Short video added to Rubicon page in My Bands section

Didn’t even know this existed. Cheers Pete lol.

 

Tonights Rubicon gig cancelled

Eddie + laryngitis = Cancelled gig :-(

Rubicon gig. 06Nov. Sitwell Tavern, Derby

Just got a call off Peter from Rubicon. They need a drummer for a gig at the Sitwell Tavern, Derby on 6th Nov. Apparently it's a bike club bonfire party so should be a good one. Played there before with them, nice rock venue. So.... It'll be one hastily organised rehearsal middle of next week, and then we rock! Have sticks will travel....

Bowling For Soup VIP acoustic set 22Oct09 added to video archive @bfsrocks

This was an intimate, 50 people only, acoustic set from Jaret and Erik before the full show at the Birmingham O2 Academy. After the acoustic set everyone got a signed limited edition cd and a photo op with the whole band.

Bowling For Soup, O2 Academy B'ham 22Oct09. Pics now added to Photo Archive. @bfsrocks

 

Zebrahead, O2 Academy B'ham 22Oct09. Pics now added to Photo Archive. @zebrahead_twits

 

MC Lars, O2 Academy B'ham 22Oct09. Pics now added to Photo Archive. @mc_lars

 

The Leftovers, O2 Academy B'ham 22Oct09. Pics now added to Photo Archive. @theleftovers

 

Bowling For Soup at the O2 Academy, Birmingham

Bowling For Soup with The Leftovers, MC Lars and Zebrahead at the O2 Academy, Birmingham tonight with @matt_gwilliam. Met all four bands. Fantastic night. Video from the BFS meet and greet, and loads of pics to follow once I can be arsed!!

Here's a few tho....

Rockzilla gigs cancelled

Just had word that the rest of the years gigs with Rockzilla (both of them!) have been cancelled due to "circumstances beyond the band's control". See you guys next year then....

Testing Twitterfeed

Just a blog post to test my twitterfeed. Nothing to see here :-)

This is how every Wednesday should be!

As fears rise regarding the effect of WiFi in schools....

@robmarshall2 has the answer!!

www.180268.com

Finally got round to it! Now there is a single point of reference to remind me just how boring my life is!
Pics, audio, mp3, video, lots of old stuff.... All to be added once I can be arsed!

Steel Panther @ Manchester Academy

Steel Panther tonight at The Manchester Academy with @robmarshall2 and @matt_gwilliam.
Awesome dude!!!!!

Pics in Photo Archive

Take a look at My Wena!!

Buckcherry - Wolverhampton, Wulfrun Hall

10 years since the last time I saw Buckcherry. Since then, only Singer Josh Todd and Guitarist Keith Nelson remain. That said, the last 2 cd's have lost none of the grit and raunch that made the first 2 cd's so good. Still dirty, sexy, rock and roll :-) And NOT in a gay way, ok!!

Spent the night 2nd row, centre, and it was hot, sweaty and awesome!! Fantastic show. And as @robmarshall2 said afterwards (after hearing them for the first time this afternoon!), the cd's do not do the live show justice. Praise indeed from the Manowar fan ;-)

Pics in the Photo Archive

Happy Birthday @matt_gwilliam

Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday @matt_gwilliam
Happy birthday to you!!

Rubicon gig

Gig with Rubicon at the The Royal Oak in Blackpool. Gig went really well. My upper body didn't want to play ball in the first set tho. Everything felt forced and not fluid. I put it down to the pre-show Wetherspoons 5 bean chilli!!! Second half rocked tho :-) And free accomodation!! Whooo Rock and indeed Roll!!

Bowling For Soup Tickets....

Just scored 2 VIP tickets to the Party In You Pants tour in October. Bowling For Soup, Zebrahead and The Leftovers.
Looking forward to a BFS meet and greet and an exclusive pre-gig acoustic set!
Happy bunny!!

Nine Inch Nails / Jane's Addiction. London O2 Arena.

Took the boy with me to this one. Long story, but thank you Jane, I love you. And so does the boy!!! His 2nd Nails show, my 9th. Pulled him from school for a, err, hospital appointment. Bad Dad!!!! Just as well I did.... London traffic!! Woohoo!! Gotta love it. NOT!
Finally got to the venue, and finally got our seats. Not half as close as I was last night, but a decent view and OK for pics and vids. Pics lower down, vids, I'm still trying to find out how to condense 2.5gb of vid footage into something I can post on here!!

My short review:-

Missed MEW, shame! NOT!

JANE'S ADDICTION were still amazing to watch, but still a bit dreamy. Wasn't sure where one song ended and another began unless it was one I knew. At least they played "Jane Says" tonight tho!!

