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| THE JEANS GENERATION - TRIBUTE
BANDS
The Beatles Revival (CZ), The Fab Four
(UK)
We Are The Champions (AUS), Demon's Eye (D)
57 - The Jeans Generation (radio show)
- 05.07.2005. |
The Beatles Revival (Czech Republic)
The Beatles Revival (Czech Republic) |
The Beatles Revival (Czech Republic) |
| The Beatles Revival Band Prague, from Czech Republic
- one of the best and most successful European revival groups. Put together
in 1996, the band has given more than 650 great performances in the
Czech Republic, Poland, Holland, Hungary, France, Slovakia. The key
to the group's success lies in world-class interpretation of Beatles
songs, picture-perfect image and stage choreography, and vocal and visual
similarity to the original Beatles. The band's repertoire consists of
some 60 of the Liverpool legends' best-known tunes. Each song has been
meticulously rehearsed after a careful study of studio performances
and audio and video recordings from live concerts. Thanks to this approach,
the group is not only able to play songs letter perfect, but it also
captures the mood and atmosphere of every individual composition. In
like manner, the band pays close attention to the image and originality
of equipment. Every detail is important. Using original VOX amps, Rickenbacker
and Epiphone guitars, a signature Hofner Violin Bass, and a Ludwig drum
set, the band achieves a sound that is undistinguishable from the original.
What's more, the group has three sets of exact copies of Beatles outfits
and even pays attention to such niceties as original Beatle Chelsea
Cavern Boots, chrome-plated VOX stands, stylish color posters, which
are made available to promoters, and many other seemingly unimportant
details that help create a perfect overall image. In the same way, the
band has a no-compromise attitude to stage choreography, settling for
no less that absolute authenticity. Everything matters - the position
on the stage, a left-handed bass player - an element crucial for an
authentic Beatles image, and typical movements copied from video recordings
of the legendary quartet. All you have to do is close your eyes, feel
the music, and you'll be taken instantaneously to Liverpool, circa 1964,
and it will be the real Beatles singing on the stage. A concert of The
Beatles Revival Band Prague is a veritable copy of a performance of
the original Beatles. Thanks to its authenticity, the band has been
hired as a warm up act for such British legends as The Animals, Joe
Cocker, The Rubettes, and The Smokie for their concerts in Poland. In
addition, the group has performed at the Berlin Estrel Beatles Festival
and on TV Markíza's 50th Senzi Senzus entertainment show, TV NOVA, MTV.
You can be sure that The Beatles Revival Band Prague will cheer up your
party too! Call, fax, or email us for additional information and the
band's concert schedule. We look forward to entertaining you. Types
of events where the band performs Concerts in culture centers and theaters,
concerts in clubs, city festivals, beer festivals, vintage festivals,
corporate parties, TV shows, music festivals, balls, dance parties,
opening ceremonies, public relations events, private functions, warm
up performances for famous bands, entertainment programs accompanying
exhibitions or fashion shows, appearances at discotheques, entertainment
programs accompanying congresses, conferences, and sports events, New
Year's Eve parties, events promoting radio and television stations,
oldies parties, and much more.
Types of performances
- Traditional concert - approx. 2x40 min. with a break - clubs, theaters,
and culture centers (dress changes available)
- Dance series - 1 to 3x30 min. with two breaks (dress changes available)
- clubs, parties, balls, etc.
- Playback set - approx. 15 min. - introduction of balls, corporate
parties, TV performances
- Best Of - selection of the best-known hits, approx. 60 min. - balls,
corporate parties, city festivals, etc.
