Past events: 2007
| Date | Event | Venue | Reviews | Pictures | |||||
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| 2nd Jan. | No Calling this week - venue holiday | The Kambar | |||||||
| The Calling will be back once when everyone's recovered from New Year. | |||||||||
| 8th Jan. | No pubmeet this week - we'll resume next week | The Pickerel | |||||||
| The weekly pub meeting is back on the 15th. | |||||||||
| 9th Jan. | No Wake Up Screaming this week - venue holiday | The Kambar | |||||||
| Rocksoc's Rock, Metal, Punk and Alternative club night returns on the 23rd of January. | |||||||||
| 15th Jan. | Pub Meeting | The Pickerel | |||||||
| The weekly pub meeting | |||||||||
| 16th Jan. | The Calling | The Kambar | |||||||
| Fortnightly Gothic/Industrial/EBM club night, entry £3 before 11, £4 after | |||||||||
| 22nd Jan. | Pub Meeting | The Pickerel | |||||||
| The weekly pub meeting | |||||||||
| 23rd Jan. | Wake Up Screaming | The Kambar | |||||||
| Rocksoc's Rock, Metal, Punk and Alternative club night. £3 members, £4 non-members | |||||||||
| 29th Jan. | Pub Meeting | The Pickerel | |||||||
| The weekly pub meeting | |||||||||
| 30th Jan. | The Calling | The Kambar | |||||||
| Fortnightly Gothic/Industrial/EBM club night, entry £3 before 11, £4 after | |||||||||
| 5th Feb. | Pub Meeting | The Pickerel | |||||||
| The weekly pub meeting | |||||||||
| 6th Feb. | Wake Up Screaming | The Kambar | |||||||
| Rocksoc's Rock, Metal, Punk and Alternative club night | |||||||||
| 10th Feb. | SCA Battle of the Bands - featuring Fire & Forget | Clare Cellars | |||||||
| The legendary Fire & Forget are competing - go along and support them! | |||||||||
| 12th Feb. | Pub Meeting | The Pickerel | |||||||
| The weekly pub meeting | |||||||||
| 13th Feb. | The Calling | The Kambar | |||||||
| Fortnightly Gothic/Industrial/EBM club night, entry £3 before 11, £4 after | |||||||||
| 16th Feb. | Rocksoc presents Amputated + I.H.U. + Defaced | The Man on the Moon | smcv | ||||||
| Gore-obsessed death metal merchants Amputated (similar to Cannibal Corpse/Exhumed) supported by I.H.U. and Defaced. £4 door, £3 advance (from Wake Up Screaming on the 6th) for members; £5 door for non-members. (read more...) | |||||||||
| 19th Feb. | Pub Meeting | The Pickerel | |||||||
| The weekly pub meeting | |||||||||
| 20th Feb. | Wake Up Screaming | The Kambar | |||||||
| Rocksoc's Rock, Metal, Punk and Alternative club night | |||||||||
| 27th Feb. | The Calling | The Kambar | |||||||
| Fortnightly Gothic/Industrial/EBM club night, entry £3 before 11, £4 after | |||||||||
| 3rd March | The Rocksoc Tea Shop Crawl | The teashops of Cambridge | |||||||
| Take a scenic route to the Litmus gig by having afternoon tea, repeatedly. Wear your blackest jeans, spikiest wristbands, most offensive t-shirts, stompiest boots, etc. and roam Cambridge being polite and increasingly caffeinated. We'll end up somewhere we can get dinner, in time to get to the Litmus gig. (read more...) | |||||||||
| 3rd March | Rocksoc presents Litmus + Godsize + Crömlech | The Portland Arms | |||||||
| Masters of space-rock Litmus played for Rocksoc in 2006, and were so good and went down so well that we are having them back. They are now signed to Rise Above Records with their second album 'Planetfall' due early 2007. Supported by Godsize and Crypt (Crömlech have had to pull out since their drummer broke his ankle). Note that this gig is a week earlier than initially planned. (read more...) | |||||||||
| 6th March | Wake Up Screaming | The Kambar | |||||||
| Rocksoc's Rock, Metal, Punk and Alternative club night | |||||||||
| 11th March | Rocksoc Trip To: Camden and Nine Inch Nails | Carling Academy, Brixton | |||||||
| Spend the day shopping in Camden, then see the legendary Nine Inch Nails (Brixton Academy, 19:00, tickets £25 + fees - book NOW, they'll probably sell out). (read more...) | |||||||||
| 12th March | Rocksoc Annual General Meeting | The Castle Inn, Castle Hill | |||||||
