ELIAS.T.HOTH TRIUMPH AT THE COLNE 2010 21st INTERNATIONAL AUGUST BLUES FESTIVAL!

Classic Rock Magazine’s Review of 100 Club’s Southern Evening

Here’s the review:

“Southern rock, UK style, comes to London. Classic Rock raises a glass or three at the Southern Evening, recently staged at London’s 100 Club.

Words: Xavier Russell

Southern rock, like hard rock and heavy metal, has always maintained its popularity. Bands such as The Allman Brothers, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Molly Hatchet, The Atlanta Rhythm Section, Doc Hollliday and .38 Special are as popular today as they were back in the 70s and 80s.

And it’s not just in America; southern rock has always been very popular in Europe. In Germany there’s Molly Hatchet clones Lizard, who are still going strong! Back in the 1980s, England to could raise its own Confederate flag with acts such as Northumbria’s Splitcrow, whose album Rockstorm on the Guardian label (1984) caused quite a stir. And then there was Manchester’s very own Christian southern rockers 100% Proof, whose 1983 album The Power And The Glory was a mighty fine slice of .38 Special with a Christian twist!

And here we are in 2010 and the Confederate flag is still flying high with a Southern Evening at London’s 100 Club, featuring three very different bands, yet all with a southern tinge!

Opening up were the Snakeoil Rattlers (www.myspace.com/snakeoilrattlers), whose witty boast that ‘where the swamp meets the road you will always find the Snake Oil Rattlers’ could only mean a sorta cajun/bluegrass sound. The Rattlers have been knocking around since 2004, playing around The Swamps of London Town, and have built up a dedicated following judging by the cheering as the band launched into Road Tales, full of delightful chicken-scratch guitars, courtesy of Messrs. Barry Warren and Ryan Carr.

Elsewhere, Slow Train To Georgia and Nothin’ To Confess showed just what a tight unit the Rattlers are, and was that Made In The Shade, the ol’ Skynyrd classic? Hell, yeah. I will be checking this lot out again.

Next were Elias T. Hoth (www.eliasthoth.com), This ZZ Top flavoured quartet are from Manchester, and were recently voted Monsters Of Rock on Manchester’s 106 FM radio show. If you like your southern rock with a heavy boogie feel then you’ll lurve Elias T. Hoth. Elias himself looks like a haunted soul up on stage as he snarls: ‘Leaving Mississippi, heading down to Baton Rouge, killed a man up in Memphis wanted by the FBI.’ It’s boooogie all the way with this lot, and they don’t let up; in fact their set gets better as it goes along,

Yes, there’s a version of the Top’s Tush, but their own material is just as strong. Hex On You, with its Red Indian-style tom tom drums, is rip-roaring voodoo boogie, while Rolling Thunder showed off the duelling guitars of Elias Hoth and Sam. And the mainman likes to sing about Southern Belles, as on the mid tempo Sleazy Hussy Fever. I was well impressed; can’t wait to see this lot again very soon. I can also highly recommend their CD Let Sleepin’ Demons Lie.

And so to the headliners MelonheadMan (www.myspace.com/melonheadman). From Tunbridge Wells, Kent they are promoting recent album The Good And The Bad. Again, it’s a real mixture of styles: part Skynyrd, part country, part bluegrass and all moulded into MelonheadMan, fronted by Simon Savage who has the right kind of gravelly voice for this kind of fayre. He is especially potent on Bad Bob, Hey Baby and Devil’s Daughter (for Jim Dandy!). He’s blessed with a tight band backing him, honourable mentions go out to Tim Farmer (bass) Ted Rogers (guitar) and backing singer Melody Savage!

A very enjoyable evening, The south has risen again. Now where’s The Rebel Yell, Crown Royal, Wild Turkey, Jack Daniel’s…?!”

Hoth Live at the 100 Club, London.

SAM NO 1 IN DALLAS TEXAS

Elias.T.Hoth recently released a sneak preview of the new special live CD Album Let Sleepin Demons Live “ a live version of the blockbuster hit Let “Sleepin Demon Lie” album released last year!   

The band have already scored a massive hit with original album last year on ASR, so in view of the enthusiastic feed back from ASR listeners we decided to give a special preview of the live album only to All Southern Rock listeners !

The new live album had only been on line less than 24 hours and already it’s proved to be real winner with ASR listeners with no less than 6 live album tracks already in the ASR requested top daily 10 ten play list!

What is even more remarkable is that in the ASR charts is that the bands live lead guitarist Sam Barnett’s LIVE unaccompanied improved stunning rock lead guitar solo and yes you guest it, its NUMBER ONE! 

