theRockette - issue 10 (oct 2011) by Danielle B

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Inter view and gig review with

Val Verde

New b a n d on th e s c e n e

Dixon Did It Stuntman Mike

winners of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ro c k Recording of the Ye a r â&#x20AC;? at the 2011 Scottis h N ew Music Awards, h e re s their stor y. . .

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Editor s l e t t e r

I h ope ever yone has been e n j oy i n g re a d i n g “ t h e Ro c kette ” a s m u c h a s I have had writing it. I ca n ’ t b e l i eve i t s O c to b e r a l re a d y, a n d a s it ’s my brother ’s birthd ay l ate r t h i s m o nt h I ’m d e d i cat i n g t h i s i s s ue to him. I t ’s been s uper busy putti n g t h i s i s s u e to get h e r, b u t i t ’s f i n a l l y d o ne, I can now get started o n t h e N ove m b e r i s s u e . N o re st fo r t h e W i cked!! I ’ve been to a few more a m a z i n g G i g s t h i s m o nt h , i n c l u di n g “ Va l Ve rde” who where AMAZIN G ! ! I h ave a l s o b e e n to s e e “ T h e B ay C i t y Rollers” which was a f u n t i m e , watc h i n g a l l t h e OA P ’s d o i n g t h e BUMP. All I can say is n ow I k n ow w hy t h ey a l l s e e m to h ave b a d hips. A s a lot of you may know, t h e S co tt i s h N at i o n a l M u s i c A wa rd s we re being held at the Cl a s s i c G ra n d i n G l a s gow o n S u n d ay 4 t h S e ptember. I’m pleased th at Roc k Re co rd i n g o f t h e Ye a r we nt to S t untman Mike for their so n g “ S e c ret Fo rc e s ”. T h e b a n d h a s b e e n n i c e enoug h to tell us all a b ou t i t ! T h e w i n n e r o f t h e b e st U r b a n Re cording of the Year went to “ We rd & Wa rd i e B u r n s F t M og ”, w h o appeared in last mont h ’s i s s u e . C o n g rat u l at i o n s a l s o go to To m Russell, friend of the Ro c kette , fo r h i s d o u b l e awa rd s , M e d i a Pe rson of t he Year and Rad i o S h ow o f t h e Ye a r fo r Ro c k R a d i o . You may rem e m b e r I m e nt i o n e d “ I n s e r t ” h a d s p l i t up. Well n ow 3 o f t h e m e m b e rs h ave fo r m e d a new ban d ca l l e d “ D i xo n D id I t ” l i ste n to t h e m you wo n ’ t re g ret i t . A n o t h e r n ew b a n d t h i s month i s “ L a st M i n u te E x i t P l a n ” a n d a l s o “ T h e Rapids ” o t h e r b a n d s I ’m s u re w i l l d o we l l .

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Athos

M e et “ D i xo n D i d I t ” Pa ge 4

“the Dyeworks” - EP review page 36

t h e gold lions

Modern Misfortun e

I nte r v i ew p a ge 6

S ta nd For All i nte r v i ew p a ge 7

s o u n d of the suburbs

This is w h e re fa n s s h a re o p i n i o n s on what s o u n d s a re H o t o n t h e st reet, worst s o n g & w h o h a s t h e b i g gest fo l l ow i n g . p a ge 1 2

N ew b a nd on the scene “ L A ST M I N U T E E X I T P L A N ” (a n swe rs by L i a m ) p a ge 1 4

N ews Flash

a l l t h e l at i st n ews f ro m . . . . *Vla d i m a r * S eve n D a ze * T h i s C ity C al l s * At h o s p a ge 1 6

T he Ferns

Inter v i ew w i t h t h e m e m b e rs o f the band p a ge 1 7

M o u r n i ngstar (cover) C ove r sto r y / i nte r v i ew p a ge 1 9

Val Verde

I nte r v i ew w i t h t h e b a n d p a ge 2 6

G ig review

a review o f Va l Va rd e , t h e M e r r ylees and Fo l ks at t h e E l et r i c c i rc u s i n Edinb u rg h . p a ge 2 9

T he Rapids

Inte r v i ew w it h D ave , P h i l & J o sh p a ge 3 3

Komodo

Tell all a b o u t m u s i c , l i fe o n to u r and u p com i n g s h ows ! p a ge 3 5

Inter view page 37

Stuntman Mike

winners of “Rock Recording of the Year ” at the 2011 Scottish New Music Awards, heres their stor y... page 39

uncle Sid

Band inter view page 40

Gianluca Ghini CD stor y page 42

Kirstys Metalhand s

Inter view with Mike & Pedro page 43

Reachback

NEWS: ‘ Wake up’ - The EP arrival of Reachback. page 45

Martin McLaughla n

Singer songwriter - Inter view page 46

Transmission

in depth inter view page 48

White Light Theor y

Inter view - they tell us their major influences, which member comes up with the lyrics... and lots more! page 50

How to be in “the Rockette ” details for “sound of the suburbs page 52

The Bay City Rollers - rev i ew

a review of The Bay City Roll ers, supported by Ever yday at ten & the apple beg gars page 53

N ew ba n d o n t h e s cen N ame: A l l ex J oyc e Age: 1 8 What d o I d o i n t h e b a n d ? Lead Vo ca l i st / R hy t h m Guitar N ame: A n n a J o n e s Age: 2 0 What d o I d o i n t h e b a n d ? Bass/ B a c k i n g Vo ca l i st N ame: A a ron Ta i t Age: 2 1 What d o I d o i n t h e band? I b a n g t h e d r u m s ! HARD!! ! Bio: l et ’s s e e mys e l f (Aaron), A n n a a n d J oyc i e were p rev i ou s l y i n I n s e r t , and we d e c i d e d i t wa s time fo r a f re s h sta r t . So we go t to get h e r a n d began j a m m i n g away at so meth i n g n ew w h i c h eventu a l l y t u r n e d i nto Dixon D i d I t . Ho w d i d y o u c o me up with the n a m e f o r y our band? Wa s i t y o u r F i r st choice? A a r o n : a a a a h the band nam e h a -h a n o it wasn’t our first c h oice, we act u a l l y s t r u g g led really ha r d i n t r yi n g t o come up wit h s o m e t h i n g suitable. We w er e s a t a t practice one da y j u s t throwing som e i d e a s a r o u nd and the con v e r s a t i o n m oved onto one o f J o yc i e ’ s tattoos wh i c h h e h a d for some rea s o n n a m e d D i xon, after mu c h d e b a t e A n n a randomly

scream ed DIXON DID IT!!! To which we all laughed at and right there and then we decided that was name of our band.

How did your ban d s t a r t ? A aron: After the b r e a k -u p of Insert.

What has be e n your biggest challeng e a s a Did you have any other band? band names in mind? A aron: The biggest A aron: Yeah we had a challenge I think h a s b e e n couple; dogs of war and making sure we r e r e a d y violence tempts valiance. for the O2 Aca d e m y o n Saturday night. How long have you known each other? As a new band h o w m u c h A aron: I’ve known both of a challenge ha s i t b e e n Anna and Joycie for better in the industry? part of 4years.

ne M eet “ D i x o n D id It” A a r o n : We h a v en’t really If ex p e r i e n c e d m u ch of the ind u s t r y a s o f right now, we ’ v e s o r t o f just been ho l e d d o i n g a l o t of writing an d p r a c t i c i n g .

Wh e n you w rite your lyr i c s , w h a t i n s pires you? A a r o n : M e p e r s o nally when I w r i t e l yr i c s I tend to pic k a p a r t t h i n g s that have ha p p e n e d t o m e or that I ha v e e x p e r i e n c e d and just pu t t h e m d o w n o n paper.

you could add any other band member from anywhe re in the world, who would it be and why? Aaron: I don’t know I kind of like the band as it is am not really sure who I would want.

What lyric, either your own or someone else’s has a specific meaning to you? A aron: oooooh the prechorus to Hollywood Undead - Bullet “so if I survive then I’ll see you Wh a t ’ s your favourite tomorrow, yeah I’ll see you tomorrow” that’s my so n g t o p e r f o r m? party quote ha-ha I have A a r o n : W e l l since we it tattooed across my ha v e n ’ t d o n e a n y gigs yet stomach. I d o n ’ t h a v e a favourite liv e s o n g , b u t m y favourite What type of music do to r e h e a r s e i s probably you really not like? “B r i n k ” w h i c h i s one our A aron: Dance mainly ow n . because I can’t dance....... Wh a t w h e r e y o ur musical X-factor, love or loathe inf l u e n c e s g r o w ing up? and why? Aaron: I was into LOATHE!!!!!!!!! eve r yt h i n g w h en I was A aron: Simon Cowell is the devil yo u n g e r , m y d a d instilled a h u g e l o v e for Bruce in disguise he’s ruining Sp r i n g s t e e n i n me. I was music somebody needs to he a v i l y i n f l u e n c ed by bill n stop him!!!! ted s b o g u s j o u rney which is a n a b s o l u t e l y amazing What do you do to relax? A aron: Smoke some fil m h a-h a . cigaret te’s n hang out with Wh o i s y o u r favourite my fiancé Emma =] ba n d a t t h e m o ment? A a r o n : Ei t h e r avenged If you where a TV/cartoon character who would you sev e n f o l d o r r i s e against. be and why? Ho w l o n g h a v e you been A aron: awwww I would so pla y i n g ( a n y ) i n s truments? totally be Peter Griffin Aa r o n : I s t a r t ed playing from Family Guy, he is my dr u m s w h e n I was 14 so hero! ab o u t 7 ye a r s . If you were a superhero, which ONE special power would you have?

A aron: I would b e a b l e t o

control fire that w o u l d b e awesome!!!!

What have be e n y o u r experiences of “ c e l e b r i t y life”. What are t h e p e r k s / negative sides o f f a m e ? A aron: Absolutel y n o i d e a I’m just the dru m m e r , w e don’t get notice d . . . . . . . i t sucks ass! Do you have any e x c i t i n g shows coming u p : a s I previously mentio n e d w e ’ r e playing at the O2 A c a d e m y this Saturday, i t s g o i n g be our first gig w h i c h i s a little bit daun t i n g b u t what the hell ha-h a Who would you l i k e t o tour with? A aron: I just wa n t t o g o on tour I don’t c a r e w h o it’s with damn i t I j u s t want to tour. Finally, where d o y o u HOPE to be in a y e a r ’ s time? And where d o y o u think you will A C T U A L L Y be? A aron: Ho n e s t l y I haven’t got a clue , I ’ d l i k e to be playing som e b i g g i g s somewhere, an yw h e r e . . . but if it doesn’t p a n o u t I could always s t a y a t McDonalds forev e r h a -h a .

Owe n Robertson Age: 22 Status: Single I play guitar and sing. Fav Band at the moment The black keys and White Denim

Rupert Lee Age: 22 Status: Single I Drum Fav Band: AC/DC probably but I like so many bands. I just don’t get bored of AC/DC as easily as othe rs.

The Gold Lions

How did you come up with the name for your band? Was it your First choice? RL - A girl suggested it for us after she saw us struggling with names for ages.

Did you have any other band names in mind? RL- We were initially The Voltaires un til we found that name was taken, then briefly Cloak and Dagger, before becom ing The Gold Lions What does each of you bring to the band? OR- I write the riffs and make up some lyrics then shown them to Rupert at prac tice and we arrange the track together with th e drums. How long have you all known each other? How did you meet? RL- We met in our first year of Universi ty in Edinburgh in halls through a mutual friend who was trying to start a band, so we’ve known each other for four years now. Which 3 words would you use to describe your music? Bluesy Rock two-piece How would you describe the ‘look’ of your band? RL - cowboy boots. Who or what are your major influences? The black keys, almost everything that Ja ck white has done, Led Zeppelin, Band of Skulls and so many more bands Which songs do you perform most frequently? Elsie’s House and our personalized cover of The Black Keys’ ‘Stack Shot Billy’ What are your rehearsals generally like? Big Jam sessions where we make up new songs and occasionally get round to prac ticing current ones.

Do you have a set time each week in which you practice or are rehearsals more spontaneous? Whenever we’re both free and the prac tice rooms are too. What has been your biggest challenge as a band? Picking a name that no-one else had picked already! What’s the one thing you HAVE to have on tour? Whiskey, and Spare Drumsticks. You cant drink beer before a set otherwise you end up needing to pee. What’s your favorite tour story? The time when Owen set himself on fire after being a dick with deodorant. What’s the weirdest thing you have ever signed? A Tesco’s receipt.

Quick Question s …

Favorite song ever: RL - I couldn’t really pick one but this is a classic . A Touch Too Much - AC/DC ORCreedence Clearwater Revival: Fortunate Son What’s your ringtone: RL - Interga lactic by the Beastie Boys OR- Mine is usually on vibrate Last album you bought: RL - Brothers - The Black Keys Music hate: – Any music that has not had effort put into it. celeb crush: RL - Too many to pick just one but I wouldn’t mind being stuck in a lift between Katy Perry and Keira Knightley OR- Olivia Wilde

B a nd name: Stand For Al l M e mber s: B r e ndan and Duncan (Th e T w i n s ) R o b e r t s o n L i a m (Budgie) Burge Da mian (The Fallen) Lig h t C i a ran (Seth) M ac A skill H o me t own: Glasgow G e nre: Messed up o r g y o f R o c k / P u n k / P o p /Me t a l / A l t e rnative It’s confusing a h a , w e c a n ’ t d e c i d e w h a t w e a r e ! K i n da heavy pop/punk? I r e a l l y a c t u a l l y d o n ’ t h a v e a c l u e . . . Li n ks: w w w .facebook.com/standf o ra l l

L iam B urge

laughter, just everything in general.

Who are your influ e n c e s ?

major

I think it’s agreed we’re all big fans of simple plan and four years strong, we like all time low, boys like girls. But there are some differences with each member - I like Brand New, Silverstein, Linkin Park, Budgie, metallica ETC whilst the other guys enjoys similar but they like Parkway Drive, Avenged Sevenfold, Bullett For My Valentine and other heavier acts too.

Wha t a g e d i d y o u s t a r t your b a n d ?

The Q ui cki e Ro und : I f y o u c ould be a superhero what w o u l d your name be? And des c r i b e t he costume? The Deadly S h a d e , Black and blue costume, w i t h g i a nt ninja star on the back w hi c h I could throw. I f y o u r band story became a film, w ha t g e nre of film would it be? L o r d O f The Rings, because it’s t o t a l l y like an epic journey. F a v o u r i te pizza topping? Or f o od ? A n y t h i ng other than Mince and P o t a t o e s... F a v o u r i te song ever? R o b b i e William, No Regrets F u n n i e st on stage moment? N/A

D e s c r i b e the style of your band? We just play music how we want to play it, we have fun and we’re basically just like a wee family of rockers and men with knockers...LOL!

W h o w ould your music ap peal to?

I think, our music is for everyone, whether or not you like rock, because the music is catchy and the lyrics just totally deal with what happens in peoples liv es. We’ve got anger sadness

We’re all at different ages, but the ages of us are:......

Why d i d y o u d e c i d e t o star t a b a n d ?

We all love music, it’s just something that we all grew up with. The twins and I had Music and Sound Production at college and we just jammed with music and so the course was about to finish so we all decide stuff it, we’ll start a band. I guess for me it was the sheer fun of it, the lads are brilliant guys, couldn’t ask for better mates to be in a band with. It’s a total funfest with us like, there’s ups and downs but at the end of the day we’re doing what we love to do.

Was it a s u b j e c t y o u e n j o y e d at schoo l ? N/A for me

How did y o u a l l m e e t ?

Me and the twins were in the same course at college, I met the other two guys through the twins.

Have yo u c h a n g e d t h e b a n d ’s name be f o r e , I f s o w h a t w a s the idea b e h i n d t h e o n e y o u chose?

