police squad

our drums are on the backing tracks, since the drummer left but before then it was mostly live,a few cheats to augment the sound BVs etc

to be honest I'd never thought about Rick Astely best selling song of 1987. We are looking to add some new stuff to the duo set but not sure what yet Paul Young (early 80s again)

The band version of my 80s duo set is as follows Footloose Power of Love (Huey Lewis) Addicetd to Love You spin me round Jessie's Girl Every Breath you take Maneater Roseanna Eye of the tiger Take on Me Through the Barricades Together in Electric Dreams 2nd set Karma Chameleon Rio I'm still standing Wake me up before you go go I'm your man Don't forget about me (simple minds) Give it up (KC and the sunshine band) Rebel Yell Summer of 69 Respect (Erasure) Vienna Never gonna give you up Everybody wants to rule the world Relax Two Tribes Come on Eileen the duo has all of the above but we have a total of just over 100 songs The ABC songs Some Depeche mode, more Wham!, Yazoo stuff, Kim Wilde, Adam and the ants, Genesis songs (Turn it on again and Invisible touch) It Bites, Kraftwork, Men without hats, Spandau Ballet, more Duran Duran stuff, Guns n Roses, Bon Jovi (we can rock it up if needs be) There really are some cracking songs from the 80s, in all genres

Here's a picture taken at an 80s gig I do We're called Miami Vice Reloaded

sounds cool, let's hope the prefered singer has the chops and attitude. Sax is cool (as Matt Smith's Dr would say)

I had the same xl2 that @three owned. I gigged it a few times in my Police tribute Amazing tone. Very fundamental. Thick sound. Unique. It was a transitional one, plug in leg rest etc. It felt heavy but that was because it looked small Didn't like the strap hanger plate. The strap made me feel all trussed up

there's only 4 songs on that list that I haven't played but whether I could get away with them now............... The Wham! song has a great bassline but I've only ever sung it, so have no idea how to play it

agreed mate

some annoying key changes in that set but it's a good list of crowd pleasers As a Police fan, message in a bottle in b flat minor, is even lower than Sting does it now (which is in b minor and sounds all wrong)

2 years ago I found myself depping the whole summer for @spongebob whilst he recovered from an eye operation Ska/Mod/punk/new wave but the dress code was polo shirts. I didnt have any but off to Primark and I bought several, all in different colours. Two gigs I had to wear a Mod style suit and tie (and again with them last week) It was fun to be dressed totally different from normal and to fit in with guys in the band Every gig they would throw new songs (to me) in and I learned them all

I've depped regularly and i used to be really good at remembering songs with no cheat sheets I learned 30 songs by The Jam for a dep many years ago, I had 2 weeks to do it but the shortest notice was for a band I'd done a few deps for but I got a call whilst eating my roast dinner abiut 6 pm. 'help, our bass player's car wont start and he's not coming. ' It was a 6.30 start, gig was 15 minutes away these days, i do use cheat sheets, especially when I dep with ska/mod/new wave/punk chaps, as they always ask me to learn something I haven't played before it's all usually great fun But as others have said, turn up in good time, make sure your gear works, look good, don't be a tw@t and you should be good to go

it's worked for me on the couple of occasions I've done it '64 Hofner violin bass for £1700

I had a revelation on Friday/Saturday I've been struggling the past few weeks with my IEMs. I didn't realise they were the problem, I thought my hearing was to blame. Everything seemed too loud and my in ear mix wasn't working It dawned on me after Friday night's dep gig that the seal wasn't very good I changed the comply tips, I've had the same ones for over a year All of a sudden, Wham! Perfect seal and a near perfect mix at Saturday's gig I am so happy

standing in for @spongebob band 'Heroes' tonight Dover to Aylesbury, Dartford tunnel on Friday afternoon Spent a lot of time in the band van tonight, love the guys, they're so easy going and apart from the guitarist (Liverpool fan,) we're all hammers fans) Great gig, mod/sks/new wave. The HW 4003shines on some of these songs I've been away from home for 11.5 hours, got 240 quid and had a blast not about the money for me these days, it's about the adventure But it's now 03.57 and I'm still wired, supping a bottle of Rioja Sometimes I love gigging and sometimes I hate it Tonight was a blast