Jolly Roger
Katie Fitzgerald's
187 Enville Street Wollaston DY8 3TB
Nov 18, 2023
8:15 PM GMT
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We are delighted that SoAaR can finally welcome JollyRoger to Katie Fitzgerald's in Stourbridge.
Cornish sea-punk folk band JollyRoger fall somewhere between the sound of The Dropkick Murphys and Levellers.
Inspired by the sea and growing up in the pirate haven of Penzance, they use nautical metaphors and pirate history to speak out about mental health issues and also the better things in life, like drinking beer.
JollyRoger explode with energy on stage and are an eclectic mix of shanty vibes, humour and celtic punk, with a metal head mentality. With zero previous experience in the music industry, JollyRoger sailed cluelessly into the south west music scene in 2019 with a do or die attitude and a mission to one day shout ?scream for me Download? to a bunch of metalheads and they are prepared to do what it takes.
So this underdog band decided to work their cannonballs off and learn the ropes as they went. Their Lady of the Sea embarked on
an MA in Music Business and is currently managing the band and they have played over 300 gigs including storming sets at Boardmasters Festival, Balter Festival, Cornwall Pride, supporting The Rumjacks, Fishermans Friends, Subhumans, Mad Dog Mcrea and selling out shows at grassroot venues. The pirates have a loyal fanbase of over 7K routing for them across their social media, 30K streams on their song ?There?s a Hole in me Glass? on Spotify, played live on local BBC Radios & recently ran a successful Kickstarter campaign to fund their band van. Their latest EP ?Ship or Bust? came out on 5th November 2021 and JollyRoger are currently / always on tour.
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Jolly Roger Biography
Jolly Roger is an aliase of Eddie Richards, or Acidman, or Key Largo.
It has been a very busy time for Eddie Richards, dance musics Quintessential pioner and "Britains godfather of house and techno" (Mixmag). One of the first DJs to champion house back in the mid 80s and one of the UK's original mix DJs residing at London's Camden Palace, voted best club in the world, (Record Mirror.)
Eddie became a key figure in a new music and cultural movement soon to explode worldwide. After playing at such influential and original underground clubs as Clink St. and Heaven in London and Manchester s Hacienda, he went one to headline the legendary UK pay parties Sunrise. Energy and Helter Skelter among countless others. Remix and production work led to the release of club classics; Acidman in 1988 which hit National Top 20, followed by other chart topping remixes of Ralphi Rosario, Orbital and The Shamen. Since the mid 80s he has been included in virtually every book, documentary and film on the dance culture and sought after all over the world for his flawless mix of deep bass driven techno with soulful and tough tribal house, a format he has always maintained, and has led him to be widely regarded as the pioneer of what is now known as tech-house.
Read MoreIt has been a very busy time for Eddie Richards, dance musics Quintessential pioner and "Britains godfather of house and techno" (Mixmag). One of the first DJs to champion house back in the mid 80s and one of the UK's original mix DJs residing at London's Camden Palace, voted best club in the world, (Record Mirror.)
Eddie became a key figure in a new music and cultural movement soon to explode worldwide. After playing at such influential and original underground clubs as Clink St. and Heaven in London and Manchester s Hacienda, he went one to headline the legendary UK pay parties Sunrise. Energy and Helter Skelter among countless others. Remix and production work led to the release of club classics; Acidman in 1988 which hit National Top 20, followed by other chart topping remixes of Ralphi Rosario, Orbital and The Shamen. Since the mid 80s he has been included in virtually every book, documentary and film on the dance culture and sought after all over the world for his flawless mix of deep bass driven techno with soulful and tough tribal house, a format he has always maintained, and has led him to be widely regarded as the pioneer of what is now known as tech-house.
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