Friday, July 22, 2005

Suzerain LIVE at The Marquee - Be in our Video!

Suzerain LIVE at The Marquee - Leicester Square - London

The time is near...

Above is the flyer for our gig at The Marquee in Leicester Square - London (click here to download flyer). The gig is on Friday 29th July, doors open at 7:00pm, we're on stage at 8:30pm. Entry is £5 with the above flyer - more without. It's a special gig, let me tell you why...

We're putting a video together for our new song 'Life On Film' and we want your help. We're gonna be the first band to produce a music video composed with footage shot from camera/video phones - and we want you to be the camera men/women. If you have a phone that takes video clips or photos clear some of the memory and bring it to the gig, when the song comes on and we give the signal, film as much as you can of absolutely everything going on around you. We want footage of absolutely everything going on: people dancing, shouting, laughing/crying, (even) the band playing - whatever. Don't worry if your phone only takes short clips, doesn't record sound or you don't think the quality is that great, we want it all!

You can then email your video clips to video@suzerainmusic.com, or MMS them to phone number 07782 126 346. Don't forget to include your name!

For every video we use, we'll put the senders name in the film and of course up on the website.

See you all at the gig!

Tom, Rich, Mike, Lloyd & Jim
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Suzerain

P.S. As a lot of you could be immortalised on film - dress sexy!

Monday, July 11, 2005

Suzerain Tramshed - Flyer - 16th July 2005

Hey Everybody,

Big thanks to all of you who made it down to the Halfmoon in Putney on Friday! It was great to see so many of you there! A big hand also to The Teasers + The Missing Man, both of who totally rocked the place!

Here's the flyer for our headline gig at the Tramshed in Tooting on Saturday 16th July. It's a night of film, art and music - with directors showcasing films, live graffiti, musicians and bands. Doors open at 7:30 but we won't be on till 10:45. Entrance is £5 with flyer.

We've got loads of photos to add to the gallery, but if you have any, send them to us!

See you on Saturday!

Tom, Rich, Mike, Lloyd & Jim

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www.suzerainmusic.com

Friday, July 08, 2005

Suzerain Play Halfmoon Tonight

Hey Everybody,

After a day such as yesterday we can't wait to see you all tonight down at the Halfmoon in Putney. It's gonna be a great night and we're looking forward us much as you are to letting our hair down and having a good one.

Doors open at 8:00, we're on stage at 10:00. Entry is £5.00. Also playing are the excellent Teasers and Missing Man. No flyers necessary for this gig!

See you there.

Tom, Rich, Mike, Lloyd & Jim
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Suzerain

Links:
Map to Halfmoon Putney



P.S. Dress Sexy ;-)

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Next Gig - Fri 8th July - Halfmoon Putney
www.suzerainmusic.com

Wednesday, June 29, 2005

Putney Gig - Revised Door Price - £5.00 - Oops!

Hi Guys,

This is just a quick note to say we made a little error on the flyers for our headline gig at the Halfmoon in Putney - it's actually £5.00 on the door, not £4.00.

You can purchase tickets for £4.00 - you just have to buy them through the Halfmoon website.

Cheers guys, see you there!

Tom, Rich, Mike, Lloyd, Jim

Thursday, June 23, 2005

Suzerain - Halfmoon - Putney - Fri 8th July

Hey Everybody,

Here's the flyer for our next gig. It's at the Hafmoon in Putney.

It's on Friday 8th July, we'll be on stage at 10:00pm. Entry is £4.00. Flyer optional.

Click on the flyer to print one out.

See you there!

Tom, Rich, Mike, Lloyd & Jim!
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Suzerain
www.suzerainmusic.com

Wednesday, June 15, 2005

Suzerain Photo Shoot & Headlining Halfmoon in Putney

Suzerain
Hi Everybody,

Just want to say thanks to all of you who made it down to the Hope & Anchor on Monday - we had a great gig and you guys really went for it. We can't believe you guys sing along so much! And the dancing!

The picture above is sneak peek from our recent photo shoot with photographer Gavin Aslett and stylist Antony Price (Duran Duran, Roxy Music, Rolling Stones, Bowie etc). More pics from the shoot will be up on the gallery page in the next few days.

