Category: Blogs

Gig Blog: Red Lion

March 10, 2012 | Red Lion | Newquay

GB's typical drinks line-up for showtime! (2x Corona/Sol, a JD & Coke and 2x pints of water)

WE LOVE the Red Lion. Not only is it always an amazing gig with amazing people, but we get to play there almost every six weeks this year!

And you never know what you’re gonna get. This time out we ended up meeting a bunch of burlesque ladies (Every single one was a lady, we …

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Gig Blog: Seven Stars & Bridge On Wool

March 2, 2012 | Seven Stars | Helston

ALL FOUR of us were caught in the toilets putting on our makeup, last time we were in the Seven Stars.

Admittedly, it was Halloween and we were making ourselves look (more) hideous by applying all sorts of cheap supermarket tat – white skin, dark eyes, fake blood….you get the idea.

I think a few people were probably more scared by what we actually look like. I’m sure at one point I …

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Gig Blog: Harbour Inn

Feb 25, 2012 | Harbour Inn | Porthleven

STAG do’s and birthday parties are (usually) dream toppings for bands playing pub circuits.

They generally consist of people hell-bent on having a good night – usually by drinking, singing loudly, dancin’ their asses off while also having other random fun.

This wasn’t an exception. At one point GB even had a blow-up walking stick round his neck as one of the revellers (male) got stuck into the action.

It was great …

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Gig Blog: CARLYON ARMS – Work the jacket!

Feb 17, 2012 | Carlyon Arms | St Austell

Look at that Jacket! \m/

WE ALWAYS meet nice folk at our St Austell gigs.

In the handful of times we’ve played the Carlyon – otherwise known as The Sandy, depending on how old you are – we’ve always ended up having a good old natter with great guys and gals that love their live music and have fun while doing their bit to support live music.

Thanks to people like …

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Gig Blog: SHINERS – Lights, Camera And Holy Shit, What A Load Of Action!

Jan 28, 2012 | Shiners | Bodmin

BODMIN, you dirty little bitch! Who knew you were such animals!

We’ve never played in the town before, let alone in the Shiners venue, so were a little surprised by what happened….(including being surprised by our own bass player stripping!)

Our first impression of the venue left us a little puzzled – we thought it was gonna be quite a squeeze in the bar – but then we realised there’s a whole extra …

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Gig Blog: BUNTERS – Stage Invasion!


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Jan 26, 2012 | Bunters Bar| Truro

“THERE are dancing women on the stage! Help! What do we do now?!!?”

That’s quite possibly the thought running through some of our minds as female forms appeared on stage at Bunters towards the end of the night.

It was a cracking night – which started in a rush for me as I’d spent the day in a hospital (fortunately not as a patient) and headed over at the last possible minute. Thankfully …

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Gig Blog: RED LION, NQ – Dancing with guys, finger jabbing and a grrrrrreaaat night

Jan 21, 2012 | The Red Lion | Newquay

ALRIGHT, so Tony was a tiger and not a lion, so the title of this blog post doesn’t really work. But cut me some slack would ya!?!

Now, we’ve seen some incredible things on dancefloors in our time, but this show at the Red Lion really won some awards.

First of all, if you’re a single guy, it’s really not cool to try and drag every single girl up to the …

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Gig Blog: No Tequila At TYACKS

Jan 13, 2012 | Tyacks | Camborne

NOW, we like to come out all guns blazing. We wanna kick your ass from the first note.

But for various technology-related reasons, we felt maaaaaaybe we didn’t quite hit top gear as soon as we usually do.

Now that’s quite a thing for a band to admit to. But if you’ve seen us, you probably know we’re not the kinda band to pretend to be cool. We all have to pee between …

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Herrrrrrre’s 2012! And it’s gonna be fun!

A51 @ Bunters. Pic: Charlotte Prudhoe

A51 @ Bunters. Pic: Charlotte Prudhoe

HAPPY New Year everyone!

Well we had a bloody great 2011. The addition of Angus of bass has certainly been a standout point, having joined the band in April.

And since then the fun level just keeps going up!

Not only is he a great bass player, but he’s singing, shaking his ass, making videos and even gone and got himself a column in the local paper, The West Briton every few weeks. [Okay,

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Gig, gig, gig … and some nice words!

A GREAT trio of gigs this week: thanks to the amazing people of Polmanter, Newquay and St Austell for your fantastic support!

We’ll be back in those towns again very soon – including every six weeks at the Red Lion in Newquay during 2012. Ace.

Loved seeing so many familiar faces enjoying themselves as ever, and always nice to meet new people who enjoy the show.

We’re at Finn McCouls in Falmouth next – that’s Friday, Sept 23 – but …

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