31/01/01
The Rock of Travolta have just recorded their debut release. It will be a mini album entitled My Band's Better Than Yours, and it will be released on 5th March.
There are also several interesting gigs coming up at Brookes University. The Divine Comedy are playing on Wednesday 21st March and Ash are playing on 26th April.

30/01/00
It seems that now that they've taken over Oxford, OMC's next plan of action is to take over the country. Last night, when Radio 1's Lamacq Live was broadcast from Oxford, there was a 10 minute feature about the music scene in Oxford. In the course of the feature all the major players of OMC were interviewed, Ronan, Mac, Dave etc as well as Robin Truck. If you missed it, the feature is still available on the Radio 1 website.

26/01/00
Ah well I was going to wait a bit before revealing that Whispering Bob has changed their name to Goldrush. But since Phill Travolta has revealed it on the Nightshift board, I might as well post it now. The reason for the name change is unclear since, Whispering Bob was such a great name, but no doubt it's to do with all the meetings they've had recently with many labels.

23/01/00
The Samurai Seven have resheduled their acoustic Trailer Park gig. They will now play as part of the first ever late night Trailer Park on Thursday, 25th January at the Cellar (off Cornmarket Street). For more information about other acts playing go to the previous news item.
Coming soon, some Whispering Bob news, if they let me reveal it.

13/01/00
Unbelievable Truth are finally releasing their posthumous rarities album, Misc.Music, on 19th Febuary. Orginally this album was due for release on Shifty Disco, but after problems with artwork, and other things, the label decided not to release it. However Nigel has been working on it, to fulfill the fans' wishes. The album will be avaliable via mail order or through the Unbelievable Truth website, http://www.unbelievable-truth.com.

10/01/00
A new label, Big Scary Monsters are releasing a complilation of songs by punk and metal bands (unsurprisingly), featuring bands from Oxford and further away. They have an album launch all-dayer on Sunday 28th January at the Wheatsheaf. The track listing for the Cd is (in full..)

01: Intro
02: Autonomy - s/k/n/s
03: Age Of Ruin - my rage
04: Centre Negative - flyest little creature mkII [demo]
05: Murder - simple plan
06: One Dollar Short - fear of falling
07: Marconi's Voodoo - track 2
08: Inline Sk8ing Barbies - jabba was a couch potato
09: Krud! - oval eyes
10: Coma Kai - freefall
11: Lucky 7 - my fathers son
12: Mahumodo - orchids
13: My Surrender - on tightropes and falling
14: Knuckledust - forever alone
15: 8 Degrees - clayed and stitched
16: Underule - tbc
17: Unite - i will destroy
18: Stegel - arecibo
19: Jor - slide
20: Pusha - inferiority
21: Purple Munkie - queens of
22: Medulla Nocte - 3 years of pain
23: Daedulus - a poets shadow
And the line-up for the gig is Knuckledust, Underule, Autonomy, Marconi's Voodoo, Inline Sk8ing Barbies, Stegel, Centre Negative and Pusha. Entry is �5 (�4 if you buy the CD). For more information: http://www.bigscarymonsters.co.uk

09/01/00
Trailer Park, the club nights organised by Whispering Bob, has its first late night licence at the Cellar on Thursday 25th January from 8pm - 2pm. There will be sets from Black Nielson (future artist on Truck), Four Storeys(curren artist on Truck), Anthony Green (ex Overground and Whispering Bob guitarist).