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BACK TO SCHOOL and 80s Pop Muzik presents LIVE MUSIC featuring THE BOUGIES – Saturday, AUGUST 29, 2015

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BACK TO SCHOOL and 80s Pop Muzik present LIVE MUSIC

BACK TO SCHOOL and 80s Pop Muzik is happy to present LIVE MUSIC in the month of August featuring THE BOUGIES

Date: Saturday, AUGUST 29, 2015
Place: BAR 35 (35 N. Hotel Street, Honolulu, Hawaii)
Time: 9pm- 2am
Cover: $5 / age: 21+

The Bougies will be featuring a new setlist paying a tribute to Grunge, the 90s, Alternative and the 80s. They will also be paying their original music, cover tunes and more.
Mistress of Ceremony…
Lana Saldania 
Featuring
DJ Nocturna
DJ Rhombus

ABOUT THE BOUGIES –
The Bougies are an indie garage pop band originally from Honolulu. Established in 2011, they started off as a brother-sister duo with Jordan Bongolan as vocalist and guitarist and Kelly Bongolan on the drums. Wanting a fuller sound, they blossomed into a 4 piece band with the addition of Joy Furushima (bass) and Josh Gonzales (lead guitarist) and have refined their sound into what has been described as, “Pop Rocks; sweet with a bite!” They’ve been compared to bands such as The Strokes and Best Coast, with Jordan’s vocals being likened to Thom Yorke of Radiohead and Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins.They have also performed and opened up for 80s icon Adam Ant in 2013 when he performed at the Republik and they will be opening up for the indie pop band, Echosmith, performing live at the Republik on August 5, 2015. We hope you can join us on Saturday August 29 at BAR 35 for this special new set list ! Thank you for your continued support !

80s Pop Muzik presents A NIGHT TO DISMEMBER, THE 80s ZOMBIE PROM – Saturday, September 26, 2015

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80s Pop Muzik presents A NIGHT TO DISMEMBER

80s Pop Muzik presents A NIGHT TO DISMEMBER, THE 80s ZOMBIE PROM featuring live music by the rock band BLACK ROSE. The band goes on at around 10:30 so don’t be late !

Date: Saturday, September 26, 2015
Place: BAR 35 (35 N. Hotel Street, Honolulu, Hawaii)
Time: 9pm- 2am
Cover: $5 / age: 21+
For info: www.djnocturna.com

With Mistress of Ceremony, Lana Saldania
Spinning the best of 80s, New Wave, dark 80s, Rock and more are resident DJs: DJ Nocturna and DJ Rhombus…

Bring your date, bring your friends and come Pretty in Pieces and horrifyingly handsome. Enter the Zombie Undead Contest ! Win $100 CASH for the most original corpse, most popular, Undead Living Couple. You must be undead to enter. Get your 80s prom photos taken. There will be a photo booth station.. so won’t you crack a smile for the camera?

For more info:
www.djnocturnaandlana.com
www.lanasaldania.com
www.paragonhawaiigallery.com

Thank you to Black Rose, Miss Vamp Hawaii, Paragon Hawaii Gallery, Universal Art, Camera Obscura, Nephilim Halls and Bar 35

ABOUT BLACK ROSE:
Black Rose is a fun lovin, Rock/Metal band that began their journey back in the late 80s and have recently reformed after many years in hiatus. They mysteriously were reunited to become the new and improved Black Rose of today. The band’s musical arsenal consists of covers of many of the well recorded names in musical history ranging from… Thin Lizzy, Ozzy, Iron Maiden, Metallica, Dio, Dokken, Journey, Mr. Big, Kiss, Van Halen, The Cult, Ratt, Motley Crue Just to name a few!

This is BLACK ROSE……
Allen Uehara – Vocalist, Key Boardest & Guitarist,
Weylen Kishimoto – Bass Guitarist,
Rick “Judge Shredder” Gonsales – Lead Guitarist
Robert “Bob” Wilson ­ Drummer

To book Black Rose, contact manager, Carol Pohina at blackrose808band@yahoo.com

If you haven’t witnessed the judgment then you have No pulse. Black Rose is very excited to be ROCKIN’ for you all and performing once again.

For now, ALOHA! ROCK ON and BEWARE!

80s Pop Muzik presents: “England is Mine and it owes me a living” Featuring THE SMYTHS – Saturday, July 25, 2015

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A tribute to the SMITHS

80s Pop Muzik presents: “England is Mine and it owes me a living” Featuring THE SMYTHS, a tribute to the SMITHS

 

Date: Saturday, July 25, 2015
Place: BAR 35 (35 N. Hotel Street, Honolulu, Hawaii)
Time:  9pm- 2am
Cover: $5 / age: 21+


With Mistress of Ceremony Lana Saldania
Spinning the best of 80s music: DJ Nocturna and DJ Rhombus

For more info:

www.djnocturnaandlana.com
www.lanasaldania.com
www.paragonhawaiigallery.com

Thank you to Miss Vamp Hawaii, Paragon Hawaii Gallery, Universal Art, Camera Obscura, Nephilim Halls and Bar 35
With roots stretching as far as the industrial north of Britain, Japan and Portland, Oregon, The Smyths are an international collective of musicians who formed to honor the legacy of The Smiths – one of the most important bands of the past 30 years who formed in Manchester in 1982.  Michel Roy handles guitar and lead vocals, Andy from Manchester is on bass and Scott Culbertson plays drums.   One-of-a-kind artisanal silk-screened merchandise will be available at the show for purchase.

