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SAT MARCH 29TH - GREAT GIG AT GEORGE AND DRAGON LAST NIGHT. NICE TO SEE THE LADS FROM BIGLIX THERE TO SEE AND HECKLE US. (EXCEPT FOR BIG JON WHO HAD THE SHITS APPARENTLY - HOW ROCK 'N' ROLL IS THAT!!) JASE 1 ON DRUMS. IST GIG FOR OVER A MONTH WITH NO SIGNS OF GUITAR OR BASS PLAYING IN THE STYLE OF LES DAWSON. GREAT BUNCH OF FOLKS THERE, CARL, BIG CHAP WITH THE HARLEY ETC ETC. CHEERS CHAPS........
17TH FEB 08 - MASTER POTTER LAST NIGHT, GOOD TURN OUT, VERY LOUD & LES DAWSON GUESTING ON THE BASS. CHEAPEST GIG WE HAVE DONE. DON'T SPEND IT ALL AT ONCE CHAPS!! THE POTTER IS SAVING MONEY FOR A MAKE-OVER APPARENTLY. THE MONEY YOU KNOCKED THE GIG PRICE DOWN WILL MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE!! HAVING SAID THAT, THE GUY THERE (NEW MANAGER?) SAID WE WERE THE BEST BAND HE'D SEEN THERE SINCE TAKING OVER. THIS WAS THE 4TH 'FINAL GIG' WITH JASE 1! PLAYED SOME SONGS WE HAVEN'T PLAYED LOCALLY BEFORE. 'THE CHAIN' WENT DOWN REALLY WELL. THINK WE HAVE A NEW DRUMMER IN THE PIPELINE ...WATCH THIS SPACE.BIT OF A BREAK NOW UNTIL END OF MARCH. SEE YA THEN IN ASHBOURNE. BRING YER SHEEP AND WELLIES. BAAAAAA! ROCK-ON, LEAVE US A COMMENT IN THE GUEST BOOK!!!
26thJAN 08 - HOLLYBUSH AT NORTHWOOD LAST NIGHT. BUSTA STANDING IN ON DRUMS FOR HIS 'RETIREMENT' GIG. LEARNT 20 SOMETHING SONGS IN A WEEK AND GAVE A BRILLIANT PERFORMANCE. CHEERS BUSTA ! MUCH APPRECIATED AND GLAD YOU ENJOYED IT! VERY FULL, POSSIBLY DUE TO THE NEW INN BEING SHUT, MAYBE BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING KNOWN OR MAYBE SINCE BUSTA INVITED ALL OF HIS LIVING RELATIVES, FRIENDS AND HALF OF LIGHTWOOD! WE'D LIKE A PHOTO OF BUSTA FOR OUR DRUMMER 'HALL OF FAME' SO IF MRS ROBERTS HAS ONE SHE CAN E-MAIL TO ME WHICH SHOWS OFF THAT REALLY DODGY PERM WE'LL PUT IT ON THE WEBSITE!! DAVE FROM 'DISTURBING THE PEACE' GOT UP AND SANG WHOLE LOTTA ROSIE. THANKS DAVE!! WE THOUGHT MAGGIE'S VOICE HAD SOME BOLLOCKS!! PEOPLE DANCING TOO. GREAT NIGHT. CHEERS EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!
JAN 5TH 08 - FIRST GIG OF THE YEAR AT THE NORMACOT HOTEL. GREAT TURNOUT. ONE PROSPECTIVE DRUMMER CAME TO SEE US IN ACTION, AND BUSTA (GREAT DRUMMER WE AUDITIONNED A WHILE BACK BUT COULDN'T COMMIT TO THE NUMBER OF GIGS) CAME TOO. BIG ELECTRICAL FAILURE MADE THE BASS AND LIGHTING DISAPPEAR HALFWAY THROUGH 'STEAMY WINDOW'!. nEVER MIND - BORED WITH THAT SONG ANYWAY!!
