Born from the influences of the rave scene to the rock driven sound of Led Zeppelin, Killaflaw are an explosive act. They consist of Benn Helm - vocals, guitar and studio synths and Andy Paton - synths, samplers, drum machines and trumpet. They have been working together for four years but joined forces officially two years ago due to commitments in other bands.

Benn Helm has performed in many bands and music projects. He gigged in the The Royal Albert Hall and Summer Pops with The Jones's, backing James Brown, and has been in bands such as Nanmess and Circus. Nanmess were a hard hitting rock band whilst Circus combined Blues and psychedelic rock. He writes his own acoustic material and was also a member of Hendrix-esq band Kush. His original interest in the rave scene has brought them together. His raw, energetic and bluesy vocal style, unique songwriting skills and talent for memorable and catchy guitar riffs is essential to the Killaflaw sound.

A graduate in Music and English Literature, Andy Paton has a knack of creating and picking out a cutting breakbeat, an arse dribbling bassline and a heart breaking melody on synth or trumpet. He has performed many solo gigs notably as a resident for the Alien Resonance night in Liverpool and has played across the North West and Wales and he won the mixing category for the Orange Experience competition in 2004. His was in a duo called Betamorphe before Killaflaw was born. One faitful day in 1994 to add to his already vast collection of Prodigy, SL2 and Altern 8 tapes he was given a Korg Poly 61 synth in 1994 at the age of 10 and that's where it all started.

Influences: Prodigy, Orbital and Chemical Brothers, Miles Davis, Led Zeppelin to Vaughan Williams to Pink Floyd. Other favourites of ours are Pearl Jam, Jimi Hendrix, Underworld, Leftfield, Death From Above, Soulwax, Add N to X, Felix Da Housecat, Future Sound of London, Erol Alkan, Altern8, SL2, Primal Scream, The Stone Roses, Two Lone Swordsmen, Aphex Twin, Coldcut, Mr Scruff, Jon Carter, Carl Cox, KLF, Ulrich Schnauss, Massive Attack, Bob Dylan, Joy Division, Nirvanna, The Orb, Tangerine Dream, Sky, The Beach Boys, Pendulum, LTJ Bukem, Stockhausen, Hint, Josh Wink, Alter Ego, Justice, Daft Punk, Moby (early stuff), Rage Against the Machine, The Pixies, The Doors, The Rolling Stones, Ray Charles, Janis Joplin, Gil Scott-Heron, Jeff Buckley, Anthony and the Johnsons, Radiohead, Portishead, UNKLE, Ratpack, 808 State, DJ Hype, DJ SS, NWA.....

''Dance music is on a downer at the moment...Its a calling for all electronic artists to make music that excites people again!''

Influences: THE PRODIGY, THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS, MUSE, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE, PENDULUM, GROOVE ARMADA, LEFTFIELD, PLUMP DJ'S , PITCHSHIFTER

The Mong Club don't give much away about themselves on their myspace, but quality music like this speaks for itself!

Influences: The muppet show,lee perry,capt.beefheart; and the magic band,brian eno,miles davis,tom waits,m.f.doom,the fab four,dennis bovell, burning spear,dr.john,grandmasterflash,the clash,the zeb,radio mongolia,tits o"driscoll,madvillian,peter tosh,doug e fresh,radiohead,the pogues,jimi hendrix,section47,adult swim,salvador dali,a good nights rest,... infinite livez,the sparky,funkadelic,ian dury;andthe blockheads.marvin gaye,steel pulse,stevie wonder,l.k.j,koolkeith,biggie smalls,twoears.bigfoot,2000ad,can,bill hicks, vivian stanshall,pork recordings,aphex twin,kraftwerk,sly and robbie,john peel,gonzales,tim buckley,janis joplin,the soft machine,the specials,&.you...............etc,etc,etc.

Former dj, future jeweler, he's been doing music officially for about 6 years, just doing his own thing. Remarkably he doesn't know how to read music yet plays all the parts. The notes sometimes sound "wrong" to some, but to the enlightened, He plays the instruments in the way he knows how to which creates a refreshingly original sound. Dig it!