 

The Smiths formed in Manchester in 1982 and the world has never been the same since. The band consisted of vocalist Morrissey; guitarist Johnny Marr; bassist Andy Rourke and drummer Mike Joyce. Critics have called them the most important alternative rock band to emerge from the British independent music scene of the 1980s. Simon Goddard of Q Magazine said in 2007 that The Smiths were “the one truly vital voice of the ’80s”, “the most influential British guitar group of the decade” and the “first indie outsiders to achieve mainstream success on their own terms”. The NME named the Smiths the “most influential artist ever” in a 2002 poll, even topping The Beatles.
The group signed to the independent record label Rough Records and released four studio albums, The Smiths (1984), Meat is Murder (1985), The Queen is Dead (1986) and Strangeways, here we come (1987). Four of their albums, including three studio albums, appeared on Rolling Stone’s list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. They have also released several compilations, and numerous non-LP singles.

80s Pop Muzik welcomes the collaboration of The SMYTHS and their special tribute to The SMITHS on Saturday, July 25, 2015 at BAR 35. Please join us ! 

80s Pop Muzik, DJ Nocturna and Lana Saldania presents Live music featuring Quadraphonix – Saturday, June 27, 2015

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Quadraphonix Flyer

Date: Saturday, June 27, 2015
Place: BAR 35 (35 N. Hotel Street, Honolulu, Hawaii)
Time: 9pm- 2am
Cover: $5 / age: 21+

With Mistress of Ceremony Lana Saldania Spinning the best of 80s music: DJ Nocturna and DJ Rhombus

We are very excited to have Quadraphonix as our next live music for the June 27, 2015 show at BAR 35.

For more info:
www.djnocturnaandlana.com
www.lanasaldania.com
www.paragonhawaiigallery.com

Thank you to Miss Vamp Hawaii, Paragon Hawaii Gallery, Universal Art, Camera Obscura, Nephilim Halls and Bar 35.

ABOUT QUADRAPHONIX

Quadraphonix believe that music from all around the world is inter-related as people and cultures are. A band that specializes in improvisational music that takes form as they play it live, their music is based on the theory of free form jazz, which is freedom of

musical expression. Within this expression, they showcase cultural music from their live experiences and their ancestry. Fusing Indian, Malaysian, Middle Eastern and Latin music with Western styles of Jazz, Blues and Funk is what they do best.

Quadraphonix has opened up for Grammy winners and nominees such as Black Eyed Peas and the Salsa Funksters, Ozomatli and Japanese Punk Ska group Kemuri at Club Chitta in Japan.

They have shared the stage with virtuosos such as Ukulele sensations Jake Shimabukuro and Taimane Gardner. In 2014, Quadraphonix joined forces with singer/song writer and poet, Iyeoka. This collaboration has taken them all over Europe and Asia. In the summer of 2014, Quadraphonix opened shows in Europe for artist such as Robert Plant and Blues Brothers for audiences up 20 thousand. They just returned from their Europe tour.

Band Profile

Jonathan Heraux on drums and percussions – from New York, Panama, Haiti and Hawaii

Jonathan is the creator of this group and functions as the musical director of the band. Born in New York but has traveled and lived in many countries including Panama, Haiti and Germany during his childhood as well as during his time serving in the US Army. Influenced heavily by Buddy Rich and Gene Kruppa, he brings a strong Jazz as well as Latin influence to the group. His knowledge of playing the appropriate music for any given environment has earned him the respect of many in the music community in Hawaii as the “mood music specialist”

Shree Sadagopan on Guitar / Electric Sitar / Stand up bass – Penang, Malaysia

Born and raised in Penang Malaysia, Shree brings his rich ethnic influences of Malaysia and his deep rooted south Indian cultural music to the mix of this collaborative genre. In addition to that, his 22 years of living in Hawaii has introduced him to Classic American Blues, Jazz and Funk. His biggest influence in music is no other than the legendary Carlos Santana, also Ravi Shankar and the styles of Police guitarist Andy Summers. Putting this all together he creates a psychedelic guitar sounds that is picked, strummed and bowed.

Eli Clemens on Congas and percussions – Waimanalo, Hawaii

An experienced and hard hitting conga player, Eli trained for over 10 years with Sango, a Broadway veteran of the congas and percussions. He brings the sound of Afro-Cuban percussive rhythms to the danceable tunes of Quadraphonix. He also has learned some chants from Africa that goes along with some of the 6/8 African rhythms that he chants and plays.

Aaron Friedman on Bass

Aaron Friedman is a bassist and recording engineer/producer who lives in Honolulu, HI. In addition to performing live for audiences around the US, he has performed in Japan, Thailand, Malaysia and Europe. Born and raised in Oakland, CA, Aaron’s first musical love was classic hip hop, which motivated him to begin creating beats with a Roland MC-303. Inspired by the mid-90’s Bay Area hip hop sounds which often featured live instrumentation; he began to teach himself to play bass, guitar and keyboard. The bass quickly became his main instrument due to a natural affinity for creating baselines. With age, his music interests diversified as he sought out the roots of the hip-hop beats he grew up with. This lead to him becoming engrossed in funk and reggae, and he began playing shows around the San Francisco Bay Area.