GREAT NIGHT, FULL VOLUME, LANDLORD BOOKED US FOR 2 MORE DATES LATER THIS YEAR.
15TH DEC 2007
WELL THAT'S IT FOR 2007 FOR SKORCHED EARTH. IT'S BEEN A GREAT YEAR AND WE'VE LEARNT A LOT.GIG AT THE GEORGE AND DRAGON (ASHBOURNE) LAST NIGHT. LOT OF FACES FROM THE PAST FROM THE HIGHWAYMAN THERE. CHEERS GUYS AND GALS!!. CHEMIST'S AMP BLEW A GASKET. BLOODY MARSHALL KIT!! MAGGIE CAME OUT DRESSED AS A CHRISTMAS CARD (OR BRIAN CONOLLY), JASON WAS HITTING 'EM HARD AS EVER AND JOE DECIDED NOT TO PLAY TOO MUCH BASS IN THE STYLE OF LES DAWSON THIS WEEK. HOORAY!!
THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO CAME TO SEE US THIS YEAR. THANKS TO ALL THE DRUMMERS WHO'VE HELPED US OUT THIS YEAR ESPECIALLY JASE, DAZ AND JASE. LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING OUT NEXT YEAR. WATCH OUT FOR SOME NEW LIGHTS (OOOHHH!!), SOME NEW SONGS (AAARRRGH!!!) AND POSSIBLY OUR 'OWN' DRUMMER! (EEEEKKK!!) WHOEVER HE OR SHE IS, THEY'LL HAVE A HARD ACT TO FOLLOW. YOU UP FOR IT? !! HAVE A ROCKIN GREAT CHRISTMAS!!!
9/12/07
GREAT NIGHT AS ALWAYS AT THE FORESTER'S ARMS AT SCROPTON LAST NIGHT.
ONE OF OUR FAVOURITE LANDLADIES - SUE, JASE 1 HITTING HARD ON DRUMS, MAGGIE ON TOP FORM, A TURNOUT FROM THE 'UNWANTED MCC' AND A TURNOUT FROM THE LADS WHO WORK AT TRIUMPH. AND A GOOD TURNOUT FROM EVERYONE ELSE DESPITE THE FLOOD JUST UP THE ROAD! TOP MARKS TO MIKE JANSEN'S GIRLFRIEND (SORRY DON'T KNOW YOUR NAME!) WHO SEEMED TO KNOW EVERY WORD TO EVERY SONG WE PLAYED!! CHEMIST WAS VERY PLEASED WITH HIS SUN TAN FROM THE NEW 'BUDGET' LIGHTING RIG. THAT'LL SAVE HIM HAVING TO SPEND HIS MONEY ON A HOLIDAY THIS YEAR!!
WE'RE BACK AT THE FORESTER'S ON FEB 9TH NEXT YEAR. CAN'T WAIT.
A COUPLE OF FOLKS ASKED IF WE HAD A CD'S AVAILABLE. WELL, THAT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD HOPEFULLY BE WORKING ON IN THE NEW YEAR.
17/11/08
NAG'S AT MACCLESFIELD LAST NIGHT. WE WERE HONOURED BY THE PRESCENCE OF JIMI HENDRIX (OR CERTAINLY A BLOKE WHO LOOKED LIKE HIM ANYWAY!!.)TRIED OUT SOME NEW SONGS - 'NOTHING ELSE MATTERS' BY METALLICA WITH JASE SINGING. ALL OF A SUDDEN EVERYONE IN THE PUB SEEMED TO PAY US SOME ATTENTION. IT'S A GREAT SONG AND I THINK WE DID A BOSTIN JOB OF IT. 'THE CHAIN' BY FLEETWOOD MAC -MAGS ON VOCALS DID A GREAT JOB. WHEN HAVE YOU HEARD A PUB BAND PLAY THAT? MAGGIE ALSO TURNED INTO JOHHNY ROTTEN FOR A BIT DURING 'PRETTY VACANT'.
SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE. ONE OF OUR LIGHTS MELTED AND NEARLY SET FIRE TO THE DRUM KIT!!
THEY ARE A BIT STRANGE IN MACCLESFIELD THOUGH. THE FOLKS KEPT BANGING THEIR HANDS TOGETHER AND SHOUTING 'MORE'. VERY STRANGE BEHAVIOUR WE DON'T GET AROUND HERE. MAYBE THEY'RE ON BETTER DRUGS!!
SAT 20TH OCT - ENGLAND LOST THE RUBGY BUT THAT DIDN'T DAMPEN THE SPIRITS OF THE HOPE AND ANCHOR RESIDENT DANCERS! A BUNCH OF REALLY NIMBLE AND AGILE CHAPS WHO SEEMED TO BE CELLARHEADS ANSWER TO PAN'S PEOPLE. JASE 2 ON THE DRUMS IN FINE FORM DESPITE NOT HAVING LIFTED A STICK FOR A MONTH! WHERE DOES MAGGIE GET HER QUICK WIT FROM? WHY DOES CHEMIST BRING SO MANY GUITARS AND DOES JOE EVER SMILE WHEN HE'S PLAYING?
CONTRARY TO OUR EXPECTATIONS THAT WAS A GREAT GIG. MOST ENJOYABLE. ROCK ON!!
6TH OCT 08 - WELL, THEY LIKE IT LOUD IN BARTON-UNDER NEEDWOOD!! WE TURNED UP AND ROB THE LANDLORD AT THE SHOULDER OF MUTTON SAID 'WE DON'T WANT IT TOO LOUD.' ANYWAY, IT STARTED OFF QUITE SENSIBLY BUT, AS IT DOES, THE VOLUME CREPT UP. THE LOUDER IT GOT THE MORE PEOPLE THERE WAS. MARVELLOUS. ROB SAID THE VOLUME WAS JUST RIGHT!!FULL MARKS TO THE SHOULDER OF MUTTON'S RESIDENT DANCER AND THANKS TO THE GUEST APPEARANCES FROM ANDY AND KATH FROM HINCKLEY AND JASE'S WIFE IZZY. HOPE YOU ENJOYED IT AS MUCH AS WE DID. LOT OF BANDS ON THE BOOKS THERE. HOPEFULLY BE BACK NEXT YEAR.
WE WENT OVER THE BORDER LAST NIGHT INTO BIGLIXSHIRE, THE LAND OF THE FLUFFY SHEEP. ARMED WITH BIG LOUDSPEAKERS, POINTY GUITARS, AMPLIFIERS AND OUR EXOCET MISSILE MAGGIE WE FRIGHTENED OFF THE FIERCE SHEEP AND ROCKED THE GEORGE AND DRAGON GOOD 'N' PROPER AND BY ALL REPORTS EMPTIED THE REST OF THE PUBS IN ASHBOURNE! WE'LL BE BACK THERE SOON AND HOPEFULLY OUR CHIEF GROUPIES JOHN, RIP, RICH, ANDY AND THEIR WISE MENTOR DEREK FROM YOU-KNOW-WHO WILL BE THERE AGAIN!! THANKS TO DAZ FOR DRUMMING AGAIN AND THUMBS UP TO MARCEL (MARSELLE?) THE WONDERFUL LANDLADY AT THE GEORGE FOR HER HOSPITALITY AND FOR ASKING US BACK.
(THUMBS DOWN TO THE PUB PLONKER - BUT I SUPPOSE EVERY PUB HAS TO HAVE AT LEAST ONE!)
SEE OUR GROUPY PAGE FOR PICS OF OUR LOYAL FANS!!!!
2/9/07
TWO GIGS THIS WEEKEND FOR THE FIRST TIME.
