Past events: 2003

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DateEventVenue ReviewsPictures
9th Jan. CAMRA Winter Ale Festival APU Students' Union
Lots of lovely strong real ale. Lasts until 10:30 Saturday. See the website for more details.
22nd Jan. Raging Speedhorn The Junction
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23rd Jan. AR & Sift The Portland Arms
Melodic Hard Rock & Indie (respectively)
28th Jan. pre-WUS LaserQuest LaserQuest
Just what you always wanted. To shoot at eachother. (read more...)
28th Jan. Wake Up Screaming The Kambar
Rocksoc's fortnightly club night
29th Jan. Last Child The Boat Race
An AC/DC / Motorhead sound apparently. update: CANCELLED
31st Jan. My Awesom Compilation, AR & End It On This The Portland Arms
?, Melodic Hard Rock & Pop Punk (respectively)
11th Feb. Wake Up Screaming The Kambar
Our Rock / Metal / Alternative night. Zwan giveaway this week - get free posters/stickes/cds/videos!
16th Feb. RockSoc Presents... The Boat Race
The St Valentine's Day Massacre. Mulch, plus support.
18th Feb. Feeder The Corn Exchange
Tickets are £12.50, available from the Corn Exchange. Buy soon to avoid disapointment.
19th Feb. Bowling For Soup The Corn Exchange
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22nd Feb. Impact, Volunteers, Knee High The Portland Arms
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22nd Feb. Vanilla Pod, Battleska, Mafia vs Ninja, All But None The Man on the Moon
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24th Feb. Skelliga The Portland Arms
Alix's band. Also "The End Of It All" & "Sunday Driver"
25th Feb. Wake Up Screaming The Kambar
Rocksoc's fortnightly club night
27th Feb. CRS, Eviscerate, Humanity, Asylum, Fell Thru The Junction
Humanity Rock Mightily
27th Feb. Lepitus, Pigfish The Portland Arms
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7th March RockSoc AGM 2003 The Graduate
The Annual General Meeting (nominations/motions) (read more...)
7th March Nourish Kings Cellars
A RockSoc clubnight, with guest DJ spot from Andy Cairns
8th March RockSoc Presents... The Boat Race
Criminal, Jack's Family & special guests.
11th March Wake Up Screaming The Kambar
Rocksoc's fortnightly club night
13th March Pitchshifter The Junction
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14th March John Otway The Boat Race
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15th March Pink Fraud The Boat Race
A Pink Floyd tribute band
21st March Farse, Schism & Fellthru The Boat Race
Ska/Punk
21st March Pretty Vacant The Red Lion, Cherry Hinton
A night of thrills and trills from Pretty Vacant. Classic rock and guitar duels are go!
22nd March Captain Everthing, Foamers, Battleska The Man on the Moon
Ska/Punk
25th March Wake Up Screaming The Kambar
Rocksoc's fortnightly club night
27th March Limehouse Lizzy The Boat Race
A Thin Lizzy tribute band.
29th March Audio Warfare, Fire and Forget, Action Directe, The Leftovers The Man on the Moon
industrial/punk/trad metal
30th March Reef The Junction
An evening of Placing Your Hands...
8th April ginormous gig in london (note early start) The Astoria, London
Testament/Nuclear Assault/Death Angel/Marduk/Pro-Pain/Malevolent Creation/Darkane/Die Apokal... R...
8th April Wake Up Screaming The Kambar
Rocksoc's fortnightly club night
22nd April Wake Up Screaming The Kambar
Rocksoc's fortnightly club night
6th May Wake Up Screaming The Kambar
Rocksoc's fortnightly club night
19th May Beer Festival Jesus Green
Over 100 real ales. Also ciders and perries. On all week (finishes saturday).
19th May RockSoc Swimming Trip Kelsey Kerridge
Come and exercise yourselves before the beer festival.
20th May Wake Up Screaming The Kambar
Rocksoc's fortnightly club night
3rd June Wake Up Screaming The Kambar
Rocksoc's fortnightly club night
7th June Strawberry Fair Midsummer Common
A local festival of music, entertainments, arts and crafts.
8th June RockSoc Punt Party The Mill Pond
Punt to Grantchester for a swift half...
13th June RockSoc May Brawl The Boat Race
Krimson (London) & KickBack (Nottingham) will rock your socks off. £2.50/£3.50 (m) & £5/£6 (n/m).
14th June RockSoc Picnic Jesus Green
Relax in the sun after exams. Look for the folk in black with beer and loud music.
