Today was our second #RepairCafe in #RugbyTown in May. Things have, as expected, quietened down a little since we started opening twice a month. Enough items to keep us busy to the end of the session, but not so busy that we have to turn people away. I think that two people did leave without getting their items repaired, but I think that was because they turned up too near to the end of the session. New #repairers joined today too.

I shall confess that I have recently built an adjustable bench top power supply with an old laptop charger and some bits off eBay and I took it with me today to do some real world testing. It passed with flying colours so I'm quite proud of that. (AKA no one died and nothing exploded.)

I'll upload our stats once #RepairMonitor has made them available.

#fixer #repaircafes

From The Basque Country Amphetamine Onanism provide for you experimental electronic narcotic noise. It goes from ethereal beautiful soundscapes to harsh frightening commotions.
If you've been counting then you know there's only one more set of announcements left, so tune in next week!
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Advance Weekend Tíckets: £20
20 bands over two days.
#grindcore #hardcore #punk #metal #rugbytown #noise #noisegrind #electronic #darknoise #diymusic

Scrumbag Fest 2025 lineup announcement!
The familiar faces of the noisegrind duo Mutilated Judge will be gracing Scrumbag Fest once again after headlining our first incarnation. Expect absolute carnage and extreme earsplitting noises from this Basque Country band. They're headlining on Saturday the 30th August.
https://facebook.com/events/s/scrumbag-fest-2025/2349207232120059/
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/scrumbagfest
Advance Weekend Tíckets: £20
20 bands over two days.

#grindcore #hardcore #punk #metal #rugbytown #noise #noisegrind #diymusic

Scrumbag Fest 2025 has three more bands to announce!
Brighton mainstays mortal karcass combine thrash riffs with crusty punk beats and shrieking black metal vocals to create a delicious heavy platter.

Scrumbag Fest 2025

£20 for 20 bands over 2 days.

https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/scrumbagfest

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#grindcore #metal #punk #hardcore #sludge #dbeat #crustpunk #rugbytown #diymusic

Scrumbag Fest 2025 has three more bands to announce!
We also have Leeds' armoured virus bringing their Grindcore chops; meaty speedy dbeat and righteous indignation.

Scrumbag Fest 2025

£20 for 20 bands over 2 days.

https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/scrumbagfest

https://facebook.com/events/s/scrumbag-fest-2025/2349207232120059/

#grindcore #metal #punk #hardcore #sludge #dbeat #crustpunk #rugbytown #diymusic

Scrumbag Fest 2025 has three more bands to announce!

Our Friday Headliners are swinging in from Barcelona, Spain. Caphre!
These Metal/hardcore savants bring you some absolutely relentless riffs and driven drums, with the occasional sludgy slowdown.

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#grindcore #metal #punk #hardcore #sludge #dbeat #crustpunk #rugbytown #diymusic

Results from Saturday's #RepairCafe in #RugbyTown. We use #RepairMonitor to log all of our work so that it's captured by Repair Cafe International. This gives us a few stats and thanks to the fact that we have a session on the first Saturday of the month and that we have two sessions per month, we are currently at the top of the Items Through the Door chart. The percentage fixed measure isn't one that we get competitive about. As long as the end of life number is low, then we're happy.

#repaircafes #fixer #righttorepair
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Another 1st Saturday and another #repaircafe in #RugbyTown. This one was quieter than usual. Or maybe we should say less chaotic.

Today's mix included a stereo that was in for its third session and was finally condemned. The processor seems to be fried. One of the few bits we can't replace.

We gave a shovel a new handle. That required planing the handle and adding a bolt. We don't often need woodworking tools, but thankfully we have a Library of Things and that contained a plane.

