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Went to the Slam Dunk Festival in Birmingham last night...4 bands on. First on were Millie Manders and the Shutup. They were great. By far the best "First Band of the night" that I've seen. I'd love to see them headlining. The bassist girl put her foot down on something, went over, obviously in a LOT of pain and didn't miss a note. She spent the rest of the show barely able to walk/ move but sick with it. Top makrks to her. Spunge were next... not my sort honestly but the crowd enjoyed them. Teenage Bottlerocket next up... as awesome as ever... this band put more into it than any other I've seen. Headliners were Zebrahead... again, catch but not really for me. The 2 bands made the trip more than worth it.

We were there. Heard a band playing and decided to check them out. It was S.V. do we did watching them. I must have seen you then

Cracking gig. I don't know any of their songs really but I enjoyed it.

The Wife and myself are heading to Stafford tonight to watch the amusingly named Spunk Volcano and the Eruptions. S.V. is the singer in the equally amusingly named Dirtbox Disco.

Phil Campbell and The Bastard Sons. Really good set, lots of lights, lots of noise and great songs.

I've decided to really have a solid go at Fall Back Down by Rancid. I think it's slightly (haha, slightly) above my skill level so I'm really pushing myself with it. Fall Back Down clickylink

Saw kiss on Manchester on Friday then back there on Saturday for Hollywood Vampires. I was really impressed with H.V but I was one of the crowd who really didn't get The Tubes. The end of their set was bizarre.. singer being led to a spot on stage in drag with a pair of boots that looked like kiss had rejected as being too high then standing teetering while trying sing. Not for me at all.

Haha, I've had the bass for over 12 months and only just seen that. Yeah, they are coloured.

Many thanks folks. So a set of 45-105 will be fine then. I half expected them to be lower end strings with them being the supplied ones but it seems they are decent. While I'm on the subject of strings then... what is the difference (playing style) between flat and round? The model is........

It's one of these... I'll have to wait till I get home to check but it's an ibanez and was around 280 quid new....

Haha I don't think I'm over sweaty 😅 Cheers.

I bought new about 18 months ago but don't remember seeing what strings it had on. I'll grab some verniers from work tomorrow. Just out of interest, how often would I be expecting to change strings. I only play at home, few hours a week. I'm still learning. Cheers.

This may be the silliest question so far but how do I tell what gauge strings I have on my bass? They are the strings it came with and I wasn't too get the same next time after struggling getting a lighter gauge on the last bass I had... loads of fret rattling so I had to get it set up. Is it simply a case of getting some verniers on the string? Cheers folks.

This may be the silliest question so far but how do I tell what gauge strings I have on my bass? They are the strings it came with and I wasn't too get the same next time after struggling getting a lighter gauge on the last bass I had... loads of fret rattling so I had to get it set up. Is it simply a case of getting some verniers on the string? Cheers folks.

Heading to Manchester to see Kiss next month then night after going back there to see Hollywood Vampires.

I'm heading to Manchester next Friday to watch SLF (again).

I'm heading to Nottingham on Friday to see The Dollyrots. I've wanted to see them for years.

I'm heading to Nottingham in 2 weeks to watch The Dollyrots.

I've just got myself a ticket to see The Ruts. I'm not really a fan but TV Smith of The Adverts (Gary Gilmore's Eyes) is supporting. Its worth the £22.50 just to see him, he's great live. Real old school punk played on an acoustic.

Ex WASP guitarist Chris Holmes will be hitting the stage in 10 mins. Last minute decision to come.

Very very easy for most of you but I've just had a quick go at "It's On"by The Lillingtons. Also gonna look at "I wanna die" by Teenage Bottlerocket .

Wife and i flew into NYC last night from uk to watch Blitzkid on Thursday. Heading back on Friday. Hoping it's a great gig.

Heading over to NY to watch Blitzkid in a few weeks. Literally get there, watch gig, sleep in hotel, get back on plane and back to UK

Went to see The Misfits in Chicago (special trip from uk just to see one band). They were never going to live up to what I wanted but they were still brilliant. The drums (Dave Lombardo) were amazing, just a non stop pounding that moved your guts. Jerry gave it everything on bass, as ever. Smashed 5 up through the gig. Doyle pounded and stamped around the stage beating his guitar into submission and getting through more strings than a get-through-strings machine. Glenn Danzig did way too much talking and waffling about "back in the day" but his voice was good. 40 years I've wanted to see the original band together on stage, no one ever thought I'd happen. Awesome.

Agnostic front are one of the best bands I've ever seen. Stigma is a legend and I've had a few pints with him after gigs. Where are they playing?