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[quote name='MacDaddy' post='292909' date='Sep 26 2008, 05:27 PM']Gary when are you gonna get DTK's asses down to that London?[/quote] We're playing a special KISSmas gig at The Standard in Walthamstow on Fri 19th December

Not a fan of the paint job.... but I bet it sounds monsta!!

[quote name='Clarky' post='292653' date='Sep 26 2008, 12:25 PM']Kiss and Madness - now there's an unexpected combination![/quote] Ah yes, it's a great way to keep my chops up..... a bit of rock... then a bit of ska.... then with the function band some Motown/Stax, disco, lounge, pop etc!

[quote name='KevB' post='292605' date='Sep 26 2008, 11:57 AM']Not a big Kiss fan but I must catch your next show at The Diamond just to say hello Gary...[/quote] Please do! We're back there on 7th Feb 2009. Would be great to see you

Currently in 3 bands.... 1) "Dressed To Kill" - 18 years as Europe's #1 'KISS' Tribute & The World's Longest Running 'KISS' Tribute. Check it out here: [url="http://www.myspace.com/kisstributeuk"]Dressed To Kill Myspace[/url] and here (under construction): [url="http://www.dressedtokill.org.uk"]Dressed To Kill new site[/url] 2) "Cairo East" - Madness tribute band (no current Internet presence) 3) Just joined a function band who are changing up a gear and changing their name. New name to be decided.

[quote name='4000' post='292147' date='Sep 25 2008, 08:10 PM']What Id like to know is what does the missus say? Mine goes apesh*t about me having 5! She [i]hates[/i] bass gear. Still, that's probably as much to do with me as the gear; just another thing to give me grief about![/quote] Mine knew I was a musician when she married me.... my passion for my instrument was one of the things that attracted her.... therefore she knew what to expect. She is a musician herself (piano, clarinet, guitar & sax) so she also appreciates well made, good sounding instruments. I wouldn't be with anyone who didn't appreciate music or support me in my musical endeavours....

[quote name='Chris2112' post='287266' date='Sep 19 2008, 01:27 PM']PJ seems like a great guy, I know he has given a lot of help and support to the Spector owners over at TB, inculding getting hold of some very limited edition models for them! Despite being a Spector player, I've never emailed him though. I might send him an email just to say that I think Spector basses are bloody brilliant![/quote] PJ and Stuart live by the mantra of 'Customer Service'. In my 26 years of bass playing I have never received better service than I do from them...

[quote name='TheDarkReaver' post='288561' date='Sep 21 2008, 03:45 PM']Me in the background a bit: [/quote] Nice singer..... grrrr..... Oh, and nice Spector!

I always remove my wedding ring when playing with the KISS tribute band..... otherwise I get fake blood & paraffin under it (which can be sore)... and it prevents me doing lots of @gene-like' bass slides... As an aside, it'd look pretty silly wearing a wedding ring as 'Gene SImmons' - especially when he has been happily unmarried for so long! lol!

My deepest sympathy to Steve's family..... very sad news

[quote name='NancyJohnson' post='278552' date='Sep 6 2008, 01:09 PM']This is one of my favourite pictures of me and my old mum, 77 years old. She used to come to my gigs, I took her to see Kiss and Cheap Trick, she likes Rush, Orson and, dig this, the Stone Temple Pilots. She introduced me to Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, good science-fiction actually phoned me one time to say she was watching a video of Blink 182 on MTV and said, 'that boy [Mark Hoppus] who plays bass for them looks like you.' Gotta love her. P[/quote] She sounds just like my Mum! Mums like ours are the best.... I thank (insert deity of choice) every day for her....

[quote name='TheDarkReaver' post='285028' date='Sep 16 2008, 02:07 PM']Is it just me or is he always slightly off time? I mean good for a 9 year old, and I'm sure he'll become a great player, but he doesn't seem as prodigious as other young musicians I've seen.[/quote] +1

Great story!

4 in the KISS tribute 6 in the Function band 7 in the Madness tribute

Hey Mike, glad to see you've finally got pictures of your collection together! Loving the Spector (obviously!), the MM, Stingray, GBs, and the Kubicki.... hope to get familiar with them all soon

[quote name='yorick' post='281133' date='Sep 10 2008, 02:59 PM']You want to try the TECH 21 heads. Sound awesome, but not valve.[/quote] +1,000,000 to that.... My Tech21 Landmark 600 sounds amazing, has 2 channels which can be run seperately or together to create monster tones and is incredibly versatile!