It’s was talked about and talked about, w e eventually went with

Stand For All, (for me) because it can mean many things, standing for what you beleive in, standing for better music, we’re standing up for everyone who doesn’t have a voice, standing because we’re sick of sitting down. I hope, that people hear our music and think, that’s my angry song or that’s the song I’m playing in my head when I’m sad.

Which songs do you perform most frequently? We all love playing Change because it’s just a good catchy tune, !Attack! is a more thrashy one, we play that one a lot because we can just go totally mental with it, last band practice I ended up screaming a wee bit of it to get some anger out the system...it’s a great tune.

Do you have any that are big hits with the crowd?

A lot of people hav e said they love Change, so we’ll be playing a lot more of that song soon.

W h a t ’s y o u r u l t i m a t e d i r e ct i o n f o r y o u r b a n d, f a m e a n d fortune?

For me, it’s neither. There’s some epic music in the band, there’s RAW talent which you won’t ever see on TV and i personally just want people to enjoy our music, whether it be 1 person or 6 billion people.

When you write music, which member comes up with the lyrics? All of us make the music and the lyrics, I guess it’s all just being part of the family! =)

H o w c a n m y r e a d e r s g a i n a ccess to your music? Is it free? Just view have more

like our facebook page, or our videos, everyone can a look at our stuff. The the merrier I say.

Any new shows coming up?

Just check our band page, we update it as often as possible.

Any last words?

Have a listen, it’s great music with awesome talent rolled up in one giant super chocolatey sponge cake and it’s called Stand For All.

Describe the style o f your band? Our band has a mixed variety, mixing soft songs, with more aggressive forward songs Who would your music appeal to? Anyone who wants a change in the music they listen to at the moment Who are your major influences? Our Influences dif fer between each band member, my own influences, are architects, four year strong and par kway drive What age did you start your band? Well I was 17 Why did you decide to start a band? Was it a subject you enjoyed at school? Well I joined the band through audition , but i decided to be in bands because I have a passion for music and being recognized for doing something i love How did you all meet? I knew most of the band members, I just recently got to know Budgie, and everything has gone well since we have met and grew to know each other Have you changed the band’s name before, if so what was the idea behind the one you chose? I wouldn’t know you would have to ask the other members Which songs do you perform most frequently? My favorite to play is Attack! due to the fact it puts me through my paces Do you have any that are big hits with the crowd? I don’t know that yet :) What’s your ultimate direction for your band, fame and fortune? For me is just to be recognized for what I love and what I have done for nearly six years now When you write music, which member comes up with the lyrics? Liam mainly I think How can my readers gain access to your music? Is it free? I don’t deal with that side of things

C i a r a n M c C a skill C i r n The Quickie Round:

If you could be a superhero what would your name be? And describe the costume? A gimp, so I can wear a full leather suit, and just creep people out. If your band story became a film, what genre of film would it be? Comedy Favourite pizza topping? Or food? Favorite topping is Pepperoni Favourite song ever? Idols and Anchors - Parkway Drive Funniest on stage moment? Well at another gig with another band, I kind of face planted it over a cymbal stand...

Any new shows coming up? Not that I know of Any last words? Check us out ! It’s doesn’t hurt to take f ive minutes out of your time just to look at our page :)

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D amian L ight Describ e t h e s t y l e o f y o u r band? I’d say t h e s t y l e i s j u s t u s t o be hone s t , w e p l a y h o w w e wanna p l a y, a n d n o t l i m i t e d to what’s “ m a i n s t r e a m ” Who wou l d y o u r m u s i c a p p e a l to? Anyone w h o e n j o y s l i s t e n i n g to mus i c w h i c h t h e y c a n relate to Who are your major influenc e s ? For my s e l f , L i n k i n P a r k , Four Ye a r s S t r o n g , P a r k w a y Drive What ag e d i d y o u s t a r t y o u r band? I was 16 , s t i l l a m !

The Q ui cki e Ro und : If you could be a superhero wh at would your name be? And describe the costume? I’d be a villain - The Fallen out of Transformers! Love it!! If your band story became a film, what genre of film would it be? An adventure film Favourite pizza topping? Or food? Ermm, meatfeast, pepperoni, cheese feast, ham and cheese, mo re cheese? Favourite song ever? Linkin Park - New Divide Funniest on stage moment? With my bagpipes, I hit my drone off a door and it fell off, wh ere my bagpipes made a high pitch squel before becoming silent.

Why did y o u d e c i d e t o s t a r t a band? Wa s i t a s u b j e c t y o u enjoyed a t s c h o o l ? To do w h a t I l o v e , w i t h g u y s who I c o n s i d e r r e a l l y c l o s e friends, a n d t o h a v e f u n , and to h e l p p e o p l e w i t h t h e i r problem s t h r o u g h o u r l y r i c s and mus i c ! How did y o u a l l m e e t ? I’ve kn o w n S e t h f o r a g e s , and the t w i n s f o r a c o u p l e years n o w, I o n l y r e c e n t l y met Lia m t h r o u g h t h e t w i n s Have yo u c h a n g e d t h e b a n d ’s name be f o r e , I f s o w h a t w a s the idea b e h i n d t h e o n e y o u chose? Nope, f o r m e , i t ’s ‘ c a u s e we’re h e l p i n g p e o p l e S t a n d Up agai n s t t h e i r p r o b l e m s Which s o n g s d o y o u p e r f o r m most fre q u e n t l y ? Probabl y C h a n g e Do you h a v e a n y t h a t a r e b i g hits wit h t h e c r o w d ? Not yet , b u t p e o p l e h a v e complim e n t e d our song, CHange What’s your ultimate directio n f o r y o u r b a n d , f a m e and fort u n e ? Neither, just t o b ea p p recia t ed

for our music and to actually help people out with their lives When you write music, which member comes up with the lyrics? Duncan and Liam How can my readers gain a c c e s s t o y o u r mu s i c ? I s i t free? O u r F B w e b s i t e ! We a l r e a d y have a downloadable demo up! A n y n e w s h o w s c om i n g u p ? Wa i t a n d s e e ; ] Any last words? Just to ask to give us a chance, check out our facebook and tell us what you think!

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B ren d a n a n d D uncan R o b e r t s o n

D e s c r i b e the style of your band? B a s i c a l ly a lot of different s t y l e s i n one

When yo u w r i t e m u s i c , w h i c h member c o m e s u p w i t h t h e lyrics? Duncan a n d L i a m

W h o w o uld your music appeal to? H o w e v e r wants to give us a c h a n c e and listen

How ca n m y r e a d e r s g a i n access t o y o u r m u s i c ? I s i t free? We have a f r e e d o w n l o a d o n the face b o o k a n d v i d e o s o f u s playing o u r s o n g s

Who are your major i n f l u e n ces? Av e n g e d Sevenfold, Simple plan, Good Charlotte, p a r k w a y Drive, Bring Me T h e H o rizon etc W h a t a ge did you start your band? 1 8 f o r me W h y d i d you decide to start a b a n d ? Was it a subject you e nj o y e d at school? J us t g ot bored in college a nd d e cided with liam and d u n c a n lets start a band H o w d i d you all meet? I ’ v e k nown duncan all my l i f e c ause hes my twin b r o t h e r, ive known Ciaran a nd D a mian for around two n ea r l y three years and Liam o nl y l a st year

Any new s h o w s c o m i n g u p ? quite a f e w a c t u a l l y b u t j u s t wait an d s e e ; D Any last w o r d s ? like the b a n d p a g e ; D

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H a v e y ou changed the band’s n am e b efore, If so what was t h e i d e a behind the one you chose? B e e n S tand For All since the start

If you c o u l d b e a s u p e r h e r o w h a t w o u l d y o u r n a m e b e ? A n d describ e t h e c o s t u m e ?

W h i c h songs do you perform m o s t f r equently? C h a n g e and Let it go

If your b a n d s t o r y b e c a m e a f i l m , w h a t g e n r e o f f i l m w o u l d it be?

D o y o u have any that are big h i t s w i th the crowd? w e w i l l find that out soon e no u g h

Favouri t e p i z z a t o p p i n g ? O r f o o d ?

W h a t ’s your ultimate d i r e c t i o n for your band, fame a nd f o r tune? n ot r e a lly, just want to have f u n a n d play music for people t o l i s t en and maybe help t h e m o ut

The Quickie Round:

a minion from despicable me and i would be wearing blue overalls and glasses!

a comedy xD

spicy chicken

Favouri t e s o n g e v e r ?

you suck at love-simple plan, nightmare-avenged sevenfold and sleepwalker-parkway drive

Funnies t o n s t a g e m o m e n t ?

went to sing and mic wasnt turned on and i was like wtf

T his is t h e s o u n d o

This is where you can find out fans opinio who ha s the worst song & which

Name: Calum Fa i r we at h e r A ge : 2 0 K i n d o f m u s i c yo u li ke : Th ra s h M etal M u s i c H ate : D a n c e/ Po p / P u s sy m u s i c Favo u r i te Ba n d : M eta l l i ca La st B a n d s e e n l i ve: I ro n M a i d e n Wo rst S on g : Ba d Ro m a n c e by L a d y G a ga Be st S o n g : E nte r Sandman La st a l b u m b o u g ht: Wo rs h i p M u s i c by A nt h rax

Name: liam burge Name: Andrew Mortimer

age: 23

Name : A n d y Ham i l to n

Age: 17

Kind of music you like: all music

Age : 2 1

Kind of music you like: The umbrella genre of rock

Music Hate: glee

Kind of m u s i c yo u like: I n d i e

Music Hate: R&B

Favourite Band: Brand new

Music Hate : C h a r t Mu s i c

Favourite Band: Idlewild

Last Band seen live: james mckay

Favourite Ba n d : T h e Liber t i n e s

Last Band seen live: Altered Sky

Worst Song: any thing to do with glee

Last Band s e e n l i ve : Freddie G o e s To Merc u r y

Best Song: linkin park - shadow of the day

Last album b o u g ht : Fe i st

Worst Song: Lily Allen - The Fear Best Song: A Modern Way of Letting Go - Idlewild Last album bought: Yuckâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s self titled album

Last album bought: david gray - greatest hits

o f the su b u r b s

ons of what sounds are Hot on the street, Genre has the biggest following!

Name: Alex Polland

N a m e : S te p h Colquhoun

Name: Alan Carrie

A ge : 1 9

Age: 20

K i n d o f m u s i c yo u l i ke : m eta l

Kind of music you like: Rock n’ Roll/ Indie

M u s i c h ate : a ny m u s i c w h e re n o th o u g ht h a s go n e to writing it...

Music hate: Dance Pop (JLS, The Wanted, Bieber etc)

La st b a n d s e e n l i ve: H e a d sta r t

Favourite Band: The Libertines

Wo rst s o n g : N i co le sc h e r z i n ge r - r i g ht t h e re

Last band seen live: Peter Doher ty

Be st s o n g : E x i t Te n te c h n i ca l l y a l i ve La st a l b u m b o u g ht: L o st Pe rs o n a

Worst song: Alejandro - Lady Gaga Best song: Dont Look Back Into The Sun - Libertines Last album bought: What Did You Expect From The Vaccines

Name: Za ra Bro d e Age: 60 Age : 2 7 Kind of music you like: Rock Music hate : Jazz

Kind of m u s i c you like : b l u e s / rocka b i l l y

Favourite band: Bob Dylan and his band

Favourite Ba n d : at m rolling sto n e s

Last band seen live: The Freight

Last Ba n d s e e n live: Pete D o h e r t y (amaz i n g ! )

Worst song: Mr. Tambourine Man by The Byrds Best song: Like a Rolling Stone (the Judas Concert Version) Last Album bought: Frankie Miller That ’s Who (box set).

Worst Son g : a ny by Scoo te r Best Son g : go o d golly miss m o l l y by chuck b e r r y Last album b o u g ht : Wannabe by s p i c e girls (it on l y co st £ 1 at pound s h o p , s o I got 4 ! )

New b a n d o n the scene! Meet Bio : Last Minute Exit Plan was originally started by primar y composer Liam Docherty and a close friend of his Connor Muirhead. on a night out in livingston they met their future bass guitarist Mark Musil. They originally started as a three piece band with Liam on guitar and vocals, Connor on drums and Mark on bass, after several practises they recrui ted lead guitarist Jason who was at school with Liam and Connor. The band spent their early months writing and rewriting songs to get they ’re sound down to a tee. The band played several gigs in and around Edinburgh to get their name out and their sound known. Unfortunately due to personal circumstances Jason left the band. The band decided to continue as a three piece. After some saving and putting together some cash made at the previous Edinburgh gigs they decided to concentrate more on the business and professionalism of the band and recruited their manager and booking agent Nathan Brown. The band will be tr ying to gig as often as possible to get their name known and their music heard by all. How di d yo u co m e u p w i t h t h e n a me for What has been your big gest challenge your ba n d ? Wa s i t yo u r F i rst c h o i ce? as a band? It wa s o r i g i n a l l y going to “the exit plan” but ban d s w i t h “ t h e ” at the start are a dying breed so we d ec i d ed to a dd “last minute” to the start to b e a wee b i t d i fferent. It was Connor ’s idea for t h e n a m e, n o i dea why we’ve never really conte ste d i t h a - h a

Di d you h ave a ny o t h er b a n d n a mes in mind?

The ra p i st s , t h e s ex offenders, Gar y ’s glitter bal l s ? N o o n l y j o k i ng ha-ha

How lo n g h ave yo u k n ow n ea c h o t her?

Sin c e s ch o o l I ’ve k nown Connor since we were 14 a n d we m et m ark on a drunken night out abo u t a we ek b efo re we formed the band

How di d yo u r b a n d sta r t ?

Just by m e a n d C onnor jamming in my room and t h e n we were l ike “shit we need a bassist!”

Fighting off the groupies!

As a new band how much of a challenge has it been in the industr y?

not too much, it ’s pretty easy to get g i g s to be honest! Me and Connor have ju st sta r te d a promotion company with our ban d m a n a ger Nathan so it ’s easy peasy now!

When you write inspires you?

your

lyrics,

what

How crap we all are at relationshi ps m o st o f our songs are pretty depressing w h e n yo u actually listen to the lyrics but we c h e er i t u p with thrashy riffs

What ’s your favourite song to perform? Past it ’s the rockiest of our songs a n d a l ways goes down well

t “ L A S T M I N UTE EXIT PLAN! ” What w h e re yo u r m u s i ca l i nf l u ences Who would you like to tour with? Well our promotion company are atte m pt i n g growin g u p ? ma r k i s t h e b i g ge st Blink182 fan in the world, Co n n o r l i ke s a b i t of ever y thing mostly oasis and st u ff l i ke t h at and I’ve been diehard mo t l ey c r u e ! S o a big mix.

to book yashin and funeral for a f r i e n d fo r a gig in Glasgow- so heres hoping s o m et h i n g takes off!

Mi n es i s p ro b a b l y funeral for a friend but it cha n ge s ever y d ay ha-ha

in my arm (for both questions).

Finally, where do you HOPE to be in a Who i s yo u r favo u r i te b a n d at the year ’s time? And where do you think you will AC TUALLY be? Dead wit h a sy r i n ge moment ?

How lo n g h ave yo u b e en p l ay i n g (any) instrum ent s ?

I’ve b ee n p l ay i n g since I was 8, Mark used to p l ay g u i ta r b u t a couple years ago he got a b a s s a n d C o n n o r ’s been playing for like 4 yea rs I t h i n k ? L o l

If you co u l d a d d a ny o t h e r b a n d m ember from any w h ere i n t h e wo r l d , w h o would it be a n d w hy ? Charlie Simpson on vocals HE I S G O D !

What t y p e o f m u s i c d o yo u re a l l y not like? I p e rs o n a l l y h ate pop chart nonsense!

X-facto r, l ove o r l o at h e a n d w hy ? HAT E . Ta l ent l e s s group of weirdo’s!

What d o yo u d o to re l ax ?

Bu b b l e b at h s . We all jump in the bath together and g i ve ea c h o t h er bubble moustaches .

If you w h e re a T V/ca r to o n c h a racter who wo u l d yo u b e a n d w hy ?

