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Ravemen Rave Friday in London
CALLING ALL BEAT-INCLINED LONDONERS: Only 48 hours to Friday's Beat Bonanza benefiting cancer research with Rapier Neil Ainsby and former Rapier Brad Dallaston joining ex-Kaisers Matt and Johnny in The Rave Men, at London's Boston Music Room, 178 Junction Road, Tufnell Park. Tickets only £8.50. Details here.
Jot it down as the first ever co-mingling of two beloved combos, truly brothers in British '60s Beat. Plus you'll get to witness (Shazam!) our Neil handling lead guitar duties, surely worth the price of admission. During breaks, Rapiers and Kaisers producer Liam Watson spins sides. And there's a twist contest. Sounds a right gas.
Rapiers Join Hit Parade Heroes for Spring
Perusing our lads' busy 2010 spring calendar, I spy the appropriately heralded Hit Parade Heroes with John Leyton and Jet Harris on tap Saturday, 6 March at the Thameside Theatre, Grays, Essex, a fine double-header dose of early '60s Pop Britannia backed by The Rapiers.
Tickets: £18.00. Box office: 0845 300 5264.
Here's hoping currently sidelined Jet makes that date.
07 December 2009
Rapiers Are Go!
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Rapiers Favourites
- Ace Cafe London
Great English fry-ups on the North Circular, real Rapiersland. - Ace Records
Re-issuers of "1961", originally issued in 1987. - Amersham Rock 'n' Roll Club
See the stars up close and personal at this Buckinghamshire hot spot. - Fury Records
The rock 'n' roll specialty label behind most of The Rapiers' recordings. - Joe Meek Society
Delve into the life and times of Britain's 1st independent record producer. - Joe Meek Yahoo! Group
Ongoing discussion of Meekdom news and happenings. - John Leyton
"Johnny Remember Me", "Wild Wild" and "Son This Is She" are his hits, spectacularly rendered by The Rapiers. - Kaisers
Musical kin to The Rapiers, pride of Scotland, Beatmeisters first class. - Liam Watson
White Coat proprietor of Toe Rag Studios, our lads' preferred recording studio. - Mike Berry
Another original from the Joe Meek stable of stars. - My Generation Yahoo! Group
Focusing on '60s BritPop stars like The Searchers. - Official Monster Raving Loony Party
Founded by Screaming Lord Sutch, OMRLP offers voters sense and sensibility at each by-election. - Palm Door Films
LA-based documentarians behind "A Life in the Death of Joe Meek". - Pipeline Magazine
The instrumental rock review also sponsors an annual Easter convention. - Shadow Music
Ground Zero for all things Shadows: music, comment, clubs and more. - Telstar The Movie
The Rapiers make bit cameos in director Nick Moran's 2009 biopic of the rise and fall of producer Joe Meek. - YouTube
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