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Radical Planet Shock Tour 2018 – Cambridge

Strawberry Faeries Present:
Radical Dance Faction, Back To The Planet, Culture Shock
Plus Last Gang in Town DJ’s
A Scarecrow Corner Production from the last minute crew!

Three of the most iconic British Free Festival bands all touring and playing on the same bill! This gig replaces Stroud on the tour.
Set times and order of play will be decided by the bands on the night.

This gig is very last minute. We are very honoured to be asked to be a part of the tour and put on three of our favourite bands under one roof after many years of seeing them in muddy fields and dingy venues as well as a few posh ones! A percentage of the takings will go towards Scarecrow Corner at Strawberry Fair, 2019.

If you didn’t already know, here’s some blurb about each of these legendary bands.

RADICAL DANCE FACTION
Radical Dance Faction (RDF) were founded by Chris Bowsher in Hungerford, 1986, and were originally known as ‘Military Surplus’. The band experienced many line up changes, and Chris remained the only original member up to the time RDF split up in the late 1990’s. RDF’s music combines punk, dub, and ska, with Chris’s spoken lyrics. Subjects such as the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 in ‘Chinese Poem’ & the the battle of the bean field. Chris witnessed first hand the Hungerford massacre, describing his experience in the songs ‘Hungerford Poem’ and ‘Hot on the Wire’. RDF were a regular act on the UK free festival scene prior to the 1994 Criminal Justice Act and were part of the crusty and anarcho punk movement. They were signed to ‘Southern’ records & toured Europe extensively. In August 2006 Military Surplus/RDF reformed and have played at many festivals and gigs since including headlining the Soundscape Solar Stage in Scarecrow Corner at Strawberry Fair in 2017.

BACK TO THE PLANET
Back To The Planet formed while squatting together in Peckham, London in 1989, and attracted a following throughout the early 1990s. They played four consecutive Glastonbury Festivals and many free festivals, including the Deptford Urban Free Festival and the Castlemorton Common Festival[1] in 1992. BTTP were vociferous in their resistance to the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994.
Their music blends elements of ska, dub, punk, and dance music. Their first album, Warning the Public, was released on their own record label, Arthur Mix Records, based in Hither Green. In 1993, the band signed to Parallel Records,[1] and released a chain of singles. BTTP split not long after the release of Messages After The Bleep in 1995, to pursue personal music projects.
BTTP performed a reunion gig at the Red Star Bar in Camberwell on 10 December 2006 and haven’t looked back since! They played Scarecrow Corner at Strawberry Fair in 2017 and released new material on the ‘Kick Out’ EP in September of the same year.

CULTURE SHOCK
UK punk/ska pioneers Culture Shock are fronted by legendary anarcho poet, Dick Lucas, also of Citizen Fish and The Subhumans fame. “Attention Span” is the band’s first new material since their reformation in 2013 & it picks up in fine style from where their legendary 1980’s “Go Wild”, “Onwards & Upwards” & “All The Time” releases left off. The tried & tested Culture Shock formula of hard hitting anti-establishment social commentary married with super infectious, raw & ragged punky ska rhythms never sounded better in fact!

LAST GANG IN TOWN DJ’S
Last Gang need very little introduction in Cambridge – this DIY punk collective have been constantly putting on gigs for the last 14 years and for the last 6 years have been hosting the Devil Kicks Dancehall, now Hangar 161, at Boomtown Fayre as well as DJ’ing at Strawberry Fair in Scarecrow Corner. Their own hometown gigs continue this autumn.

LAST GANG IN TOWN & 0161 FESTIVAL present… MOSCOW DEATH BRIGADE + THE RESTARTS

MOSCOW DEATH BRIGADE – Moscow Death Brigade is a circle-pit hip-hop phenomenon from Russia. Influenced by Drum’n’Bass, Dancehall, Techno and Grime, energized by a Hardcore-Punk attitude and layered with machine-gun Rap flow, the crew lyrically explore topical political and social issues. The result is a genre and scene-spanning explosive musical statement that speaks out against racism, fascism, sexism and bigotry and for rebellion, subversion, respect and unity.

Moscow Death Brigade has become one of the most active Russian antifascist bands, opposing all kinds of discrimination and fascism, organizing and taking part in benefit events and spreading the message of unity. From punx, skinheads and metalheads, to hip hop kids and graffiti artists, the crowd will be diverse, demonstrating that all of us are the parts of the same worldwide underground movement, based on friendship, mutual support and freedom.

After smashing it on Hangar 161 at Boomtown Fair this summer, Moscow Death Brigade are back for their first UK and Ireland tour and we can’t wait to bring them to Cambridge.

https://www.facebook.com/moscowdeathbrigade

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4eqettF5qI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NKU27R2OSc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0e5oZ2WoLA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_qmZOZsiyk

THE RESTARTS – The Restarts first crawled out of the North London Squat scene well over 20 years ago. Serial dole scroungers the lot of them, they named their band after the dreaded ‘back to work’ interviews and set about touting their stroppy four-chord punk to spiky-haired audiences around the world.

Clawing their way to the top of the underground pile, yet staying true to their ideals and the DIY culture at the true subversive heart of punk, the Restarts have toured all over Europe, the US and Canada, and with numerous releases have found themselves playing their part in the worldwide network of DIY Punk Rock.

Combining their socially aware lyrics with raw vocals and plenty of chorus “shout-a-longs” their abrasive yet catchy UK punk sounds are coming back to Cambridge. DIY political punk for the 21^st century!!

http://www.restarts.co.uk

http://www.facebook.com/therestarts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIpQp1i5ki4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzIH8zmCNxQ

Last Gang In Town present.. Acts TBA

Bad Granola Records Presents an evening of Ska Punk Christmas Madness featuring:
Popes of Chillitown
Millie Manders and The Shutup
Call Me Malcolm  facebook.com/callmemalcolmband
Skaciety facebook.com/skaciety
Be quick – this event WILL sell out!