Sno o py- I ’m p rett y sure he’s a stoner.

If you we re a s u p e r h e ro, w h i c h ONE special p ower wo u l d yo u h ave ? Th e a b i l i t y to s ee girls naked all the time (exc e pt my m u m o f course!).

What h ave b e en yo u r ex p e r i e n c es of “celebr i t y l i fe ”, w h at a re t h e perks/ negative s i d e s o f fa m e ? I wo u l d n ’t rea l l y s ay there was a negative side to p eo p l e k n ow i n g who you are, it ’s pretty fun hav i n g p e o p l e r u n after you (I’ve been told I’m a B I T o f a d i va )

Do you h ave a ny exc i t i n g s h ows coming up: a few yea h , we’re playing at the Attic in Bat h gate o n Nove mber 18th, a wee tiny shed in B re i c h o n t h e 1 2th Nov, The box in Glasgow on t h e 3 rd O c to b er, the Vale in Glasgow on the 2 9 t h O c to b er

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Athos h ave a n n o u n c e d t h e b a n d h a s a n ew guitar i st , by t h e n a m e of J o rd a n Yate s . W h o will re p l a c e G o rd o n A l l i s o n w h o d o e s n ’ t p l ay with t h e b a n d a ny m o re .

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C h r i s Kissock (23) and Stu Toole (31 ) Stu To o l e - F o r m e r l y l e a d s i n ger and guitarists in Amber, One Punch Billy, J a c o b ’ s e l d e r a n d b a s s ist and singer in Royal Summons. Chris K i s s o c k – P i a n i s t / G u i t a rist with a Masters degree in Mu sic, now perfor m i n g a s a s i n g e r / s o n g w riter alongside Stuart Toole in ‘The Ferns’. Previo u s l y g i g g e d a s a s e s s i on pianist/guitarist for various bands, as a bac k g r o u n d p i a n i s t i n r e s t aurants/prestigious events and worked as a f i l m c o m p o s e r . h t t p://www.facebook.com/pages/T h e - F e r n s - C h r i s - a n d - S t u / 2 1 2 9 8 2 2 9 8 7 5 5 7 7 9

What a r e t h e m a i n t h e m e s or topics f o r m o s t o f y o u r s o n g s ? Chris: G u y s p l a y i n g f e m a l e s ongs. Nah, j u s t p l a y i n g c r o w d p l e asers from th e 5 0 ’ s - 0 0 ’ s w h i l s t s n e a king our ow n s o n g s i n t o t h e s e t . Y ou’d be su r p r i s e d h o w w e l l t h e girly songs g o d o w n t h o u g h , p e ople secret l y l o v e c h e e s e . St u: W e a r e n ’ t c h e e s y m a t e. If we ha d a k e y b o a r d p l a y i n g Van Halen t h e n w e w o u l d b e c h e esy. We jus t p l a y g o o d s o n g s w i t h good harmo n i e s . Chris: V a n H a l e n , g o o d i d e a . .. St u: Fo r g e t I s a i d a n y t h i n g Do yo u r s o n g s a l w a y s e x press person a l e x p e r i e n c e s o r i s it peopl e w h o yo u k n o w a l s o ? St u: Th e y c a n b e a b o u t a n y t hing, depen d s o n h o w p e o p l e p e r c eive your s o n g s t o o . I t c a n m e a n one thing t o s o m e o n e a n d s o m e t hing compl e t e l y o p p o s i t e t o s o m eone else. I f I h a d t o s a y , I ’ d s a y they are m o r e p e o p l e I k n o w . Chris: I a g r e e w i t h w r i t i n g a bout both. I f y o u w r i t e s o n g s e n t irely about y o u r s e l f i t m a k e s y o u feel self-in v o l v e d , a n d e q u a l l y i f you only w r i t e a b o u t o t h e r p e o p le it can qu i c k l y b e c o m e h y p o c r i t ical. What c a n y o u t e l l m e a b o u t your instrum e n t s a n d d o y o u o n l y play one a n d w h a t m a d e y o u c h oose the ins t r u m e n t s y o u h a v e n o w? Chris: I g r e w u p s t u d y i n g C l a s sical Piano a n d b r a n c h e d i n t o E l e ctric Guitar i n m y t e e n s . A s a n A c o ustic Guitar i s t / S i n g e r I ’ m c o m p l etely out of m y d e p t h s b u t i t s e e ms to be go i n g w e l l s o f a r . St u: M y f i r s t i n s t r u m e n t i s v iolin which I p l a y e d f o r m y m u s ic A level. N o w I ’ m j u s t s t r u m m i n g an acous t i c a l l t h e t i m e . O h , and Chris i s s h o w i n g m e a t h i n g o r two on the P i a n o . How h a s y o u r m u s i c c h a nged since y o u f i r s t s t a r t e d p l a ying m usic t o g e t h e r ?

Chris: Every time I play guitar or sing it sounds like there is someone else doing the same, but higher. How do you promote yo ur band and shows? Chris: Word of Mouth, Facebook. 1 of us should try what Paris Hilton did to promote herself although I’m not sure we’d have the same success... Describe your show, visual and musically? Chris: Visually I don’t know, I always seem to have my eyes shut when singing. Musically amazing... Does the crowds input help? Chris: Yes. What has been your biggest obstacle so far? And how did you get past it? Chris: Getting gigs as an unknown band. Went for a drive around pubs/clubs with demo CD’s of ourselves and harassed landlords/ landladies. It’s a shame it works. Tell us about your next shows and why we should be there? Chris: Next shows are unconfirmed at the moment but if you check out ‘The Ferns’ on facebook we keep it up to date with any gigs coming up. Reason to be there is you’re likely to see quite a few songs you’ve never seen done by two guys with acoustic guitars. Describe your bedroom (colour/ bed cover/posters ect)? Chris: Similar to Josef Fritzl’s. Stu: It’s where the magic happens Any last words? Chris: I was joking bedroom. Stu: I wasn’t

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G e n r e : J-R o c k / P o s t H a rd c o r e How long you’ve been together: 9 Months, alt h o u g h o u r l i n e - u p c h a n g e d a n d w e h a v e o n ly been together like we are now for about 2 months. F r o m : B r i g h t o n , UK (except Dougie, who is in Eastbourne)

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s t a r t e d i n D e c e m b e r 2010 w i t h j u s t K y o a n d t h e f i r s t dr u m m e r . T h e dr u m mer had a few… Medical problems… And had to l e a v e t h e b a n d t o b e n e f i t h i s h e a lt h . W e t h e n br o u g h t i n R i k u , w h o h a s b e e n w i t h u s s i n c e M a r c h . W h e n w e s ta r t e d o u t , w e h a d t w o g u i ta r i s t s . A t t h e t i m e , t h e s e w e r e J a c o b R av e n a n d J F i n l ay . J a c o b l e f t d u e t o h i s e d u c at i o n i n April, and this was a mutual decision between the band members and him. J left us in June, s t at i n g t h i s b a n d w a s n o t h i s s o r t o f t h i n g . W e l at e r f o u n d o u t t h at h e h a d b e e n p l a n n i n g t o l e a v e f o r o v e r a m o n t h , w h i c h h e s ay s h e d i d n ’ t tell us about because he didn’t want to let us down. After a week or two of searching with r e h e a r s a l s o n h o l d , w e f o u n d o u r n e w g u i ta r ist, Chris. After a few more weeks, rehearsals resumed and we’re now back on track with our EP r e l e a s e . W e d i d n ’ t h a v e t h e b e s t s t a r t t o t h e music industry, but we’re doing alright if you c o n s i d e r a l l t h at ’ s h a p p e n e d !

W h a t a re you up t o at the moment? Riku: Right now? Answering these q u e s t i ons. K y o : S ame as Riku… And listening to o u r c ut e l i t tle Gerbils run into walls *laugh s * C h r i s : Just writing new songs and tryi n g t o b r i n g t hem all together into an EP D o u g i e : Getting ready to go out! H o w d i d you get into the music indust r y ? R i k u : Music Technology Courses at Co l l e g e K y o : My dad always encouraged m u s i c , a l t h o u gh now he r egrets it because he h a t e s o u r m u sic. I took Music as a GCSE at sc h o o l , a nd I r e gretted it; having to always play a n d w ri t e exactly how the school wante d m e t o … J a panese lyrics weren’t allowed i n t h e c ou r s e . D o u g i e : My whole family is into mus i c . I u se d t o play violin in an orchestra an d m y c ou s i n Pete is in a punk band that pl a y e d a t d o w nload a few years back, so I’ve b e e n p r e t t y i nspired by that. W h o w ere your favourite bands growing u p ? R i k u : Avenged Sevenfold, BFMV… Di r E n G re y K y o : Bullet For My Valentine, Ka g r r a , Av e n g e d Sevenfold, GazettE… I use d t o l o v e r e ally embar rassing music, but t h e n I g o t i n t o J-rock and I haven’t been ab l e t o s ha k e t he awesomeness! C h r i s : At a young age my first favo u r i t e b an d was Oasis, but then when I w a s a t s e c o n d ary school one of my mates bro u g h t i n “ T h e Gray Race” by Bad Religion a n d I f e l l s traight in love with punk rock a n d h av e n ’ t changed since then! D o u g i e : Everything from A7X to Limp B i z k i t t o K i n gs of Leon, but the ones that r e a l l y i n s p i r e d me were Muse and Red Hot C h i l l i P e p p e r s. Flea is a pretty big idol of mi n e . W h o w here your Childhood music idols ? R i k u : T he Rev, still is too… R.I.P Jame s < 3 K y o : I s shi from Kagrra has been one o f m y b i g g e s t idols since I started listenin g t o t h e m . Beforehand, I would have said M a t t Tu c k . S orry man, but you got replaced. I s s h i m a y b e gone, but he’s still number o n e i n m y e y e s! C h r i s : The first I really had was prob a b l y B re t t G urewitz (Bad Religion guitarist) j u s t b ec a u s e they were my favourite band a t t h e t i m e , a nd some o f his riffs and solo’s j u s t g o t m e hooked. W h a t s ong is your earliest musical mem o r y ? R i k u : U mm…shit, no idea really! K y o : Daft Punk songs… Can’t reme m b e r w h i c h one though. That’s the first one w h e r e I r e m e mber the name of the band, bu t m y e a r l i e s t musical memory would be dan c i n g a r o u n d my parent’s bedroom with my d a d t o s o m e country stuff. Those days are l o n g s i n c e g one, thankfully. C h r i s : I think it was probably “Wonder w a l l ”

b y O a s i s . . . W h a t ’s T h e S t o r y M o r n i n g G l o r y was definitely my first album. Dougie: My memory fails me on a regular basis, but bearing that in mind I remember S t o n e S o u r ’s s o n g T h r o u g h T h e G l a s s b e i n g the backing track to a lot of early memories. What can you tell me about your instruments and do you only play one and what made you choose the instruments you have now? Riku: Drums has always been the one i n s t r u m e n t I w a n t e d t o p l a y, a s i d e f r o m s c r e a m v o c a l s . I t r i e d t o p l a y g u i t a r, n e v e r really got the hang of it. Piano is also a favourite of mine, as I learned to play it from quite a young age. K y o : I p l a y b a s s a s w e l l a s b e i n g a s i n g e r. I used to drum, but I had to give that up because I started losing my hearing and I developed a wrist problem. I can’t lift heavy objects now! I still play my beautiful black I b a n e z b a s s w h e n e v e r I c a n , b u t th a t ’s n o t a lot as of late… My work takes up too much time, and the rest of my time is spent venting about my week in a song, or converting my anger into passion for singing our current songs. Chris: My main guitar at the moment is an Ibanez ART320, but I also have an ESP L t d - F 2 5 0 ( I ’ m t o o l a z y t o r e t u n e al l t h e t i m e , especially to Drop-C, so have a couple of guitars). I chose both mainly because I like the look of them, but they do both play quite nicely as well and come out with pretty nice punky/heavy sounds. Dougie: I play bass because I can blow minds with my groove. That’d be funnier if I was a girl. What age did you each decide music was going to be your career? Riku: When I was… 8 perhaps? Kyo: Music was never supposed to be my c a r e e r, i t j u s t s o r t a h a p p e n e d . I ’ m a c t u a l l y w o r k i n g i n a c a l l c e n t r e m o s t o f t h e d a y, a n d m u s i c i s l i k e a h o b b y. I e n j o y m u s i c for everything it gives me; a release from n o r m a l i t y, c o n f i d e n c e t o b e m y s e l f , a p l a c e t o v e n t … Yo u g e t t h e i d e a . A t t h e e n d o f t h e d a y, i f m u s i c b e c o m e s m y f u l l - t i m e c a r e e r, I ’ l l b e h a p p y. A t l e a s t I c a n d o s o m e t h i n g I enjoy every time I step into the workplace! Dougie: Hmmm… 19. Can you describe your early experiences of g i g g i n g a n d w o r k i n g o n y o u r f i r st E P ? R i k u : We h a v e n ’ t d o n e a n y g i gs y e t , b u t w o r k i n g o n o u r E P … ? D a m n , i t ’s b e e n h e c t i c until Chris came along; he really pulled through for us. K y o : T h e E P w o r k i s g o i n g s o ea s y ! C h r i s has really turned this band around. Since the last time we were featured in this magazine, we’ve created a full song and started work on another original track, as well as re-covering Much Like Falling ( F l y l e a f ) a n d s t a r t i n g w o r k o n S o F a r Aw a y

( A 7 X ) ! Hopefully we can have the EP o u t t h i s y e ar, or maybe more with the way w e ’ r e g o i n g ! Who knows? C h r i s : Working on the EP has been r e a l l y g o o d , and actually quite easy so far. We ’ r e a l l j u s t chucking ideas around and se e i n g w h a t f i ts the sound we’re going for, a n d b r i n g i n g a load of different things toge t h e r. H o p e f u lly we’ll end up with some p r e t t y g o o d s ounds at the end of it all! D o u g i e : Have we done an EP yet…? H o w w ould you describe your music? R i k u : H mm…. Gra b a bottle of vodka, s o m e p o s t - h ardcore riffs, some Japanese ly r i c s , a nd a bunch of nutters, stir them toge t h e r, a nd t h e re’s your answer. K y o : I f you know what the Japanese l y r i c s a r e a l l about, I’d say our music is r e a l l y e m o t i o nal. I pull all my lyrics from pers o n a l e x p e r i e nce, and everything I write a b o u t i s s o m ehow a reflection of my life. Ev e n i f s om e t h ing doesn’t affect me personall y, i f I h av e s een something happen then I will w r i t e a bo u t i t. Music is in the heart of every t h i n g a nd e v eryone; yo u just have to searc h f o r i t . T h a t ’s what my lyrics are like, you h a v e t o s e a r ch for the hidden meanings! D o u g i e : Rock, me tal, funk… Soul. W h o would you say are your gre a t e s t i n f l u e n ces and who do you particu l a r l y a dm i r e right now in the industry? K y o : F amous people? Isshi. Enough s a i d . B u t r e a listically, I would have to say th a t m y

b i g g e s t i n f l u e n c e i s s o c i e t y. T h e a m o u n t o f emotion every person displays in one day is truly an inspiration. I’ve seen people start t h e d a y h a p p y, g e t r e a l l y p i s s e d o f f , t h e n go get legless at the pub to make up for it (thus become stupidly happy) and then feeling crap the next day from a hangover! J u s t g o e s t o s h o w, y o u o b s e r v e a h u m a n long enough and you can draw inspiration even from the dullest of them! Chris: My influences are largely punk rock, bands like Rise Against, Bad Religion, Pennywise, NOFX. Right now I’d probably s a y Ti m M c I l r a t h ( R i s e A g a i n s t s i n g e r ) i s someone I really admire, because all his music has a real meaning and message behind it. It isn’t just singing about a girl he knew when he was 16, its about raising awareness of various issues and wrongs in the world, and using his position to try and make a difference rather than just for self promotion. Dougie: Flea! To u r i n g – l o v e i t o r h a t e i t ? K y o : We h a v e n ’ t s t a r t e d t o u r i n g y e t , b u t w h e n w e d o I ’ m s u r e i t ’s g o i n g t o b e m i x e d emotions. I’m going to hate being away from my Mom and my pets, but it’ll be an awesome experience at the same time! Chris: Haven’t done it yet, but really looking forward to it! What was the best gig you’ve ever played, and what was the worst? K y o : We s t i l l h a v e n ’ t s t a r t e d t o g e t g i g s ,

