Billy Shears

If we are being honest then we didnt have the material or quite the complete stage presence/ability when most of people have seen us and known us from from quite a while ago but were never completely shit. However, all i want to say is (and i really would like this thread to end here after this) come down on the 28th to Drummonds and have a few jars and see for yourselves. Friday night, Pay Day, every1 should be getting "on it" as far as im concerned, and as dave says, we are decent bunch, who are just enjoying it at the mo and working as a band to get better after each and every gig/practice session. So, maybe see you then.....?

You faaaaaaaackin Love it (yeahhhhh yeahhhhhhh yeahhhhhhh) Indeed. I'm there.

Well Well.... It's been a while, i must say (well it seems it). I aint been on here in aggges as i started to deteste this site, but as i got wind of this thread i couldn't NOT pop up and say hello. Good to see my old buddy Chris up to his old tricks still. You alright? Keeping well? lol Hope you remembered to return that kilt to McCalls lol (i jest, i jest) Also good to see the same old others devoting their lives still to this website, hanging off their witty comments.... plus the added bonus of a few new bedroom heroes, also. Right, so who wants to have a pop... i'm up for a bit of light hearted banter. Be aswel, since im in the neighbourhood. P.S. "Loon" there are only soo many things we can do, huh. You can lead a horse to water, n all that lol

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Was "MUSTARDS" b4 that, but we all know and love it as the pre club, bar "hero's" when Ama-dingdong was the place to be... lol

it will be going ahead - i think the refurbishments are going on through in the 2nd room at the back, which is probably why!

Frase - Any danger of mention us...... lol (The peoples Headliners)

i agree, they are really shit. it will just be full of Berghaus and Rockports that night...

So does my sister.... but she even said that she was "kinda surprisingly liked it, in a way" So for her to say that is sumamt! just the way he toned it! he just wanted to have a pop, because of whatever "banter" went on b4. He can ban me if u wants. blessing in disquise anyway... and to The man himself, RF. fair enough - you're obviously smarter than the average 19 year old but who rattled your cage initially. u werent even there, an if u were, u may of known what i was talking about....! an if u dont want people lookin at your photos then dont publish your webpage links in your profiles!!? oh an i dont own any amps. sorry! play drums, i do. xxxxxxxx

I am not taking any sort of "jip" from any1 who dresses and looks like THIS... < Or this to be fair (with your nicely 50 quid hired "pride of scotland" kilt fom McCalls)..... P.S. stick to web publishing and your tin whistle!

i think the other 80(ish) that were there would disagree....

Thanx to all those who came down! maybe not for us like, but hope u had a belter anyway... i know i did! ("<)

LMAO!! Oh my! WHo was judging? Evelyn Glennie???o_O

In the words of John McEnroe..... "You Cannot be SERIOUS?" Can you!??

SIX of those please Barman!! Yeeeee-haaaa!

lol, never mind, it was a reference to my initial rant. I am in it for the music, don't get me wrong. There is nothing better in the world than making music, but you should be passionate about it and want the whole world to hear it!? no?!? Fuck the fame an the money etc, who cares, it seems more hassle than its worth. Recognition for being the best band/Solo folk singer/whatever the fuck you are is what im going on about. I dont wanna speak to any1 who is a top quality musician, who is happy to play to 50 people in a pub with a real log fire week in/week out! i just dont get it. Get yourself out there!! if you are that good, you will make something. but people are to comfortable in their ways, which is a bit dull. That is just me tho, and i dont wanna turn this into another spikey/flash slanging match, cause its just away off the point of this thread (again!)

You are just making things up that arent even there for the sake of an argument... 1. Where do i say that everyband aspires to be stadium bands 2. An those who dont are crap musicians Many dont, your right, but do you know much people who initially form bands, (who are not over 35 or tribute acts) and think, "Yeaaaaaa, lets become legends in our own town," WE are ace and we could pack out The Lemon Tree eventually, but we dont wanna be gettin no major record deal and have our music enjoyed all over the world no wayyyy Jossssseeeee!" ITS THE WHOLE DREAM... which leads me to.. "Anyone, who lives within their means, suffers a complete lack of imagination," Do you live "off George St" by any chance?

Honestly, that is the worst, most POINTLESS post ever!!? Get a Life (or a gig, whatever comes first i guess! wouldn't hold my breath too long for the gig mind u)

Yup, You're right. Well there's my excuse right out the window then! lol.

Even if it was on the same night (which it aint). You dont get put off going to see KOL by three shit heads from Glasgow, who will live of one song for their career, take a 2nd album out (which will be shit and flop) and never here from again. You just dont go down till 9:30! easy!!

