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It Often Takes A War 2009 - 2011 / Blog

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Out with a whimper rather than a bang....2009 - 2011


We are currently on indefinite hiatus with no plans for gigging in the future.

Check out Econo, Yokozuna, Pulpo and Wet T-Shirt Competition for what we did next....


Thanks for the memories

IOTAW

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It Often Takes A War Last Gig of 2011 - Sat 15th October


So, we had an absolutely killer time playing Doubledgescissor on Saturday - finally fulfilling our promise to play for them having pulled out earlier this year. Just one more gig to go until David leaves us and, thankfully, its on home turf as we host the next Rip This Joint. We're going to be joined by Hellish Flavours and Crows PLUS the amazing Palehorse will be headlining - its going to be sweet as fuck!

The gig will be held in the basement bar of The Constitution, 42 St Pancras Way in Camden...

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Next Gig - Saturday 1st October 2011 - The Urban Bar, Whitechapel


A little bit of bad news, David our newest member will be leaving us at the end of October to concentrate on his rather excellent main band Pulpo - so with that in mind we now only have two gig left in 2011 (so you'd better make the most of it!). First up we'll be playing the Doubledgescissor Night at The Urban Bar in Whitechapel on 1st October (promise we'll play this time!!) with Cuss Words , Georgia Asphalt and Komrad and then our final show will be at our ow...

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It Often Takes A War – Half Term Report

Attendance
Despite a cumbersome six man line-up the War boys have appeared at seven of their eight scheduled shows this term with only personal injury preventing a clean sweep of gigness. They have been joined by excellent DIY students Silent Front, Frau Pouch, Death Pedals, Data Errors, Calva, Commungos, Ragweed, Cherry But No Cake, Houdini, Bogong In Action, Common Deflection Problems, From Great Height, Plague Sermon, Lamp!, and Fat Bicth and proven to be a fine example to others, even with t...

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Next Gigs - Saturday 11th (Brighton) and Sunday 12th June (London)



Unfortunately we weren't able to play the Doubledgescissor Night on Saturday due to James twisting his ankle and being unable to play the drums. A real shame as it was a great night with Phil taking Yokozuna down to replace us (mighty fine job they did too) and stunning sets from Frau Pouch, Laps Around The Sun and especially Bad Guys!

Never fear though, we think James will be recovered for this weekend where we take part in a two day marathon with Silent Front, Nitkowski, Plague Sermon, Lamp! a...

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Next Gig - Saturday 4th June 2011 - Urban Bar Whitechapel - FREE ENTRY!


This Saturday (4th June) we play the fantastic Doubledgescissor night as part of their first birthday celebrations! Entry is FREE! and we get to play with the amazing Bad Guys (saw them on Sunday at the Old Blue Last - absolutely brilliant), Laps Around The Sun and our wonderful friends Frau Pouch. It's all being held at The Urban Bar in Whitechapel.....Ripper country, suits us!

Doubledgescissor is a proper DIY night in every sense of the word run by the guys from Cutthroat Convention - some of ...

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Next Gig - Wednesday 1st June, The Purple Turtle, Camden


Hey warmongers!

our next gig is for Nightshift Promotions @ The Purple Turtle in Camden, first time at one of those "proper" venues so please come down and say hi.
We're playing with 4 other bands: Ethnamorte, Bogong In Action, Common Deflection Problems and From Great Height and its only £4 for the lot.....

Doors at 6pm, everything will be over by midnight

Facebook Event is here for more details >>>
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=117058088374077

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To Do Or Not To Do It Yourself

DIY, the buzz word in music right….NOW! Closed Recordshops, labels playing it safe and promoters persistently acting like leather jacketed Gordon Gekkos – hardly a fucking surprise musicians need a new angle, an outlet for their wares so they don’t feel shafted like a cheap Westminster rent boy.
But DIY isn’t new, it isn’t something the Artrocker and Vice crowd just plucked out of the ether of their coke (cock?) addled minds. DIY is an ethic, for some a way of life and others a chance to do thing...

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Our Next Show will be playing the newly created Mother Boy night at The Unicorn in Camden with the always exciting Frau Pouch and Houdini (plus one more special guest tba).

It's FREE ENTRY and the booze is cheap in the venue so no excuses!

see you there

IOTAW x

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It Often Takes A War play The Purple Turtle in Camden


We've been invited by Nightshift Promotions to play at The Purple Turtle in Camden on 1st June with our good friends Cutthroat Convention PLUS Common Deflection Problems and Bogong In Action

Entry is £5.00 and things kick off at 8pm

Here's a link to the event on facebook >>> http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=117058088374077

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