RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE

Glad the meeting went well . I haven't met Pete, but we've 'spoke ' a few times on here over the years Top bloke .🙂

Played a few gigs in Watford in the early 2000s . I've been there , but cannot remember if I played that venue . I saw a couple of bands there , including a friends covers band . From what I can remember , it was a busy and lively venue. was there a crazy landlady there ?🤔 I did play the beehive ( again memory a bit sketchy) , and my last gig being the sportsman where the landlord was a top bloke ensuring drinks were on the house .

Thanks for this . Looks like I'll have to sign up for the free trial and cancel when it expires . 😼👍

I purchased a fretless bass ( vester) ,and was wondering what strings were fitted . Of all the basses I have /had , the action and feel of the bass is the best of all . The bass was purchased in 1995 /‘96 and still sounds and feel amazing. Sound hasn’t changed much if at all. I did fit them on my telecaster for a short time, which I used to have and they were great on them too. Thanks to another basschatter , for letting me know what they were. The only downside, is that they are apparently very expensive strings..

RHCP- under the fridge Faith no more - we bare a lot

Elvis - return to fender Elvis - love me gender zz top- dough boy Tammy Wynette -stand by your pan Rolf Harris - 2 little toys lynne Anderson - hose garden manfred Mann - if you gotta go go cow

Boney m - Gasputin Leo Slayer - when I feed you Hot chocolate- so you sin again Moody Blues -Tights in white satin Cat stevens - mild world Meat loaf - cat out of hell

I have quite a few of their sub-zero mini guitar effects . I also purchased the small metal flight case / pedalboard to accommodate them complete with daisy chain transformer . They look really cool , and are very good quality for not much dosh. They do sell them as packs for genre of music you may like , or separate . All good . I have a sub -zero 4 channel midi interface also . That's good also . I find the service from G4M top notch , and they use DPD which are good in my area 🤞

Tom waits . Couldn't stand him initially . This was because my bosses played his entire works in the office in an almost daily basis . I heard his earlier country sounding stuff . One track I still really like though ' step right up ' . That is brilliant . He did an album with les claypool on it . Pronably the last album I heard of his . I was at 5hat company for a long time 🙂 I know he is very talented . After watching the BBC Documentary ..I finally got him a ! 😬 I like this track, but the video was doing my head in . Now I finally have ad free you tube , I'll have to check him out miote thoroughly . Thanks for the reminder ..🙂

I was at both of those . The vai gig was brilliant . It's a shame that Tony macalpine is underused imho , as he is a phenomenal guitar player and keyboardist . Man of many talents .

Great gig ! Possibly the hottest gig ever 🥵. Getting home in the early hrs after missing the last tube was not fun .. one of the very few gigs at the Astoria where we were upstairs .

I couldn't read and run , but I'm still traumatised by the vacuous st.Bono who destroyed the gig I saw them at Twickenham on the vertigo tour . He single-handedly changed an okay rock/ pop gig into a telethon telling us all to ' make a difference' and a text no was shown all round the stadium . Telling us all to co-exist while wearing some graffiti like bedsheet on his head in a pope like manner. What caught my eye here , is you wondering about the potential cost of their next mission/tour l I paid £75 from the ballot from Twickenham Rugby Association . I only went because one of my friends wanted to go, and crash over at mine as I lived not too far from the rugby ground at the time . Never ever again ! I can't listen to them now at all . I did think ( ironically ) that the October album was their best . That was the second time , as I saw them at Wembley on the Joshua tree tour previously . That was okay. Lou Reed was abysmal ,and Shane McGowans popes were imho the best band of the day . I think that you had a lucky escape not seeing them when I did that's for sure . with all his virtual signalling , and tax avoidance maybe they are best paying you for the privilege 😬