An unbelievable achievement by any one’s standards, As Sam said in a recent local radio interview recently “I had not rehearsed a particular fixed piece for the live set as such, me and the guys all just agreed that I would at that point play a 1 or 2 min self improvised lead guitar solo”, so on the night when we reached the end of the slow blues track Sleazy Hussy Fever no one actually knew what would actually come next “ and neither did Sam! Other than there would be 4 crashing chords before the band when into their album final classic block buster “Rollin Thunda”

So on the big night off Sam went and the audience went with him and certainly his own unique classic guitar staccato style that allowed frantic intermittent passionate shouts from the ecstatic audience! .

So if you want to hear more of Sam’s fret blistering lead guitar solo work you can hear it now on only ASR!    

SUCCESS COMES OUT OF THE BLUES FOR ELIAS.T.HOTH

The name Elias.T.Hoth will actually rub shoulder to shoulder in the programme with other top blues artists such as Ruby Turner, Danny Bryant, Ainsley Lister, Gerry Jablonski, Nine below Zero, John Lee Hooker and Walter Trout , who are just a few of the many current and historical legendary names to have performed on those bluesy boards over the last two decades.

 The annual 4 day event from Friday 28^th August through until Monday 31st August is expected to attract over 70,000 people, with Elias T Hoth performing on Bank holiday Monday at one of top festival Road House Stage Venues the Crown 6.00-7.30.

“It is truly amazing” said the boys “it’s like we’ve been playing football in the Sunday league and suddenly we’re now playing in the Champions League! To be honest it’s actually all rather a little humbling. The Colne International Blues Festival brings together some of the finest live acts in both the USA and Europe and to perform with the very best at this level is a tremendous opportunity and challenge for the band.”

“To know you are going to be appearing at the same event as such renowned blues artists as Alan Price, Paul Jones Blues Band, Wilko Johnson and Jan Akkerman is an incredible feeling. This is a real honour indeed and we are determined to justify the faith the festival organisers have clearly shown in Elias.T.Hoth and above to all to give them a World Class performance that is truly worthy of what is clearly a World Class Festival”. 

UK based Rock band Elias.T.Hoth are to appear at the World Famous Colne International Blues Festival. The band were officially informed on Sunday evening by the Event Manager Cliff Stocker that they’d been selected from over 2000 applications for a prime-time spot at what is probably the most prestigious music festivals in the UK Blues Calendar.

ELIAS.T.HOTH OPEN AT HAIGH SAYS CY

Bass Player Cydark says Elias T Hoth are very proud to announce that they have been invited to open the 2009 Haigh Hall Music Festival - Around 10,000 people are expected to attend the event on the 5th of July this year, with twelve bands each playing a twenty five minutes live original set.

“Headlining are Snake to love every second of it”

 ”Hopefully, the Rock God’s above will shine on the day and give us some awesome weather, so we can totally stoke up the crowd!”

 ETH’s bass player CyDark continued  ”above all we also get the chance to play firsts, then once we are done, we can simply hang out and watch everyone else perform, while we relax have a few beers and really enjoy a festival that has all the ingredients to be an absolutley fantastic day!”

The 2009 Haigh hall festival begins at 12 noon openning up with the Mighty Elias T Hoth and all guns blazing, the event will be closed by top local headlining act Smudge at 8pm - with free entry and plenty of parking. So come along and support your local band and rock out!!

See the event website www.wlct.org/haigh09 for details

HOTH HEADING FOR HAIGH

 ELIAS.T.HOTH are absolutely over whelmed and extremely proud indeed to announce that they have been selected from more than 70 North West bands to be in the final 12 line up which will perform live at this years Haigh Hall 2009 Original Music Festival Sunday 5^th July.

The band said they were simply stunned by the news officially announced by Elias to the rest of the band after last weeks Saturday nights gig! “After some hysterical loud screaming by bassist Cy Dark at the initial shock of the news” said Lead Guitarist Sam Barnett, “it’s all taken rather a little time to sink in and really get to grips with the idea and concept of performing at such a high profile and prestigious event”.

“What is important now” continued Sam “is that the band are now becoming increasingly focused on the gig and above all are now looking forward to giving the Haigh Hall audience the very best of our unique home grown, tell it like it is, hard edged, hell fire, rock and roll” !

SAM BARNETT IN SUPERB LIVE FORM

“The Haigh Hall event is of National if not an International Standard and comparable with many other major music festivals throughout the UK and Europe and will certainly be one of the many highlights so far in the Elias.T.Hoth 2009 calendar”! Attendance at the event is expected to exceed more than 10,000 people this year possibly the biggest in the history of the festival to date!

Many bands and artists have gone on to greater things in the past including 2008 Haigh Hall Festival participant local girl Laura, who only just missed out on the following years X factor final.

The festival is a high profile event organized and run by local the Wigan Borough especially for local original bands, who will be performing a diverse array of music including all kinds of original metal, blues, soul, rock and pop to name just a few of the varied styles that will be on show. The organisers are unanimous about all the bands original submissions the statement made by the selecting judges was beyond doubt that they were all ‘top quality stuff’ and the very best available on the original local music scene today!

