Our New Years Eve 2007 gig at Crook F.C. was, as expected, a damn good party. All 100 tickets were sold with probably a few more squeezed in besides. Victims of The Fury opened and warmed up the room with their best performance I’ve seen to date. Next, the extremely youthful, The Unnamed, got a […]
The Blue Bell, Alston, Saturday 22nd December 2007. Debbie and her son Richard, who run the pub, were great hosts. Ok, we only had about 12 locals watching but we had a great night (home for 2.40am). A roaring log fire, JD’s and dark rum with Chris scamming the band with some dodgy card game […]
Tubesnake at The Daisy Hill, Friday 21st December 2007. Well, this was the venue where my audition and first practices with the band took place, the first time I met Lenny and Woody as well, but the first time I’d played a gig there. Quite a biggie for me as well, as I know the […]
The Lizard (December 8th 1943 - July 3rd 1971)
One hot afternoon
I entered father’s garden
With a handful of friends at my side
We walked among
The cold grey marble
We had no reason to hide
The sun pierced the trees
And spat at the ground
Like summer rain it pattered down
We were drawn to the place
Where the Lizard King was laid
A […]
Exactly! So we headed off to No Place near Stanley for a gig at The Beamish Mary Inn on Saturday 1st December 2007, almost six months to the day (Saturday 2nd June) since we last played here when we presented the new 5-piece line-up. Tom Atkinson and Steve Reay were the new lads that night […]