b u t w e ’ve been asked to join several b a n d s i n B r i g hton when we’re ready! I love h a v i n g s uc h g reat friends, they’re really supp o r t i v e a nd i t ’s so helpful to know that we can h a v e h el p g e tting “out there”! C o u l d you briefly describe the music-m a k i n g p r o c e s s? And how you come up with y o u r lyrics? R i k u : We all just play and the lyrics co m e t o K y o n a turally. K y o : … yeah, what he said! *laughs* I d o n ’ t k no w r eally, I draw from what people s a y. R i k u q uoted some random song at me, a n d I s t a r t e d writing lyrics completely unrel a t e d ! T h i n g s just trigger my mind, and out f l y t h e words! C h r i s : So far I have just been comin g u p w i t h r i ffs that I like the sound of, bri n g i n g t h e m t o practises and see where the y g o . S o m e t i mes we go with them, some t i m e s t h e r e a re tweaks, and sometimes they a r e n ’ t w o r t h using at all. Its all just playing ar o u n d w i t h d i fferent things until you come up w i t h s om e t h ing you all like the sound of. Ly r i c s I l e a v e to Kyo. D o u g i e : Play with my bass until some t h i n g c om e s out… But it sounds wrong when I p u t i t t h a t way! I f y o u could do a cover of any song, w h a t s on g w ould you choose and why? R i k u : S o Far Away as a tribute to The R e v K y o : S omething by Kagrra or LM.C! C h r i s : At the moment I’d choose “ A l l S i g n s Point to Lauderdale” by A Da y To R e m e m ber...I just love the band and t h e s on g , a nd its a pretty fun one to play. D o u g i e : Not sure there’s just one, b u t I g u e s s my favourite right now is Tortu r e M e b y R H CP. W h a t s ong do you get requests for the m o s t ? K y o : P eople have been really excite d t o h ea r t h e finished version of “Nakama” , b u t b ef o r e we released the teaser for tha t , t h e o n l y s ong they cared for was Much L i k e F al l i n g , as it was the only song we had ! W h a t w ould be your ideal date? R i k u : April 24th because it’s not too c o l d a nd n o t too warm *laughs* K y o : U hm… Anything with Riku! I don’t w a n t t o e v e r date again, unless it’s a cute d a t e t o Wa g a m ama with my fiancé. C h r i s : A lot of drinking and an epic g i g . . . I t w o u l d really tell me if I could be w i t h s om e o ne - if they don’t like good musi c a n d p u t u p with me when we’re drunk, it pro b a b l y i s n ’ t g oing to work! D o u g i e : My girlfriend… So a Mexican h o t t i e ! W h a t s ong reminds you of the first tim e y o u f e l l i n l ove? ( I t ’s u p to you if you want this to be s w e e t o r n a u ghty) R i k u : E arly Mourning by Alesana

K y o : E a r l y M o u r n i n g . O r Wa i t F o r Yo u b y Atreyu. The two songs I listened to over and over after I came back from becoming engaged! Chris: Punk Rock Princess” by Something Corporate...it was a song that, at the time, s e e m e d l i k e i t w a s a l l a b o u t h e r. Dougie: Hysteria by Muse. Do you have posters up on your room walls? R i k u : To n n e s o f M a t t Tu c k p o s t e r s ( n o t m y choice) K y o : Ye a h … I u s e d t o b e o b s e s s e d w i t h M a t t Tu c k . I n a l l f a i r n e s s , n o t m a n y b a n d s c o m e f r o m Wa l e s a n d a c t u a l l y m a k e s o m e t h i n g of themselves! I’m lucky I live in England… Kinda. C h r i s : Ye a h t h e b e d r o o m a n d lo u n g e a r e covered in them. A plain white wall would just be far too boring. I’ve got one poster i n m y r o o m f r o m t h e Wa r p e d To u r w h i c h is signed by the Dropkick Murphys. Thats definitely one of my prized possessions! D o u g i e : Ye a h . Describe your bedroom (colour/bed cover/ posters ect)? R i k u a n d K y o : To n n e s o f M a t t Tu c k p o s t e r s , A f e w o f T h e R e v, Vi l l e Va l o , w e h a v e a Japanese style room, with lyrics and shite a l l o v e r t h e w a l l s . P u r p l e s i l k b e d c o v e r, black futon mattress (the futon is wooden, if you must know all the details!) and we have a g e r b i l c a g e n e x t t o i t . Ye s , t h e s a w d u s t g e t s i n f r o m t i m e t o t i m e … I t ’s n o t s o f u n . T h e r e ’s l o t s o f M a n g a a n d a f a i r f e w f i l m s … And loads of empty bottles of Mountain Dew/ alcohol… C h r i s : Wa l l t o w a l l p o s t e r s o f m o s t p u n k rock bands imaginable. My girlfriend tries to sneak a few of her posters up, but its pretty much just Bad Religion, NOFX, Less Than Jake, Distillers and bands like that. Dougie: Um, blue, posters everywhere, massively cluttered. What is the weirdest gift you have received from a fan? Riku: Umm, nothing really K y o : We ’ v e o n l y r e a l l y r e c e i v e d s i g n s o n vampirefreaks… The best one had to have been from our friend Sarah, who made Riku and I a “Happy Anniversary” sign, it was epic! W h a t ’s b e e n t h e h i g h l i g h t f o r y o u s o f a r, a n d do you have any regrets? Riku: The highlight has been, having the chance to work with the greatest guys in the world…the band. Kyo: If you can honestly tell me the point in having regrets, I’ll tell you what mine would be. Everything in life is worth something, so w h y r e g r e t i t ? I ’ v e h a d s o m e q ue s t i o n a b l e relationships in the past, but if I hadn’t been so messed about… I wouldn’t have been

d e t e r m ined to track down the one guy w h o I ’ v e a l ways wanted to be with; I wou l d n ’ t h a v e f ound my darling Riku. In term s o f h i g h l i g hts… I’d have to say finding a b e t t e r l i n e - u p . Since Chris has joined, the ban d h a s b e e n t a ken to a much higher level. I w o u l d n e v e r r eplace the 3 guys in this band, e v e r. T h e y ’ r e like family to me (in a crazy eff e d u p w a y ! ) a nd family sticks together… We l l … I t d o e s i n an ideal world. D o u g i e : our original line-up is a bit o f a r e g r e t , I don’t think we’ve had enough g i g s a n d s t uff for any highlights to stick ou t . W h a t c an we expect in the future from y o u ? R i k u : A lot more stuff, tours, gigs… i c e c r e a m s ? Parties… lots of parties. K y o : E pic winning. We’ll be “out t h e r e ” p r e t t y soon, since a Japanese radio s t a t i o n i s a l r e ady following us! There’s going t o b e m o r e b ooze, more epic coloured hair, WAY m o r e music, and that’s just before th e e n d o f t h e year! C h r i s : An EP in the not too distant f u t u r e I h o p e , and then gigs around the Bri g h t o n a r e a w hich we ca n hopefully move on f r o m t o b e g i n taking the UK by storm...that s t h e p l a n a n yway! D o u g i e : Funky Juicy Basslines! W h a t w ould be the best piece of advic e y o u h a v e b een given that you would like to s h a r e w i t h o u r readers? R i k u : Give it your all, because at the e n d o f t h e d a y, the only person who can sto p y o u i s y o u r self. K y o : M y Mom always told me “Stick to w h a t y o u b e l ieve” and I agree. So what if som e o n e p u t s y o u down? Do you think Einstein w o u l d h a v e g iven up if someone challenge d h i s t h e o r y ? Would The Rev have quit Ave n g e d i f s o m e one said they thought his drum m i n g s u c k e d ? No, because they believe d i n t h e m s e lves. Just imagine what you c o u l d d o i f y ou believe in yourself, or even j u s t t o p r o ve that you can do something . I ’ m s t i c k i n g to what I believe, and I’m g i v i n g t h i s b a nd everyth ing I have got. At th e e n d o f t h e day, it’s your opinion that count s . C h r i s : Believe nothing, no matter w h e r e y o u r e ad it or who has said it, not eve n i f I h a v e s aid it, unless it agrees with you r o w n r e a s o n and your own common sense. D o u g i e : Challenge yourself, it’s the bes t w a y t o i m p r ove and you can always get bet t e r. W h a t a rtist would you love to collab o r a t e with? R i k u : …Shinedown K y o : G azettE. C h r i s : Just because they are my favo u r i t e b a n d a t the moment it’d have to be R i s e Against D o u g i e : Red Hot Chilli Peppers for sur e !

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( Fu n n i e s t a n s we r ) S u p e r m a n o r B a t m a n : S u p e r m a n ... a t least he had powers...Batman was just a over weight dude in lycra! C o k e o r Pe p s i : Pe p s i m a k e s Ky o i l l ! T h e majority of us voted Coke for this. Ps 3 o r X b ox : X b ox ! S i m p s o n s o r Fa m i l y g u y : Fa m i l y G u y ! * K y o i n t e r r u p t s * Yo u ’ r e g o n n a h a v e t o do her with your ding-a-ling…Cuz you c a n’t s ay p e n i s ! Va m p i r e o r We r e w o l f : N e i t h e r ... Definitely neither Fa c e b o o k o r M y S p a c e : M y Fa c e . M u c h better! Friends or S crubs: The majorit y of us agree on Scrubs! R e a d y s a l t e d o r c h e e s e a n d o n i o n : Ky o a n d R i k u d o n’t s e e t h e a p p e a l o f R e a d y S a l t e d . I t ’s s a l t a n d v i n e g a r … W i t h o u t a n y t a s t e ! O h , o r v i n e g a r.

The best gig you have been to? Riku: Hmm… Escape The Fate… got kicked out though… pity K y o : B u l l e t F o r M y Va l e n t i n e . I e n d e d u p without a shirt or shoes… My shoes got ripped to shreds in a mosh pit, and I got too h o t t o k e e p m y t o p o n . S h a m e f u l l y, C h r i s and his girlfriend where there (before I knew them)… Aren’t first impressions great? C h r i s : S e e i n g A C / D C a t We m b l e y S t a d i u m was something pretty special, although B u l l e t F o r M y Va l e n t i n e w a s p r o b a b l y t h e b e s t b a n d I ’ v e s e e n l i v e . Yo u m i g h t n e e d t o ask me again in December though, as I’ll be seeing Def Leppard with Motley Crue and Steel Panther then, and that is going to be insane! What do you do to relax when you’re not working? R i k u : Wa t c h T V w i t h K y o , o r g o f o r a d r i n k with the guys K y o : Wa t c h Ta k e s h i ’s C a s t l e w i t h R i k u a n d play with our cute little gerbils! …And drink WKD. Chris: Drink a lot of whisky with my mates and go out to rock clubs. Dougie: Play my bass or listen to music. If you hadn’t become a band, what job do you think you’d be doing right now? Riku: Directing Spoof movies K y o : P r o b a b l y w h a t I s t i l l d o … Wo r k i n g i n a call centre. Dougie: I’d still just be a lifeguard. Who are your celeb crushes?

R i k u : Myself? K y o : N one! I f a g e nie gave y ou 3 wishes, what w o u l d y ou w i sh for? R i k u : N ot this again… I tricked by the l a s t g en i e who asked me that…. K y o : F irst, I’d wi sh for Riku to finish h i s s e n t e n ces. Then I’d ask for a bit m o r e m o n e y in my account every month, I f o r g e t h o w t o save sometimes. Thirdly… I’d a s k f o r m y relationship with Riku to stay h o w i t i s f orever (except, you know, act u a l l y g et t i n g married at some point!). That w a y, I ’ d h a v e everything I want. C h r i s : All the guitars I could ever n e e d , a m a i n stage slot at download and a J a c k D a n i e l s distillery. D o u g i e : I have no idea. Wo u l d you like to star in a movie, if so w h a t k i n d o f movie? R i k u : A ction movie, with free running K y o : P fft, can’t be bothered with actin g . I ’ d r a t h e r direct! C h r i s : Acting isn’t really something I’d w a n t t o r e a l l y get involved in, but if I did it w o u l d h av e t o be in a comedy film. One w i t h a r e a l l y s tupid premise that didn’t take i t s e l f s e r i o u s ly at all. Or maybe just somet h i n g J a c k a s s style...no acting needed D o u g i e : Some kind of action comedy.

all!!!!!!!!! Kyo: I want to say a huge thank you to e v e r y o n e w h o h a s h e l p e d u s . My M o m f o r buying food for Riku and I when we’ve spent all our money on rehearsal, our fans who have supported us whilst we go through tough transitions, our friends who have offered us gigs. But most of all, I want to thank my fellow band members. If it wasn’t for you guys, I wouldn’t be anywhere near a s h a p p y a s I a m n o w. I l o v e y o u a l l ! C h r i s i s an immense guitarist and a super-awesome friend; Dougie makes me laugh and his bass s k i l l i s u n d e n i a b l e ! A n d R i k u . We a l l I k n o w I love you, in a different way of course. Yo u ’ v e a l w a y s s u p p o r t e d m e , y o u f i l l e d i n a s o u r d r u m m e r w h e n w e w e r e b ei n g f u c k e d about by an idiot who wouldn’t do anything, and you always know exactly how to cheer me up. Dougie: Nope, I’m a man of few words *laughs*

D o y o u have any pets? If yes what is t h e i r n am e ? R i k u : I have a Gerbil called Tholomew! K y o : I have a Gerbil called Isshi, a d o g n am e d Tiny, and 2 cats – Shadow and Gi z m o . C h r i s : I have a cat called Megatron. I w a n t t o g e t a dog called Optimus Prime so I c a n g et t h e m to fight it out. D o u g i e : 2 cats, Suzie and Loco. W h a t s uper power do you wish you h a d ? A n d w hy? R i k u : The power to move objects wit h m y m in d … do you know how many people I c a n t h r o w t hings at without them knowing? K y o : D uplication. So I can be on autopi l o t a t w o r k ( a very highly trained and intell i g e n t a ut o p i l ot!) while I’m at home with my fi a n c é a nd o u r gerbils. C h r i s : The ability to stop time...you’d be a b l e t o g e t so much done, and also compl e t e l y m e s s with people’s heads! D o u g i e : Flying coz it’d get rid of my fe a r o f h ei g h t s ! W h a t inspires you most when wr i t i n g lyrics? R i k u : My life K y o : E verything A n y l a s t words? R i k u : Thank you too al the fans out t h e r e , w e c o uldn’t have gotten this far wit h o u t y ou r h elp and support, and we love y o u

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How did you choose the name of your band Have you changed the band’s name before? The band name comes from a film called “Commando” - Val Verde is a fictional South American country (it’s actually used in several movies) and we really liked the sound of it. What genre of music do you consider your work to be? Who are your major influences? It’s really difficult for any band to try to put themselves into a category we don’t really think that we fit into any of the typical genres. However, if you twisted my arm I would say we are somewhere between rock and indie.

When did you form your band? Ryan, Kenny and I (Robbie) have been playing together since we were about 14. Kyle joined the band about six years ago and Maggie arrived just

before Christmas last year. It’s taken a while to get the line up right but we feel that we have a really good mix in the band now.

What inspired you to make music together? I think that any band is inspired by the music that they hear. Music has been such a big part of our lives and we still try to surprise each other with new bands. We have been influenced and inspired by so many bands and it’s hard to pick out any particular inspiration but I suppose we would look to bands such as Radiohead, Nirvana, Foo Fighters, R.E.M. and Gomez. They were a huge part of our lives when we were forming the band. Where have you performed? What are your favourite and least favourite venues? Do you have any upcoming shows?

