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City: Bologna
Country: IT
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Friday, June 12, 2009 
Hello there ladies and gentlemen,

the gigs with TV SMITH and THE BOYS were unforgettable, thanks to everyone who came.
If you were lazy enough to not attend the gigs, here's some videos for you!
thanks to MarcXRamone who lensed the gig in Rome @ Init Club, we're able to put up some real cool clips.

here's the entire VALENTINES set

something brewing behind / annalisa is gone



behind the corner / generation in the middle



listen / life stinks


and here's some songs from TV SMITH & THE VALENTINES set


no time to be 21 / safety in numbers / new church



bombsite boy / on wheels



gary gilmore's eyes / bored teenagers



one chord wonders


enjoy!

also, our new 7" BEHIND THE CORNER is still available, if you want a copy, just let us know!

ok, that's all folks,
keep on keepin' on

truly yours,
jj valentine
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jj@valentinesrock.com
www.myspace.com/thevalentines
www.valentinesrock.com





Currently listening:
Misinformation Overload
By TV Smith
Release date: 2007-09-04
Sunday, May 03, 2009 
Hello there ladies and gentlemen,

I'm glad to announce you that we'll be playing three gigs with THE BOYS (for the first time in Italy since 1981) and TV SMITH (we'll be playing the Adverts songs as TV SMITH backing band).


here's the dates

Thursday 4 June Rome (Init Club)
Friday 5 June Milan (Musicdrome)
Saturday 6 June Bologna (Covo Club)

be sure to catch this!



truly yours,
jj valentine
--------------------
jj@valentinesrock.com
www.myspace.com/thevalentines
www.valentinesrock.com

Currently listening:
Alternative Chartbusters
By The Boys
Release date: 1999-03-26
Tuesday, June 17, 2008 
enjoy this clip of "BORED TEENAGERS" by TV SMITH and THE VALENTINES
live @ Raindogs, Savona 16/02/2008

the music clip starts at minute 2:35




thanks to truelove produzioni!
Sunday, February 03, 2008 
Hello there ladies and gentlemen,

we're pleased to announce you tht we're playing two gigs with punk legend TV SMITH, the singer of THE ADVERTS. If you don't know who TV SMITH is, go kill yourself or go here. By the way "CROSSING THE RED SEA WITH THE ADVERTS" is one of our favourite record of all time.

This is what will happen:

-FEBRAURY 14 (thursday) @ TRANSILVANIA (BOLOGNA) Matt, Mars and me will be playing a short set of ADVERTS' songs together with TV SMITH, after his acoustic set and after the Sweet Vendetta set.

-FEBRAURY 16 (saturday) @ RAIN DOGS (SAVONA)
there will be a VALENTINES set, an acoustic TV SMITH set, and then Matt, Mars and me will play a bunch of ADVERTS' songs together with TV SMITH.

this is what TRE ACCORDI RECORDS has to say about this (italian only):

TV Smith, la leggendaria voce degli Adverts, sarà in Italia a metà febbraio. Due appuntamenti dal vivo in cui Smith si esibirà sia in versione acustica che elettrica, accompagnato da una prestigiosa backing band: i Valentines.

Complice di questa collaborazione anche la loro impeccabile interpretazione di "One Chord Wonders" recentemente pubblicata sul tributo "PUNK 77 07" per il trentennale punk e particolarmente piaciuta al leader degli Adverts.

 

TV Smith si esibirà il 14 febbraio al Transilvania di Bologna e il 16 febbraio a Savona al Raindogs, all'interno di un festival di tre giorni organizzato da TrueLove Produzioni e Kriminal Class (sempre per il trentennale punk). In questa data anche i Valentines suoneranno dal vivo.


and this is the flyer of the gig @ RAINDOGS (Savona)




useful links:

http://www.myspace.com/tvsmith
http://www.myspace.com/theadverts
http://www.myspace.com/surrealsubculture
http://www.myspace.com/raindogshouse
http://www.myspace.com/treaccordi

see you there!

truly yours,
jj valentine
--------------------
jj@valentinesrock.com
www.myspace.com/thevalentines
www.valentinesrock.com





Currently listening:
Crossing the Red Sea with the Adverts
By The Adverts
Release date: 13 August, 2002
Sunday, October 21, 2007 
Hello there ladies and gentlemen,

here we go again!
we're featured on a italian compilation celebrating 30 years of PUNK ROCK released by TRE ACCORDI RECORDS (our beloved label). You can find that in Italy in the best record stores and newsagents for the price of 9.99 euros.

