Saturday 29 November at The Jailhouse, Hereford

NMTBullocks presents GOD DAMN / Plane Crasher / Weathered Hands / Cassandra / Chew

The impressively loud 2 piece GOD DAMN will be headlining what may well be the last NMTBullocks gig night to be held at The Jailhouse on Saturday 29^th November, what with the very sad closure of the club on the horizon at the end of the year. They’ll be supported on the night by a host of excellent local bands. Loud, intense, brutal, raucous, dirty punk ‘n’ roll noisemongers Plane Crasher and emotive hardcore punk rock from Weathered Hands. Plus garage indie rockers Cassandra and alternative Chew.

Atomic drum and guitar duo God Damn are pure attack: molten pop hooks galvanized in a blaze of bludgeoning riffs and furiously propulsive percussion. Hailing from the heart of the Black Country, God Damn fuse ‘Bleach’ era Nirvana, Jesus Lizard, ‘Surfer Rosa’ era Pixies and At The Drive In influences whilst swearing allegiance to the ‘Seven J’s’ of their Holy Bible: Hendrix, Homme, Cash, White, Page, Bonham and Jesse ‘The Devil’ Hughes (Eagles of Death Metal).

….what the press say:

“A heads-down, hair-in-your-eyes, ****-your-instruments-as-hard-as-humanly-possible riff riot.” – The Guardian

A rip-rollicking thrash, brutally mixing grunge and the regions finest export, heavy metal." – NME

A testifying blues grunge prog rock pop metal thrashup... if that sounds like a pretty awesome combination, you’d be right. It is." – Brum Notes

“Fantastic: loud, louder, and ******* loud, PA testing Motorhead style volume. Times two.” Uberrock

….and finally in their own words when recently talked to Kerrang about their forthcoming One Little Indian release and upcoming tour:

“We can’t wait to take this new material out on the road! We are known for being one of the rawest on the circuit using heavy dynamics with a quiet/loud/jet-engine decibel range… A sing-along nosebleed kinda vibration,” laughs vocalist and guitarist, Thom Edward. “We’ve made a very textured, visceral and angry record with those pop barbed hooks. We’re fully intent on making layered studio albums with depth and then gloves off, knuckle dusters on for the shows!”

So check out GOD DAMN on Saturday November 29th, a band definitely on the rise. With multiple plays of their latest single Horus on Zane Lowe’s Radio 1 show and a UK Download tour with Turbowolf just days after this Jailhouse show they are an act to watch. Also make the most of The Jailhouse, a venue so supportive of the NMTBullocks shows and live music in general over the last 7 years here in Hereford while it’s still around.

Live: 7.30 – 11.30pm /// £5 on the door.

(Includes entry into 80s & 90s Anthems club night after bands till 3am)

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I have been reluctantly forced to lock and remove a recent topic. Hereford Voice is a community for open discussion and debates and generally these are really great in depth discussions covering a wide range of topics. 

We have some really fantastic members here from a variety of backgrounds, lets please occasionally agree to disagree on heated debates, I do not like it when they start to become personal. There is no need to be unpleasant and I would encourage everyone to think about how the comments that they write may effect others. 

Please all take a moment to read through the forum rules and lets get back to discussing and some classic poems! 

So we're 3 days in. Mine has't been collected and I've been told it won't be for another 2 weeks. Despite the scheme starting AFTER my standard collection time.

A mother has posted this to the council facebook page...

"Never had a bin delivered and dustbin man said today there wouldn't be any point in having one as they can't take it down a step and out my gate . He also said he could only take 4 bags , really ? For a family of 5 with babies ? So this is the result , bags left with rotten meat in that have been sat there for 2 weeks and all torn by cats . Already have a rat problem and this is just adding to it. And we pay council tax for what exactly? So well done , your bright idea as clearly worked . All this will do is attract rats which can spread disease , make our homes stink and encourage fly tipping ."

Can be found on the council's page here:

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=903448389667606&set=o.168998463236435&type=1

and

Council apologises for bin mix up as new collection system starts

http://www.herefordtimes.com/news/11581623.Council_apologises_for_bin_mix_up_as_new_collection_system_starts/?ref=mc
 

Crews working *LONGER* as new bin collections bed in

http://www.herefordtimes.com/news/11595720.Crews_working_longer_as_new_bin_collections_bed_in/

Wagamama Japanese Restaurant & Noodle Bar Now Open In Hereford.

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I was out walking the other day and could not help but notice how many people do not wash the items that they put into their recycle bins. I thought that this was required, also how many people put the wrong items in their bins, such as polythene and tin foil which they do not want. So I have created this poll and thread for discussion

I always clean bottles cartons etc before I place them in the recycle bin.

