BassJase

..And at the bit where they give away free nails and screws and stuff they also have loads of allen keys, which fit perfectly into truss rods.

I gotta say I'm also intrigued by this, Since I've been playing here in China in 35-degree heat my hands have been sweaty messes and something to stop me going through a set of strings every week would be luvverley..... But how do they actually keep the sweat in? And do they need washing every gig to stop them from stinking? And can I get some in pink with animal-print cuffs and diamonte's on?....

I toured and played with Hawkwind in 2007 and their all great guys, Mr Dibs is an absolute gent and a really good bloke to have a beer with. If you go to the Hawkwind website and watch the Hawkfest 2007 video you'll see my fugly mug bouncing around on stage with them whilst trying to play bass after a very heavy weekend.... ('nuff said really.)

Cheers for the interest fellas, and I'm not sure if they're still looking Wayne, give them a email and see whats happening. I can't get Facebook over here in China so I'm not sure whats the situation with them, but I'll be back in London in a week so I'll find out.

Took a stroll down Denmark Street last night and there's about 3 or 4 shops (Bass Cellar included) with big "Sale" signs on the windows. What music shop has a sale in May unless they're in trouble?! Shame to see them go, but it seems like the only people who buy from there are tourists.

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Backyard Bully need a replacement bassist to cover the spot as I'm moving to China on Wednesday. Fantastic group, awesome tracks and really, really nice guys. Group consists of Vocals, Decks (amazing scratching and breaks), Drums and Guitarist, all aged between mid-twenties and early-thirties. Its kind of a crossover of old school hiphop (ala Public Enemy, Run DMC, Guru, Tricky and loads more) meets crunchy rock (ala Prodigy, Deftones) to make a sound not a million miles away from RATM/Chemical Bros. We've done a few shows in London over the last 18 months that have been met with fantastic feedback, and the band try to avoid those crappy London-toilet gigs that every other band seem to want to fight for, and stick to decent venues and decent gigs. The band has good management and is currently writing for a new live-recorded E.P (Live in the studio, not gig-live) Take a look at the bands websites for a listen to the tracks and see whats what; www.backyardbully.com or www.myspace.com/backyardbully1 The guys really need someone who is a hiphop fan first and a rocker second, don't need some metalhead turning up and trying to pound out lightning fast riffs. The music is based on aggressive-groove, the riffs are simple in places but they need to have feel and movement to keep them grooving. Rehearsals are based in South London and the guys are really flexible about peoples time, as two of the guys have families and understand about the balance between band and personal life. That said, they also need someone committed enough to turn up and write some new material with them and not miss practice/gigs with lame excuses! This would be a great band for someone who wants to play something thats not the usual metal band/pointy-shoes brigade pop music that everybody else in London is playing, and I'll be really sad to depart but its hard to play the gigs from 9000 miles away! Message them via MySpace and Sus will get back to you.

I did the Warwick job out there in Germany for a while but thankfully came to my senses and got my ass home. The number to reach them is 0161 8390 666 (I think....) The contact info is on all the ads in BGM.

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