On Sunday April 27th, The Lam Morrison House of Rock, Pattaya’s only real rock club, continues its INDIE SUNDAYS series by presenting Bangkok Noise Poppers ASSAJAN JAKAWAN.

ASSAJAN JAKAWAN, named after a Thai proverb or a Japanese cartoon (depending on which band member you ask), are hard to describe; but they play gentle pop songs with huge chaotic arrangements.

ASSAJAN JAKAWAN is a five piece rock combo with three guitars, bass and drums. Connecting shoe gazers with headbangers, their music is reminiscent of such bands as My Bloody Valentine, Sonic Youth and Love and Rockets, even Nine Inch Nails.

ASSAJAN JAKAWAN have risen to the top of the Bangkok underground, joining Goose and Jay Montonn and DeskTop Error and Slur, since they released a rocking sprawling six-song EP on So:On Dry Flowers Record in late 2006. They are currently at work on a full-length album.

ASSAJAN JAKAWAN debuted at The IDIOM FESTIVAL; performed at two Fat Festivals; headlined a Dude Sweet Party with label mates DeskTop Error; and are featured regularly on Bangkok’s Fat Radio. You can catch them most weekends at University student hangout La La Bar or at Soi Aree rent parties or at 808 on RCA or . . . in Pattaya.

ASSAJAN JAKAWAN will play three sets of originals and carefully chosen covers (for the 40-something expats in the audience) at their Pattaya show, the week before The Lam Morrison House of Rock celebrates its one year anniversary.

ASSAJAN JAKAWAN joins Sek Loso, The Olarn Project, Momoomotion, Gene Mahasmut, Reggae’s Gold Red, Zyndy and the Rockets, Neng and the Flying Vs, TVT, The Hells Agels, as well as many others, by playing this stage during this first year of The Lam Morriosn House of Rock.

Pattaya’s only real rock n roll club, The Lam Morrison House of Rock, is open every night 9.00pm till late, with Lam Morrison himself, Thailand’s Guitar King, on stage six nights a week ’round midnight.

On Friday May 2nd, The Lam Morrison House of Rock will celebrate its first anniversary with a special Survival of the Fittest Party. Details to follow.

The Lam Morrison House of Rock is located in South Pattaya just off Walking Street on funky Soi Marine (aka Soi Marine Plaza).

Lam Morrison House of Rock — Soi Marine, Walking Street, South Pattaya — http://www.rockclubpattaya.com

Lam Morrison will celebrate 50 Years of Guitar Playing Sunday, 30 March 2008, with a gala gig at Pattaya’s only real rock n roll club, The Lam Morrison House of Rock.

Lam will host and headline a celebration, which is being planned to feature many of Bangkok and Pattaya’s best guitarists.

The Guest of Honor, with his iconic machine gun-shaped guitar, will dazzle and wow an invited audience of local and regional dignitaries.

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

Thailand’s most audacious guitarist began playing guitar when he was 13 years old (self-taught on a beat up acoustic while he tended the rice fields and the buffalo).

Now, Pi Lam, The Ajaan, teaches master classes in his often three-hour nighty spectacles at his South Pattaya namesake club. Longtime devotees are amazed at his newfound vigor, stamina and reclaimed virtuosity.

From the great generation that produced Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page and Keith Richards, Lam Morrison, their Thai brother, arose from Issarn’s rice paddies.

When the US troops brought their rock n roll records to Ubon Ratchatani while conducting America’s “Secret War” (see Air America), a young Lam avidly listened, eagerly learned and quickly formed Thailand’s first real rock band, VIP.

VIP toured all the US bases during the Viet Nam War. playing reasonable facsimiles of hits from The Stones, Chuck Berry, Jimi Hendrix, Canned Heat, Cream and The Doors (Lam jokingly refers to Jim Morrison as his brother).

After the war, Lam emigrated to Germany, where in a guitar duel (much reported at the time) he was dubbed “The Guitar King,” a moniker that he still defines.

