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London rockers Raw Fun & Lucy and the Rats, hook up for Spanish tour
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Patrice Picard (singer, guitarist,songwriter and engineer) is also a member of the garage revival band The Cannibalswho have released 10 albums and as many singles from the early 1980s onwards, headlined garage festivals all over Europe (Funtastic Dracula 2006, Beat Expo 2006, Primitive 2008) toured Japan twice and appeared on French and British television.
Raw fun mix their influences – The Stooges, Link Wray, Wilko Johnson, Johnny Thunders, Stiv Bators – to create their own original sound. Their ‘Won’t Be Told’ seven inch was recorded by professional sound engineer Patrice on his eight-track tape machine and mixed by acclaimed producer Jim Diamond in his Ghetto Recorders studio in Detroit. (Jim Diamond is notable for playing in the Dirtbombs and producing bands like The White Stripes, amongst many others, including the recent album by sixties legends the Sonics. He heard the Raw Fun demo on Facebook and contacted them to offer his help. Not bad for a band who only started a couple of months before and played their fist gig three weeks after their first rehearsal!).
Be ready for fast, no-nonsense rock: Dirty, on the edge and full of energy. Raw Fun!
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The Dirty Water Club started in October 1996 in the Tufnell Park neighbourhood of north London, at a venue called The Boston. The club's name is derived from The Standells' 1966 hit 'Dirty Water' which glorifies the US city of Boston, Massachusetts.
Past performers have included The White Stripes (voted by Q Magazine as one of the top 10 gigs of all time, Mojo one of the top 30 and Kerrang one of the top 100!), The Gories, NOBUNNY, Kid Congo Powers (from the Cramps), The Fleshtones, Billy Childish, Radio Birdman, The Dirtbombs, Thee Michelle Gun Elephant, The 5.6.7.8's, The Horrors and The Brian Jonestown Massacre to name just a few. The club has also seen some original '60s performers, such as The Monks, ? and the Mysterians, Kim Fowley, Sky Saxon, GONN, Michael Davis of the MC5 and more grace its stage.
Their in-house record label, Dirty Water Records, is one of the leading garage/beat/(real) R&B labels in the world.
