So, the bNet Radio Network is running a promotion to win a slot playing next years Big Day Out, with each of the regional stations having a competition where bands submit their songs and each pick a winner.
Our local station Radio Control ran this comp and so we decided to enter a new track, our first recorded as a four piece. Mixing of the song 'Black Sun' was finished around midnight the evening before the deadline and it made it's way to the studio WHERE WE WON!
So now the song makes it's way to the big smoke where along with the other regional winners goes in the draw to win the slot at the BDO.
So if you wanna hear our new track, it's currently up on our Myspace site.
And who knows, perhaps we might even finally end up playing a gig in Auckland!
BC
Thursday, December 20, 2007
Thursday, November 08, 2007
Laz-y
Been slack as shit on the updates, but fear not things are picking up!
Looking for a decent night out? Come down to Bar Mode in Palmy (Cnr Coleman and George) as we're playing a set with Horror Story, Bali Bombers + MORE on this Saturday the 10th of Nov.
Laters
BC
Looking for a decent night out? Come down to Bar Mode in Palmy (Cnr Coleman and George) as we're playing a set with Horror Story, Bali Bombers + MORE on this Saturday the 10th of Nov.
Laters
BC
Thursday, August 09, 2007
Palmy / Welly next week
Hey all,
Next week Melbourne's 'A Death in the Family' head to NZ and we'll be joining them for a couple of shows.
On Thursday the 16th catch us with them and Not Quite Right at Bar Mode in Palmy, starts around 9pm and will only cost you a fiver.
Then on Friday the 17th, down at the Valve in Wellington it'll all be happening again but with extra support from Strangers and Punchbowl.
Good times? Great times!
BC
Next week Melbourne's 'A Death in the Family' head to NZ and we'll be joining them for a couple of shows.
On Thursday the 16th catch us with them and Not Quite Right at Bar Mode in Palmy, starts around 9pm and will only cost you a fiver.
Then on Friday the 17th, down at the Valve in Wellington it'll all be happening again but with extra support from Strangers and Punchbowl.
Good times? Great times!
BC
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
FAREWELL COMRADE!
Black Chrome are deeply saddened by the news that our good friend Slammy passed away yesterday evening.
It was a great honour to have been invited to perform at his 'Ascension to Valhalla' show in New Plymouth a few weekends ago, and to catch up and hang out one final time.
You will be truly missed brother.
BC
It was a great honour to have been invited to perform at his 'Ascension to Valhalla' show in New Plymouth a few weekends ago, and to catch up and hang out one final time.
You will be truly missed brother.
BC
Friday, July 06, 2007
New BC Line-up + shows
Well after a bit of a hiatus Black Chrome will be hitting the stage again, this time with our newest edition to the band, rhythm guitarist "Killer".
As a gang of four BC's sound has gotten a whole lot huger so to drop Killer in the deep end, next weekend we will be performing two shows...
The first:
The Bad Luck Ball 3
Friday the 13th of July
San Francisco Bathhouse - Wellington
w/ Horror Story, Volcana, Thumper + DJ Voodoo Savage and DJ Nightmare 666.
Entry is $13
And secondly (state of emergency permitting)
Slammy's Ascension to Valhalla Benefit Gig
Saturday the 14th of July
The Blue Room, White Hart Hotel - New Plymouth
w/ Sticky Filth, Wrath, and Insidious.
Entry is $15 - Tickets from Missing Link and the venue.
And that'll be us until sometime in August when we'll be out supporting Melbourne's 'A Death in the Family'.
BC
As a gang of four BC's sound has gotten a whole lot huger so to drop Killer in the deep end, next weekend we will be performing two shows...
The first:
The Bad Luck Ball 3
Friday the 13th of July
San Francisco Bathhouse - Wellington
w/ Horror Story, Volcana, Thumper + DJ Voodoo Savage and DJ Nightmare 666.
Entry is $13
And secondly (state of emergency permitting)
Slammy's Ascension to Valhalla Benefit Gig
Saturday the 14th of July
The Blue Room, White Hart Hotel - New Plymouth
w/ Sticky Filth, Wrath, and Insidious.
Entry is $15 - Tickets from Missing Link and the venue.
And that'll be us until sometime in August when we'll be out supporting Melbourne's 'A Death in the Family'.
BC
Tuesday, June 05, 2007
DEATHPUNKFEST - Through the eyes of Blitzer
so....my beloved pacific presidente arrives at castle blitzer around 6pm on friday.
6.05pm were in the mill clutching 1 litre of beam and, for some reason that only mel can explain, 20 cans of lion brown.