Influences: blue oyster cult, sun ra, the fall, goblin, esg, judy henske, broadcast, bikini kill, selda, the monks, kraftwerk, rolland kirk, incredible string band, cocteau twins, van dyke parks, david ackles, royal trux, stina nordenstam, young marble giants, the stooges, charles mingus, lightning bolt, buzzcocks, muddy waters, T rex, butthole surfers, peaches, the seeds, margo guryan, love, acdc, the remains, neil young, silver apples, bo diddly, xtc, nirvana, abba, scott walker, dr dre, bbc radiophonic workshop, can, the tornados, roxy music, james brown, the breeders, the trashmen, jilted john, brenda lee, billie holliday, the cramps, link wray, joannie sommers, knoxville girls, los microwaves, kiss, captain beefheart, warren zevon, the gogo's, the beach boys, husker du, bettye lavette, the contortions, galaxy 500, sam cooke, grace slick, the human league, howlin wolf, patti smith, jan garbarek, minutemen, the cranes, strawberry switchblade, pink floyd, sandy denny, b52s, devo, kristen hersh, sufjan stevens, heart, teardrop explodes, the shirelles, ann briggs, public enemy, sebadoh, sparks, tom waits, peanut butter conspiricy, billy childish, joanna newsom, king krimson, memphis minnie, jeffery lewis, the clash, faith no more, blues magoos, black sabbath, pavement, todd rundgren, vashti bunyan, rita mitsouko, flamingo 50, augustus pablo, this heat, cheap trick, bernard hermann, the millenium, kling klang, the byrds, prince, cat power, nico, roy orbison, pere ubu, karen dalton, grace jones, the vaselines, robert johnson, add n to x, the ronette's, sister rosetta tharpe, towns van sandt, black flag, yes, the cars, the chordettes, the beatles, blonde redhead, sonic youth, red krayola, little richard, john cage, john cale, the residents, hank williams, the smiths, judee sill, rosa ponselle, skeeter davis, creation, parlament, martha and the muffins, pixies, bananarama, the jam, the shaggs, Siouxie + the banshees, fuzzbox, elizabeth cotton, N.O.U, neu!, erik satie, bobby callender, bad brains, kate bush, the slits, ween, superchunk and tramp, the sonics, herbie hancock, wire, chuck berry, jerry lee lewis, bob dylan, slayer, joy/order, elliot smith, prefrab sprout, serge gainsbourge, trans am, the runaways, slint, jimi hendrix, blondie, united states of america, nancy and lee, os mutantes, swing out sister, shakespears sister, phillip glass, bush tetras, sleater kinney, steely dan, letigre, dinosaur jr, burning spear, melvins, angelo badalamenti, del shannon, scritti politti, the modern lovers, skip spence, hawkwind, au revour simone, durruti column, buffalo springfield, early 80's metalica, jesus and mary chain, fiery furnaces, the carpenters, shocking blue, chrome, the velvet underground, fairport convention, my bloody valentine, john carpenter, the luv'd ones, guided by voices, peter gabriel, the music machine, yeah yeah yeahs, daniel johnston, fleetwood mac, bubble puppy, stereolab, echo and the bunnymen, shonen knife, fifty foot hose, television, the chiffons, bowie/eno, megadeth, francoise hardy, pussy galore, bach, ramones, john coltrane, oingo boingo, tom tom club, eartha kitt, girl bands, pych, classical, punk, electonic, jazz, kraut, french, blues, surf, heavy/soft rock, pop, drone, 80's power ballads, folk, 50's r&b ect...

The Band Consisting Of Luke Bennett (guitar), Chris Naughalty (bass) & James Warren (drums) Formed In May 2007. Luke & James had already been playing together in a previous band called The Priory Of Sion & after spliting with the band they formed a new band with Chris, a friend who was learning bass. After a month of playing the band had about 3 songs perfected and decided to search for a new guitarist, although it did not take long to find one. Chris Skeggs was announced as the newest member of the band but sadly after 4 months Skeggs decided to leave the band for private reasons.

The band, now once again a 3-piece are playing local gigs around Wirral & Liverpool

Influences: Kings Of Leon ,The Strokes, The Beatles, Arctic Monkeys, The Killers, John Kenright, Stu Bennett, Blink-182, The Doors, Fall Out Boy, The Libertines, Kings Of Leon, Travis Barker, Matt Tong, Matt Helders, Ronny Vannuchi, Tre Cool, Joey Castillo.

The Bards of New Brighton meet on the first Monday of every month at the Little Brighton Inn (The Ginny) in Rowson Street, New Brighton, from 8.30pm.

From Poetry, to Politics, to Comedy, to music. From High art to pure filth - expect all this and more!

New members always welcome, just turn up! For more info, contact Steven Regan: 07764 615069

Some of the regulars will be doing a turn, we're not quite sure what to expect yet, but it's likely to be pure entertainment, so get there early!

Influences: Shakespeare, Milton, Keats, Shelley, Robert Burns, Gordon Burns, Half man Half Biscuit, Jegsy Dodd, Roddy Frame, Monty Python, George Bush, John Lennon, Tony Blair, Margret Thatcher, and others.