FRIDAY AT THE NEW INN UP HANLEY 'DUCK' AND SATURDAY AT ADE'S 40TH AT TEAN VILLAGE HALL. BLOODY KNACKERED. NOW WE KNOW WHY THE GUYS FROM BIGLIX ALWAYS LOOK SO HAGGERED!!! FRIDAY WAS GOOD. PLENTY OF FOLKS WHO STOPPED FOR BOTH SETS AND SOME WHO SPECIFICALLY CAME TO SEE US. (WHAT FLATTERY!) VOLUME AT NUMBER 11 FOR ADE'S PARTY. ALL THE GIRLIES WERE DANCING TO THE OLD HIGHWAYMAN FAVOURITES WE PLAYED. MARVELLOUS.
DRUMMER DAZ FRIDAY AND JASE 2 (OF GOLDRUSH) ON SATURDAY. CHEERS CHAPS.
WERE OFF OVER THE BORDER INTO THE SHEEP COUNTRY WEEK AFTER NEXT. GOOD OLD ASHBOURNE. BAAAAAA!
SAT 4TH AUG - NAG'S HEAD MACCLESFIELD
WELL........ WE DID 2 HOURS AT FULL THROTTLE. JASE PUT HIS BROKEN DRUMSTICKS DOWN AT THE END AND SAID,'THAT WAS PROPER!' (AND IT WAS).
PROPER BIKER'S PUB, LINE OF HARLEYS OUTSIDE, PROPER PEOPLE, FULL VOLUME, LOTS OF DANCIN,BROKEN DRUMSTICKS, WORN OUT GUITAR PICKS, RINGING EARS AND WE WERE ALL SWEATING LIKE FUGITIVES. REALLY ENJOYED IT. GREAT LANDLORD/LANDLADY. REALLY HELPFUL. WHAT A GIG. CAN'T WAIT TO GET BACK THERE LATER THIS YEAR!!!
BIT OF A BREAK NOW TIL WE'RE NEXT OUT UNLESS WE GET TEMPTED WITH ANY CANCELLATIONS. SEE YA LATER!!!!!!
15/07/07
WELL, WHAT A BOSTING NIGHT LAST NIGHT WAS.........
THE YAMAHA AIR-COOLED RD OWNER'S CLUB. HAVEN'T SEEN SOME OF THEM BIKES SINCE I OWNED A DENIM CUT-OFF AND BOUGHT PICTURE 7" MOTORHEAD SINGLES!!
EXTRA P.A. POWER, STAND IN DRUMMER JASE ON DRUMS
AND A COUPLE OF HUNDRED FOLKS OUT FOR A GOOD TIME. MY EARS ARE STILL HISSING. APPARENTLY THE PA STACKS WERE VIBRATING ACROSS THE FLOOR AND OFF EACH OTHER! FORTUNATELY OUR CHIEF 'ROADIE' (?!!?!) JON FROM 'BIGLIX' KEPT THEM STRAIGHT AND UPRIGHT.
CHEERS JON. GOOD TO SEE YOU THERE.
MARVELLOUS PERFORMANCE BY MARGARET AS USUAL AND
EXTRA 'ENERGY' ADDED BY JASE ON DRUMS. SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE SEEN JASE IN THE PAST (EX-BIGLIX, BAD REPUTATION etc, etc AND MORE RECENTLY PEARL JAM TRIBUTE BAND 'REAR VIEW MIRROR'.) BIG THANKS FOR HELPING US OUT.
SEEMED TO BE A BIT OF BASS vs LEAD GUITAR COMPETITION GOING ON TO SEE WHO COULD VIBRATE THE STAGE FLOOR THE MOST!!
NIGHT OF THE DOG III
GREAT NIGHT. WE GOT A GOOD 55 MINUTE SLOT, CAME OFF STAGE AND GOT HASSLED BY A GIRL WHO WANTED TO BOOK US FOR A PARTY (PLEASE GET IN TOUCH!!)
