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-- NEW ALBUM -- NEW TOUR -- NEW ALBUM --

After a 7 year hiatus, a new and glorious Bevis Fond album has been released: The Leaving Of London.
It is available as a single CD, a limited edition double vinyl album, and also as a download via i-Tunes.
The officially release date was October 10th, and you can obtain your copy from the regular internet sources (e.g. Amazone, Play, Bol, etc.) or from mr. Salomon himself (please contact the Bevis Frond Community).
More details about the album on the Discography section.

The Leaving of London

Moreover, The Bevis Frond will be gigging in London on Saturday November 19th at The 229 Club in Great Portland Street. Tickets available from Symptomatic Presents

They will also be playing at the Psychedelic Network Festival in Wurzburg on Saturday November 26th, plus an extra show on Sunday November 27th.

And finally, see below for the initial dates of the European tour 2012


The new Debbie Duveen album is now available on Bandcamp. You can hear all the tracks free of charge, and download the whole album in lossless format for £5. Note that all tunes written specially for Debbie by Nick Saloman, i.e., this is the first new album release of songs written by Nick for six years. All originals, and including stuff Nick wrote many years ago which surface here for the first time.
Check out Debbie Duveen & The Millbanks.

THE MILLBANKS:
Featuring the following artists: On guitar, PAUL SIMMONS. Paul was the front man of the uncompromising power trio The Alchemysts who toured with Jello Biafra, Mudhoney and The Silver Apples. On drums, JULES FENTON the guy who laid down a beat for Mansun, The Lightning Seeds, ABC and more. On bass, ADRIAN SHAW famed for his years with Hawkwind, Arthur Brown and Magic Muscle. On guitar and keyboards, NICK SALOMAN, the man behind the famed psych outfit The Bevis Frond. Nick has also guested with Teenage Fanclub, Oneida, Yo La Tengo, Arthur Lee & Country Joe McDonald among many others.


A very interesting and revealing two-part interview with Nick Saloman has recently (April 2010) been published on the Blurt website.


Bevis Frond Downloads:

In conjunction with Nick Saloman, a Bevis Frond download site has been set up on the fantastic Bandcamp (thanks Mark), where you can download all Bevis Frond Albums , often with bonus tracks, for just a small fee. The site also includes albums like The Fred Bison Five, Acid Jam 2 and The Von Trapp Family!
The sleeve notes are also included if you download the whole album.
The price is very reasonable at £4 for the whole album, or 50p per track.
The rest of the catalogue will become available over the next few months and we hope to include compilations of rarities at a later date.

The tracks can be downloaded in different formats (incl. MP3, AAC and FLAC), which you can choose to suit your bandwidth, disc space, etc.
This is by far the best (and cheapest) opportunity to complete your collection!



Roadburn Bevis Frond at Roadburn

The Bevis Frond played at the 11th Roadburn Festival, on Saturday 22 april 2006 in Tilburg, the Netherlands. The venue called 013 has three separate stages: a 1750 seater, a 400 seater and a 150 seater), with The Bevis Frond playing on the main stage.

The Roadburn Festival has become Europe's foremost festival for stonerrock and heavy 70's inspired psychedelica [drawing 1400 people lastyear] and has a world wide appeal. Headlinig the festival is Hawkwind, and other players included Ozrick Tentacles, Orange Goblin, Brant Bjork & The Bros, Spacehead

More information:
Festival website: Roadburn
More on Roadburn: Media coverage
For an Audio report: listen here
Report from: Psychotropic Zone


Bevis Frond on TV!

Wednesday 06 October 2004 the Bevis Frond played at the Crossroads festival in the Harmonie, Bonn (Germany). The performance was recorded for television broadcast for the famous WDR Rockpalast series. The band featured with the current line-up with Nick Saloman, Adrian Shaw, Jules Fenton and Paul Simmons. Other artists that played on Crossroads include On Trial, The Pretty Things and Maria Solheim.

Broadcast dates were:
Monday, 29.11.2004, 1.00 - 3.00 Hrs (part 1) and
Monday, 06.12.2004, 1.15 - 3.30 Hrs (part 2), on the German TV network WDR .
The broadcast has been taped for the fans and is distributed through the Bevis Frond Community .


Released:

The latest albums of the Bevis Frond and Adrian Shaw:
Hit Squad is the title of the new Bevis Frond album. Nick has recorded the album early March 2004 in the Goldust studio, of course with Adrian Shaw and help from Paul Simmons, Debbie and Jules Fenton and more.

Also Adrian has completed his next solo album entitled String theory, featuring Paul Simmons, Bari Watts, Aaron Shaw, Nick Saloman and John Perry. See the discography page for details.

hit squad


Rubric Records and the Past & Present label released a number of Bevis Frond albums on CD with some bonus tracks: Miasma, Inner marshland and Triptych.
miasma bonus tracks:
Find my way home
I eat the air
Song from room 13
Need all your loving
High wind in the trees
South Hamstead rain
Looks like rain

    Inner marshland bonus tracks:
Walking in the lady's garden
Slave
Run at the sun
Parapsynquiry
Great mistake
Solid vimto
 

    Triptych bonus tracks:
Time To Change
You're Trying To Get Me High Again
Still Couldn't See Her
The Pilgrim's Way
Through and Through
You Got To Unwind
 


strypnick promo The Bevis Frond Community at Yahoo is really spinning off. There is Bevis Frond CD Tree (with rare live recordings), A database with MP3's of rare Bevis Frond Tracks, two tribute CDs and lots of discussions and fun. 

The community has also released a special tribute CD to celebrate Nick's 50th birthday on March 11, 2003. This CD is free to and can be obtained from the community. See the Community section for details.


TOUR SCHEDULE 2012:

See top of page for the latest news. Best is to join the community for up to date information.

Date Town Venue
Friday 13 January 2012 Haarlem (NL) Patronaat .
Saturday 14 January 2012 Lubeck (D) Treibsant .
Sunday 15 January 2012 Berlin (D) Bassy .
Monday 16 January 2012 Eventhalle Westpark (D) Ingolstadt .
Tuesday 17 January 2012 Bielefeld (D) Forum .
Wednesday 18 January 2012 Munster (D) Gleis 22 .
Thursday 19 January 2012 Weinheim (D) Cafe Central .
Friday 20 January 2012 TBA TBA .
Saturday 21 January 2012 Brescia (I) Vinile 45 .
Sunday 22 January 2012 Roma (I) Init .
Tuesday 24 January 2012 Frankfurt (D) Nachtleben .
Wednesday 25 January 2012 Koln (D) Sonic Ballroom .
Thursday 26 January 2012 Hamburg (D) Hafenklang .
. . . .
Sunday October 10th 2004 London (Walthamstow) the Standard Live pictures

(Photo by Sean Gibbins)


To appreciate what a Bevis Frond gig all about read this review of this New York City gig in 1999:
(thanks to Jeff 'Vinyl Junkie').  Live at the Knitting Factory, New York City


Live in Koln, 1999
"Signed DC"

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