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Gibbo's Blog
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By gibbo on
1/19/2008 5:47 PM
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Last nights gig was marvellous, we performed really well, (except the Killers track naturally), The audience were (as I predicted) fantastic, thanks to all who turned out to see us, especially the group who trailed over from Chilton. Thanks to John for coming (I feel musically naked without you out front checking the levels ha ha). Also not forgetting my main man ‘Edgey’ who makes a point of getting to nearly all of our gigs, thankfully refraining from exposing his tickle tackle, and other parts of his anatomy lately. ……Oh yes, he managed to pull too……wonder how that turned out? I actually have some concerns with Edgey’s life at the moment….as he always seem to place far to much emphasis on the state of my hair at every gig…(has anyone noticed…lads?), admittedly, by the end of the night it was like an albatross nest. My hair was nice and tidy till I got out of the car when I reached the venue and it was savaged by the mini hurricane that was blasting dow ...
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mals blog
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By mal on
18 January 2008
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Hi All,
Not one, not two, but three howlers from Paul on Wednesday.
Firstly he managed to forget to bring some of the power extentions to practice, luckily we had been evicted to a smaller practice venue and didn't need them. Eviction info to follow!
Secondly, he forgot his Cymbals for practice (see gibbo, I can spell!!), thanks to cliff for bailing himout.
Thirdly, and perhaps the most nixon angering of them all, he left one of the tops needing plastic surgery...nugget...not even an overly paid Beverly Hills plakker surgeon's gonna repair this one!!
So anyway onto this temporary eviction, it's been buggin me since I turned up on Wedneday. I'd done my best to get there in time only to find out that the rock and roll dancing papa smurf shagging hill billies had stolen our room "we've been using this hall for the last 4 weeks" he proclaimed...yeah? we've been using it for the last 14 mo ...
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It's all Waynes Fault........ |
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By gibbo on
1/16/2008 3:54 PM
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Well, another blog attempt, since the previous entries that failed to upload, the last one being an absolute mammoth saga, covering numerous gigs and Malcolm’s wedding, which was a great day I might add. So needless to say I’ve been slightly miffed and reluctant to waste time typing anything else, wondering if it will be an exercise in futility.
Anyway, enough whining…..ha ha
We’re back in Coundon this Friday, “Rockin’ The Ox”, hope it goes well because we haven’t really played or rehearsed much lately. A good turn out would be a nice way to open this years gigs, especially since our usual audience in Coundon are an awesome crowd, we’ve had some great gigs there in the past, (in Coundon that is, it’s actually our first time in The Durham Ox). Really looking forward to it, partly because we’ve shuffled our set around a bit, throwing some o ...
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Maiden England |
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By mal on
03 December 2007
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Hi All,
Thought I'd update you on a cracking weekend (well, apart from the hangover on Sunday morning!!). Firstly, got me tele back with a nice little hot rails pickup in the bridge position...it sounds the dogs now!! Well impressed. Secondly, I was supposed to be working Saturday night but it got cancelled. Which leads me onto thirdly. Me 'n' Nixon went out to see a band...not just any band...but..Maiden England. Been wanting to see these lads for ages....got the chance in Crook, right on nixon's doorstep.
Being a pretty big maiden fan, I couldn't wait for this one to start....and I wasn't dissapointed from the first song to the last...absolutely fantastic. I'm sure the singer must be Bruce Dickinson's love child...great voice. Guitars, Drums, bass....all class!!
So, after hearing Prowler, Run to the Hills, The Evil that Men do, Fear of the Dark, Wasted Years, Two Minutes to Midnight and loads more, I am now a really big fan of thes ...
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fisty cuffs, vocal debut's, hot food and chewy in anguish |
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By mal on
19 November 2007
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Hi,
It's been a while since my last Blog....getting to think I'm the only one who does them....tho Gibbo says he wrote one the other day but lost all of the content due to problems on the site..bugger, he said there was some good stuff in it.
Tales of hot food, chewy and windy bingo aren't the same if anyone else does it....go on Gibbo, have another go, but type it in notepad, save it and then copy and paste to the blog (top tip from your friendly IT storage Professional).
Well, I'll take you back to the 9th of Nov, where we played to a packed Wheatsheaf (max 10)...never mind tho, the fight just before the end of the 1st half kept us entertained. In the second half I made my vocal debut with D.O.A....anyone who knows this song, know's Mr Grohl embraces the roar, so I tried to do the same....finished it with my face looking like an over inflated beetroot...but it wasn't a bad first go by all accounts...need to get me breathing sorted out I reckon. So o ...