- Music intermissions - music performances during various events up
to 70 min. without a break
Original instruments and stage gear
- Solo guitar - Rickenbacker 330 Fireglow, VOX AC30 amplifier
- Rhythm guitar - Rickenbacker 350 Liverpool, Epiphone J160EVC John
Lennon model, VOX AC30 amplifier
- Bass guitar - Lefthanded Hofner Violin Bass, VOX T100 amplifier
- Drums - Ludwig - Fab 4 Set, Black Oyster Finish
Costumes
- A copy of black suits used during 1962 -1964 & Beatle Chelsea
Cavern Boots
- A copy of grey suits with black lapels used during 1963 -1965 &
Beatle Chelsea Cavern Boots
- A copy of Shea Stadium Jackets used during 1965-1966 & Beatle
Chelsea Cavern Boots
Prices
The price of a performance is set based on a mutual agreement. We'll
do our best to try to meet your needs whenever possible. If you are
interested in playing the band in your program, please contact our agent
for your region.
References
Liverpool (GB) - 20th International Beatle Week 2003; Liverpool (GB)
- Cavern Club; BBC Merseyside Radio (GB) - On The Beat interview + acoustic
set + Howie Casey, Spencer Leigh; Berlin Estrel Beatles Festival 2003
(D); Szczecin (Poland) - Dni Morza 2002 + The Animals (UK) + Joe Cocker
(UK) + The Rubettes (UK) - audience of 130,000; TV NOVA - GoGo Show;
Magyar TV (HU) - Valahol Európa Zenés kabaré; TV Markíza (Slovakia)
- 50th broadcast of the Senzi Senzus entertainment show; Prague - 1999/2000
New Year's Eve, Old Town Square - audience of 60,000; Konin (Poland)
- Wolnosci Square - Main act of 2002/2003 New Year's Eve celebration
program; Zabrze (Poland) - Dom Muzyki i Tanca, two sold-out performance
at this biggest and best Polish music venue; Gliwice (Poland) - main
act of the Gliwickaja Wiosna Maj 2002 festival; Nysa (Poland) - warm
up act for The Smokie (UK); ®ofín Palace Prague - more than 20 concerts
at Prague's exclusive entertainment venue.
Contacts:
England - Brian Epstain
telefon +420 603 547 668
e-mail - booking@thebeatlesrevival.com
In case of interest for demo CD write
DemoCD@TheBeatlesRevival.com
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The Beatles Revival (Czech
Republic) |
The Beatles Revival (Czech
Republic) |
The Fab Beatles (United Kingdom)
The Fab Beatles (United Kingdom) |
The Fab Beatles (United Kingdom) |
The Fab Beatles - formed in 1991 have risen through
sheer hard work & dedication to be one of the most sought - after
Beatles tribute bands in the world today, with concerts performed all
over the UK, Europe, Middle East & the Americas. The Fab Beatles show
starts with early "Hamburg" material & goes right through
all the singles & album tracks to "Let It Be" & the
"break-up", with a repertoire that is second to none! Chosen
by the BBC as "The Best" & commissioned by EMI to promote
the "Beatles 1" CD. The Fab Beatles pride themselves on professionalism
& attention to detail & It's well documented that the Fab's sound
is the closest you will ever hear to the originals. The Fab Beatles use
only authentic instruments & costume & can now boast to have the
very drum-kit Ringo used on The Beatles 1964 American tour no-less! The
Fab Beatles are the industry's choice & considered the ultimate standard
to aspire to by other acts. See & hear for yourself...
Contact Details:
Tel: +44 (0) 1392 278960 / Mob: +44 (0) 7793 954888
Email: gigz@fabbeatles.com
Or write to us at:
6 King Edward Street, Exeter, Devon, EX4 4NY
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The Fab Beatles (United Kingdom) |
The Fab Beatles (United Kingdom) |
We Are The Champions (Australia)
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We Are The Champions (Australia)
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We Are The Champions (Australia)
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In Nov 2002 Al Toogood (Freddie) auditioned musicians
for the Queen tribute band which was to be known as Killer Queen. After
rehearsing solidly from late Jan to Aug 2003, (and a small informal tryout
at the Hollywood Hotel in Surry Hills) their first full gig in costume
was performed at the Off-Broadway Hotel in Sydney. In Sept 2003 this outfit
joined with the management of the old We Are The Champions tribute show
and performed solidly over the Christmas period. The band members then
bought the naming rights to We Are The Champions in 2004, have produced
new promotional material and are again the owners and managers of the
show under the agency of The Edge Entertainment.
