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LIVE MUSIC7 NIGHTS A WEEK

• OPEN 5PM-LATE DAILY, SUN 3PM-LATE •

• HAPPY HOUR 6-9PM DAILY, SUN 3-8PM•

• CRAZY HOUR MON - FRI 5PM-6PM •

• JAM NIGHT EVERY MONDAY 9PM-CLOSE•

• SATURDAY ACOUSTIC JAM 6PM-8PM •

FEATURING IN MAY

54 Jaffe Road, Tel: 2861 1621www.myspace.com/thewanchhk

www.reverbnation.com/venue/thewanch

1 Don’t Panic (11pm)

4 Bambie & Edward, Griff,

The Corners, Sweet Revenge

5 Bunny Warren Showcase: Audrey

Lily, Perfect Mind, Cafeinn Park

6 Next Step (9pm), T-8 (11pm)

7 Retrobates (9pm), Djizoes (11pm),

Never-N (midnight)

8 The Culprits (8pm), Last Orders (11pm),

The Catfish Kings (midnight)

9 Armie (3pm), Underdogs (7pm)

11 Big John & Fast Frank (9pm)

12 Starcrossed Showcase

13 Shazza Music Showcase

14 B-Sample (9pm), Loaded (11pm)

15 Musicmen (9pm), Burning Wheel (11pm)

16 Armie (3pm-7pm), Lito (7pm-close)

18 Tily (9pm), Heather Lowe (10pm),

Elle & Pete (11pm)

19 Wanch Classic Rock Quiz (7:30pm),

Burning Wheel (10pm)

20 San Miguel Showcase:

Bus Uncle (8pm), Next Step (9pm),

Fad (10pm), Hazden (11pm)

21 The Culprits (9pm),

Witchdoctor (10pm), Hat Trick (11:30pm)

22 3 Guys (6pm), Retrobates (10:30pm)

23 Armie (3pm), Underdogs (7pm)

25 Mark-1 Showcase

26 While My Guitar Gently Rocks: Po Kei

& Angus, Jacky Ho, Kevin Tsui & Alice

Amu, Bernard Yim & Mines Chan

27 bc unplugged: Rachel Believes In Me,

Savannah Betts, Purple Eye

28 Orion (9pm), Diving For Air (10:30pm),

Speed King (11pm)

29 Blues Espresso (9pm), Don’t Panic (11pm)

30 Armie (3pm), Lito (7pm)

Currently, I’m running The Underground, Global Battle of the BandsNational Director for China, Music Matters Live! Showcases projectmanager, BC Unplugged’s organiser and mum to 3.5 year old twin girls.

What's a typical rock mum day?Wake up, hang out with the authentic twins, put them on school bus, grab tea and turn oncomputers, answer emails, think, think, organise shows, chat to complete strangers, stick upcalendar months with shows on them, create lists, think, think, pick up girls from schoolbus, lunch, more emails, gym, bathtime with girls, bedtime with girls, dinner, more emailsand thinking or show to go and manage/MC, sleep.

The Underground is your third baby, how has it changed as its grown up?It’s gotten to become bigger than I expected, with interns and crew involved – all wonderfulpeople. It’s become more professional which I love. The website is so cool with lots ofinformation about Hong Kong bands. We’re now working on adding band interviews now togive people MORE information on bands in and coming to Hong Kong. Everyone involved inThe Underground are musicians so we’re very passionate about what we do.

Last month Rustic, China's entry to GBOB won the world final - what do you thinkthat says about the music scene in China today?It means we can finally stick two fingers up at people who think the only good music andbands must be coming out of England or US hahahahahaa Seriously though, I think it meansthat bands are going to make it out of China onto the International circuit!

What is the your favourite gig that you organised?That’s an impossible question to answer!! I LOVE organizing shows! They are all myfavourites J I mean sure some have been disastrous (Underground 69 comes to mind…)hahahaha ALL of them have been educational, even after organising over 150 shows, I stilllearn stuff, make mistakes, get things right, etc. Did you know the first show I everorganised was Fugazi in Hong Kong? My folder filled with paper was 2 inches thick (this wasahem pre-Internet days) hahahaha I think I will daringly say Underground 100 which we’restarting to organise now J

What about the worst?I guess it must have been Underground 69! It took me months to convince Durex to giveme condoms for the event then we had a too racy poster (in your face sex doesn’t work inHK). 3 out of 4 bands, the vocalists were ill or some other problem. Then we had our lowestattendance whatsoever. L The up side was, my team had stacks of condoms and vibratingrings to take home….

What's happened to Chris B, the musician, future plans? Chris B the musician is frustrated! My girl band (Guitars & Panties) desperately needs afemale drummer who can keep the beat, my other band (Thinking Out Loud) desperatelyneeds a first class bassist. I put up ads on The Underground website and one girl replied tothe drumming ad but when she found out it was Guitars & Panties, she declared she wasn’tgoing to be in the ‘that sort’ of band…. Hmmm I love to perform and sing and play FenderStrat so Chris B the musician is still definitely around! I hope to get both bands completeagain and get on with creating songs and gigging again.

Chris b in 7 words?Persistent, fair, determined, loving, fun, tattoed, Eurasian.

7Quickies:Rock Mum

(Chris B)