No Polythene!

No Bottle Tops!

No Silver Foil!

No Black Plastic!

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We have new Twitter followers most days but this person stood out this morning..

Welcome Andy McNab 

I went to the Old Market Hereford last evening around 6.20pm to find half the shops closed? Joules, Vodafone, Fat Face and Pandora all closed, I thought this centre was supposed to be open until 8pm every week night?

No words required..

I received this today from Herefordshire Council Newsdesk.

Quote:

19th Aug 2014

Public Exhibition for South Wye Transport Package

Herefordshire residents will have an opportunity to view plans and give feedback about traffic and transportation issues affecting the South Wye area of Hereford.

The council will hold a public exhibition from Tuesday 1st to Thursday 3rd July (from 12 noon to 8pm each day) at the Three Counties Hotel, Hereford. The exhibition will display a number of options that have been considered for addressing problems in the area.

Residents are encouraged to come along and give their views and opinions on the transportation problems and the options that have been identified to deal with these. Following the exhibition people will be able to feedback their comments until 8th August 2014.

Cllr Price, cabinet member for infrastructure said: " traffic flows on the A465 are forecast to increase over time as a result of economic growth. The aims of this study are to look at ways to reduce congestion, pollution and social deprivation in the South Wye area. In order to do this, it is important that we consult widely with local residents and stakeholders. I would urge anyone with any interest in this project to come along to the public exhibition and see the options that have been identified to deal with the continually growing transport problems in the South of the city. everyone will be given the opportunity to voice their opinions on the outcomes of the initial stages of the project and we welcome them to do so".

More information about the South Wye transport Package and a link to the online consultation can be found from the 1st July on line HERE.

For a hard copy of the consultation brochure and consultation questionnaire please contact 01432 349505 or email Hereford@pbworld.com

End.

Central Park is off Central Avenue, behind the Fire Station (or via Daws Road).

In this age of poverty that sees good people reliant upon food banks, hand me downs and any help they can get from friends and relatives, isn't it crazy that the State demands that we all waste.

It's true. It's madness but it's all entirely true. Nowadays if you live in Social Housing and you die and you've no surviving spouse or partner, you've no relatives and you do not leave a sworn will, every single piece of furniture, fixtures, fittings and household equipment gets removed from that home and it's thrown on the tip.

No matter how good the carpets are, no matter how recently they were laid they go straight to the tip. It's the same with a lovely new three piece suite, a television or any other piece of household property that you can think of, no matter if it's only a few days old, it all goes into the Council refuse tip.

And this ain't the fault of the Council. Im given to understand that because of agreed protocols at national level, every single local authority up and down the Country does exactly the same. It seems to me to be a madness that we can't allow our local authorities to judge the condition of a now empty Council house and make use of something that another family would love and appreciate. It makes no bloody sense.

They tick boxes for this, that and the other to satisfy the EU that they are recycling yet they are compelled to throw away perfectly good stuff because of some silly and outdated rule, law or protocol that demands we throw away perfectly good property so that we can say, 'nobody has appropriated an advantage following the death of this poor soul. And that's all it is! Nothing else. We are throwing away vast quantities of household stuff just so that nobody can be critical at some later date.

This is what I'd like you to do and by doing it you'll help the weak, the poor and the vulnerable within our society. Please contact your MP, either Mr Norman or Mr Wiggin and ask them to represent your view that this is waste on a grand scale and consideratiin should be given to amend this national agreed protocol and give our Councils some freedom to dispose of property in a more sensible way and allow commonsense to replace the madness that sees this activity going on every single day of the year

My very warmest regards. Please help.

I'D BEEN down to the Lugg Meadows car boot. There weren't a lot of bargains to be had as half the site was under water, but I managed to pick up a near-new copy of 'Call Of Duty 27'. If you're not familiar with it, that's the one where you join an elite squad of killers, which includes Barack Obama and George Osborne. Your mission is to assassinate Angela Merkyl, who's spending the weekend in her schloss, locked in a lesbian triste with Paris Hilton. After despatching Frau Merkyl, you elope to the Cayman Islands with the delightful Paris (and her equally delightful bank balance) to spend the rest of your days consuming Class A substances, swilled down with Bollinger Grande Crux.

So the opening has been delayed, I hear as they are not ready. Shame!

It appears the Council appear unhappy that the local media isn't putting the right spin on their activities. Well done the Times and Bill Tanner. Lets hope there is more serious delving into the way this Cabinet system works and arrives at its decisions. Long live the free press!

St Paul's Primary School Christmas Faye