You would enjoy watching Oil City Confidential film on DVD, When i down your way i'll lend it you. Oil City Confidential by Julien Temple - Official trailer - YouTube
Yup Maiden were a pub band. Have to say although Brucie is ok ... I like him. He can't sing the early stuff! I actually preferred Paul Dianno
Drums.....jammed in lots of haunts and studios in and around London (and other less solubrious places)
"Itchycoos" were a sort of home-made itching powder made out of the little fibres in rose hips (seeds of wild roses). Used to drop them down peoples' backs as a kid (long before the song).
That's right!!!!!! I sometimes in autumn gather rosehips ( stop laughing this is true!!!). And make Rosehip syrup. You have to cut up the hips and inside are the seeds which are kind of covered in what reminds me of fuzzy sharp loft insulation... This was a school prank .. The inside of rosehips make a very very effective natural itching powder .. It's dreadful stuff !
Humble Pie went through several changes over a very short space of time.........have a look at the line ups.... Humble Pie (band) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia AL
blimey steve,you seen some bands, seen bad manners, madness, the who, stranglers, motorhead, from your list, all where good apart from motorhead, just too loud, as for status quo, awful ; ) , not my cup of tea, dead envious you seen the pistols though, not happy, also seen maiden, thought they where great
Motörhead are one of the loudest bands out there . Apocalyptica the cello metal band is a strange but fantastic experience . The resonance from those guys cellos travels right through you. I think I would rate them up there with any of the big guns. They put their heart and soul into their performance and blow you away. I enjoyed The Velvet Underground as well but just for chill out value. The kinks were fab really great fun and really went for it. Everyone young and old had a great time
I saw Johnny Winter in a barn a couple of years ago. Apart from the fact that he is now well past his sell-by date, he was so incredibly loud that it was painful. I opted to "see" most of the concert from outside the barn. It's good to be loudish. It's necessary to get energy and atmosphere. But being too loud is a real pain. Literally.
Depends on how local is local. I wouldn't go very far to see him these days. Saw him in a club somewhere in Victoria in about 78 and he was amazing. Now he is stick thin ( well he was always pretty thin) and has to be helped to a chair from which he plays his set. There's not much Gibson Firebird either as it's too heavy for him. He favours one of those hideous guitars without a headstock. So it's not great but if you want to see him, can't think there will be too many other opportunities. And don't forget the ear plugs.
fig was pissed, very pissed, when he staggered into the Seahorse pub in Shalford back in the '80's. There at the bar sat Phil Collins, Simon Bates and Rick Parfitt. fig took a double-take, but before he could say anything his equally-pissed mate pointed in the rough direction of the bar and screamed, "Look! It's Ricky Fart-pit!" fig and friends were ejected.
He's literally a couple of miles up the road at the Picturedrome (www.picturedrome.net) I might go, I might not. Going to see the Wonderstuff there in April. That should be lively. :smile:
Aye Glidd, saw J W in Cambridge a good few years ago and he was knackered then and playing that horrible Steinberger type thing......as to the volume thing we were discussing this at band practice last night, we will mostly be playing "Pub" venues and were discussing PA requirements, its appears these days that the punters expect you to play VERY LOUD, bands playing pubs are plotting up with 5k rigs and miking everything up.....probs showing my age here but we used to go out with a 200w mixer amp and a various selection of speakers and no one was miked up....well thats me off to the post office to draw me pension!!!