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Troopers, and dangling lights!! |
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By mal on
30 October 2007
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Hi,
Well, the wedding went really well and I'm now officially a married man....for the 2nd and last time. had a superb honeymoon and strangely wasn't looking forward to the gig on Saturday....though all that changed once I was there.
Got a few comments regarding my playing style...one guy said he thought it was very different...my reply being "i just hit the thing"!!
Anyhow, like nixon says, we were a bit concerned at the lack of punters, but it sharp filled up cos apparently the other do the regulars were at wasn't up to much (put politely). We absolutely murdered the opener....but improved from there, right up until the encores and we decided to do the Trooper by Iron Maiden and while I think we did a great job, the audience didn't think much of it.
So onto packing away which is the worst part!! I'd got all my gear in the car and was helping the others (Paul n Neil) load there cars.....when the lads poin ...
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Jack Russel at the back gate!! |
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By Wayne Nixon on
Monday, October 29, 2007
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Afternoon all, just had a canny weekend, first off we had a gig on Saturday night at The Bebside inn in Blythe. When we turned up there was hardly a soul in the place, we then got told all the regulars were out on a do with the landlord somewhere, so we thought we were going to be playing to the bar staff and the pool table!! Anyway just when we thought it couldn’t get any worse we made a total bulls lug of our first song, after that we quickly sorted ourselves out and the place got canny busy, half time had the usual talking bollocks, from Edgey telling us about Whoppee Goldberg and a brown outline on a white pillow, to me and Paul seeing 60 year old Amy Winehouses’ growler (at one point I think it actually went to bite Paul’s hand).By the end of the night it felt as though I was standing on a mattress, people were jumping up and down that much!
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Lads, As still not 100% |
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By mal on
09 October 2007
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It's true what people say..."you know you're getting older the longer it takes you to get over a weekend on the beer"...or something along those lines. It's tuesday afternoon and I'm starting to feel somewhere near human. Crikey...there's more holes in my memory from Saturday night than there is in Paul's argument that he's a canny lad....don't believe him :-)
But from what the lads have said, everyone had a good night...great!! I on the other hand have ruined my shirt with Curry stains....that tumeric stuff doesn't come out!! Any tips from Sunlights best would be handy...gibbo??
Well, Paul's feeble excuse for not being able to practise has now delayed my vocal debut indefinitely...it needs another practise and if we can't get one in, it doesn't get played at a gig...shame on you Paul, gibbo will be upset!!
Onto that gay slur towards me da, what I said was said (from what I remember) with a great sense of pride that he'd come t ...
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By Paul on
10/8/2007 6:39 PM
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it was malcolm's stag do on saturday so we went through to durham and had a damn good go at drinking the city dry.we were supposed to be going to leeds for the day but mal's hired friends had all decided they had got a better offer from somewhere else (yorkshire pussy's) anyway thats why we ended up in durham,a good day was had by all and as the drink was flowing mal came out with a comment that is surely quote of the week,when i asked mal if his dad would be joining us for the merryment mal told me that,and i quote "im really pleased my dad is coming out tonight" shock horror who would have thought it mals burly,bearded,bald father a loin muncher! of course he isnt really that way inclined but we took the piss out of mal for a good half hour over that comment,which has to be quote of the week. anyway on band matters koncept are back on the road this week after a two week break for waynes jollies,by all accounts he's enjoyed looking at "them triangle houses" in egypt. anyway we are on at t ...
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The big day draws near |
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By mal on
02 October 2007
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It's only just over two weeks now 'til I get married....stag night out this weekend...nothing drastic just a few pints with some mates......some might say i haven't got any mates...well we'll find out on Saturday I guess!!
Next gig is at the Vane Arms on the 13th...they've been doing quite a bit of work to the place and it's looking good...apart from the reduction in the stage size, but we manage.
Practice next week where I shall once more embrace the roar, should have it ready for the Vane Arms if gibbo's got owt to do with it!!
Heard a un-encouraging report about an upcoming venue yesterday...can't name it or the person who told me but part of the story involved a bycyle and a fire exit and very little aim....that's all I'll say..so we'll see what happens with that one!!
Wayne's away on his Jollies at the moment in Egypt, two weeks of sunshine...very nice...apparently he was going to look round the "triangle hou ...
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