6.35pm. several strong drinks in quick succession and the arrival of the lesser spotted yak of doom signals chrome practice.
pick up snuff and and make full steam for the battle ship king street.
enough bourbon to fill the nile delta and a brazilian rainforest of dope later and our glorious and benevolent leader is treated to a for mels eyes only punk rock showcase.
which would be fucking awesome if we were ac/dc.
a couple of hours of blah blah gibber gibber, wheres dwayne, no you're a cunt later our merciful and all knowing president and her loyal, grimey tank commander find themselves back at castle blitzer with 2 computers, 2 rca leads, one amp input, an aircraft carriers worth of mp3's and the attitude that if i don't play it its shit
match abandoned, mp3 play count ..0
saturday. 6.15. leap out of hammock and scurry to the poop deck, gonna be late for work, bladder the size of glorious roman empire
wrong day moron, its saturday...oh well, up now
coffee and cigarettes while i make some coffee and roll some cigarettes.
7.15am
start the day several jugend sized measures of vodka and redbull
7.20 frantic yet successful scramble to the poop deck
8.15am
figure maybe fortified enough to attempt toast
8.16am
pour another drink, email bono and tell him that i have 2 slices of toast bread that i want to give to charity and does he know any africans that will get more out of them than me
9.23
eat one slice of toast and send a another note to bono explaining that due to the rise in administration costs, starving black child now only gets one slice.
10,30am
all knowing,all seeing, radiant death goddess arises, i have a drink to celebrate and weep tears of pure joy.
noon.
order my my personal honor guard, the lesbian doomkorps vixens, to set up a sliding defensive perimeter in wanganui.
12.30
celebrate my military genius with a very large vodka and tonic, a new garden shed and a blunt to make willy nelson proud.
humbly kneel before my president as she assimilates my impeccable music taste onto her hard drive of despair
the greater spotted slavic plaited yak arrives in the coastal defense cruiser.
we load in the munitions for the evenings assault.
aotearoa jugend has many allies and this is proved as im greeted by a platoon of the undead, my old friend and trusted warrior von toxic proving once again that a great army is nothing without a great hat.
12 metres of yellow twine, 4 pink clothes pegs and a man sized dollop of camo netting and the flagship of the jugend wolfpack, the u-666, is to the untrained eye, nothing more than a pub with some plastic camo netting hanging from the wall....genius.
back on battle ship king i leave andy to watch for ice bergs and gather my most trusted generals around me. the overlord scowls, the trendwhore mutters irritably.....we hate the kids, we hate their silly clothes.
we discuss tactics and pour over the maps. betty, resplendent in her makos battle armor gets a tea towel.
i hurriedly quench my thirst and inhale deeply, war doesn't wait for the lazy or the tardy.
there is barely time to wonder why the charts now resemble a red hot pussy liquor cd and several healthy rails of cheap biker crank before its time for WAR
Wall of Silents improve with every outing and they have always been good.
they are unfuckable
thundering
nice turnout of denim warriors, scum, freaks and swamp mutants lap it up.
some people can look fucking stupid in a sailors hat, trendwhore isn't one of them.
now that j has throttled the liberator back to a manageable 500 watts their crushing war hammer swings with a headroom straight from the swirling heat of hades itself.
Horror Story
ive been stumbling, hallucinating, heckling, vomiting and above all else shaking my ass to various toxic incarnations for over half my life now.
Flesh d-vice aside ,when i think of new zealand rock n roll(the real stuff) a high percentage of it invariably comes from new plymouth.
one of lifes little pleasures is throwing your goat in the air, spilling beer over someone infront of you and yelling mister monster as loud as possible.
i dont care what other people think, yelling at bands is FUN
and like most things in life consistency pays dividends
they played angelique, one of the greatest songs ever
toxic jnr fucked up the key change, was promptly fired, then rehired later at what i hope was a lower rate
classy.
BC
black chrome choir
gave a 120% from the get go
ensured that although i was crap i had a fucking good time
and how could i not
trendwhore nailed denim demon
Dick Dynamite and the Dopplegangers
rounded off the evening brilliantly
i danced, i yelled, i bounced, i spilt more beer on people
i whooped and hollered as he stood on his bass
i screamed and gibbered as they did pet cemetery
fucking perfect
what a hell of an evening
it was a game of two halves
a good hard fight
and rock n roll was the winner on the day
having fun is...fun
a 21 howitzer u-666 salute to everyone of you misfits and miscreants that put in an effort to fly, hire cars, hitch, turn off the tv and the stove and came along to take one for the team
the lion brown mvp award - tyrone..good work, gave it everything
arnotts soggy biscuit shield - mutante...just excellent
couldnt do it without you..can i pay you on payday cup - andy, jamaine, ben and betty...thank you
fucking hell its matt barnes medal - matt barnes
i couldnt give a shit what you think cos my president could beat the crap out of you and still give me shit at the same time ribbon of valor - melanie
- Wolfgang Blitzer
**photos and video by Maleficient.
6.05pm were in the mill clutching 1 litre of beam and, for some reason that only mel can explain, 20 cans of lion brown.
