Noisy's Links

If you want us to add your link please e-mail us. Some links are for projects based outside of Essex, but all are useful/worth checking out! (All links open in a new window).

Noisy-related links | Bands | Rehearsal Rooms & Recording Studios | Venues | Clubs | Fanzines & Labels | Record Shops | Gig Promoters | Gig Listings | Festivals | Radio | Photographers & Artists | Essex-related sites | Internet Services

Noisy-related links

• Link to Us - some banners to link to the Noisy website
• Noisy's Live Journal - news etc. here!
• Chat Room - chat here! (Seems to work best if you register a name rather than trying to sign in as a guest)
• MySpace - Add us as a friend on myspace.com

Bands

Alternative Rock
• Silverlight Reaction Energetic Colchester 3-piece
• Return of the Furies Romford 4-piece playing hard, fast, punk rock!
• Trash Monroe Southend-based, female fronted melodic rock band
• The Joint Conspiracy 4-piece blues/funk/rock band from Southend
• Nothing hard rocking Essex 4-piece - download their free demo here
• Whoremoan Stoner rock from Canvey Island
• Absent Kid Colchester rock/indie band, signed to Fierce Panda
• Mullinski Southend-based, female-fronted alt rock
• Speaker One 3-piece rock band
• F451 Now defunct and much missed political indie-punk-rock band
• Last Year's Resolution Southend 4-piece
• Carmen Pimps "Like Led Zeppelin playing the Stone Temple Pilots house warming party whilst Jim Morrison regales in tales of Guns n Roses exuberant and indulgent past"
• Zen Motel Heavy rock, recently supported GA*GAs on tour
• 4ft Pimp Thumb-Sucking Rock from Southend-on-Sea
• Girls That Scratch Jagged energetic post-punk new wave rock 'n' roll
• Fashoda Crisis They have a great song about Stephen Hawking
• Surface To Air Subversive apocalyptic indie rock from Dagenham/Essex, with a twist of Spike Milligan
• So Close To Home Unsigned pop/punk band based between Braintree & Colchester.
• Gesekki Sleaze rock band based in Romford/Wickford, Essex
• Boudicca Band who play a fusion of classic rock covers combined with their own original material.
• Caleb Combines forms of grunge, rock, and haunting balladry with male & female vocals
• Greenleaf56 Engergetic, upbeat Southend alt rock band
• Belisha Colchester alt rockers currently doing rather well for themselves
• Skinner Corp Young punk/rock/alternative band from Essex
• Splitfire "Young Gifted and the face of Nu-Mod!" according to Music Zine

Goth
• Jack's Family Female-fronted 5-piece from Colchester

Hardcore
• The Clangers 3-piece playing a blend of rock, punk, metal, jungle, digital, hardcore!

Metal
• Anger Is A Gift Brilliant rap/rock/metal outfit from Witham
• Hallion Blend of hard rock, glam and metal
• Zombie Death Squad Now defunct "blend of thrash & hardcore"
• In Shadow Female-fronted heavy, yet melodic 4-piece
• Fell Four-piece metal band from South Woodham Ferrers
• Blood Red Flag Essex based hard rock/metal band playing together for a year
• Korvus Chelmsford-based black metal

Indie
• Ten Tigers Southend/Cambridge-based indie/punk fourpiece
• Colour Kinesis 5-piece Essex based Indie band
• The Brights Essex indie 5-piece, have been described as "Chelmsford dandies"!!!
• Scarf "Their sound harks back to the maximum R’n’B of the Creation & Who, through to classic British songwriters like Marriott/Lane and Davies"...
• The Sam I Am "Gives you the feel that Jeff Buckley & PJ Harvey may have got it on, down at Southend Pier sometime back in 1984.."
• Rizzo Female-fronted indie rock from Colchester

Acoustic
• The Big Slow 3-piece acoustic band from Thurrock
• Guillermo Monroy and Juan Carlos Arenas Latin American acoustic duo based in Ingatestone

Punk
• The Machines Southend's first punk band, formed in 1977
• Boweevil Now defunct Southend-based punk band - you can download all their tracks for free
• Ox-i-moron Now defunct fusion of punk & industrial rock mixing live instruments & digital media
• Candy Panic Attack Lo-fi riot grrrl-type stuff
• The Freaks Excellent 50's/60's inspired garage rock/punk group
• Head First A 4 piece punkrock band based in Basildon capable of rockin the socks off your Nan!
• Boot50 Essex-based Punk band
• Nothing Can Prove It Pop-Punk band from Essex

Ska
• Goldmaster Allstars Ska band based in Leigh, also home of Goldmaster Records & recording studios
• The Beatroots Ska band including some Goldmaster members

Emo
• Lunatic High 5 piece metal/emo band from Hockley

Solo Artists
• Phil Burdett Popular singer from Southend
• Get Cape Wear Cape Fly Sam Duckworth & co.
• Steve Forward Solo Rock Guitarist/Vocalist Playing Original Tracks and Classic Rock Tracks

Experimental
• ExileInside Ex-My Life Story's Jake Shillingford's new music/new media project
• Phillious Williams Quite possibly the only band in the World, let alone Essex to play Heavy Western, and very good it is too.

