we make you music

*man/boy In the words of a not very wise man "I'd love it if this were a dictatorship, as long as I'm the dictator" Talking about supporting your musical community everyone who loves punk should come down to the 1st ever GFN? club night @ the tunnels on 7th may. My band are playing our first ever gig...special or what?!! Cheers, Jamie

Well i for one don't know where the shizz all these negative comments about the health of this so called 'scene' are coming from. If you want to find out which local bands are creating a stir there's a simple solution: Find out what gigs are on (every promoter has an easily located website/myspazz), find bands you like the sound of, go to the gigs, talk to people, encourage your mates to do the same. Aside from this as far as I'm concerned there are more/better bands coming to Aberdeen to play. So what if there isn't a massive clique of local bands putting on all local gigs, although these still frequently occur. The fact is local Acts now have a better chance of playing with, even if just in a supporting role, loads of great bands. This can only result in teaching local musicians things about the 'industry' and gigging that they could never have learned if everyones attention was focused on creating an insular local scene. The best, i don't like the word but I'll use it in the context of this thread, 'scenes' are the ones that are built on encouraging out of town Acts to come and ply their trade. Finally people from outwith that town come to see the big bands it is attracting and, once there, also get to see some of the local talent playing as well. In the end the local Acts will be able to travel elsewhere playing in front of people who they know have travelled to see them. These things take time. However, the promoters we have here are pursuing every angle they know in order to increase the reputation of this city. This can, in the long run, only be a good thing for local bands and also gig-goers. I have only been in Aberdeen for just over 4 years now and in this time i have noticed a vast improvement in not only the quality but also the increased variation of Acts that come to play in Abertdeen. I have also noticed that here like other places there are a small number of people who like to think that this so called 'scene' of theirs is like a club only they have the privelage of knowing about. They hang about at gigs they don't even like the sound of, they rant and rave about how good it used to be, they make lists, they throw their two cents in about issues that are non of their business willy nilly and they obstruct people, who are maybe just starting to go to gigs, feeling like they are accepted by being insular and showing distaste for outsiders. It is these people who are the first to complain when the scene changes direction and suddenly they are no longer involved. However, in this case, the many outnumber the few and at the end of the day this is what really matters.

I am absolutely devastated. Some of the best gigs I've been to evr have been in the barcode/angry mics. Anyone who has followed the likes of PMX and Dirtbox will have fond memories of drunken devastation and good time music. Long live the legend that was the Barcode! R.I.P

hey Dudes/Dudettes, That's it, I've had enough, time I got off my Arse and got this sorted. I am a vocalist/frontman with shedloads of Energy/Charisma/Talent (Ego trip over) who has been in several 'almost' bands. But for some reason, or other, i Have put University/Work 1st and never taken the projects to a full conclusion...until now. I am looking for band members who are into any type of modern rock genre's who wish to form a fun(important word), creative sound. This doesn't have to be 'ground-breaking', i just want people who want to make energy-filled up-tempo music. At first i thought 'lets make a punk/techno band', but then i realised i was being too wanky. So i thought, how about i just get a bunch of enthusiastic musicians into a room and roll with it. For a glimpse into my musical influences see: Amy Winehouse, the rat pack, Thursday, Emery, Rise Against, Dashboard confessional, Killswitch Engage, Lily Allen, Just Jack, Buck 65, Brand new, Gnarls Barkley, Billy Talent, Enter Shikari, The Libertines, The Clash, Rancid (op Ivy), NOFX, Rufio, PMX, Poison the well, Underoath, Rachmananov (That's the Artist list from my MP3 player this evening). As you can see I'm open-minded, so i don't care what kind of musician you are. PM me with a bit about yourself and Idea's for a musical project and lets take it from there. Cheers, jamie

NOFX-warped tour Vancouver B.C Shadows fall/it dies today/poison the well-Showbox, Seattle PMX-taste of chaos secc the last one is a novelty, like a peanut m&m in a bag of skittles