LoGOz - Cockney Rejects Collision Charity Acoustic Weekender!!!

Hey I just thought I'd fill you all in on our mental busy weekend approaching that sees us playing 4 gigs in under 24 hours!!!

Oh yes boys and girls it’s time to start pushing ourselves and give it all we got...you up for it? Cos we are :)

So after our successful gig with Sham 69 last Saturday night in Selby, some good contacts were made, and true to their word have come up trumps with a gig for LoGOz on Saturday at The Teams Club in Gateshead supporting THE COCKNEY REJECTS. This is the first night of their 35th Anniversary Tour, so it’s a great pleasure to be playing on this night. Big thanks to Stief for arranging this. Also playing are excellent street punks GIMP FIST from Darlington. Tickets are high in demand and are £12.50 advance and £15 on the door. This kicks off at 7:30pm.

After hopefully blowing the roof off the Teams Club in Gateshead we will be shaking hands and the sweat off our brows and howking our guitars, amps and sticks back to The Roxbury in Blyth to tear the place a new arsehole in the shape of a gig with local punksters COLLISION. The doors open at 9pm and this is FREE Entry so come along and make a noise lads and lasses it’s gonna be a late one!!!

The next day on the Sabbath we're missing our Sunday dinners and heading to NSRFC, Preston Playing Fields, Preston Village, North Shields, NE29 9ND (rugby club). There are 6 bands playing for the WALK OF LIFE charity event. LoGOz are on first at 2pm. Also playing are STICKY FINGERS, BIG TED, DAKOTA, HAIR OF THE DERG, 9 BOB NOTE. £3 per ticket or just pay on the door you generous souls :)

And then to top off a sonic fuelled weekend our last stop is at The Golden Lion for an Acoustic event with ALL OUT ATTACK, PIPE RIOT & JUST BRAGGIN'. Doors open at 3.30pm and is FREE Entry.

We hope to see lots of your scary happy faces this Halloween weekend!!!

Don't forget http://www.gofundme.com/logoz ;)

Cheerz

Peesh

LoGOz - Sham 69 Punk Fest 25/10/14 - NEW Go Fund Me project!!!

It was around 4pm as we headed out of Northumberland and made our way to the depths of Yorkshire that is Selby. Traffic wasn't too bad as the LoGOz mobile was full to the brim of gear and bodies. Carlos hijacking the sound system as ever, Paul putting his foot to the floor, as Clemmy (Manager) and myself were squashed in the back with guitars and drum stands poking out in the most dangerous of places. Rock n Roll indeed!!!

We pulled up at the Riverside venue just after 6pm in good time as we weren't on stage til 8.30pm. We took the gear to the backstage area in time to catch the anthemic punk tones of The Kingcrows high energy sing-a-longs, and I particularly enjoyed set closer 'Beer & Whisky'. I was still disappointed we missed The Fanny Pads, apparently they only play once a month. 

Next up was Bad Dog No Biscuit, dressed in Hawaiian Shirts their tongue in cheek grungy punk pop put me in mind of The Presidents of The United States of America. Then it was Inequality Street with aggressive in ya face street punk you wouldn't wanna mess with these guys. One of them sporting a t-shirt with the amusing slogan 'Fat People are Harder to Kidnap'. Nice.

So after a quick change over it was just after 8:30pm as we ripped into 'Long Time Dead'. The reaction of our new friends and fans was brilliant as we tore through our 11 strong song set climaxing with 'Mexicola', and even topically replacing the final chorus with 'Dont catch Ebola'. Bad taste? No offence, we were having too much fun to care! A cracking gig, great sound, great stage, great venue, great crowd. No sooner had we left the stage when new friends and contacts were making their presence felt. Top bloke and Sham 69 Road Manager Stef (who wasn't the only one wearing a 'Cameron is a C**t' T-Shirt) was great crack afterwards and really into LoGOz so we're already in the process of lining some gigs up very soon. More news on this as it happens.

