About: Bamboo Party
"The band name was a tough one! We were recently called Elk and had to change our name due to many other Elks roaming the industry. Bamboo Party reflects us better, its different and innovative."
1. How do you see yourself in 5 years? What is your main goal as a band?
We can see ourselves touring all over. Thats our over all goal - play gigs.
Hi dear friends!
We are glad to present to you the third edition of mini reviews for the release of R&R World's most talented artists!
This time our heroes are: Grand Elk with their self titled EP, The Cheek Of Her and their Passionate Shit EP and rockers from Dublin Subject Matter with Smash The Mould LP!
The reviews are written by The ArenaCast host Damien V.! Read, enjoy and don't forget to spread the word!
About: Dirty Vibes
"We came up with a handful of absolutely rubbish band names before "Dirty Vibes." "Black Habit" was actually a band name consideration at one time. One night, our bass player, Bill, suggested "Bad Vibes", the name of one of his previous bands/projects and I said, "what about Dirty Vibes?" The rest is history!"
1. How do you see yourself in 5 years? What is your main goal as a band?
I can't speak for the others, but for me it's just about having fun and having a good time! You have to enjoy the journey as well as the destination, and I think everyone in the band just wants to play a big-ass stadium!
About: The Bambi Killers
"We've played gigs to no-one, played some gigs to a hundred or so people.
A memorable one was Muppet having a woman throw a bra at him at the beginning of a song. She then sheepishly crawled on stage mid-song and said "my boyfriend would kill me if i went home without my bra!!" Has that ever happened to Tom Jones???"
1. How do you see yourself in 5 years? What is your main goal as a band?
In 5 years time we'd like everyone on planet Earth know who The Bambi Killers are. A gig on the Moon would be cool. Failing that, a headline appearance at the Glastonbury Festival.
About: Wasteland
"We came up with the band name after hours of trying to come up with one and eventually felt like giving up when Josh said "Let's just call us Wasteland". As kind of a 'that'll do' kind of attitude it was agreed upon by Matt and then the name stuck. Although the name did begin to grow on all members... "
1. How do you see yourself in 5 years? What is your main goal as a band?
In 5 years, it's hard to say where we'll be because it depends on a lot of things like whether people buy our material, come to our gigs, share with their friends etc. Also money is a huge factor as well, every band needs money to record, promote and produce merchandise. If you don't have any money like us then it becomes really difficult. But we have our dreams like most bands and it would be nice to be playing in arenas, even if it's just as a support act. We'd also like to be signed to a record label.
About: The Restitution
"This project has gone through a few different names, and when I was tired of the last one, The Restitution just popped into my head. I pulled it up in the dictionary and thought it fit well"
1. How do you see yourself in 5 years? What is your main goal as a band?
In five years, we hope to be consistently touring, have a couple albums out, and the works, and not have to have a "real job." For the most part, it's a pretty typical outlook. One of us is 27, and while that's not exceptionally old by any standard, five extra years (32) is pretty old to not have some sort of a foot hold in life, and working in a warehouse for 30 years isn't particularly attractive for him.
We've got a couple main goals, actually. First and foremost, we just want to make the best music we can. It'd be awesome to end up doing something groundbreaking and unique someday, and to actually inspire people to do the same; I think the only way that's possible is to just do what you love and do it as best you can. We also want to influence and inspire people in a non-musical way. Being in the spotlight automatically gives you power, for better or for worse, and there's a lot of terrible role models out there. Kids in particular are really malleable, and I wish celebrities in general would understand and respect that, and that whether they want it to or not, their behavior will affect how many of these kids will act. This doesn't mean we're going to go straight-edge or end up like The Wiggles, though.
About: Sleeper Effect
"The sleeper effect is a psychological phenomenon whereby a highly persuasive message, paired with a discounting cue, causes an individual to be more persuaded by the message".
1. How do you see yourself in 5 years? What is your main goal as a band?
Wow, 5 years is a long time. We’re certainly not looking that far in the future. Our aim is play live. That’s where we’re most comfortable and love playing to a receptive audience who are behind us. We’re constantly writing and recording and hope to release our first album next year, 2013.
