kirkt Posted September 22, 2005 Report Share Posted September 22, 2005 This is possibly the best GFN? line-up yet! And what better way to spend a sunday afternoon then having a skank to some of the best UK ska bands today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotchief Posted September 22, 2005 Report Share Posted September 22, 2005 all this for only five pounds AWESOME!!!!!!!!! hopefully i will be home for this one kirk!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirkt Posted September 23, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2005 well its only like 2 return on megabus from Scumdee, try get people there to come too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali-ska Posted October 2, 2005 Report Share Posted October 2, 2005 Any idea on the times the bands will be on? I'm staying saturday night in glasgow after the scotland game and i'm not sure when i'll be back up the road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirkt Posted October 3, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2005 The Upstarts will start at approx 1.15 so try get there early! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatyS Posted October 3, 2005 Report Share Posted October 3, 2005 woooohhoooo.can't wait! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MDP Posted October 4, 2005 Report Share Posted October 4, 2005 i am SOOOOOOOO there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben_1903 Posted October 4, 2005 Report Share Posted October 4, 2005 wish i could go...got fecking work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulboy Posted October 5, 2005 Report Share Posted October 5, 2005 For an ex scooterist like me this is a dream weekend Northern soul on Sat Night and Ska on a Sunday looking forward to it.Soulboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirkt Posted October 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 this sunday chumps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manda Posted October 7, 2005 Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 i'm there! need to get people to tag along with me though. i don't know anyone going. but it should be good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MDP Posted October 7, 2005 Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 can't wait, looks like sunday at tunnels is gunna rawk with this + Thomas Truax !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camie Posted October 7, 2005 Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 This one should be skankin'(sorry for the poor pun there).Nice to see a few posters up in campus hopefully will attract a decent crowd especially for Sonic Boom Six.Should be a great day with the Thomas Truax gig at night as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirkt Posted October 8, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2005 one sleep to the skankinest sunday aberdeen has ever seen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MDP Posted October 8, 2005 Report Share Posted October 8, 2005 fucking right! i can't wait now!!!!!! SKA-FEST HERE I COME! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirkt Posted October 9, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2005 massive thanks to everyone who came. was suprised to see so many showing up at 1pm, its the best crowd ive seen at tunnels yet! apologies to anyone who came to see schpleen, i just got home to find an email from them...they got ill and turned round home halfway which is a bit rubbish really. they misplaced my number so couldnt let me know either...but the upstarts 2nd set made up for it im sure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Amy* Posted October 9, 2005 Report Share Posted October 9, 2005 Awesome gig, big thanks and well done to GFN and all the bands. I was disappointed Schpleen didn't make it but at least Misled Youth managed. Better late than never, eh? The Upstarts did a mighty fine job of starting things off. The newest tunes are top-knotch. One Man Race = great fun. Last time I saw them, I had little memory of the night. So this was a nice surprise. Really tight, great party music. Misled Youth, ah what can I say? Great as always. New stuff is going in a sweet direction. They still need to get that little detail of turning up on time nailed on the head though And as for Sonic Boom Six. Just wow. Fine set and the atmosphere when they were on was magic. Roll on the album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulboy Posted October 10, 2005 Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 Well have to say I enjoyed most of it but Ska bands, never in a million years were any of those bands ska, ska influnences yeah but i heard more influnces from the grunge scene in there. Having been brought up on 60's labels like trojan. Dr bird coxsone etc through to 2 tone and then into bands from the 80's and 90's like Maroon town Potato 5 Capone and the bullets. The bands that played yesterday were nothing like that.Soulboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barneyboom Posted October 10, 2005 Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 Grunge is what keeps me alive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MY KEV Posted October 10, 2005 Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 Yesterday was AMAZING, annoyed that I missed The Upstarts and One Man Race, but the goddamn car hire company let us down. However, that was definitely the best show we've played at in Aberdeen, all of us had such a good time (apart from Lee, he say's got the flu........hangover more like)I hope we get back up soon!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MDP Posted October 10, 2005 Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 i love the upstarts, but i didnt really get into sonic boom 6...bit too "hip-hop" for my liking... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulboy Posted October 10, 2005 Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 Yesterday was AMAZING' date=' annoyed that I missed The Upstarts and One Man Race, but the goddamn car hire company let us down. However, that was definitely the best show we've played at in Aberdeen, all of us had such a good time (apart from Lee, he say's got the flu........hangover more like)I hope we get back up soon!![/quote']Do you honestly class yourselves as a ska band? Not having a go as I said most of it was good but no way were any of the bands Ska. Soulboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirkt Posted October 10, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 I can't say I heard anything remotely grunge in the bands yesterday. Ok, Misled Youth weren't really ska. They play melodic hardcore punk and have ska breakdowns in their songs. The Upstarts aren't ska in the traditional sense of the word but definitly ska punk. Like Against All Authority, Mu330. One Man Race I felt were very 2 tone influenced, just a lot faster and harder. And Sonic Boom Six, definitly take the blueprints of ska/two-tone (listen to how Monkey See, Monkey Do is sampled from Jamaican classic "Funky Kingston") but mix it up with hardcore, drum 'n'bass and hip-hop to create a fresh new sound. Anyway, the good news is, there will be another ska sunday, expect a couple of 2-Tone style ska bands next time .There will be at least one band from Do the Dog Records, have a listen to some of them on www.dothedog.com , I'm sure Pama International, The Splitters and Smoke Like a Fish will appeal to ska fans, old and new. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barneyboom Posted October 10, 2005 Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 Do you honestly class yourselves as a ska band? Not having a go as I said most of it was good but no way were any of the bands Ska. I don't class us as ska at all. But if I was into ska to the amount that you are I'd think I could see the elements of the ska sound within the bands enough to understand that has how the music has developed over time and continues to...In fact I dunno if you noticed but one of our new tunes was based on a sample of 'the Selecter' which was the b-side to Gangsters, the first single on 2-tone.Anyway, I do understand how guys like you that want to see a more traditional sound aren't that into the newer blends.Can I suggest Zen Baseballbat and the Scrub and Catch It Kababs as bands that take a more forward 2-tone sound and update it accordingly that you might get a little more pleasure from? As well as the bands Captain Kirk suggested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MDP Posted October 10, 2005 Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 i liked a few of your older songs, but to be honest, in my opinion your newer stuff is terrible, but i dont like that kind of music so dont take it too personally Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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