snakehead

i meant a fortnight, hey, im a drummer, what do you expect?

a drummer and a yorkshireman

Chaps,

we've put another new song on the page.

Also, we return to the Moorings on the 8th of March!

MySpace.com - SWORDMASTER (3 Album Tracks Up Now!) - Dundee, UK - Metal / Rock - www.myspace.com/swordmasteruk

Sounding great guys! really looking forward to playing with you and the mighty Black Atom again!

well i distinctly remember the last few I have seen, which struggled to hold any amount of gear

now that our van is dead we may well be on the lookout for hiring in the meantime sooooo....

can the transit splitter vans can hold...

2 x 4x12 guitar cabs (flightcased)

8x10 bass cab

3 guitar heads (Flightcased)

1 rather large bass head (flightcased)

2 bass guitars (flightcased)

3 pedal boxes (flightcased)

3 cable flightcases

4 guitars (flightcased)

1 full drum kit (padded casing) + stand box (flightcased)

2 large merch boxes

room for clothes/sleeping gear bags for 5 people

and how much are they per day?

For that level of gear you would require an Iveco Dailly at 80 or a merc splitter at 100 per day

Cheers

aye smart vans, although the 50 per day ones are not quite ideal if you have a big backline as its pretty small in the back

The 50 transit splitters from AIG will hold a normal backline, i.e drums, bass and guitar amps and instruments ;-)

Since i am playing the night Morrings this Saturday with me tribute band Maiden Scotland, I hope you dont mind me giving it my 2 cents.

Punters in general love coming to see a tribute band as its a good night, so its good for punters and venues, who will reap the rewards through healthy bar sales. Somewhere like the Moorings could put on an act every so often or so and still maintain its reputation for original music..the two things are not mutually exclusive as local bands get to support tributes and play to an audience into similiar music who might previously not have bothered to go and see them.

The tribute scene falls down though when some things happen

1. You get a venue who starts bringing in any crap tribute band every week and people get bored of it.

2. Some venues dont know how to promote it

3. Too many crap bands on the scene, especially in england, taking ridiculous fees when they arent actually that good.

You do get the occasional ones who are good at what they do and are not innit just to try and earn some money ;-)

Cheers and hope to see some of you Saturday!!

Mark

Dimebag Tribute

Aberdeen's finest pay tribute to the fallen metal legend! Featuring a Pantera tribute with members of Radio Lucifer and Samarai Fury; Billy Ely and Catnips and more....

Sounds like a great night!!

Apparently there are posters up saying we are playing on 23rd June, we will not be there that day,

the right date is 100% 8TH JULY

Cheers

Mark

Hi there

Iron Maiden tribute Maiden Scotland will be back up in Aberdeen at Cafe Drummonds on Saturday 8th July!!

The Lemon Tree gig in march was really enjoyable and a great turnout, looking forward to seeing all you Maidenheads again!!!

Non Maiden heads welcome but please expect plenty of twin guitar harmonies, monster riffing, galloping basslines and plenty of high pitched metal screams!!

Cheers

Mark

Maiden Scotland

Great show!

Cheers man:up:

Thanks to everyone who came along to the lemon tree last night, we all had a great time and hope you did too!!

Cheers

Mark

Maiden Scotland

This Friday in the Lemon Tree!

Maiden Scotland

We are looking forward to supprting Maiden Scotland again. The first one in Drummonds was brilliant. The crowd were loving it' date=' hope to see them back for this one.

Who all is going to make it along ?

[b']Estrella

www.estrella-rocks.com

www.maidenscotland.com

Awesome cant wait till Friday!!!

Hi,

Im Mark from Maiden tribute Maiden Scotland, ive been reading this thread with abit of interest!!!

Firstly I would like to make it clear that the bands do not have anything to do with the entrance fee..........!!!!!

Tribute bands range in quality from crap to amazing, the crap ones dont tend to be around for long thankfully, I for one spend a long time practising and treat each gig as if its my last!!! It can be a bit difficult when critisicm is recieved but youve got to be prepared to take it!!

I would like to say to the guys in Blackened that the punters pay there money to see bands and they are entitled to there opinion whether it is good or bad, i dont think it does you any good to come across as so defensive, take it on the chin and move on!!

Oh and the sound and facilities in the Lemon Tree are some of the best around and its an absolute pleasure to play there, so I dont really see how you can blame that because you will come across a LOT WORSE!!

Hi there

We wil lbe back in the Lemon Tree on Friday 31st March for a full 2 hour set + support. No Mr Dianno this time!!!

Really looking forward to be back in Aberdeen as we always have a great time!!!!

PS does anyone know who is sorted for the support.........hope its a good local band!! Estrella supported at Drummonds and they were:up:

Cheers

Up the Irons

Mark

http://www.maidenscotland.com

What did everyone think of the gig last night?

I thought the band were ace.

Hey you guys were preety good yourselves!!!! were back in the lemon tree on 31st March i dont know if the support has been sorted but we are drummmonds twice later this year as well so i'll get you the dates and hopefully you guys can come down and RAWK again!!

Hi

Mark from Maiden Scotland here, just to let you know we will be at Cafe Drummonds on Wednesday the 21st December, playing a set of Dickinson classics, and then we will be back on with Paul Dianno performing the majority of classic songs off the first two Iron Maiden albums!!

Hope to see some of you there!!

Hi

Paul Dianno/Maiden Scotland will be playing at the Cafe Drummond on 21st December, Maiden Scotland will play for a full 60 minutes of classic Dickinson era Maiden and then return to the stage as Pauls backing band.

Cheers

Mark

maiden scotland

Just to let some of you guys know the "maiden scotland" who played with Paul Dianno on June 2nd, we'll be coming back to the Lemon Tree on March 31st, not with Paul Dianno, this is our own full set of storming classics!!

.....well in the future I know but I am looking forward to it already

Maiden Scotland Website

Hey man' date=' one hell of a show you guys put on Do visit us again sometime![/quote']

Thanks man, i'd love to come back, am sure we will!!

Hi guys

I'm Mark one of the guitar players from Maiden Scotland, i was just browsing around and seen youre thread, thought id register and say Hi

I really enjoyed playing the Lemon Tree and the crowd were awesome.

PS i was very nice to Marj!!!!