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here's what  TRE ACCORDI RECORDS has to say about that (ITALIAN ONLY)

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E' uscita questo weekend "PUNK 77 - 07", un omaggio "made in Italy" al Punk che trent'anni fa esplodeva in tutto il mondo.
 
Prodotto da Self e Tre Accordi Records, l'album contiene 23 cover di brani classici, scelti dal repertorio di nomi internazionali come Ramones, Sex Pistols, Damned, Clash, Buzzcocks, Sham 69 e tanti altri, eseguiti e interpretati dalle più rappresentative band italiane del circuito alternativo.
 
Il cd, stampato in 10.000 copie, sarà allegato ad un libretto esterno di 32 pagine che, oltre alla presentazione degli artisti partecipanti, conterrà tre interventi firmati da Federico Guglielmi, Marco Philopat e Stefano Gilardino.

 
L'uscita di questo album avrà qualcosa di speciale: non solo si troverà in tutti i negozi di dischi e in digital download, ma sarà distribuito da Self anche in tutte le edicole ad un prezzo di euro 9,90.
 
L'album sarà prossimamente presentato in anteprima al locale Surfer's Den di Milano.
 
Ecco la track list:
  01) THEE STP...............................(New York Dolls) - "Vietnamese Baby"
  02) SENZABENZA...........................(Ramones) - "Suzy Is A Headbanger"
  03) MUDLARKS.............................(The Damned) - "Neat Neat Neat"
  04) TOMMI E GLI ONESTI CITTADINI....(Sex Pistols) - "Holidays In The Sun"
  05) KLAXON................................(The Clash) - "Garageland"
  06) TAXI....................................(Slaughter And The Dogs) - "Victims Of The Vampire"
  07) TRANSEX...............................(The Cortinas) - "Fascist Dictator"
  08) HIGH SCHOOL LOCKERS..............(Generation X) - "Ready Steady Go"
  09) PROZAC+...............................(Buzzcocks) - "What Do I Get?"
  10) THE VALENTINES......................(The Adverts) - "One Chord Wonders"
  11) CLUB27.................................(Alternative Tv) - "Action Time Vision"
  12) SUPER SEXY BOY.....................(The Vibrators) - "Automatic Lover"
  13) INTELLECTUALS.......................(X-Ray Spex) - "Identity"
  14) KLASSE KRIMINALE....................(Sham 69) - "Angels With Dirty Faces"
  15) RAPPRESAGLIA........................(Stiff Little Fingers) - "Alternative Ulster"
  16) SORELLE KRAUS.......................(X) - "Los Angeles"
  17) HORMONAS............................(The Cramps) - "Lonesome Town"
  18) SPEEDY PEONES.......................(The Stranglers) - "Nuclear Device"
  19) THE TWINKLES........................(The Boys) - "Weekend"
  20) CRUMMY STUFF.......................(Germs) - "The Other Newest One"
  21) IMPOSSIBILI............................(Misfits) - "Halloween"
  22) WATER TOWER........................(The Exploited) - "Alternative"
  23) LOS FASTIDIOS........................(Angelic Upstarts) - "Solidarity"
 
Tre Accordi Records: www.treaccordi.com
 
Self: www.self.it


truly yours,
jj valentine
--------------------
jj@valentinesrock.com
www.myspace.com/thevalentines
www.valentinesrock.com

Tuesday, September 04, 2007 
Hello there ladies and gentlemen,

how's your summer?

if you go to our myspace you can listen to our blistering version of THE CRAMPS' "CAN YOUR PUSSY DO THE DOG?".

