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Charger News
28th July 2010
Yet more tour dates
2 more dates have now been confirmed for our mini tour with Conan, they are:
18th Nov 2010 - Classic Grand, Glasgow
20th Nov 2010 - Zuu Bar, Bradford
25th July 2010
Charger/Conan UK Tour
We'll be heading out on the road in late November for a small UK tour with our good friends Conan, the first date has now been confirmed as:
19th Nov 2010 - Hyem Bar, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
More dates to follow soon!
11th July 2010
New live images
14 new live images have been added to our gallery from 3 recent gigs at Boton Metal Massacre, Loud Howls, London and The Star & Garter, Manchester.
10th July 2010
'Disgust...' review at Blabbermouth
'Disgust At The Status Quo' was reviewed over at Blabbermouth a few weeks ago and our shaman must really have been sleeping as its took him so long to put this live, so our belated thanks go to Scott Alisoglu and you can read the review here.
19th May 2010
Oxford gig confirmed
And another Charger gig for your diaries, this time its The Wheatsheaf in Oxford and the date is Sat 6th Nov 2010, support and door charge are still to be announced.
17th May 2010
Charger to play The Burlesque Rock 'n' Roll Nite
We're now confirmed to play The Burlesque Rock 'n' Roll Nite at the White Hart in Corby with Thunderhorse, the date is Saturday 5th June and entry is just £4!
16th May 2010
Manchester gig confirmed
We'll be playing The Star & Garter in Manchester on Thursday 1st July with Conan and Laws Of Abuse, damage is £5 and more info can be found at www.future-noise.co.uk.
7th May 2010
EP reviewed in Decibel Magazine
'Digust At The Status Quo' was reviewed in the April issue of US based Decibel Magazine which you can read here and our thanks go to Shane Mehling for his kind words.
1st May 2010
Interview at Angel of Metal
Jay & Dan were interviewed by Vicky from Angel of Metal at Metal Massacre in Bolton so if you want a giggle at our expense check it out at www.angelofmetal.com/html/reviews/boltonmm/charger.htm.
3rd April 2010
Interview in Demon Pigeon
We were recently interviewed by UK based webzine Demon Pigeon, you can read the results of our banter at www.demonpigeon.com/2010/03/24/interview-charger and our thanks go to Daniel Cairns for firing over some questions.
2nd April 2010
Deaf Sparrow review our EP
Another new review for our EP has surfaced, this time from US based webzine Deaf Sparrow which you can read here, and may we say thanks for your kind yet honest words.
18th March 2010
CHARGER MAIL-ORDER
The Charger store will be closed from Friday 19th March until Monday 12th April, sorry but the lazy bums at Future-Noise are taking a break, how dare they!!!! Only kidding, Our new EP 'Disgust at the Status Quo' can still be ordered via the Future-Noise website, but, please note, any orders will not be posted out until the week commencing Monday 12th April.
6th March 2010
'Disgust At The Status Quo' reviewed at Cosmic Lava
Another new review for our EP, this time from webzine Cosmic Lava, our thanks go to KK for his kind words and you can read the review here.
28th February 2010
Bad Acid & Metal Hammer review 'Disgust At The Status Quo'
Two more reviews have come in for our EP from Metal Hammer, which you can read here, and Bad Acid which you can read here, our thanks to go Dom Lawson & Jason Synder respectively.
25th February 2010
'Disgust At The Status Quo' review in Terrorizer
Our latest EP, 'Disgust At The Status Quo', is reviewed in the current issue of Terrorizer (#194 March 2010), our thanks go to José Carlos Santos for penning some sterling words together and if you've not seen it yet, you can read it here.
14th February 2010
Charger no longer playing The Rigger
After announcing we'll be playing The Rigger on the 20th March (our webmaster was a bit too quick off the mark!), we have unfortunately had to pull out so apologies go to the promoter & everyone who was planning on making the trip to see us play, we're sure a suitable replacement will be found very soon and we hope you still go out and support this FREE gig!!
13th February 2010
Charger to play The Rigger
We will be playing a FREE gig, yes that's right, a FREE gig at The Rigger, Newcastle-Under-Lyme on 20th March 2010 with heavyweights Pombagira & Grimpen Mire.
6th February 2010
Zero Tolerance EP Review
'Disgust At the Status Quo' is reviewed in the latest issue of Zero Tolerance Magazine (issue #33 Jan/Feb 2010), which you can read here and thanks go to Scott Mckeating for his amazing words.
30th January 2010
Charger to Headline Loud Howls
We've now been confirmed as headliners on the Sunday night for the 1st Loud Howls festival which takes place on the 10th & 11th April 2010 at The Gaff, London, other bands playing include Trippy Wicked, Serpent Venom, Koresh, Dead Existence, Witchsorrow, more info can be found on their MySpazz page at www.myspace.com/loudhowls.
24th January 2010
Hellridemusic.com EP Review
'Disgust At the Status Quo' review now online at Hellridemusic.com which you can read here and our thanks go to Chris Barnes for his kind words.
3rd January 2010
Charger To Headline Metal Massacre
Charger have now been confirmed as headliners of the Future Noise stage at this years Metal Massacre at The Soundhouse, Bolton on Saturday 10th April, tickets will be onsale soon and you can find more info at www.metalmassacre.co.uk.
5th December 2009
'Disgust at the Status Quo' Out Now!!
'Disgust At the Status Quo' CDEP released by Future Noise is out now!!
Order your copy via our Merch page for £5 (UK) and £6 (RoW) including shipping.
The track 'The Stuffer' (silly title?) was also played on Johnny Doom's Kerrang! Radio show 'Temple Of Doom' last night (thanks man!) which is still available to stream via www.kerrangradio.co.uk and you can catch it just after Napalm Death at around the 2hour 13minute mark.