He joined and formed bands, touring Germany, Austria, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, France and then over to North America and finally on to Austalia.

With the help of Richie Blackmore of Deep Purple, in the early 80’s he signed to EMI Records.

His debut album, Night in Bangkok, sold a cool million in Thailand. This was before there was Grammy Records or national distribution or even real record stores — basically, rock had been banned for years. His albums were sold at truck stops and gas stations. And a million were sold.

Since those glory days, Lam Morrison has been a rock n roll gypsy and South East Asia’s best kept secret.

He has spent the last two decades criss-crossing Thailand, from the restive south the golden north, occasionally stopping for residencies (Bangkok’s Rock Pub, Pattaya/s Blues Factory). He has shared stages with all of Thailand’s heirs to the throne from Micro to Olarn, from Ad Carabao to Sek Loso, two Thai music heroes who revere Lam Morrison as Thailand’s Guitar King.

He often returned to Europe and toured with such greats as Deep Purple and UFO and Richie Blackmore’s Rainbow.

Recently, he settled in Pattaya, but remained an enigma: You didn’t find Lam Morrison, Lam Morrison found you. He was a legend caught in brief flashes at bars up and down Walking Street, often just missed and more talked about than experienced.

The opening of The Lam Morrison House of Rock, as well as Lam’s mid/late-life reinvigoration, now means that the secret of Thailand’s guitar master is on nightly display for all to discover for the first time. Or savor for the Nth time.

The Lam Morrison House of Rock invites all to join them in celebrating Lam Morrison’s 50th Anniversary of Playing Guitar on Sunday, 30 March 2008, 9pm until late.

For further information contact Tim Carr at timcarrnyc@yahoo.com or call 66 89 523 2322, and check http://www.rockclubpattaya.com for updates and forum tributes.

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.

The Lam Morrison House of Rock in Pattaya kicks off it’s Indie Sundays Series with a performance by Bangkok’s rowdy Reggae/Ska sextet, Gold Red, at 9pm Sunday, 16 March.

Gold Red aws recently recruited by Bangkok’s Count of Jah Beat, Golf T-Bone, to record for Hua Lampong Riddum Records. P Golf endorsed their booking as the lead off band of the Indie Sundays Series.

Fresh from appearing at the fourth annual Pai Reggae Festival, Gold Red will make its Pattaya debut with their two ninety-minute sets at The Lam Morrison House of Rock at 9 and 11pm.

Drawn together by their love of Bob Marley, T Bone and all things Two Tone, Gold Red, six dread-locked twenty-somethings, have been playing reggae and ska covers and originals (in Thai) since their teens.

Gold Red has recently won a Fat Radio New Band Contest and just finished at the top of the Tiger Translate nationwide Battle of the Bands.

Bangkok indie stars Gene Mahasamut and Momokomtion will follow Gold Red on March 23rd’s Indie Sundays with the final night of their Walk On the Wild Side: A Tribute to Lou Reed and The Velvet Underground concert. The full run of their performance starts Thursday 20 March.

Other indie bands currently jostling for Indie Sundays dates are Panda’s Red Twenty and So:On’s Desk Top Error, among others. Stay tuned.

Open every night 9.00pm until late, with Zyndy and the Rocketz and Lam Morrison headlining nightly, 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 check for updates at http://www.rockclubpattaya.com.

Lam Morrison House of Rock — Soi Marine, Walking Street, South Pattaya — http://www.rockclubpattaya.com

GOLD RED, BANGKOK’S BEST NEW REGGAE BAND, TO PLAY PATTAYA LAM MORRISON HOUSE OF ROCK 16 MARCH

WHO: LAM MORRISON, THAI ROCK LEGEND, AND MOMOKOMOTION, BANGKOK/TOKYO SENSATION

WHAT: HARD OPENING OF THE LAM MORRISON ROCK CLUB

WHEN: SATURDAY, 20 ROCKTOBER 2007 — 9PM UNTIL LATE

WHERE: THE LAM MORRISON ROCK CLUB, just off Walking Street in South Pattaya

WHY: BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE YOU ROCK N ROLLED Y’ALL

HOW: FOZEN MARGARITAS SPECIALS ALL NIGHT!!!