6.35pm. several strong drinks in quick succession and the arrival of the lesser spotted yak of doom signals chrome practice.
pick up snuff and and make full steam for the battle ship king street.
enough bourbon to fill the nile delta and a brazilian rainforest of dope later and our glorious and benevolent leader is treated to a for mels eyes only punk rock showcase.
which would be fucking awesome if we were ac/dc.
a couple of hours of blah blah gibber gibber, wheres dwayne, no you're a cunt later our merciful and all knowing president and her loyal, grimey tank commander find themselves back at castle blitzer with 2 computers, 2 rca leads, one amp input, an aircraft carriers worth of mp3's and the attitude that if i don't play it its shit
match abandoned, mp3 play count ..0
saturday. 6.15. leap out of hammock and scurry to the poop deck, gonna be late for work, bladder the size of glorious roman empire
wrong day moron, its saturday...oh well, up now
coffee and cigarettes while i make some coffee and roll some cigarettes.
7.15am
start the day several jugend sized measures of vodka and redbull
7.20 frantic yet successful scramble to the poop deck
8.15am
figure maybe fortified enough to attempt toast
8.16am
pour another drink, email bono and tell him that i have 2 slices of toast bread that i want to give to charity and does he know any africans that will get more out of them than me
9.23
eat one slice of toast and send a another note to bono explaining that due to the rise in administration costs, starving black child now only gets one slice.
10,30am
all knowing,all seeing, radiant death goddess arises, i have a drink to celebrate and weep tears of pure joy.
noon.
order my my personal honor guard, the lesbian doomkorps vixens, to set up a sliding defensive perimeter in wanganui.
12.30
celebrate my military genius with a very large vodka and tonic, a new garden shed and a blunt to make willy nelson proud.
humbly kneel before my president as she assimilates my impeccable music taste onto her hard drive of despair
the greater spotted slavic plaited yak arrives in the coastal defense cruiser.
we load in the munitions for the evenings assault.
aotearoa jugend has many allies and this is proved as im greeted by a platoon of the undead, my old friend and trusted warrior von toxic proving once again that a great army is nothing without a great hat.
12 metres of yellow twine, 4 pink clothes pegs and a man sized dollop of camo netting and the flagship of the jugend wolfpack, the u-666, is to the untrained eye, nothing more than a pub with some plastic camo netting hanging from the wall....genius.
back on battle ship king i leave andy to watch for ice bergs and gather my most trusted generals around me. the overlord scowls, the trendwhore mutters irritably.....we hate the kids, we hate their silly clothes.
we discuss tactics and pour over the maps. betty, resplendent in her makos battle armor gets a tea towel.
i hurriedly quench my thirst and inhale deeply, war doesn't wait for the lazy or the tardy.
there is barely time to wonder why the charts now resemble a red hot pussy liquor cd and several healthy rails of cheap biker crank before its time for WAR
Wall of Silents improve with every outing and they have always been good.
they are unfuckable
thundering
nice turnout of denim warriors, scum, freaks and swamp mutants lap it up.
some people can look fucking stupid in a sailors hat, trendwhore isn't one of them.
now that j has throttled the liberator back to a manageable 500 watts their crushing war hammer swings with a headroom straight from the swirling heat of hades itself.
Horror Story
ive been stumbling, hallucinating, heckling, vomiting and above all else shaking my ass to various toxic incarnations for over half my life now.
Flesh d-vice aside ,when i think of new zealand rock n roll(the real stuff) a high percentage of it invariably comes from new plymouth.
one of lifes little pleasures is throwing your goat in the air, spilling beer over someone infront of you and yelling mister monster as loud as possible.
i dont care what other people think, yelling at bands is FUN
and like most things in life consistency pays dividends
they played angelique, one of the greatest songs ever
toxic jnr fucked up the key change, was promptly fired, then rehired later at what i hope was a lower rate
classy.
