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theavalancheeffect

EP Launch and the like

1 week ago

Hey guys, so this long long weekend is over at last! First off, thanks to those who came to see us and said nice things in Sally Longs in Galway. It was our first time there, what a lovely place. We felt very welcome.

For the Cork crowd that came to our over 18s and all ages launch, we just want to say thanks so much for everything. We never thought we'd get a crowd of that size in, particularly the over 18s gig, which was an amazing night for us. Sure there's not much to say really except thanks to everyone who came in, who bought a CD or a t-shirt, and who had a chat with us afterwards. We really appreciate it, you've no idea! Cheers to The Savoy and Martin for treating us brilliantly over the weekend. Cheers to Burn Us Both, Altruism, Cars In Walls, Elk, KVX, Suede Halo, Push Play, and Dirty Fix for playing their tunes with us. What a feckin' laugh and a half. Here, ye're all maddie off your actual faces.

We're not playing Cork until the 24th July, when we're playing Patricks Street and The Pavilion, and then we're playing the savoy again on the 26th July. If anyone's gonna be around the country at any stage, check our dates, we might be playing near you!

So thanks loads and loads, and the last thanks to Livewire, who, although quite ugly, have been too good to us as promoters and as friends the whole way through. Sure ye know yourselves like. Top notch.

Our EP is on sale in Plugd Records, Washington Street.
Unreal beys,
TAE

Summer and all that

3 weeks ago

Ok so it's Summer finally, for most of us anyway at least. Best of luck to anyone sitting the Leaving or Junior Cert, and of course all their equivilants worldwide. Everything is good in TAE land, well kind of anyway. After not practicing for 6 weeks we sounded like infants there for about a week, but we're back going strong and are working hard to put a show together for our E.P Launch, which in case you didn't know is on the 28th June for the over 18s, and the 29th June for the under 18s... Both are on in The Savoy. It should be great. The launch is obviously so important for us so we would love to see you there.

Apart from that, we're going to be doing a tour this Summer, so check the dates and hopefully there'll be a date near you. There's dates being added all over the place, as we're still trying to work around all of our busy schedules. If you want to book us, send us a mail! We're also guesting the over 18s heat of L.A or Busk this July, and our good buds KVX are guesting the all ages, so it'll be great!

CDs should be arriving today, t-shirts will be done (hopefully) for the launch, so the machine is well underway in the TAE camp. Just wanna say thanks to everyone on this site that has said nice things about us, and has come to our shows, and has chatted to us. It's why we do what we do. Blastspace is a unique forum for young bands and their fans so keep it up!

Thanks as always,
Barry, Frank, Heff, Steve and Jon

News

2 months ago

It's been a while since we've posted anything! We have the ep recorded and mastered, and Pistols At Dawn Sir is up online so you can hear the results! We're all delighted wit how it came out, Ross down at Data Recording Studios really knows his stuff! Check them out if you're looking to record, in our friends list (cheap plug!)! so we're gettin that duplicated and we're planning to release the ep around the end of June, with help from our buddies at Livewire! Again, see our top friends! Due to exams, not much else has happened, a gig in Fredz with the UCC Capriccio Society and one in the Quad with the ever handsome Sideproject! Both gigs were great craic, cheers to everyone and anyone involved!

Congrats to Overplay for winning the vote and getting through to the blastbeat finals! Thanks to everyone tha voted aswell!

Besides the ep launch, we've nothing else confirmed for the summer, besides a festival up the country, organised by Plectrum (again, top friends for a link and more info!) and Party In The Pines! The festival should be a laugh, and is for a good cause, so check it out! Party In The Pines, again by Livewire, is shaping up to be as much fun as it was last year, with a savage line-up and cans on the beach after! and only a tenner for a return bus down, bargin. We're also hoping to get a few gigs around the country over the summer break, so hopefully that'll come together nicely!

One final note about the ep launch: we're having both an all-age and an over-age launch on the same weekend, so noone gets excluded! It'll all be on in the Savoy, and should be monster craic. Check back here for more info as we get closer to it!

Best of luck to everyone sitting exams, both LC and college!

TAE

Overplay

2 months ago

Hey dudes,
Listen we need ye to vote on the bebo blastbeat awards site to make sure our friends Overplay get through to the national final in Tripod. Simply click the link below and vote overplay and they will get through to the national final in Tripod!!! We really want them to get through so get clickin!!!

In other news, enjoy our new tune that we will be putting up today, exclusively to Blastspace.com. Everywhere else is getting only a 30 second clip!

Peace. And vote for Overplay,
TAE x

UCC Battle Of The Bands Final.

3 months ago

Alas twas not to be. Congratulations to Saviours Of Space, if anyone deserved to win it was them, savege set and a generally nice group of lads. Well done to Exitsounds, Setmaker and The Havana Affair aswell, we'll hopefully play with ye again in the future!