Rock and Roll’s new home in Pattaya, THE LAM MORRISON ROCK CLUB, announces an Open House Party, Its Hard Opening, featuring a special concert at midnight, Lam Morrison’s Tribute to The Doors, and two sets from Bangkok/Tokyo noisemakers MOMOKOMOTION, as well as film screenings on its two giant plasma screens and the best Frozen Margaritas East of Tijuana.

THE LAM MORRISON ROCK CLUB, is open every night 9.00pm till late,

THE LAM MORRISON ROCK CLUB is in South Pattaya just off Walking Street, where Soi Marine meets Soi Lucky Star

Opened by Thailand’s “Guitar King,” every night Lam Morrison hosts non-stop fun and entertainment with two live bands. rare videos, a fantastic DJ, drinks specials and a crowd comprised of the cognoscenti of Pattaya’s nightlife: other bar owners and knowledgeable locals, subtle demoiselles and rock n rollers, ex pats and lucky tourists. Those in the know start or end their night at THE LAM MORRISON ROCK CLUB.

Lam Morrison and his Pattaya Rock Stars takes over for a 90-minute set every night just after Midnight (to let it all hang out). His sets consist of free form covers of Zeppelin and Skynyrd, Prokofiev and Procal Harum, Jimi Hendrix and Axel Rose and originals and works from On Beyond Zebra.

Lam Morrison is a rock n roll gypsy. Lam Morrsion is South East Asia’s best kept secret. Lam Morrison is a living national treasure. Lam Morrison is all of the above.

From the great generation that produced Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Keef Richards and that other Morrison, Lam Morrison, their Thai brother, arose from new Siam’s inner cities by way of its rice paddies. Lam Morrison initially emerged in Issarn, a fully formed guitar god, in the afterhour clubs of clandestine USA air bases. His band was called VIP: VIP played psychedlic proto-metal for the Ravens of Air America. Pre-Traumatic Stress Syndrome.

Then during the 70’s while Thailand was under the censorious boot of one of its many juntas, Lam Morrison honed his art by relocating to Europe, forming bands and touring Germany, Austria, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, France and then over to North America and finally on to Austalia.

With the help of Richie Blackmore, in the early 80’s he signed to EMI. His debut album, Night in Bangkok, sold a cool million in Thailand. This was before there was Grammy Records or national distribution or even real record stores — all rock had been banned for over twenty years. His albums were sold at truck stops and gas stations. And a million were sold.

He has spent the last two decades criss-crossing Thailand, from the restive south the golden north, occasionally stopping for residencies (Bangkok’s Rock Pub, Pattaya/s Blues Factory). He has shared stages with UFO and Deep Purple as well as Ad Carabao and Sek Loso, two Thai music heroes who came up in his wake.

But he’s always been somewhat of an enigma — You didn’t find Lam Morrison, Lam Morrison found you. He was a legend more talked about than experienced. But now … Have you ever been experienced?

Now appearing. Nightly at Midnight. Lam Morrison’s Pattaya Rock Stars take over THE LAM MORRISON ROCK CLUB with a two hour show featuring ever-shifting sets of incendiary classic rock cover versions and roaring rock originals.

Located at the vortex of Pattaya — the Soi Lucky Star gateway just off Walking Street, Lam Morrison’s Rock Club i is at the center of the action, with the raciest A-Go-Gos next door, the late licensed sleepless disco Insomnia upstairs, buttressed by Turk Towns hookas on the left and the juicy oysters of late night al fresco Marine Market to the right.