"The Container Drivers are a trio from NW England. At the moment we're best known for our Fall tribute, 'The Ex-Members of The Fall Club', which was released in the summer of 2004 on the German compilation LP 'Perverted by Mark E'. Our track picked up airplay on the John Peel show ("this is very good", was his verdict) and around Europe and the US. The much-missed Mr Peel also played a couple of our demo tracks in September 2004. Since then we had our shimmering cover of Television Personalities 'A Picture of Dorian Gray' released on the TVP tribute issued by Canadian label the Beautiful Music. Our last release was our contribution to the Cherryade Records Christmas album, volume 1. 'In the Bleak Mid-Afternoon' was favourably mentioned in reviews and likened to Belle & Sebastian. Hmm! Clearly we were showing our sensitive side on that recording.

Since starting gigging in autumn 2004 we've supported bands including Persil, We Start Fires, Decoration and Steveless. We hope to be releasing our debut single in early 2008 through Cherryade Records. Stay tuned for top shouty noise tune stuff (with added megaphone).

In addition to being a Container Driver, Keg also runs the unofficial Television Personalities website called 'A Day in Heaven'"

Influences: The Fall, Pixies, Television Personalities, surf music, b&w sci-fi films, Orange Juice, Jonathan Richman, Vivian Stanshall, Bogshed, jangle-thrash groups, noise-pop bands.

The Dead Shores do what they do best - witty and storming everyday life northern punk rock on its own terms with the ever-impressive Crag on vocals singing about scaffolding and sexy legs. Fans of Half Man Half Biscuit and Julian Cope will have much to look forward to. Powerful and forceful, full of energy, quirks and tics, The Dead Shores will have people singing their choruses by the end with a smile of their face and a mod jump in their feet.

They formed in 2002 and have recorded lots of material, some of which is on a self financed album put together in 2005. Available at: www.thedeadshores.co.uk. THE DEAD SHORES have had good support slots with: The Fall, Babyshambles, The Long Cut, The Slits, Tom hingley & the lovers, The Suzukis, Bromheads Jacket.

Influences: THEDEADSHORES, HALF MAN HALF BISCUIT, JEGSY DODD AND THE SONS OF HARRY CROSS, THE ORIGINAL SINNERS, JULIAN COPE, THE PIXIES, THE WEDDING PRESENT, THE SUGAR CUBES, CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN, THE B52'S, MAGAZINE, ORANGE JUICE, BILLY BRAGG, THE STOOGES, IGGY POP, RICHARD HELL &THE VOIDOIDS, THE VELVET UNDERGROUND, LOU REED,PAVEMENT, FELT, VIOLENT FEMMES, ELVIS COSTELLO, KRAFTWERK, CAN, FAUST, THE JESUS & MARY CHAIN, SHACK, PALE FOUNTAINS, TELEVISION, THE MAN FROM DEL MONTE, JOY DIVISION, THE MIGHTY WAH! LOVE, FRANK BLACK, JOHN COOPER CLARKE, THE TRIFFIDS, TIM BUCKLEY, THE TEARDROP EXPLODES, ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN, CINERAMA, ROY HARPER, DEXYS MIDNIGHT RUNNERS, GANG OF FOUR, NICK DRAKE, BELLE & SEBASTIAN, BRAIN DONAR, WORLD OF TWIST, NEIL YOUNG, ESG, THE CURE, THE BIRTHDAY PARTY, THE SMITHS, TALKING HEADS, IAN DURY & THE BLOCKHEADS, LOU REED, THE POP GROUP, HAPPY MONDAYS, CERTAIN RATIO, ROBERT JOHNSON, BIG BILL BROONZY, LEAD BELLY, LEE PERRY, KING TUBBY, HORACE ANDY, JACKIE MITTOO... AND LOADS MORE.

The Mono LPs are one of the most original and interesting bands to come out of the North Wests recent explosion of new music. The Liverpool three-piece boasts an array of musical styles taken from the bands eclectic influences, which range from the intimate storyteller to the hard-edge guitar pounding RocknRoll. One of the things that set this band apart from most others is the unique sound of the cello weaving its way through the electric riffs and thumping bass lines. This array of musical ideas is fused together by a solid snapping backbeat which is laced with subtle harmonies completing this exciting and original sound.

Influences: The 60s!

Young, fresh and true to their roots the boy’s music mirrors the goings on of a local environment .Seeing it as a poetic and interesting place to live as well as highlighting the obvious disappointing aspects .Its true their twist on life is clever and bold for a group so young .

In their spare time the boys enjoy drinking milk , baking their own cookies and playing boardgames with 80's pop blaring over the noise of general confusion.

About to turn it around

Influences: Bloc Party, The Killers, Oasis, Arcade Fire, Joy Division, Half Man Half Biscuit, Elvis Costello, John Cooper Clarke, The Streets, Libertines, The Clash, The Specials , Elvis Costello, John Cooper Clarke, The Streets