Hog Hoggidy Hog Archive

Hogs Nominated for a SAMA

The SAMAs claim to be South Africa’s version of the Grammys. Thus it makes sense that they are overly politicized and out of touch with what the people actually think of the music the judges seem to enjoy. This, the 16th year of the SAMAs is sponsored by MTN and this year there seems to [...]
Hogs Record a Live Album

There have, in the past, been attempts to capture the unique sound of a live hogs gig. Thus far though every attempt has been a failure marred by booze, studio’s or 5fm. Anyone who has listened to their albums and attended their live shows can attest to the fact that the albums fail to capture [...]
12/12/09 – Cool Runnings, Fourways – Hogs & Fuzigish Mini Tour

Who Hogs & Fuzigish Mini Tour When Saturday, December 12, 2009 8:00pm - All Ages Where Cool Runnings, Fourways (map) Johannesburg, Gauteng Other InfoHog Hoggidy Hog is returning to Joburg to party it up for one night with old friends and fellow-skankers Fuzigish. If you haven't had a chance to check out Hogs, this might be one of your last for a while so make [...]
12/11/09 – Mercury Live – Hogs & Fuzigish Mini Tour

Who Hogs & Fuzigish Mini Tour When Friday, December 11, 2009 9:30pm - 18+ Where Mercury Live (map) Opposite Viglietti Ferrari Cape Town, Western Cape Other InfoCape Town pork rockers Hog Hoggidy Hog team up with old skanker friends Fuzigish for a one-night-only show at one of their favourite haunts: Mercury Live. Come catch the best names in the ska punk/rock genre thrashing it out at [...]
The Punk Ska Pioneers Tour

I’ll bash this one out quickly as there not much that needs to be said. (Not that kind of bashing one out, you sick fucker) On Friday Night (11th December) Fuzigish, Hog Hoggidy Hog and Captain Stu will be playing a show at Mercury. That’s pretty much all you need to know. If that information isn’t [...]
Synergy Live in Stills: Part 1

Author’s preface: My colleague, Kyle, has already given his partially lucid account of Synergy Live, 2009. So I thought I would let our staff photographer, Cameron, tell you his story. He doesn’t talk much, but he takes pretty good pictures. These are some of them. They are just a few of the hundreds of images he took [...]
Impressions of Synergy Live

I wish I could give you a proper review of Synergy Live. Unfortunately I can’t. I started the weekend with good intentions, I had a pen and a piece of paper. I wrote stuff down. However, by the second band I’d seen, both paper and pen had left the picture, never to be seen again. Instead [...]
Synergy Live Festival: Are You Ready?

This weekend sees the return of the Synergy Live Music Festival. While many of you have that stupid clueless look on your face with the question in your mind being something along the lines of “….return??…. I’ve never heard of this thing”, it is, most definitely, a return. For the last 7 years Synergy festival [...]
A Conundrum

It would seem that, to use the term we use in the industry (don’t ask which industry, I just felt like referring to the industry), a “Fuckup” has occurred in the planning for this weekend. You see, on any given weekend there should be at least one worthwhile alt rock gig to attend. A good or [...]