Our New Years Eve 2007 gig at Crook F.C. was, as expected, a damn good party with all 100 tickets being sold. Victims of The Fury opened and warmed up the room with their best performance I’ve seen to date. Next, the extremely youthful, The Unnamed, got a very enthusiastic reception to their set since, […]
The Blue Bell, Alston, Saturday 22nd December 2007. Debbie and her son Richard, who run the pub, were great hosts. Ok, we only had about 12 locals watching but we had a great night (home for 2.40am). A roaring log fire, JD’s and dark rum with Chris scamming the band with some dodgy card game […]
Tubesnake at The Daisy Hill, Friday 21st December 2007. Well, this was the venue where my audition and first practices with the band took place, the first time I met Lenny and Woody as well, but the first time I’d played a gig there. Quite a biggie for me as well, as I know the […]
The Lizard by Lenny Mustarde One hot afternoon I entered father’s garden With a handful of friends at my side We walked among The cold grey marble We had no reason to hide The sun pierced the trees And spat at the ground Like summer rain it pattered down We were drawn to the place […]
Exactly! So we headed off to No Place near Stanley for a gig at The Beamish Mary Inn on Saturday 1st December 2007, almost six months to the day (Saturday 2nd June) since we last played here and launched the ninth line-up of Tubesnake with Tom Atkinson on guitar. For this, our eighth gig together, […]