Renegades Empire - An Australian Punk Magazine

More reasons to buy…

Written by Hollie . Posted in Uncategorized . Date Posted July 19, 2010

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I hate the Australian Customs people. It is because of their horrible mistakes and poor judgment that our fourth edition was late hitting news agencies and we couldn’t send it out to you guys on time. To make up for it and because we are in a good mood today I’m saying for the remainder of this month ALL our magazines including our brand new one (which we only picked up this morning and we had to wear horrible hi-vis gear which wasn’t attractive at all) will be only $5 plus postage.

Buy it. Read it. Buy one for ya mum – make her read it.

For those who have already purchased the new issue I’m chucking in something free for you so lucky you. And for those on subscriptions you’ll be looked after in the next couple of weeks with lots of free stuff coming your way when we launch our new members section of Renegades Empire.

Stay safe.

Keep on the sunny side of life.

Written by Benjamin . Posted in Uncategorized . Date Posted July 12, 2010

Here’s a fun game to play in between sets at gigs.

Sit somewhere where their is a steady flow of traffic through the bar and smile at everyone who walks past. People will either think your completely crazy or they’ll come talk to you and volia you’ve made a new friend.

Be smiling at you all soon.

Renegades

P.S. Buy our new magazine online and in newsagencies now. It’s sick! It’ll make you smile, even if I can’t.

Issue # 4

Written by Benjamin . Posted in Uncategorized . Date Posted June 30, 2010

Featuring…Horror Country band Graveyard Train www.myspace.com/graveyard3051 it really is an intriguing story we got out of them and we felt we needed to share with you all the mystery that is Graveyard Train. They are also releasing their new album on the 23rd of July at The Corner Hotel, Melbourne through Spooky Records. Everyone get out and experience a great band.

Also featured in Renegades Empire Magazine # 4 is the Go-Go Haunters another spooky band but this one from the ironically sunny Gold Coast. Don’t let their beauty scare you these guys will bite. Then their is Marching Orders, Melbourne OI punk band set to take over the OI scene with a vengeance, Jack Flash from Toowoomba the Folk Punk masters and last but not least Kujo Kings, young ska lovers from the beautiful Melbourne.

We also have some great features on the Sydney Ska Weekender, The Vibrators Tour, History of Hardcore from some of your favorite hardcore bands and some funny stuff we got sent in the mail. We also met some new bands that we couldn’t wait to tell you about such as Saturdays Army (Adelaide Rockabilly kids) and The Puta Madre Brothers (three piece, one man band)

Plus much much more.

This one is bigger than ever. And I want you to buy it.

Small delay (sorry, beyond our control!) on sending them out though we won’t receive them until early next week ourselves. Order them first here online or wait and buy it at your nearest stockists in around 2 weeks time.

We’ll be at a few gigs in the next couple of weeks so come say hi. We’ll be the ones with the magazines, hopefully.

The week that was: 1

Written by Benjamin . Posted in Uncategorized . Date Posted June 21, 2010

This week at Renegades Empire we jumped straight back into work after realising that there is no rest for the wicked.

Back to working on issue # 5 and preparing to receive issue # 4. I will admit that some of the articles in # 4 I glanced at and didn’t read completely does that make me a bad editor? Probably but it also make me excited to read the mag when it gets sent to us. Because we were a little late getting it to the printers I don’t like our chances of having it this week like I hoped but the suspense always makes me that little bit more eager, which is cool.

# 4 introduces you guys to a heap of new bands in Australia we’ve got QLD and SA representing in this one and even a Perth band. As for the elusive cover spot, I’m not going to tell you who scored that just yet but I will tell you they are the craziest by far and if you haven’t heard of them yet you will be chanting their name very soon.

As for whats happening in the rest of the world. Here is the stuff I got told about this week:

1. Carpathian will be heading out on the road this month joined by Ghost Town, before returning to Europe throughout July and August.

June 18 The Fort, Brisbane AA, June 19 Thriller, Brisbane 18+, June 25 The Fitz St Ives, Sydney, June 26 Cambridge, Newcastle 18+, June 27 Axis Youth Centre, Queanbeyan AA, July 1 Next, Melbourne 18+, July 2 Enigma Bar, Adelaide 18+, July 4 Seaford Community Hall, AA, July 9 HQ Skatepark, Perth AA, July 10 Amplifier Bar, Perth 18+ www.myspace.com/carpathian

2. The Vibrators came and conquered Australia playing to rooms full of old school punk rockers with a slew of whos-who in Australian punk rock. We caught them in Sydney on Friday night and mayhem followed.