3rd December 2009
'Disgust at the Status Quo' Update & 1st Review!
Our new CDEP 'Disgust At The Status Quo' will be released via Future Noise Recordings any day now, but in the meantime you can read our 1st review here by The Sleeping Shaman and thanks to Adam for his amazing words of wizardry!
We should also mention the quick review we got in the latest issue of Metal Hammer from our appearance at Damnation...
"Charger are so bloody brilliant it isn't funny. They should be headlining with their dynamic powerviolence-laced sludge, not piddling about at 3pm in the afternoon." 9/10
22nd November 2009
Only Fools And Noises Interview
Dan over at Only Fools And Noises webzine recently conducted an interview with Jay which you can read at www.onlyfoolsandnoises.com/interviews/charger.html, thanks man!
9th November 2009
New Charger T-Shirts
New 'Valium Over Talent' T-Shirts featuring artwork by Toby @ DesignVoid are now available in 3 colours Black, Navy Blue & Charcoal in sizes S, M, L & XL, priced at £11 (UK) / £12 (RoW) which you can now buy direct from our Merch page.
24th September 2009
Noise Bleed 2009
We've now been confirmed to play Noise Bleed 09 at The Borderline, London on Sat 7th November, other bands on the bill include Ramesses, Manatees, The Freezing Fog, Palehorse, Chickenhawk & Astrohenge, tickets are £10 and more information can be found at www.mamagroup.co.uk/borderline.
28th August 2009
Disgust at the Status Quo
We have now finished recording our new EP titled "Disgust at the Status Quo" which was recorded & engineered at the Lizard Lounge by Alex Jockel, it will feature 3 tracks; Omar Suarez, Melvin Lardy, The Stuffer and will be released by Future Noise Recordings in October 2009.
6th August 2009
More Gigs
A couple of gigs to tell you about in October as we'll be playing Bannermans Live in Edinburgh on Friday 2nd and an as yet to be confirmed venue on Saturday 3rd in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, more info to follow soon.
7th July 2009
Damnation, Orange Goblin & EP News
We're proud to announce that Charger are now confirmed to play at this years Damnation Festival at Leeds University on Sat 24th October, tickets are on sale now and you can find out more information at www.damnationfestival.co.uk.
If that wasn't enough, we're also stoked to support Orange Goblin when they play a 1 off show at The Roadhouse in Manchester on Sat 28th November, tickets aren't on sale yet but keep checking www.theroadhouselive.co.uk for further details.
And finally, we're currently getting ready to enter the studio to record some new tracks for our forth coming, as yet untitled, EP which will be released by northern doom stalwarts Future Noise, more news to follow soon!
9th April 2009
Charger to Support Church Of Misery
We've now been confirmed as support to Church of Misery & Firebird @ The Star & Garter, Manchester on Thursday 14th May 09, for more info and tickets go to www.future-noise.co.uk.
21st January 2009
Firebird Gig Tomorrow!
Just a quick note to say don't forget we're playing The Rigger in Newcastle-under-Lyme tomorrow night (22nd Jan 09) with Firebird and Space Witch, first band will be on at 8pm and its just a fiver to get in!
3rd October 2008
Firebird Support & New Photos
A couple of updates today, the first is we're now confirmed to play with Firebird and Space Witch on Thursday 22nd January 09 at The Rigger, Newcastle Under Lyme and we've also added a few live photos to our Gallery from Grind To Groove III courtesy of Lee @ The Sleeping Shaman.
15th September 2008
New Rottingham Date
Firstly, thanks for everyone who came out to see us at Grind to Groove III yesterday and other news, if you haven't already heard, Rottingham Festival at the Old Angel, Nottingham, have now confirmed the rescheduled date and Charger will be playing on Saturday 28th February 2009, more info can be found on our gigs page.
29th August 2008
Black Swan Festival Cancelled
Unfortunately the Black Swan festival has been cancelled, we are in the dark to what went on but we suspect it was a case of bitten off more than they can chew, all's not lost though as we're still playing Grind To Groove III in September, check out our gigs page for more info and flyer.
15th August 2008
Bootlegs Wanted!
We want your bootlegs, anything you have, be it audio or video, please contact the band direct at jay@fuzzbastards.com
13th August 2008
Rottingham Postponed
News has just filtered through that this years Rottingham has been postponed, we'd like to say a quick thanks to Ian & Dan @ Nottsnoise for including us on the bill and that they get a new date sorted soon, in the meantime, here's a statement from the duo:
Sadly, due to reasons beyond our control we have had to postpone Rottingham for a bit.
Basically we've changed the date twice already, and now the venue have told us they have a club night on the Saturday night and we'd have to finish by 8pm, which to be honest, isn't gonna happen.
The Old Angel is probably the best venue in the area for a gig like this, so we are sticking with the Angel and will hopefully have the bands and new date confirmed soon as possible. We just thought it fair to postpone rather than mess everyone about again. We have spoke to bands and have highlighted the problem, and we know this looks very unprofessional on our part, but sometimes things like this can't be helped.
So just watch this space for new updates on bands and dates, and cheers for the support.
Ian + Dan @ NottsNoise.
28th July 2008
WE ARE BACK!
Charger are back on line with a real web site, right now we are writing new material in our countryside jam room. We have taken on Future Noise to deal with management/bookings & The Sleeping Shaman who has designed this site, provided press/live shots and recently interviewed us which you can read here. Our Message Board is still available on our labels site and we also have 1 set up on The Sleeping Shaman / Future Noise forum here, so feel free to abuse us.
Thanks to all involved & see you in a sweaty club soon!
Charger 2008
