More info about
VERA, the book they've brought out, and more.
'Rockin on Paper' is a 320 pages full color history on the Vera Club and it's posters. The Vera Club in Groningen has been renowned for being a cool place to perform for the alternative music scene. Part of it's charm are the posters: silk screened with lots of original artwork. Mementos for both audience and band. This book contains a broad selection of the archived posters (more than 300) between the really early years and somewhere around 2005. Next to it a short historical overview of the Club and some personal memories on some of the -for a variety of reasons- more memorable performances. Interviews with: Lee Ranaldo, Mick Collins, Lou Barlow, Kim Gordon, David Yow, Ross Knight. Text is in both Dutch and English.
With the book comes a DVD containing original live footage shot at and by the VERA Club itself. Exciting performances by: the Gunclub, Monster Magnet, Dead Moon, Giant Sand, Sebadoh, Cosmic Psychos, the Gories, the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Dinosaur jr., Sonic Youth and Beat Happening.
Some of the
posters (look in the menu), which are probably in the book.
ISBN-10: 90-9021438-0 Rockin On Paper - The VERA Club: A History In Posters DVD
This is a book with posters and a DVD with live footage.
Posters made and live footage recorded for/during gigs in VERA, Groningen, The Netherlands
The Gun Club: Ghost On The Highway
Dead Moon: 54/40 Or Fight (with Edwin Heath getting a T-Shirt)
Dead Moon: I'm Wise
Dead Moon: Out On A Wire
The Band Of Blacky Ranchette: Moon Over Memphis
Sebadoh: Sacred Attention
Sebadoh: Brand New Love
Sebadoh: Ride The Darker Wave
Sonic Youth: Schizophrenia (aka Sister)
Sonic Youth: Xpressway To Yr. Skull (aka The Crucifixion Of Sean Penn aka Madonna, Sean And Me)
Sonic Youth: Pacific Coast Highway
Sonic Youth: Beauty Lies In The Eye
Sonic Youth: Tom Violence
Sonic Youth: White Kross
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion: Backslider
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion: History Of Lies
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion: The Feeling Of Love
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion: White Tail
Cosmic Psychos: Pub
Cosmic Psychos: Lost Cause
Cosmic Psychos: David Lee Roth
Dinosaur Jr: The Lung
Dinosaur Jr: Kracked
Gories: To Find Out
Gories: He's Doin' It
Gories: Queenie
Beat Happening: Revolution Come And Gone
Beat Happening: Nancy Sin
Beat Happening: Fortune Cookie Prize
Monster Magnet: Medicine
Edit: Nevermind.
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VERA Groningen - Beauty In The Underworld LP/CD
Corelease with Semaphore (08-025574-20)
4 more tracks on the CD (which I don't have, titles?)
The Scientists: Murderess In A Purple Dress (live)
The Feelies: Crazy Rhythms (live)
Sylvia Juncosa: The Desert Song (live)
The Dream Syndicate: 50 In A 25 Zone (live)
Sonic Youth: Broken Eye (live)
The Leaving Trains: So Fucked Up (live)
Dinosaur Jr: The Lung (live)
The Nomads: Real Gone Lover (live)
Alex Chilton: The Rubber Room (live)
The Gun Club: Sexbeat (live)
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