14th June Skelliga The Boat Race
Alix's band supported by The Rude Mechanicals and Rome Burns.
18th June Swimming & Curry Parkside Pool, Mill Road
It's hot. Relax with a nice cool swim, then tuck into a curry. Non swimmers should turn up at 20:30.
26th June Humanity The Boat Race
Cambridge's own classic metal/hard rock legends
26th June Distopia+Paranoid Simon+Krimson The Man on the Moon
metallica inspired headliners, supported by punk/metal and hard rock
28th June Avarice Arcane+Katharsis+Forfeit The Man on the Moon
A night of death metal, headlined by the band formaerly known as Structured Chaos
28th June Dungeonfest Royal Park Hotel, Leeds
A small underground (literally) metal festival. Now in its 3rd year.
1st July Wake Up Screaming The Kambar
Rocksoc's fortnightly club night
4th July Graspop 2003 Dessel, Belgium
The Graspop Metal Meeting.
15th July Wake Up Screaming The Kambar
Rocksoc's fortnightly club night
20th July Humanity+Structured Chaos+TBC The Man on the Moon
Melodic metal with thrash/death support.
29th July Wake Up Screaming The Kambar
Rocksoc's fortnightly club night
30th July Wacken 2003 Wacken, Germany (meeting: Drummer St. coach stop) jimmer
The most metal of all the festivals. Part 14.
12th Aug. Wake Up Screaming The Kambar
Rocksoc's fortnightly club night
26th Aug. Wake Up Screaming The Kambar
Rocksoc's fortnightly club night
30th Aug. Pretty Vacant The Haymakers, Chesterton Road
Dual guitar-tastic classic rock and pop from the likes of Thin Lizzy, Led Zep, Deep Purple, etc.
30th Aug. Bloodstock '03 Assembly Rooms, Derby
The only UK metal festival. Featuring Nightwish, Saxon, Paradise Lost, Hammerfall, Blaze, ...
3rd Sept. Amara The Man on the Moon
A wide variety of sounds from heavy metal to soft jazz and 60s/70s psychedelia. Supported by Delphi.
5th Sept. Pretty Vacant The Rock
Dual guitar-tastic classic rock and pop from the likes of Thin Lizzy, Led Zep, Deep Purple, etc.
8th Sept. The Quireboys The Boat Race
Enjoy some good old-fashioned rock 'n' roll.
18th Sept. Amara The Junction
A wide variety of sounds from heavy metal to soft jazz and 60s/70s psychedelia.
23rd Sept. Wake Up Screaming The Kambar
Rocksoc's fortnightly club night
7th Oct. Wake Up Screaming The Kambar
Rocksoc's fortnightly club night
17th Oct. RockSoc Presents: Freshfest The Boat Race
The Earthshock Tour, featuring Audio Einstein, Street Regal & Deadeye.
18th Oct. Schoolgirls' Pub Crawl Various Cambridge pubs oli
The Annual Pub Crawl (this year with a schoolgirl theme).
21st Oct. Squash 17 Northampton Street
Free Beer Before WUS. 7-9pm.
21st Oct. Wake Up Screaming The Kambar
Cambridge's best Rock / Metal / Alternative night. Kharnival Special.
26th Oct. Kharnival The Junction
Raging Speedhorn plus 8 other bands including Skindred & Kill II This. £14 door / £11.50 adv.
27th Oct. Funeral For A Friend The Junction
Welsh Rockers come to Cambridge...
30th Oct. The Church Of Noise The Kambar
A rock club night. Now at the Kambar on the last thursday of every month. Entry £3 b4 11, £4 after.
4th Nov. Wake Up Screaming The Kambar
Cambridge's best Rock / Metal / Alternative night. With Guest DJ.
18th Nov. Wake Up Screaming The Kambar
Rocksoc's fortnightly club night
21st Nov. RockSoc Presents... The Boat Race
Humanity, KickBack and Geared4 (read more...)
27th Nov. The Church Of Noise The Kambar
A rock club night. Now at the Kambar on the last thursday of every month. Entry £3 b4 11, £4 after.
29th Nov. Teashop Crawl III The teashops of Cambridge
Afternoon tea. Repeatedly. (read more...)
2nd Dec. Wake Up Screaming The Kambar
Rocksoc's fortnightly club night
4th Dec. RockSoc Christmas Quiz The Alma oli
Questions and Prizes
16th Dec. Wake Up Screaming The Kambar
Rocksoc's fortnightly club night
30th Dec. Wake Up Screaming The Kambar
Rocksoc's fortnightly club night