Tuesday, September 21, 2004
So how did the gig go?
Yeah, yeah, I should have written something earlier, have been busy though. I actually went to Stonehenge (where the demons dwell) on Friday which was really cool. It's funny how it takes people visiting from another country before you start seeing the interesting stuff in your own country sometimes. I've never been to Stonehenge (where the banshees live and they do live well) before. I'd never even seen it from the road, which apparently everyone else has. It's an interesting place. Stonehenge (where a man is a man and the children dance to the pipes of pan) itself is much smaller than I was expecting, that seems to make it more human though. It has got some kind of aura about the place as well despite being very touristy and surrounded by people and right next to a road. I don't really believe in all that superstitious crap, but it was an odd feeling place. We also went to see the stone circle at Avebury which is apparently older. If someone ever tells you "Oh, go to Avebury instead, it's better" they are lying. It's just some old rocks in a field with a big ditch, ok, it's still cool but not as cool as Stonehenge (tis a magic place where the moon doth rise with a dragon's face).
Why did I start on about that? Oh yeah, part of the reason I haven't blogged about the last gig yet. So to that.
The night was great, if a little stressful. I kind of assumed the role of stage manager for the night by default. Everyone got to play their full sets I think and we finished the music dead on 11:30 so I reckon it was ok from that point of view. Not an easy job though!
AK stepped in at the last minute to play a few tunes acoustically, which was cool. It actually worked really well, he's got a lot more confidence when talking into the mic than a lot of the local acoustic performers (Graham out of Three Litre being the exception) and he can sing, and play the guitar - which is a bonus for our upcoming band!
RipChord had a crew from KERRANG! TV with them. Shortly after I arrived at the venue RipChord were somewhere up the stairs at Colorz shouting "We are RipChord" into a bullhorn, bizarre start to the night. I'd never seen them before but their soundcheck was really, really good. They played really well, very tight. Several people mentioned to me that they sounded a bit like Muse.
Left Side Brain were good as always, although I was a bit distracted during their set, I always seem to not really pay much attention to the band that's on immediately before us. Just thinking about other stuff.
It was odd playing our last gig, through the evening everyone kept asking if I was sad about it, I wasn't really. I'm still not, it was a great gig to play, we just had loads of fun, the crowd were amazing (I pretty much recognised everyone in it) but every song seemed to get a huge roar. It was definitely up there with the Catapult Club and Josaka CD launch party as the best crowds we ever played to. It was also probably the most fun we've had playing together, the sound on stage at Colorz isn't great but we managed, it was more about energy than perfection and I think it worked a lot better. The two reviews seemed to be pretty positive too. Although I'm not sure exactly why Pete's cool new Pittsburgh Pirates hat, a new present specially brought over from the states for him, was considered naff in Linda Serck's BBC Berkshire review. I think there is some local band in joke about naff hats relating to Rebus's gig at Pop Toys but I really don't know what it is. Kevin Harrington did a review for Josaka too... well his two star* reviewers were playing the night.
Oh - and Pete and the Pirates were great on Friday, they just keep getting better. I have offered to make them a website so we'll see if anything happens with that.
*That's the star reviewers of which there are two, not the reviewers who warrant only two stars in the reviewer star rating system.
Why did I start on about that? Oh yeah, part of the reason I haven't blogged about the last gig yet. So to that.
The night was great, if a little stressful. I kind of assumed the role of stage manager for the night by default. Everyone got to play their full sets I think and we finished the music dead on 11:30 so I reckon it was ok from that point of view. Not an easy job though!
AK stepped in at the last minute to play a few tunes acoustically, which was cool. It actually worked really well, he's got a lot more confidence when talking into the mic than a lot of the local acoustic performers (Graham out of Three Litre being the exception) and he can sing, and play the guitar - which is a bonus for our upcoming band!
RipChord had a crew from KERRANG! TV with them. Shortly after I arrived at the venue RipChord were somewhere up the stairs at Colorz shouting "We are RipChord" into a bullhorn, bizarre start to the night. I'd never seen them before but their soundcheck was really, really good. They played really well, very tight. Several people mentioned to me that they sounded a bit like Muse.
Left Side Brain were good as always, although I was a bit distracted during their set, I always seem to not really pay much attention to the band that's on immediately before us. Just thinking about other stuff.
It was odd playing our last gig, through the evening everyone kept asking if I was sad about it, I wasn't really. I'm still not, it was a great gig to play, we just had loads of fun, the crowd were amazing (I pretty much recognised everyone in it) but every song seemed to get a huge roar. It was definitely up there with the Catapult Club and Josaka CD launch party as the best crowds we ever played to. It was also probably the most fun we've had playing together, the sound on stage at Colorz isn't great but we managed, it was more about energy than perfection and I think it worked a lot better. The two reviews seemed to be pretty positive too. Although I'm not sure exactly why Pete's cool new Pittsburgh Pirates hat, a new present specially brought over from the states for him, was considered naff in Linda Serck's BBC Berkshire review. I think there is some local band in joke about naff hats relating to Rebus's gig at Pop Toys but I really don't know what it is. Kevin Harrington did a review for Josaka too... well his two star* reviewers were playing the night.
Oh - and Pete and the Pirates were great on Friday, they just keep getting better. I have offered to make them a website so we'll see if anything happens with that.
*That's the star reviewers of which there are two, not the reviewers who warrant only two stars in the reviewer star rating system.
# posted by Mike @ 09:42 