NINE INCH NAILS.... WOW! They opened with "Now I'm Nothing" and I nearly creamed my shorts. This was my dream opener. Have never seen them do it live and it is such a phenomenal song. Set list, for me, was better than last night. It's nice to see a band put the effort in and swap and change stuff around. Now.... There'd been a tweet (god, I hate that word!) earlier in the evening that Gary Numan was in the building, so expectation was high that he would join NIN on stage to perform "Metal", as it's one of his songs. What wasn't expected was when they went from "Metal" straight into "Cars". The venue erupted. A real goosebumps moment!
And so.... This will apparently be the last time I get to see Trent Reznor as Nine Inch Nails. He's hanging up his angst and getting married. What a way to bow out!!

Set list:
Now I'm Nothing
Terrible Lie
1,000,000
Heresy
March Of The Pigs
Reptile
The Becoming
I'm Afraid Of Americans
Burn
Gave Up
La Mer
The Fragile
Non Entity
The Big Come Down
The Downward Spiral
Wish
Survivalism
Down In It
Metal (with Gary Numan)
Cars (with Gary Numan)
The Hand That Feeds
Head Like A Hole
Hurt

Pics in the Photo Archive
Vids in the Video Archive

Nine Inch Nails / Jane's Addiction. Manchester MEN Arena.

Arrived around 4.30 after leaving work early. Got changed in the car park (hope there was no CCTV!!). Met some really cool people in the presale queue. No attitudes, everyone just there for the same reason, to have a good time and to, err, "Wave Goodbye" to NIN. Got led into the venue single file by one of "Trent's guy's". Pretty sure his name must have been Hank or Randy, he just looked very "All-American". Bet he lived on a ranch with livestock! But when he said no running or pushing, there was no running or pushing!!
Once in, I ended up 2nd row from the barrier, prob about 10ft from the stage. Lots of pushing throughout the night but nothing too violent, guessing the pits were a fair way behind me. Kept my spot all night, got some pretty cool pics too which will be further down the post.

My short review:-

MEW were interesting but a little dull.

JANE'S ADDICTION put on a great show but the music is a little dreamy for me. Perry Farrell is an outstanding frontman, Dave Navarro is the epitome of a rockstar, Eric Avery stomps around the stage like Phil Cool's pissed off younger brother and I swear no one does that tribal drumming thing like Stephen Perkins. No "Jane Says" though.......... Set cut short??

NINE INCH NAILS were awesome. But what else am I going to say?? Cutting down to a 4 piece seems to have given the band more raw energy. Trent seems happy to be onstage, Robin is still a star, Justin is just cool and Ilan is a fantastic drummer.

Set list:
Somewhat Damaged
Terrible Lie
Heresy
March Of The Pigs
Piggy
Metal
The Becoming
I'm Afraid Of Americans
Burn
Gave Up
La Mer
The Fragile
Gone, Still
The Way Out Is Through
Wish
Survivalism
Suck
The Day The World Went Away
The Hand That Feeds
Head Like A Hole
Hurt

Pics in the Photo Archive

First gig with Rockzilla

First gig with Rockzilla at The Shoulder of Mutton, Barton-Under-Needwood.
What can I say.... It sucked!
Was a lovely warm night so everyone was enjoying the weather outside while we were sweating our cobs off inside!!
Total lack of enthusiasm on stage and I think we all agreed to forget it and move on to the next one.
Can't win them all....

Don't worry, it'll soon be home time!!!

Live and sweaty!!

Are we having fun yet???

Are you sure we have enough guitars???

New Rubicon pics added

Just added some more pics from two of the Rubicon Biker Rally gigs.

The BBAT Biker Rally, Llandridnod Wells here
http://barrysblogthingy.blogspot.com/2009_05_02_archive.html

and the NABD National Biker Rally, Cheshire here http://barrysblogthingy.blogspot.com/2009_05_08_archive.html

Feeling happy!

Nice weather, a few beers, a BBQ (eventually), lovely company, a day of chilling....
Doesn't get much better :-)

Royal British Legion Riders Rally, Oldbury

6th and final gig (for now) with Rubicon



Four blokes on a trailer!!

Sitwell Tavern, Derby

Another gig with Rubicon.
We came, we saw, we kicked some ass, we got paid, we went home. Seperately!!





Cheers to Rob for the almost David Bailey-esque quality pics ;-)

Well....

What can I say? That gig was, errr.... Different! Nice to see Matt and Jo there. I am so glad you two left early tho! Didn't realise a second set could have so few songs in it! Taxi!!!

Cozy!

The Church Tavern, Quarry Bank.

So which one of you b@st@rds spilt my pint??

Even more pics....

NABD National Biker Rally, Cheshire

Rubicon: Kicking more than a little bit of ass!

More pics....

Oooh look.... People!!!!

Getting ready to rock!

Fame at last.... Err.... LOL

Just checked the Rubicon website and myspace. Are they a bunch of sweeties saying all those nice things about little old me or what :-) Could of used a more flattering pic tho!!
Seriously tho, cheers to Pete for the nice comments.

Even more pics....

More pics....

WTF??

BBAT Biker Rally, Llandridnod Wells

Second gig standing in for Rubicon. Went really well. Band went down a storm and everyone was really friendly. Good burgers. Free beer. Bad chemical toilets!!