Altough we didn't win, all is not lost. We feel that we played well, gave it everything we had, and we were beaten fairly. Altough we're disappointed, we're holding our heads high. The ep will still be recorded and we will still be hittin gigs around the country. To anyone and everyone that came up to us tonight with either commiserations or congratulations, thank you. You've no idea how grateful we are that you enjoyed our set! Genuinely, all your kind words helped us immeasurably tonight.. We're playing in the Quad on Saturday night with Burn Us Both for free so we'll see you all there!

UCC Battle of the Bands Final!

3 months ago

We're in the final of the prestigious University College Cork battle of the bands FINAL this wednesday. There's only 5 bands left and we're lucky enough to be one of them, so if you are around please pop in and give us your support! We'll let ye all know how we get on.

TAE x

Eh, We Won?!

4 months ago

Yoyoyo, just lettin ye know that we won our UCC Battle of the Bands thing, which is class. This means that we're through to the final which should be sometime in March. We'll update ye!

TAE

Blast Half Moon Theatre, December 31st 2007

7 months ago

We're finally playing our first official Blast, and what a good first. We'll be playing with our good buddies Jezery and Joe Rubix and also with Spitvalve and Muckys Wall. Doors are at 2. You all know you want to go. Damn straight. Ye want it. Ye can't wait. We know.

Celebrating Christmas, Coolaboola style

7 months ago

Coolaboola Events are back with their annual Coolaboola Christmas all age's gig featuring:

Fight Like Apes
The Avalanche Effect
Fade To Flame

Cyprus Avenue | December 27th | 2pm (all ages!)
Tickets �8 / �7 with a flier.

This year's gig is going to be jam packed with festive activity (rumour has it that Santa is actually visiting...the real one!).

We'll also be raffling off a big Coolaboola Christmas Hamper full of CD's and merchandise of bands who have played the gigs over the years, as well as lots of other lovely goodies. This is in order to raise money to do a really big gig next year to celebrate 3 years of Coolaboola Events - so please, please support us! :D

Remember, Christmas isn't over until Coolaboola Christmas is over!

Fight Like Apes
They've taken the Irish music scene by storm since the success of their debut E.P. "How Am I Supposed To Kill You If You Have All The Guns?" - and rightly so! Fight Like Apes are a breath of fresh air.
Back from their ArtRocker tour of the UK, with two Meteor Award nominations tucked neatly under their toilet paper headbands, Fight Like Apes will entertain the young indie-viduals of Cork with cracking hits from their highly acclaimed debut EP and it's successor "David Carradine Is A Bounty Hunter Whos Robotic Arm Hates Your Crotch".
Expect all sorts of craziness involving a mish-mash of synths, megaphones and pots and pans.
www.myspace.com/fightlikeape smusic

The Avalanche Effect
In the short time they have been together, The Avalanche Effect (or TAE as they have become affectionately known) have gathered a loyal fanbase. They've just played their first headling gig at Cyprus Avenue and we suspect that it's the first of many. These guys are one to watch!
www.avalanchemusic.bebo.com
www.myspace.com/theavalancheeffec t

Fade To Flame
A young pop rock band from Cork who recently took part in Blastbeat Battle of the Bands where they had the crowd chanting their name in no time!
www.fadetoflame.bebo.com

News!

7 months ago

Well, we've recorded the music for the majority of our songs! Started recording vocals on Monday, and you can hear the the first song form these sessions on this page now!!! We should have another 1 up in a few days. Due to our upcoming gig, recording will be stilted due to regular practice, but we'll have more up in the next few weeks!

Speaking of which, our up coming gig is Thursday 29th November in Cyprus Avenue! We're headlining the night, playing with Big Red and Beard Seeking Missile! This promises to be a great night, and at only �4 how could you say no?!? doors are at 9, and we'd love to see as many of ye there as possible!

TAE

GIGS

10 months ago

Cyprus Avenue, Septemeber 1st

Cameo-state
National Saturday
The Avalanche Effect
High Water

�7, doors at 9

All bands will be giving it socks, so come one come many!!! Should be the laugh

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Cy prus Avenue, September 29th

Jezery
The Avalanche Effect
TBC

�4

it will be a night people will be talking about for minutes to come. Everyone should go!

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Fre d Zeppelens, September 14th

no bands other than ourselves confirmed yet, but give us a few days on that front! anyone that saw us last time in Fredz will appreciate this, WE ARE BRINGING OUR OWN PA!!! and as per usual in Fredz, it will be no holds barred musical madness.

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theavalancheeffect

EP Launch and the like

Summer and all that

News

Overplay

Recording and Gatting

UCC Battle Of The Bands Final.

UCC Battle of the Bands Final!

UCC Battle of the Bands Final!

Recording

Eh, We Won?!

Christmas Spirit TAE style

Blast Half Moon Theatre, December 31st 2007

Celebrating Christmas, Coolaboola style

News!

Cyprus Avenue, 29th November

GIGS