Gene Mahasamut and Momoko Ueda 20-23 March

GENE MAHASAMUT AND MOMOKO UEDA WALK ON THE WILD SIDE AT LAM MORRISON ROCK CLUB IN PATTAYA, 20-23 MARCH 2008

The Lam Morrison House of Rock in South Pattaya presents WALK ON THE WILD SIDE, a musical tribute to Lou Reed and The Velvet Underground, performed by Gene Mahasamut (Saliva Bastards, Citizen Dog ) and Momoko Ueda (MomokoMotion, Futon) for four nights this March, Thursday the 20th through Sunday the 23rd, with shows nightly at 9:00 pm.

Momoko and Gene, friends from the new Bangkok Indie Scene, began exploring their shared fascination with Lou Reed, Nico, Andy Warhol, Maryanne Faithful, The Exploding Plastic Inevitable, The Chelsea Hotel and all things 1960’s New York through lo-fi impromptu jams on songs from The Velvet Underground featuring Nico.

Over the past three months they have progressed from tinker toy covers to an hour-long performance piece. Gene and Momoko have built WALK ON THE WILDSIDE through workshops at The Cassette Cafe and weekly gigs at The La La Bar, both in Bangkok.

They have begun recording a self-produced CD of the music, and have augmented their Velvet’s material at recent shows with songs from Lou Reed’s solo career, Bob Dylan and The Rolling Stones.

The four-night residency at The Lam Morrison House of Rock will premiere the first full-dress version of this dual work of passion and obsession.

Momoko recently left the electroclash band, Futon, with whom she wrote played and performed for four years. She came to Bangkok after graduating from The San Francisco Institute of Arts. She has just recently released her debut solo “band” album, Momokomotion Punk In A Coma on bangkok-based Rambutan Records (available through Platinum Distribution). She has performed recently at the Fat Festival and at Dude/Sweet, Tiger Translate and Soma parties , as well as as in Chiang Mai and Tokyo. In January she was Artist in residence at Bed Supperclub and is sponsored by Emily Is Strange.

Gene Mahasamut Boonyaruk, a graduate of London College of Printing, has starred in movies, most notably the acclaimed Citizen Dog directed by Wisit Sasanatieng. He is also an active member of Bangkok’s dek neow underground, fronting the garage rocking Saliva Bastards, as well as recently releasing a solo album, Little Fox (also available through Platinum Distribution). He is also featured in every BTS Station, currently, hawking Pepsi Max.

The Lam Morrison House of Rock is Pattaya’s only real rock bar. Founded in 2007, by Thai guitar legend Lam Morrison it has featured shows by The Olarn Project, Sek Loso, Momokomotion, The Hell’s Angels, Pattaya favorites TNT and nightly explosions by the man himself, Lam Morrison.

During the run of Gene and Momoko’s WALK ON THE WILD SIDE, Pa Lam will continue his nightly assaults from 12:30am until late.

Also entertaining each night will be new Pattaya sensation Zyndy and The Rockets, featuring Rang Rockestra protege Zyndy and her Singapore/Bangkok Pop/Rock band.

Open every night 9.00pm till late, with Lam on stage just after midnight , The Lam Morrison House of Rock is in South Pattaya just off Walking Street on funky Soi Marine.

For further information, contact Tim Carr at timcarrnyc@yahoo.com or 66-(0)89-523-2322.

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