| The Annual General Meeting. Elect (or join) the new committee, argue about how Rocksoc should be run, drink beer and eat free food. [Date, venue, availability of free food now confirmed -smcv 20070129] | |||||||||
| 13th March | The Calling | The Kambar | |||||||
| Fortnightly Gothic/Industrial/EBM club night, entry £3 before 11, £4 after | |||||||||
| 14th March | ALT-Easter | Soul Tree | |||||||
Cambridge's only alternative end-of-term party, run by Rocksoc, Gothsoc and CUFS. Following the success of ALT-Xmas we're having another go! Featuring the best in alt, rock, metal, goth, EBM and industrial music from Wake Up Screaming and Gothsoc DJs, and drinks promotions all night. [Note: Wednesday, NOT Friday as originally planned.] (read more...) |
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| 16th March | Trencher + DJ Scotch Egg + Transitional | The Portland Arms | |||||||
| Bad Timing presents Trencher: brutal and chaotic Casio-grind filth with support from DJ Scotch Egg and Transitional (incl. special guest Diarmud Dalton of Jesu). Tickets £5 adv, £6 on the door. (This event is not organised by Rocksoc) (read more...) | |||||||||
| 19th March | Pub Meeting | The Pickerel | |||||||
| The weekly pub meeting | |||||||||
| 20th March | Wake Up Screaming | The Kambar | |||||||
| Rocksoc's Rock, Metal, Punk and Alternative club night | |||||||||
| 26th March | Pub Meet | The Pickerel | |||||||
| Our weekly pub meet. Come along and meet with like-minded individuals in a relaxed atmosphere. | |||||||||
| 27th March | The Calling | The Kambar | |||||||
| Fortnightly Gothic/Industrial/EBM club night, entry £3 before 11, £4 after | |||||||||
| 27th March | Victory Pill + Fire & Forget | Cellar Bar 8 | |||||||
| Victory Pill, the new project of Pitchshifter/Prodigy guitarist Jim Davies, supported by slaves to the riff Fire & Forget. (read more...) | |||||||||
| 1st April | RockStock | Ballare | |||||||
| A brand new night in Cambridge, first Sunday of the month. Playing Indie & Rock with cheap drinks all night! E-mail us to get on the guest list for free entry. | |||||||||
| 3rd April | Wake Up Screaming | The Kambar | |||||||
| Rocksoc's Rock, Metal, Punk and Alternative club night | |||||||||
| 10th April | The Calling | The Kambar | |||||||
| Fortnightly Gothic/Industrial/EBM club night, entry £3 before 11, £4 after | |||||||||
| 14th April | Masters of Rock II | The Corn Exchange | |||||||
| Feat. DRESSED TO KILL, TOXIC TWINS & MOTLEY S'CRUED Classic rock by the best covers/tribute bands around. (read more...) | |||||||||
| 14th April | Anti-Social Burn-Outs + The Hope + Kerbslider + AR | The Man on the Moon | |||||||
| Metal/rock (read more...) | |||||||||
| 16th April | Wolf Eyes + Consumer Electronics + Birds of Delay | The Man on the Moon | |||||||
| Wolf Eyes - First time in Cambridge for the legendary Michigan industrial noise-mongers. Consumer Electronics - Consumer Electronics is the solo project of Philip Best who also forms half of Whitehouse (pioneers of toxic power electronics) Tickets 8:30-11:00pm £6.50 advance/£7.50 door (read more...) | |||||||||
| 16th April | Pub Meet | The Pickerel | |||||||
| Our weekly pub meet. Come along and meet with like-minded individuals in a relaxed atmosphere. | |||||||||
| 17th April | Wake Up Screaming | The Kambar | |||||||
| Rocksoc's Rock, Metal, Punk and Alternative club night | |||||||||
| 20th April | Gothsoc Pub Meet | The Castle Inn, Castle Hill | |||||||
| Our friends over at Gothsoc will be meeting in The Castle pub on Castle Hill. A bunch of Rocksoc folks will be there for a relaxing way to meet new people and socialise. | |||||||||
| 22nd April | The Last Dance + Rome Burns + Fire & Forget | The Loft | |||||||
| On their way to Whitby, The Last Dance (one of America's finest new goth bands) will be playing in Cambridge. "Music that is as timely as it is timeless; rooted firmly in both the past and present of alternative rock yet always looking forward to being part of its future". Support comes from Cambridge's top Goth band Rome Burns and Rocksoc favourites Fire & Forget. | |||||||||