About: The OurZ unsigned "Dirty Rock N Roll" band from Dublin, Ireland
As The OurZ have been featured in our podcast in the past, we decided not to bombard them with standard interview questions again. Instead, we've asked them to tell us about their story, share their thoughts on different topics and give us a deeper insight into their life, music, mottos, principles and life rules! Read and enjoy!
In this episope of Arenacast 111 we have another blistering line up of awesome talent, ranging in styles from alternate heavy metal to folk influenced music including a revisit from the Dublin based dirty rock n roll band the OurZ.
Sit back, relax and enjoy another great episode of the Arenacast.
| # | Artist | Track |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Silent Smiles | Nice Try, Young Lad |
| 2. | Dirty Vibes | Black Habit |
| 3. | Xup Sup | Rosie |
| 4. | The Bambi Killers | Don't Be Invisible |
| 5. | Phoenix Club | Don't Lose Your Ghost |
| 6. | The Restitution | Waves |
| 7. | The OurZ | Summer Rain |
| 8. | Wasteland | Tell Me I'm Dead |
| 9. | Bamboo Party | Warning Signs |
| 10. | Sleeper Effect | Hero Clone |
About: Scarlet Hatchings
About: Vanity Strikes
"Our band name was chosen by our guitarist Kevin Murphy. Throughout our school years, he realized how vain everyone was, how everyone wanted to be perfect looking, popular and to be better then everyone else. We all were considered "Outcasts" in our younger years, so kevin came up with the name "Vanity Strikes".
1. How do you see yourself in 5 years? What is your main goal as a band?
We see ourselves with multiple albums out and headlining national and international tours! We will hopefully be on a major label and getting our name out there for everyone to hear!
| # | Artist | Track |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Jointpop | $oul$ Going Cheap |
| 2. | Ex Nihilo | Rise |
| 3. | The Maybes | Mild Violence |
| 4. | The Casual T's | Un Deux Trois |
| 5. | The Maffa Kings | Two Years Gone |
| 6. | Patriot Rebel | What Goes Around |
| 7. | The Condition | All My Yesterdays |
| 8. | Last Call Back Home | Where The Line Starts |
| 9. | Balthazar B and the Beatitudes | Like Shrapnel |
| 10. | Two Types of Clothing | Make Do And Mend (Radio Edit) |
About: Forest Fires
"We came up with the band name when I (Walter) was having a cigarette in my garden which overlooks a forest and someone was burning something in the distance so i thought Forest Fires. It wasnt anything special, but it's really hard deciding on band names we must have went through hundreds of suggestions."
Be sure to check out the Forest Fires Bandcamp page to listen and "name your price" purchase the "Recovery" EP.
1. How do you see yourself in 5 years? What is your main goal as an artist?
We just want to making good music and letting as many people hear it as possible. Whether its in little clubs or huge festivals.
About: World Vs. World
"...When it came time to form what we now know as World Vs. World in early 2007, Kirk proposed the name Straw Dogs, which the band went with as a starting name to begin with, but after Damian doing a little research on the internet, he found that the name Straw Dogs was well worn by thousands across the world. So he proposed the band change their name to World Vs. World, as it sounds very relevant to virtually everyone on a personal and social, worldly level, whether they can figure out why or not. Kirk grudgingly adopted the name change but over the years, we've learned that no other name would be right for our sound or attitude! World Vs. World is here to stay!"
1. How do you see yourself in 5 years? What is your main goal as an artist?
We are in this band for the longterm but we also take each day/wee/month/year as it comes. We believe we will still be together, with the same line up...hopefully in a more economically stable and comfortable situation than currently!!!
Hey friends!
We are glad to inform you that from now on in the ArenaCast blog we will be sharing with you the mini reviews for the latest releases of the most talented artists at R&R World written by our host Damien V.!
Meet the first three bands - Kodakid, Grassfight and Paper Memory, and don't forget to spread the word!
About: Deny The Lie
"We have recently released our music video for Alright Now. It was really good fun shooting the music video and we are really pleased with the outcome! The director, Lewis Cater, was really awesome to work too. You can check the video out on our Facebook and our Youtube"
1. How do you see yourself in 5 years? What is your main goal as an artist?
In 5 years time, we hope to be doing what we love still; creating music. Maybe in 5 years time, we would of reached out to a lot of people with our music. That's definitely something we strive for.