We're getting ready for our next gig on the Friday the 8th July - we're headlining the Halfmoon in Putney. Flyers will be available very soon, watch out for posters popping up too...

Ok guys and gals - stay safe and keep your emails coming in - we love 'em!

Tom, Rich, Mike, Lloyd, Jim
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www.suzerainmusic.com

Friday, June 10, 2005

Suzerain - Hope & Anchor - Mon 13th June 05

Click here to download flyer for Hope & Anchor Gig - SUZERAIN
Hey everybody,

We're playing at the Hope & Anchor in Islington on Monday the 13th of June. It's gonna be a great night - we'll be debuting yet more brand new material!

Gig starts 8:30 - £4.50 with above flyer.

Catch you guys there - DRESS SEXY!

Tom, Rich, Lloyd, Mike & James
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Monday, May 23, 2005

Suzerain become most booked band...

On Thursday 19th May 2005 Suzerain became the most re-booked band at Madame JoJos in SOHO - in the past 2 years, making a record 4 appearances!

Big thanks go out to Flag Promotions, all the staff at Madame JoJos and John the excellent sound engineer.

We'll have some photos from the gig up on the website gallery in the coming days. Thanks to all of you who came to any of our JoJo shows and kept us getting re-booked!

Friday, May 13, 2005

Suzerain - Thursday May 19th 2005 - Madame Jojos - SOHO & New Media


Good morning fellow children of Satan... whoops, wrong post!!!

Hello everyone, hope you are all well!

We here at Suzerain Inc. are happy to announce the availibility of BRAND NEW songs in our Download section! You can now listen to set favourites 'Together Insane' & 'Wasted'. Happy listening!

Also we have some BRAND NEW promotional shots in our Gallery section taken by photographer Keir Harris and some new rehearsal pictures, so check 'em out!

Our main story tonight however is our last appearance for a while atlegendary venue Madame Jojos in the heart Londons' sexy/seedy SOHO district!! We will be playing there Thursday 19th May 2005 with trash-rockers Pornovurt and Dangerlust. As ever the drinks are cheap (£2 for a bottle of stella or spirit & mixer! Bargain!) and the dresscode is SEXY!!

Entry is £6 or £5 with a flyer. Doors Open 8:45pm, we'll be on stage by about 9:45pm.

Come and check us out at our spiritual home, it promises to be a LARGE one!

See you soon and stay beautiful...

Tom, Rich Lloyd, Mike & St James
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P.s. You can download a pre-prepared page with 4 flyers on it by clicking here.

Friday, April 29, 2005

Suzerain - Mike's Ready to ROCK + Next Gig


Hey Everybody,

How you all doing!?

Firstly, thanks to everyone for the good wishes for Mike's broken hand, your cosmic vibes obviously did the trick as he's made a full recovery.

We've got a gig coming up on the 19th of May at our home away from home Madame Jojos in SOHO, we're supporting Trash Rockers Pornovurt. It'll probably our last gig at this classic venue for a while so we intend to make it a big night! Miss it at your peril, remember - CHEAP DRINKS! Flyer and door times to follow soon...

We've currently got a great review of our recent gig at Jagz in Spill Magazine, pick up a copy and check it out (see link at bottom).

Check out the gallery pages - there's now more pics from the gig with Visage (even some backstage!) and some cool ones from a recent rehearsal. Keep checking back as we've got loads more to come!

Keep rockin!

Tom, Rich, Mike, Lloyd & Jim
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Suzerain

Spill Magazine Distribution - www.spillonline.com

Tuesday, March 29, 2005

Review of Suzerain & Visage

Here’s some reviews of Thursdays gig:

http://rocknerd.org/article.pl?sid=05/03/26/1159210&mode=thread&tid=17

plus photos

http://dev.null.org/gallery/gigs/Visage20050324

More to come…

Visage Gig & Heal Mikes' Hand

Hi Everybody,

Firstly, I’d like to say a huge thanks to all of you who charged the doors of Madame JoJo’s last Thursday to see us play. It was such an awesome gig for us, we didn’t know the place could hold so many people and we thought the floor was gonna cave in with all the dancing! You guys literally amazed us with your enthusiasm - WOW! As always we have some great shots of the gig and they’ll be up on the gallery pages ASAP, we also have a few good ones of you guys in the crowd – so be warned – you may appear on the Suzerain website soon… (if you have any pictures of the gig, or people at the gig send them in to us at pics@suzerainmusic.com).

