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05-05-2005, 08:32 PM
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I don't think there was room to do anything else at that gig. I didn't even see the band, which isn't what you want at a Chalets gig.
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it was like a new years eve in there, unbelievably huge crowd at that gig!! |
05-05-2005, 08:54 PM
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ridiculous. that night and the imro thing the other night were the two most frustrating bar-queueing (not barbecuing) nights of the year so far.
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05-05-2005, 09:56 PM
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The 5.6.7.8's are Japanese gals with tenuous command of the English language but a definite knowledge of good ol' garage trash & roll. Unlike many of their retro cohorts who recreate the sound and feel of '60s psych pop and punk, they romp through '50s-styled raves with panache.
The 5.6.7.8's show traces of Bo Diddley,The Ventures, The Shangri-Las, Marianne Faithfull, The Cramps, The Go-Go's and The Pandoras, easily moving from full-on rockers to balladeers.
The band dates back to 1986 and has been championed by underground rock aficionados for years. In 1995, the trio released an album on Sympathy for the Record Industry, the same indie label that issued the first three White Stripes albums.
Quentin Tarantino then proceeded to give The 5.6.7.8's their cinematic 15 minutes to the little too edgy mainstream with the director-writer casting the Japanese garage-rock trio in "Kill Bill-Vol. 1" after hearing one of the group's records in a vintage clothing store during a visit to Japan.
Tarantino asks the band to perform the covers "Woo Hoo", "I'm Blue" and the original 5.6.7.8's song "I walk Like Jane Mansfield" on stage at the House of Blue Leaves (the rock 'n' roll izakaya in the movie) while people get chopped to pieces all around them.
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06-05-2005, 01:02 PM
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Just to update:
The Chalets/Neosupervital gig is Friday, May 27th in Club One. Tickets are €10. Price includes complimentary pint of Heineken or Murphys before 9.30pm. Which is great value I think.
The 5, 6, 7, 8's gig in on Thursday, 28th July in Nancy Spains. The Nucleotides support. Tickets are €15 (subject to booking fee) from Plugd.
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06-05-2005, 01:58 PM
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The Nucleotides support
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they supported the chalets in the lobby didn't they? Mad bastards. They had a talking brain on stage with them. |
06-05-2005, 07:56 PM
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I never knew the Chalets had played at the Lobby?
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06-05-2005, 08:45 PM
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t'was before xmas i think
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06-05-2005, 10:57 PM
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THE CHALETS
It all began in a clamour of booze and hormones. Two girls, two boys, and a drummer (as the joke goes), inspired by a weekend of hedonism at the All Tomorrow's Parties festival somewhere in the south of England, they decided to form a band. Learning instruments and writing songs, other such trivialities would be ironed out later.
Remarkably, this notion actually took fruition and before long it was a whirlwind of boy-girl face-offs, loud guitars, xylophones, nurse uniforms and indie-rock kids. The Chalets joined the ranks of Ireland's much-loved indie institution, the Road Relish Singles Club, for a split seven-inch with synthesiser-pop freak Neosupervital which featured Pee Pee and Pony re-imagined as cartoon space-babes. They then released their debut first single "Theme From Chalets" on Nasty Pop Records in 2004.
On the flip side of the same single, "Sexy Mistake" is used in heavy rotation on MTV for a daft promotional campaign featuring farm animals with trendy haircuts. The "Nightrock" EP soon followed and even broke the notoriously dire Irish Singles Chart.
To top it all off The Chalets scooped the Best New Band award of 2005 at The Meteor Awards.
The Chalets release their debut album "Check-In" plus a new single entitled "Feel The Machine " over the summer months on Nasty Pop/Setanta Records.
They are also to be included on the CD soundtrack album for the forthcoming Owen Wilson film called "The Wedding Crashers" which also stars Christopher Walken and Vince Vaughn.
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07-05-2005, 08:34 AM
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Their website got a completely new look recently too: http://www.thechalets.com |
07-05-2005, 02:54 PM
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I never knew the Chalets had played at the Lobby?
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twas the jazz weekend. |
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