beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
Touring the US is a very expensive and logistical nightmare right now
The Monochrome Set are back!
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discobastard
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That's a beautiful looking kit that is..So Saturday's gig was a sell out and I got to play on the same stage as Kate Bush made her debut show!
I used a lovely old Rogers vintage drum kit too (with the addition of my usual cowbell and fairy lights!)
Next UK gigs are:
04/03/2017 - CARDIFF Globe
25/03/2017 - MANCHESTER Gullivers
08/04/2017 - LONDON Lexington
12/05/2017 - ISLE OF WIGHT, Quay Arts
13/05/2017 - BRIGHTON Hope & Ruin
27/05/2017 - YORK - Crescent
28/05/2017 - LIVERPOOL Music Room
Shall be at the Lexington gig, that's a great little venue. Seen Wire and David Devant there, both brilliant intimate gigs.
ETA I see there's a connection between MS and David Devant.
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They've got connections all over the place! I knew that half of them were in the original Adam and the Ants but I didn't know that Andy played on Dirk Wears White Sox.
Shame that, Moon would have been suitably basic and scuzzy
(But isn't Clwb Ifor Bach a tad bigger?)
Whatever, I've almost made up my mind to come along to the Globe on the 4th March ...
I remember first ever hearing the band on the Peel Show! Early 80s. Will get catching up on old and newer tunes
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discobastard
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There's six degrees everywhere! I know Mike from Malicious Damage (Killing Joke) through his releasing Shriekback stuff. He's also released stuff by a great punk metal band called Headcount, whom Marco Pirroni played with and produced
Very belatedly got tickets the other day for the Cardiff gig the coming Saturday (4th)
Thanks to editor for reassuring me that despite The Globe being non-central, we'll still be able to get back to Swansea after the gig (last trains westwards from Cardiff Central on Sat nights are stupidly early
)
Checking out YouTubes and Spotify atm .... looking forward!
Plus we'll get a few hours in Cardiff before the gig, we haven't been for a few weeks and the beer/pub choice there is better than here
Thanks to editor for reassuring me that despite The Globe being non-central, we'll still be able to get back to Swansea after the gig (last trains westwards from Cardiff Central on Sat nights are stupidly early
)Checking out YouTubes and Spotify atm .... looking forward!
Plus we'll get a few hours in Cardiff before the gig, we haven't been for a few weeks and the beer/pub choice there is better than here
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hiraethified
Here's our upcoming gigs. Give me a shout if you're coming along!
25/03/2017 - MANCHESTER Gullivers
31/03/2017 - STUTTGART - Neue Schachtel, Germany
01/04/2017 - AUGSBURG - City Club, Germany
08/04/2017 - LONDON Lexington
06/05/2107 - LILLE, L'aeronef, France
12/05/2017 - ISLE OF WIGHT, Quay Arts
13/05/2017 - BRIGHTON Hope & Ruin
27/05/2017 - YORK - Crescent
28/05/2017 - LIVERPOOL Music Room
25/03/2017 - MANCHESTER Gullivers
31/03/2017 - STUTTGART - Neue Schachtel, Germany
01/04/2017 - AUGSBURG - City Club, Germany
08/04/2017 - LONDON Lexington
06/05/2107 - LILLE, L'aeronef, France
12/05/2017 - ISLE OF WIGHT, Quay Arts
13/05/2017 - BRIGHTON Hope & Ruin
27/05/2017 - YORK - Crescent
28/05/2017 - LIVERPOOL Music Room
Counterintuitively and not as you might guess, Quay Arts is in Newport, IOW, not in the more coastal Ryde. Just so that people know ...
That was a fab gig last Saturday in Cardiff, enjoyed it loads. But I could have done with lead vocals being a tad more up in the mix ...
That was a fab gig last Saturday in Cardiff, enjoyed it loads. But I could have done with lead vocals being a tad more up in the mix ...
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hiraethified
Yeah, I heard that from a few people. It's a tough venue for sound overall though.
My fave song is and always was 'The Monochrome Set', brilliant lyrics. Despite sound issues, there were tons of other good songs and we enjoyed the gig loads.
Had to partly run post-gig at the end of our escape to the station though
But all worth the effort!
Had to partly run post-gig at the end of our escape to the station though
But all worth the effort!
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hiraethified
Some pics from the gig. Thanks again to all who came down!
The Monochrome Set at the Cardiff Globe – in photos
The Monochrome Set at the Cardiff Globe – in photos
Maggot
The Cake of Liberty
I'm busy the night of your London gig. Any chance of a couple of guest list places for the Brighton one??
stethoscope
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Hopefully up for making York
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hiraethified
I'm trying to sort it out so we can take a look around the railway museum before we make our way to Liverpool for the next gig the following day!Hopefully up for making York
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hiraethified
Not sure yet, but it should be possible - message me closer to the date. Brighton will be a bit of a funny gig for me (but in a good way). I went to see them play there last year and had no idea I'd end up back in the band, playing the same venue 12 months later!
Supine
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I've heard this about the venue before.
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hiraethified
Just come back from an amazing mini-tour of south Germany. A reviewer declared me to be " Bony, weathered and with fuzzy dreadlocks, he complements the look of the quartet of musical cabins in the most pleasing way."
Well that;s what Google translate says. Maybe it reads better in German (please!)
THE MONOCHROME SET, TORBEN DENVER, 31.03.2017, Neue Schachtel, Stuttgart | gig-blog
We're playing the Lexington on London next Saturday 8th. Tickets are likely to sell out so get one quick if you want to come along - it'll be our last London gig for a while. After that we're in Brighton, York and Liverpool
Well that;s what Google translate says. Maybe it reads better in German (please!)
THE MONOCHROME SET, TORBEN DENVER, 31.03.2017, Neue Schachtel, Stuttgart | gig-blog
We're playing the Lexington on London next Saturday 8th. Tickets are likely to sell out so get one quick if you want to come along - it'll be our last London gig for a while. After that we're in Brighton, York and Liverpool
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hiraethified
The only band I've ever been in where they not only encourage me going crazy on the cowbell; they want MORE COWBELL!
https://www.youtube.com/wtch?v=KOGJmXpxIKY&feature=share
The drum kit had a weird springy seat so I kept bouncing up and down!
5/4 is such a bastard to play!
https://www.youtube.com/wtch?v=KOGJmXpxIKY&feature=share
The drum kit had a weird springy seat so I kept bouncing up and down!
5/4 is such a bastard to play!
ddraig
kicking against the pricks...
Globe is bigger than the Moon and the Moon was shut as being made the Bootlegger
saw Dreadzone at Globe on Sat
klang
klang
so we did a 6 session yesterday as well. Unfortunately not in Maida Vale but in Manchester, which doesn't have anywhere near as much history and space and was a bit of a drag to get to and back. But we had fun.Some photos from the studio:
Tiny kit, massive studio!
A look around BBC’s wonderful Maida Vale Studio MV3, west London
How difficult it is to sing in tune on live radio!
me on drums:
and our clav-pianet-combo:
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hiraethified
We played a belter of a gig in Lille, France last night. FOUR encores!
It was a strange venue though: a sort of modern industrial affair around the back of a big shopping centre.
Accueil - l'Aéronef, salle de concerts à Lille
It was a strange venue though: a sort of modern industrial affair around the back of a big shopping centre.
Accueil - l'Aéronef, salle de concerts à Lille
stethoscope
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