We have played at so many venues but our favourites would have to be P.J. Molloys in Dunfermline (our home venue), King Tut’s in Glasgow and playing at Murrayfield Stadium was very special. Our next gig was at Electric Circus in Edinburgh on Friday 9 September.

How has your music evolved since you first began playing music together? When we first started out we were very experimental but there was a lack of direction. As we have matured as a band, our music has become more accessible and a lot tighter. Are you seeking fame and fortune? No. We are seeking success. Fame and fortune are bi-products of success. What advice do you have for people who want to form their own bands?

Name: Robbie Guitar and Synth Age: 27 My favourite thing in the whole world is reading I really hate arrogance I have a pet tarantula But I would like a pet snake My favourite colour is blue I love eating steak Name: Kyle Drums Age: 26 My favourite thing in the whole world is Spotify. I really hate liars. I have a pet dog. But I would like a pet tortoise. My favourite colour is brown. I love eating egg and bacon sandwiches.

e d r e Do it and keep at it as long as you are enjoying it. If it becomes a chore it’s time to pack it in.

How can fans-to-be gain access to your music? Our music is available on iTunes and you can also listen to it on our MySpace page www.myspace.com/ thevalverde. Do you guys have any other hobbies besides, obviously, making music? Playing football, watching films, reading and motocross. What’s your most embarrassing experience? A few years ago we were playing a gig in the Clyde Bar and it ended up like a scene from Spinal Tap: The stage was really small and I turned around and bashed Ryan’s microphone stand with my guitar. The guitar went out of tune, the mic stand fell

over and then one member of the band (who will remain nameless) leaned against what they thought was a wall, but was actually a door, and went crashing through into a store room. That was pretty embarrassing, but these things happen and you have to laugh about them. What’s your dream holiday? Going to Ibiza to play Ibiza Rocks. What is your music background: We have quite a varied taste in music and listen to anything from Daft Punk to Metallica to The Beatles. We don’t really care about genres - if the music is good we’ll give it a listen.

Name: Ryan Vocals & guitar Age: 26 My favourite thing in the whole world is comedy. I really hate laziness. I have a pet (no pet) But I would like a pet dog My favourite colour is gun metal grey I love eating star bars Name: Kenny Bass Age: 27 My favourite thing in the whole world is beer and lime cordial. I really hate Glee I have a pet rabbit. But I would like a pet working dog. My favourite colour is green. I love eating nachos. Name: Maggie guitar and synth Age: 21 My favourite thing in the whole world is motorbikes. I really hate being bullied by Ryan. I have a pet cat. But I would like a pet cat (the more the merrier). My favourite colour is beige. I love eating half pizza suppers.

What are your songs about? We’d rather leave it up to the listener to decide what they think the songs are about. If you could play on your dream tour, what bands would be on it supporting you? Radiohead and Arcade Fire Any last words? We would urge people to check us out on MySpace and if they like what they hear they should try to get along to a live show

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Val Verde Supporting Folks Re v i e w a t t h e E l e c t r i c Circus in E d i n b urgh 9th September 2011

Our ticket confirmation had the start time of 7.00pm and we arrived bang on time. However, when we entered the venue, there was no-one else there and the bands were still doing sound checks and setting up. So I just got a drink from the bar and watched the sound checks until the venue started to fill up

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The Merrylees

At around 8.15, The Merrylees, from Edinburgh were first on stage. They have a very unique sound, a kinda blend of Hill-billy meets rock n roll. To top of their unique sound, they have a quirky 60â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s look to them. Even a few parka boys turned up to watch them. A real guitar based sound bouncing from lead to bass to acoustic and encompassing all three, while simultaneously speeding up and slowing down the tempo. There was even the distinct sound of Spanish guitar springing up every now and then. They played five tracks, each one as good as the next. I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think of anyone else out there that I could compare them to, they are so unique!!

Val Verde

Around 9.00pm Val Verde, a five piece indie/rock band from Dunfermline were up. Last time I saw the band was at Knockhill at the BMW motorrad weekend. It was freezing that day and blowing a gale. The weather that day kind of spoiled what should have been a very enjoyable event. Regular Rockette readers will remember I missed them at Murrayfield when they supported Bon Jovi. They have a very cool sound, with an up-beat sound a little like “U2”. They also have a bit of electro pop occasionally thrown in from the keyboard which gives their overall sound a bit of a twist.

They opened their set with “Because all Your Friends Where Idiots”. This track was amazing and was totally appreciated by the crowd. I was pleased for the band that there was a better crowd than at Mottorad, because they deserve to play to bigger crowds than the freezing weather had allowed previously. Next up was “Home” this had an early Snow patrol feel to the music and was from one of the bands older EP’s. “A Little More Colour now” was their third song of the evening, taken from their new EP. That was followed by a new song “Stardust”. I’m a big fan of this track and I was singing along, so it must be easy to pick up!! It’s easy to see why they were picked to support Bon Jovi. The band was getting pretty sweaty by this point, “Good Morning UK” was a good track and it was the only track of theirs I hadn’t heard before. Closing their set tonight was “Glass Girl in a Cage” this is my favourite song by the band. The song

has a very “Kings of Leon” sound, with a hint of “Goo Goo Dolls” thrown in.

Overall the band had a very good performance; in fact every single track was brill!! Can’t wait to go to their next show! After they packed up their stuff, they came over for a chat before taking off. I also asked Ryan for his set list, he said he was sorry it’s a bit sweaty, but I kept it anyway, Yuk!!

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Folks

It was 9.45pm when the last band of the night and headline act “Folks” came on. A much faster paced band who are making a name for themselves. They are a six piece band from Manchester and have a lot more of a “middle of the road feel”. There is also a slight hint of “The Monkees” about them. Maybe that was just the tambourine their lead vocalist was playing, just like Davy Jones used to. The vocals were good throughout and unlike the Monkees who repeatedly didn’t play their own instruments, Folks can certainly knock out a tune. All their tracks were fast upbeat numbers but somehow, they even managed to up the pace even more during their fifth track. It was high octane stuff. They returned to their previous high-speed tempo for the sixth track. Their final track though opened sounding like “the clash – London’s burning” it kept up the theme throughout, with the band really bouncing. A thoroughly enjoyable set!

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Josh E lki n g t o n , 1 9 . D o e s t h e f r o n t m a n thing, singing, playing guitar. I also manage the band. Phil Craw f o r d, 2 0 . L e a d g u i t a r a n d a b i t of singing. David Bic h e n o - S a m w ay s, 1 8 . D r u m s. Jamie Wa r e, 1 8 . B a s s.

How did you come up with the name for your band? Was it your First choice? Josh’s mum came up with it! Which probably isn’t cool to say, but we had no bloody idea what to call ourselves, everything else is taken. But it fits, we’re a fast rock band.

someone else would be in so they can relate to it, but of course they are all linked in some way to things that have happened to me. Josh: Yeah, there’s no fun in writing about a really specific situation that no one can relate to.

Did you have any other band names in mind? Dave wanted The Sunshine Conspiracy, which is a pretty cool name.

What’s your favourite song to perform? Josh: My favourite to sing is a song of ours called ‘Can’t Start’, because it’s a bit of a belter, a head turner. It has the best, rocking riff we’ve got and a hell of a powerful chorus, it’s a bitch to sing live because it’s a lot of loud, constant singing but it’s fun as hell to pull off. Phil: ‘Maybe It’s You’, because I don’t really have anything hard to play so I can go a bit mental with it! Dave: ‘Can’t Start’, because I can go all out on it Jamie: ‘Can’t Start’.

How long have you known each other? We all met in college in Portsmouth about two and a half years ago in a Music Technology course. How did your band start? Well yeah, all met in college doing music. We all jammed together and had to do covers for the course, had a laugh, it sounded good so it went from there really! Josh and Phil have been writing songs for a long while though so it took off pretty quickly, they’ve been biding their time. What has been your biggest challenge as a band? Getting equipment to gigs, always a pain in the arse. As a new band how much of a challenge has it been in the industry? It’s generally quite hard to play rock to a scene who have expected indie music as the standard, but a lot of people have loved it so it’s not too bad. When you write your lyrics, what inspires you? Josh: Whatever the hells going on in my head/life at that moment, or sometimes concepts. Depends on the music, I get a feeling what the song should be about when I hear the song without the lyrics. Phil: I put myself in a position that

What where your musical influences growing up? Josh: Rock and Robbie Williams. My cool older sister gave me ‘The Colour and the Shape’ (Foo Fighters), All Killer No Filler (Sum 41), a Limp Bizkit CD and a skater rock compilation CD to set me on the right path. I got into a lot of Sabbath when I was about 13, they were my first love. Phil: American Pop Punk, like Blink 182 and All Time Low because I love their energy. Dave: My cousin... she was always better than me at everything, so I thought there must be one thing I can beat her at. Jamie: Old rock! Who is your favourite band at the moment? Josh: Foo Fighters, don’t see that changing any time soon. Phil: All Time Low Dave: Old Biffy

Jamie: Queens of the Stone Age How long have you been playing (any) instruments? Josh: About 5 or 6 years? I only really play guitar as a means to write and play songs though, i’ve got no real ambition of being Jimmy Page, as fun as that would be. Phil: This and that for 6 years. Dave: Only about 4 years actually! But I don’t do much else Jamie: About the same with bass, four years. But i’ve been playing guitar for about 6 If you could add any other band member from anywhere in the world, who would it be and why? Josh: David Eric Grohl. The best icing for any cake. Phil: Alex Gaskarth, ‘cause he’s an amazing singer. Dave: Travis Barker, just because he’s an absolute tank. Jamie: Hayley Williams, to add a bit of sex appeal to the band! Dave: What are you on about mate, i’m the sex appeal! What lyric, either your own or someone else’s has a specific meaning to you? Josh: Our song ‘Everything’ has a lot of personal meaning to me. Every line is based on a stage of my life a few years back, it’s a few years old now though, I used to be quite uncomfortable singing it. There’s a lot of Foo Fighters, Sublime and Blackalicious lines that mean a lot to me aswell. Dave: ‘With a heart attack on your plate, you were looking back on your days, how you spent them all in a blur, and they asked if you were for sure’. (Favourite Food by Tokyo Police Club) Because it references to bad experiences to your past and you have to think about things you’re gonna

If you were a TV/cartoon character who would you be and why? Josh: Del Boy, he can talk his way out or into anything. Dave: Rodney.. cause i’m just as simple as he is. Jamie: Charlie Sheen, get all the bitches! You remind me of the girl from the Big Bang Theory Dave. Phil: I’m gonna say... Quagmire. He gets away with everything. If you were a superhero, which ONE special power would you have? Josh: Time manipulation. Could get a lot of shit done. Phil: To be able to fly, because I can’t be arsed to walk everywhere. Dave: Gotta be the Hulk... can’t get anything passed that man, you hurt him, he just gets stronger! Jamie: Dunno... whatever the Human Torch has. Fire and flying, sounds pretty good!

have to change to grow individually as a person. Yeah, i’m deep as fuck! Jamie: ‘Slow down everyone, you’re moving too fast’ by Jack Johnson. ‘Cause everyone needs to chill out most of the time! What type of music do you really not like? Shit music. We like good music of all types. Lots of people are quick to hassle Rap, Indie, Hip Hop or whatever because of the stuff they hear on the radio, but every genre has some stinkers, just as every genre has great music. X-factor, love or loathe and why? Josh: I kinda hate it. Don’t get me wrong, there’s a lot of talent on the show, some of those people have increeeeedible voices, but the show itself hassles you with their sob stories, it’s like a soap really. Crying to a promoter won’t get you a gig in the real world. Phil: Hate it. It brings out people who can actually sing but puts them in a position that loses any credibility by covering other peoples songs. Doesn’t give them much room to do anything really creative until they win and everyone is already sick of them. Josh: Yeah, that T-Mobile Unsigned thing was alright where bands and solo artists had to play songs they’d actually written. Plus, Alex James from Blur was on it, which always helps. Jamie: Loathe. It’s all too overproduced and fake-sounding. What do you do to relax? Josh: Stay in bed all day. Jamie: Go out and drink! Have a laugh with my mates. Phil: Spend time with the missus. Dave: Have a sit down at home with a fag and beer, that’ll sort me out for the day.

What have been your experiences of “celebrity life”. What are the perks/ negative sides of fame? Josh: We’ve had people come up to us individually in the local pubs and that and complement us on the band, which is always awesome, shows you’re doing something right. A girl asked me and Phil to sign her hand after a show not long ago which was a bit surreal. Jamie: I played strip table football with a barmaid. Dave: Random guy said he liked the band i’m in and bought me drinks all night! Josh: Then he gave you his phone number, right? Do you have any exciting shows coming up: We’ve actually just finished a mental summer gigging spree of the South, around Portsmouth and in Guildford and Fareham and places like that, but we do have a few shows coming up that are on our facebook page to check out. We’re now focusing on finishing off our debut album which should be available for a few quid physically or

digitally in a month or two, there’ll be a big album launch gig for that actually in our home town, Portsmouth. We’ve just finished mastering the headline track from it, ‘Can’t Start’, which will be up alongside a music video soon on our facebook page. Who would you like to tour with? Josh: Dinosaur Pile-Up and/or Nine Black Alps. They’re more heroes to me for what we’re doing at the moment because they’re proving that you can still tour rock as a new band. Jamie: Queens of the Stone Age. They’re shows are amazing and they seem like a lot of fun, I reckon you could have a good laugh with ‘em. Phil: You Me At Six, because they’re my favourite British based band. Dave: Kings of Leon, because not only are they an excellent band, they all seem like sound people. They put on an amazing show. Finally, where do you HOPE to be in a year’s time? And where do you think you will ACTUALLY be? Josh: I’d hope and pray to all the gods that we’d be on an indie label, touring in any way, making records and playing shows, a small appearance at a festival would be sick, making enough money to eat and get drunk. Where will we actually be? I’ve honestly no idea. Could go either way like everything does, but i’m enjoying myself right now. We’re getting a lot of international listens at the moment so if we’re offered to play out of the country we definitely will. Jamie: Well, I hope in a years time we’ll be playing some kind of festival, in little tents, that’d be nice. Actually? Just getting bigger gigs I guess. Dave: Hopefully touring around Europe, possibly America. But, probably stay here and cain the South, play a load of gigs here. Phil: I’d like us to be on a UK tour. Actually? Probably in the cellar practising (laughs) Nah, just playing bigger shows more often, who knows, might be able to coattail a band on tour, we’re up for it!

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Genre: Hag Grunge Stoner Rock Members: Mookie - guitar, vocals Peaches - bass, vocals Moo Moo - Drums, general hag banter Influences: The Pixies, Blind Melon, Kyuss, QOTSA , Biff y Clyro, Nir vana, Nick Drake, Burning Spear, Sepultura, Jimi Hendrix.

