Wandering Oak: Viagra Boys (SE)

Wednesday 15th May
Wandering Oak brings you:

• Viagra Boys • (Sweden. YEAR0001 Records)
Street blues. Crime rock. Research chemicals.

Viagra Boys is a Swedish punk / street blues band from Stockholm. Formed in 2015, the 6-man band started cultivating their very own style of ugly gonzo post-punk carnage - with a wide range of influences including Screamin Jay Hawkins, Butthole Surfers, Suicide and Dead Kennedys they’ve created the melting pot that we know as Viagra Boys.

The name Viagra Boys may make you think of failing sexual abilities, and that’s kind of what it’s about. The name was chosen as a pun to man's failed role in society.

It all started out when Henrik “Benke” Höckert and Sebastian “Sebbe” Murphy, who knew each other from the world of tattooing, had a rowdy night out. They ended up in a karaoke bar where Benke for the first time heard Sebbe singing, and he instantly knew that he had witnessed something special. He woke up the next day knowing that this was the start of something real. Anyone who has seen Sebbe perform will know exactly why...

FFO Funhouse-era Iggy And The Stooges / The Birthday Party / XTRMNTR-era Primal Scream / shrimp
www.vboysstockholm.com

• Squid •
Hotly tipped phenomenon Squid recall the finest corners of late 70's post-punk alongside a propulsive motorik drive and glimmers of early noughties disco, with the end result being an effortlessly exciting ride. Squid are fast becoming known for their incendiary live shows; they play with an energy and conviction that is positively transcendent in its chaos and fever.

FFO black midi / Television / LCD Soundsystem
https://squiduk.bandcamp.com/

• GGAllan Partridge •
Five Northern lasses present a skewed and lively version of punk, owing more to X-Ray Spex then The Sex Pistols, and express themselves like 60’s gogo dancers who have watched too much Vic and Bob. Their mix of the Fat White Family’s barely contained ire and Deee-Lite’s boundless sense of fun is an absolute joy; a gloriously off-kilter dayglo girl-gang riot of pop and politics.

FFO The Slits! / Surfbort / @early Yeah Yeah Yeahs
https://ackackack.bandcamp.com/

£7.50 advance available via TicketWeb UK:
https://www.ticketweb.uk/event/viagra-boys-cluny-2... 
Via Alt Tickets:
https://www.alttickets.com/viagra-boys-tickets/new...
And SEE Tickets:
https://www.seetickets.com/event/viagra-boys/cluny...
Also available over the bar at The Cluny (without booking fee) and RPM Music / Beatdown Records / Reflex CD Vinyl Newcastle / 586 Records

Cluny2
36 Lime Street
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
NE1 2PQ

For ages 18+ only, from 7:30pm