LoGOz - Music Shack South Shields November 15th / NEW Tee Shirts / Xmas Track !!!

After a relatively quiet week in LoGOz world gig wise last week we're pleased to be back to thriving Live this Saturday at The Music Shack in South Shields. This is a bif of an all day event with Insangel promotions. It kicks off at 5pm and LoGOz will be hitting the stage at 8:45pm. Also playing are OneManRevival, Love The Sinner & Wildthorn. Tickets are £3.50 a pop or £5 on the door. It would be great to see some of your familiar faces down there :)

At this gig we will be displaying and selling our brand spanking NEW Tee Shirts. With our eye catching logo in white blazed across a black background with the Disgraceland slogan 'Celebrate Your Own Decay' splashed underneath, this is one cool item of clothing boys and girls. For only £10 one of these snazzy babies could be yours, or it would make an ideal Xmas Prezzie too, you kna what I'm saying ;) You can also order them from our merchandise page on our new website www.logozworld.com

And speaking of Xmas, we are busy working on an exclusive Xmas track for this festive season. I finished an acoustic demo version of the said track today, and I must say I'm looking forward to unleashing this one with the band in the very near future. We're getting in the spirit early and its a bit of fun, and there could be some cool festive freebies connected to this one, so watch this space!!!

Don’t forget you can still help us fund the repackaging of the PSYCHO RADIO Album Re-Release coming in early 2015 complete with NEW Bonus tracks, NEW artwork, NEW photos etc. Remember, you can contribute as little or as much as you like. We really appreciate all the help so far. Just click on our page www.gofundme.com/logoz and check it out all the options. Thank you please :)

That’s it for now lads and lasses

See ya on Saturday

Cheerz

Peesh

New Wave With Newman - 3/11/2014

As a new working week began on Monday, we kept the LoGOz bandwagon rolling with a solo interview with Mr Keith Newman on his Live 'New Wave with Newman Show' from 8 til 10pm. Great to be there in the spanking new premises of Radio Northumberland. The interview was as ever full of good banter, top tunes, plenty of laughs and great plugs for the band with everyone on top form. 

Also present was LoGOz Manager Clemmy Scotswood, complete with video camera, and Punky Paul with his deadpan delivered weekly gig guide! Thanks to Keith for also playing my Solo acoustic track 'Just Like Adam Ant' in honour of my Hero's 60th Birthday on November 3rd. 

Don't forget you can email Keith on: 

requests@radionorthumberland.com

and vote for your favourite LoGOz track in his Christmas punk Top 79. Cant believe its nearly that time of year again!!! 

Don't let the Bells end :) 

Cheerz

Peesh

LoGOz - 4 Gigs in under 24 hours weekender REVIEW!!!

Our weekend gig-a-thon got off to a good start on Saturday night as we rolled into The Teams Club in Gateshead bang on time, 6 o'clock as arranged, for our set to open COCKNEY REJECTS’ 35th Anniversary Tour. We were greeted by our genial host for the evening and general all round punk rock entrepreneur Steif A Billy. Warm handshakes and banter were exchanged as we watched main support band GIMPFIST soundchecking. The venue itself put me in mind of Phoenix Nights, a kind of big old school traditional style concert hall. We liked this. And not a wheelchaired Chairman drinking beer out of a vase in sight!

Time for our soundcheck, and the place was already starting to fill up. Not for the first time in this band I was getting electric shocks from the main vocal mic.  Paul Spicer Sawyer is convinced I've got Alien implants! Even after changing mics, leads, power cables etc I was still getting belts. Not good. But hey this is a punk rock show right? So I suffered for my art and adapted my vocal delivery style, making sure I kept a safe distance! As we kicked into 'Long Time Dead' at 7:50pm there was a cracking crowd in and plenty of Harrington jackets and Dr Marten foot tapping going on as we blasted through a solid 40 minute set!!! Job done. Shame we couldn’t stay to watch GIMPFIST and of course THE COCKNEY REJECTS, but we already had another gig commitment remember?? So as we shook hands and embraced new friends it was time to head back to our native Northumberland for gig number 2 of the evening. 1 down 3 to go!!!