Kingcrows lead singer Phil E Stine was also bang into the tunes and we had some great banter about Punk rock, the Wildhearts, football and ermmm Steps!!! A few more beers were had as photos were snapped including some Euro alcoholics falling onto Clemmy mid action. Mad bastards. Big thanks as well to Rob from Spitfire Bullets and Sophie Slash Daniels for their support.

Main local support act Total Disfunction were the last band before the headliners, and they certainly lived up to their name with their full on extreme mohawk punk rage! Then of course it was the turn of Sham 69 fresh from their USA & European Tour showed they have lost none of their zest or enthusiasm for a good old punk rock show. The crowd lapped up the classics that are 'Borstal Breakout' 'Hurry up Harry' and of course 'If the Kids are United'.

We said our farewells as Rob Spitfire Bullet, despite being a pocket sized version of Johnny Ramone decided to lift every member of LoGOz into the air, for best reasons known to himself haha! But aided by alco-strength he managed it with aplomb.

We headed out of Selby with our ears ringing and our souls buzzing. There was a good feeling in the air as we sped back up North with our well earned travelling cans. Pity we couldn't have put our clocks back a bit earlier and milked the night for all its worth. Top gig again for LoGOz things are just getting better and better. Big thanks to Ian Wright from The Riverside Venue for putting this great event on and inviting us to play. 

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As some of you know we are re-releasing our PSYCHO RADIO Album in early 2015. So we have teamed up with Go Fund Me where you can donate as little or as much as you want towards the funding for us to repackage our debut album which will feature NEW Bonus tracks, artwork, photographs and more!!! Please check out the options here www.gofundme.com/logoz  There are various donation packages where you can receive different reward levels, including the NEW hard copy CD, Album download, T-Shirts and lots, lots more!!! So come on lads and lasses, get involved we want you to be a part of it.

Cheerz

Peesh

LoGOz - Sham 69 support & NEW Official Website

Hey just to remind you all that we are supporting Punk legends Sham 69 at the Riverside in Selby this Saturday October 25th. This is an all day punk rock event featuring some cracking bands, and the line up looks a little something like this:

3.25 - 3.55 MINNIE

4.10 - 4.40 THE FANNY PADS

4.55 - 5.25 IT’S A TRAP

5.40 - 6.10 THE KINGCROWS

6.25 - 6.55 BAD DOG NO BISCUIT

7.10 - 7.40 INEQUALITY STREET

8.10 - 8.40 LOGOZ

9.00 - 9.30 TOTAL DISFUNCTION

BREAK TO CHANGE BACKLINE

10.00 - 11.30 SHAM 69

This is gonna be a great gig for the band so don't forget you can still buy tickets directly from us for £5 and its £7 on the door. Also check out the official Sham 69 website   www.officialsham69.com & the cool venue that is www.theriversidebar.com

And speaking of new websites you may have noticed we have just unleashed our very own spanking new website www.logozworld.com  Please check it out and let us know what you think? There will be more new features and updates to follow so please keep checking back! We are also have a mailing list option on the site so do yourselves a favour and add your email addys and we will keep you directly up to date in the punk pop rock shenanigans of LoGOz world :) 

Thats all for now folks

Cheerz

Peesh

LoGOz - The Highs & Lows & the Return of Anarchy!!!

The highs and lows of this punk pop rock n rollercoaster we call LoGOz or LoGO2 continues in ever unpredictable fashion! Friday saw us play a sneaky blinder as we opened up a Charity Fund Raiser at The Elephant in Ashington. After a swift soundcheck which had us more than pleased with the amount of power Carlos and myself had with just Guitar and Drums, we were scheduled for an 8pm start. The venue was filling up champion with friends, family, new faces, familiar and peculiar, as well as the other bands. We blasted through a 10 song set of no nonsense edgy punk melodica! We were the sugarcoated iron fist, chewing bubblegum with razorblades if you like :) Our second unexpected 2 piece gig nailed in a week, so we were more than happy, as was the crowd with a great reaction, it couldn’t have went better.