Rehearsal Rooms & Recording Studios

• Vans Audio (Rehearsal Rooms, Recording Studio and Large Live Room in Brunel Road, Gorse Lane Ind Est, Clacton on sea)
• Whitelight Production (London recording studio also offers music production services.)
• A.T Music Group (Professional luxury, 64 track digital recording studio. Rehearsal rooms and tuition services are also available, based in Chelmsford)
• Shut Up Fool Studios (Rehearsal rooms in Kelvedon area)
• Music Tek (Facility in Dagenham with 9 rehearsal rooms and professional digital recording studio also has tuition for vocals, drums, guitar and bass and offers PA hire.)
• Big Noise Studios (Recording studio based in Rochford)
• Goldmaster Studios (Recording studio based in Leigh-On-Sea)
• Mushroom Rehearsal Studios (Rayleigh/Hullbridge-based studios for rehearsing)
• Creative Studios (Brentwood-based rehearsal/recording rooms & music academy)
• Seahorse Recording (Recording studios based at Creative Studios in Brentwood)
• All Of Music (Romford-based recording/rehearsal rooms also offers web design & photography services)

Venues

• Barhouse (Chelmsford)
• The Bassment (Chelmsford)
• Riga (Westcliff)
• Chinnery's (Southend)
• Fat Surfer (Grays)
• Pacific Edge (Romford)
• The Tek (Dagenham)
• Colchester Arts Centre (Colchester)
• The Hermit (Brentwood)
• The Square (Harlow)
• The Twist (Colchester)
• The Castlemayne (Basildon)
• Deadlive (Tilbury)
• The Sunrooms (Southend)
• The Alex (Southend)
• The Grand (Leigh On Sea)

Clubs

• Working Classes (Bringing you the best of Essextronica and other electronic acts from elsewhere, The Ship, monthly on a Friday night - on hiatus as of May 08)
• Weird Fantasy (Resident DJs Paul Siggins and Paul Cooper plus friends will blitz you with an eclectic mix of sounds you won't hear anywhere else. The Ship, Leigh On Sea)
• Sundown Multimedia (Not exactly a club but didn't know where else to put link! Monthly poetry/music/multimedia night in Royal Hotel, Southend on Sea)
• Vomit (Punk/ska/psychobilly/metal @ Royal Hotel, Southend)
• Opium Lounge (Longest running indie /alternative night in Romford - Thursday nights)
• The Pink Toothbrush (Alternative music Friday & Saturdays, Rayleigh)

Fanzines & Labels

• Fanzines & Independent Magazines
• Herts & Essex Music Zine (Free magazine covering the music scene in and around Herts and Essex - pick it up - it's well worth reading!)
• Panic Magazine (Promoting music and arts in the Chelmsford area)
• Grapevine (Free monthly gig guide available from selected venues and shops across East Anglia)
• Skip To The 'End (New Southend-based read featuring cool local talent)
• Beat Motel (Ipswich based fanzine covering music and eccentric stuff from all over!)
• Level 4 (Brand new arts/culture magazine based in Southend - pick up a free copy from selected outlets!)
• Zine Arcade (Printed and online publication dedicated to the small press, self-publishers may contribute)
• Heaven or Las Vegas (Independent music publication based in Elgin and covering the Scotland scene)
• Robots & Electronic Brains (Eclectic music zine based in Cambridge)
• God Is In The TV (Online cultural fanzine with music reviews, interviews and much more!)
• To Hell With... (Webzine with interviews & live/single/album reviews of mainly alternative/indie music)
• Black Velvet Magazine (Huge, glossy UK fanzine/independent magazine - focuses on pop-punk, emo, rock etc. Single/album/demo reviews & interviews every issue)
• Bubblegum Slut Fanzine (Goth/Glam/Punk zine based in Colchester)
• Devolution Magazine (Goth/metal/alternative independent magazine)
• Org Fanzine & Records (based in London - since 1986!)
• R*E*P*E*A*T (Manics - inspired zine & label based in Cambridge)
• Razorcake (the first and only official non-profit music magazine in America primarily dedicated to supporting independent music culture.)
• Sound Nation (Now defunct publication by The Welsh Music Foundation. Well worth visiting as the online article archive is a great source of d.i.y and business articles still online to view)
• Labels
• Octafuzz Records (New South Essex-based label)
• Zingg Records (Leigh-based music sales & promotion website, also organise gigs in Leigh on Sea)
• Two Tree Records (Southend-based label promoting Southend Beat bands)
• Gringo Records (Colchester & Nottingham based label, home of Hirameka hi-fi, polaris etc.)
• Fragment (Indie label based in Brentwood)
• Shut Up Fool Records (Record label set up by members of Hallelujah Johnson, based in Maldon)
• From Outside Earth Records (New Essex label set up by the makers of gamefoe.co.uk)
• Tidelines Ltd (New indie record label based in Hornchurch)
• Bitterscene Records (Chelmsford record label & club night)
• Sublingual Records (Essex-based record label)
• Spinoff Records (Label based in Romford indie/rock/electronic/new wave)
• LoveLove Records (Experimenral noise/electro label based in Colchester)
• Velocity Recordings (Reading-based label, also organises gigs)
• Just Say No To Government Music (Blackpool-based label, home of local music compilations and loads more)