We pulled up at the Roxbury in Blyth as COLLiSiON were enjoying a sneaky tab at the main entrance as lead singer Tony Houghton asked " Did yi git here on ya fuckin Space Shuttle?" Still buzzing on the adrenalin of our gig earlier we were well warmed up and after a great soundcheck we were ready to hit the stage just after 10pm. Again a great crowd in as folk sang, danced, clicked their phones and punched the air, some still even in fantastic Halloween gear, as we tore through our second 40 minute set of the night! Get in!!! A great sound too, so thanks to Vince Race for that. Finally we could relax and enjoy a well deserved beer or 6 as COLLiSiON ripped into punk classics including 'New Rose' by THE DAMNED and 'Pretty Vacant' by The SEX PISTOLS. They also played some of their original tracks from the New E.P. which went down well with The Roxbury brigade. What a night and we had it all to do again on Sunday. This is the life!!!

Sunday morning began with my best Barry White. I meant my voice by the way, that wasn’t cockney rhyming slang! Anyway we were due at North Shields Rugby Club Walk of Life Charity Gig for 2pm soundcheck so we had to get our arses in gear sharpish. So Clemmy, Mizzii Bee and me arrived at said venue in good time as Clemmy went to investigate. This place was a tad too quiet with not much noise going inside for me. A few minutes later Clemmy returned with the news that this was the wrong fucking Rugby Club in North Shields, but they were actually having a charity event as well. What were the chances of that? HELLO CLEVELAND!!! So after our mini Spinal Tap moment and blaming the Sat Nav we rang Paul & Carlos who, after stopping laughing guided us to the RIGHT venue. We were first band on kicking the event off so Soundcheck was a breeze and not an electric shock in sight. We opened things up at 3:15pm after exchanging my usual Sunday dinner for pints of Carling we were a well-oiled machine and tight as ever as the appreciative all aged Charity crowd lapped up our LoGOz sabbath matinee. A few familiar faces had made the journey and was great to see and hear their support, not only for us, the bands but for the charidee too :) Thanks to local MEEEEEETTTTAAAAAAAAAAL Singer, Soundman, Painter and Decorator extraordinaire Mark Evans for arranging this event and asking us to play. A great afternoons work indeed even though we won nowt on the Domino cards ;)

lt was just starting to get dark as we headed out of North Shields and on to The Golden Lion in Jarrow. On the way we got News that out of the 4 acts on this acoustic event, 1 had already played, and 2 had pulled out!!! To say we were disappointed was an understatement!! To cancel so late and leaving the Promoter in the shit was a bit harsh, but hey, I can’t speak for the other bands. So basically we wanted to make the best out of a bad situation. And do that we shall. With aplomb :) So I decided on a total unplugged set. Let’s just sit with our guitars in people’s faces and just sing our songs!! This ended up being one of the strangest intimate best ever performances we will probably ever do. Maybe you just had to be there! Just ask Iain Bartlett! As Carlos took a well-earned break, Paul and me played almost every single LoGOz song we knew and some we have never ever played acoustically before as folk joined into be part of something quite unique and a bit special. One refreshed local gentleman even started a 'Friggin in the Riggin' acapello version which l was more than happy to join in with. Rob from Spitfire Bullets joined in the action as we covered 'God Save the Queen' and 'Blitzkrieg Bop'. Then Jordan from Black Bloc got in on the act with 'Alternative Ulster'. It was just one of those great nights and a cracking end to a hectic non-stop weekend. I'm kind of proud that we helped resurrect a night that was dying on its arse. We headed out of Jarrow tired but more than happy we had achieved what we set out to do, play 4 gigs in under 24 hours, and we did it. No big deal, just saying :) Thanks to everyone who came to support us over the weekend you know who you are! No sleep til Bed time!!!

Cheerz

Peesh

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