ELIAS.T.HOTH VOTED MONSTERS OF ROCK ON MANCHESTERS 106.1 ROCK RADIO

ELIAS.T.HOTH HAVE ACHIEVED  A TRIUMPHANT VICTORY WHEN THEY WERE  VOTED MONSTERS OF ROCK BY MANCHESTERS 106.1 ROCK RADIO ORIGINAL FUTURE CLASSIC MUSIC POLE  COMPETITION!

ELIAS, SAM, DAN & CY SAY “WE  SALUTE YOU” ALL WHO VOTED AND CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE ELIAS.T.HOTH BAND’s UNRELENTING  ORIGINAL HARD ASS MEAN KICKIN BRAND OF ROCK & ROLL !

THE BAND WON BY JUST A HAND FULL VOTES TO BE CROWNED ROCK RADIO’S “MONSTERS OF ROCK” FOR THEIR NEW DARK AND BROODING ALBUM SINGLE HEX ON YOU FROM THE NEW ALBUM “LET SLEEPIN DEMONS LIE” !

THE GRIPPING HEAD TO HEAD ROCK RADIO WEB SITE VOTE WENT RIGHT TO THE WIRE WITH THOUSANDS OF VOTES BEING CAST RIGHT UP UNTIL MIDNIGHT ON  THURSDAY 23RD APRIL WHEN THE FRANTIC AND UNRELENTING VOTING FINALLY CLOSED!

THE TENSION WAS PALPABLE WHEN THE RESULT WAS FINALLY ANNOUNCED AT 8.00 ON FRIDAY NIGHT 24TH APRIL  BY TOP ROCK DJ PAUL ANTHONY, WHO ALSO INTERVIEWED THE BAND LIVE ON AIR, FINALLY PUTTING  AN END TO A LONG WEEK OF DESPERATE TENSION IN WAITING FOR THE POLES FINAL OUTCOME. THE RESULT  ULTIMATELY PROVED TO BE AN ABSOULTELY RESOUNDING SUCCESS FOR THE BAND AND ALL  THE HOTH ARMY OF LOYAL SUPPORTERS .

SAID ELIAS “IT WAS NEVER GOING TO BE EASY, THIS IS A FANTASTIC RESULT AND HAS CERTAINLY PUT THE BAND IN FOCUS HIGHLIGHTING THE DEPTH, QUALITY AND EXTENT OF THE OUTFITS ORIGINAL UNIQUE HELL FIRE AND BRIMSTONE BRAND OF ROCK  ITS JUST AMAZING”!.THE BAND ARE  EXCEEDINGLY PROUD OF THE RESULT AND THE FACT THAT THEY FOUGHT OFF SOME VERY VERY STIFF HIGH CALBRE COMPETITON, TO SIMPLY COMPETE IN THE RUNNING FOR SUCH AN ACCLAIMED ACCOLADE IS IN ITS SELF AN OUTSTANDING AND PHENOMINAL ACHIEVEMENT!.

THE BAND BEAT BY THE NARROWEST OF MARGINS “THE CLOSEST’ EVER IN THE ENTIRE HISTORY OF THE COMPETITION”, THE HIGHLY RESPECTED CREWE BASED BAND THE P.L.O.T WHO FIELDED THEIR POWERFUL HIGH OCTAIN AND FORMIDABLE ROCK SINGLE ” NEVER BEEN BEFORE”.

THE BAND IN PARTCULAR PAID TRIBUTE TO LOCAL VOTING SUPPORT AND THE WEB SITE LEIGH LIFE,   WHOSE’ MEMBERSHIP CONTRIBUTED  A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF INVALUABLE VOTES TO THE POLE CLEARLY TOLD AND CERTAINLY TIPPED THE BALANCE FOR THE BANDS NAIL BITING RESULT LATE ON  THURSDAY NIGHT!

HOWEVER THOSE FEW EXTRA CRITICAL VOTES FROM LOCAL LEIGH PEOPLE DEFINTELY MADE THE DIFFERENCE IN ELIAS.T HOTH’S FAVOUR! BUT IT WAS OH SO CLOSE, IT COULD HAVE GONE EITHER WAY?

THE BAND ARE PLAYING A SPECIAL THANK YOU CONCERT AT THE STANDARD MOWER IN LEIGH 9.00 SATURDAY 9 th OF MAY IN JUST ONE WEEKS  TIME!

