ok. can't think of anything to match that, but how about my usual gareth L "oh,
look it's the kid who works in the music shop" tedo?<br>or paolo"sleeps with the
fishe(song)"medellin.
Okay, well if you're all going to join the band
you'll need stage names, e.g. Pablo El Diablo, Papa
Midnight etc. Anyone who thinks of a good name is in the
band. Earth, Wind and Fire used to have over thirty
people in their band so I can't see why we can't do the
same.
.....in the words of jake blues..spadge must be on vocals, with foster on lead
axe, nige on bass, ellis on widdling, random tramps on drums and me on
madolin/sax/banjo/harmonica/flute/kazoo. sorted.
Hey Foster, if needs be I'll step in for a while on Guitar/vocals. As long as
it's after my exams. The offer stands. Get in touch if you're
interested.<br>Cheers butty<br>Ellis
Okay, this weekend was the first time I'd seen
the rest of the band for a while so here's the latest
about who's in the band and who isn't.<br>Grunt moved
to France yesterday so he's out for a while. Jonesy
(lead singer with Leash) has offered us his drumming
services while he's away.<br>I spoke to Ants on the
weekend and he told me that I'd kicked him out of the
band last week. I kick him out of the band most weeks,
I don't know why he decided to listen to me this
time. Ants and Rachel have joined another band but Ants
said he'll still play with the Voodoo Starfish when
we've got something sorted.<br>Nige is still about and
is available.<br>I'll be practicing with some of the
guys that we played with as Johnny & the No-shows in
the Sol Bar battle of the bands but as this isn't a
full band yet I won't be kept too busy. I've also been
asked to practice with WaveEdge sometime in the near
future and there's even talk of a Magic Fish reunion but
number one priority is, if not getting the Voodoo
Starfish back together, then at least getting the songs
down on cd.
The on-going saga of Johnny Wishbone's drummer's
need to leave the country has changed direction once
again. Grunt's job at Swansea sound has fallen through
so I've bought his kit and he's off to France. I'll
let you know when he changes his mind next, in the
meantime are there any volanteers to teach me how to drum?
Um... I managed to get a replacment drummer
instead of Grunt who had chipped a bone in his finger but
then I couldn't get hold of the rest of the band so I
found replacments for them as well. <br>The line up
last night was;<br>Lead guitar - me<br>Drums - Simon
(Tédo)<br>Vocals - Splodge (1 dum monkey)<br>Rhythm Guitar -
Slodge's next-door neighbour (has been playing guitar 6
months)<br>Bass - Simon's mate<br>Guitar - Simon's mate's mate
(for the Fish song)<br>The band played under the title
Johnny & the no-shows. We played the three songs, apart
from the fish song they were all made up on the
spot.<br>We didn't win the battle of the bands but two people
did tell me that we were the better band.
Well there were 4 of us playing (our mate played
as a guest guitarist cuz we were scared). When we
were given £200, he took his £50 share and left, so he
still has that. Then, after we gave the £150 the 3 of
us had back, we were given £90. So that's....£140
overall? £60 of our money is still with them. They wanted
an hour and a half of music, they got it.
How many are in your band? Because I aim to get
you the full amount. They are not going to get away
with this.<br><br>Also tell as many Musicians, Bands
as you can and hopefully no bands will play there,
Ever.<br><br>Sorry again <br><br>Lino
No, we did get paid in the end, just not the £200
as we were told. We ended up with £30 quid each, as
well as the £50 our stand-in guitarist ran off with as
soon as he got it...hehe. No worries. We know never to
play there again, that's all.
I've just found out what happened with the
getting paid and then having to give the money back
etc.<br><br>I've phoned a few people and the wheels are in motion
to get you fee.<br><br>I can only apologise again
and if I'd known that something like this would
happen I wouldn't have offered the gig to
anyone.<br><br>I've got lloyds number I'll let him know when I get a
result.<br><br>Linom
The Voodoo Starfish's lead guitarist, Pablo El
Diablo, was shocked to remember when he woke up on Sunday
morning that he'd agreed to sing in new Turk Rock group,
WaveEdge. Anyone who has heard Pabs singing will know this
was not a wise choice.<br>I believe he also
challenged Surge's singer to a fight and told the bucket
story to bucket woman's brother.
Sorry to hear about your brush with death, not
even I knew that they were expecting a band called
Argonauts.<br><br>But the more you play the more you'll find that there
will be worst gigs than that.<br><br>One more thing,
Did you get paid?<br><br>If you didn't then I'm
extremely sorry, if you did then thats life.<br><br>LinoM
Tédo will never play Carmarthen again. Cuz we
nearly got killed tonight @ Carmarthen Athletic<br> RFC.
Long story. We demand an explanation!!! Apparently
they wanted a band called "The<br> Argonauts"...I
mean, what the hell?
I spoke to James (of Tyderium fame) earlier and
he gave me the full line up. I hope I can remember
it. <br> Tyderium vs. Tédo<br> Johnny Wishbone and
the Temple of Doom (you know who I mean) vs. The Juzu
Kings<br> Flood vs. The other band who got knocked out -
Surge?<br> Leash vs. Artemis Crisis<br><br> I think that's
the full line up - I'm not sure Flood are
against...it MAY be Surge, but I ain't too sure.
and Leash vs. Arauzmus
whatevertheywerecalled.<br>Any idea who he other bands left are? Did Skint win
their one or were they up against the Juzu kings?
<br>Anyways good luck to Tédo, I'll spread the word. Grunt
was just saying last night that he wouldn't mind
putting a fiver on Tédo to win it but we was very very
drunk at the time.
