4th December 2010
Heeeeeey! How you doing?
Another Green Head Man outing (this is getting into a habit) happened last week at Ye Olde Black Cross in Bromsgrove, West Midlands. Particularly special this one as this is where I spent my formative years getting "overly refreshed" on a regular basis so it was good to return and play the old haunt. Fair play to Ian and Dee the owners, they have made every effort to transform the dreary lounge that I used to drink in in the early '90's and turn it into one of the areas best gigs.
Another Green Head Man outing (this is getting into a habit) happened last week at Ye Olde Black Cross in Bromsgrove, West Midlands. Particularly special this one as this is where I spent my formative years getting "overly refreshed" on a regular basis so it was good to return and play the old haunt. Fair play to Ian and Dee the owners, they have made every effort to transform the dreary lounge that I used to drink in in the early '90's and turn it into one of the areas best gigs.
As a band we are really keen to make each show, now matter how big or small, really special and this inevitably involves us bringing all of our best equipment, FX and ideas to the table. Lots of cars and lots of space taken up but hopefully this results in the audience having a unique experience and that is something that we think is special and that will encourage people to come to more and more of our gigs.
Always searching for the sound Timmy this week bought just the 2 bass rigs and ran them in stereo
Setup took a while; mainly because of the added complication of recording but also, as above, we had an acoustic guitar, Didgeridoo, Space Synth, 2 bass rigs, 2 oil wheels and Fairly lights to install and sound check as well as the rest.
A freak shaving incident meant that Little Dave had the same facial hair as Timmy
It was also so hot in there until I found the radiator valves and cranked them off. I was not wearing my gig clothes and in a scruffy big jumper, I swear I lost 2lbs just setting up!
Sound check was brief and the gig ensued (a little later than we expected at 21:45). The sets went well despite having a poor on stage sound and listening to the recordings things unfolded rather nicely, which is how we liked it.
You gotta love the fairy lights!
We performed the Greenwich Meant Standard two x one hour sets (1 x 64 minutes and 1 x 71 minutes) and finished some time after midnight. The audience were nice and appreciative and after a quick chat with friends the setdown began.
Green Head Manning
It's good to play. We are now back in the studio working hard on the originals, battling the snow and ice and trying to get them into good shape - its looking good!
Out next outing is on the 18th of December and then we (as a band) have Christmas off to look for fresh inspiration and spruce off the set for 2011. Many gigs already booked for 2011 including 3 notable ones:
Jan 27th at the Robin2, Bilston, West Mdlands where we support Space Ritual (Hawkwind)
Jan 28th at the River Rooms, Stourbridge, WM where we headline and then
Apr 27th at the Robin2, Bilston, West Midlands where we get a first full headline there!
as Little Dave said, next time we will all have facial hair!
See you laters,
Nick
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