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OCTOBER 2008 …Next
Saturday’s Gig Cancelled… …Historical
stuff!!... Next Saturday’s gig at The Miners Arms
is off. Still, we’re at one of our favourite
venues on Sunday! Sunday 19 – The Beehive, The gig at Hobbits went well and we are
looking forward to playing a full set with Jock (Andy Jamieson) at The Back
Bar in Weston on 29 November. It was
good to dust off some old stuff! Talking of old stuff; Andy has recently
started to put together web pages for a couple of his old bands. The first ones are just about finished and
can be found through the history and links pages of this site. There should even be a couple of mp3’s
loaded! 24
SEPTEMBER 2008 …The Bands 10th
Anniversary… Hard to believe that it is very nearly
10 years since the first Outsider Gig (3 October 1998 at The Bungalow)!!! We’ve hit a fair few milestones over the
years but 10 years is about the most significant and something that we want
to celebrate over the next few months.
There are a few things that we have in mind but one definite plan is
to feature a few of the older tracks in the rest of the gigs this year. But better than that we will also be
bringing one of the original members back to the band for some of the
gigs. Andy Jamieson (AKA Jock) will
appear with us at: 2 October Hobbits, 29 November The Back Bar, ….and possibly a few other gigs as
well. We rehearsed together a few days
ago and Jock tore through a large chunk of the back catalogue and some of our
newer covers. We all had a blast and
are looking forward to presenting one hell of a wall of sound at these gigs. “Reach for me” sounds awesome!! One other thing that we’d like to do on
this site is a little update of what the past members of Outsider have gone
on to do and are currently up to – musically that is. If any of you are occasional visitors to
the site please get in touch (via the email button). 23
JULY 2008 …Gig Changes… There have been several changes to the
gig list in the last few weeks so it’s worth checking the gig page. One particular change is the switch from
Thursday 24 to Thursday 31 July for the first of two Cross Rifles
(Bridgwater) gigs. The second gig on 8
August starts at 7PM! 6
JUNE 2008 …The Last Word… The new cd is finished! It’s mixed mastered and, if the artwork is on
schedule, will be released next Thursday at the Hobbits gig in Track Listing is as follows 1. Nothing to Lose 2. Glass House 3. Is Nothing Sacred 4. Break This 5. The Last word The cd is a mixture of old and new stuff
and whilst a couple of the tracks featured on our last cd, these are new
recordings and the first featuring the current line up of the band. One full mp3 and some samplers are on the
mp3 page! Recording this EP gave the band the
chance to get to grips with a whole new way of recording and the use of
pro-tools! So the next project will be
the new album (which may well be called “Three”) and we aim to start this
very soon. 30
MAY 2008 …Changes to the gig list… …The new CD… Sunday’s gig at the Kingshead in Dursley
has been re-scheduled for Thursday 30 October. There have been quite a few changes to
the gig list in recent weeks – a few additions and several cancellations – it
seems a number of venues have really started to struggle financially and had
to cut back or even stop live music altogether. Obviously this is a trend that we hope will
reverse but an altogether more worrying trend is the “you’re too heavy” crap
that we are hearing more of these days.
We recently played to a busy venue in Newton Abbot where we were
encouraged by a very enthusiastic audience to play a batch of Metallica
covers that we weren’t necessarily expecting to play that night (we do tone
it down when we have to!). Not needing
much encouragement we belted out “For whom the bell tolls” and “Creeping
Death” and had a pretty good time (not quite as good as the night before in
Tiverton but good). At the end of the
night we had an enquiry from an employee of another venue and the offer of a
gig at a private party in the area and more……but the venue cancelled our
remaining booking as the “new management” prefer more middle of the road and
kari F’N okee! What the hell – we fight on and the last
thing we’re going to do is start to water down what has turned in to by far
the most solid set the band has ever had. Turning now to original stuff. We have two gigs coming up where we will be
teaming up with June 12 at Hobbits, July 25 at The Wagon in This gives us the chance to showcase the
recent additions (original material) to our set. The gig at The Stones Cross on Friday 6
June will also lean heavily to original material!! Very soon we will be able to give full
details and some mp3 previews of the new cd!
Very soon! 29
MARCH 2008 …New recording project underway… The band has recently started work on
some new recordings and plan to release an EP in May containing some new and
reworked material. By then work will
have started on the next full length album and there is even more in the
pipeline! There have been a number of gig
additions and alterations lately, so it’s worth checking the gigs page
regularly. 15
JANUARY 2008 …Hatchet gig changed to The Old
Tavern… Due to problems at the venue the Hatchet
gig on 24 January has unfortunately been cancelled. All is not lost, however, as The Old
Tavern in Stapleton have stepped in to let us relocate the gig there and on
the same night. A massive thank you to Simon for this. It will be great to be back at one of
our oldest 8
JANUARY 2008 …A few gig changes… The gig at The Windmill scheduled for
Friday 18 January has been postponed.
Hopefully we’ll have a new date soon. The gig scheduled for 24 February at The
Kingshead in Dursley has now been put back to Sunday 1 June. Thursday 24 January sees the band play
its first all original gig of the year at The Old Tavern in |
