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  1. Escape To Victory + Escape Today + A Guy Called Guy @ Cellar 35 - 7th August

    in Gigs & Event Announcements

    Posted

    Whilst you may be being facetious 'Shaki' if anyone has a spare projector bulb i could make that dream a reality. Or instead of Alkatraz how about we just show 'Escape to Victory'...Pele+Stalone=class in a glass.

    If anyone is interested we have put two songs from our forthcoming E.P 'The Front Page' up on our myspace, see Kirks post for the link. They be titled 'Lessons Learned From Rocky IV to VI' and 'Army of Mannequins'. Fingers crossed we may have this E.P available at this gig.

    p.s

    useless fact-Stalone was scripted to score the winning goal in 'Escape to Victory' but he was so bad at football even Pele couldn't teach him how to do an overhead kick or even a volley so the script was changed to make Stalone a goalkeeper.

  2. Singer/Drummer/Keys/Guitars Wanted

    in Musicians

    Posted

    hey there, im writing this on the site and i think i emailed someone the same thing, gah i was confused lol. My name is Kate and im an experienced vocalist in aberdeen. My band, Echo Tunnels, did well to begin with (we played a few gigs with good reviews) but due to time committments, my other band members just lost interest. The band officially broke up yesterday and im looking to get straight back into writing original material and gigging. the myspace for my old band is Echo Tunnels on MySpace Music - Free Streaming MP3s, Pictures & Music Downloads

    pleeeease note is was recorded on a phone as we were gathering money for a recording so its not great. i also had a female backing singer and thats whos singing with me :) my influences are the pixies, the yeah yeah yeahs, anything abit different and im liking it heh

    thanks for reading and let me know if youre interested, my email is i_run_with_scissors13@hotmail.com

    kate

  3. Outcry Collective + support @ Cafe Drummonds 03/03

    in Gigs & Event Announcements

    Posted

    Dude, you don't have to justify yourself to anyone.

    You've gone to the effort of creating a pretty impressive website that has a decent variety of gigs. You put the effort in to do it, if they think they can do better then why don't people submit their own reviews instead of becoming review critics.

    Inkster cheers for the gig was decent night. Only thing i agree with that this guy was touching on is that the 1st 2 bands brought quite a few people to watch them who didn't stay for outcry collective, which was a shame because they were decent. They pretty much paid 4 quid not to see the best band of the night. But last buses etc could account for this and at the end of the day people can do what they want. So even though there was quite a few people through the door, because people came and left in between bands it made the place seem quieter than it actually was.

    And Liam you can check us out by looking at our gig list here;

    Escape To Victory on MySpace Music - Free Streaming MP3s, Pictures & Music Downloads

  5. bassist wanted for gig ready band

    in Musicians

    Posted

    I am posting this on behalf of Echo Tunnels who are an Aberdeen based band looking for a new bassist. Their myspace is:

    Echo Tunnels on MySpace Music - Free Streaming MP3s, Pictures & Music Downloads

    Check it out to listen to their sound. D.I.Y recordings but you'll get the idea.

    They have a full set and once they have a new bassist will be fully gig ready. They are having to turn down offers for gigs just now because of this lack of bassist.

    If you are interested please contact:

    i_run_with_scissors@hotmail.com

    please no time wasters as this band are serious about gigging/writing new material so are looking for fairly committed members.

  6. I want a blink 182 reunion!

    in Music Discussion

    Posted

    "Hi We're Anti-Flag. This song is about being Anti-Corporation."

    "Hi We're Anti-Flag. Yes, we will accept this corporate record deal!"

    I'm sorry but i can't accept this argument. Anti Flag formed in 1988 and no one knew who the fuck they were untill a decade later when they got label interest and then went massive.

    I just think, if your in a band who has a message (even if you think that message is fake, which it clearly isn't seen as they spent a decade in the underground to no-success selling the same message!) and you want people to hear it, then why not get the most amount of exposure you can.

    I mean whats the point of having an ideal that you want other peop[le to know about if their never fucking going to! Right now, whether you like it or not, anti flag are a success. They have spread a message and politicized a large section of people who NEVER would have gotten into politics. They've done what 90% of your 'were never gonna sign to a label, coz labels is the devil and we're too PUNK!" could never do because they don't have the audience to do it.

    Anti-flag never hid from the fact that they signed to a major anyway in fact they told everybody. Because they knew that what they wanted to say and they wanted to be heard saying it.

  7. Punk Rock

    in Music Discussion

    Posted

    It depends what your looking for. I think the term 'punk' has become kind of devoid of meaning. Watched a Henry Rollins (you probably know, but if not see 'black flag') interview where he said that after the emergence of hardcore punk in the 80's and specifically (alhtough they weren't considered to our standards punk, but were the catalyst for todays music) The breakthrough of Nirvana into the mainstream. Major record labels realised that music they thought wouldn't sell to the masses, specifically kids outcast by societies general standards. And through the late 80's/early 90's there was a flood of not punk, as in 'oi oi' or even 'i don't like you even if you come to my concert, i just wanna get the rage out', but rock influenced punk./hardcore. And suddenly you get the likes of Rancid, NOFX, Bad Religion, Pennywise etc. who brought punk into the mainstream but not in its conventional sense.

