Crikey!

Those stickers look good on the 15. I'll try to get your yamaha back to you this weekend and you can whack some pics of that up... i know how proud you are of it.

Ashdown abm810. i got one used on ebay for £180

"If it was up to us, we would all wear a plain t-shirt and straight jeans" wear that. buy some nice hats. new era hats are going down well. a lot of the metal hardcore/ metal bands round our way seem to be doing the "scenecore" thing. hi top bright coloured nikes, new era hats, sports jackets, skinny jeans and metal band t shirts... stretch your ear lobes too. naa. t shirt and jeans. Another thing to do with image that seems to be coming up a lot is how you act... 2 of the vocalists in my band have a fake fight in the middle of one of our songs, our trombone players usually on top of my amp if he can get to it, the horns are all doing a little synchronised to/from the mic kinda thing, hitting the cymbals with their saxs, grabbing extra sticks and joining in on the drums... just make a game of it. then again. probably wont suit your band...

HI. I've just uploaded our EP to our myspace page, it's been ages in the making, we finished tracking months ago but have only finished mixing and mastering this week... just waiting for artwork and such, but in the meantime i thought i'd put the songs up on the myspace and see what people think. Any comments would be appreciated... Just wana point out, we've recorded, produced, mixed, mastered, everything on these songs, we've not spent a penny. FEAST YOURS EARS. cheers... Ben www.myspace.com/talanuk [url="http://www.myspace.com/talanuk"]LISTEN HERE LAD![/url]

On May 24th we'll be supporting The Beat at The Beacon Court Tavern in Gillingham. we've got a few gigs coming up. I shall now list them, for I am bored. Jan 15th - COOPERS BAR, CHATHAM WITH THE PLAN Jan 16th - RAFA CLUB, CHATHAM WITH WONK UNIT Jan 17th - THATCHED HOUSE, STOCKPORT Jan 18th - VIDEO SHOOT Jan 20th - TAP N TIN, CHATHAM BOTB SEMI FINALS Jan 22nd - LIVE ON SUNLIGHT RADIO Jan 23rd - HOOTANANNY, BRIXTON WITH THE PLAN Jan 27th - DIRTY SOUTH, LEWISHAM Jan 30th - THE BEDFORD PARK, STREATHAM WITH F-BATS Feb 18th - RAFA CLUB, CHATHAM, EP RELEASE SHOW Feb 22nd - FARMHOUSE, CANTERBURY WITH CHRIS MURRAY + MOUTHWASH Feb 22nd - PURPLE TURTLE, CAMDEN SKA FESTIVAL March 6th - WESTCOAST BAR, MARGATE WITH ATTACK! ATTACK! + THE SKINTS March 26th - COOPERS, CHATHAM WITH THE PLAN April 10th - BOSTON MUSIC ROOMS, LONDON May 24th - BEACON COURT TAVERN, GILLINGHAM WITH THE BEAT June 18th - COOPERS, CHATHAM WITH THE PLAN June 26th - SHOOTING STAR, LONDON June 28th - WHITSTABLE BEACH, WHITSTABLE WITH UNDERGROUND HEROS. Check www.myspace.com/talanuk for updates. or add us up on facebook (rubbish)

I've got one of these on the way in white. can't wait to get my hands on it now... and black hardware is definitely the way forward.

id pay so much to see you guys support nofx.

couple more confirmed. November 16th - The Ivy Leaf Bar, Sheerness November 23rd - Hobgoblin, Brighton (not confirmed...) December 4th - Beacon Court Tavern with VOODOO GLOW SKULLS

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='318950' date='Oct 31 2008, 12:19 PM']I shot it. Seriously there has only been a few gigs when we haven't borrowed/lent a drum kit and the only time we haven't was once with the Rock It Dogs because there drummer has a custom huge bass drum so that's fair enough and (i know we have all had this) 15 year olds with rich parents stroll in with a rack kit. Anyone can borrow my cab but my head and bass are off limits.[/quote] Even at that gig we put all our cabs together and made monster. "stadium rock" i believe the bassist called it. that kit was seriously nice though. built it himself. I nearly always share cabs, 3 different backlines for the gigs we do is ridiculous. promoters hiring backline is ridiculous, most of them dont even know what backline is. we sort it out between the bands, one band brings drums, one brings bass cabs, one brings guitar cab. obviously theres exceptions depending on the line ups and distance and stuff. I used to lend out my full rig, but since mr drugdealer bassist from a certain a band definitely not called HOSPITAL BOMBERS decided to turn everything up full for the whole set, ive decided im only lending cabs. I'll only let somebody borrow my bass after we'd done a fair few gigs with them and i know they'd pay for any damage. We nearly had a huge fight last time somebody borrowed my bass without asking.He definitely shouldnt have winked at me.

another gig added. December 19th - The Old Friends Squat, Greenwich With Wonk Unit (Wayne get on this, www.myspace.com/377101714)

i played WaynePunkDudes old trace head (think it was GP7SM?) through my ashdown mag cabs and it sounded brilliant. probably (definately) not the best cabs ever built but they'll more than do the job.

thursday 3 of the band booked tickets to go to thorpe park instead.. so i had to make up an excuse for the promoter. friday nobody bothered to ask our drummer if he could do it so a few days before we realised that we didnt have a drummer.. saturday our guitarist split his head open at work. text me from the ambulance saying he might not be able to do it. stupid. stupid stupid stupid. really annoying. now we dont have a gig for another week. I get all funny if we dont play for more than a few days. i dont like it.

This weeks been a bit odd for us. Had 4 gigs lined up, played wednesday, sold out, made enough money to press the EP. all good. Thursday had to cancel, Friday had to cancel, Saturday had to cancel. off to Leamington spa next saturday. bit of a trek but should be good.

Just realised that if i edit the gig list, it doesn't bump it back up... BUMP whooops...

looking like my Ashdowns heading for it's 100th gig before the end of the year.... Just thought i'd throw that in as BUMP for the added gigs.

im using output A. I tried output B to see if there was a difference and they're both the same.

ohhh right, naa we're supporting on that one. Ollie should have sorted out a date last night though. we should tour, im just trying to convince everyone else. i might just book it and then they wont have a choice.

We spent last summer turning up at college whenever we could trying to record some demos while nobody was around. we did all of it from start to finish, they're not the best. They were mixed and mastered very quickly. Would appreciate any feedback though. www.myspace.com/talanuk niiice one. Ben

it lights up when it's on and it works as a bypass, but there is no effect, it doesnt switch between the two it just bypasses the effect and the light stays on. it was bought off ebay a few months ago by my girlfriend, she had no way of testing it so we didnt find out it was faulty til the other day. is there a time limit on ebay returns? im assuming because it was sold as "perfect condition" and its turned up faulty, i should be entitled to a refund.

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='310843' date='Oct 20 2008, 10:20 PM']November 20th - Beacon Court Tavern, Gillingham with The Plan ? November 28th - Tower Tavern, London with The Plan February 22nd - Purple Turtle, Camden with The plan June 26th - Shooting Star, London with The Plan[/quote] didn't realise you were playing Beacon on the 20th? trying to sort out another one tonight with you and 7DC.