General Jaundiced

i think the only way to hear a real emo song would if the singer was told his mum had been run over by a tractor and then was forced at gunpoint to sing his song crying and sobbing

We have a thriving music scene in Aberdeen right now. I have a friend who's just absconded from Uni in Edinburgh to return to this alleged fishing village' date=' because in his opinion the scene in Aberdeen is waaaay better. Given that Edinburgh is a much larger (and non-Aberdonians would have us believe superior) city, with a cultural heritage, AND was the location for Trainspotting... then WHOA! Aberdeen MUST be good... Oh and I neglected to mention that his girlfriend lives here.

Scan through this site and you'll encounter dozens if not hundreds of bands, most purveyors of original rock orientated music. Unfortunatley they're not all old enough to drink yet (at least not in my bar) <---*joke*, but give it a year or two and this town will be party central. At least I fuckin hope it will. No it will. I'm pretty sure of that. Yes.

As for rock orientated bars and clubs... some people posting on this thread would have you believe that the city would benefit from more places blah de blah... those are the same people that complain that "everywhere was quiet". Sure it was - but that's what happens when you have 1 pub per head of population Like: "We've only got 10 or so rock orientated bars and venues. BIG SIGH! I hate going to the same place 2 years in a row... BIG SIGH. What are we going to do with ourselves? I know let's just stay in and moan about how there aren't enough places catering exclusively for garage emp post modern jazz, err that we can't be arsed going to."

Other posters have already listed the various rock orientated establishements, albeit with their own subtle spin *detects the sound of various axes' grinding*. I'd also add the Blue Lamp to that list. They put some decent bands on. And their toilets are nice.

The reason I know we have a good scene up here is because I was also around 10 years ago. In fact I've been around for 34 years truth be told. Back then there was only 2 rock orientated bars... and they focused almost exclusively on crusty covers bands doing mediocre version of Basket Case. Hmm wait, delete the "almost". (takes deep breath) YES IT WAS SHIT BACK THEN. Such is the benefit of 20/20 hindsight. Apparently there were some original bands around, just nowhere for them to play, thus I never saw any That's all changed. As far as I'm concerned I've died and gone to heaven.

We also have a lot of good 'name' touring bands coming up to Aberdeen now, on a regular basis. Drummonds and Moshulu especially are putting a lot of effort into this cause.

If you are from Hull then you probably know of a band called Planet 10, they played The Moorings a few months back. Ask them what they thought of the scene in Aberdeen but take into account that I bought a T-shirt from them, and gave them loads of cheap drink. In fact one of them ended up being sick.

Personally I'd move to Aberdeen, but then I've never lived/been anywhere else, and my entire experience of the North East of England is based on watching "Last of the Summer Wine".

Now the real issue here is whether we want you. Well a lot depends on whether you have ginger hair, but personally I think it would be great, as it would get around issue of over provisioning and give Luminar the scope to open another 20000 capacity venue.

Hope to see you soon [/quote']

Comedy post!

Vaseline Messiah

Its like if Tom Waits were to jam with members of The Icarus Line and The Pogues.

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Legs Like Lungs

One of our slower ones but with heavy keyboard parts and some opera singing in it

Originally posted by psydoll:

Is that a real band?

Yeah its a real band, we're from Dumfries and we play psychobilly blues interspersed with a bit of a death metal in places, its funny to see the reactions we get.

Hopefully we'll be up to Aberdeen sometime although from Dumfries, the petrol costs and time consuming journey is pretty hard going on us.

Its a mightily impressive album, has to be said

I got sent the Diuretics CD from a friend of mine up in Aberdeen, its not too bad, the singer's vocals need a bit of work though

Hoping to get my band Frostbitten Beardsmith up to Drakes sometime, i hear its a decent venue