The Men from

Live at the fourth anniversary Sunday gig at the Gladstone by John O'Driscoll

Watch The Men from U.N.C.L.E.:

• ‘Tiki Tango’, featuring Virgil Reality on trumpet, also:
  • ‘Sunny’
• ‘Jungle of Sleaze’, live at the Gladstone, Sun. 15 Feb. 2009.
• live at the Sounds of Seduction 10th Anniversary, 4 Nov. 2006:
  • (Morricone introduction)
  • ‘Stick it to the Man’
  • ‘Look Forward to the Past’
  • ‘Stick Around’

History

Since the dawn of the twenty-first century, the Men from U.N.C.L.E. have been on an assignment of critical global importance; their mission:— to rid the world of the evils of T.H.R.U.S.H. Secret agents by day and musicians by night, the Men from U.N.C.L.E. have an arsenal of musical styles at their disposal be it lounge, sixties beat-punk or sleazoid seventies funk. The band is comprised of:—

• Napoleon Solo on vocals;
• Illya Kuryakin on drums;
• Colonel Steve Austin on crunch guitar, and
• newcomers:
  • Dr Igneous Kathexy on bass and
  • Swingin' Larrie on fuzz guitar

In their short but sordid history they have played at notorious city night spots such as the Hopetoun, the Hollywood, the Kay-Bee, the Excelsior Hotels in Surry Hills & Glebe, the Lava Rooms, the Sando, Tailors, Spectrum, Club 77, the Lansdowne, the Empire, the Annandale, the Off Broadway Hotel, Bar Broadway, and lawn bowls clubs in Bronte, Waverley, Alexandria–Erskineville, Camperdown, Petersham, Dundas, and Tempe, and have been part of a number of infamous Sounds of Seduction spectaculars, Triangle's Sideshow Alley extravaganzas, 2-RRR FM Wavelength fund-raisers, and Your Rights at Work rallies, and a harbour cruise fund-raiser for the demilitarization of Guam.

Rumours

Some things that I will neither confirm nor deny:

• The Men from U.N.C.L.E. will be playing shows with
  • The Carcinogenics
• Sometime bassist Dr Igneous Kathexy subscribes to Shooters' Monthly and is on assignment in Paris.
• The Thurston Howlers are reuniting for a very special for-one-night-only gig. And The Men from U.N.C.L.E. will be supporting. Crazy!
• Is Napoleon Solo an Elephant God?
• myspace.com/themenfromuncle is a fraud.
• U.N.C.L.E. is Y.A.F.L.A.
• U.N.C.L.E. is O.A.H.U.
• The Men from U.N.C.L.E. are Los Hombres.
• The Men from U.N.C.L.E. are The Intercontinental Playboys; this was suggested by Coffin Ed on FBi's Naked City on Sat. 26 Nov. 2005, in spite of the fact that both played that evening, on different sides of the Harbour. Can U.N.C.L.E. do this?

Past Gigs

Sat. 17 Oct. 2015: Modtoberfest IV at Lazybones with The Zeros

Sun. 25 May 2014: Humbletone Festival at the Petersham Bowling Club with Balkan Grill + Boris Driver.

Sat. 21 Dec. 2013: Gladstone with The Helpful Kitchen Gods.

Rock'n'Roll Club's Halloween Spooktacula:— Record Crate, Sat. 26 Oct. 2013, with The Headless Thompson Gunners, Dead Rabids, and The Kill Grill Kult.

Modtoberfest 2:— Agincourt, Sat. 19 Oct. 2013, with the Lang-Langs and many more.

Sat. 29 June 2013: Valve, with Falling Down Stairs, Bosom, & Monster Gale

Sat. 6 Apr. 2013: Rock'n'Roll Club with The Honey Stompers

Sun. 20 Jan. 2013: Town & Country with Balkan Grill

Sun. 24 June 2012: Gladstone with The Helpful Kitchen Gods and White Knuckle Fever.

Sat. 15 Oct. 2011: Excelsior Hotel with El Duende

Sat. 27 Aug.: Alexandra Hotel with The Honeystompers

Fri. 15 July: Excelsior, Glebe, with El Duende

Sun. 7 Nov. 2010: Jets with The Dead Rabids

Sun. 25 Oct.: Big Daddy K's 50th at Jets with The Baddies + The Dead Rabids + Screaming Bobkats + The Kirk Voids.

Sun. 2 May: Gladstone, with The Rhythms of Resistance, Tim & Heidi, Men with Facial Hair, and The Helpful Kitchen Gods.

Sun. 31 Jan.: Pete's 50th, at the Hollywood.

Sat. 3 Oct. 2009: Waverley Bowling Club, with The Missing Link + Moral Majority + The Baddies + Los Skeletone Blues + Dirty Lindy + The Nitro Rockers

Sat. 16 May 2009: Wendy's 50th, at the Gladstone, with The Helpful Kitchen Gods + The Craven Fops

Fri. 1 May 2009: Bob marries Tara, at Cosmo's Rock Factory, with Dead Rabids

Sun. 26 Apr. 2009: Tim's 40th, the Harp

Sun. 15 Feb. 2009: Gladstone Hotel, with Bobby Mahers, Murrumbidgee Jones, Blue Sunshine, and The Helpful Kitchen Gods. (Video: ‘Jungle of Sleaze’)

Tue. 11 Nov. 2008: Hollywood Hotel, with El Duende

Sun. 8 June 2008: Harbour cruise, with The Helpful Kitchen Gods

Sat. 30 June 2007: Pyrmont Bridge Hotel, with The Helpful Kitchen Gods

Sat. 26 May 2007: live on Sydney Sounds with Big Daddy K on 2RRR-FM 88.5 MHz.

Fri. 25 May 2007: Glebe's Excelsior Hotel, with El Duende and Pat Ripepi.

Sun. 11 Feb. 2007: Bronte Bowling Club

Sun. 7 Jan. 2007: Bronte Bowling Club

Sat. 16 Dec. 2006: The Men from U.N.C.L.E. were happy and honoured to play three songs to celebrate Tiffany's birthday at the Alexandria–Erskineville Bowling Club.

Sun. 10 Dec. 2006: Bateau Bay Soccer Oval, for the Central Coast Your Rights at Work campaign, with the Black Diamonds.

Thur. 9 Nov. 2006: Tailors, with the James Henry Trio + El Duende.

Thur. 28 Sep. 2006: Tailors, with King Felix.

Fri. 9 June 2006: Iguana Bar, with The Steak Lovers.

Sat. 1 Apr. 2006: Hopetoun Hotel, with The Wetsuits

Tue. 28 Mar. 2006: Hollywood Hotel, with The Ramalamas + The Section

Sat. 25 Mar. 2006: Victoria Park, with The Section + The Helpful Kitchen Gods + King Felix " The Steak Lovers + Da Vinci's Line + Waiting for Guinness

Fri. 28 Oct. 2005: Lansdowne Hotel, with Hoffman + Hey Da Vinci

Thur. 28 July 2005: Excelsior Hotel, Surry Hills

Sun. 5 June 2005: Annandale Hotel, with King Felix + The Pubert Brown Fridge Occurrence

Sun. 24 Apr. 2005: St George Motor Boat Club, with Da Vinci's Line

Sat. 13 Nov. 2004: Kay-Bee Hotel, with Sexdoll + Roll Cage

Sat. 20 Mar. 2004: The Mu-Meson Archives

Sun. 24 Sep. 2003: Excelsior Hotel

Sat. 12 July: The International Jetset:— Palace Hotel

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