Next up was Ball of Mayhem who delivered their anthemic hook laden metal as ever, and climaxing with Live favourite 'Obliteration'. Finishing the night was Guardian ahead of their European Tour who smashed through their extreme metal like young chaps possessed! Another great night had by all involved. Thanks to everyone who came down and contributed to a great night. Also big up to Lisa and Zac Yates from Guardian for asking us to play. 

After the high of Friday night, our mouths were still dry and our heads still pounding when we were informed on Saturday afternoon that unfortunately we wouldn’t be playing The Northumberland Arms on the Saturday night. Just one of those things and a few hitches led to the event being cancelled.

But every cloud etc.. This then fortunately gave me time to work on a brand new ANARCHY IN THE U.S.A Show for Radio Northumberland. So I will be back on the airwaves coming in your ears on Tuesday October 14th at 9pm. You can listen Live on www.radionorthumberland.com  On this weeks show I'll be playing some classic Green Day, Foo Fighters, The Dollyrots, The Interrpruters and more, as well as brand new tracks from Slash, Richie Ramone and Rancid. Turn on, tune in and crank it up!!!

Cheerz

Peesh

LoGOz - Gig Weekender Rocktober 10th & 11th

After our successful Tuesday night punk/pop shenanigans with The Dollyrots we look ahead to another busy weekend of gigs!!! Although its not always as simple as that in this band, or any band for that matter :) So unfortunately due to unforseen circumstances Paul will not be playing with the band this weekend. But like true Rock Troopers we are, we will still be playing these gigs as a 2 piece. And if you were at The Clef & Cask gig last Friday night you know we can pull this off :) Nobody said it was gonna be easy!!!

So Friday night we have a hometown gig in familiar surroundings at The Elephant in Ashington. This is a fundraising event for GUARDIAN ahead of their 30 day European tour. Also playing are our good friends BALL OF MAYHEM. This gig is £2 entry so get down early the doors open 6:30pm. Carlos and myself will be hitting the stage around 7:30pm. There will be raffle draws with cool prizes including a LoGOz - PSYCHO RADIO Tee Shirt :) But if you arent a lucky winner dont forget we will still be selling our snazzy Tee's for £8 a pop. These are running out fast so steam in lads and lasses :)

Saturday night we are back in Newcastle at The Northumberland Arms. We will be playing with young angry punk starts BLACK BLOC,  the wonderfully pubic toupee influenced THE MUFF WIGS & Cumbrian alternative punksters HEXED. We should be cranking it up around 9:30pm. But again come down early and help support this great night of original Live music. Its £4.00 on the door and kicks off at 7.00pm.

We hope to see lots of your familiar faces at these gigs this weekend, and judging by the reaction lately we can see a lot of you know the words to our songs, so sing loud and proud as you are all now official LoGOz backing vocalists!!!

Cheerz

Peesh

LoGOz & The Dollyrots Review. Three Tuns. Gateshead 07/10/14

The night didn’t get off to the best of starts with a Moira Stewart-esque satnav wife sending us up the backstreets of Gateshead and heading towards the Angel of the North!!! Quick turn around and some helpful directions from a bewildered early evening shopper and we were back on track to The Three Tuns in Gateshead. As we arrived at the venue The Dollyrots were catching up on some rest in their Tour Van so we thought best not to bray on their windows as a welcome! Things seemed to be running late regarding soundcheck for the support bands as we were informed a quick line check before we go onstage would be the order of the day. Not even a problem :)

The venue was filling up and counting as first band Guilt City opened up. As young svelte leather jacket cladded bare chested lead singer addressed the growing crowd it was gonna be a fucking great night, we couldn’t help but agree. The band delivered a good in ya face hard rocking set with some cool tunes and great riffs.

As we hit the stage around 9:15pm the venue was bustling with a great crowd and atmosphere. We tore straight into 'Long Time Dead' and from then on in everyone was on our side! Familiar as well as new faces sang and shouted along as phones and cameras flashed, we blasted through one of the quickest half hours of our lives! We were having so much fun we even missed out 'Dead or Living in America' sorry Dad :) Finishing with usual set closer 'Mexicola' we knew we had delivered the goods.

