the band was the track "Nothing", which was included on the 1979 compilation Avon Calling.

Members of the band were involved in setting up the Riot City label with Simon Edwards, the label becoming one of the major punk labels of the era.

The band took some time to make further impact, only playing six gigs in 1980, but 1981's debut single "Last Rockers" was well-received, selling over 20,000 copies and spending almost forty weeks in the UK Indie Chart, reaching number 7.

The follow-up, "Resurrection", reached number 4, and the band undertook a tour supporting UK Subs.

The singles received airplay and support from BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel, and they would go on to record two sessions for his show, in 1981 and 1982.

In 1981 the band signed with major label EMI (their Zonophone subsidiary), prompting criticism from many within the DIY punk scene.

Their debut album, No Cause For Concern, was released in late 1981, reaching number 32 in the UK Album Chart.

A second album followed in 1982, and the band embarked on a tour of the United States and Canada. On returning from the US, Bondage announced that she was leaving the band.

She went on to front Ligotage and later Beki and the Bombshells, and without her, Vice Squad were dropped by EMI.

The band carried on, however, replacing Bondage with a new singer called Lia (who was previously known as Jools and had been the singer for local band Affairs of the Heart).

The new line-up, also including the band's manager Mark "Sooty" Byrne on second guitar, signed with Anagram Records, and recorded a session for David Jensen's BBC radio show.

Indie hits continued with singles such as "Black Sheep" and "You'll Never Know", but sales began to dwindle, and the band split up in 1985. Dave Bateman died in 2007.

Bondage formed a new version of Vice Squad in 1997, along with former members of The Bombshells, after being persuaded to perform the old material at the Holidays In The Sun festival.

The line-up was initially Bondage on vocals, Paul Rooney (guitar), 'Stilton' (bass), and 'Pumpy' (drums).

The rhythm section was replaced by Michael Giaquinto (bass) and Tony Piper (drums) in late 1999/early 2000.

This new line-up has recorded several albums and they continue to tour Europe and the United States.

In 2006, they released the album Defiant, produced by guitarist Rooney.

Forced to shelve 2008 album Fairground For The Demented due to the recession, Beki and Paul bounced back to write London Underground - a welcome return to a UK Brit Punk style.

Vice Squad make their debut at The Box as part of an on-going UK tour.

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'The perfect antidote to cold, careerist indie' - NME

'Incredibly moving... rousing and heartbreaking at the same time' - Steve Lamacq

'Huge, life-affirming songs that nod to Springsteen'n'Dylan' - The Fly

'Raw and honest and true... Watch out. Young Rebel Set are coming' - The Guardian

'Imagine The Boss had he been 'Born In The Yorkshire Dales rather than the USA' - NME

'This band may just break your heart' - Whisper Magazine

The mysterious troubadours that form Young Rebel Set preach full-blooded tales of tough love, hard luck and the triumph of romance against the odds.

Every spit and sawdust jig is spun from the blood, sweat, tears, toil and glory of an extraordinary group and woven into a rousing patchwork of gritty urban folk.

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'Our money's on Dinosaur Pile-Up delivering one of the best British rock debuts in recent years.' - NME

'Proof that indie band's don't have to choose between noodling or landfill. As exciting as you could wish for.' - The Guardian

'The perfect soundtrack to a monster collision.' - Kerrang

'Dinosaur Pile-Up are here to show us the error of our ways. Thank them.' - The Fly

Growing Pains, the debut album from Leeds trio Dinosaur Pile-Up, will be released via Friends Vs Records this September.

Led by the single Birds And Planes, released on digital download and limited-edition 7-inch vinyl, available just prior to the album on July 26, Growing Pains is the sound of a one of the UKs most exciting bands hitting their stride.

It comes, following a handful of introductory independent releases over the past year and a bit, after which the band's frontman and creative force Matt Bigland entered Bridlington's Lodge Studios with producer James Kenosha to record the debut, taking place over January and February this year.

The result is a storming rock powerhouse of big pop songs driven by the kind of wall shaking undercurrent only a three piece can muster.

Bigland says of the album: "I know it sounds bent but I liked the idea of people to be able to sing along to the songs, even if they were singing about being hated or upset. "I wanted to make a record that kicks people in the face whilst getting stuck in their head."

Their career to date was led by the January 2009 debut single My Rock N Roll, followed by a second single Traynor, and last year's summer release, modestly titled The Most Powerful EP In The Universe - which spawned songs such as summer hit single, Beach Bug and Cat Attack.

Their live plot to date has seen them tour with a rich cast of bands including a UK/European jaunt with the Pixies in December, and a French tour with Violens for the coveted Les Inrocks tour last spring.

On the festival circuit the band has shared stages with Crooked Vultures on the Radio One tent at last year's Reading and Leeds festivals, and they headlined NME's Halloween spectacular at Koko last October.

Elsewhere they have performed alongside Future Of The Left, Pulled Apart By Horses and The Automatic, and last summer stormed the festival circuit performing at Bestival, Oxegen, T In The Park, and aforementioned Reading and Leeds festivals.

They return to the live stage this September with a headline run ahead of the album's release.

