Kieran_imray

Yeah, should be good. A few bands I've not heard yet so I'm looking forward to it!

John Howard, bloody nightmare he is as well.

He was forever turning up at the residential unit I used to work in, trying to befriend folk and scrounge his way in so we wouldn't let him through the door.

He does seem to forget speaking to you, one day he said hi to me as I got on the bus. I couldn't be fucked with him so I ignored him and sat down so he came up to me ranting something about how I shouldn't ignore him because he's "got human rights". He then got off the bus, made my day to wind him up. Saw him the following day and he was back to saying "hello, mate" again. Jesus...

He's got a twin brother as well who doesn't seem to bother anyone.

That's him, he gave my mate his mobile number once after telling us how he has to look after his sister who has some mental illness or something. I've not seen him for ages though, any idea what the latest on him is?

Has anyone else encountered a guy called John that comes up to you and speaks to you like he is your best mate and has known you for years? Me and my mate used to always be on the same bus as him, he would speak to us almost every day but each day he seemed to forget speaking to us. So we would have the same conversation all the time. He seemed really nice but at the same time it was utterly bizarre. I think he lives on Hilton Drive, at least that's where he would get on the bus.

Mine is just my name, rockstar name would be Smoky Dubford

I have to hold my hands up to writing two of them. I won't disclose which ones.

My money is on "Distortion" and "Metal".

We have concluded that this method is acceptable, I think it needs a name, any ideas?

Your idea interests me and sounds less painful...I shall discuss with my band mates and get back to you.

Ah Kev where would i be without your abilitly to know all

And yes you got to love Gary

You'd probably be sat in a car tugging the handbrake and wondering why your going sideways when all you want to do is change gear.

Apologies to everyone else for this in-joke.

high end ampeg gear = great, and what bankloans and credit were invented for

I know this only too well....

In all seriousness though, I fairly recently switched to Ampeg and will not be going to anyone else in the near future. Good luck selling this gear!

Agreed! Now that's settled, lets do this!

On the subject of toxic distortion, it's a bit naive of them to think that they are getting slated in this thread because people can't handle them. As I'm assuming most people here are in their 20's, then I think they are fully capable of handling some folk in their mid-teens dressing like Nikki Sixx and Bret Michaels. I definitely can as glam is one of my favorite genres. It is even more naive of them to believe that any publicity is good publicity. It quite simply isn't when you are a local band and you are getting lots of bad press on a local band forum, all it is going to do is put people off from going to your gigs. I like the idea behind what they are doing (that is being a glam band) but, for me, they aren't that good yet and need to do a fair bit of work before embarking on this epic "US Tour" they seem to have planned.

Anyone else going to be sitting refreshing ticketmaster's page from 9:50 onwards next Wednesday then?

There's only one way to settle this. FIGHT!!!!!!!

We'd have to set out some ground rules, number 1. no touching of the hair or face...

Gary the singer of Rise played a gig once and did about 7 costume changes during the set if i mind correctly

now thats classic

His record is 3 as far as I know, but that was in a half hour set so still fairly silly. Gotta love him for it though!

The JVM series is good but mightily complicated. You can program in about 3 modes per channel or something like that. They are also quite pricey iirc. I'd agree with the other guys and go for a JCM 2000 DSL 50. one of the guitarists in WWN has one and it sounds fantastic. If you just want a combo then I'd recommend the JCM 2000 DSL 401, the same guitarist had one of those before the head and it was also great.

Only bands I know that are through are: The Marionettes, Liar's Dice, Cobra Kai and Which Way Now.

Just to say Which Way Now are now playing it again.

Are you after even more tone than you already have James?!?

Nah, sorry man, I traded it in at RnB against my mates new PRS a couple of months ago, he just payed me the money they took off his guitars' price.

Yeah, we are the other support along with Hidden Leaves. Though we were starting to wonder ourselves as Attack! Attack!'s myspace still has Right Hand Left up. Anyway, hopefully see some of you there!

Hass' on Holburn Street and the Newmachar Fish Bar, it's in Newmachar but it is epic.

I recommend Gallien-Krueger, you should be able to get a 700RB-II head and a 4x10 RBH cab for a grand. You might even be able to get a hold of the more powerful 1001RB in that budget if you want some more headroom.

Because one band is better than the others... This is why they would (usually) be headlining... Thats like saying how come one footballer get payed more than another?

I never said that supporting bands should get payed the same or more than headliners, but surely they should get something for their services and music. Hence why I mentioned the 20 quid nominal fee, obviously that would be less than the headliners but it's something, not much, but I appreciate it all the same. I like to get something from gigs, be it exposure or getting to play/meet a band I'm a fan of. More often than not, neither of these are really possible in this city on a regular basis, thus a wee bit of money is nice for our several weeks/months of writing and practicing. To me it's far from "a 30 minute set" that we are getting payed for, as that set wouldn't exist without lots of rehearsal and practice on one's own instrument. Also, I tend to have to sacrifice work to play gigs as I work 5 nights a week, that means I can lose 40 quid a month to play a gig and probably piss off my manager.

I wouldn't say I expect to be rewarded with money for every gig I play, and I sure as hell don't count music as a chore in any way shape or form. But if one band gets money why shouldn't any other bands that play with them? Even if its a nominal fee of 20 quid, it's nice to have slight financial reward considering the amount of money I have spent on this hobby.

As far as I'm aware, and I may be wrong, Cafe Drummonds is free (was when I put on a charity gig a couple of years ago anyway), The Tunnels is 50 quid and Moshulu is 800. Not sure if they are correct and I haven't got a clue what other places charge. imo, if a out of town band is headlining (assuming they aren't signed/relatively big) then the local support bands should definitely be payed, as it is they who will pull most of the crowd through the door. That's what I've found when we have supported bands who are classed as national acts but don't have a record deal.