Unfortunately the fortunes of Suzerain have taken a temporary down-turn. Our beloved bass player Mike Smith has done himself a mischief and broken his poor little hand. It’s ok though – the doctors are working furiously to correct this problem of cosmic proportions, and he’ll either have a brand new bionic hand, or a cast on it for a few weeks - whichever we decide. Our other alternative of gluing some dreadlocks to an old TB303 bassline generator is also still under consideration – we welcome your thoughts on this.

Unfortunately this means that WE WILL BE UNABLE TO PLAY OUR GIG AT THE CABBAGE PATCH IN TWICKENHAM TONIGHT (29 March 2005). We are so sorry to the people who were hoping to catch us there, we’ll still be down there supporting the good cause, we just won’t be playing. It’s for Sports Disability and there 2 other great bands playing (The Vibrants & The Trend), get yourselves down there and party with us anyway.

On the upside, this gives us a break to finish our new demo (every cloud eh Mike!). As some of you will know the tracks on the website are just of Tom & Rich before the full band was formed. We’ve been in the studio and nearly have a completed demo with full band line-up. We’ll be releasing it on the website as soon as it’s ready for you all to devour, so please do keep checking the site and blog.

We have more gigs to announce too, mainly in central London, so again keep checking the site and blog for all the latest.

Heal Mikes' Poor Hand
Our final note for today, on advice of our personal spiritual coach Uri – we need your help. The image to the left is an image of Mike’s mashed up hand (click for larger image), we need you to touch the hand and think good vibes. It only takes a moment, touch the hand, let the good vibes flow. You can also print out the hand and keep it in your wallet, this is just as good.


Catch you soon!

Tom, Rich, Lloyd, Mike & Jim

Wednesday, March 23, 2005

Suzerain & Visage Flyers 24th March 2005

Click images for printable versions.
(This ones easier on photocopiers)
Suzerain & Visage Flyer 24th March 2005
Suzerain & Visage Flyer 24th March 2005

Suzerain & Visage Madame JoJo's - SOHO

Hi Everyone,

Hope you're all good and have been enjoying the recent sunshine!

The big night is nearly upon us, this Thursday (24th March 2005) Suzerain will be playing Madame JoJo's in Soho with 80's new romantics Visage.

We've had such a knockout response from everyone, our initial ticket allocation went in an hour and a half! We've had our allocation doubled and we've also reached that limit too. Well done to everyone who's booked in advance. Your tickets will be available on the door, reserved under the name they were booked in, but to guarantee your entry you'll need to be at the venue (link at bottom) by no later than 9:15, plus a Suzerain flyer (See Above) and the £6.00 entry charge.

If you have not booked a ticket but would like to come to the gig you may still be able to get in, as long as you turn up to the venue by 9:00pm on the night of the gig, you'll also need a Suzerain flyer, tickets on the door are also only £6.00.

Those of you who've been to Madame JoJo's before will know about the cheap drinks offers, with bottles of Stella only £2.00 and vodka plus a mixer only £2.00 too – these offers are available all night. Thankfully it's a public bank holiday the next day!

For those of you unable to make it on Thursday (or maybe you'd like to do both), we have another gig for a charity Event at the Cabbage Patch in Twickenham, greater London on Tuesday 29th March. The event is in aid of Disability Sport England. Doors open 7:30pm - £7.00 entry. This is for a great cause, and you'll also get to see great local bands The Vibrants & The Trend. Hope to see you there. Flyer available on website later this week too.

So there you have it, can't wait to see you all there, it's gonna be a great gig and a great way to start the bank holiday weekend, and I don't have to tell you all to dress sexy – because you always do!


Tom, Rich, Lloyd, Mike & Sir James
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P.S. After much requests to see more photos of you lovely Suzerettes we will be taking lots of photos of the crowd during the gig, so I guess I will say it again - DRESS SEXY!

*Links*
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Madame JoJo's

Tuesday, March 08, 2005

Jagz Gig Gallery


The photo gallery for our Jagz gig on the 1st March 2005 is now up!

Click here to see it.















Wednesday, March 02, 2005

Suzerain (& Suzerettes) Rocked Jagz!


