Friday, June 18, 2004
Cos I wanna be a rock superstar, live large, have a big house, five cars, etc.
It was the latter day social commentator B Real who hit the nail on the head with the Cypress Hill classic "Rock Superstar" - and that's what I'm aiming for at the moment.
To summarize the past two or three weeks:
1. Did showcase gig in Brixton for our manager-elect. Went well, talks are under way. Keith Flint from the Prodigy was there (cos someone had told him we were worth seeing), he seemed to have enjoyed himself, and I had to stop myself from doing the whole "We're not worthy!" thing - The Prodigy are one of the best live bands ever, provided a large and completely cool chunk of the soundtrack to my life so far, and to have Keith come down and check us out was a massive, massive buzz for me. Possible future collaboration? I should be so lucky, but I'll keep my fingers crossed anyway...
2. Next Sat (26th June) we're supporting some crazy bunch of Noo Yoik gangsters called The Fun Lovin' Criminals at Reading university's summer ball. Another band I have a lot of time for, I'm just a bit pissed off cos apparently they are only going to play four or five songs, I want to hear "King of New York", "Bear Hug" "Korean Bodega" and "Love Unlimited" at least, but I know they'll just do "the hits" that everyone knows. They're cool and all, but I've heard Scooby Snacks to death! "Bombin' the L" would also blow my mind live. Don't know what the arrangements will be like back stage, but if I can have a bit of a smoke with Huey and the lads, my night will be perfect. Oh yeah, rocking out in front of a shit-load of drunk students (over 3000 tickets sold thus far!) will be awesome too! I'm hoping to be able to moonwalk through an entire guitar solo in one of the songs, just so I can say I did it.
3. We have a gig at the Borderline Club in Soho on July 7th. Guns n Roses played there, Rage Against the Machine played there, it's a serious rock venue in London, I'm stoked about playing there, and on the strength of our Brixton showcase gig we should have a lot of people there to see us. I want Marshall amplifiers to offer me an endorsement deal, along with Gibson guitars and Ernie Ball. I am the last of the great lead guitarists, after all.
Maya Angelou wrote in the first book of her autobiographies "I know why the caged bird sings" a sentence that has stuck with me since I first read it, and I'm beginning to understand what she meant and how she felt.
"I had out-run unpleasant sensations by miles."
To summarize the past two or three weeks:
1. Did showcase gig in Brixton for our manager-elect. Went well, talks are under way. Keith Flint from the Prodigy was there (cos someone had told him we were worth seeing), he seemed to have enjoyed himself, and I had to stop myself from doing the whole "We're not worthy!" thing - The Prodigy are one of the best live bands ever, provided a large and completely cool chunk of the soundtrack to my life so far, and to have Keith come down and check us out was a massive, massive buzz for me. Possible future collaboration? I should be so lucky, but I'll keep my fingers crossed anyway...
2. Next Sat (26th June) we're supporting some crazy bunch of Noo Yoik gangsters called The Fun Lovin' Criminals at Reading university's summer ball. Another band I have a lot of time for, I'm just a bit pissed off cos apparently they are only going to play four or five songs, I want to hear "King of New York", "Bear Hug" "Korean Bodega" and "Love Unlimited" at least, but I know they'll just do "the hits" that everyone knows. They're cool and all, but I've heard Scooby Snacks to death! "Bombin' the L" would also blow my mind live. Don't know what the arrangements will be like back stage, but if I can have a bit of a smoke with Huey and the lads, my night will be perfect. Oh yeah, rocking out in front of a shit-load of drunk students (over 3000 tickets sold thus far!) will be awesome too! I'm hoping to be able to moonwalk through an entire guitar solo in one of the songs, just so I can say I did it.
3. We have a gig at the Borderline Club in Soho on July 7th. Guns n Roses played there, Rage Against the Machine played there, it's a serious rock venue in London, I'm stoked about playing there, and on the strength of our Brixton showcase gig we should have a lot of people there to see us. I want Marshall amplifiers to offer me an endorsement deal, along with Gibson guitars and Ernie Ball. I am the last of the great lead guitarists, after all.
Maya Angelou wrote in the first book of her autobiographies "I know why the caged bird sings" a sentence that has stuck with me since I first read it, and I'm beginning to understand what she meant and how she felt.
"I had out-run unpleasant sensations by miles."
# posted by AK @ 16:48 
