One of the great cult bands of our time, Guided By Voices hit their critical peak in the mid 1990s, breaking through from obscurity with their 1994 lo-fi classic Bee Thousand - a record that regularly appears towards the top end of any "top albums of the 90s" lists in the music press and rightly so. A dream-like collection of twenty short, spontaneous bursts of visionary creativity, it is a truly unique album then, as now.
After the highly successful annual "EuroHeedfest" show at Peckham Audio earlier in the year, 30 years on from the release of Bee Thousand, UK outfit Band Of Pricks - named lovingly after GBV hit Game Of Pricks and formed at the request of fans to play to European audiences due to the real band's reluctance to tour outside the US - will be returning to the venue in November to play two live sets - a set of 90s GBV tracks from across the decade, plus Bee Thousand in its entirety.
Band of Pricks is Dan, Sam and Amyas of critically acclaimed late 00's Brighton band 4 or 5 Magicians, plus Ash Babb of Stuart Braithwaite's Silver Moth on drums. Guest performers and collaborators have included Thomas White of Electric Soft Parade/The Waeve/Sea Power; Carl Dalemo and Bjorn Agren of Razorlight; and the BAFTA award winning actor and director Paddy Considine.
Entry to the show will be open to all but with a strongly suggested donation direct to the band's Paypal account: @danBOP
Please donate whatever you can afford as the band has travel and rehearsal costs to cover. If you appreciate what the band is doing and your financial circumstances allow - please be generous! If circumstances do not allow, no hassle. Upon making a donation, your name will be added to the door list for the show. Please put this through as a personal transfer if possible, so Paypal don't take a cut of the donation!
Thank you :)