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Junk (nightclub)
Junk Club (commonly known as Junk) was a monthly underground club night held in the basement of the Royal Hotel in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England, from 2002 to 2006. Founded by Oliver Abbott, Rhys "Spider" Webb (of The Horrors), and graphic artist Ciaran O'Shea, it played a key role in shaping the local post-punk and garage rock revival scene. The club served as a launching pad for several influential bands including The Horrors and These New Puritans. Origins The first Junk night was held in September 2002. Abbott and Webb, enthusiasts of 1960s Mod culture, joined forces with O'Shea, whose background in design and jungle raves helped shape the night’s aesthetic. The Royal Hotel’s basement location provided an underground atmosphere that resonated with Southend’s isolated, obsessive subculture. Music and atmosphere Junk was known for its eclectic, high-energy playlists that spanned post-punk, electroclash, 1960s garage rock, jungle, and dub reggae. Tracks like "Contor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southend-on-Sea
Southend-on-Sea (), commonly referred to as Southend (), is a coastal city and unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area with Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough status in south-eastern Essex, England. It lies on the north side of the Thames Estuary, east of central London. It is bordered to the north by Rochford (district), Rochford and to the west by Castle Point. The city is one of the most densely populated places in the country outside of London. It is home to the longest pleasure pier in the world, Southend Pier, while London Southend Airport is located to the north of the city centre. Southend-on-Sea originally consisted of a few fishermen's huts and farm at the southern end of the village of Prittlewell. In the 1790s, the first buildings around what was to become the High Street of Southend were completed. In the 19th century, Southend's status as a seaside resort grew after a visit from the Princess of Wales, Caroline of Brunswick, and the const ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Horrors
The Horrors are an English Rock music, rock band formed in Southend-on-Sea in 2005 by lead vocalist Faris Badwan, guitarist Joshua Hayward, keyboardist and synthesizer player Tom Furse, bassist Rhys Webb, and drummer and percussionist Joe Spurgeon. Their music has been classified as garage rock, Garage punk (fusion genre), garage punk, gothic rock, shoegaze and post-punk revival. The band's current lineup includes all of the founding members bar Furse and Spurgeon, who have been inactive performing live since 2021 and 2024, respectively. In early October 2024, it was announced that the band were now joined by Amelia Kidd (of The Ninth Wave (band), the Ninth Wave) on keyboards and backing vocals, as well as Jordan Cook (of Telegram) on drums. The band have released six studio albums: ''Strange House'' (2007), ''Primary Colours (The Horrors album), Primary Colours'' (2009), ''Skying'' (2011), ''Luminous (The Horrors album), Luminous'' (2014) and ''V (The Horrors album), V'' (2017 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ciaran O'Shea
Ciaran O’Shea (also known professionally as Discordo) is a British graphic designer, art director, and artist. He is known for his influential work in club culture design, album artwork, and curatorial projects rooted in music and youth subculture, often collaborating with photographer Dean Chalkley. In a 2007 profile, ''The Independent'' described O’Shea as a “creative wunderkind,” highlighting his DIY ethos: “If you want something done, you have to make it happen yourself.” Career Club culture and Junk Club In the early 2000s, O’Shea co-founded the Junk Club, an influential underground night in Southend (2002–2006), alongside Oliver Abbott and Rhys Webb (of The Horrors). His distinctive flyer designs, logo (featuring the “Southend Rat”), and visual identity were central to the club’s raw, DIY aesthetic, which helped launch acts like These New Puritans and The Horrors. In a 2009 feature, The Quietus credited the club’s eclectic soundtrack — spannin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
These New Puritans
These New Puritans are an English band from Southend-on-Sea, England. It consists mainly of Jack Barnett (principal songwriter, vocalist, producer, multi-instrumentalist) and his twin brother George Barnett (drums, electronics, producer, artwork). Multi-instrumentalist Thomas Hein was an active member of TNP between 2006 and 2016; keyboardist Sophie Sleigh-Johnson was active between 2006 and 2010. Portuguese fado and jazz singer Elisa Rodrigues joined as a vocalist between 2012 and 2015. They have recorded five studio albums: '' Beat Pyramid'' (2008), '' Hidden'' (2010), '' Field of Reeds'' (2013), '' Inside the Rose'' (2019) and ''Crooked Wing'' (2025). The band's music has been described as "blurring the distinction between rock, classical, electronic and experimental" and as "strikingly modern yet simultaneously timeless." History Formation and early years The Barnett brothers grew up in the Essex town of Southend-on-Sea. Their father was a builder and their mother was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neils Children
Neils Children are an England, English rock band, formed in 1999 in Harlow, Essex, England, by lead singer and guitarist John Linger, drummer Brandon Jacobs and bassist Tom Hawkins. The band were originally based in their hometown of Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, and were based around the nucleus of Linger and Jacobs who continued the band with a number of different bass players. Career Neils Children formed in 1999 at Harlow College where John Linger and Brandon Jacobs were studying music with Tom Hawkins. The band's name came from Linger's obsession with 1960s proto-punk band John's Children; 'Neil' was the nickname of Hawkins, the group's original bassist, due to him apparently resembling ''Men Behaving Badly'' star Neil Morrissey. Primarily playing freakbeat-inspired music, the band performed several gigs on the London Mod (subculture), mod scene, as well as performing in the The Square, Harlow, Harlow Square Rock Contest. In 2000 Hawkins quit the band and went on to become a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Violets