| 23rd April | Pub Meet | The Pickerel | |||||||
| Our weekly pub meet. Come along and meet with like-minded individuals in a relaxed atmosphere. | |||||||||
| 24th April | The Calling | The Kambar | |||||||
| Fortnightly Gothic/Industrial/EBM club night, entry £3 before 11, £4 after | |||||||||
| 29th April | Cradle of Filth | The Corn Exchange | |||||||
| The legendary Cradle of Filth are hitting Cambridge Corn Exchange for the first time in their career. Supported by Hansyl + Gretyl this should be a great gig. £15 a ticket. (read more...) | |||||||||
| 30th April | Pub Meet | The Pickerel | |||||||
| Our weekly pub meet. Come along and meet with like-minded individuals in a relaxed atmosphere. | |||||||||
| 1st May | Wake Up Screaming | The Kambar | |||||||
| Rocksoc's Rock, Metal, Punk and Alternative club night | |||||||||
| 8th May | The Calling | The Kambar | |||||||
| Fortnightly Gothic/Industrial/EBM club night, entry £3 before 11, £4 after | |||||||||
| 10th May | Wishbone Ash | The Junction | |||||||
| Pioneers of twin-guiitar led progressive hard rock back in the 70's. Still going strong, their 21st release 'Clan Destiny' was released last year. £15 adv http://www.wishboneash.com/ | |||||||||
| 10th May | Digital Wonderland - Launch Night | The Kambar | |||||||
| Digital Wonderland is an indie-electro-neurave-synthrubbish clubnight starting at The Kambar. It will be run on alternating Thursdays from the start of September, but first a few summer taster parties to whet your appetite. £4 / £3 Students - free glowstick with flyer! (read more...) | |||||||||
| 15th May | Wake Up Screaming | The Kambar | |||||||
| Rocksoc's Rock, Metal, Punk and Alternative club night | |||||||||
| 22nd May | The Calling | The Kambar | |||||||
| Fortnightly Gothic/Industrial/EBM club night, entry £3 before 11, £4 after | |||||||||
| 23rd May | Funeral for a Friend | The Corn Exchange | |||||||
| One of the more kiddie-favoured of the bunch of 'newer' *cough* metal bands in the UK. Will support Metallica in Wembley Stadium in July this year. £16 | |||||||||
| 26th May | Rocksoc Football | Jesus Green | |||||||
| Weather permitting we shall be resurrecting the Rocksoc Football on Jesus Green. On the final day of the beer festival we shall be donning our shorts at 3pm kick-off. Anyone interested e-mail president@rocksoc.org.uk or speak to us at the beer festival. | |||||||||
| 29th May | No Wake Up Screaming this week - venue holiday | The Kambar | |||||||
| Rocksoc's Rock, Metal, Punk and Alternative club night returns on the 26th of June. | |||||||||
| 3rd June | RockStock with Fire & Forget Live! | Ballare | |||||||
| A brand new night in Cambridge, first Sunday of the month. Playing Rock anthems with cheap drinks all night! This night features the legendary FIRE & FORGET live on stage! | |||||||||
| 5th June | No Calling this week - venue holiday | The Kambar | |||||||
| The Calling will be back on 19th June. | |||||||||
| 12th June | No Wake Up Screaming this week - venue holiday | The Kambar | |||||||
| Rocksoc's Rock, Metal, Punk and Alternative club night returns on the 26th of June. | |||||||||
| 14th June | Awake + The Shivers | The Man on the Moon | |||||||
| Album launch from this upcoming prog-metal outfit with support from The Shivers | |||||||||
| 15th June | Hot Rocket Trio + The Scourge of Rivercity + Fletch Cadillac | The Man on the Moon | |||||||
| Punk/rock/psychobilly | |||||||||
| 16th June | Rocksoc BBQ/Picnic | Jesus Green | |||||||
| Come join us before The May Brawl for barbeque and booze! Bring meat and alcohol and we'll supply disposable barbeques and music. All are welcome. | |||||||||
| 16th June | May Brawl 2007 | The Man on the Moon | |||||||
| A night of Gothic Metal headlined by the mighty Killing Miranda. Support comes from local band Kreuzdammer (a Rocksound favourite) & Luton-based electronic duo S.W.A.N.K. (read more...) | |||||||||