Hi Everyone,

Hope you’re all good!

Just want to say thanks to everyone who made it down to Jagz in Ascot to see us last night, especially those of you who travelled from London just to see us. It was a really great gig and we had such a good time hanging out with you all. Once again the girls dancing at the front did us proud, I hope we put on as good a show for you guys as you do for us!

Our next gig is the big one, supporting Visage on Thursday 24th March at Madame JoJo’s in Soho, the next day is good Friday so by law you all need to get drunk at the gig on Thursday night. For those of you in the Staines area we’re putting on a coach. Our ticket allocation sold out incredibly quickly when we first announced this gig, but we’ve managed to secure some more, so get in touch ASAP to reserve your place at this gig as it’s likely to sell out.

The next gig after that is going to be a charity event, keep checking the site and blog for full details.

As always we love your emails and comments on the blog so keep posting.

See you at JoJo’s!

Tom, Rich, Lloyd, Mike & Jim (IV)

Tuesday, March 01, 2005

Suzerain Play Jagz - Ascot 1st March 2005

This is just a reminder to say we're gonna be playing Jagz in Ascot (right by the station) next Tuesday (1st March 2005 8:00pm), we're supporting a band called UNLESS, shouldn't be more than a fiver to get in. Should be a great gig, hope to see lots of you there!

Tom, Rich, Lloyd, Mike & James O'Sullivan IV

Thursday, February 24, 2005

Biography Updated


We've updated our biography section! It now includes all members of the band, take a look.

Monday, February 21, 2005

Suzerain Weekender - Big Thanks!

Hi Everybody,

Wow, what a weekend that was! Just want to say thanks to everybody who came along to see us play either or both dates over the weekend. Photos of both gigs will be up on the website later this week.

Friday night was quite a late one, after the initial tech problems we got down to playing the gig and you guys really blew us away with your enthusiasm! Big thanks to Paul and the Trickledown + PopAlt gang for organising such a diverse and great event. Well done for raising all the money you did for the DEC Tsunami appeal! Well done to all the girls that kept dancing and kept us going for the whole gig – WOW!

Sunday was a good gig, also not without its technical problems, great to see so many new faces there, you guys make the other bands jealous of our fans! Also like to say thanks for all your great emails, keep sending them in to band@suzerainmusic.com, also keep posting your comments on the blog, we love ‘em!

We’re off to sleep for a week now! Just got time to say we’ll be doing a gig at Jagz in Ascot on Tuesday the 1st of March supporting UNLESS. Gig details will follow later this week.

Take care, see you out there!

Tom, Rich, Mike, Lloyd & Jim

Wednesday, February 16, 2005

Suzerain Weekender!

Hi Everybody,

Hope you’re all good!

This is just to let you know that we have a mammoth weekend ahead! We’re playing the Tramshed in Tooting on Friday Night (18th Feb 2005), this will be part of a showcase of video/visual and musical artists from London, with Suzerain headlining the musical festivities. Doors open early at 7:30pm, we’ll be on stage at about 10:30ish. Videos from fresh new talent will be showcased all night and dancing will be expected with DJ’s from the excellent Pop Alt crowd. See links at the bottom of post for flyer and map of how to get to the venue.

We then have a day in the recording studio, recording new tracks that will feature the complete line-up of the band, watch the website and blog for details of when these songs will be available.

Then we complete the weekend with a night at the Dublin Castle in Camden (Sunday 20th Feb 2005). This is a historic music venue and promises to be a great gig, with bands from all over the country converging to provide a night of musical beauty. Doors open at 7:30, Suzerain will be headlining and will be on stage no later than 10:00. Links to the venue are also provided at the bottom of this post.

As always these are dress sexy events.

Lookin forward to seeing you!

Tom, Rich, Mike, Lloyd & Jim
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P.S. All our allocated tickets for our supporting gig with Visage sold out within an hour and a half of mentioning it to the mailing list! We have managed to secure a limited amount of extra tickets, so if you’re interested email tickets@suzerainmusic.com and we will sort some out for you, but please hurry.

Links:
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flyer for Tramshed Tooting Gig (18th Feb 2005)
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map to Tramshed
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map to Dublin Castle
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review of Madame JoJo’s gig – 12 Jan 2005