... T ell all about music , life on tour and upcoming shows ! How you b e ga n w r i t i n g yo u r ow n songs? Mookie: - We l l I ’m co m p l ete l y s e l f taught so yo u co u l d s ay f ro m t h e d ay I picked up a g u i ta r. Peaches: - I go t b o re d o f t h e ge n e ra l mediocre c ra p I wa s l e a r n i n g a n d just began to c re ate my ow n m u s i ca l adventure s ! Moo moo: - Wr i t i n g s o n g s ? ! What have b e e n yo u r ex p e r i e n c e s o f “ce lebrity l i fe ”. W h at a re t h e p e r ks / negative si d e s o f fa m e ? Mookie: - A f te r a g i g re c e nt l y I h a d a little gir l co m e u p to m e a n d s ay she liked my m u s i c w h i c h wa s g re at , especially f ro m s u c h a n u n s u s p e c t i n g fan! Peaches: - I ’ve h a d ex p e r i e n c e w i t h a couple of “sta l ke r y ” fa n s ! Moo moo: - We l l I l o o k l i ke s l a s h e h s o I get mistake n l y re co g n i ze d co n sta nt l y ! Lot s of fan s wa nt to k n ow h ave yo u a Girlfriend/ b oy f r i e n d ? Mookie: - Ye a h I h ave a l ov i n g girlfriend w h o m e a n s t h e wo r l d to me and I wo u l d n ’ t c h o o s e a nyo n e i n the world ove r h e r. E xc e pt W i l l i a m Shatner. Peaches: - Ye s my b oy f r i e n d i s t h e gre atest an d I l ove h i m ! Moo moo: - We l l W i l l ia m S h at n e r i s o n my “to do” l i st . . . What ’s you r favo u r i te i te m o f c l o t h i n g you own? Mookie an d M o o M o o ” - P O N C H O ’s ! ! ! Peaches: - I d o n ’ t a c t u a l l y e n j oy clothes ve r y m u c h . Do you have tatto o s o r p ie rc i n g s ? I f yes, how m a ny a n d w h e re a re t h ey ? Mookie: - I h ave a n e a r t u n n e l a n d a

l i tt l e s ca r from a lip piercing back in t h e d ay ! I ’m hoping to get a tattoo of Pe a c h e s on my back when I get the m o n ey, i f anyone wants to help me out ... M o o m oo : Used to have an eyebrow p i e rc i n g , but it came out, I was just to o m a n l y for it! I d e a l d ate & Celeb crushes? “A l l ” - W i l liam Shatner! D o yo u h ave posters up on your room wa l l s ? I f yes, what are they? M o o k i e : - Yeah man posters of Kurt C o b a i n a nd Maiden and such, and t h e n l o a d s of gig tickets and random o b j e c t s f rom life. Like this CD that wa s g i ve n to our drummer Moo Moo by a p re s umed peadophile who tried to g ro o m him. He got away unscathed t h o u g h , and bar a terrible CD with “ Pete ’s Top Mixes” sharpied on the f ro nt . S tay away Pete!! M o o M o o and Peaches: - Oh god Pete’s to p m i xe s ! I f yo u r l i fe was a song , what would the title be? M o o k i e : - Definitely David Bowie, C h a n ge s . Nothing can make a man m o re psychotically happy than that chorus! L i fe o n to ur is: HAG! So bad! So much to co n s i d er, like when you have to be at s h ows , soundcheck times, do you h ave s p a re equipment? do we have our l i v i n g ex p enses paid? but at the end of a l l t h e b o ring stuff being tour is great a n d i t ’s t h ese moments we’ll look back o n w h e n we are older and realise how awe s o m e our early years really were.

Bio: Komodo was an accidental band formed out of three inebriated friends by the river side. We were all having an in-depth discussion about Komodo dragons and their use in today ’s civillised society when we realised the name Komodo would f it perfectly if we were to start a band. Taking our own advice we started a band with a mission to play half decent music as unique and best as possible. We like play a memorable show full of random antics and hag banter, with each show different to previous ones. “Rockstars with slight stardom” we are aiming to keep music real, in the moment and banterous! Many great friends and memories are made on the road! As a band what do you most love about being on stage? Mookie: I love getting to give to fans what you can’t fit in a CD, like atmosphere and presence. Moo moo: - Personally I love being the furthest away from all t he fans! Peaches: - Dude that ’s not ver y nice! I don’t actually like playing live ver y much but y ’know ... We want to know how you prepare for a show. And do you have any exciting shows coming up: If we are keeping it truthful, we usually prepare for a show with a couple of beers and some shots, to tr y and get in the merr y zone needed to play music for a band that was created out of substance abuse! We leave the heav y seshing till after the show, but before h and if we can get a little drunk it always ends well! We are hoping to tour Europe next year with dates in Holland, Germany, France, Spain and Italy! Any other news you would like to share? Our Debut Album is to be recorded this December after a week in seclusion, so keep an eye out for that! Presently we have a 4 track E.P. recorded in just 3 hours available on facebook and MySpace, however if you email one of us through the band page on facebook we could send out a hard copy Have a hag day gringo’s! Peace, Love and Empathy! Komodo.

Atho s “the Dyewor ks” - E P rev i ew Athos are a four p i e c e ro c k /a l ter n at i ve b and from Ayrshi re . T h e b a n d i s m a d e u p o f Graeme Smith - Vo ca l s / G u i ta r, C ra i g C unningham - Dru m s , A n d rew S l o a n - B a s s / Vocals and Gordo n A l l i s o n - G u i ta r. Th i s i s t h e band’s debut E P, w h i c h t h ey re co rd e d w ith Gavin Monag h a n p ro d u c i n g . G av i n i s b est known for p ro d u c i n g “ K i n g s o f L e o n ” b ut is also know n fo r p ro d u c i n g m a ny o t her amazing ac t s .

Track 1 – Reinvent Ever y Word T he opening to th i s t ra c k h a s a ve r y “ B i ff y C l yro” feel to the i nt ro, b u t ve r y q u i c k l y a s G raeme began to s i n g i t wa s c l ea r i t wa s n ot a “Biff y ” tra c k . T h e b a n d h a s a ver y u nique sound com p a red w i t h o t h er b a n d s i n the chart just n ow. W h e n t h e c h o r u s b egan the song re a l l y to o k o ff. I t i s a ver y catchy tune and t h e l y r i c s i n t h e c h o r u s were simple to p i c k u p . By t h e s eco n d c h orus you could ea s i l y b e s i n g i n g al o n g . T he tempo ran s m o o t h l y t h ro u g h o ut t h e t rack with excellent d r u m m i n g a n d vo ca l s . I f you like alternat i ve m u s i c t h en t h i s t ra c k i s highly recomm e n d ed fo r yo u ! !

Track 2 – Act Without Reflection T his track is ver y s i m i l a r to t h e f i rst . T h e te mpo flows alon g at a n a l m o st i d e nt i ca l p ace. A notice a b l e d i fferen c e i s t h at l y rics are occasio n a l l y ca r r i ed fo r l o n ge r, at least initially. A ga i n t h e p l ay i n g i s fa ultless. The tra c k b u i l d s m o m e nt u m a s i t progresses. T h ere a re s o m e s ec t i o n s w here it slows d ow n a b i t a n d t h e l y r i c s really punch thro u g h . T h i s i s a n o t h e r excellent and we l l b a l a n c e d a l ter n at i ve t rack.

Track 3 – A Senseless Divide Following a shor t b u rst f ro m t h e d r u m s t h is track burst to l i fe. D ra m at i ca l l y fa ste r t h an the other tra c ks o n t h e E P, w i t h re a l g uts behind it. I t co nt i n u e s i n t h i s va i n u ntil about half way t h ro u g h , w h en i n it i a l l y

i t s o u n d s l i ke t h e t ra c k i s e n d ing. What i s h ea rd , s o u n d s l i ke a wa s h i n g machi ne t u r n i n g s l ow l y, s u p p o r ted by ei ther small c h i l d ren o r s e a g u l l s s c re e c h i ng in the b a c kg ro u n d . T h i s co nt i n u e s for a short w h i l e b efo re G ra em e ca r r i e s o ff a fairly co nv i n c i n g i m p re s s i o n o f a c h oir boy as h e ra i s es t h e p i tc h o f h i s vo i c e. He can c er ta i n l y ca r r y a n o te . T h e track then b l a st s b a c k to l i fe a n d ro l l i c ks its way a l l t h e way to t h e en d . A thoroughly e nte r ta i n i n g t ra c k w i t h u n i q u e twists and turns. O ve ra l l , t h i s Ay rs h i re fo u rsome has p ro d u c ed a re a l l y go o d d e b u t EP. They h ave a go o d s o u n d to t h e m a n d play well. T h e q u a l i t y, ra n ge a n d p i tc h o f Graeme’s vo ca l s a re a h u ge p l u s . T h e i r music at t i m es h a s a “ B i ff y C l y ro ” s o u n d and the vo ca l s h ave a to u c h o f “ M y Chemical Ro m a n c e” to t h e m , b u t t h ey a re in no way p o o r i m i tat i o n s o f t h e s e o t h e r b ands. I am s u re t h ey w i l l b e fa nta st i c l i ve , but the EP wo u l d b e fa nta st i c i n - ca r ente r tainment.

Mod e r n M i sfo r t u ne

M e m b e rs : L o u i e Anderson, Amber M o r t i m e r, E u a n Thomson, Adam Weir H o m e tow n : Ed i nburgh G e n re : A l te r n at i ve rock

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Th e c ra zy m e m b er is: Louie Th e h otte st m e m ber is: Amber Th e l a zy m e m b e r is: Adam Wh o d o yo u t h ink yo u r m u s i c wo uld ap p e a l to ? Ou r m u s i c d o e s n’t rea l l y f i t i nto one spe c i f i c ge n re I d o n’t thi n k , s o i t ’s h a rd to lab e l a d i st i n c t g roup of p eo p l e w h o wo uld be i ntereste d i n it. We j u st p l ay w hat we en j oy a n d h ope ou r a u d i e n c e d o e s as wel l . Wh o a re yo u r m a jor inf l u e n c e s i n the ind u st r y at the mo m e nt ? We t r y n o t to e m u l ate any s p e c i f i c b a n d , but som e o f t h e b a n ds/ art i st s we l i ste n to are The G a s l i ght Ant h em, L a d y G a ga, Idl ew i l d , B l i n k- 1 82, All T i m e L ow, Pa n ic! at t h e D i s co, a n ice

mix I suppose. We’re one of those bands who all have ver y different tastes in music. Why did you decide to start a band, and was it a long process? We’ve all loved listening and playing music for a whi le, so it seemed like a good idea. It actually took us about 3 years or something to finalise the lineup and get gig ging though, so yeah you could say it was a ver y long process. However, once Adam and Louie joined we only had a month until our first gig , so we had to get our act together fast.

How did you all meet? School. Louie and Amber have known each other since P1 and Euan and Andy met in nurser y. Louie and Adam met in S1 and then it all came together in fifth year!

Yes, we u s ed to b e called Fal l i n g W i t h Style, but c h a n ge d it just befo re A d a m and Loui e j o i n ed . Neither a re g re at names rea l l y, b u t we could never t h i n k o f any thing b etter.

Have you changed the band’s name before, and if so what was the idea behind the one you chose?

Did yo u eve r h ave any s o n g s t h at wa sn’t a h i t w it h t h e c rowd? We l l we ’re st i l l at that sta ge w here it ’s m a i n l y f r i ends that m a ke u p our aud i en ce, s o p eople are gen era l l y p o s i t ive. At o u r l atest g i g we rec ei ve d s o m e good fee d b a c k a b o u t our newe st s o n g t h o ugh, and t h at wa s n i c e ! Favo u r i te s o n g to pe r fo r m , d o e s this cha n ge ? A m b e r : DIS H EA RT E N E D ! I l ove that s o n g , a n d a few pe o p l e i n t h e c rowd kn ow t h e wo rd s s o it ’s great to h e a r p eople sin g i n g w i t h m e. An d y : M y favo u rite son g to p e r fo r m is pro b a b ly o n e I d on’t sin g in. P ro b ably ‘No t h i n g L ef t To Re c e i ve ’ w h i c h i s a slowe r o n e , b u t I’m qui te p ro u d o f the sol o . Lou i e : E i t h er ‘One Nig ht C o u l d M ean Any t h i n g ’ o r ‘B a c k to the F i re ’. ‘O n e Ni ght ’ has l o a d s o f ro o m for im p rov i s i n g s o t h at ’s fun . A n d ‘B a c k to the Fire ’ i s j u st gen e rally qui te exc i t i n g and fast a n d awes o m e . Eu a n : ’ No t h i n g L eft ’ be ca u s e I s i n g a l o ng... Lou d l y. Ad a m : ‘ To d ay ’s Am e r i ca n D re am’. Ba s s p a r t i s a nice cha l l e n ge, a n d i t feels great w h e n I p l ay it pro p e r l y.

If you could be a superhero what would your name be? And describe the costume? Amber would be Darth Amber. She would have a black cape and a mask and mild asthma.. And killer heels.. With spikes. What ’s your ultimate direction for your band, is it fam e and fortune? To get some bitchiz. And shoes for Amber. When you write music, which member comes up with the lyrics? Andy. Always Andy. How can my readers gain access to your music? Is it free? You can find us on Twitter, MySpace and Facebook where we have a free demo of our song ‘Disheartened’. We also have a website at w w w.wix.com/ modernmisfortune/ music. On each of the websites there are updates on upcoming gigs etc. We’ll hopefull y be recording an EP soon so we’ll have that on each website as soon as possible. Your favourite song ever? Has this ever changed? Louie: Probably “Going to Pasalacqua” by Green Day or “Born to Run” by Bruce Springsteen. Something like that

but I feel bad for not choosing something by Queen or Bob Dylan. Amber: Any thing by Panic! at the Disco. Andy: My favourite song ever is ‘A Modern Way of Letting Go’ by Idlewild. It ’s 2 and a half minutes long , and it ’s just a good rock out, but I absolutely love it. Euan: ‘Letterbomb’ by Green Day. Adam: ‘ You Don’t Understand Me’ by the Raconteurs. Funniest on stage moment you have had? During the third song of our first concert, Euan broke a guitar string and had to borrow a guitar from another one of the bands. This incident occurred due to the fact that he’s a numpty. Big thanks to Xavier and Patrick for helping us out! Finally, when and where will you be playing next? Our nex t gig lined up is on the 30th of October, at Electric

Circus in Ed i n b u rg h . It ’s a Hallowee n fa n c y dress gig , a n d t i c ket s are £4. It s h o u l d b e a great night !

The Quickie Round: Twilight or harry potter: H a r r y Po tter (on a re l ate d n o te, Twilight is ga s h ) Pringles o r D o r i to s : Pringles Ice cream o r i c e p o l e s : Ice cream Music or tv : M u s i c Cinema o r b ow l i n g : Cinema

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wi n “ Ro c k Reco rd i n g o f t h e Ye a r ” at t h e 20 1 1 S co tt i s h N ew M u s i c A wa rd s

2 0 1 1 s aw the first ever Scottish N ew M usic Awards. The event to o k p l ace at The C lassic Grand o n t h e 4th of September to a ca p a c i t y audience hosted by Edwa rd Re id of Britain’s Got Tal e nt fa m e. O t h e r noteable attendees and p re s e nters included Sandi T h o m , L eon Jackson and Sanjiv Ko h l i . M a ny fa cets of the Scottish Mus i c I n d ustr y were recognised ra n g i n g from eductational esta b l i s h ments, music production fa c i l i t i e s, music photographers a n d o f course musicians and bands. T h e award for “Rock Recording o f t h e Year ” was highly conteste d w h i c h was no surprise given

that it wa s o n e o f t h e m o st w i d e ranging cate go r i e s . Nominat i o n s i n c l u d e d s o m e o f Scotland (i f n o t t h e U K ’s ) f i nest talent . E m e rg i n g v i c to r i o u s , winners S t u nt m a n M i ke revelled in t h e i r s h e e r s u r p r i s e a n d delight at b e i n g awa rd e d t h e prestigio u s a c co l a d e i n h o n o u r of their c u r re nt s i n g l e “ S e c ret Forces”. “ We reco rd e d , p ro d u c e d a n d promoted t h i s s o n g f ro m a s e l f funded h o m e st u d i o ” ex p l a i n e d Scott Het h e r i n gto n vo ca l i st a n d front ma n . “ We’re re a l l y t h a n k f u l to t h e various S co tt i s h R a d i o DJ s w h o have playe d o u r s o n g o n t h e air, the q u a l i t y o f b a n d s t h ey are help i n g to c h a m p i o n i s at

a n a l l t i m e h i g h a n d we ’re j u st ove r t h e m o o n to b e co u nte d a m o n g st t h e m ”. W i t h a n i m p e n d i n g a l b u m rel e a s e a n d va r i o u s g i g d ate s a c ro s s t h e U K , S t u nt m a n M i ke , w h o a re a s yet u n si g n e d , h ave a l re a d y m a d e a st ro n g i m p re ss i o n o n t h e S co tt i s h b a n d s c e n e . H av i n g p l aye d i n ve n u e s s u c h a s K i n g Tu t s a n d T h e A B C, s u p p o r ting bands as big as The Damned T h i n g s a n d T h e V i rg i n M a r ys , S t u nt m a n M i ke a re q u i c k l y b u il d i n g a ve r i ta b l e t ra c k reco rd , t h i s awa rd m ay we l l b e a s i g n o f t h i n g s to co m e .