| 19th June | The Calling | The Kambar | |||||||
| Fortnightly Gothic/Industrial/EBM club night, entry £3 before 11, £4 after | |||||||||
| 26th June | Wake Up Screaming | The Kambar | |||||||
| Rocksoc's Rock, Metal, Punk and Alternative club night | |||||||||
| 10th July | Wake Up Screaming | The Kambar | |||||||
| Rocksoc's Rock, Metal, Punk and Alternative club night | |||||||||
| 13th July | This Is Colour + This Mantra + Thrive + Original Sin + Adapt To Survive + Cypher | The Man on the Moon | |||||||
| A whole load of metal, mostly thrash/metalcore (read more...) | |||||||||
| 18th July | Fun Lovin Criminals | The Junction | |||||||
| From the band's eponymous 'redneck hip-hop song', to the chilled vibes of ‘Love Unlimited’, this New York trio have been rollin' their own unique blend of rap, blues and rock since 1993. Support by DOGS (read more...) | |||||||||
| 31st July | The Calling | The Kambar | |||||||
| Fortnightly Gothic/Industrial/EBM club night, entry £3 before 11, £4 after | |||||||||
| 9th Aug. | InMe | The Junction | |||||||
| InMe were formed in July 1996 with a mutual passion for all things music. Now signed to Graphite Records & managed by the brilliant Northern Music things are looking good for the future. Support by Serpico (read more...) | |||||||||
| 18th Sept. | Wake Up Screaming | The Kambar | |||||||
| Rocksoc's Rock, Metal, Punk and Alternative club night | |||||||||
| 21st Sept. | 'Gothsoc' Pub Meet | The Castle Inn, Castle Hill | |||||||
| Originally the 'Gothsoc' meet but now Rocksoc as well so come along and drink your body weight in beer, wine, spirits or whatever you fancy! Pub also does great food early evening. | |||||||||
| 24th Sept. | Pub Meet | The Pickerel | |||||||
| Our weekly pub meet. Come along and meet with like-minded individuals in a relaxed atmosphere. | |||||||||
| 28th Sept. | 'Gothsoc' Pub Meet | The Castle Inn, Castle Hill | |||||||
| Originally the 'Gothsoc' meet but now Rocksoc as well so come along and drink your body weight in beer, wine, spirits or whatever you fancy! Pub also does great food early evening. | |||||||||
| 1st Oct. | Pub Meet | The Maypole | |||||||
| Our weekly pub meet. Come along and meet with like-minded individuals in a relaxed atmosphere. | |||||||||
| 2nd Oct. | Wake Up Screaming | The Kambar | |||||||
| Rocksoc's Rock, Metal, Punk and Alternative club night | |||||||||
| 5th Oct. | 'Gothsoc' Pub Meet | The Castle Inn, Castle Hill | |||||||
| Originally the 'Gothsoc' meet but now Rocksoc as well so come along and drink your body weight in beer, wine, spirits or whatever you fancy! Pub also does great food early evening. | |||||||||
| 8th Oct. | Pub Meet | The Maypole | |||||||
| Our weekly pub meeting. Come along and meet with like-minded individuals in a relaxed atmosphere and put across your ideas for Rocksoc. | |||||||||
| 9th Oct. | The Calling | The Kambar | |||||||
| Fortnightly Gothic/Industrial/EBM club night, entry £3 before 11, £4 after | |||||||||
| 15th Oct. | Pub Meet | The Maypole | |||||||
| Our weekly pub meeting. Come along and meet with like-minded individuals in a relaxed atmosphere and put across your ideas for Rocksoc. | |||||||||
| 16th Oct. | Wake Up Screaming | The Kambar | |||||||
| Rocksoc's Rock, Metal, Punk and Alternative club night | |||||||||
| 19th Oct. | Rocksoc Pub Crawl | Various Cambridge pubs | |||||||
| Join us at the pub (and the other pub, and the other other pub, etc.) for some concerted drinking. More details to follow! | |||||||||
| 23rd Oct. | The Calling | The Kambar | |||||||
| Fortnightly Gothic/Industrial/EBM club night, entry £3 before 11, £4 after | |||||||||
| 26th Oct. | 'Gothsoc' Pub Meet | The Castle Inn, Castle Hill | |||||||
| Originally the 'Gothsoc' meet but now Rocksoc as well so come along and drink your body weight in beer, wine, spirits or whatever you fancy! Pub also does great food early evening. | |||||||||