    So it depends what your looking for. If its fast and angry or melodic or technical etc. these things will really define what your looking for more than the term'punk' will. But before this becomes an essay on the development of punk from underground to mainstream I'll say, right now I am listening to:

    Strike Anywhere - fast politically fueled melodic punk inspired rock.

    H20 - socially aware hardcore influenced melodic new york punksters.

    Leftover Crack/star fucking Hipsters etc -wiki crack rock steady 7 and look for pretty much any of the bands that emerged out of that scene. (Choking victim, indk, morning glory, no cash etc...even if stza does sound like cartman on crack)

    big d and the kids table - seminal ska/punk band, a must if you're into ska.

  8. Drummer needed for established band

    in Musicians

    Posted

    We are Echo Tunnels:

    Echo Tunnels on MySpace Music - Free Streaming MP3s, Pictures & Music Downloads

    Due to unforseen, but probably predictable, circumstances we are in the need of a new Drummer. We have a full set, and a bit more, of songs and are ready to gig (we are getting offered but are having to turn them down)

    We have 2 female vocalists, bassist, lead and rythm guitar.

    Influences include:

    The Pixies, Yeah Yeah Yeah's, The Smiths etc. (check the myspace for our songs, rough recordings but you'll get the idea)

    Get in touch either through myspace or by mailing:

    i_run_with_scissors13@hotmail.com

  9. FMA'08 - Best PUNK Act

    in Krakatoa

    Posted

    The Hijacks and Contra are by far the best active punk bands in this poll. However, how Crashdown got ignored from this poll is beyond me. But then nothing surprises me about Aberdeen Music anymore. The clock seemed to have stopped in about 2005.

    It always seems really stupid to me that a band like dropkick murphies w/ mad caddies can pretty much sell out moshulu, yet the average attendance at a local punk gig is about 20-30 people (that's being optimistic). We have one of the hardest working most dedicated d.i.y punk promoters in scotland in gfn, Who regularly get high profile punk bands from all over the world to come to Aberdeen (not just the latest 'hardcore' band from glasgow), yet no-one really seems to care. I know for a fact that 90% of the people that attend sell out drummonds hardcore shows list bands like anti-flag/rise against/pennywise/bad religion as their main influences yet ignore this style of music when it is right on their doorstep.

    It seems the 'I'll go if your going' mentallity rules. And generally this will only result in the latest fad being attended. Don't get me wrong, there's nothing wrong with this. If people are genuinely attending because they have actively looked out for that music because it appeals to them, unfortunately i feel the majority attend because it is cool to be hardcore or cool to be 'label this genre'. Unfortunately right now in Aberdeen, it's not 'cool' to be punk.

    And when we have bands of the calibre of Contra/Hijack's/Crashdown that's just a shame.

    But anyway This isn't the point of these polls........so, mon the random excuse for a piss up in yer best finery.

    Cheers

  10. amazing breakthru from celemony

    in Musicians' Corner

    Posted

    I just hope that "decent producers" boycott this kind of program. Or at least put a sticker with Antares Autotune 4 or Melodyne written on it. Restore some ethics in to the system

    Really? I mean i get where you're coming from, however, i feel that yes this could be used by producers as a quick way to make popular music on the cheap. By using not very talented individuals and manipulating the sound post recording.

    However, it could also be used by producers to speed up the recording process in order to reduce studio time and the resulting cost. This would in turn help out self financing bands as they could get more output from less time, hence reduce the cost to produce D.I.Y. I mean what's the real difference between re-recording an individual bass part over and over again and simply manipulating the off notes on a one-take track. Some people just don't perform well in the studio, this programme cuts out the need for maticulous re-records.

    I dunno, just my opinion but as a musician I would love this. Given the choice between not using it and spending a weekend getting max 4 tracks done and using it then getting 8. I'd take the latter, maybe that's just cause I'm tight though!

    Cheers.

  12. Escape To Victory

    in Feedback Forum

    Posted

    Hey guys.

    2 songs up on our page now.

    MySpace.com - Escape To Victory - Aberdeen, UK - Punk / Hardcore / Alternative - www.myspace.com/escapetovictoryuk

    Escape to Victory

    and

    Broken Window Theory

    Available from all of our forthcoming gigs for the reasonable fee of 0. Or by sending us a message.

    Cheers,

    Jamie

    *Next gig w/Short Warning @ Kef, Friday 29th Febuary. Tickets 4.50 available through ourselves. Just send us a message through myspace.