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oca ng / V o r t s Arm r Te r e n a S e t o / G u i t a s Henry tober / Bas s c m O Dru Kirk alive / S e l a D

http://w w w.unclesid.com http://w w w.myspace.com/unclesid http://w w w.facebook.com/UncleSid1 http://w w w.reverbnation.com/unclesid http://w w w.cdbaby.com/Artist/UncleSid How did you come up with the name for your band? Was it your First choice? It wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the first choice, we actually had a page full of names but we were talking one ni ght about how people use to use Uncle Sid as a code name for acid and started laughing our

asses off. We then said, how about that name and went with it. After some thought and discussion with our artist we made Uncle Sid our transporter of the band with the drummer in the head and Uncle Sid carr ying the rest of the band to our next show. Uncle Sid will be developed a

lot more in the with a lot of band future to be a big out there at the part of our show. moment. Uncle Sidâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s running on What does each all 4 cylinders of you bring to now with a new CD in the works the band? We feel we all for early 2012. bring passion of our soul through How long have our instruments you all known we play and to each other? How the music when did you meet? we write songs After the first together. We incarnat ion of feel this is an the band Dale important aspect (drums) being one to our show and of the founding that it is lacking members of

Uncle Sid met Henr y ( guitar) in 2001 and then met Kirk (bass) on line and he lived on the other side of the countr y and ended up moving to the West Coast to join us in 2007. Terena our new lead vocalist has just joined the band in May. We’ve written 8 new songs so far, 2 more to go for our next CD. We ’re looking for ward to rel easing our next CD w ith Terena in 2012! Which 3 words would you use to describe your music? M e l o d i c , Dynamic, Hard Rock How would describe ‘look’ of band? I would to say we towards the hair 80 band.

you the your

in Rock. We hope you can hear them in our music.

say finding a vocalist that is in it for the long haul.

Which songs do you perform most frequently? We play songs from past CD ’s along with the new songs just written with Terena. We are playing our new songs which takes up 80% of our new set we play live. You can hear 3 new songs at http://w w w. reverbnation. com/unclesid

What ’s the one thing you HAVE to have on tour? A good attitude through the good, bad and the ugly! Hahaha

What are your r e h e a r s a l s generally like? We go in and rehearse ever y song we know which is 15 songs at the moment. We also work on our stage show as well. When not touring we rehearse 3-4 times a week.

have lean long Do you have a set type time each week in which you practice or are Who or what rehearsals more are your major spontaneous? influences? It ’s mostly the We all have same ever y week d i f f e r e n t unless someone i n f l u e n c e s has an important musically and I situation they think that ’s why have to attend. when we put them all together What has been it makes us more your big gest of an original challenge as a because of our band? different taste I would have to

What ’s your favorite tour stor y? We love to tour and meet the Fans that are grooving Uncle Sid tunes. Touring to us seem like living like gypsies. It ’s a great life style if you’re into that kind of thing. As Aerosmith said it ’s a permanent vacation, haha. What ’s the weirdest thing you have ever signed? Not really weird, haha - Boobs :)

Gianluca Ghini - CD sto r y

2 0 0 9 cd cover 2 0 1 0 cd cover B eyond the M i r ro r ’ i s a n introspective , p o et i c and powerful album, d i scovering ou r inner world hidden be h i n d t h e reflection of the m i r ro r, w hich holds our d ee p est s e crets and is a l ways h onest. T h is is the th i rd a n d i nteresting alb u m by G i anluca Ghini, a n a r t i st w ho is standing o u t fo r t h e special at m o s p h e re o f his composit i o n s a n d t h e sp ecial care to h i s arrangements: an emotional a l bum, to be enjoyed s o n g af ter song , full o f m u s i c d etails and i m m e rs i ve s o unds. A journey “ b eyo n d t h e mirror ”, to d i s cove r t h e pure percept i o n a n d a l l those feeling s h i d d e n b e hind the refle c t i o n o f t h e image that eve r y b o d y ca n see.

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m u s i c o f G en e s i s , Pink Floyd, Peter G a b r i e l a n d Marillion o f F i s h ’s e ra , h e started to co m p o s e ow n m usic in his g ro u p n a m ed ‘ The Eyes’ A s a n a d d ed b o n u s , i n t h e f ro m ‘ 8 0 to ‘9 5 . t ra c ks # 3 , # 5 a n d # 7 yo u w i l l l i sten to t h e g u i ta r H e co l l a b o rated with s o l o s by P i o t r S zc ze p a n i a k * s eve ra l l o ca l a rtists and ( g u e st i n t h i s a l b u m ) t h at t h en , wo r k i n g o n his own in f i t p er fe c t l y i nto t h e m u s i c , h i s l i tt l e re co rd i ng studio, i n c rea s i n g t h e e m o t i o n a l h e s el f- p ro d u c ed his debut va l u e o f t h e s e p i ec e s to t h e a l b u m ‘Et h e re al Love’ m ax i m u m . rel e a s ed i n S epte mber 2009 a n d t h e n , af ter a year, he G i a n l u ca G h i n i ’s b i o g ra p hy : rel e a s e t h e co n c ept album B o r n i n 1 9 6 7 i n I ta l y e l ec t ro - p ro g res s i ve ‘Red n e a r R ave n n a , G i a n l u ca J o ker ’. F i n a l l y, af ter a year d i s covere d his m u s i c o f p a s s i o n ate and hard i nte re st a n d sta r t st u d y i n g wo r k, h i s n ew wonderful p i a n o at 6 ye a rs o l d . a l b u m ‘B eyo n d T he Mirror ’ i s o u t f ro m S e ptember 19, A f te r st u d y i n g c l a s s i ca l 2 0 1 1 music, G i a n l u ca Ghini fo u n d h i s t r u e p a s s i o n i n a n a l o g sy nt h e s i zers , a n d fo r f i f te en ye a rs h e to u red w i t h ro c k p ro g res s i ve a n d reg ga e b a n d s . I n s p i red by

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Members: Pedro Norris - Vo ca l s , guitar 31 Glasgow, Michael McDonald - D r u m s 2 2 Glasgow and Scott Ross - Ba s s 2 3 Glasgow

W hat a re t h e m a i n th emes o r to p i c s fo r most o f yo u r s on g s ? Pedro l ove , h ate , politics, death, insomnia. Mike - reve n ge , h o p e . Pedro – wa r To n a m e a few! Do yo u r s o n g s a l ways expres s p e rs o n a l experie n c e s o r i s i t people w h o yo u k n ow also? Pedro s o m et i m e s person a l ex p e r i e n c e l i ke in ‘sou r ’ o r ‘ m a nt ra ’ fo r exampl e . s o m et i m e s about t h e wo r l d i n genera l l i ke ‘c r u s a d e s ’. I woul d h o p e t h e s o n g s have some sort of emotio n a l ex p e r i e n c e for p e o p l e a n d a re th ought p rovo k i n g b u t mainly t h at t hey e n j oy th emse l ve s a n d ro c k o u t .

W h at can you tell me a b o u t your instruments a n d d o you only play o n e a nd what made you c h o o s e the instruments yo u h ave now? Pe d ro - I am a guitarist a n d vocalist. I play a bit o f b a ss. I chose guitar b e ca u se I saw Mick Ro n s o n from the spiders o f m ars on TV and t h o u g ht it was amazing , t h e n I saw blur live and g ra h a m coxon blew me away. I would say though my o l der brother who p l ays guitar is my big gest i nf l u e nce. M i ke - 3 people inspired m e to play. John Bonham, M att Cameron and my d r u m teacher Andy. H ow has your music c h a n ged since you first sta r te d playing music

together? Pedro - more cohesive as a group now, songs are jammed more when they are being written, there are more ideas floating about which makes for a better sound. How do you promote your band and shows? Pedro sometimes through promoters like toxic rock promotions and feevents promotions and sometimes ourselves through facebook or our website.

Describ e yo u r s h ow, visual a n d m u s i ca l l y ? Pedro - I te n d to j u m p about a l o t l i ke I ’m being e l e c t ro c u te d , m usica l l y i t ’s ve r y l o u d and ra u co u s w i t h s o m e tender m o m e nt s t h row n in. M ike - a n d we d o l ike to give th e s et o f e a c h g i g a good m i x l i ke m ay b e have a n ew i d e a to t h row in. Pedro - ye a h ke e ps i t fresh! Does t h e c rowd s i n p u t help? Pedro - ye s ve r y m u c h s o you fe e d o f f e a c h o t h e r kind o f l i ke a zo m b i e only w i t h l e s s b l o o d , it ’s gre at w h e n t h ey s i n g al ong to o . Mike - ye a h a n d w h e n people a re d a n c i n g . Do you h ave a ny v i d e o s , if not w hy ? Pedro - we h ave v i d e o s of ma nt ra a n d o c e a n s on our You Tu b e c h a n n e l . There i s a l s o o n e o f our ra d i o p e r fo r m a n c e s from C a m g l e n R a d i o o n YouTub e w i t h a p h o to compil at i o n o n i t . Do you h ave a ny i d e a s for your v i d e o s i n f u t u re ? Pedro - a ny t hi n g w i t h the b a n d p l ay i n g l i ve becaus e t h at ’s w h at we are a l l a b o u t , n o gi mmic ks w i t h u s . Wh at h a s b e e n your big gest obsta c l e s o fa r ? A nd how did yo u get p a st i t ?

Pedro - f i n d i n g a b a s s player, a g re at b a s s player to o k aw h i l e b u t thankf u l l y we fo u n d one, a s o p h i st i cate d o n e too. T h e we at h e r wa s a bit o f o bsta c l e to o la st ye a r. h a d o u r f i rst schedu l e d g i g ca n c e l l e d becaus e o f t h e s n ow. We ended u p p l ay i n g n i c e n sleazy b u t t h at h a d to b e resche d u l e d b e ca u s e o f the fire . Eve nt u a l l y we played n i c e n s le a zys i n April. W h at a n i g ht t h at was!!!

Te l l u s about your next s h ows and why we should b e t h e re? Pe d ro - loud music and a l co h o l haha! the next t h re e gigs should be g re at . the last chance to s e e u s this year before we go into the studio to re cord. Ivor y blacks o n t h e 16th october for 3 q u i d, the vale on the 2 9 t h october for a fiver a n d t he barrowlands 2 o n n ovember 12th. It is go n n a be wild!!

Any last words? Pedro - come and see our next gig you won’t regret it

D e s c r i be your bedroom (co l o u r/bed cover/ p o ste rs ect)? Pe d ro - peachy with H o m e r Simpson on the wa l l . D o yo u have any pets? If ye s w hat, if no why not? Pe d ro - I have a pet wa l r u s but my landlord d o e s n ’t know so I hope h e d o esn’t read this! A ny h i dden talents? Pe d ro - yes but I forgot w h e re I hid them. W h o ’s your hero? Pe d ro - Alan Partridge, h e i s s o wise and cool.

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Essex U n d i s cove re d winners “ Re a c h b a c k ” have be e n m a k in g wave s in the te e n - ro c k m a r ket on bo t h s i d e s o f t h e Atlanti c ove r t h e p a st twelve m o nt h s a n d a re set to co nt i n u e t h e i r rise w i t h a def i n i t i ve , unsign e d f i ve - t ra c k E P release t i t l e d ‘ Wa ke u p ’ th rough M T V N et wo r ks on Octo b e r 3 1 . ‘ Wake up’ fe at u re s digitall y re - m a ste re d version s o f n ow M T V N / ‘H ype M u s i c ’ - a s s i g n e d singles : ‘ Bu tte r f l i e s ’, ‘ N o One El s e ’ a n d ‘ W i t h o u t You’ – a s we l l a s t wo formid a b l e n ew t ra c ks : ‘ Waitin g ’ a n d ‘ Be l i eve ’. A maj o r s u c c e s s sto r y from t h e B P I / U K T I L o s Angele s sy n c m i s s i on i n June 2 0 1 1 “ Rea c h b a c k ” release ‘ Wa ke up’

‘ Wa ke u p ’ Th e E P a r r i va l of . . .

b a c ke d by taste-making p owe r houses MTVN and E x t re me Music as an i d e nt i f ied independent a c t t ruly capable of f u l f i l l i ng a global popular m u s i c reach. A m a sterfully produced, h i g h - o ctane and polished co l l e c t ion of radiof r i e n d l y tracks ‘ Wake Up’ w i l l b e released against a b a c k-drop of further exc i t i ng recorded output f ro m t he band: Fo l l owing the creative success of recent acoustic re co rd ing sessions at A b b ey Road Studios with E x t re me Music and MTV N et wo rks; Reachback a re s et to release further a co u st ic versions of two E P t ra c ks to coincide with t h e re l ease of ‘ Wake up’.

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But even that is not all… The band are releasing a further three, live performance tracks on October 10 selected and produced by Live Nation from a recent ‘behind closed doors’ s ession at o2 Academy, Islington. ‘ Without You’ by Reachback is featured on the cover-mount of todays’ edition of Music Week as industr y support begins to gather momentum... Reachback will be supporting 2001 Brit Award-winning pop act ‘A1’ at o2 Academy, Islington on Monday October 31.

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W hen d i d yo u re a l i ze yo u wa nte d to be a singe r /s o n g w r i te r ? About a ye a r a n d a h a l f a go, i mean id always w r i tte n s o n g s fo r b a n d s, but last ye a r i re a l i s e d i co u l d d o i t completely o n my ow n . I l ove i t n ow and wouldn ’ t c h a n ge i t . Do you h ave a b a n d ? No, I a m l o o k i n g fo r s e s s i o n b assist and dru m m e rs to p l ay w i t h m e at some big ger g i g s . W hat in s p i re s yo u w h e n yo u w r i te your songs? As che e sy a s i t s o u n d s , I ’d s ay life. W hateve r ’s go i n g on i n my h e a d goes on in my s o n g s . The Mo st p owe r f u l l y r i c s a re ? The one s t h at a re n ’ t j u st l y r i c s . T h ey ’re th e on e s t h at yo u co n n e c t w i t h , that makes yo u fe e l l i ke t h e s o n g ’s about you. W hich a r t i st wo u l d yo u l i ke to collaborate w i t h ? Sarah M c L a c h l a n . S h e ’s a m a z i n g , amazing voi c e a n d j u st a n a m a z i n g ta l ent. How d o yo u re l ax w h e n yo u ’re not singing ? Televis i o n , m o re s p e c i f i ca l l y D octor W ho. I’m a b i g D o c to r W h o ge e k . I think th e tattoo o n my a r m p rove s t h at. If you h a d n ’ t b e co m e a b a n d /s inger etc., w h at j o b d o yo u t h i n k yo u ’d be doing r i g ht n ow ? I can’t i m a g i n e n o t d oi n g i t i n a l l honesty. I t h i n k I ’d b e n ow h e re n e a r the

person i am today without it. I’d probably be a slob. Do you have any pre-gig rituals/Lucky items? I had a lucky cardigan, one of gaps finest. It ’s gone now, but that was my lucky item i loved it. I learned a lesson though, never leave lucky items with an ex. Which instrument do you wish you could play? Has to be the bagpipes, just to annoy the hell out of people. Do you play your own music or do you have a band? It ’s my own music, and I co uldn’t be any prouder of it. When is your next tour? It kicks off on the 4th of November at the in Ir vine. I’m going all over including London, Manchester and Leeds the it ends in the club in Carlisle on the 16th of November. What band are you a big fan of? Not so much a band, but city and colour. The guy is just a god. Do you get compared to any other artists? Someone once told me I was a cross between Colin hay and the kings of Leon, but I don’t see it. Any pets, if yes what you got ? Nope, I’m not an animal person.

