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Newcastle has a history for hard rock talent. From The Animals to The Tygers Of Pan Tang, AC/DC's Brian Johnson to Dire Straits' Mark Knopfler, the city famous for football and Brown Ale has always boasted a heaving underbelly of guitar-based grit. Now you can add Fables Last Stand to that heady mix of ear blasting brilliance. Born out of a love for GN'R, Led Zep and the Crue, these Geordie kings of bar room sleaze bring back classic rock with a menacingly modern twist. Fresh from a spell in Canada recording with legendary producer Mike Fraser (Aerosmith, GN'R, Biffy...

FAUN FABLES began in 1997 when Dawn McCarthy left the bands and sideshows of New York City, traveling abroad and singing solo. With an open ticket and 2 phone numbers in her purse, she set out hoping to find her voice and new inspiration to write from. The songwork from this time period was captured on the first Faun Fables CD EARLY SONG (1999), and captured the attentions of Nils Frykdahl (Sleepytime Gorilla Museum), a musician and voice artist whose work she'd admired in a theatrical rock show called 'Idiot Flesh.' They began collaborating in 1998, sharing an instinct to...