SO COME ALONG AND LISTEN TO THE WINNING TRACK “HEX ON YOU” PLAYED FOR THE FIRST TIME LIVE SINCE THE BAND WERE CROWNED MONSTERS OF ROCK BY THE 106.1 ROCK RADIO FUTURE CLASSIC COMPETITION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THE BAND IS ALSO WAITING WITH BATED BREATH TO SEE IF THEY WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE SELECTED AND PLAY WITH A FURTHER TEN  BANDS AT THE NOW FAMOUS HAIGH HALL MUSIC FESTIVAL ON THE 5TH JULY! MORE THAN 10000 PEOPLE ARE ANTICIPATED AT THE LIVE OUT DOOR EVENT THIS YEAR!

AND DON’T FORGET OUR ROCK SPACE AT www.myspace.com/eliastitushoth.

Thanks from, Elias, Sam, Dan &  Cy  to everyone who support and voted for the band!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WELCOME, FROM THE MIGHTY BATTLE HARDENED WAR HORSE ELIAS.T.HOTH!

Elias.T.Hoth are playing  some of their best original thundering southern rock music at “Southern live at the 100 club” Oxford Rd in  London Thursday 25th March 2010.

The venue has been  one of the top British rock venues for more than 4 decades, the  100 clubs stage boards have been trodden by the likes of  the ” Rolling Stones”, “The Beatles” and  “The Sexpistols” to name but a few of the many bands who have  made their way from these humble beginings ultimately rising to become World Class  acts  who must be eternally greatful for having had the opportunity to give of their best at this spritual shrine  of contemporary rock music!

Elias.T.Hoth are proud to be  supporting the nights headliners “MelonHeadMan”  along with the Snake Oil Rattlers at this special and unique UK Southern rock event!

So come along and listen to some of todays  best and brilliant original UK southern rock at “SOUTHERN LIVE AT THE 100 CLUB” see southern live myspace for more ticket sale details!

I’M REALLY OH SO GLAD YOU HAVE LOGGED ON TO MY ORIGINAL HARD ASS MEAN KICKIN’ ROCK N’ ROLL WEB SITE FOR AN UPDATE ! SO NOW YOU’RE HERE, YES IT’S FINALLY READY AT LAST!

THE BLISTERING COMBINED LIVE CD & DVD SET OF “LET SLEEPIN DEMONS LIVE”, ESPECIALLY RECORDED LIVE AND CAPTURED ON DVD FOR YOU ALL,  IS AVAILBLE NOW ON LINE FROM  www.eliasthoth.com

LIVE DVD FOOTAGE IS ALREADY ON THE WEB SITE (SEE THE ETH WEB SITE MEDIA PAGE S ) WITH EXTRACTS  NOW UPLOADED ON YOUTUBE,  SO PLEASE HAVE A LOOK AND NATURALLY ANY GUEST BOOK COMMENTS ARE AS ALWAYS MORE THAN WELCOME!

SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BUY NOW OR EVEN PRE-ORDER YOUR OWN PERSONAL DVD  COPY OF “LET SLEEPIN DEMONS LIVE”  (NO DEPOSIT IS NECESSARY)  JUST SIMPLY EMAIL US  ON NOW eliast.hoth@yahoo.co.uk

The Elias.T.Hoth’s new combined live CD and DVD Box Set “Let Sleepin Demons Live” is powerful live performance of the bands new original studio album “Let Sleepin Demons Lie” launched just 12 months ago!

THE BIG GIG
The Big gig live show brings us Elias.T.Hoth in over drive, demonstrating their shear unrelenting power, depth, energy and amazing talents of the both individuals and the collective band! Above all the DVD at last captures and harnesses their massive momentum, bringing us what is truly a breath taking performance!

THE PROMO VIDEO
The DVD also includes the new promotional black and white single video “HeX on You”. The video cleverly integrates a brilliant mirage of live action footage with dark and brooding orginal album single sound track. The focal centre piece of the video is the demonic HeX face that delivers that ultimate vengeful voodoo bitter vocal!

INTERVIEW
In an in depth interview Elias tells us both his very own and the bands very personal stories and explains why he made the decision to invest in a colossal 12,000 Watt sound system and 25,000 Watt lighting system for the bands stunning live debut performance!.

GALLERY
The DVD also reflects on the albums development and its profound songs, showings us graphic images, lyrics, words and concepts along with the excellent back stage and on stage performance stills, slow motion and live footage!

SUPPORT ARTIST
The DVD also includes the more reflective, sedate and plaintive sounds of singer song writer Tom Euesden, an orginal UK Indi acoustic performer, who contrasted and ably supported the band on their Big Gig night!

All in all, “Let Sleepin Demons Live” combined CD & DVD Box set is a great buy and excellent value for money! Above all it will beyond doubt one day be a Southern rock collector’s piece!!

ELIAS.T.HOTH

DVD STILL “Elias looks into the camera at the begining of the brilliant hothic opening classic “Mississippi Burning” after those immortal words  “Lock up your doors, there’s gonna be trouble tonight”!