For further info contact paul@rockclubpattaya.com

WHAT: MOMOKOMOTION PRESENTS PUNK IN A COMA

WHO: EX-FUTON STAR/SONGWRITER MOMOKO FUTON AND COMPANY

WHEN: 16 -20 ROCKTOBER shows at 9:30 and 11:00pm

WHERE: LAM MORRISON’S ROCK CLUB, off Walking Street in South Pattaya, Where Soi Lucky Star Meets Soi Marine

HOW: RAMBUTAN RECORDS, new PanAsian CD specialty label

WHY: FUN, ROCK AND POP SALVATION

MOMOKOMOTION is the band/art project fronted by Japanese singer Momoko Futon.

MOMOKOMOTION will perform ten shows in five days, Tuesday 16 October to Saturday 20 October, at the new Lam Morrison Rock Club, a state of the hard edge rock venue next door to the Marine Seafood Market and Arab Street, just off Walking Street in South Pattaya.
MOMOKOMOTION will celebrate the release it’s debut album, PUNK IN A COMA, as the first CD on the new Bangkok/Hong Kong based specialty label, Rambutan Records.
MOMOKOMOTION will preview its pending World Tour with November dates confirmed for The Fat Festival at Impact Arena, a launch party at Bangkok’s Bed Supperclub, a Chiang Mai Residency; then a week of shows in Japan in December to be followed by dates in the UK shortly after the New Year; then an Asian tour of the Philipines, Korea and China in February.
PUNK IN A COMA will initially be issued as a limited edition high-resolution package featuring commissioned art by Japanese painter Yoshitomo Nara and design by Thai maverick Wit Pimkanchanapong.

PUNK IN A COMA contains ten songs, including the title track and the singles, Toy, Beautiful World, Saturday Night and Follow Me. as well as a Japanese Ska cover of Nirvana’s All Apologies.

Momoko Futon, the namesake of MOMOKOMOTION, most recently made a name for herself as a star, songwriter and provocateur for the Thai/Japanese/British electroclash ensemble Futon. As Momoko Futon, she was a founding member of the band with David Coker and Paul Hampshire and Gene Samniang. She chose to leave the band, along with fellow founding member David Coker, due to differences regarding artistic direction. All founding members remain friends.

Prior to joining Futon, Momoko attended College in Osaka, Japan, studied at the San Francisco Art Institute, traveled extensively and fell off the backpack trail in Bangkok settling into the Artists’ Community around Soi Ari, where she collaborated on performance, painting, photography and poetry. She put all of these skills to use in Futon, before leaving to create her masterpiece: MOMOKOMOTION.

MOMOKOMOTION will tour extensively, beginning with this week-long residency at the new Lam Morrison Rock Club in Pattaya and continuing with a major launch party at Bangkok’s Bed Supper Club and a high-profile show at the annual indie gathering The Fat Festival, continuing throughout Thailand and then on to Japan and the UK and the USA.

RAMBUTAN RECORDS is a new Asian-based label specializing in producing limited edition one-of-a-kind collectible CD and DVDs featuring the best of the new international musicians coupled with their visual soulmates, all important artists. All RAMBUTAN RECORDS releases will be distributed internationally in hip cities through major art and independent CD outlets: The music will also be made available through all major digital outlets. Distribution partnerships are currently being forged in Japan, The States and The UK.

In Thailand, RAMBUTAN RECORDS will be handled by major independent Platinum Distribution.

RAMBUTAN RECORDS is a collaboration between the ex-patsTim Carr and David Teplizky. During the 80s and 90s,Tim Carr worked for Dreamworks, Warner Bros. and Capitol Records and was responsible for signing, among dozens of other artists, Megadeth, The Beastie Boys, Ash, Mantronix, Joan Jett and Cibo Matto. He moved to Bangkok to write a novel this century. David Teplizky is a serious art collector of contemporary and ancient art, who also acts as an independent facilitator, placing contemporary masterpieces from Europe, the United States, Bhutan and China into the world’s best collections.

For further information contact paul@rockclubpattaya.com

Lam Morrison

Ekamun, Mundee

The Olarn Project

Pong SMF

Kitti Guitar Gun

The Fox

Kaleidoscope

Rung Rockestra

Modern Dog

Munsun

Outro

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