The most satisfying item for me was a folding pram frame that wouldn't lock in place anymore. Looks like the manufacturing process damaged the riveted hinge pins. We drilled them out and replaced them with bolts and it's as good as new. The perfect example of a design that discourages repair of minor failures by fixing everything together with rivets. #fixer #repair @repaircafe

GRUNK - Rugby's foremost Grindcore merchants bring their intense chaos back to their hometown for the only time this year
Representing Somerset, Eproctophilic Necrophile present us with a furiously filthy load of Goregrind.
With a unique charm; Emissaries of Syn bring their unique Grind'n'roll crossover from Wales to Rugby.
2 Days, 20 bands £20
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#grindcore #punk #metal #goregrind #crossover  #rugbytown  #livemusic #rock #music #diymusic 

More bands for Scrumbag Fest 2025 
T.R.E.S.T create crust punk carnage with a DIY attitude, they come to us from London. 
29-30 August 2025
Grab your tíckets here:
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#grindcore #punk #hardcore #crustpunk #blackmetal #thrash #metal #diymusic #diyfestival #ukfestival #rugbytown #livemusic

More bands for Scrumbag Fest 2025 
From Brighton we have hardcore veterans Constant State Of Terror: crusty, angry and nasty. 
29-30 August 2025
Grab your tíckets here:
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#grindcore #punk #hardcore #crustpunk #blackmetal #thrash #metal #diymusic #diyfestival #ukfestival #rugbytown #livemusic

More bands for Scrumbag Fest 2025 
Priest Strangler crawl their way to Rugby from Milton Keynes combining thrash and black metal and filling our quota of Priest based violence. #RIPPOPEFRANCIS

29-30 August 2025

Grab your tíckets here:

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#grindcore #punk #hardcore #crustpunk #blackmetal #thrash #metal #diymusic #diyfestival #ukfestival #rugbytown #livemusic

Scrumbag Fest 2025.
Hideous Crawling Abomination, Rugby/Northampton gurgling glorious gore-grind with familiar satanic faces from GRUNK and The Atrocity Exhibit.

Buy your advance tickets now:
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2 days, 20 bands, £20
29-30 August 2025, West Indian Club, Rugby.

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#grindcore #metal #punk #diyfestival #diymusic #livemusic #rugbytown #goregrind

We're announcing another two bands for Scrumbag Fest 2025.

We have avoid! The Nottingham based Italian-halal Grindcore duo return to Rugby with more riffs and more blastbeats.

Buy your advance tickets now:
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/scrumbagfest

2 days, 20 bands, £20
29-30 August 2025, West Indian Club, Rugby.

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#grindcore #metal #punk #diyfestival #diymusic #livemusic #rugbytown #goregrind

The new "kids" in the county, hahaha: Wallace & Vomit spewing up Hardcore punk from the utterly Satanic Royal Leamington Spa.

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#rugbytown #grindcore #powerviolence #hardcore #punk #diyfestival

The mighty, brutal, destructive, and violent combo from Edinburugh: Endless Swarm will discharge all their rage in the shape of Powerviolence/Grind on Rugby for first time.

With more than 10 years of activity and tours all around the world and over 10 releases of LP's, EP's and splits. Get ready for the biggest show in this style we've ever seen in our town.

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#rugbytown #grindcore #powerviolence #hardcore #punk #diyfestival

BLIND to the BARS are a two piece political grindcore band from the Netherlands, featuring members of Slapende Honden and The Night Templars.
Blind to the Bars is the live version of BLUNT's solo project Sh It's a library

Remember; its the last 7 days of EARLYBIRD tickets at £15 for both days.

Tickets in http://ticketsource.co.uk/scrumbagfest

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#grindcore #hardcore #festival #punk #metal #livemusic #rugbytown

Horsebastard are one of the biggest and best English grind bands nowadays. After delivering their brutal new album, they will destroy our brains with their non-stop blast beats and crazy speed... HORSEBASTARD

Remember; its the last 7 days of EARLYBIRD tickets at £15 for both days.

Tickets in http://ticketsource.co.uk/scrumbagfest

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#grindcore #hardcore #festival #punk #metal #livemusic #rugbytown