GOT SOME GOOD CHEERS AND THE COMPERE WHO'S NAME I CAN'T REMEMBER DID A GREAT JOB. EVEN MADE US SOUND EXCITING!!
WE WERE FOLLOWED BY BIGLIX. BIG JON WITH SOME GREAT SLIDE GUITAR!
DISTURBIN THE PIECE. GOOD SOLID ROCK. AS RAW AS IT GETS!!
GOLDRUSH. GREAT 3-PIECE DOING SOME GREAT SONGS.
A FLAWLESS PERFORMANCE.
FINISHED OF WITH CHEMICAL METAL WITH THEIR USUAL PROFESSIONALISM & GREAT SETLIST. A BIT FOR EVERYONE.
OH YES, THE YOUNG UNS AT THE START. INVIDIA AND EMBRACE THE NOISE. GREAT SOUNDS AND SONGS. WISH I'D STARTED AT THAT AGE!!
5/5/07 LATEST NEWS
FIRST GIG AT THE HOLLYBUSH LAST NIGHT. LINE-UP INCLUDED OUR BORROWED DRUMMER DAZ! MAGGY ON TOP FORM ON HOME TERRITORY.
FINALLY MANAGED TO GET A GOOD SOUND MIX FROM THE BEGINNING.
WORKING ON SOME NEW SONGS SINCE WE DON'T WANT TO BORE FOLKS WITH THE SAME OLD SET LIST (OR BORE OURSELVES WITH THE SAME OLD SET LIST!).
GOT SOME MORE THIN LIZZY AND SOME BON JOVI AND A FEW NEWER SONGS IN THE PIPELINE.
ALSO WORKING WITH OUR NEW DRUMMER FOR FUTURE GIGS. WATCH THIS SPACE.
22ND APRIL 07
FIRST TIME AT THE FORESTER'S ARMS LAST NIGHT.
PUB SEEMS TO BE EMPTY TILL JUST AFTER 9 WHEN EVERYONE APPEARS!
DAZ PROFESSIONALLY DELIVERED THE GOODS AGAIN AS OUR TEMP DRUMMER AFTER A SPELL OF WORKING AWAY (MEANING WE HADN'T PRACTICED TOGETHER FOR OVER 2 WEEKS). MUCH APPRECIATED DAZ, THANKS!!
CHEMIST WAS ON TOP FORM ON 6-STRING. GREAT SOLOS.
MAGGIE ENTERTAINED THE CROWD WITH HER MARVELLOUS COLLECTION OF BAD JOKES.
A FEW FOLKS DANCING AND A STRANGE SIGHT OF A MASS OF GROWN MEN CLAPPING THEIR HANDS TO 'RIVER DEEP MOUNTAIN HIGH'!! ........SUPERB
7th APRIL 2007.......
FIRST GIG AT THE MASTER POTTER IN CHEADLE LAST NIGHT. A GOOD TURN-OUT.... LOTS OF LOCALS, NEIGHBOURS, THE COALMAN! AND SOME FAMILIAR OLD FACES FROM DAYS GONE BY AT THE HIGHWAYMAN.SOUND WAS A BIT DODGY IN THE FIRST SET (AS USUAL!) BUT WE GOT THINGS SORTED FOR THE SECOND SET. ALL THE SONGS SEEMED TO GO DOWN WELL AND THE PLACE STAYED FULL ALL NIGHT. LANDLORD JOINED IN FOR SOME SERIOUS AIR GUITAR PLAYING IN THE SECOND SET. GREAT BLOKE! FIRST TIME OUT WITH DARREN ON DRUMS.SOMEONE KEPT SHOUTING 'SACK THE DRUMMER'. DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WAS ALL ABOUT!