| 30th Oct. | Wake Up Screaming - HALLOWEEN SPECIAL | The Kambar | |||||||
| Rocksoc's Rock, Metal, Punk and Alternative club night with HALLOWEEN goodies! Come in Fancy Dress and enjoy the excellent decorations and free spooky goodies! | |||||||||
| 31st Oct. | TAINT + Sons of Merrick + The Tupolev Ghost | The Man on the Moon | |||||||
| Cambridge leg of Taint's UK tour to support the release of their second album, 'Secrets and Lies', on Rise Above Records. Recently supported Clutch on a highly lauded UK tour. Support from Southern American rock-influenced Sons of Merrick (vein of Kyuss) and The Tupolev Ghost. www.taint.co.uk www.myspace.com/sonsofmerrick www.myspace.com/thetupolevghost | |||||||||
| 1st Nov. | Digital Wonderland | The Kambar | |||||||
| Digital Wonderland returns once more to The Kambar for a night of Electro, Neu-Rave and associated beats. Cheap drinks, free glowsticks and an awesome night! | |||||||||
| 2nd Nov. | 'Gothsoc' Pub Meet | The Castle Inn, Castle Hill | |||||||
| Originally the 'Gothsoc' meet but now Rocksoc as well so come along and drink your body weight in beer, wine, spirits or whatever you fancy! Pub also does great food early evening. | |||||||||
| 3rd Nov. | Zombina & The Skeletones | The Portland Arms | |||||||
| Zombie Rock n Rollers Zombina & The Skeletones finally hit Cambridge to prove Halloween can be every day! | |||||||||
| 5th Nov. | Pub Meet with Fireworks! | Midsummer Common | |||||||
| Our weekly pub meet has moved to Midsummer Common for the FIREWORKS display. | |||||||||
| 6th Nov. | The Calling | The Kambar | |||||||
| Fortnightly Gothic/Industrial/EBM club night, entry £3 before 11, £4 after | |||||||||
| 9th Nov. | MAS | Cambridge United Football Ground | |||||||
| MAS is a new club playing a great mix of rock, metal, punk and goth! Cheap beer! (read more...) | |||||||||
| 13th Nov. | Wake Up Screaming | The Kambar | |||||||
| Rocksoc's Rock, Metal, Punk and Alternative club night | |||||||||
| 16th Nov. | Gothsoc/Rocksoc Pub Meet @ MAS | The Graduate | |||||||
| Originally the 'Gothsoc' meet but now Rocksoc as well so come along and drink your body weight in beer, wine, spirits or whatever you fancy to the sound of Rock/Metal/Goth music! | |||||||||
| 17th Nov. | Pub Meet | King Street Run | |||||||
| New Day! New Venue! Our weekly pub meeting. Come along and meet with like-minded individuals in a relaxed atmosphere and drink to the sound of a rock/metal jukebox! | |||||||||
| 20th Nov. | The Calling | The Kambar | |||||||
| Fortnightly Gothic/Industrial/EBM club night, entry £3 before 11, £4 after | |||||||||
| 21st Nov. | New Model Army | The Junction | |||||||
| Legendary cult UK band. Punk/soul/folk | |||||||||
| 23rd Nov. | Thin Lizzy + Queensryche | The Corn Exchange | |||||||
| 24th Nov. | Pub Meet | King Street Run | |||||||
| New Day! New Venue! Our weekly pub meeting. Come along and meet with like-minded individuals in a relaxed atmosphere and drink to the sound of a rock/metal jukebox! | |||||||||
| 27th Nov. | Wake Up Screaming | The Kambar | |||||||
| Rocksoc's Rock, Metal, Punk and Alternative club night | |||||||||
| 30th Nov. | theSTART | The Graduate | |||||||
| Ex-members of Snot & Human Waste Project join forces to form an electro masterpiece in the form of theSTART. £7 adv. | |||||||||
| 4th Dec. | The Calling | The Kambar | |||||||
| Fortnightly Gothic/Industrial/EBM club night, entry £3 before 11, £4 after | |||||||||
| 7th Dec. | Church of Noise | The Graduate | |||||||
| Come along and drink your body weight in beer, wine, spirits or whatever you fancy to the sound of Rock/Metal/Alternative music! | |||||||||
| 11th Dec. | Wake Up Screaming | The Kambar | |||||||
| Rocksoc's Rock, Metal, Punk and Alternative club night - LAST ONE BEFORE CHRISTMAS | |||||||||
| 14th Dec. | MAS | Cambridge United Football Ground | |||||||
| MAS is a new club playing a great mix of rock, metal, punk and goth! Cheap beer! (read more...) | |||||||||