The axis festival hosts many exciting and interesting events in 2008. Explore all the details by browsing the following categories.
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Showing artists in 'Rock/Pop'
2008 Visual Arts Programme
Venues: Fat Cats, Dazed, Infinities, AirSpace Gallery, Victoria Hall and The SugarmilThis year the Axis Festival will bring the visual...
A View From Above
WRONG POP Axis Festival Special Wrongpop #14 is on Friday 2nd May and we bring you 4 awesome bands. This...
About a Plane Crash
"About A Plane Crash - Probably one of the tightest bands around the Teesside area at the minute." Vendetta Promotions"About A...
Alpha 9
Alfa 9 singer-guitarist - Phil Mason, vocals/bass -Ali Heathguitar - Leon JoneskeyboardsvJamie Gordondrums - Andy Shaw Formed in Newcastle-Under-Lyme eighteen...
Andrew Hall
Andrew Hall is an English acoustic-based singer/songwriter for the 21st Century. He takes inspiration from what he sees and responds...
Andy Gower
plus special guestsAxis Festival is delighted to welcome local hereo Andy Gower. Fans of Andy's might be interested to hear that...
AXIS Festival After Show Party
The Axis Festival is over for another year and we really hope you had a great time. This is your...
Axis Festival Launch Party 2008
The 2008 Axis Festival kicks off with a celebration of all that is good in local bands. From the jangling...
BitJam
BitJam... electronic, chill out, dance, and ambient open mic night. Bring what ya got, plug in and melt down The...
Black Apples, The
A 3 piece electric blues band, created in 2004 in an old disused pot bank with a ghost…. One door...
Bleached Wail
Having three of them grow up together in a small, northern village (Alsager), on the outskirts of Stoke, bleached WAIL...
Brenda
A SUBBA-CULTCHA.COM SINGLE OF THE MONTHBrenda's inventive use of rhythm and manipulated sounds impresses more than most - with the...
Burnt
plus guestsBurnt are a 5-piece metal band hailing from Stoke-on-Trent, with a unique debut album released on Psychophonic records entitled...
Captain Phoenix
Burrows is blessed with one of those huge voices that has you tracking back through pop history to Ray Davies,...
Cats In The Alley
Cats in the Alley are what Future Sounds is all about, and something for Stoke to feel cheerful over... one...
Chris Difford (Squeeze) & Boo Hewerdine
as part of the Biddulph Up In Arms programme of events Chris Difford has been writing lyrics for over twenty-five...
City Centre Youth Stage
Stoke on Trent is overflowing with amazing musical and performance talent. The City Centre Youth Stage is your chance to...
Dead Like Heros
Mid December 2007Dead Like Heroes are born Evolving from various previous band incarnations Andy, Rob, LeRoy, Danny and Gro discovered ...
Deirdres, The
A seven piece from Derby who claim to specialise in "poor harmonies and communal clappiing", The Deirdres mess around with...
Devil Cried Mercy
Tbawww.myspace.com/devilcriedmercyhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=on6GKxv_LHg...
DJ Andyman
Request friendly DJ with classic rock all night ‘til 2am.www.rigger.arctictiger.co.uk/www.myspace.com/riggermusicltd...
Dogs
Plus guestsPredominantly from London, Dogs play post-punk influenced rock n' roll that will have you punching the air in sheer...
Drive Till December
Drive Till Decemeber are an up and coming metalcore band from Stoke-on-Trent, UK. Mixing big mosh hardcore influences with technical...
Ejector Seat
Ejectorseat all knew each other at school, although we weren’t really what you’d call friends. Phil was an unapproachable type...
Evita
'Like An Ocean We Rise Again' review in ROCKSOUND MAGAZINE."....They won't be held down, and they do want to overpower...
eXopilots
Tbahttp://www.myspace.com/exopilotsAlso playing at the Glebe tonight Lo.Dep...
Fall 42
Fall 42 deliver a toe tapping mixture of catcy melodic pop songs and jangly guitar riffs. Clearly influenced by the breezy end...
Fights & Fires
Formed in october 2007 with Ryan and Phil from BACKWASH along side John from PLOT AGAINST PARIS and Lee from...
Giro Junkie
Giro Junkie is a muso type from the 'middle of everywhere' city of Stoke On Trent. Having only played in...
Hades Chariot
Hades Chariot are a Metal band hailing from Northwest England. Exploding on the local metal scene in winter 2006 and...
Heilige Lance
Heilige Lance do not derive from an idea or a fictitious agenda, neither do they conform to the constraints of...
Herzoga
WRONG POP Axis Festival Special Wrongpop 14 is on Friday 2nd May and we bring you 4 awesome bands. This...
High Spy
Formed in March 2006 by Mark Price and Ade Peddie and Lee Weston and then joining them six months later...
Holly Reynolds
As the opener to Sandi Thom as part the Axis Festival 2007 launch party, Holly Reynolds is the artist to...