Quick Questions…

-Favourite song ever: Hold me up - Live -Last song you had stuck in your head: Yellow Submarine -Highlight so far: Playing at the o2 academy -Guilty pleasure: Glee ha-ha -Favourite food: My mum’s roast chicken -Favourite TV programs: Doctor Who and Torchwood

Final wo rd s ? I ts no t w h o yo u a re t h at d ef i n e s what you sing. It ’s what you sing t h at d ef i n e s w h o yo u a re !

Transmission

In Depth Band Interv iew

B ri a n G le n n Loc k e , ag e 1 5 , in a r e l ati o n s hip , R hyt h m G ui ta r , A l l Tim e L o w

A lan Warner, Ag e 15, i n a r e l ati onsh ip, Lea d g ui tar an d vocals, T he Doors

Innes W ill iam McGarry, Age 15, Sing le, Drums, P ink Floy d

Paul Du ff , Age 15, si ng le b ass guitar, The Beatles

Ho w d id y o u c o me up w ith the n a m e fo r y our band? Wa s i t y o u r F i r st choice? Wa s f i r s t ch o i c e, from the Jo y D iv i s i o n s o n g

Which 3 words would you use to describe your music? Loud, different and enjoyable

Did y o u h a v e any other ba n d n a m e s i n mind? M i n d t h e S t e p or S ultans of s w i n g

H ow would you describe the ‘look’ of your band? 4 normal guys play ing music they like to play

Wh a t d o e s e a ch of you br i n g t o t h e b a n d? Inn e s : d r u m s , direct ion an d a n g e r a n d l yrics A la n Wa r n e r L yrics and rif f s Pa u l D u f f , a b a ss line and an a w k w a r d s i l ence Br i a n L o ck e , his guitar an d i d e a s

Who or what are your major inf luences? Biffy C lyro , Foo Fighters, H awkw ind and Pink Floyd.

Ho w l o n g h a v e you all kn o w n e a ch o t her? H ow did y o u m e e t ? Inn e s a n d Al an since nu r s e r y Paul since pr i m a r y 1 a n d B rian since 1st y e a r

Which songs do you perform most frequently? A ll day and all of the night by the kinks and four of our own called: Another Beaut iful Judgement Day, Changes, O ut in the Rain and Broken Ways. What are your rehearsals generally like? Violent and loud.

Do you have a s e t t i m e each week in w h i ch y o u pract ice or are reh e a r s a l s more spontaneou s ? O ur rehearsals a re m o re “spontaneous” th o u g h t w e do try to get at le a s t o n e a week. What has been yo u r b i g g e s t challenge as a ba n d ? Writ ing lyric s fo r some of our so n g s , t h e instrumentals j u s t fa l l into place but t h e l y r i c s and try ing to de c i d e w h a t we want the so n g t o b e about just basica l l y l y r i c s What’s the one t h i n g y o u HAVE to have on t o u r ? Instruments, no t re a l l y toured yet we are o n l y 1 5 What’s your favo u r i t e g i g story? All the gigs h a v e b e e n pretty standard s h o w s , the more people t h e b e t t e r

the a t m o s p h e re so if more of y o u c o m e y o u could be pa r t o f o u r fa v ourite gig sto r y .

What’s the weirdest thing you have ever signed? Physics jotter it’s green.

Quic k Q u e s t i o n s … Favorite song ever:

Innes: O ne Wo r l d b y J oh n M a r t y n Alan: Moon l i g h t D r iv e b y t h e D o o r s Paul: E v e r l o n g b y Fo o F i g h t e r s Brian: Another Song A bout The We e k e n d (Ac o u s t i c ) B y A D ay T o Re m e m b e r

Wha t’s your ringtone:

In n e s : B i n g B o n g Alan: B i g B a l l s b y AC/ D C Paul: St a i r w ay t o H e a v e n Brian: a stupid o n e t h a t c a m e w i t h t h e p h o n e

Last album you bought:

Innes: Ca re ss o f St e e l b y R u s h A lan: D o o k i e b y G re e n D ay Paul: F re e b y T w i n A t l a n t i c Brian: Neig h b o u r h o o d s b y B l i n k - 1 8 2

Music hate:

In n e s : Ae ro s mi t h Al a n : R e g g a e Paul: 3 0 s e c o n d s t o m a r s Br i a n : M i n i m a l i s m

Celeb crush:

Inn e s : R a s t a M o u s e Al a n : M e g a n Fo x Paul: Da v e G roh l / M i l a K u n i s Brian : H ay l e y W i l l i a m s

L ight Members:

Home town: G enre: L abel:

The crazy member is: The hottest member is: The lazy member is: Wh o d o yo u t h i n k your music would a ppeal to? We h o p e t h at a nyone who doesn’t take the m s e l ve s to o s eriously would like us. We love s e e i n g b a n d s who let loose and jump aro u n d a n d we d o the same. We tr y to have fun f i rst a n d h o p e ever yone who comes to see u s w i l l j o i n i n .

Have you changed the band’s nam e b efo re , if so what was the idea behind th e o n e you chose? The name of the band wasn’t a ve r y l o n g process for us, it involved us sittin g i n D ave ’s bedroom bouncing ideas off each o t h e r u nt i l Steve said; ‘ White Light Theor y ’ a n d BO O M ! Here we are!

Wh o a re you r m a j or influences in the indus tr y at t h e m o m e nt? We a re a l l i nf l u enced by different things bu t b a n d s l i ke A l kaline Trio, Blink-182 and Su m 4 1 b r i n g u s together. We don’t believe in g u i l t y p l e a s u re s and we’ll dance to Rick Ast l ey i f we wa nt to!

Do you have any song that wasn’t a h i t w i t h the crowd? We had a gig in Glasgow that we b o o ke d l a st minute to help out a friend, we b ro u g ht 4 people and 2 of them left before we sta r te d to play. There’s something abou t h e a r i n g two people clap that ’s really unsett l i n g . T h e bar staff must have had a right la u g h at u s jumping around in front of no-one .

Why d i d yo u d e c i de to start a band? We a l l j u st l i ve a nd breath music so i t was a p rett y e a sy d e c i sion for us to be in bands. We ’re a l l g re at friends too so choosing me m b e rs wa s n ’ t hard. Dave has been in dif fe re nt b a n d s w ith each other member at som e p o i nt a n d i t was only a matter of time befo re we a l l ca m e together. Wa s i t a s u b j e c t you enjoyed at school? Wow, t h at s e e m s like a long time ago for us now, I ’m n o t s ay i ng we’re old but if we were on X- Fa c to r, S tev i e would be cr ying right now say i n g t h i s i s o u r last chance! How d i d yo u a l l m eet? We a l l m et at a Neil Diamond concert back in ‘ 7 8 .

If you could be a superhero what wo u l d yo u r name be? And describe the costum e ? We’d be the fantastic four, Condy i s b i g a n d tough, Steve is tall and skinny like S t retc h , Stevie lights fires for fun and Dave i s a we e blonde girl! What ’s your ultimate direction fo r yo u r band, is it fame and fortune? We just like to have fun and play gigs whenever we can. I suppose fame and fortu n e wo u l d be nice, Stevie gets recognised eve r y w h e re he goes because he used to mode l j u m p e rs for Happit.

Wh e n yo u w r i te m usic, which member comes up w i t h t h e l y r i c s ? We a l l w r i te m u s i c together, Dave and Stevie wr i te m o st o f t h e lyrics while Steve and Co n d y n a m e m o st of the songs. How ca n my re a d ers gain access to your mu sic ? I s i t f re e ? We h ave s o n g s on our facebook, they are fre e to l i ste n to a nd we give out free CDs at ou r g i g s . You r Favo u r i te song ever, has this ever ch a n ge d ? TLC - S c r u bs Fu n n ie st o n sta ge moment you have had? Co n d y ’s b a s s st ra p broke and he had to sit dow n fo r a n e nt i re gig while the rest of us jum p e d a ro u n d h i m.

What was the last song you got stu c k i n yo u r head? Never gonna give you up - Rick Ast l ey Favourite outfit you own? We all like to sit in our pants play i n g F i fa ! Finally when & where will you b e p l ay i n g next? We are playing Glasgow ’s Classic G ra n d o n October 15th and we are supportin g F l o r i d a ’s We Still Dream in the Cathouse on N ove m b e r 24th

Twilight or harr y potter: Pa s s Pringles or Doritos: Pring l e s Ice cream or ice poles: Ice p o l e s Xbox or PS3: It ’s a fight to the d e at h b u t Xbox wins because it ’s Condy ’s Favo u r i te and he’s the big gest!

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T he Bay C i t y Ro l l ers Gig Review

I h a d t h e u n i q u e o p p o r t unity to ta ke a l i tt l e p e e k i nto my p a re nt â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s c h i l d h o o d s , w hen I wa s a s ke d to d o a rev i ew of Eve r yd ay at Te n w h e n they we re s u p p or t i n g t h e Bay C i t y Ro l l e rs . T h e eve n i n g go t o f f to a bit o f a st u tte r i n g sta r t when there was a delay in the doors o p e n i n g . T h i s wa s ca u s ed by t h e s o u n d e n g i n e e r a r r iving j u st 2 0 m i n u te s b efo re the d o o rs we re d u e to open. T h i s ca u s e d a d e l ay o f half a n h o u r, b u t t h e b a r i n the co n co u rs e wa s o p e n and t h i s s e e m e d to q u e l l any co n c e r n s the gat h ering c rowd wa s h av i n g .

The doors were finally flung open at 8.30pm and the masses made their way into the large hall which was set out in a cabaret style with tables and chairs and a large dance floor in front of the stage area. Subtle lig hting and masses of twinkling wall lights gave the venue a ver y pleasant atmosphere. I was fortunate enough to be seated at the VIP tables, so I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to mix with the regular riff-raff (ha ha). Perks of being an editor I guess!!! I was also treated to an impromptu magic show from the owner of the venue prior to the first act.

The Apple Beggars

F i rst o n sta ge wa s “ T h e Apple Be g ga rs ”. T h ey sta r te d the eve n in g o f f a s a 5 p i e c e, but a d d e d t h e i r b ra s s s e c t ion a l i tt l e late r ta k i n g t h e i r total n u m b e r to 7 . T h ey p layed a s e l e c t i o n o f cove rs from t h e 19 7 0 ’s w h i c h re s o nated w i t h t h e ge n e ra l a ge o f the a u d i e n c e , m o st o f w h o m had g i ve n u p t h e i r b i n go for the n i g ht a n d ret u r n e d to their ta r ta n c l a d c h i l d h o o d s . T h ey o p e n e d w i t h “ Never L et H e r s l i p A way ” by A n d rew G o l d . F ro m the ve r y f i rst t ra c k p eople we re u p o n t h e d a n c e floor. T h ey p l aye d e l eve n t racks i n to ta l i n c l u d i n g “J et ” by Pa u l M c C a r t n ey, “ S i l l y Love S o n g s ” a l s o Pa u l M c C a r tney, t h i s t i m e w i t h W i n g s , “ Ver y S u p e rst i t i o u s ” by Stevie Wo n d e r, “ I L ove to B o ogie” by T- Rex , “ I n yo u r Eye s” by G e o rge B e n s o n a n d “ L i ve and

Let Die”, which is usually associated with Guns and Roses, but was originally written by Paul McCartney. The heady mix of 70’s classics really got the night off to a great start.

Ever yday at Te n

Next up wa s Ed i n b u rg h 5 p i e c e , “Ever yd ay at Te n ”. T h ey o p e n e d their set w i t h t h e i r n ew t ra c k , “Lift yo u u p ”, a s m o o t h m e l l ow track w h i c h re a l l y s u i te d D a r y l ’s vocals. T h e i r s e co n d t ra c k , “How ’s i t go n n a fe e l ”, wa s i n much th e s a m e ve i n , s m o o t h a n d mellow a n d ve r y s u i te d to D a r y l ’s vocals. H oweve r, t h e re s e e m e d to be s o m e s o u n d d i f f i c u l t i e s with hi s m i ke a n d o c ca s i o n a l l y he was b e i n g d row n e d o u t by t h e instrum e nt s . Fo r t u n ate l y, t h e rest of t h e b a n d we re o n i t i n a n instant a n d ste p p e d i n by a d d i n g to the vo ca l s . T h e i r t h i rd t ra c k “Just fo r t h e d ay ” wa s a q u i c ke r, higher te m p o t ra c k . T h e i r f u l l s et was we l l co - o r id a n ate d . T h e i r slick pl ay i n g co m p l e m e nte d t h e slightly g rave l l y l y r i c s o f D a r y l , which o n c e co m b i n e d w i t h t h e smokey at m o s p h e re ge n e rate d by the s m o ke m a c h i n e s p ro d u c e d an exc e l l e nt a d d i t i o n to t h e evening .

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Les McKeowns Legendary Bay City Rollers

T h e b a g p i p e s we re playing S co t l a n d t h e Brave , tartan s ca r ve s we re b e i n g waved and t h e c rowd wa s c l a p p i ng. The d a n ce f l o o r wa s s l ow ly filling i n a nt i c i p at i o n w h e n all of a s u d d e n L e s M c Ke ow n appeared i n a b r i g ht b l u e s h irt with ta r ta n t r i m . T h e c rowd we re o n t heir feet a s he o p e n e d w i t h “Summer L ove S e n s at i o n ” a s t h e masses m ove d i n d rove s f ro m t he tables a n d gat h e re d e n - m a s s on the n ow ove r- c rowd e d d a nce floor. N ex t u p t h ey s a n g “I only wa nt to b e w i t h yo u ”. That wa s fo ll owe d by “ Re member ” w i t h a h i d ey, h i d ey h o!! Then L e s a s ke d t h e c rowd to “Keep o n D a n c i n g ” (d a n c i n g and a p ra n c i n g ), b u t t h ey we re gonna ke e p d a n c i n g w h atever was b e i n g s u n g . N ex t t h e c rowd was e n co u ra ge d to s i n g b e my little b a by, d u r i n g t h e c h o r us to “Be M y B a by ”. T h ey t h e n played

“Give a Little Love”, before they slowed it down a bit by playing a track that only sold in America but the band likes the track s o decided to play it. Next they played “ The Bump” which was a hit for “Kenny ”, but was originally a ‘B’ side for the “Rollers”. I became a little concerned for many of the crowd at this point, as they all started to do the dance. They are not as flexible as they used to be and I thought there would be a need for a few hip replacements before the night was out. Then a track originally written by ‘ Woody ’, “Love Me Like I love You” was played. That was followed by the “Monkees” track “Daydream Believer ”. The vocals from the crowd were as loud as the vocals over the PA system.

They th e n p l ayed t h e ‘A’ s i d e f ro m the previou s l y m e nt i o n e d t ra c k , “A l l of me loves a l l o f Yo u ”. To f i n i s h t h e evening off Les a n d h is L e ge n d a r y Bay City Rollers p l aye d “ S h a n g - a - L a n g ”. With ‘bingo w i n g s ” a f l a p p i n g a c ro s s the dance f l o o r, I co u l d n ’ t t h i n k o f a better track to e n d t h e n i g ht o n . Except, t h ey t h e n ca m e b a c k for an encore! ! T h ey p l aye d a t r i b u te to one of their favo u r i te b a n d s a n d s a n g “Glad all over ” by t h e D ave C l a r k F i ve . There was onl y o n e way l ef t fo r t h e m to end their n i g ht n ow, by s i n g i n g “ Bye , Bye, Baby ”, w h i l e s ay i n g bye bye to the audienc e . T h ey to o k t h e i r f i n a l bows and lef t t h e sta ge a s t h e b a g pipes played “ F l owe r o f S co t l a n d ”. The eve n i n g wa s n ’ t q u i te ove r as a 70’s sty l e d i s co; DJ ’d by M i ke Young , continu e d o n fo r t h e re m a i n d e r of the night.

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N e x t i s s u e due on November 6th