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glenatronToday we played at the West End Centre in Aldershot, supporting The Storys and it was really good fun. The Storys are fresh from their own support slot with Elton John and they are six blokes from Swansea who play tuneful and harmony-laden country pop. We got on great with them, their set was really good and the whole night went off really well. We had Mic back for one last show and after having auditioned a fair few people over the last few weeks it was really nice to play with the absolute lock between bass and drums that we have worked up over the years since I joined the band.
One of the perks of playing in a band on the bottom rung of the music world is that sometimes you support someone really good and today was one of those days. Other times at the West End Centre we have supported Ian Wills and The Willing, who were alright in an Ian Dury wannabe kind of way and Brendan Benson (currently playing with Jack White as The Raconteurs) who was pretty much rubbish, so this is the first time I've actually stayed for the whole set by a band we've supported there. A very good set it was too- I can heartily recommend them. We were so impressed we bought their album.
Its also always good to hear Swansea accents- it has a lot of novelty round here - and to chat with their bassist, who used to work in Revenge Records on St Helens road so I probably bought some obscure albums off him at some point in the past...
The only downside was that time pressed somewhat after soundchecks and squeezed a couple of songs out of our set, leaving it very brief. I think we got the message across, though.
One of the perks of playing in a band on the bottom rung of the music world is that sometimes you support someone really good and today was one of those days. Other times at the West End Centre we have supported Ian Wills and The Willing, who were alright in an Ian Dury wannabe kind of way and Brendan Benson (currently playing with Jack White as The Raconteurs) who was pretty much rubbish, so this is the first time I've actually stayed for the whole set by a band we've supported there. A very good set it was too- I can heartily recommend them. We were so impressed we bought their album.
Its also always good to hear Swansea accents- it has a lot of novelty round here - and to chat with their bassist, who used to work in Revenge Records on St Helens road so I probably bought some obscure albums off him at some point in the past...
The only downside was that time pressed somewhat after soundchecks and squeezed a couple of songs out of our set, leaving it very brief. I think we got the message across, though.
