Bassist assaulted mid-gig by singer in Manchester

[EJWW]

Slap bass-ist... 

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-65558954.amp

[BassApprentice]

For full clarity - it's actually the singer who assaulted the bassist, they had switched roles for that song.

 

Doing Scotland proud 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿😅

[PaulWarning]

happens all the time, The Kinks and Animals were always having fights, must admit I've often thought about whacking our singer on occasions, probably would have done in my younger days

[Doctor J]

"Described on its Twitter feed as "three pals in a band from Dryburgh"

Makes sense. There are four of them.

[Hellzero]

Good ol' days are back! So, yes maybe punk's not dead. 😂

[BlueMoon]

I once saw Bob Daisley and Ariel Bender (Luther Grovesnor) come to blows on stage while performing as Widowmaker back in the 70’s!

[Hellzero]

Maybe they were trying to make their band name sound true...

[mr4stringz]

Missed opportunity for the drummer as, having watched the full footage of the altercation, he should have added snare hits to each punch thrown.

[Waddo Soqable]

If they had a sax player he could've done the Benny Hill theme schtick too.... 

[Muzz]

It's always handy to have Eye Of The Tiger ready to go in these circumstances...

[Tokalo]

Not wishing to be facetious, but can I take it The Deaf Institute is a genuine venue??

[Muzz]

It's a really, really good small venue in the city centre...and yes, it's in the old Deaf Institute* building...

 

 

* Actually kinda worse than that: it's in the Adult Deaf & Dumb Institute building...

Edited May 12, 2023 by Muzz

[Beedster]

I assumed when i read it that they we early 20s but at 37, well.............. 🤔

[linear]

37 minutes ago, Beedster said:

I assumed when i read it that they we early 20s but at 37, well.............. 🤔

 

Some of us are late developers.  I'm in my forties and just waiting for the right opportunity to present itself

[paul_c2]

[quote].........The band, from Dundee, is also due to.....[/quote]

 

Nuff said.

[Dan Dare]

Ah. Good old "musical differences" again.

[BassTractor]

If only this could happen somewhere in Leicester ...
One can live in hope. 😉

Edited May 12, 2023 by BassTractor

[Downunderwonder]

8 hours ago, Muzz said:

It's always handy to have Eye Of The Tiger ready to go in these circumstances...

Except without the bass it wouldn't be quite right.

[pigface]

Shock horror!

[bassbiscuits]

22 hours ago, BassTractor said:

If only this could happen somewhere in Leicester ...
One can live in hope. 😉

Im pretty sure it has already!

[diskwave]

Wonderfully staged free publicity the stuff you simply cannot buy...It went everywhere, Beeb, ITV, SKY, viral on steroids. 

[BassTractor]

8 minutes ago, bassbiscuits said:

Im pretty sure it has already!

Aye, in general terms you must be right.
I was only thinking of our bass playing friend Mick Mason (who has a whole thread dedicated to him and his many years of scamming people), as several BassChatters have predicted that somebody at some point will give him his comeuppance  -  -  not that they condone it.

[Downunderwonder]

1 hour ago, BassTractor said:

Mick Mason

I read he went around threatening the people who were badmouthing him for being a scamming so and so. So I will be quite happy to read of him getting the bash one day.

[Platbass]

On 12/05/2023 at 14:48, Tokalo said:

Not wishing to be facetious, but can I take it The Deaf Institute is a genuine venue??

I live nearby and it's usually got a fair crowd, so seems like a decently good venue with a lot of live music on.

[borntohang]

On 13/05/2023 at 20:50, greavesbass said:

Wonderfully staged free publicity the stuff you simply cannot buy...It went everywhere, Beeb, ITV, SKY, viral on steroids. 

 

Having known crew and promoters who have worked with The View I remain unconvinced they'd ever be together enough to be able to pull off staged promo... They did well back in the 2000s but unfortunately have form for last minute and mid-show cancellations. A number one record only gets you so much latitude before even the label are sick of you.

 

On a side note I'd be terrified of scrapping on the stage at Deafies. Feels about ten foot up in the air with no handrail when you're up there at best of times.