super al

I've been in this band since April '22 after their original bassist left. It's originals in the style of the rock music of our youth! AC/DC are a big influence as YouCut_20230929_130308735.mp4 well Sabbath and the Foo Fighters. This is from my 2nd gig with them a coupla weeks back...gigs and drummers have been hard to come by hence the lack of gigging. Loving it though 😁 Here's a snippet of Summer Jiving from Felis' Life By Misadventure album (Spotify, YouTube, etc)

https://spotify.link/WSvtm45qrDb Adam Buxton is a bit of a fan, here's a link to his podcast talking to T.D.

Aliens Ate My Buick is one of my all time favourite albums Slick, funky and a good dollop of humour (I also love Was (Not Was)) 8-) Thomas Dobly so very underrated

I was 14 in '85 and listened to everything my mates were into and the top 40. I remember loving the Style Council so much that I bought Our Favourite Shop and I hardly ever bought albums so that was special. '85 was also the year that Level 42 released Something About You and that was the first time they hit me as a band I'd end up being a fan of. Living It Up and Hot Water did the groundwork but SAY was the moment I got it...the video helped...as Vic Reeves once said "that feeling you get listening to Level 42 on a summer's day" (I'm not sure he said that but it sounds good). Prince and Grace Jones's Slave To The Rhythm would've been on heavy rotation too.

Nowt wrong with the Wurzels, they be on EMI back in the day 😆

The long search is over! We think we have our new drummer and during the search, picked up another three who are willing to dep... I guess the band's notorious rock n roll lifestyle isn't for everyone 🤷🏻‍♂️ so depping is a bit of a cop out (which is funny as one of the deps is an ex copper 🤔😁). Thanks for reading this far, Al

Love it! You got any more?

Dare say so many have paid homage to him that he need never get a round in ever again (our guitarist confessed that one of ours is a bit Sabbath)

Hi Steve, I've just posted my new band's latest offering and then listened to all three tracks here...wish I hadn't, I feel quite inadequate now 😆 this is some major riffage, love it! More please! Al

I joined an established rock band called Felis Leo, the core of the band started at school in the mid 80s. They got back together in about 2018 after many years apart. Butterflies is the lead track off our latest EP and seems to be pretty popular. https://youtu.be/vpcklC2jsoo

Love that album, it came out around the time I was falling in love with the bass. I had this and Schooldays plus Heavy Weather and Black Market to add a little Jaco with the Stanley. You wouldn't think I used to listen to such wonderful jazz fusion now that I'm 'staying on the root note' in a metal band 😆

They warned the public not to pick up anything lying around that isn't yours after that... Salisbury is a right ol' tip these days 😆

There's a few jam/open mic nights in and around Salisbury and I think they all fall on various Thursday nights. I've not been as our lead guitarist works Thursday nights. Robb (you forgot the extra b @TheRev 😁) is a damn good promoter who put my old band on 15yrs ago when we couldn't get arrested in Salisbury...trouble is he seems to be shunning my new band at the moment 😬 so if you do go to the Winnie Gate please mention Felis Leo and how wonderful we are to the management (a little white lie goes a long way 😆). As a trade, if you need to borrow a 4 or 5 string while you're down here just message me 👍

I joined a band who renamed themselves Felis Leo back in 2018 because their old name since the mid 80s, Escapade, was already taken. I don't think I would've joined them if they kept the old name 😂 Quite chuffed with the artwork for the latest EP, tis done by a tattoo artist.

Hi Basschatters, Felis Leo are looking for another drummer!!! We play original old skool metal so there's no money in it and you won't be gigging every week (or every month! 😆). But we love what we do and hope to find a drummer who is both fantastic enough to play the tunes and likes a laff and a beer too! Please get in touch if this is you 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🤘🦁 Check out the latest EP as a sample of what we do

Just bumping this up, I'm out with the family all day and will read through this later. The rock/metal originals band I joined last year can't get a gig in Salisbury at the moment (I know, a metal band in Salisbury that can't get a gig...we must be bad 😆). Our latest EP was released yesterday on Spotify, YouTube, Amazon, etc and it'd be nice to play these tunes live...be nice to have a permanent drummer too but that's another story. Looking forward to reading this later 😃

Southampton band Toupé were 2 bassists and a drummer. Mighty fine band that my band had the pleasure of supporting a couple of times in the late noughties. There was a Zappa/Primus vibe about their music. Grant Sharkey (50% of the bass section) is currently halfway through a solo project of recording 40 albums in 20 years.

I hadn't heard Doctor Doctor in my entire 50 years until April! I was blackmailed into joining a metal band who play their own tunes but for a wedding gig had to fill out their set with covers. I think they've been playing DD since the late 80s and, with the help of an entirely new rhythm section managed to get an ending right that they've been trying all that time! I'm listening to a lot more HM these days so I'll check out UFO.

I think the 1st time I played with musicians (but I don't think there was a drummer) was at Cricklade College, Andover in a music room. All the guitarists I knew at that point loved Jimi Hendrix so I think Hey Joe would've been shown to me. I think I knew the root notes for Whiskey in a jar and House of the rising sun but Jimi didn't play those toons! The 1st band I joined taught me Green Onions and Careful with that axe Eugene...you would've thought being in Andover the kids would play Wild Thing! 😆

I was just getting into buying my own records (with the small amount of pocket money I got!) when Golden Brown came out. It's one of those where I played so much, quite often several times in a row, the groove is nearly worn out! Happy days. I'm not a big Stranglers fan but their music has weaved in and out of my life over the years... I'm having a Roxy/Ferry overload at the moment, might supplement that with a bit of European Female era Stranglers (I know that'll have me diving into the rest of the back catalogue 🙄😆)

I wondered myself about the sound and how they maintained the levels, even the wife who doesn't normally ask about sound asked about the sound levels! It was done in spectacular good taste I thought, a fitting send off and a spectacle that people will remember for a very long time... I was fascinated by the whole choreography of the pall bearers! When I go I now want that level of detail and perfection 😇

-Ha Rince and the Revolution

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I'm on this map and it turns out I'm 3 or 4 miles from fellow BCer @skankdelvar Although it's probably best to remain 3-4 miles from me at all times and during an easterly breeze 😆

So many great albums in this thread already and some I nearly bought but didn't at the time (only so much cash you can spend on CDs, tapes and vinyl in the old days! 😆) Here's some of my own personal fave all killer, no filler (to me anyway) albums Level 42 - Standing In The Light Jellyfish - Bellybutton Talk Talk - Spirit Of Eden (Laughing Stock too!) Talking Heads - Speaking In Tongues (I know, I know but I love it and it has their best tune on it) Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique NC & The Bad Seeds - Murder Ballads Jim White - Transnormal Skiperoo Roy Harper - Stormcock Roy Harper - HQ Funkadelic - Maggot Brain Beck - Odelay Richmond Fontaine - 13 Cities (got me through a tough time) Frank Zappa - Roxy & Elsewhere Frank Zappa - One Size Fits All (Zappa's mid 70s output the best although The Best Band You Never Heard almost on this list) Music is the best 😁