STOPPPPP STOPPPPP STOPPPPPPPPPPPP!!!!!!!!!!! FUCKIN HELL!!! I have just sat from 1am to 1:35 an read this whole thread. An i have Laughed, Cired, sniggered, Screamed into my brown paper bag, pulled my fuckin hair out, banged my head against the Screen, heard a few valid points and then pulled my hair out again (mostly when i hit the (Pointless) 3 page personal slanging match between Spikey and the guy who took over the moorings (the names are all a blur an im not going back to check, cause i will just get annoyed again if i read some of it over again). As much as i hate the word too, still.... Lets start with the OXFORD DEFINITION OF "Scene" scene • noun 1 the place where a real or fictional incident occurs or occurred. 2 a view or landscape as seen by a spectator. 3 an incident or representation of an incident of a specified nature: scenes of violence. 4 a sequence of continuous action in a play, film, opera, etc. 5 the scenery used in a play or opera. 6 a public display of emotion or anger. 7 a specified area of activity or interest: the literary scene. Right - I think we are talking about number 7, unless i am proven wrong... (although, going by the last 14 pages, i think some1 will actually try and prove me wrong on even that - just for the Hell of it). Ok, so "A specified area of activity or interest." which in our case is: "The Aberdeen Music Scene," - Right?! Ok, well, to be honest, where does some1 start. There is a million & 1 things going on in my head after reading all that 14 pages an i am just going to start typing so if it this thread is all over the place, then fuck it, i dont care.... Firstly, and most importantly, from what i can see there are a decent amount of gigs/event going on, the main ones being: AECC The Tunnels The Lemon Tree Drummonds The Moorings Kef With most holding stuff every night and they all have lists for their upcomin events either on Websites and In House and there is even the EE which list up coming gigs/events most days. So i dunno why people moan about that. Information is everywhere!! Next.... This city does have a moan culture about it. Simple. The people are in general miserable and the comment about outsiders etc is bang on. You can see it in the forums, the streets, the football stands, the paper (i actually loathe the EE). Cause there is fuck all else to do here it seems and it comes out in our music too. We do not produce anything prominent in the music department because we are stuck up in the North East of scotland and we have no other cultures/influences from anywhere around the world in general (apart from Chinese & Indian food - oh but if we are feeling a bit randy and "exciting" we could goto carmines the itallian by the theatre, or round the corner to "That Turkish Place" that every1 goes by but has never actually been in). In general, everybody here is just stuck in their Oil related job doing the same old things, gettin on the damned property ladder and going to the same old places that are going on week to week. There is hardly any motivation from people around here to goto gigs or to find new bands and be excited by them. They wait till they hear it on the radio, which ever "1" it may be, (did you see what i tried to do there, lol) and they buy the album and they wait for an Arena Tour of this band and they go and see them @ the AECC. Because they are plastered all over the media and radio an "are cool". It's the same at T-in-the-Park. they go because they think its the cool thing to do. you see it every year of all the people who think they are into their music, and they think they are cool as fuck and THEY think they are a bit of a scencester (i will get onto that word later, if i remember) cause they are sittin in a tent smoking half a spliff gettin stoned and they are there to see The Killers & The Arctic Monkeys (Both bands i do like btw - but im talking about commercial-ness & just going to see the mentioned bands only) but then when they go back to aberdeen, you will see them goto places like Babalon (sp?) or Tiger Tiger etc. Now im not saying this goes for every1 now out there, before u jump down my throat, but u know what i mean! At the end of the day, DIFFERENT PEOPLE LIKE DIFFERENT MUSIC and there are different places for each type of music. People find each other and hang out with, in their weekend haunts such as (as a general example): Exdous- Emo Kids Tunnels - Indie Lot Moshulu - Gothic/Alt It is happening in its own community. As far as i am aware, "the best" bands from Aberdeen (off the top of my head) at the moment are (Going by myspace hits/plays etc) are The Needles, : ( , The Little Kicks, Edgar Prais, Eddison, Right Hand Left. (any1 feel free to add to that) With Little Kicks gettin a Radio 1 live session spot recently and from what i seen Edgar Prais having reviews and an upcoming Spot @ KoKo for Club NME London. So well done to them for that. But to be honest, there is a load of shit out there too, course there is but im sure its the exact same in every city in the WORLD, for every good band there is from a place, there are a hundred crap ones i'm sure!! I think the people in the tunnels are doing a top job for getting bands who are not Arena Esqe to come here and put them on with local bands and get excitement in that way. dont u think?? I know i goto a good few! Right fuck it, this is aint got over probably half the things i wanted to say, but now i cant be arsed as i have fucked about for 2 and a half hours doing this amongst other things and i am fallin asleep, So fuck it, im off to bed.... So long story short.... Things are going well in general, despite the miserable ones who have had their time and not made it into rock n Roll stardom and who now live in their Flat "off George St" with their run of the mill job that gets them by from month tro month and who are still bitter cause things have moved on to different levels and they are now too old and out of touch to even know what is really going on anymore anyway. MUSIC/TRENDS/CRAZES moves on & changes. GET OVER IT! And the OXFORD DEFINITION of "Scenester": Sorry, this doesn't return any matches. Funny That..... Now can we close this Thread!??

Im sure there was a hint or sarcasm there "loon", huh! Ok Bri, so what time does the cost price booze start for us then!? lol. can i come with my sticks at noon and start claiming!? haha! (dont worry, i wont be. there is a Scotland Euro qualifiying match that day).

Don't knock your self out too much there now, sis!! HOwever, We do have a nice dedicated following out there already after our Tunnels slot! lol. i know its our first appearence but we will be looking to pack it - Its probably unheard of for a new band who is "opening" its just a shame that us an kartta arent billed beside each other, as the other 2 might just be too heavy for our punters ears an i wanted to take as much advantage of the cost price booze as long as poss haha!

Fuckin' hell mate - Get a life!! What are you, 12??!

There are Sabian Pro-Sonix in Cash Convertors (or there was last time i looked a few days ago) - kinda well used. Think they are around the 70 mark if i remebmer right.... they are robbin bastards those lot i always think, but u can always have a look, and im sure its hagga-bility is quite high.