A Secret 404 Gig??
Posted: 28 Apr 2009, 09:33
Somewhere last week i read someone asking / wondering whether they'd be a secret gig by the sisters. i never saw an answer to this - anyone know? 
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Posted: 28 Apr 2009, 09:42
Well if it's secret...
Posted: 28 Apr 2009, 10:58
i knew - i just knew that was worded badlyMotz wrote:Well if it's secret...
Posted: 28 Apr 2009, 11:35
there have been a few over the years, but none recently
they usually use them as a warm-up before a large tour if they have had an extended period off
these days they tend to spend a good portion of the year on the road anyway, hence no real need for secret warm-up gigs
they usually happen in small venues around leeds - typically 'josephs well' or 'the fenton' (although one was done in dublin in the very early 90s) - and are usually done under an assumed name.... previously used names include the speed kings & celebrity plane crash. IIRC there are a couple of others but i forget :S
were you thinking of one gig in particular that you'd heard of?
they usually use them as a warm-up before a large tour if they have had an extended period off
these days they tend to spend a good portion of the year on the road anyway, hence no real need for secret warm-up gigs
they usually happen in small venues around leeds - typically 'josephs well' or 'the fenton' (although one was done in dublin in the very early 90s) - and are usually done under an assumed name.... previously used names include the speed kings & celebrity plane crash. IIRC there are a couple of others but i forget :S
were you thinking of one gig in particular that you'd heard of?
Posted: 28 Apr 2009, 11:42
i forgot the names too - wasn't one amphetamine something or other? no, i hadnt anything in mind other than seeing someone mention wondering whether there would be a secret one around leeds this summer. and given that the husband said he'd rather see the sisters than DM well - i thought i would ask the question!!!!Quiff Boy wrote:there have been a few over the years, but none recently
they usually use them as a warm-up before a large tour if they have had an extended period off
these days they tend to spend a good portion of the year on the road anyway, hence no real need for secret warm-up gigs
they usually happen in small venues around leeds - typically 'josephs well' or 'the fenton' (although one was done in dublin in the very early 90s) - and are usually done under an assumed name.... previously used names include the speed kings & celebrity plane crash. IIRC there are a couple of others but i forget :S
were you thinking of one gig in particular that you'd heard of?
Posted: 28 Apr 2009, 11:44
nah, they're only usually for warm-ups or for band birthdays/anniversaries (eg: 10th birthday gig in leeds 1991, 20th birthday gig in york 2001, warm-up & breaking in a new guitarist just before a big tour in 2005) etc
Posted: 28 Apr 2009, 11:45
"We're a Near Meth Experience tribute band"Quiff Boy wrote:they usually happen in small venues around leeds - typically 'josephs well' or 'the fenton' (although one was done in dublin in the very early 90s) - and are usually done under an assumed name.... previously used names include the speed kings & celebrity plane crash. IIRC there are a couple of others but i forget :S
You of all people should remember that one
Posted: 28 Apr 2009, 11:45
Quiff Boy wrote:
these days they tend to spend a good portion of the year on the road anyway, hence no real need for secret warm-up gigs
arrrghhh so why only two in england? when can i see them next? i am not able to have any time off work so ideally near Bristol on a Friday or Saturday night. but alas i dont think thats gonna happen.
keep on dreaming
Posted: 28 Apr 2009, 11:48
Motz wrote:"We're a Near Meth Experience tribute band"Quiff Boy wrote:they usually happen in small venues around leeds - typically 'josephs well' or 'the fenton' (although one was done in dublin in the very early 90s) - and are usually done under an assumed name.... previously used names include the speed kings & celebrity plane crash. IIRC there are a couple of others but i forget :S
You of all people should remember that one
thats it - near meth.
Posted: 28 Apr 2009, 11:48
i dont know anything official but from the gossip i've heard, i think the lack of more uk dates this time was more to do with promoters not wanting to put them on after the negative feedback from the 2006 dates...
i guess keeping it down to 2 dates means it more exclusive and hence they would be guaranteed more people at the shows...?
that's all hearsay though and i dont know if i believe it myself
i guess keeping it down to 2 dates means it more exclusive and hence they would be guaranteed more people at the shows...?
that's all hearsay though and i dont know if i believe it myself
Posted: 28 Apr 2009, 11:50
Quiff Boy wrote:
nah, they're only usually for warm-ups or for band birthdays/anniversaries (eg: 10th birthday gig in leeds 1991, 20th birthday gig in york 2001, warm-up & breaking in a new guitarist just before a big tour in 2005) etc
uh. oh. i see.
i will have to be satisfied then with trying to remember the one time i did see them waaayyyyy back.
arseburger.
Posted: 28 Apr 2009, 11:56
well it could pass as a viable reason but as you say, read between the lines i would maybe wager that the band just get less critisism and a much better crowd abroad - especially germany and the eastern block in general. for some reason this country seem to have a problem with supporting their home grown bands. makes me angryQuiff Boy wrote:i dont know anything official but from the gossip i've heard, i think the lack of more uk dates this time was more to do with promoters not wanting to put them on after the negative feedback from the 2006 dates...
i guess keeping it down to 2 dates means it more exclusive and hence they would be guaranteed more people at the shows...?
that's all hearsay though and i dont know if i believe it myself
Posted: 28 Apr 2009, 14:21
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Posted: 28 Apr 2009, 15:02
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i have bottled him
Posted: 28 Apr 2009, 15:10
Like a genie?
Posted: 28 Apr 2009, 15:37
Oh come on...can you remember this tiny kitten in bottles? Sold in china or something?? Don´t do that please... 
..don´t put him in bottles...
..don´t put him in bottles...Posted: 28 Apr 2009, 15:46
no. i meant bottle the scent 
Posted: 28 Apr 2009, 15:47
THAT sounds better..*phew*
Posted: 28 Apr 2009, 15:50
oooh, a bonsai von!Moakahontas wrote:Oh come on...can you remember this tiny kitten in bottles? Sold in china or something?? Don´t do that please...
but wasn't that whole bonsai kitten thing just a sick joke by an overbored MIT student?
Posted: 28 Apr 2009, 16:27
LouLou wrote:
oooh, a bonsai von!
Posted: 28 Apr 2009, 16:34
upon further reflection, i don't think he'd mind being bonsai-ed (that's a verb, right?Debi wrote:LouLou wrote:
oooh, a bonsai von!
) as long as we filled the rest of the bottle with vodka-cran... 
but then again, we might end up with a pickled
instead of a bonsai one if we're not careful. hmm... that's a tricky one.
Posted: 28 Apr 2009, 18:30
... and there was me thinking he is already bonsai enough.
Posted: 28 Apr 2009, 19:57
Beat me to it...canon docre wrote:... and there was me thinking he is already bonsai enough.
Posted: 28 Apr 2009, 20:33
uh, ... bonsai ... ... 
... 
...
That reminds me of something ... beautiful
and suppressed in development ...
I couldn't do that to any living being on purpose.
... bonsai ... ... ... ...That reminds me of something ... beautiful
and suppressed in development ...
I couldn't do that to any living being on purpose.
Posted: 29 Apr 2009, 09:55
Bah! That´s totally disgusting, man...how can you think so???LouLou wrote:upon further reflection, i don't think he'd mind being bonsai-ed (that's a verb, right?Debi wrote:LouLou wrote:
oooh, a bonsai von!
but then again, we might end up with a pickled
hmm... that's a tricky one.