3. Against Me! tour Australia for the fifth time this October, tickets go on sale June 25.

Oct 5 Fowlers, Adelaide

Tickets from Venue Tix and Moshtix outlets, www.venuetix.com.au and www.moshtix.com.au

Oct 6 Capitol, Perth

Tickets from Moshtix outlets and www.moshtix.com.au.

Oct 7 Hi Fi, Brisbane

Tickets from www.thehifi.com.au, 1300 843 4434, Kill The Music, Rocking Horse, Mosh Pit, Sunflower Pacific Fair, Disasterpiece and Butterbeats.

Oct 8 Hi Fi, Melbourne

Tickets from www.thehifi.com.au, 1300 843 4434 and Polyester Records.

Oct 9 Metro, Sydney

Tickets from Ticketek, Metro Box Office (02) 9550 3666, Enmore Theatre or www.metrotheatre.com.au

Oct 10 Cambridge, Newcastle

Tickets from Moshtix outlets www.moshtix.com.au

Other than that the world kept turning.

We took a holiday

Written by Hollie . Posted in Uncategorized . Date Posted June 16, 2010

and now we are back.

For those of you who follow us on Facebook and Twitter or can hear our screams you will know that issue # 4 of Renegades Empire Magazine was sent to the printers 2 weeks ago. Then we took a break. Now we are back and scouting for stuff for Issue # 5.

We’ve uploaded some photos of Chopdogs Ska Weekender held in Sydney at Hermanns Bar on the 5th of June to our Flicker for your veiwing pleasure and i’m STILL uploading videos to YOUTUBE of the SKA bands that graced the stage to entertain. (it takes so dang long)

Now I’m back to work and looking for bands. If you want in the magazine email us and let us know about your band. Cover spot is still up for grabs and I’m open to all suggestions.

Keep your ears to the ground. Renegades Empire is going to be giving you alot more in the next couple of weeks.

Well that happened..

Written by Hollie . Posted in Uncategorized . Date Posted June 1, 2010

- The Snowdroppers at The Gum Ball. Have you ticked them off your to do list yet? http://www.snowdroppers.com/shows

So this weekend we went the The Gum Ball. A music festival near Maitland in NSW. What can I say really. It rained, it was wet and gross and my hair was frizzy but the food was hot the drinks were cold and the bands rocked my soul.

The day before The Gum Ball we procrastinated from driving and went and bought a sick camera so now we have some great photos to publish in the next edition of Renegades Empire Magazine. So keep an eye out for that. We got to see the Brothers Grim and The Blue Murders again and they made us fall in love again. Those boys are good at that. And we also got the experience The Snowdroppers once again. Johnny Wishbone playing that banjo what else is there really to say. I love a good banjo….

We got the chance to discover some new bands as well which you can read about soon in #4 of Renegades Empire Magazine.

Now that i’m home and dry and drained from the Renegades business meeting we just had i’m off to bed so I can get up tomorrow morning and finish off #4 and get to the printers on time so you can all enjoy a good read. Your going to love the next issue it’ll scare your socks off.

Get to a gig. Fall in love with a new band. Tell us about it.

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Ska Weekender Venue Change

Written by Benjamin . Posted in Gig . Date Posted May 27, 2010

Hey Ya’ll,

On Saturday the 5th you will all now be partying at Hermann’s Bar instead of the x Bald Faced Stag. It’s way better. So make sure you buy your tickets

Due to reasons beyond our control, the June 5^th show of the Sydney Ska Weekender to be held at the Bald Faced Stag, Leicharddt will now be held at Hermann’s Bar, Sydney University, which is located at the corner of City Road and Butlin Avenue, Darlington, directly opposite the main University gates.

All pre-sold tickets will remain valid for entry and the band roster will not change, and along with the much more centralized location, we’ll now have access to Hermann’s outdoor area which is sure to only increase the appeal on the last few remaining tickets.

We do apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and would like to thank everyone for the great support we have received of the show, for details about Hermann’s bar including information on how to get there, please visit www.hermannsbar.com.au.