Impaled Existance
Spawned from the devilish streets of North Wales, Impaled Existence strives to bludgeon the ear drums of those who dare...
Izon Paradise
Izon paradise formed in 1990 and began, like many bands, by gigging the length and breadth of the country playing...
Joe Lean & The Jing Jang Jong
Axis Festival and Something Else present a special WOMBATS aftershow gig. featuring Joe Lean and The Jing Jang Jong...
John Power
Former front man of 90’s jangling guitar band the La’s, who’s 1990 hit There She Goes secured them a huge...
Leif Ericsson, The
WRONGPOP Axis Festival Special Wrongpop 14 is on Friday 2nd May and we bring you 4 awesome bands. This is...
Lo.Dep
Lo.DEP is a Brussels based blend of metal, hardcore and pop/rock melodies. They forge all kinds of heavy and melodic...
Luke Pickett
Luke Pickett is a singer/songwriter from Harpenden, Hertfordshire, UK. He was the lead singer and guitarist in the now defunct...
M S Thompson
M S Thomason is one of Stoke on Trent’s most exciting young singer-songwriters, and over the 2008 Axis festival you...
Martyn Joseph
Welsh singer songwriter, Martyn Joseph has been in demand on both sides of the Atlantic for over two decades. Martyn`s...
Massai
From the Forest of Dean and formed in the summer of 2005, Massai have worked hard to produce a diverse...
Mike Scott (from phinius gage)
I play solo, acoustic punk rock, folk stuff. I listen to Black Flag and drink a ton of soya milk....
Model Radio
Teetering on the edge of superstardom, local band Model Radio are no strangers to the big stage having opened for...
Morning Sparks
Back for a second year Axis Festival is pleased to welcome Morning Sparks. Lots of eyes are on this band...
Mountains Became Machines
So far we have shared a stage with Oceansize, iLiKETRAiNS, Sion, Shady Bard, Charger, Iye, Green Reaper, Truckdriver Junior, Rise...
My Sergeant Mask
My Sergeant Mask is a four-piece band from Stoke-on-Trent. Katie, Matt and Ash got together in early 2006 after meeting...
Nemo
The begining was just the start of it, when Andy met Paul, and Paul met him back, one summers evening...
Off With The Octopus
A friday night showcase at the Pussy Boutique, Fat Cats Cafe Bar, Trinity street. Hosting the hottest original bands, and...
Operation Error
Opening for Slaves To GravityInfluences: Alter Bridge, Creed, Anathema, Funeral For a Friend, Three Days Grace, Staind, Killswitch Engage, Biffy...
Paul Vickers and the Leg
"vickers sings like macgowan and waits ... the leg play hard to resist jugband blues" 4 stars the list"sweetly whimsical...
Rosalita
From Ipswich Rosalita are a 5 piece.- "We make fun music. We opened the Channel 4 stage at V2007 after winning...
Skatch
"This is big fat anthemic trombone-heavy pop-punk. Everythings here for ska/pop punk fans: horns and a cheeky-chappy vocal. 'Enjoy' is...
Slaves To Gravity
Hailing from London, England, Slaves to Gravity have arrived to send a Tsunami-sized wave of angry, dirty, passionate rock music...
Speedtheory
Plus supportSpeedTheory are a four piece Metal band from Wolverhampton, UK, consisting of Wes (vocals,guitar), Jay (Guitar), Stu (bass, vocals)...
St Six
We are St. Six born and bred in Stoke-on-Trent.We started out a few years ago just H, Twin and Mez...
SUBCulture Live
with MS THOMASON + ANDREW HALL+ GIRO JUNKIE + THOM PRICEAxis Festival is delighted to be working in partnership with...
Tall Stories
Tall Stories are the song-centric bastard brainchild of North London residents Rob McCabe, Liam Ward and Saul Eisenberg. Since forming...
Thom Price
Born in a concrete jungle to a preacher man and his wife Thom was raised to the sounds of musical...
To All that Fail
A five piece band from stoke-on-trentFormed in january 2007Recorded their first EP in May '07, A six track EP called...
Troops Of Mafeking
"Honey in your ears - in a good way " Whatever ginger hair sounds like! - comfortable noise?www.myspace.com/troopsofmafeking ...
Untitled Musical Project
WRONG POP Axis Festival Special Wrongpop #14 is on Friday 2nd May and we bring you 4 awesome bands. This...
Upstart Song Writing Competition Launch
in association with Urban Lizard recording studiosdetails to follow...
Wombats
Axis is delighted to welcome the Wombats to Stoke on Trent. This band took the UK by storm last year,...
Wrongpop
WRONG POP Axis Festival Special Wrongpop 14 is on Friday 2nd May and we bring you 4 awesome bands. This...
Yelps
Plus GuestsFour fellas from Wolverhampton play brilliant post-punk pop, they play with swagger and have choruses to die for, they...
Ylang Dog Riot
Plus guestsImagine, if you will? A long walk home, It’s been a good night. Drinks of your choosing, couple of...