So far, then, that makes it:<br>Johnny Wishbone and co. vs. The Juzu
Kings<br>Tyderium vs. Tédo<br>I dunno about the rest...butstill, looks like
there could be some fun goings on in Sol...
Okay, I've just been told who we've got in the semi-final of the battle of the
bands; The Juzu Kings who apparently always win battle of the bands
competitions.
Things may be changing in the Voodoo Starfish
soon as our drummer, Grunt is going to work in France
until July. He's leaving after our next Battle of the
Bands appearance in the Sol bar a fortnight Tuesday
(don't know who we're up against yet but it won't be
Tyderium, they're playing next week).<br>He had this
planned for a while so as a contingency plan Leigh
Hipkiss (ex-Pig Ugly and Leash) was lined up to fill in
for the three months. Unfortunately, Hipkiss moved to
Guernsey on Monday. At the moment Paul 'Jonesy' Jones, the
singer with Leash, will be drumming for those three
months but as Leash is his top priority we're not sure
how much time he can spare. I'd like to see him play
a gig when we're supporting Leash, the poor dab
will be knackered.<br>We were supposed to record a
demo after the battle of the bands had finished but
I'm not sure now whether we'll wait for Grunt to get
back, ask Paul to play or to get a new drummer.<br>But
rest assured there will always be a Voodoo Starfish
and any rumours you've heard of me playing bass for a
Crocketts cover band is totally unfounded. I've never even
heard anything by them.
Johnny Wishbone & the Voodoo Starfish have taken
the first step on the way to their first million.
After having songs on mp3.com for god-knows how long,
finally the band's earning have risen above zero. Thanks
to their many millions of fans downloading such hits
as Tangerines and all the other crap, Johnny
Wishbone & the Voodoo Starfish now have $0.07 in the bank.
<br>I'm no ecomonist and so I can't translate that into
real money for you but I'm sure it's enough for the
band to move into Terry Griffiths' mansion down
Pembrey. Actually I've heard that Terry asked Nige to move
in with him a few years back but don't quote me on
that.<br>To help your favourite voodoo-related band carry on
in this life of luxury to which they have now become
acustomed visit the site <a href=http://www.mp3.com/voodoostarfish
target=new>http://www.mp3.com/voodoostarfish</a>
to download the tunes (apart from Summer Song, I
don't know what Ants was doing there. I should have
taken the song off but it's the only one you can hear
my guitar on) and pledge more money to the lads (and
Rach).
We're doing a gig for a mate's birthday in
Kavanaghs. As it's a birthday party/secrect gig we'll be
playing under the title Geoff Capes & his army of budgies
and we'll be playing mainly covers. Any suggestions
as to what covers we do?<br>I've been told Tédo do a
good rapper's delight and we may give that a go. We'll
probably do Two Pints of lager and a packets of crisps as
well.
Sorry I didn't stay til the end last night - my
lift needed to get home. Usual problems...Not to
worry! Well played (what I heard, anyway)! Any idea who
you've got in the next round. I wanna plug the 24th
April in Sol - Tedo against someone-who-I-can't quite
remember. Be there!!!<br> Cheers<br> Ellis
For any of you who weren't there, we won the
battle of the bands last night (hooray!). I haven't got
the explanation from the judges on why we won it but
from what I can gather they just didn't like the style
of music played by Paragon Blue. <br>As you all know
Johnny Wishbone are all big fans of Paragon Blue (I've
seen them 5 times now) and we would like to play tunes
more like theirs (apart from me, I'd prefer a three
minute, three chord max.) so we were surprised when we
won but we a lot of people said we were more tight
than usual so we're happy with that.<br>And big thanks
to Arwyn and Stickman for the use of their p.a. and
for doing the sound for us.<br>Here's the set list
from last night.<br>Desperately seeking
something<br>Summer's song<br>Alphabet people<br>Star spangled
cycle<br>Mexican Bandit<br>Free Beer<br>Tangerines<br>Only problem
is that I heard we've got Real Madrid away in the
quaters and they still won't let me play the fish song.
We decided on the set list for tonight's gig last
night. I told the band which ones the crowd always say
they like and they said which ones we're playing. The
only song we agreed on was Tangerines. But now it's
your chance to have your say, I have added a poll to
the links page of this club so that you can vote for
your favourite Johnny Wishbone song and I can use that
as evidence next time we pick a set list.<br>Oh and
if any of you see Paragon Blue before tonight tell
them we've got a p.a. they can use, then break their
fingers.
We decided on the set list for tonight's gig last
night. I told the band which ones the crowd always say
they like and they said which ones we're playing. The
only song we agreed on was Tangerines. But now it's
your chance to have your say, I have added a poll to
the links page of this club so that you can vote for
your favourite Johnny Wishbone song and I can use that
as evidence next time we pick a set list.<br>Oh and
if any of you see Paragon Blue before tonight tell
them we've got a p.a. they can use, then break their
fingers.
Many thanks to Tédo who put on a great show last
night. The blistering fretwork of Ellis, the wild
jerkless drumming from Simon and the competent bass guitar
of Lloyd. Highlight for me was the impromptu
performance of Frank Zappa's 'Bobby Brown goes down' by Ellis
from Tédo and Grunt from the Voodoo
Starfishes.<br>When I asked people in the crowd who had seen us
before whether they preferred the new song or the song
we cut from the set for it they said they didn't
notice the difference, I don't know why we bother.
Despite the fact that the fish song has also been cut
apart from on special occasions, the crowd still
insisted on a verse of it. We've only done a few gigs and
already we're one hit wonders.<br>See you all Tuesday for
the battle against Paragon Blue to the death.
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