This song is from a compilation called "WILD SOUNDS FROM THE PAST DIMENSION" released by our good friends at GO DOWN RECORDS.

"WILD SOUNDS FROM THE PAST DIMENSION" contains a collection of reviewed and interpreted 60's and 70's songs by bands such as Not Moving, Small Jackets, the Rippers, the Intellectuals, Sator and other cool bands. The compilation will hit the stores in Italy by october, be sure to have it!

..

this is what
GO DOWN RECORDS has to say about that:

"The Go Down Records & the Phantom Circle Association (Ass. Cult. Circolo Fantasma) celebrate their passion for the r'n'r with the idea of a Compilation that contains the wild and primordial sound of the 60/70: a collection of reviewed and interpreted pieces either by underground band or by true pillars of the national and international stage, all of them with unquestioned artistic value. "Wild Sound From The Past Dimension" is composed of the pieces that have enjoyed for 4 years the evenings and the concerts organized by the Circle: not a "soulles" collection but "ad hoc" covers played by the band involved in the project. 60ies and 70ies classics and dark gems replayed by 22 national (Not Moving, The Rippers, Ray Daytona, The Intellectuals, ENRi, The Caveman, The Small Jackets, The Valentines)... and international groups (The Playboys, France; White Flag, Usa; Gorilla, Uk).

An electric sound cascade for the mind and the body: a travel through r'n'r, garage, freakbeat, hard rock, punk, from Elvis Presley (Kissin'Cousin) to the psychedelic Pink Floyd (Lucifer Sam) of the recently departed Syd Barret, passing through the Beatles' Swingin' London (Love You Too), David Bowie (Suffragette City), The Kinks (I Need You), The Small Faces (Tin Soldier), Brian Auger (Black Cat). It's important to underline the presence of MC5, The Monks, The13th Floor Elevators, The Sorrows, The Continentals, The Merry Dragons, which are probably unknown for the most but important in the 60's as they created the wildest sound (garage punk) that swept away the conformism. Naturally here you find excerpts composed by icons like Jimi Hendrix (Stone Free) and Iggy Pop (Search&Destroy), that brought to the Motorhead hard rock and to the notorious punk of The Cramps e The Real Kids.

The project, emotional and not commercial, went in port thanks to the passion of the phantoms, to the band involved and to the friends of the Circle, among them the "magical" hands of Matteo Guarnaccia, author of 2 valuable printings enclosed to the cd and of the logo of the Compilation, and Laura Timpano, author of the graphic part of the project. The compilation was printed in limited bound edition, while official exit will be in stores at the end of September: in concomitance to the event will be organized a party inside of the show "Rainbow Days", a two days of Music and Counterculture organized from the Circolo Fantasma, where the groups involved will play."


stay tuned, more news to come!


truly yours,
jj valentine
--------------------
jj@valentinesrock.com
www.myspace.com/thevalentines
www.valentinesrock.com
Sunday, June 24, 2007 
Hello there ladies and gentlemen,

a big THANK YOU to all the people who showed up at BlackBird Festival.
this gorgeous girl posted in her blog a couple of pics taken at BlackBird Festival in Bologna, go check 'em out!

truly yours,
jj valentine
Wednesday, May 09, 2007 
Hello there ladies and gentlemen,

as you can see (and hear) we've uploaded QUEER TRICKS from our new record HOT NUMBERS and here are some reviews we found on the internet:

no respect
dedication
troublezine
3rd generation nation (german only)

you can also hear QUEER TRICKS on april ROCKSOUND CD SAMPLER.
 



truly yours,
jj valentine
Friday, April 06, 2007 
Hello there ladies and gentlemen,

you can read here our interview on Troublezine (italian only)
enjoy

truly yours,
jj valentine
Wednesday, February 14, 2007 
Hello there ladies and gentlemen,

just wanted to tell you that our new record "HOT NUMBERS" is available in italian record stores from TODAY! "HOT NUMBERS" is licensed by TRE ACCORDI RECORDS
and distributed by SELF

and, of course,
HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!

truly yours,
jj valentine