Steve_Start

Gidday mate, you know, you make me laf.....just about as much as when ure about to be eaten alive by a crocodile, but hey no point beatin around 'the Bush' ay?

Hey Ho,

The Upstarts Official Website has been launched!

We have just put up our new website in coalition with our up coming 2 week tour...

Please go check it out and tell us what you think, we'd really appreciate sum constructive feedback..!

We have 2 gigs in Aberdeen to start of the tour,

Sun 14th @ Kef*

Mon 15th @ Drummonds

For the rest of the tour dates and much more check out the site..

http://www.upstarts.t83.net

*If you'd like tickets for the gig @ Kef give us a shout.

Cheers,

The Upstarts

hah! no fukin way, just when i move back 2 Aberdeen.. Mite have 2 change my plans. Who arranged this btw? We wer thinkin of hiring that place end of aug..

Hey Amy.Arbroath,

we're supporting them that nite in Abroath. Never been ther b4 or seen Freaks Union live so can't wait..!

C u ther!

The Upstarts would definitely be interested, but can't say 4 sure yet as we are still booking a tour around this time.

Cheers, Steve

Thanx a lot 4 the feedback jonny, does any1 else have any info at all? Even if its just to say what your band did?

Cheers, Steve

Hey, I need to ask the aberdeen scene 4 sum help!

My band are half way thru arranging a tour end of Aug and are having trouble with transport...

Here are our problems:

1. We are under 21 (so hiring ourselfs is out of the question)

2. There are 4 of us (so most normal vans are unavailable)

3. We will need space for all our equip..

4. Little money

Ideally we'd like to have our own van and be free to tour around for 2 wks, but what has every1 else done in this situation? Do u pay 4 a driver and then rent or just try an find a 5 seater van that goes and is cheep? We know that whatever we do we'l b out of pocket, but we're hoping there are ways of coordinating the logistics of it all, that maybe some of u who are in bands have come across..?

Thanks a lot,

Steve

So what does my band have to do to support Reel Big Fish say, when they come up in September? We have played with King Prawn, Capdown, Jesse James, Whitmore, Caffeine, No Comply, Parkinsons amongst others. And we're going on a Scottish tour over summer and then recording a new cd.. Our music/style would fit perfectly with the likes of RBF, but we tend to sit back too much and probably miss opertunites like this.. so hope u dont think im being to arrogant or anything.. I think its amazing what you are doing with Moshulu and the kind of gigs ure gettin 4 Aberdeen thats why I want 2 make the most of it 4 highlighting our band aswell. The best thing about it all aswell is that every1 is making the most of it: like giving floggin an amazing reaction etc. it all pays off, ppl seem to have listend to what the Capown singer had said also about how lucky we r 2 have a venue like this on our doorstep and how we should all support it..

Cheers, Steve

This would be amazing, i know heaps of ppl who'd go.. Even if you're not into ska/punk all that much, they put on one of the best shows I've ever seen!

Haha, hey Ian, i dont see you in uni pretending to do work!!

Cheers milner, ill check it out.

Hey, im designing a website on dreamweaver mx for my band, Im quite new to web design and I don't know much about who are the cheepest/best servers to host with and how easy/hard it is to do..etc.

Can anyone help or point me in the right direction of sum useful links?

Cheers, Steve_Start

Hey, cheers, em, we've been selling the tickets for 4, but im not trying to raise any competition (of 50p)!

Cool Flyer, don't think I've seen use play before Scott, but i got ure mp3s the other day, should be a cool gig!

Are Graveltrap bringing support? Because we got more new songs we might try sneak sum in if we get more time?

Cheers, Steve

@ The Tunnels

This Tue (19th April)

Does anyone know who else is playing?

We (The Upstarts) are, but thats all I know?

Doors are at 8pm and it is free entry!

Cheers, Steve

Everyone should go to this gig!

I saw them play drakes and they had the best reaction, the singer went round everyone in the place getting them involved. One of the best live bands to hit Aberdeen..

When is it?

Steve

Oh aye, You can't miss this..

Im getting there and back for 12! Including ticket and megabus journey,

I think the tickets could be getting limited so hurry!

Steve

NO COMPLY

@ Kef

Sat 9th April

Doors 7pm

With support from...

The Upstarts

& possibly Normans Fetish and Infection..

(Anyone know if they're confirmed?)

No Comply are a great ska punk band on Deck Cheese with a cool female vocalist.

Come check it out! If anyone wants tickets, we have a limited amount of discounted ones. Send me a PM/email if interested!

In other news: The Upstarts have just been added to the New Bands List so please check out our page. There is a link to our purevolume site there also.

Cheers, Steve

Thanks alot for the feedback ppl! If anyone else has comments please reply, we really want to see what ppl think of our new stuff..

We had an amazing night, sweated our asses off on stage, the crowd generated a lot of heat! Thanks to all who came down and to the other bands we shared the stage with,

We'l be back to kef on Sat 9th April supporting No Comply!

Hope to see you down there,

Cheers Steve

All Ska is brilliant...If you're into stuff like less than jake/reel big fish etc., but are getting slightly bored and want something new then check out:

Big D & The Kids Table and Streetlight Manifesto to start off with, they will reconfirm your love for 3rd wave ska.. I here St. Light are playing Glasgow in April?

On the topic of the local ska scene Kevin, I'm in the Upstarts and we're back after a long break hoping to get back into the live music scene again now that we all live in Aberdeen. If you've heard us before, we have changed a lot since then, we're playing Kef this Fri supporting whitmore if you want to check us out.

Cheers, Steve

Hello ppl,

The Upstarts are back after a long break with a whole new live show, debuting it on Fri 18th at Kef in support of Whitmore. If anyone would like a ticket you can email/pm me etc. We will sell the tickets at 4.

I've just added The Upstarts to the new bands list, so we should have a page up here soon but in the meantime you can visit...

http://www.purevolume.com/upstarts

...to here tracks from our last cd.

Thanks, Steve.