BC
black chrome choir
gave a 120% from the get go
ensured that although i was crap i had a fucking good time
and how could i not
trendwhore nailed denim demon
Dick Dynamite and the Dopplegangers
rounded off the evening brilliantly
i danced, i yelled, i bounced, i spilt more beer on people
i whooped and hollered as he stood on his bass
i screamed and gibbered as they did pet cemetery
fucking perfect
what a hell of an evening
it was a game of two halves
a good hard fight
and rock n roll was the winner on the day
having fun is...fun
a 21 howitzer u-666 salute to everyone of you misfits and miscreants that put in an effort to fly, hire cars, hitch, turn off the tv and the stove and came along to take one for the team
the lion brown mvp award - tyrone..good work, gave it everything
arnotts soggy biscuit shield - mutante...just excellent
couldnt do it without you..can i pay you on payday cup - andy, jamaine, ben and betty...thank you
fucking hell its matt barnes medal - matt barnes
i couldnt give a shit what you think cos my president could beat the crap out of you and still give me shit at the same time ribbon of valor - melanie
- Wolfgang Blitzer
**photos and video by Maleficient.
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Maiden DEATHPUNKFEST Voyage!
That's right!
This Saturday at Bar Mode in Palmerston North, Turbojugend Aotearoa U-666 are hosting the first ever New Zealand "DEATHPUNKFEST"!!
Featuring bands from all over the North Island including Horror Story (New Plymouth), Dick Dynamite and the Doppelgangers (Hamilton), Wall of Silents (Palmy), ourselves, and DeathPunk DJ's from as far away as Gisborne "DEATHPUNKFEST" will be a great night of entertainment and debauchery!
Essentially a fan network founded on the love of Norwegian band Turbonegro and associated good times, the Turbojugend now boasts nearly 2200 chapters worldwide and was a huge help for us when we toured Europe last year with one of our shows being at a Turbojugend Festival in Tilburg, Holland.
Entry is only $10 and guarantees a great night out so hopefully we'll see some of you there!
BC
This Saturday at Bar Mode in Palmerston North, Turbojugend Aotearoa U-666 are hosting the first ever New Zealand "DEATHPUNKFEST"!!
Featuring bands from all over the North Island including Horror Story (New Plymouth), Dick Dynamite and the Doppelgangers (Hamilton), Wall of Silents (Palmy), ourselves, and DeathPunk DJ's from as far away as Gisborne "DEATHPUNKFEST" will be a great night of entertainment and debauchery!
Essentially a fan network founded on the love of Norwegian band Turbonegro and associated good times, the Turbojugend now boasts nearly 2200 chapters worldwide and was a huge help for us when we toured Europe last year with one of our shows being at a Turbojugend Festival in Tilburg, Holland.
Entry is only $10 and guarantees a great night out so hopefully we'll see some of you there!
BC
Monday, May 07, 2007
SWAMPFEST '07!!!
Oh yeah!
This Saturday night we'll be performing at the fourth annual 'SwampFest' Palmerston North music festival.
It's on at the Globe Theatre on the cnr of Main and Pitt St's in Palmy and you can pick up tickets from Mango Music's new premises on George St.
We'll be playing along side our good buds Wall of Silents, and Cathedra (amongst others) so head along early (show starts at 8pm) cos it's an all ages show and man it should be a goodin!
In the meantime check out the official SwampFest website to see the great history behind this event.
http://www.creativesounds.org.nz/swampfest07/
xxx
BC
This Saturday night we'll be performing at the fourth annual 'SwampFest' Palmerston North music festival.
It's on at the Globe Theatre on the cnr of Main and Pitt St's in Palmy and you can pick up tickets from Mango Music's new premises on George St.
We'll be playing along side our good buds Wall of Silents, and Cathedra (amongst others) so head along early (show starts at 8pm) cos it's an all ages show and man it should be a goodin!
In the meantime check out the official SwampFest website to see the great history behind this event.
http://www.creativesounds.org.nz/swampfest07/
xxx
BC
Monday, April 16, 2007
PICS... AND NEW RECORD?
Well the show at Mode was a bit of fun, Steve from Gigantic Photography popped down and snapped a few pics which can be viewed over at his online portfolio HERE.
Fingers crossed we should be doing some recording of some of our new songs on Anzac Day down at the BC practice bunker.
Some of the likely songs to be recorded are:
I Did You No Wrong
Scimitar
The Claws
Gonna be Malicious
Devil Dolls Kiss
Cheating Man
Welcome to Woesville
Gutter of Blood
Baby you’re a Fool to Care
+ theres a few more we might have a crack at if time's on our side...