Record Shops

• Fives (Independent record shop in Leigh)
• Slipped Discs (Independent record shops in Chelmsford & Billericay)

Promoters & PR Services

• JD Promos (Putting on gigs in Benfleet/Southend areas)
• Delicious (Southend-based music promoters, offers branding, photography, graphic design, publicity and product and music promotion.)
• The !FREEDOMIZE! Promotional Collective!! and official site (Southend-based promoters)
• Alter States (Promoting Live music out of The Bassment Club in Chelmsford focusing on Americana (US Country/Roots) style music.)
• All Sound Artist Promotion (Comprehensive artist management and promotional services based in Essex, UK. Services include after-show party arrangement, charity events, local and national tours and press relations.)
• Pogo (Organising gigs in the Southend area as well as offering a range of services for unsigned bands online)
• Burn The Discotheque (Colchester-based collective putting on punk/hardcore gigs in the area)
• Open Minded Music (Witham-based promotors organising gigs around Essex)
• Paul's Gig (Putting on bands in the Brentwood/Ongar area)
• Exile Off Duke Street (Regular Chelmsford gig night & magazine)
• MSoundz (Sell your music online)
Thirteen13 (Essex-based tour booking agency for bands from overseas to help them find UK dates, also does CD distribution for any band that falls into the goth, deathrock, horrorpunk and guitar based industrial styles - no metal or EBM! )
• Southend Live Music (Promoters of young musicians in Southend area)

• Gigs (very comprehensive listing for South Essex)
• Essex Gigs (gig listings for Essex - sign up and add your own gigs!)
• Live & Bubbling (Free monthly leaflet containing live music listings for gigs in the Southend area - available from your local library etc. Website no longer working!)
• Witham Scene (website all about the music scene in Witham, band/gig/musician info etc.)

Festivals

• Cosmic Puffin Festival (Mersea Island, Easter 2008)
• Leigh Folk Festival (Folk Music)
• TMF Rock Festival (Annual rock festival at Orsett, Essex)
• Horndon Live (Live Music Festival in Hordon, Essex)
• Riverfest (Annual music & art festival in Burnham on Crouch)
• Kelvedon Free Music Festival (Annual free event in Kelvedon, Essex)
• Sutton With Shopland Festival (Fri - Sat 4/5 July 2008, Rochford, Essex)
• Rochfest 2006 (Rochford, Essex)
• Bands By The Sand (East Mersea)
• Brightlingsea Free Music Festival
• Colchester Festival (Annual Colchester event)

Radio

• The Southend Years (Internet radio show playing tracks from Essex acts and artists that have performed in Southend over the years, plus new acts too)
• Phoenix FM (Brentwood & Billericay's local radio station - all types of music - check out Brentwood's Only Alternative show featuring tons of interviews with the famous and the up and coming!)
• BBC Essex Unsigned (Launched in Autumn 2007, new weekly show featuring unsigned news and bands in Essex)
• More Than Just Radio (Current home of radio shows by Southend DJs Mike Fisher and Moonlight Phoenix)

Photographers & Artists

• Photography by Wolfie (Stunning live shots by perhaps the only photographer that can make Riga look like a stadium!)
• Andy Carne (Colchester-based music photographer)
• Matt Pawsey (Beautiful music photography: F451, The Scissor Sisters, HIM etc.)
• Grillyx (Punk music photography by Essex-based photographer)
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• Old No. 7 Brand (Music photographer Rich Crooks)
• Amanda Sutton (Super-cool artist who drew issue 2's guitar girl!)

Essex-Related Sites/Band Services

• Lab247 (Essex based printing firm who work with unsigned bands providing short runs of flyers, posters and also vinyl banners for stage promotion.)
• Gig Essex (a page set up to help you explore the unsigned band scene around Essex.)
• Southend Punk (Huge archive of information about the punk movement in Southend, photos, flyers, forum, timelines and so much more!)
• Essex Unsigned (Website featuring profiles of unsigned acts and news of the local scene - bands can add their own profiles etc.)
• Unsigned Band Merchandise (T-shirts, hoodies etc. for bands such as Trash Monroe & Ox-i-Moron)
• The Dukester (Website full of gig/record reviews of Essex bands plus other bands from the UK - has now re-launched!)
• Gamefoe (Online zine featuring news, reviews and a forum, also organise gigs locally)
• Waffleon (Music & entertainment news in Romford)
• Essex Metal (Message board about metal music in Essex)
• Live Band Photos (Photo gallery of Bands and Live Music Pubs in the Essex & Herts Area)

Internet Promotion & Services and other stuff...

• Bobstar Web designs (Web design services)
• Punk Posters (Selling cool music posters)
• Real Music Production (Real Music Production offers private, one-on-one lessons on almost all instruments. We compile reports of each lesson to support your development, offer exam preparation, music theory and secondary instrument tuition and create a friendly atmosphere ideal for learning situations.)
• Foot Printers (Great Leeds printers workers co-op who prints Noisy fanzine)