Main support for the show comes from Bristol's highly rated Turbowolf.

Turbowolf are building an electronic noise temple above the crumbled pillars of rock music, with godzilla guitars battling broken junkstore keyboards.

Constantly striving for new musical territory, the band are putting innovation, energy and fun back into rock n roll.

"We have a shared love of the peculiar and unusual," states Turbowolf singer Chris Georgiadis proudly.

"We have a scientific thirst for seeing what happens when you do what you're not supposed to!"

The Bristol quartet - completed by guitarist Andy Ghosh, bassist Jeremy Dunham and drummer Chris Davis - may be dedicated to flipping the script on the rock 'n' roll rulebook, but, as they have increasingly discovered, the least obvious route, often makes for the most interesting results.

"We don't pander to anyone," reckons Chris. "We try not to over think anything and see where it takes us. That's the real driving force and so far it's working."

Forming a few years back thanks to a shared love of Danzig and a desire to be as loud as Motorhead, they soon realised a change or tack was in order if they to make any impact beyond raucous local shows.

"We realised we weren't going to better Motorhead," laughs Andy.

"So we tried to approach it from a fresh angle adding weird sounds, synths, using guitars like basses and basses like guitars."

It's a formula that's got tongues wagging and jaws hitting floors wherever they go, with a hugely successful 2009 seeing them tear it up at South By Southwest in Texas, The Download festival, and on tour with The Computers.

With a debut album in the works, preceded by a teaser EP due out in March, the fiery foursome are hoping to capitalise on that momentum and get back on the road for some more "beers for breakfast" once studio work is completed.

"The record will hopefully take the listener to a pretty weird place," says Chris. "Live, we just smash it as hard we can so we're excited to see what we come up with."

'Utterly fantastic and unpredictable. Like an explosion in a riff factory' - Kerrang

'Like Gallows if they'd been brought up in a circus. Get involved with the Wolf' - Metal Hammer

'I'm loving this at the moment, one of my top tips. I think they're gonna be massive!' - Rob Da Bank, Radio 1

'The most innovative unsigned band in Britain' - Download Festival

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LIMEHOUSE LIZZY - THE GREATEST HITS OF PHIL LYNOTT & THIN LIZZY

Renowned for an action-packed pyrothechnic-fuelled explosion of a show, Limehouse Lizzy continue to keep the spirit of Celtic rock icon Philip Lynott and his band Thin Lizzy alive, well and dominating stages worldwide.

Attention to detail, playful audience interaction and that all important X-factor that leaves you with the feeling of witnessing the real thing have led to their performance being described as "beyond tribute", by both audience and critics alike.

Following the enormous success of their 'Live & Dangerous' & 'Dedication' tours, the band embarked upon their 'Into the Limelight' 2008 tour to tie in with their appearance on an episode of BBC2's 'Arena' documentary series of the same name.

The tour travelled as far as a headline slot at the Rhodes Rock festival in Greece, and the Virgin Atlantic Music festival in Barbados. The band appeared alongside diverse world music acts, and played a Thin Lizzy set representing the celtic rock genre.

Their latest tour continues to explore and celebrate the artistic and musical legacy of the hard-living, hard-rocking, yet at times surprisingly tender and romantic artist that was Philip Lynott.

Expect Celtic influenced tracks like 'Whisky in the Jar' and 'Black Rose', amongst the usual razzamatazz and classic tracks 'The Boys are Back in Town', 'Sarah' and many others we've come to expect from one of the most highly rated acts on the circuit.

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Six of the UK's most highly-esteemed and experienced rock musicians have joined forces to create Monsters of British Rock!

This supergroup arrive at The Box as part of their major Winter tour with special guests Tygers of Pan Tang.

Original Whitesnake members Micky Moody and Neil Murray have teamed up with Laurie Wisefield (Wishbone Ash), Harry James (Thunder), Chris Ousey (Heartland) and Michael Bramwell (We Will Rock You) to bring you classic twin-guitar rock as it should be played.

Playing classic rock songs that they helped create, such as Whitesnake's Here I Go Again, Fool For Your Loving, Don't Break My Heart Again, Ready An' Willing and Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City, together with other hits from the band members' back catalogues, Monsters of British Rock are the genuine article.

The list of world-class bands and musicians that the members of Monsters of British Rock have collectively played with runs into literally hundreds: Eric Clapton, Tina Turner, Joe Cocker, Jeff Beck, Gary Moore, Magnum, Queen & Paul Rodgers, just to name a few.

This is one Monster of a rock band!

Micky Moody (guitar, slide guitar, vocals), Neil Murray (bass), Laurie Wisefield (guitar, vocals), Harry James (drums, vocals), Chris Ousey (lead vocals), Michael Bramwell (keyboards).

A NWoBHM institution, the TYGERS OF PAN TANG helped break the mold in the late 70's and early 80's.

originally formed by Jess Cox (vocals), Robb Weir (guitar), Richard "Rocky" Laws (bass), and Brian Dick (drums), they rapidly built up a following from gigging relentlessly.

Fourth album The Cage (1982) is often hailed as an influential album of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement.

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