Rich

Highway To Nell - AB/CD 

Nutkin City Limits - Ike & Tina Turner

Pop Goes The Weasel - nursery rhyme

Before I joined the ska band in late 2017, they played at a pub one night when a fight broke out, and they only stopped playing when a chair was thrown out of a window (in a Wild West stylee) and broken glass went everywhere. We've not been back there since...  In answer to the OP, I wouldn't go back to that venue if they paid me 200 quid and a steak dinner. There is never an excuse for stage invasion or assaulting the band. 

4 hours ago, Gasman said:

I suck the travelling up to keep playing with nice people. Good opportunity to listen to audio books too!

Ditto and ditto!

One of my bands rehearses an hour away, the other 45 minutes. Both are reasonably close to my workplace, so I tend to make rehearsal days my "not working at home today" days. Luckily neither band rehearses more than once a month. An hour is about as far as I'd go.

How 'Bout US - Champaign 

2 hours ago, StingRayBoy42 said:

With a name like that, I'm surprised they've not been sued by Rickenbacker.

John Hall is on the phone to his lawyers, Messrs. Suem, Grabbit & Runne, as we speak.

Robbery, Assault and Battery - Genesis 

17 hours ago, Rayman said:

Show us yours…..

 

Here’s ours tonight….

 

Luxury. Any of you that ever played the Tunnels (RIP) in Bristol will well remember the changing cupboard, errm I mean room there.

21 hours ago, Woodinblack said:

Orville Redenbacher caramel popcorn. Why don't they sell that locally any more. Oh I remember, I changed countries! Still, they are dead to me now!

Ah, but is that budget popcorn?  

On 02/03/2024 at 11:46, neepheid said:

 

Yuck, you can keep that dross.  Salt popcorn only or GTFO.

More for me. Yay 

Neo-prog.

Frost* - Black Light Machine

Porcupine Tree - Arriving Somewhere But Not Here

IQ - The Narrow Margin

Feet, Don't Fail Me Now - Joy Crookes 

On 18/02/2024 at 09:13, stewblack said:

I went for the no fuzz for Nazi scum one.

Good choice sir 👍🏻

Wait, what?

1 hour ago, Happy Jack said:

I get a job as a Chinaman. 

Phew, that was close!

12 hours ago, peteb said:

I will take the RRHOF seriously when they unanimously induct the likes of Kim Mitchell and King's X. Until then, its just a shallow marketing exercise and no real indication of quality. 

 

But that's the whole point. It's a Hall of FAME, not a Hall of Quality. It's entirely about being well-known by yer average punter. I've been deeply involved in music of all (well, very many) genres since the early 80s, but I still had to google Kim Mitchell. 'Quality' is a whole lot more subjective than 'Fame'.

So I fear the back-slapping canapé-infested sleazenight is going to remain on your ignore list, as it will on mine TBH. 

Deadman's Curve - Jan & Dean

12 hours ago, ped said:

This is possibly the coolest thing ever. It could only be improved by racing stripes on the bass. 

On 27/02/2024 at 02:51, Bolo said:

A friend in an active touring rockabilly band said sales have gone up at least 35% since getting a card reader.

That I can well believe. I have a fiver on my bedside table that has been there for months. Every so often I stuff it in my pocket before going out, and every time it comes home with me again  

Threads like this one absolutely make my day. This stuff is comedy gold. Thanks everyone. 

Ashes to Ashes - Bowie 

6 minutes ago, Len_derby said:

Pathetic football rivalry.

when they started to wind-up audiences with their back-and-forth comments - to the point of fights nearly starting - it got too much. 

Oh good god, what pathetic behaviour. People like that need to just grow up. See, this is why I like rugby

Being in Bristol, I know all about local football rivalries. City and Rovers fans share a mutual hatred you would not believe. I recall one gig in town where a pissed bloke was going round the pub asking if there were any Rovers fans there - a City fan looking for a fight basically. When he asked us if anyone in the band was a Rovers fan, the 6 of us all said "nah mate, we prefer rugby" and he went away 

8 hours ago, Bluewine said:

I think we remain intact because we're not friends. Very little if any communication . We have a husband and wife team that do all the booking and make all of the major band decisions. 

Blimey. I'm the opposite of that really, I don't think I could be in a band with people I didn't think of as friends. A big part of the reason my soul band has lasted for nearly 30 years is that we're all mates.