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Adequate 7 are excellent, can't make the gig tonight but I saw them support skankmeisters Fishbone and if you can... check them out.

Nae idea but no matter

OK I think I'm armed and ready. By the way the other Jellyfish offspring were Imperial Drag, The Grays, Jason Faulker whilst Moog Cookbook are freaky as a bosanova beat and all well worth a listen. Although Moog Cookbook only one or twice to twist your brain.

PMs sorry I'm not discovered such new fangled thangs. Takes me enough to cover posting

Beach Bar and it was a Sunday. Full band and I've still got a long sleeved T Shirt I remember playing Joanna's on a few Thursdays. What a drag playing to 1am and working the next day... mind you that's the night I met the blon

I forgot the caveat...without lugging your gear up 4 storeys. And it suffers the same as anywhere off the high street. Oh and Doc er Bedhead how ya doing?

Even the Town Hall seems too far out of the way for folk and your events had to end quite early as everyone bails out to go up to Downtown SATAN. Then you see the likes of Sold On Soul sell out the place... Talking of acoustics I can't hink of a single place in Elgin that has a good sound Gigs eh...

Blair - Did you guys swing the Town hall at non profit rates btw? I've had a look at doing a Town Hall gig and the prices are quite high and availability is very scarce especially weekends. We did poster all the surrounding areas but again the tide is turning against events even in the terms of shops willing to put up posters. Take Elgin, I got them up in S&V (who also had tickets), Urbanology, ESP and Morrisons but apart from that it was really hard to get anything else put up apart from staff areas. We also got the library and council covered including the council intranet (plus Aberdeenshire Council) and of course The Northern Scot provided loads of coverage over the last 6 months...but hey. The Valid nights were great but I think they ground to hall due to lack of suitable venues and those assholes who trashed the bogs in New Elgin Hall. Whenever I see a gig locally (Moray), I try to attend as I know how hard all this shit is to get going but am dissapointed by the general lack of interest and support. There is a strong core of people but we need more. KCL was a great laugh and showed there is talent around to hold something of this. Just in terms of Keith acts we had Bullit Theory, The Phoenix Band, Blue Gum Ears, Mind Gone Blind and Maria Miller...nae bad for a wee toune. Then of course The Method and SEA from within 20 mile radius. I hope there's another.

Some good points Ross but there were gigs in Moray before you guys started. We were running the mulitband Keith gigs since 2000 and have done so right up until last year with crowds of 150-300. There was also gigs in Elgin around 2000 when the Piner was undergoing another attempt to make it work since the halycon days of the late 80s. Also I was at most of the Validnights and there were never more than 150 at any of them. The last Elgin Town hall had around 100 max each night. That is a good crowd for Elgin though as the place is shite for any support for original live music...and has been since I can remember. I live here too. Thanks to you guys I saw the likes of Cayto...brilliant. It's a lot of hard work and little reward at the end of the day as everyone in Elgin wants to go to that shite house DT USA and Jo's. If it's off the main drag...forget it. However, it's a far step from going from what we all attempted with those gigs and something the size of KCL. The ticket prices were low at 3.50-5 and even over the last 5 years things have changed dramically with legislation and the days of pulling a few big mates for bouncers are gone like everything else. The infrastucture costs are also massive for an outdoor event. But KCL is not alone. Party On The Pitch (Elgin 1996) and MAC1 in Inverness (2001) had the same sizes of crowds as KCL and they were similar in their ambition e.g MAC1 had the best bill of any of them Bob Geldof, Reef, Republica, The Commitments etc and still was a flop. Then last month there was the Speyside Music Festival and it again had around 1000 punters. It's just the same old story folk moan about no gigs and then don't support anything which is put on. This was a great day and is only spoiled by the fact it was not supported to a reasonable level. It really is sad that Steve has lost so much in this. As you said I hope something can happen to help it take place again but with a horror story like this one who'd want to? May I also say a thanks to the Northern Scot for it's support.

Ignorant feckers. He's brilliant live and was the NME gig of Glastonbury with a stunning review to boot.

Good thread Must admit not too keen on the McCartney album but Maybe I'm Amazed is one of the best songs he's written but I prefer the live versions. I love Ram and Band On The Run and there's some great bits on Red Rose Speedway and Venus & Mars and hey I even liked Back To The Egg. I agree about Lennon's solo stuff, Plastic Ono Band and Imagine apart it's very dissapointing and forme Macca did a reasonable job through the 70s. 80's and 90s were patchy but getting better of late and always an incredible live act (saw him in 1990 and 2003) and blown away. Harrison was patchy after All Things Must Pass which was excellent although I don't like the 70s eveything but the kitchen sink production. Ringo is actually a very pleasent album. ...but they were always better as a unit.

I thought this thread was going to be more about the likes of The Bees and their interchangeable line up (only the guitarist stayed on his own instrument). I've never seen a band do that without making an arse of it but they kept a good show going. A real musician should be able to move genres easily, think of all the session players who are involved in wildly different songs over the years. It's nothing new or amazing

Good question but I'd better not start to bore you. But there's a good bill and it's all for a great cause..

I missed a few of the serious but the one's I've seen have been excellent.

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Good good. I thought I might even have seen yer ghostly image in the temple of Asda. See ya

I heard a bit on Radio Scotland tonight with an interview of 2 A&R guys and Rob Hicks. Rob was on about the "cream of the north". One of the A&R mentioned the recent Make Tracks CD but it's funny how only 4 bands from this other talent trawl in February got to GoNorth and it's roughly the same people involved. Then there's the Moray scene which have a few decent bands like The Method and Small Enclosed Area but fail to even register on GoNorth. The Highland and Islands are sparsely represented...pathetic. Anyway, on a positive note, if you want to see a really decent band from this strange little gathering, check out Spindrift who are awesome live and have excellent songs. The A&R guy namechecked them and they are shit hot. Triple Kirks 8.45 Thursday They are playng KeithChaos on 18th June as are SEA and The Method http:\\www.keithchaos.com

Cheers for the tip off Mordred Ah the joys of the Central Belt and their knowledge of the North. I mentioned this wee faux pas to his producer, so hopefully he gets his geography right next time Are you gaen through, nae seen you aboot for a while?