  13. Yashin, MMW + support @ Drummonds

    in Gigs & Event Announcements

    Posted

    people in glass houses shouldn't be throwing stones :)

    This phrase has always amused me.

    It should really be changed to 'no-one should throw stones'.

    Would give kids a more accurate guideline behind this violent act.

    Unless your trapped inside a glass house, in which case your only way out would be to throw stones.

    So really the phrase should be:

    'No-one should throw stones except if trapped inside glass house'

    Cheers,

    Jamie E2V

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  15. Madeleine McCann - The Movie...

    in Politics & Current Affairs

    Posted

    O.K so the Mcanns are getting a bashing, and some may say rightly so.

    However, hands up any of you that have lost a child for more than say 48hrs. If you have then you must know the utter panic that goes on in your head. If, on the other hand, you haven't then how can you blame anyone for the way they have reacted or treated a situation when you have absolutely no idea how you or anyone else would react.

    Her eyes look dead? Maybe she's just a mother who has lost a child in the worst possible circumstance knowing full well that it is partly her fault. No wonder her eyes look dead, having to put a brave face on for ther watching world while inside you just want it to be you that is dead. Or maybe she's just a secret myra hindley...who knows.

    Now i'm not going to sit here and defend the Mcanns to the hilt. I think what they did was extremely irresponsible. I also believe that it is unjust that thousands of homeless and deprived children go missing every year around the world, yet a middle class family lose their blue eyed girl at an up market resort and the world is up in arms.

    But just don't asume that the Mcanns killed their child based on the malicious rumours of a farcicle Portuguese police force. At the end of the day if they admit it wasn't the Mcanns fault then they admit that Madeleine was abducted and in doing so that it was their bumbling efforts in the first 48hrs of her reported dissapearance that has led to her probable death.

    Cheers

    (possible lack of correct grammar contained within)

  16. Place To Crash

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Think you'll find (in best Jimmy Carr impression stylee) that after last years law change, if you have had tenants living in your flat for 1 year or more it is now illegal to increase the rent in order to renew tenancy.

    Of course you could threaten to kick them out and replace them with one's who are willing to pay more, however, they could refuse to leave/pay rent. Leaving you in limbo as the council/police are highly unlikely to step in on your behalf. I'd go so far to allude to the story of the snowball and the chance it had of surviving in hell. So you'd better hope that you had taken out landlords insurance from the council otherwise your stimeyed.

    So yeah, the buy a house-rent it out (pay off the student debt) idea is good in principle until your tenants turn on you, refuse rent, refuse to leave. At this point you are stuck into a situation that could take months/years to resolve and probably leave you penniless.

    Not as easy money as it first seems, trust me I've been burnt by that candle..

    ...............and back to the point. Go to the student office at Aberdeen uni next to kings grab as many of the phone numbers for 'flatmate needed' as you can and get ringing. There is even a free phone to use in the accomodation office!

  21. GFN? zine, issue 2, now online

    in Feedback Forum

    Posted

    Hilarious, especially the ironic "why language matters" section which (like most of the zine) was clearly written by people of limited literacy. Works really well as a satire of the stereotypical sweaty "fuck the system" adolescent so-called-punk - the political parts were very funny, a good charicature of the painfully naive schoolboy political thinking endemic in the community you are taking the piss out of. Congrats.

    What a wanker!

    Anyways, good effort guys.

  25. Jokes

    in Humour

    Posted

    So a weegie walks into a bar in Aberdeen.

    Upon entering he notices a massive jar on the top of the bar filled to the brim with tenners. He quickly summises that there must be about 5 grand in the jar.

    The weegie asks the Barman 'here pal whit's this jar o money all aboot eh?'.

    The Barman replies 'Tenner tae play, complete 3 tests and if ye pass them i'll gie ye the lot. If nae then the tenner stays pit in the jar. First test ye huv tae neck that 2 litre bottle o whisky o'er there wi'oot pullin a face. Second ye huv tae gang roon the back o the pub an take a tooth fae oor resident rockweiler. Finally gang upstair and give ma 80 year old mither the night o here life, pleasure her in a way she hus niver felt. Pass all tests and the moneys yours.'

    'No way man, do you think I'm an idiot or something by the way? At's a mugs game so it is' replies the weegie.

    15 vodka Irn Bru's later on the weegie shouts out 'fine ya bas! I'll dae it, so i will, i'll fuckin take yer money...easy...no bother pal...gimme that fuckin whisky'

    In one gulp the weegie downs the 2 litres of whisky with tears streaming down his face, yet somehow he manages to keep a face like stone.

    'mon then...bring on the next fuckin test...'

    The weegie drags himself out to the back of the pub to confront this vicous child killer of a dog.. For the next 6 hours all that can be heard from outside the pub are the horrifying grunts and squeels of the rottweiler.

    Finally the weegie stumbles back into the pub and declares 'right then...wheres that fuckin dug...I've got a tooth tae get!'

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