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Exeter punk rock trio Muncie Girls have released a new demo to support a cause close to their hearts – The Cavern Club.
The legendary Cavern Club in Exeter sustained severe damage in a fire on 6th of September, and the owners have declared it closed for the foreseeable future.
In a statement released by vocalist Lande Hekt, she says that she and her band mates have been going to the venue since they were 16-years-old. Having worked there since she was 18-years-old, Lande praised owners Pippa Wragg-Smith and Dave Goodchild for allowing her to leave and return to work in line with touring commitments.
All of the proceeds from the Muncie Girls demo ‘Five Miles’ will go to help The Cavern with its reopening. A JustGiving page has also been set up by London-based Bob D’Mello, and has raised in excess of £7,000 towards the reopening.
The Cavern Club opened in 1991 and is well known to the world as one of the UK’s best independent venues. The club had fortunately been closed to the public at the time of the fire due to redecoration work.
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The statement from Lande said: “Okay, so as some of you already know, there was a really bad fire in our local venue The Cavern on 6th September. The damage is severe and it’s going to need a lot of work before it can reopen. Everyone is being brave and super positive but truthfully it’s a really sad thing to have happened.
Like so many other weird punk and indie kids, we’ve been going there since we were 16 and we played our first shows there. Everything we know about bands comes from the people that we learnt from down there and without that place I’m pretty sure we’d all be either really embarrassing musicians that take themselves really seriously, or be stuck in a job we don’t like.
Also I’ve worked there since I was 18 and Pippa and Dave always let me go on tour and work when I was home. It was a rare privilege that I hope I never took for granted. My life would look entirely different if it wasn’t for the Cavern and so would this band.
Lewis Johns from The Ranch recorded this song in one take the day after the fire. If you download it, the money will go to help The Cavern in its reopening.
P.S. The song is written from the narrative of Sue Townsend, author of the Adrian Mole books, on the day she and her children were left scouring the streets for money because of the welfare state’s incompetence and underfunding.”
Get the awesome new Muncie Girls demo here, or donate to The Cavern Club fundraising page here.
