MUSIC LINKS
Next Train is an umbrella group that brings together a few bands
and individuals - including some of the acts on this page.
We also support a number of other artists and have
included links to their sites from this page.
Check these out:
THE LOVELY BLAST
- The Lovely Blast are a Brighton-based power-pop-punk threesome:
Jim on Guitar & Vox, Hollie on Bass and Trudy on drums.
(Excerpt by The Lovely Blast)
Buy their recordings at the RECORD SHOP.
THE CRACKLIN' GRIFFINS
- We play traditional Irish music and songs, plus some of the greats from the Pogues and Waterboys back-
catalogues. Book us now for: Parties, weddings, St. Patrick’s night, pub gigs or any general celebration!!
Buy their CDs or just listen to a track at the RECORD SHOP.
JOHN ZONN
- Having been described as:
“…half stand-up, half poetry, half music…”,
Mr. Zonn appears to have a lot to live up to
and who better than yourselves to assess
whether this claim holds water - or whether
it merely acts as a sieve.
Buy CDs, or just listen to a track at the RECORD SHOP.
SODDEN RUM
- Brilliant stuff from two great musicians, playing all your favourite Irish
traditional songs and tunes, as well as Pogues and Waterboys classics.
Ideal for parties, weddings, functions, or just a great night down the pub.
THE WEEDKILLERS
- The Weedkillers are a Brighton (UK) based band, formed in 1993. Between them and their
sister-group 'The Cracklin' Griffins', they have played all over the UK at festivals, universities,
colleges, pubs and clubs - always going down a storm.
The band is superb live - guided by Big Jim's frontman antics and supported by John Hiom and Joe
Lacey's virtuoso performances on fiddle and guitar respectively. The fine talents of Dave Kaye
on bass and the controlled energy of Trudy Percival on drums complete this rough but ready stage act.
Notable achievements in the Weedkillers scrapbook include: headlining the Mean Fiddler (London),
playing to crowds of over a thousand at Guildford's Surrey University and Civic Centre, and supporting
the likes of Geno Washington, The Men They Couldn't Hang, Shriekback and The Wurzels.
They have recently released their fifth album 'Blood' which is already destined to be their best yet.
The music of The Weedkillers is notoriously hard to define: is it pop and rock, fused
with folk and country perhaps? It's up to you to decide!
Whatever box you want to draw around them, it is true to say that their pure Weedkiller style has
been cultivated over years of playing and evolving. It could be called simply - "the sound that is
Big Jim and the Weedkillers".
(Excerpt by Isobel Hiom and Hawk)
Buy their CDs or just listen to a track at the RECORD SHOP.
UP HOLSTER
- Is a band from all over the UK that have a guitar and keyboard based attack with
a strong, deep backbeat, which provides a danceable (yet intelligent) sound.
Ginge steers the group - the man on the mike and the man with the pen.
Jim Best, John Fiddle, Dave Drum and Julian Tardo ride alongside - completing
the unlikely posse that sails headlong into the realms of fantastical encounters
and everyday occurrences - with great depth of feeling and sensitivity.
Their influences include B&Q crisps, Crunchy Rolos (RIP) and alcohol.
Catch them live - not to be missed!
Buy a CD or just listen to a track at the RECORD SHOP.
'ALIAS' JOHN RILEY
- The John Riley phenomenon was born around 1982.
Then a young man in his teens, Riley was producing a huge repertoire of self-penned
songs and sound collages, influenced by the likes of Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles and
Pink Floyd - to name but a few. He managed to combine playing in regular pop/rock combos
such as 'Seven Sisters', with setting his sights on a possible post-band solo career.
Buy an album at the RECORD SHOP.
DIEGO BROWN AND THE GOOD FAIRY
- '... the Carpenters on a lost weekend in Twin Peaks ... '
'... the talk of the chip van queue at Sidmouth 2000 ... '
'... Good name. Good album. Good start. Very good english lyrics. Good songs ...' (Mathew Priest, Dodgy)
'... North London's duo brilliante ... '
'...peering through the window I was transfixed by this surreal brother/sister duo...' (Folk Roots)
(Excerpt by DB&tGF)
Buy a CD via the RECORD SHOP.
THE DARLINGS
- Formed in 2002, The Darlings have made their mark on the London music
scene by opening for the likes of Pete Best and playing where people know
their stuff. The live show pulls you in, and rocks you out, and a look around
the room illustrates that everyone feels the same. This band has a following,
and new recruits join at every show. The music fills you – its real emotion,
its fun, electric. For The Darlings’ fans its another great show, another
burst of energy. For a newbie, its exciting, as it becomes clear that real
rock isn’t dead. A memorable guitar riff, a cool drum fill, a pumping bass
line, melodic lyrics, and men without make-up delivering it all – for you rock
fans, I’m pleased to introduce The Darlings.
(Excerpt by The Darlings)
SIX 50 WHISKY
- Great whisky-swilling rock from this lot.
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