The Violets were an English post punk/ indie/ pop band from the New Cross area of London, England. Formed initially as a bassless garage punk trio, The Violets early gigs saw them playing stark, spiky and minimalist punk that evoked early art-school punk bands such as Delta 5, Prag Vec, and Siouxsie and the Banshees, as well as more contemporary acts such as Yeah Yeah Yeahs. The band formed when guitarist Joe met vocalist Alexis in a tea room in Pinner, a suburb in North West London, and the pair discovered a shared affinity with emotive, brash and confrontational music. The pair soon wrote a song 'Laxteen', which was recorded in a studio owned by Scott Rosenthal in New York. Scott also played drums on the track. Upon returning to London Andrew Moran was recruited as drummer and the trio played their debut at Brixton Windmill. Around the same time as the band was formed, guitarist Joe founded the record label Angular Recording Corporation having been inspired by Bill Drummond ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kap Bambino
Kap Bambino is a French electronic music duo created in 2001 by Orion Bouvier and Caroline Martial in Bordeaux, France. Style and themes The group is known for Caroline Martial's wild vocals, Orion Bouvier's intense electronic beats, and their exciting live performances. In 2001 Martial formed the group's own independent label, "wwilko". They performed at the festivals Dot to Dot in 2007 and ZXZW in 2009. They have been featured in ''NME'', ''Another Magazine'', ''Dummy Mag'' and '' Dazed & Confused''. The group was featured in Matt Irwin's 2007 film for Armani Exchange. Caroline was listed among the "hottest young models in London and New York." The group has independently toured all over Europe, Japan and Latin America. In 2009, they were a part of SXSW, and their single "Dead Lazers" made BIGSTEREO's May 2009 charts for top downloads, placed number 8. The two have separate side projects outside of Kap Bambino, Bouvier is "Groupgris", and Martial is "Khima France". ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
No Bra (band)
No Bra is musical artist Susanne Oberbeck's stage name and solo act, a NYC-based electronic musician, songwriter, performer, producer and filmmaker. She has released three albums. History Born in Germany, Oberbeck moved to London to study art at Camberwell College of Arts.Lee, Carol (2010)Beautiful People 2010: No Bra, ''Paper'', 28 March 2010. Retrieved 28 January 2018 She went on to study film directing and screenwriting at Columbia University in New York before returning to London and deciding to focus on music. Oberbeck formed No Bra with Fanny Paul Clinton in east London, England in 2003, taking the band name from a tabloid headline about Rachel Stevens.Christian, Tessa (2016)i-d throwback: we meet gender subverting icon susanne oberbeck, ''i-D'', 12 September 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2018 No Bra was then described as an industrial/electronic band, combining "electronic pop and industrial grooves with sinister Germanic folk." Clinton left No Bra in 2004 and was repla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dean Chalkley
Dean Chalkley (born 2 April 1968) is a British photographer and filmmaker based in London, known for his distinctive portraits and visual storytelling that merge music, fashion, and youth subcultures. Chalkley has photographed a wide range of musicians, actors, and cultural icons—including Noel Gallagher, Amy Winehouse, Daft Punk, and The White Stripes —for publications such as The Observer, Dazed & Confused, Mixmag, Vanity Fair, The Sunday Times Magazine, and Rolling Stone. His work also spans gallery exhibitions and filmmaking, such as Now Stand Tall: Icons of the New Sonic Generation, a photographic exhibition celebrating the contemporary British music scene (2006), Return of the Rudeboy at Somerset House, an exhibition he co-curated documenting the style and spirit of the Rudeboy subculture (2014). Early life Dean Chalkley's first years were spent on a farm in Essex where his parents were labourers. At the age of seven the family moved to Southend-on-Sea where he e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hedi Slimane
Hedi Slimane (; born July 5, 1968) is a French photographer and couturier. From 2000 to 2007, he was the creative director for Dior Homme (the menswear line of Christian Dior). From 2012 to 2016, he was the creative director for Yves Saint Laurent. From February 2018 to October 2024, Slimane was the creative, artistic and image director of Celine. Early life Slimane was born in the 11th arrondissement of Paris and grew up in the 19th arrondissement. His father was Tunisian and an accountant, and his mother was Italian and a seamstress. Two of his uncles were tailors. In his youth, he and his mother made clothes together: Slimane sketched designs, the two would shop for fabrics and complete fittings, and his mother would cut and sew them. He considered finding a career in the fashion industry although finding it as too competitive; instead, he studied political science and pursued a career in journalism. At 11, he discovered photography, received his first camera and learne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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6 (six) is the natural number following 5 and preceding 7. It is a composite number and the smallest perfect number. In mathematics A six-sided polygon is a hexagon, one of the three regular polygons capable of tiling the plane. A hexagon also has 6 edges as well as 6 internal and external angles. 6 is the second smallest composite number. It is also the first number that is the sum of its proper divisors, making it the smallest perfect number. It is also the only perfect number that doesn't have a digital root of 1. 6 is the first unitary perfect number, since it is the sum of its positive proper unitary divisors, without including itself. Only five such numbers are known to exist. 6 is the largest of the four all-Harshad numbers. 6 is the 2nd superior highly composite number, the 2nd colossally abundant number, the 3rd triangular number, the 4th highly composite number, a pronic number, a congruent number, a harmonic divisor number, and a semiprime. 6 is also th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