TICKETS:

WEEKENDER TICKETS: $33 (Sold Out)
JUNE 5 TICKETS: $15 + BF ($20 on the door)
JUNE 6 TICKETS: $25 + BF (Pre Sale only)

Tickets for both shows are available via Qjump.com.au.

JUNE 5
Time: 5PM
Venue: Hermanns Bar
King Cannons (Melb), Chris Duke and the Royals (Syd), Backy Skank (Syd) The Resignators (Melb), Cohen Heart (Syd), Los Capitanes (Canb), Son of Dad (Adel), Madonna (Melb), Steppn’ Razor (Syd)

JUNE 6
Time: 1200-330PM
Venue: Pyrmont bay Wharf, Sydney Harbour Cruise
Steel City Allstars, The Resignators, Sniperival
Covering albums from Less Than Jake (Hello Rockview), Might Mighty Bosstones (Millennium Collection), Strung Out (Twisted by design)

JUNE 6
Time: 5PM
Venue: The Town Hall Hotel, Newtown
Steel City Allstars, Heartbreak Club, Ebolagoldfish

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Ska Weekender Competition!

Written by Benjamin . Posted in Competition . Date Posted May 27, 2010

If you fancy a double pass to the first half of the Ska Weekender at Hermann’s Bar, Sydney then head on over to the competitions page and enter. All you have to do is tell us who you are most excited to see and why at the Ska Weekender. It’s easy as, but there’s only 1 double pass up for offer so hurry up and enter! And even if you don’t win you should still check out the Ska Weekender and get your skank on. I mean come on, the King Cannons are playing!

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Most people think I’m a man.

Written by Hollie . Posted in Uncategorized . Date Posted May 18, 2010

I can’t count the amount of times i’ve been called a man since starting this magazine without my brain getting bored of all the numbers.

Seriously though. I’m no feminist, I’m happy to be in the kitchen doing the dishes and cooking dinner but on the side of my womanly duties I own a magazine. When emailing people or talking on Facebook people always refer to me as a man. ‘Thanks man’ ‘Cheers bro’ Whats this magazine you fellas have put together?’ Now I must write like a man cos as soon as I get on the phone to someone or meet them in person they are quite suprised that i have boobs and not balls. Most of them don’t say anything out of being polite but I can tell from the stutter in their voices and the fact they want to know if I’m sure that I’m me.

Who knows. Maybe I do write a bit manly.

When complaining about this to some guy friends last night they gave me the answer – ‘It’s a guys world and we women just live in it’.

So maybe thats myanswer. The friends I keep force me to man up and accept the fact that they all need a good kick in the head.

I’m not a man. I have a girl name.

By the way we are working on issue # 4 at the moment so if you have any thing cool you want to see in the mag make sure you let us know.

Third time lucky

Written by renegade . Posted in Latest Issue . Date Posted April 30, 2010

Creating issue # 3 was a complete mess. For a while there I forgot we had to do the magazine because I was having too much fun going to gigs most nights of the week. Turns out though the stuff in # 3 is bigger and better then the two previous.

We set our hardest interviewer onto The Snowdroppers and she got so much information out of them we decided to do a story on each member of the blues band and stick them on the cover. Those boys are quite funny and each of them has a great story to tell.

We also discovered the legendary Loonee Tunes who stepped up to the plate as our Ska band. They talked with us about what ska music was like in Australia in the 1980’s. After our trip to Melbourne we solidified our love for the brats that are The Australian Kingswood Factory. Also featured in this edition are RUST – Oi rockers based in Sydney and you can read all about our writers confusion when she thought she had to go see L.U.S.T. Last but not least is our featured Hardcore band; Toe To Toe who will be completing a tour in the up-coming 2 months so we thought we’d better snap them up for an interview before they became rock stars.

As always we have our gig guide (that has a new look AGAIN thanks to our anal Graphic Designer) and this edition introduces you to our pet pig we have at Renegades Empire HQ. Also we feature; Punkabilly 10, Soundwave Sideshows and Pictures from Gogol Bordellos Australian Tour. A bunch of new writers talking about whatever they felt the urge to scribble down at the time and someone really cool to WATCH OUT FOR. We also have an ANIMAL of a man telling us about what he thinks is EPIC.
And much much more…

So go buy it. Now.

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