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The truth of it, and nicely put

Skipping - Eddie Vedder

Jump Around - House of Pain

Thanks everyone for the advice, it's much appreciated 👍 Basschat to the rescue yet again. Looking forward to trying the Microtubes 500 out properly next rehearsal 😎

Wishin and Hoppin. Dusty

We had a funny/odd moment on stage last night. It’s a well played in show where everyone knows their parts and suddenly, towards then end of a song, we sort of found ourselves drifting. All of us… we were somehow off track, simultaneously falling asleep at the wheel and none us knew how it happened. When we came off stage, I asked what was up, fearing it was me, but everyone else had the same experience, thinking it had been them, in a sort of “I am Spartacus… no, I am Spartacus!” moment. 11 people, all inexplicably lost. Fortunately, our singer who is an absolute machine in moments like that, managed to guide us to a slightly bumpy landing. How bizarre - no clue what happened.

One Step Ahead - Split Enz

Now My Feet Won’t Touch The Ground - Coldplay

No, I think it's exaggeration, like, literally the worst thing in history ever.

There was some in PMT that were clearly made differently a few years back.

There’s an alternate arrangement of Love Rears Its Ugly Head on Stain, that I think I prefer to the arrangement from Time’s Up. But they’re both fantastic. Stain is a ridiculously good album, and as a statement of intent from Doug Wimbish about what he intended to do in the band, it’s spectacular. The greasy fretless on Nothingness, the whammy-and-delay goodness of Wall, the deep groove of Leave It Alone, the angular heaviness of Auslander… Doug is peerless at what he does.

Yes, I know exactly what I'm doing, I think... I'm a bit uncertain about what you think I'm doing, though, or why you think I should be pulled up on it. Anyhow, I've enjoyed some good Glasto today, and I hope everyone else has too. Like I said before, if the bands are good then fair enough, and if they're bad then even better. It would've been exciting if they had shown Kneecap live, but that's a bit too much to expect from the dullards currently running the BBC, who stand by their arcane principals until someone comes along and claims to be offended. And as we all know nowadays, offending someone is the worst thing to do.

It's like some people just don't get it. If you don't do something to create a bit of a vibe then a venue will stagnate and die. Then they will be out of a job. Miserable, undeserving, a-holes! We had quite the opposite tonight when the lady that booked us brought us the money at the end of the night and told us we were on more money next time! We didn't ask for more - it was thrust upon us. The place had been redecorated since last time we played - they are investing and it seems to be thriving. Anyway... Conservative clubs. A few years ago it was jacket and tie. Ladies might even bring along their silver shoes for a bit of ballroom dancing. Woe be tied to anyone who sat in someone else's regular seat. Well that was back in the 80s. I'm glad to say the political party clubs that have survived have needed to adapt, modernise and be appealing, especially to a younger crowd. Hence we were playing at the "Conny" club tonight, lots of younger people there. I think we pulled in probably 40% of the crowd. 20 years of playing together and making sure you post gigs up on Facebook pays off, as well as plugging the QR code that I created. It certainly helps us get rebooked. I forgot to take any photos. You've seen it before though if you've read my previous posts. "Stingish" bass, GT-6B, Fender Rumble v3 500, purple suede Gazelles. I wasn't sure if I liked our sound at first. It grew on me though as we knitted together (and got slightly louder/hit a nice balance). The recent decor has changed the sound of the room, but probably for the better. I just hope the loos are next on their list for some attention as they could do with it

I’m suspecting that you might disagree with this Business plan

IAfter last week's depping gig with the soul band normal service resumed on Friday with my main squeeze - Felis Leo. We played a Salisbury Live gig in a pub in town. No support, no sound guy, just us for the whole evening! As well as our tunes we played a smattering of covers plus our new song about the guitarist's great, great, auntie! (She was a witch, true story 😄). We had a great time, the band is fairly tight, the sound was great...no sound engineer, that's weird 🤫. We rocked it basically. I've been using my ibanez over my Lakland 55-02 in this band lately. Playing thru a TC Electronic BH550 and a pair of Barefaced one10s. Wearing Airwalk The Ones 😁

A bit more passionate than Hammers fans then!

Good gig at the Felton Club in Peterborough depping with Stevie Daniels. Nice club, good stage, fun and engaged crowd. Played well with a couple of minor goofs. Pedulla MPV fiver through elf head and Genzyme Benz 1x12’s. Justin boots.

Yup reset my search terms and found them. 😁

Just back from seeing Iron Maiden at London Stadium. 24th time I have seen them and they were brilliant. Only downside was people squaring up to each other and on the verge of fighting over standing up in the seating area!

Felt sorry for Steve when his bass had no sound in The Number of the Beast intro for a few sec. Otherwise one of the best Maiden gig I've been to. Ordered this one to the Future Past tour in 2023 at at O2. I also found Steve's bass sounded better, more bass rather than highs. At least how it sounded to me.

From 1985, I really love how he approaches this track…

I'm not a huge fan of his slap all of the time. 3 Deuces is fantastic. Thankyou I will check those out.