Okay these are just some pics of some good unsigned acts...

Spudgun..... at Judgement Day, Skatefest, held in Penrith Judges Car park 1999.
                                             
 

The Oi-skas.... at my birthday party on 10th June 2000

Fratricide.... at Puddstock 2000 held at Penrith PCYC on the 13th June 2000.

Porndrug.... at Wesley's house, Umm sometime in 1999.

Gimp.... at Puddstock 2000, Penrith PCYC, 13th June 2000.
 

I also have a couple of reviews, interviews and the like that I have written, I'll add these to the bottom of this aswell.

Puddstock 2000

The Penrith Police and Citizens Youth Club was taken over by the punk-rock youth of Western Sydney on Thursday the 13th of July.  Puddstock 2000, organised by a group of four local boys (Paul Shroedter, Jonathon Swan, Allan Fyer and Mark Delagarde) held place for twelve local acts to showcase their talents.
    At a small cost of $5 entry fee, a day of energetic punk-rock music was promised.
    The day kicked off at around 11am with the Underside boys taking the stage.  I had not heard these guys before but they did seem to have a lot of hidden potential which could have been more easily shown if they were slightly more organised as this would have helped them to hold together a stronger set.
    Next up was electronic genius, Arse Police.  With the stage set looking like a study area, computer and keyboard neatly placed on a desk, he held the small audiences attention with his unusual sound and electronic dance mixes, a big difference to all the punk acts that were the follow him on the day.
    By 12:30, when Midstream took the stage, the crowd had grown to hold around sixty people.  The guys from Midstream held a tight set ad even managed to work up the first skank circle of tw people, small, but never-the-less an achievement.  They made a point to remind the crowd at the end of their set, "We have a website!" so I'm guessing that we should all go and check it out for them, let them know their set was appreciated.
    Fratricide were up next, I had never before heard anything about this band so I wasn't quite sure what to expect, but I was pleasantly suprised with what I did hear.  These were definately my favourite band of the day.  They held a strong audience throughout their whole 45 minute set, the highlight for me being a terrific cover of silverchair's 'No Association.'  I still do not know much about this band, but I do know, if you ever get the chance to see these guys play live I suggest you do it!
    Shenavyre, the only girl band of the day, were up next at 2:00, with a slightly longer set as Porndrug unfortunately had to pull out at the last minute because of time complications.  I had heard about Shenavyre before but this was my first time to see them play live.  They seemed to me to play mostly covers, but this did this with extreme elegance.  They held a growing crowd of girls, cheering them on, whilst they rocked out songs like George Micheal's 'Faith' and The Bloodhound Gang's 'Fire, Water, Burn.'
They may be 'only girls' but they sure know how to scream out a tune.
    Next up were Gimp, who played only a short set of around twenty-five minutes and although they seemed to be pretty unorganised, with Ben explaining to the crowd that he had forgotten his lyrics so if anybody wanted to take over on vocals they were quite welcome, held a pretty big crowd while they improvised on lyrics and hurled abuse at audience members.  Jake, at one point asked the crowd for a unanimous vote of  "Hands up who here thinks Gimp sucks,"  but we all know that they don't really.
    Spudgun graced the stage next, with their greeting to the crowd, letting us all know that they are definately a 'No Covers Band.'  This being the first time that I had heard them with Dave on vocals, I was suprised on how much his voice complimented their quality comical punk.  They held the largest crowd so far, but I was beginning to feel like I was watching an Opera with everybody sitting neatly in seated rows and clapping politely at the end of each song, except for the odd, rogue skanker.  Simo was extremily talkative during the set, praising the canteen on their GST free prices and holding a vote in the crowd of, "Who would like Budge to remove his shirt?" with no response, asked him politely to keep it on, please.
    The five boys of Second Best seemed to bubble up onto the stage with the most energetic set yet.  Their lous, funny punk-rock held the audiences attention and with the skank circle growing to a large five or six people, they were really 'going off.'  They were joined for a guest appearance by Paul Schroedter, one of the organisers, for an excellent cover of Blink 182's hit song "Dammit."
    Next up were The Shenanigans, who I had heard a lot about and I think that my expectations of them may have been too high, as although they were well liked by most of the crowd and kept a tight audience, I felt that their set was lacking in the engery department, and with a little bit more of this and some crowd interaction, these guys could've held an even bigger audience.
    I left after this, but next on stage were Slavegrinder who I was told had a shortened set because a head injury of Pablo's caused him to feel faint, but injuries and the like never stop Slavegrinder from holding a terrific show, they were the first band to gather a big skank circle, with Austin and Pablo joining in the circle whilst playing their song V.A.D.
    The Oi-skas took to the stage at 7:30 for an extremily energised set and great response from the crowd.  With Luke on vocals they belted out some great ska-punk tunes.  Considering this was the Oi-skas first 'real' gig, I was told these guys are going to go far.
    Fifth Place were to finish off the night and the news I got was that, as always, they held another brilliant, fun, tight set.
    All in all, a great day was had with around 110 people in attendance.

Lisa Jenner