Then it was the turn of The Dollyrots who ripped through their punk pop sing-a-longs as slick as ever, as the crowd lapped it up. A great gig again for LoGOz as we stayed behind chatting to Kelly and Luis from The Dollyrots. l gave them a LoGOz t-shirt for good measure as we posed for a few photos too. All in all a cracking night and we thank you for the amazing turn out and support as ever. Also thanks to Phil Hughes from Insangel for putting the gig on. See you all this friday and saturday at our next LoGOz gig weekender. More news on those in the next blog. Stay tuned :)

Cheerz
Peesh

 

 

LoGOz - Clef & Cask review & The Dollyrots Gig Oct 7th

Hey well its been an interesting few days in camp LoGOz!!! On Friday due to unforeseen circumstances Paul unfortunately couldn't make our gig at The Clef & Cask in Cramlington. It was too late in the day to find a replacement guitarist and cancelling the gig just wasn't an option for us. So I decided we would carry on and do the gig just the 2 of us a la White Stripes, with my Jack White to Carl's Meg :) We didn't really have any time to work out a change in dynamics for certain songs so we just thought lets get up there crank my geetar up an extra fuzz notch and Carlos like Animal on prozac we blasted through a 10 song set like a pair possessed!! We went down a storm with the great crowd who had turned up to make a noise with us. Familiar faces cheered and sang along and new friends joined in and congratulated us on a fantastic gig in the face of adversity!! There was some great banter and a feel good vibe about the place, and in particular the local intoxicated heckler who was insisting on us playing ABBA or LED ZEPPELIN who was put in his place with a smile on his face :) Big thanks to ALL OUT ATTACK for a great set and to Daz for asking us to play, and not forgetting Nick Newcombe from Koast Radio for spinning some great tunes. Last but not least big up to Mickey O and Kev from COLLISION for doing a great job with the PA and Sound. As always Cheers and Beers to the LoGOz crew who continually come along and support us, it is hugely appreciated :)

So on to Tuesday October 7th and we're supporting American Pop Punkers The Dollyrots at The Three Tuns in Gateshead. Tickets are £6 and if anyone hasn't got a ticket then fear not, get in touch with the band via Facebook or on Twitter @PeeshNE63 @ClemmyScotswood @LoGOz and we will sort you out :) The band are in the middle of their UK Tour with British Punk legends The Buzzcocks, and are stopping off at Gateshead for a Headline show so we're pleased to be supporting the guys. We will also be back to full strength with Paul returning to the stage after his one gig absence. This is gonna be a cracking night. We cant wait!!!

See ya there

Cheerz

Peesh

LoGOz - PUNK ROCKTOBER !!!

Hey just to let you all of our punk rock shenanigans during the 10th month of this crazy year already!!! The weathers still good thanks to Global warming so get yourselves out on the town and celebrate your own decay with LoGOz at a venue near you.

We kick off the month on Friday 3rd with our first ever gig in Cramlington at The Clef & Cask with ALL OUT ATTACK and DJ Nick Newcombe spinning some punk / ska tunes. Then on Tuesday 7th we are supporting the punk-pop-tastic Dollyrots from the USA at the Three Tuns in Gateshead. Tickets are £6 and are going fast so be quick you dont wanna miss this!!! Friday 10th sees us back in our hometown Ashington with a Charity Fund Rasier at The Elephant with our good metal headed friends BALL OF MAYHEM & GUARDIAN. Saturday 11th we are back in Newcastle at the Northumberland Arms with Black Bloc, Hexed and The Muff Wigs. We round off a busy month with a cracking gig supporting SHAM 69 at The Riverside in Selby. This is a Punk all dayer and we are 3rd top of the bill. It kicks off at 3pm with LoGOz hitting the stage at around 8pm. Tickets £5 advance or £7 on the door.

We hope to see lots of your familiar faces and make lots of new friends this month and beyond. Cheers for your support. Keep spreading the word.

Thanx

Peesh