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[September 27th 2006] - The Spitz 27th Sep 2005
Exactly one year ago today a group of around 200 fans gathered at a little venue called The Spitz to witness the debut show by Man-Raze.
Some fans even travelling all the way over from the USA (Oi).
A great evening and the music wasn't bad either. Hopefully to be followed up soon with the second show and the debut album release.
And yes it was the 27th despite what the board said...
[ Show Setlist/Pics ] - Here
[September 12th 2006] - Man-Raze Coming Soon
Simon Laffy has given fans an update via their myspace blog. The update from August mentions that "all 12 tracks" are now finished and they look forward to playing live soon.
Simon's brother Gerry has also given some info on the band's debut album whilst posting on YouTube. He mentioned having heard tracks from the album and stated that they were "Amazing!" & will "blow people away". He went on to say it "should" be out in early 2007.
There is still no word on when the band will follow up last years debut show. But there should be news coming soon with Lep off the road in November.
[August 6th 2006] - Album Update: Dig It
Phil has given another update on the band during a Lep interview. A lot more interesting this time - he says the band are currently in Dublin (@ Joe's studio) and hope to 'finish' the album off.
Exert - "I am getting ready to go over to Dublin to finish that record up. We should have something in the can within two weeks. When we started playing the songs live it sounded totally different from when we recorded them so we went in and redid the stuff. We also have written some new songs. It is sounding awesome and I am totally digging it."
[ Full Interview Link ] - Here
[July 8th 2006] - Phil Update/MR @ Lollapalooza?
Phil has given another Man-Raze update during a Lep interview with Total Rock. He again mentioned the recent recording session from April in Dublin and the possible activity/album release later this year.
Phil also made a specific mention of a 'possible' US live show at Lollapalooza. If they get on the line-up it will take place from August 4-6 @ Grant Park in Chicago, during the tour break just a few days after the last Lep gig in Houston. (Update: The band haven't scheduled any shows and won't be playing here.)
[ Full Interview ] - Here | Lollapalooza
[June 1st 2006] - Skin Crawl Studio
Whilst on a recent trip to London (with a fellow MR fan...*wink*) we took a detour to Westbourne Studios where Man-Raze's debut maxi-single 'Skin Crawl' was mostly recorded.
Quite a cool little studio complex. A pic outside the studio has been added to the Pics section.
This was after an aborted attempt to find Battery Studios - which incidently is where Girl recorded, when it was still Morgan Studios.
Update below wasn't linked on the updates page - check out the pics.
[ View Pic ] - Here
[May 21st 2006] - Band Update from Dublin
Man-Raze have given a studio update with 5 pics (from Joe's Garage): on May 17th. The update focuses on the recent recording session mentioned by Phil in the interview on Rockline radio.
[ Man-Raze.com ] - Update
[May 5th 2006] - Studio Update
Phil has given a brief band update (a nice little plug) during the DL Rockline appearance on May 3rd:
[Host Bob Coburn] "What's going on with your side-project?."
[Phil] "Ahh I was recording it last week in Ireland at Joe's house actually. We've re-recorded a bunch of songs and they're amazing so...they come out so well we're gonna have to re do the others! So we cut six tracks in about a week. Which is fantastic you know a lot of it was live in the studio you know and then just overdub over the top of that. So that should be coming out this time...sometime this year. That's the Man-Raze album."
[Mar 30th 2006] - Paul Cook
I happened to tune in to the Tom Robinson Evening Sequence show on BBC 6Music earlier to find none other than Paul Cook talking about the band (& the Pistols) before they ended with a playing of "Skin Crawl". Click below for a full transcript of his words (Man-Raze part only).
[ Partial Transcript ] - Here
[Mar 26/27th 2006] - 4 New Songs/No Release Yet
Phil has given a new interview where he mentions Man-Raze and their current/future activity. More of which is happening soon. Some highlights:
Will record 4 more songs live in studio
No release as yet - looking for big label support
"may" do club shows in between Lep tour breaks this year
Will re do 2 songs & record at Joe's Garage in April.
Album out this year/Have 17 songs will choose best 12.
You can read the rest via the link which also deals with the 2006 tour, YEAH!, the next album and "possible" Hysteria 20th anniversary shows/releases. BTW Man-Raze will not open all dates on the US Lep tour but there is a gap in the first half of August.
[ Full Interview ] - Here
[Mar 6th 2006] - 3 More Songs
Man-Raze have added 3 more sound samples to their site: "Runnin' Me Up", "Shadow Man" and "Connected To You" (sounding a little different than it did live).
[ Listen to them ] - Here
[Jan 23rd 2006] - MR @ MySpace
Man-Raze has added 4 audio tracks on MySpace.com, 2 from the Skin Crawl single including the title track plus "Runnin' Me Up" (Instrumental Dub). "Halo" and "It's Entertainment" have also been added. Each of the 4 clips are 2mins in length.
Hopefully this could be a sign of the overdue album release announcement.
You can also view 3 promo photos if you are a registered member.
[ Listen to them ] - Here