Seeing Read:
Review of the
Drunken Monkey Festival
By The Highlander
On the first weekend of August
2017, , The Shewolf and the Highlander got
together and attended the Drunken Monkey
Festival at Upton-Upon-Severn in Worcester-
shire, UK. This year was the 4th outing for
the festival and it has been growing each and
every year. Same as other years, the festival
was organised by Mr. Stu Ev and co- orga-
nized with Mike Jurgens (Wizards of Oz),
who helped manage the main stages, and Mr.
Chris Harvey (Tower Studios), who managed
the Tower stage. Chris also supplied the back
line and drums for both stages.
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All the bands that appeared
this year’s Drunken Monkey Festi-
val gave their time for free and helped
raise £14,000 which all went to The
Midlands
Air
Ambulance
Charity.
Both myself and the Shewolf
were blown away with the level
of talent on both stages. Opening
this year’s festivities was a very young band
indeed. Max age 11 (Vocals Guitar), Dagan
age 11 (drums) and Theia age 11 (bass) and
they make up PiggyDooDar . Everybody was
so amazed at the level these young kids were
at. They already have been booked to open
next year as well. We had a chat with the two
lads and they told us Max writes all the lyrics
and then the other two help with writing the
music to accompany t he words. On the Main
stage this year, you could find the very best
tribute bands like Soul Stripper (AC/DC) ,
Wizzards of Ozz ( Ozzy Osbourne), Forev-
er (Judas Priest), Van Hailen (Van Halen)
Hellbent Forever (Judas Priest), Van Hailen
(Van Halen) and Dizzy Lizzy (Thin Lizzy)
just to mention a few. There were also origi-
nal bands like Troyen , Isolation and Stone
Cold Killers.
“The one memory I will
cherish from the weekend is I
got to meet the legend that is
Mr. Krusher Joule, the world
famous artist. ”
much fun as we were with crowd partici-
pation and getting quite intimate with us at
On The Up
When we hear a band that has
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and presence...you will find them HERE!
The Blondie-esq vibe of The Orange Clouds,
breaks though the clutter of Total Orders recent
Reverbnation campaign with a style all their own.
Their brand new single “Holiday” has staying power.
one point.
Unfortunately, I had to leave early
Sunday morning, but people have told me
I missed out on the likes of BroodMother
, Hearts and Mind and 3Sixty. In the fields
was a very good mixture of food stalls from
Hog Roast to burger vans and not forgetting
the beer tent, which was very well priced.
The Tower stage was mainly
original bands and artists this year and the
quality of acts were amazing. I have been
asked to say what the stand out acts were
but it is so hard with everyone that played.
But just on the Tower stage, PiggyDooDar
were outstanding on Friday night. There
were a few female fronted bands that played
like The Harts, and Protea Skies. But ,when
Aramantus took to the stage, they blew me
away. At the end of their set, they performed
a cover of “Killing in the Name of” by Rage
Against the Machine. The field went off, ev-
eryone loved that set.
Saturday also had a few high-
lights for me. , The day started off with
the Bristol band, The Angry Badgers, who
did an awesome set. Then it went on with
The Stone Cutters, No Glory, 52 North and
Gage bringing another level to the day.
Finally, on Saturday night, headlining the
Tower stage was KIKAMORA, who was in
a class of their own. They were having as
The one memory I will cherish
from the weekend is I got to meet the legend
that is Mr. Krusher Joule, the world famous
artist. Both the Shewolf and I had a great
chat with him and in coming issues of Total
Order, I will go into more details. So there
is something to look forward to.
Plans are already in the works for next
years festival.
August 3rd, 4th & 5th, 2018
LET’S DO IT ALL AGAIN!!!!!
We know it is only a single,
but damn. It is a damn
good, hot, catchy single,
you will find. All full
of 70’s, 80’s and 90’s
flower pop bombast.
When Neue Regel Radio and Total Or-
der magazine launched their campaigns,
over 4 months we were swamped with over
6,500 submissions from all different genres
the two entities cover. There were artists
with the complete package, large budgets
and then there were artists who you could
see were on a shoestring budget. What they
were able to do with a budget and the qual-
ity of track they submitted was noteworthy.
Comprised of a group from all over the
map, The Orange Clouds were formed in
2013 by guitarist/songwriter Bernard
Du-naux and Chris Kaye drummer.
“Holiday”, their current single and our se-
lection for this issue, is one of those tracks
that you click through your playlist to find in
what-ever mood you’re in. Margot does an
incredible job of sounding like the rebirth of
Debby Harry and the whole track feels like it
should have come from the Parallel Lines
sessions. A sound that no one has yet to
capture or reproduce.
Its etherial space and constant motion make
it a real easy listen, while the hook will have
you singing and hitting the replay button
continuously. Currently working on new ma-
terial, the band will be coming into the studio
for a live interview in October 2017. Make
sure you tune in to Tunes from The Crypt on
Tuesday at 6:30 or Wednesday at 8:30 on
the RTFX Radio Show. To all of the artists
out there, just keep in mind that one really
well written and completely original sound-
ing track is good enough to catch everyone’s
ear and garner a lot of attention. The only
thing missing from The Orange Clouds is
more material and based on what we are
hearing now, We are all anxiously awaiting
new music.
The Orange Clouds Facebook
The Orange Clouds Twitter
The Orange Clouds are:
Margot Wagner (Lead Vocals)
Chris Kaye (Drums, Vocals)
Bernard Dunaux (Guitars)
CLICK THE ARROW TO THE LEFT
TO HEAR THE EXCLUSIVE TRACK
“HOLIDAY” by THE ORANGE
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