Miserable Basstards

The goal of Miserable Bastards was to recreate the old club vibes of 80s/early 90s London back when I was young.
DJs would play a few crossover tracks in with the deep cuts and would mix up the genres a bit too. A particular favourite spot was Kitcat Club where you’d be listening to Sisters of Mercy and Bauhaus one minute and then they’d throw you for a loop by popping in Bananarama or Berlin.
Every few years there would be a predominantly popular style in the clubs from New Romantic to goth to indie to acid house and Belgian new beat. It was a mental decade.
It’s sometimes hard to pull off as there is so much music to play when you are trying to offer a great cross section. But, with Jean and John with me it’s become a fun night of great dance tracks (with mostly miserable you lyrical content) from all sorts of genres and decades.
Next Miserable Bastards is April 11th. Young and old are welcome!!

Only Love Can Break Your Heart - Saint Etienne Only Love Can Break Your Heart by Saint Etienne. This was the band's first single and is a cover of a Neil Young track.

Every 2nd Saturday.

This Saturday 8-1

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A few candidates for next week

We book the second Satuday of every month, in February it falls on the 14th 🖤.
Just trying to get an idea if people would still be interested if we go ahead??

Just a reminder we are back this Saturday at the German American Club in Pawtucket.
We will be throwing in a few extra Bowie tracks to commemorate his birthday as without him half the music we play probably wouldn’t have been created.

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Great time last night. Thanks to everyone who came out to a new place - from the feedback from last night I expect it won’t be the last time Miserable Bastards will be at The Ratskeller!

Jean and John played some outstanding music last night crossing many different genres. (They made it very hard for me to follow them!)
I don’t know what they played, but these are my sets (deciphered from my scrawl)….

Set one
1. Yazoo (Yaz) - Situation
2. Animotion. Obsession
3. New Order. Bizarre Love Triangle
4. KLF. 3am Eternal
5. Paris Angels. Perfume (All on You)
6. The Charlatans. Only One I Know
7. The Smiths. Still I’ll
8. The Cure. Inbetween Days
9. Echo & the Bunnymen. Lips Like Sugar
10. Pet Shop Boys. Tonight is Forever
11. Underworld. Dark & Long

Set two
1. Siouxsie & the Banshees. Spellbound
2. Sisters of Mercy. Walk Away
3. The Church. Reptile
4. Generation X. Dancing With Myself
5. Sigue Sigue Sputnik. Love Missile F1-11
6. Trans X. Living on Video
7. Visage. Fade to Grey
8. 101. Rock to the Beat
9. Moby. Go
10. Age of Love. Age of Love (Jam & Spoon Mix)
11. Orbital, David Holmes & DJ Helen feat. Mike Garry. Tonight in Belfast

Small late set
1. When In Rome. The Promise
2. Paul Lekakis. Boom Boom
3. Sisters of Mercy. This Corrosion
4. The Leather Nun. Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A man after midnight)

A month or so to our next night. Really excited. Still looking for new tunes and new to you tunes. Best hobby ever (but wish vinyl was cheaper)!