Saturday November saw LoGOz return to Live action at Liberty's in Town Middlesbrough. This gig saw us as main support to TV SMITH & The BORED TEENAGERS. With this being our first visit to this particular venue we found it easy enough thanks to my backseated eagle eye! As we entered the upstairs venue we were greeted warmly by the jolly Tees giant himself Promoter Mr. Steve Harland. While making ourselves comfortable we witnessed TV Smiths soundcheck which was mightily loud and impressive! With time pressing on there wasn't enough time for a soundcheck ourselves we were told we'd just have a quick line check before stage time. This wasn't such a problem when we spied the friendly bearded young gentleman at the sound desk, who had done a tremendous job at our last Boro gig so we knew we were in safe hands. So with everything in place we headed out to sample the delights of some Teesside takeaways! I plumped for some sort of spicy chicken wrap, whilst Carlos was next door ordering pizza and chips with added special sauce delicately presented by the charming assistant who proclaimed she was "an excellent squirter". Nice. Paul had a tab.
So as we made our way back to Liberty's the lads headed up to the gig I was busy finishing my dodgy wrap and got chatting to a friendly cigarette smoking lady who was attending the gig and asking if I was here to pay or play :) We got cracking on about how she had seen us in Middlesbrough with the Newtown Neurotics and that she had been there recently to see Crass frontman Steve Argumentative play a solo gig. As I chuckled away inside I couldn't bring myself to tell her that its actually Steve Ignorant! The irony on his name wasn't lost on me as she told me a heart warming story of how she lost the signed CD she bought from that said gig, and after emailing him he posted her a brand new signed CD personally free of charge. Crass? Steve Ignorant? More like Steve Diligent. Top man.
The doors were now open and people were streaming in and first band WELD opened up tonight's proceedings in what was only their third gig. The band were industrious in their tight quirky alternative sonic hypnosis. I look forward to seeing these guys again. Next up all the way from sunny Spain were SUZY & LOS QUATTRO. Surely I can be forgiven for thinking they could've been some European Suzy Quatro tribute act. I was very wrong. They delivered a very impressive original slick sugary new wave pop rock set that had many a shaved head nodding and Doc tapping enthusiastically across the room!
Our time had come and I must admit a few nerves had kicked
in, and not helped by my misjudged spiced poultry intake! Nevermind, these mild doubts were brushed to one side as we kicked in with a mighty LONG TIME DEAD that melted specs and smudged make up on the grinning faces pointing our way! We blasted through a full tilt 30 minutes and went down a storm. Even TV Smith seemed to agree, looking like Tom O'Connor's anarchic brother, he could be seen appreciating our set too, along with the QUATTROS and BORED TEENAGERS. It was also cool to see some familiar faces in the crowd singing along making us feel more than at home! Again another cracking gig for the lads and the reception was amazing and talking to people afterwards we really felt the warmth and appreciation that we really are doing something right here! Even QUATTROS drummer enthusiastically told me in pure broken English we were the best band he had seen all over the world and invited us to play in his hometown near Barcelona! So look out for the Spanish leg of LoGOz world tour 2016 !!!
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Then it was the turn of TV SMITH & the BORED TEENAGERS who were playing a classic set of material from TVs old band The ADVERTS. Although to be honest its not a band I've heard too much from apart from the obvious GARY GILMOURS EYES Single I was well impressed by the ferocity and dynamism of the tunes. So this is definitely a band I'll be revisiting and look forward to checking out again very soon. Judging by the reaction of the crowd MR SMITH delivered the goods and at 59 years old showed no signs of slowing down just yet. With an encore of newer material in full swing we chatted and said our farewells to friends and fans and of course to Mr Steve Harland, who we thank for offering us this gig in the first place. Cheers. So as we drove out of the Teesside fog we were more than happy with the performance and reaction and cant wait to return in December...Watch this space ;)
Sunday evening saw us return to the very familiar haunt of The Tavern in Blyth. With the weather taking a turn for the worse and our early slot time of 7:45pm it was cool to be greeted by the LoGOz hardcore who had braved the shit conditions and the threat of work the next day to enjoy some Sunday punk rock fireworks of our own! Again we delivered a great set complete with some humorous banter with the intimately appreciative LoGOz brigade! We even came back in to a 3 song encore that consisted of SKELETONS, WHY AM I A LIAR and LITTLE O.C.D. Big thanks to everyone who came down, quite a few at the last minute too, we really appreciate your support. Cheers also to a rather refreshed Vince Race for putting us on and treating to some post gig SEX PISTOLS swear-a-thon sing-a-longs! Marvelous stuff.
All in all another brilliant weekend for LoGOz. We've also got another few buy weeks coming up with a gig at the Packhorse in Leeds on Friday November 13th. Then Thursday November 19th (my Birthday) sees us making our debut at the famous Trillians Bar in Newcastle. But more on these gigs later...Stay tuned.
So here we are on AcoustiCalendar Song #45 with my Rememberance Day tribute UNKNOWN HEROES. After always having an interest in War history, especially WW1, what better way to pay respect to those who fought, by dedicating a song to them. Its written from the perspective a soldier on the frontline fighting and the atrocities they must have seen. The confusion they must have felt and the sheer horror for what they witnessed, and the nightmares they would've had to live with. And of course so many so young..and old that never lived to tell the tale. You can download the song for FREE from www.logozworld.com/52 As ever this will be available for seven days until the next track is uploaded.
Also just to let you know you can now download the HELLO LONELY (Remix) Single direct from our website www.logozworld.com/shop Also check out all the other goodies including T-Shirts, CDs and badges to boot!
That's all for now lads and lasses.
Thanks for reading.
Cheers
Peesh x
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