The band are ...
AL TOOGOOD aka Freddie Mercury ( lead vocals / keyboards)
- Al is the founder, lead singer, choirmaster & artistic designer
of the band. He grew up in Hobart where he started singing with the Tasmanian
Conservatorium Chorale (1993), performed in Les Miserables at the Theatre
Royal (1994), the role of The Russian in Chess (1995) and Frederick in
Pirates of Penzance (1996). Al moved to Perth to study and also performed
in Anything Goes at His Majesties Theatre (1997). He completed a B.A.
in Musical Theatre at the West Australian Academy of Performing Arts [WAAPA]
in 1999 and moved to Sydney. Since then Al has worked in musicals including
Chang & Eng in Singapore 2000-01, worked as a fight director on the
film Darklands (2002) and the stage production Twelfth Night (2003). Al
also teaches singing, stage combat, and acting, privately and in schools.
He recently completed the Post Graduate Diploma of Voice Studies at NIDA.
KIRK BURGESS aka Brian May (guitar / vocals) - Kirk has been playing guitar
and performing since his early teens. He believes that students who continually
forget their guitar picks are cute and endearing. His first CD was actually
Queen Greatest Hits II! He played with a number of bands at high-school,
then at university Kirk had his first (moderate) taste of success with
original three piece Oracle, playing in venues such as Round Midnight,
Guildford Hotel, Uncle Buck's and Macquraie Uni. Kirk enrolled in an Advanced
Diploma in Music at the School of Creative Arts, Sydney. Whilst there
he formed a duo called Big Harmony with Brent Austin on lead vocals. Big
Harmony continued with Sheila Kumar on lead vocals, performing at Off
Broadway and other inner city venues. Kirk then joined We Are The Champions.
Kirk has since completed his Advanced Diploma in Music and is working
as a guitar tutor, as well as playing for singer Alison Lenton, and continuing
his role as Brian May in We Are The Champions.
BRAD PATTERSON aka Roger Taylor (drums / vocals) - Brad is the drummer
& chief dwarf wrangler of the band. He picked up sticks at age 14
and started playing in bands at age 15. The bands in order were: Aurora,
Oracle, The Chiefs, 1984, The Pam Spencer Band, Streamline, The Tracy
Vaughan Band, Seclusion, Kesaya, and Katrina Burgane. Brad played numerous
gigs around North-West NSW with many of these bands. He also played for
the Gunnedah Shire Band for 2 years. Brad studied for 2 years at the JMC
Academy of Music. During this time he did session work and recorded with
Kesaya and Rodger Armstrong.
STEVE LAKE aka John Deacon (bass / vocals) - Steve is the bass player
and the eater of the largest number of sausage rolls at rehearsal. He
even had a brief foray into microwavable nachos. He attended the Conservatorium
of Music age 9, played in the East-Gosford Big Band age 11, and studied
under Ian Westen from age 13 for 4 years. In 1997 he formed hard-rock
band 3-Fold. He then played with numerous punk / metal bands in his home
town of Erina, before forming a 5 piece metal band Descent that gigged
around central coast. Steve went back to more study for a year at JMC
College under Phil Scourgie before joining We Are The Champions in 2002.
He has also played with various session musos around Sydney including
Rodger Armstrong and Kesaya.
MATT BOURNE aka Spike Edney (extra keys / guitar / vocals) - Matt took
up guitar in his mid-teens, influenced by artists as diverse as Pearl
Jam, Tommy Emmanuel, and even Miles Davis. He soon added the piano to
his interests. Matt has absolutely no sense of humour and would be shocked
and appalled if his bio included humourous anecdotes. Completing a Bachelor's
degree in music in 2002, Matt has been playing guitar & keys in various
bands around Sydney, and has shared stages as a backing vocalist with
such artists as Jon Stevens, John Paul Young, David Campbell and Joanne
BZ. Current influences include Gomez, Muse, Pink Floyd & of course
Queen. He currently teaches guitar at the Five Dock Music School and Wesley
Institute. Matt plans to continue building a playing career, moving into
session work and producing in the future.