EVERYTHING WORKED OUT FINE. LOTS OF DANCING GOING ON ESPECIALLY TO GOOD OLD 'WHOLE LOTTA ROSIE' WHICH WE HAVE NEVER ACTUALLY REHEARSED! MUST GET THE LYRICS PRINTED BIGGER FOR NEXT TIME!!!!!
SEEM TO BE GAINING A BIT OF A FOLLOWING NOW.
****WE NEED A DRUMMER********
WE'VE ONLY GOT A COUPLE OF MONTHS BEFORE OUR GIGS START CLASHING WITH DARREN'S SO IF THAT'S YOU CONTACT US ON 07790 283 698
SEE YOU AT THE FORESTER'S ARMS 21ST APRIL.
17TH FEB 2007.........
PLAYED AT THE DOG AND PARTRIDGE AT LOWER TEAN LAST NIGHT. SOUND METER/TRIP WAS A COMPLETE PAIN IN THE ARSE. HAD TO PLAY QUIETLY. DIDN'T WORK. CAN YOU IMAGINE TELLING MIKE TYSON THE PUNCH GENTLY!! GOOD GRIEF IT'S ROCK MUSIC. BLEEDING EARS AND TINNITUS IS WHAT WE WANT. MANAGED TO GET A FEW OF THE GIRLS DANCING. NOT A BAD TURNOUT FOR THE A PUB THAT'S OUT IN THE STICKS.
11/2/07
WITH SOUNDMAN STEVE'S CONTACTS WE GOT A GIG AT THE 'RAILWAY INN' AT SHIFNAL LAST NIGHT AFTER THE BAND THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN PLAYING (TRILLION) CANCELLED HAVING 'SPLIT UP'. BIT OF A TREK AND WE DID OUR BIT FOR THE OZONE LAYER BY GOING IN 4 SEPARATE VEHICLES. WE HAVEN'T GOT ANYTHING BIG ENOUGH TO GET US ALL IN WITH THE KIT. ANYONE WILLING TO LEND US A FULL SIZE MERCEDES SPRINTER WITH A FULL TANK FOR FUTURE GIGS PLEASE CONTACT US. (O6 MODEL ONWARDS WOULD BE FINE)
BIT OF A SMALL AREA TO SET UP, LOW CEILINGS AND PACKED WITH PEOPLE. THE SOUND WAS REALLY GOOD AND THE CROWD WERE FANTASTIC. THEY MUST START DRINKING EARLY IN SHROPSHIRE SINCE THE GIRLS WERE DANCING WITHIN SECONDS OF US STARTING THE FIRST SONG. NICE, HELPFUL LANDLORD AND LANDLADY (DAVE AND BETH). SAID HE'D GIVE US A BELL AT THE NEXT CANCELLATION.
NICE TOWN, NICE PUB, NICE PEOPLE.
7/2/07
PLAYED AT GREEN STAR LAST SAT.
1ST TIME OUT WITH PHIL, OUR NEW DRUMMER
BEST WE'VE PLAYED AND BEST SOUND EVER WE WERE TOLD!
PLENTY OF CHEERING AND CLAPPING. GREAT CROWD. LOOKING FORWARD TO PLAYING THERE AGAIN.
17/12/06 NEW DRUMMER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SADLY SNOWIE HAS MOVED ON FROM SKORCHED EARTH, BUT WE'VE FORTUNATELY MANAGED TO FIND A REPLACEMENT SURPRISINGLY QUICKLY. SNOWIE, I GUESS WAS THE FOUNDER MEMBER OF SKORCHED EARTH BUT THAT'S ROCK 'N' ROLL AND THINGS DON'T ALWAYS GO TO PLAN UNFORTUNATELY.
SKORCHED EARTH'S NEW DRUMMER COMES IN THE SHAPE OF 'PHIL' WHO ALSO PLAYS FOR 'NV' AND USED TO SING FOR 'JEALOUSY'.
