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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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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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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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Two cracking gigs - one croaking voice |
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By mal on
20 September 2007
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Well, none of the others seem to want to put a blog entry in about how good the gig's were last weekend. We played a privately organised do at Leelholme, one fee on the door and then all you can drink for nowt....an we were all driving, bugger!!!...apart from Paul, who probably managed to get his 17 quid's worth and might have had it beaten out of him by one of his mates cos we didn't play learn to fly...whoops!! Anyhow, the gig was good, nice sized hall..sound wise I thought we had a good mix on and off stage...sweating like the preverbial by the end...no change there then. Finale was Paul up on vocals for white riot....and even playing one chord during the lead part....had nightmares about him snapping more than one string by digging the plec in too deep on the downward stroke (cunjure that one up in yer heed!!).
Onto Saturday night at Segga!! The Bat and Ball as it's fondly referred to by our young'n. Crackin night yet again, great feedback....several Encores...and sweat by the ...
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Wax on, Wax off. |
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By mal on
10 September 2007
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I can certainly say that I really enjoyed this weekends gigs...the Blacksmiths was a great gig despite Paul turning up late having gone through the Tyne Tunnel to get to Gosforth!! (I still think he's joking cos not even he's that stupid!! is he?). It was ages since we'd played there, in fact the last time I ended up in Hospital a day or two later.....aya's lads me Knee's hurtin!! Thankfully no such happenings this time. The gig was really good, we opened up with a new tune and it sounded great. So anyway onto this wax on wax off thing...well you'll have to ask Edgy for more info...I mean I've had my back waxed for charity and when I showed the lads they wen't into a catatonic state of shock....but Edgy has gone that one step further...needless to say...when he had 'them' done, it would've been a good impression of Buster Gonad...cos they'd have swollen up like balloons....but to drop his kegs in the middle of the pub just before chucking out time... I felt sick!!
Onto the Spennymoo ...
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Heightened state of disschuffedness |
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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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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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