Contacts:
e-mail: alit72@wearethechampions.com.au
(Alistair Toogood)
web site: www.wearethechampions.com.au
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Alistair Toogood
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Alistair Toogood
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Demon's Eye (Germany)
Demon's Eye (Germany) |
Demon's Eye (Germany) |
Demon's Eye - schon seit geraumer Zeit hegte Drummer
Andree Schneider den Wunsch, mit Gleichgesinnten die Musik seiner Helden
Deep Purple zu spielen, und so trommelte er - gemäß seiner musikalischen
Berufung - im Februar 1998 die spätere Ur-Besetzung von Demon's Eye zur
ersten gemeinsamen Probe zusammen. "Child In Time", "Highway
Star" und "Hard Lovin' Man" wurden damals zum Besten gegeben.
Sofort wurde der nächste Probetermin vereinbart. Was eigentlich nur als
einmalige Session gedacht war, entwickelte sich innerhalb kürzester Zeit
zum festen Bandprojekt. Demon's Eye waren geboren! Die erste Besetzung
bestand aus Steve Curly (Gitarre), Michael Böcher (Orgel, Keyboards),
Jens Kreikebaum (Gesang), Andree Schneider (Schlagzeug) und Markus Schneider
(Bass). Am 18. Juli 1998 feierten Demon's Eye in Bad Schmiedeberg (bei
Leipzig) vor mehr als 700 begeisterten Zuschauern ihre Live-Premiere.
Im September '98 begab sich die Band ins Studio und nahm für Promotionzwecke
vier Songs auf ("Smoke On The Water", "Child In Time",
"Black Night" und "Perfect Strangers"). Selbst Deep
Purple - Bassist Roger Glover zeigte sich vom musikalischen Können der
Demon's Eye-Musiker beeindruckt. So meinte er in einem Interview im Oktober
1998: "Die Aufnahmen klingen dem Original unglaublich ähnlich. Es
ist sehr sehr gut. Ich muss sogar gestehen, dass die Aufnahmen besser
klingen als unsere seinerzeit. Demon's Eye haben den Purple-Sound originalgetreu
drauf." Nebenbei erwähnt pflegt Demon's Eye-Drummer Andree Schneider
einen sehr guten Kontakt zum Original und trifft die Deep Purple-Musiker
regelmäßig. Knapp drei Jahre hielt die erste Demon's Eye-Formation, ehe
im Dezember 2000 Maik Keller den bisherigen Bassisten Markus Schneider
ablöste. Maik hatte zuvor schon einmal mit Demon's Eye auf der Bühne gestanden.
Bei der Veranstaltung "Rock im Johannland" am 22. Juli 2000
war er einer der vier Bassisten, die für diese eine Show abwechselnd den
Bass für den damals verhinderten Markus Schneider bedienten - hier mehr.
Ende April 2002 wurde Organist Michael Böcher durch Florian Pritsch ersetzt.
Kennengelernt - wenn auch nur flüchtig - hatten sich Florian und Demon's
Eye bereits am 11. März 2000 anlässlich eines Treffens des Deutschen Deep
Purple Fan-Clubs "The Aviator". Damals spielte Florian bei einer
Jam-Session drei Songs mit Demon's Eye. Die erste Live-CD von Demon's
Eye mit dem Titel "Made On Stage" erschien Ende 2002. Kein geringerer
als Deep Purple-Bassist Roger Glover wirkte am Cover-Artwork mit. Im Juli
2003 wurde Demon's Eye eine ganz besondere Ehre zuteil. Im Anschluss an
die Weltpremiere des neuen Deep Purple-Studioalbums "Bananas"
in Essen enterten sie die Bühne und gaben ein vielumjubeltes Live-Konzert.
Contacts:
e-mail: management@demonseye.com
www.demonseye.com
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