Sunday 26 October 2008

Manchester MoHo Live - 25th October

Word up.
We were worying about this show because 'MoHo Live' (the night) is basically a pay to play night and we didn't know this until 3 days before the show.
PAY TO PLAY SUCKS SHIT. IT DEMORALISES ARTISTS AND THE LISTENER/FAN.
Just putting it out there.
So instead we didn't submit any names, got as many friends/fans in for free and just had a rad night anyways. We, obviously, didn't make any money but fuck it.
Emily from Barrow and Connor from Lincoln and Coxy from Manchester and a whole host of other awesome people we don't get to see enough came down, I think we played to about 150 people which was intense (although my slide playing was shocking).
Made some awesome new friends too, all JP's lot were ace, Marko and Matt from Jack Afro, some awesome girls I can't remember their names, I think a few people actually wanted their pictures taken with us too - crazy...
Anyway, ace night, Manchester is always good to us, got real drunk and all the Burnley lot were there too being amazing so we went back to Gregs for a little shindig and had some of the best fun ever. DRUNKEN CLIVE RULES O.K.
h-bomb x


Tuesday 21 October 2008

Burnley Ale House Fundraiser - 19th Oct

Right - so Greg calls me up about two weeks ago and says we're playing his hometown, Burnley, for charity do. In Burnley.
I'm apprehensive to say the least, but it can't be worse that Bradford the night before so fuck it.
We arrive at Gregs mum and dads house and she makes us delicious fish pie and apple crumble, good start to the day.
Then we go to the venue (a cross between the pub at the beginning of American Werewolf... and The Rovers Return) and the rest of the night is, well... FUCKING AWESOME.
Appparantly all the BNP nonces and racisct thugs astay away from this oasis of tranquility. Everyone is so nice, free beer and drugs all over the place, Gregs mates are brilliant, everyone is having a greattime, it's for charity, we play really well (and LOUD) and it's the best night ever. Random.
If you find yourself in Burnley, scared and alone - go to the Bridge Beer House - easily one of the best pubs in the country full of brilliant folk.
Just shows you can play a shit gig in 'big deal' London and play your best in a little pub in Lancashire - the main ingredient is :
1. a good promoter
2. decent, good natured people

Top 5 best times we've had as a band, easily.

hx

Bradford - Good Form Club - 18th Oct

Best not saying much about this. Bradford is usually amazing, but like any city - if the promoter doesn't do the best he can in promoting his show then it's never going to be amazing, right?
Some really good people came down and we played with Four Dead in Ohio who are really really good (kind-of BRMC meets Jesus and Mary Chain NME darlings) and Greg and I ate a nice curry.
Apart from that, not a great deal to report.
We took our beers and cider and drove the fuck out of there back to Manchester and watched The Thick Of It, which if you don't know is the best BBC comedy sitcom ever made - FACT.

hx

BrainwashFest - Leeds 18th October

OK, so we're not exactly a LeedsMusicForum band so we were a bit apprehensive about the reaction we would get here. We were, though, completely stoked that Hayden asked us to play and there was am array of amazing bands and friends playing too that we just tried to smash it nonetheless.
Yeah, we got the greveyeard shift (4.30pm), kind-of, but we had to run off to Bradford and play a clubnight there afterwards but it seemed pretty busy when we played and got a mixed reaction. I don't know, Leeds is a funny place to us - we're not exactly a 'Leeds' band - but I live there and all my friends are here and I go to loads of shows here but we never get made to feel part of 'the leeds community' but I think thats a good thing in the long term. It was rad to see Paul Marshall again.
BRAINWASH IS AN ACE IDEA AND HAYDEN IS A TROOPER FOR GETTING HIS SHIT TOGETHER AND DOING SOMETHING LIKE THIS EVERY YEAR BECASUE MOST PEOPLE DON'T GIVE AS MUCH OF A FUCK AS HE DOES. HE IS A DUDE.

hx

Thursday 9 October 2008

WORD

Here is our tour blog, we have to go play some shows first though so keep checking back or whatever. No, go listen to These Monsters and then Eskimo Twins. Do that, then keep checking back.
H