PHIL NOW GIVES SKORCHED EARTH A TRIO OF HANDSOME FELLA'S AND ALONG WITH HIS BOYISH GOOD LOOKS BRINGS A WEALTH OF GIGGING EXPERIENCE AND VERY PRECISE DRUMMING TO THE BAND.
WE GOT TOGETHER TODAY FOR OUR FIRST PRACTICE SESSION AND WITNESSED SOME OF PHIL'S EXPERT DRUMMING NOT TO MENTION VOLUME!
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO TIGHTENING UP ALL OF THE SONGS FOR NEXT YEAR'S GIGS.
EXTRACT FROM 'KERRANG' MAGAZINE. A REPORT BY MIKE HUNT.
'.........and Skorched Earth played at the New Inn in Hanley last night. Big thing of the night were singer, Maggie's kinky new boots. These were obviously proving to be a distraction to the bass player. Either that or he did have a spare microphone in his pocket! Good crowd and good mix of songs. Sound mix was good after some new PA ideas. Plenty of heckling and clapping going on. On top of that they were asked to play there again!
Maggie sang and looked a million dollars, blistering (and long!) solos from the Chemist, bass player looking as cool and miserable as ever, drums were loud. Catch them at the Green star at Smallthorne in Feb next year. '
18TH NOV 06
GREEN STAR AT SMALLTHORNE LAST NIGHT.
1ST TIME OUT IN THE CITY FOR SKORCHED EARTH.
WE'VE PLAYED BETTER AND THE SOUND WAS A BIT ROPEY FOR SOME REASON BUT DIDN'T STOP FOLKS FROM CLAPPING AND ASKING FOR MORE.
MANAGED TO KEEP THE PUB PRETTY FULL ALL NIGHT SO I GUESS IT WAS A GOOD NIGHT!
BACK THERE FOR A COUPLE OF DATES NEXT YEAR
29/10/06
Played at the Butcher's Arms last night. For me it was the most enjoyable gig so far. Good performance by us all. Got the sound right early on and a really great crowd.
Good to get some crowd participation and feedback, great atmosphere. Played a bit later because of the clocks going back.
Quite enjoyed having the volume turned up a bit. Snowie miked his drums up too. About 6.5 on the Richter Scale
Spoke to a few people who'd specifically come back to see us after playing there the other month.
Crazy landlord with his 'drinks auction' at the end of the night made it even better! Great bloke, can't remember his name though.
Got a couple of new gig dates for next year.Having a break from the band for a few weeks whilst Mags goes on a well deserved holiday.
See ya.
Joe
21/10/07
Played at the Dog and Partridge (Lower Tean) last night.
Good night. Pretty good turn-out considering it is half-term and folk are off on their final fling before winter.
Maggie was on top form despite having a 'chesty thing' going on for the past fortnight and was sporting the only 'SKORCHED EARTH' T-shirt in existence. That will be a collector's item one day.
Some pretty awesome squealing guitar feedback from 'the Chemist'. Best I've heard yet.
In the crowd was a couple who'd driven up from Coventry. That's the 3rd time they've seen us. The music scene in Coventry must be pretty shite or they genuinely like us!!
Hopefully it's the latter!
Two young soldiers there too. Mandy's lad Ben and his mate Dean just finished their army basic training that day. Big pat on the back for them...Working for the Queen and showing some patriotism!
Some new lights helped things along and we'd learnt 4 or 5 heavier songs especially for the gig since we know the folks at the Dog are die-hard heavy/classic rock fans. We managed to play them OK and they went down well too!
Some more of the Cult, Stevie Lange and Whitesnake.
There's no doubt about it though, the band room needs a bar
and less tables. Easily accessible alcohol and dancing space is what's needed!
Finished bang on 12 to keep the neighbours happy (although most of them were watching us anyway!)
Look forward to playing there again and looking forward to the Butcher's next week.
Also looking forward to the Rock Disco there next month. Date to be announced. See links page for more details
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