Fingers crossed we should be doing some recording of some of our new songs on Anzac Day down at the BC practice bunker.
Some of the likely songs to be recorded are:
I Did You No Wrong
Scimitar
The Claws
Gonna be Malicious
Devil Dolls Kiss
Cheating Man
Welcome to Woesville
Gutter of Blood
Baby you’re a Fool to Care
+ theres a few more we might have a crack at if time's on our side...
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
SMOKING!
Well the UK SUBS gig was a blast!
Nicky Garrett even blew up Wolfgang's amp!
Wicked to catch up with the NPHC crew again.
Playing a FREE show tomorrow night at Bar Mode in Palmy so come along...
BC
Nicky Garrett even blew up Wolfgang's amp!
Wicked to catch up with the NPHC crew again.
Playing a FREE show tomorrow night at Bar Mode in Palmy so come along...
BC
Thursday, April 05, 2007
Injuries and Gigs
Well the "One for the Yoof!" show went wickedly but unfortunately BC never played it... Matt dealt himself some hand damage the night before so alas we had a last minute withdrawal from the lineup, that however didn't stop all the other bands from delivering top notch performances!
This Saturday sees us in the capital opening up for punk legends the UK SUBS, and because of public holiday licensing restrictions it's gonna be an early show so head on down to Bar Bodega to catch us at 8PM SHARP!
We'll be joined by New Plymouth's Horror Story and Auckland's City Newton Bombers. Tickets are $26 from the venue and Real Groovy.
And heres a few more upcoming Black Chrome shows FYI.
Thursday April 19th - Bar Mode, Palmerston North.
w/- Kill the Fake Patient (Dunedin) and Collapse (Palmy)
FREE ENTRY starts 9PM
Friday April 27th - Valve, Wellington.
w/- The Bludgers (Hamilton), Sick66 (Welly) and The Bali Bombers (Palmy)
$7 starts 10PM
xBCx
This Saturday sees us in the capital opening up for punk legends the UK SUBS, and because of public holiday licensing restrictions it's gonna be an early show so head on down to Bar Bodega to catch us at 8PM SHARP!
We'll be joined by New Plymouth's Horror Story and Auckland's City Newton Bombers. Tickets are $26 from the venue and Real Groovy.
And heres a few more upcoming Black Chrome shows FYI.
Thursday April 19th - Bar Mode, Palmerston North.
w/- Kill the Fake Patient (Dunedin) and Collapse (Palmy)
FREE ENTRY starts 9PM
Friday April 27th - Valve, Wellington.
w/- The Bludgers (Hamilton), Sick66 (Welly) and The Bali Bombers (Palmy)
$7 starts 10PM
xBCx
Monday, March 12, 2007
ONE FOR THE YOOF!
Hell yeah!
Well Mel has been a gem and gone and put our blog (from the European Tour) right here in the main part of our site so now we can fairly easily keep people up to date with whats happening in BC world!
Coming up soon were putting on a great all ages show at the Stomach in Palmerston North featuring a massive lineup of bands from around the North Island of NZ.
As well as us playing our first Tummy show in what seems like an eternity, we'll be joined by our mates The High Lords from Wellington, The Wrongmen from Auckland who will be dropping in as part of their NZ tour, OneBadWeekend who will also be touring the country at the same time, and local dudes Stiletto!
It's a pretty solid lineup and guaranteed to be a wicked night out!
But remember it's an early start (8PM) and will cost ya $8 to get in (theres a fair amount of gas to pay!) and no doubt there will be an assortment of merch available on the night so hopefully we'll see ya there!
BC
p.s Don't forget to check out links to those other bands from our links page!
Well Mel has been a gem and gone and put our blog (from the European Tour) right here in the main part of our site so now we can fairly easily keep people up to date with whats happening in BC world!
Coming up soon were putting on a great all ages show at the Stomach in Palmerston North featuring a massive lineup of bands from around the North Island of NZ.
As well as us playing our first Tummy show in what seems like an eternity, we'll be joined by our mates The High Lords from Wellington, The Wrongmen from Auckland who will be dropping in as part of their NZ tour, OneBadWeekend who will also be touring the country at the same time, and local dudes Stiletto!
It's a pretty solid lineup and guaranteed to be a wicked night out!
But remember it's an early start (8PM) and will cost ya $8 to get in (theres a fair amount of gas to pay!) and no doubt there will be an assortment of merch available on the night so hopefully we'll see ya there!
BC
p.s Don't forget to check out links to those other bands from our links page!
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