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By mal on
01 September 2007
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Well gutted our gig at the Masons has been pulled...I was looking forward to that one. Haven't been told why so it'll be interesting to find out why it was cancelled!!!
On the plus side, I've got me tickets to go and see the Foo's in Manchester in November....can't wait!!
So, we'll just have to introduce that new track next week when we play at the Blacksmiths in Gosforth, always enjoy playing there.
Got a busy few months coming up for gigs, nuptual's (did I spell that right?) and of course prior to that the STAG do....should be a larrf, hopefully they don't tie me up somewhere naked, not sure the public need to be seeing my impersonation of chewbacca!!
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Embrace the Roar....phase2 |
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By gibbo on
8/29/2007 6:04 PM
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Not much more I can add to Malcolm's synopsis of the weekend. Both gigs were great. The Weardale is a great venue, the crowd are mint and the man in charge is really nice bloke with nothing but complimentary things to say about the band, thoroughly enjoyed the night, as did the audience by all accounts...hopefully we'll see some of them again next time...or better still....on Saturday in the Masons (Middlestone Moor).
The 3 Tuns was a first time for us and was also a really enjoyable gig as far as performance and audience response goes. The room was a really good shape for sound too. Thanks to Dean for booking us. Maybe next time we'll get to play in the massive beer garden!
Well I'll keep it short and sweet, as I need to get sorted for practise tonight round Low Spennymoor Club....hopefully we won't get any 'White star fuelled helmets' shouting abuse at us f ...
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Embracing the growl...oh and snapping another bloomin string |
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By mal on
28 August 2007
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It's funny you know, everyone tells me I play the guitar a bit too hard...what with snapping a string every other gig!! It's always the same guage string and I thought the disease was confined to my telecaster....it now seems to have infected the Les Paul too.....half way through Show me the way and it snapped. Oh well, can't complain, just seems to be the way of things at the mo!!
Anyway, played two good gigs this weekend, the Weardale in Spennymoor and the 3 tuns in Coundon.
The Weardale - thoroughly enjoyed this one apart from my sound, thought i'd give the marshall a run out...much to my dissmay and Waynes delight, the distortion sounded like a chainsaw with blunt teeth...loadsa work needed to achieve a better sound if it's to be used live again (note - Neil hates it when we introduce new gear just before a gig.. lol, quite right too on the evidence of Saturday night!!)
My ability to sound like scooby doo when we play 500 miles is bec ...
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Peurto de la Cruz to Peurto de la Crook |
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By mal on
07 August 2007
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Flippin hell, what a busy few days. Finally got back home at 10pm on Friday having been bumped off the flight from Tenerife and having to fly via Bristol of all places. Not a nice airport inthe slightest!!!
The Shoe -
Well having forgotten that Wayne had ordered the lights I don't think my comment of "what the f**k you got them for" went down very well..oops!! Apart from the dry ice completely knacking up my voice I was quite impressed with the lights!! Even had strobe lights while doing paranoid (I nearly fell ower after me headbanging bit!!). Setting up was more hectic and sweatier than usual, I think it must have affected Gibbos internal workings as his ability to produce a 5-a-day smelling guff was enhanced.
Thanks to Dave for all his good comments and for coming to do the recording...hope me voice wasn't too bad!!
Vane Arms -
Still hot!! Think it was Paul who said he should ...
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koncept (the pink floyd pulse tour) |
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By Paul on
8/6/2007 9:08 PM
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a pretty busy weekend for the band this weekend just gone,saturday night we were at the shoe in crook and as gibbo has already pointed out we were under a little bit of pressure as the gig was been recorded but as always at the shoe the atmosphere was great and i think we put on a pretty good show,in fact dave who was doing the recording said we were up there with the best bands he had ever recorded! praise like that from a guy who obviousley knows his stuff means a hell of a lot to us. cant wait to hear the finished cd. must mention the light show to,as i had already finished setting my drums up i sat back and watched the hired lighting crew put up a lighting rig that wouldn't have looked out of place at a pink floyd gig,but fair play they looked absolutley spot on when the gig started. so on to sunday at the vane arms,i never know what to make of this place when we play there sometimes its chocka bloc and everyone's into it then sometimes its pretty quiet and no one seems that bothered about a band playing, ...
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The not so new stallions gloria |
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By gibbo on
8/5/2007 4:04 PM
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As ever, a smashing night in the Olde Horseshoe in Crook. However, we were very self conscious in terms of how we played due to the fact the whole gig was being recorded......I for one was a little tense...and...made a few mistakes I think...he he he, but as a whole I think we did alright. Good news is, at least we'll have some CD's for anybody wishing to hear us.
The gig was very elaborate in that we had a sub contracted light crew for the night....by all accounts it looked excellent. Many thanks to the lads in charge of that.
I would also like to thank Dave (I'm sure that was his name) who recorded the gig for us, he was very professional, cooperative and a top bloke who knew his stuff, really looking forward to hearing the finished product and subsequently working with him again when the ...
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My turn!! |
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By mal on
23 July 2007
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Having seen that the other three had done a blog (which is un heard of normally) I thought I'd best chip in with a little write up.
Funniest moment during setup was Wayne's face when mr DJ asked him to turn his guitar down a bit....PLI mate PLI!! divent throttle him until we're off the grounds!!! I could see the cartoon steam coming out of his ears! ha ha
I hear there's a few sketch shows wanting to re-create the Drawing room fart scene, unfortunately don't think Paul's hoop could cope with another precision timed blow out!! ha ha.....
Overall, the night went well. Good reaction to Blink and the rest as they say.....
Big thanks to Nigel and Charlotte and all the best for the future. Oh and thanks to Charlotte's dad...didn't see him on the night, hope he had a good day...
Hirris was evident on Friday, n it's been a while!! Plenty room on stage to move around, so I moved more than I do normall ...
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By Paul on
7/22/2007 9:49 PM
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just wanted to add one thing about the dj from headlam....if i ever lay eyes on him again i will leather him so hard up his tea towel holder that my size nines will touch the backs of his teeth! quote of the week for me was definitley " i'd do all three,even the bald one" classic!!
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By gibbo on
7/21/2007 6:18 PM
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Little more I can add to Waynes accurate account the evening.
I will start by saying thankyou to Charlotte and Nigel for choosing us to play for them.....twas our pleasure. I hope the INXS one for the first dance was ok. (Gibbeaux giving it some Hutchence).
Its all true about the staff at Headlam being somewhat discourteous and obtrusive, especially where we were concerned....."We have nothing but contempt for...BANDS..here at Headlam".
As Wayne said...we had to spend some time hanging around due to things running behind...not to worry though, was a great laugh in the cribbage parlour (braaaandy, are you a member?) with Belamy and his mistress, bet he stovved her knot in after the medievel banquet. Pauls pump nearly gave me a stroke with laughter.....bet its still echoing round the ...
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The day after the night before |
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By Wayne Nixon on
Saturday, July 21, 2007
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Well…after turning up promptly on time so that the “Military operation” could go to plan, we were told that they were running late…well I never thought such a professional organization as Headl*m Hall could possibly stray from their strict timetable,
While we were waiting for them to finish desserts and speeches, we were asked to wait in a small area near reception that wouldn’t have looked out of place as a murder scene from Agatha Christies “Poirot”. We noticed that th ...
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