A DOUBLE bill of music is coming to The Face Bar next month and it will be a night to remember.
Club Velocity and Good Wrecking Tonight have teamed up to bring Guana Batz and The Go Go Cult to the Chatham Street venue.
Guana Batz hails back to the summer of 1982, and the London scene rocking to the sound of The Meteors’ psychobilly.
The trend saw shaved heads, and bands of the likes of Stingrays, the Sharks, Restless or the Ricochets gain in popularity.
And young singer Pip Hancox met a guitarist Steward Osborne.
The rest is history. As Guana Batz, they played the early “Klubfoot” gigs and a few “Night of the long knifes, and enjoyed chart success with their 1987 single I’m On Fire.
After an early 1990s sojourn, when Pip moved to the states, the Batz came back again, with a 1995 set at the Second Wildcat Weekend in Berlin, and then in 2002 with a performance at Satanic Stomp at The Weberei in Gütersloh, which was packed with quaffs, flattops and rockers.
Here is a chance to enjoy the songs of the old Psychobilly heroes, including Loan Shark and King Rat.
Support comes from Reading based-world class punk n roll The Go Go Cult.
The gig takes place from 8pm, on Thursday, June 29, at The Face Bar in Chatham Street. Tickets are available via wegotticketscom
