LoGOz - Blyth Fair review / Solo Tavern review / AcoustiCalendar Song #29

Saturday July 18th saw us return to Live action as a band at the Blyth Fair for our 4:15pm slot. As we rolled into Blyth slightly behind schedule we were surprised to find the impressive stage not quite where we expected it to be! But hey, lets not quibble, this is punk rock boys and girls! As we quickly loaded the gear onto the stage we were met with bemused looks from onstage organisers etc who were less than helpful as we looked in vain for a familiar face or soundman of sort! Main promoter Vince had other business to attend to so was missing in action! So just as we'd given up hope of any professional help, I spied Mr Phil Insangel on the horizon returning from his liquid lunch break with trustee sidekick Paul 'Sub' in tow! Good times. These guys have nailed LoGOz sound many a time so it was reassuring to know we were in safe hands. Cos outdoor gigs can be tricky customers when it comes to sound. Anyway just as we were ready for blast off, Mr. Compare and DJ from local radio station NE1 FM then informed us we were Live on the radio, so please do not swear! Fuckin' hell man haha! A brief Live on air interview followed with some deep soul searching investigative journalistic quezzies really throwing us off kilter..."What kind of guitar is that?....Why are you called LoGOz?..."How do you know these guys?"....Erm cos I'm in a band with them...was Harrys humorously deadpan reply! Then a quick introduction from local Comedian Ken Brady who announced us as "A classic rock power trio, like Cream or The Jam, or something else you'd have for your tea". LoGOz on toast it is then!!! So on with the show! When we first arrived the stage area was like a ghost town, so thankfully as we revved up with LONG TIME DEAD a small crowd had gathered and were enjoying there afternoon dose of punk pop rock n roll! It was great to be playing Live again after a two week break so we were happy with our 35 minute performance, as we were as tight as ever! Even the unexpected sonic explosive interference mid song during DEAD OR LIVING IN AMERICA didn't put us off haha! I must admit we were slightly disappointed with the turn out, but a big thanks to those who came down to support us! Cheers to Vince and of course to Phil and Sub, and our new friends at NE1 FM. Last and least, no thanks to the arrogant tosser who chucked a coin at the stage during our set. Tit. All in all a good fun afternoon of giggage followed by a few well deserved beers and shameless merch flogging :) Cheerz!

Onto Sunday and it was Solo time again with a set at The Tavern in Blyth again. My set time was 6:45pm so arriving a good 30 minutes before stage time gave me enough rope to play with! The lads from ALL OUT ATTACK were just finishing soundcheck as we got there so everything was on schedule. This was the debut gig for my new Acoustic geetar, the Tim Armstrong signature Fender Hellcat! MEEEEOWWW!!! This little fella has a completely different tone to my trustee Yamaha so it kinda felt a little alien at first! I opened up with THE BALLAD OF THE DiSENCHANTED and the brilliant reception eased those solo nerves a little! The beauty of these gigs is that there's kinda no strict set rules, so I can throw in anything depending on my mood or vibe, which changes with alarming regularity! Hence, me playing the very personal BROKEN HEART STRiNGS which was the first time I'd played this at a gig. I also threw in JUBiLEEZER as the token LoGOz track. I closed the set with OLD PUNKS NEVER DiE with my usual ONLY FOOLS & HORSES outtro but this time the finale was WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE LIKELY LADS theme, which went down great! Another nod to one of my fave TV shows of yesteryear! Again another successful solo gig under my belt, building that confidence each time! Thanks again to everyone who came down it was a cracking turn out! Cheers to Vince for putting me on and also the lads from ALL OUT ATTACK who played a blinder with their anthemic melodic punk rockathons!!!

Here we are again on Monday already!! AcoustiCalendar Song #29 this week is BORN iN THE U.K. Nothing to do with the Boss Mr Bruce Springsteen at all. Just a pure nod to the collective home land I was born into.  The song takes a brief journey through snippets of my life as seen through my very own eyes.  2 minutes 45 seconds of working class realism. Three chords and the truth :) As always you can download this song FREE from www.logozworld.com/52 and will be available for 7 days until the next track is uploaded.

Thats it for now! Thanks for looking in :)

Cheerz

Peesh 

AcoustiCalendar Song #28 MiSFiT KiD - LoGOz News

Another LoGOz gig free weekend passes us by although not short of band action! More on that in a minute, but first of all its back to business for our standard manic Monday, and that means AcoustiCalendar new track time! This week sees us at Song #28 with MiSFiT KiD. When growing up as a kid as I'm sure in most schools back in the day, there was always the kid who for some reason, just didn't quite fit in! Sometimes these poor mites were out of Towners and it wasn't unusual for them to be moved school time and time again, whether it be for their Parents work or whatever! But I came across this a few times in my school days where a 'New Starter' would be the easy target for the bullies who would take the piss out of their accent, clothes, hair, you name it, any reason to make sure they didnt fit in! And that was just the teachers!! I'm joking of course ;) But seriously I just remember seeing this first hand at least more than twice, and those memories always stuck with me! Little did I know years later they would provide vital subject matter to my self enduring project challenge! Don't get me wrong it wasn't all bad and some of these kids were accepted too, but it was always the ones who didn't that you remember the most! Clocking in at just over 1 minute 50 seconds this is my shortest song so far, you may find yourself pressing the repeat button with this one , hopefully :) As ever the song will be FREE to download for 7 days from www.logozworld.com/52 until the next track is uploaded.

So as I mentioned with another gig free weekend for the band it gave us a chance to regroup on Sunday with a LoGOz rehearsal at Pulse Music Studios in Blyth, superbly run by Digits chatterbox mainman and all round top guy Chris Bradley and his good lady Gina. We thought it was about time to work on a new song. So work on a new song we did indeed. I'm pleased to say by the end of the session we had nailed brand new track ANTI-SOCIAL MEDIA, and if we do say so ourselves it was sounding pretty mega! Its a quirky rifftastic schizo singalong exploring the dangers and delights of our online existence in this digital age! We can't wait to unleash this baby at a Live Show very soon :)

Back to AcoustiCalendar and if anyone missed this you can read a cracking first review of my debut solo album 13.1 from Rocking Magpie at https://rockingmagpie.wordpress.com/cd-reviews-2015/peesh-13-1-acousticalander/ Big thanks to Alan Harrison for the article.

New LoGOz blog coming later this week as we return to Live action this coming Saturday! Stay tuned :)

Cheerz

Peesh

NEW AcoustiCalendar Song #27 KEEP iT CLOSE - CD Baby release - LoGOz Gigs

After a gig free LoGOz weekend that was filled with celebrating my Brothers milestone 40th Birthday, Monday arrived quicker than expected! With empty pockets, a dry mouth and a bad head to boot, it was time to get motoring with AcoustiCalendar Song #27  KEEP iT CLOSE.  

This  little fella clocks in at 2 minutes 20 seconds and is really a response to those who seem to think we shouldnt hold onto things! Whether it be a memory, a hope, a dream, a lost cause, whatever! I'm just saying sometimes you dont have to let go! Keep going! Dont give up. Hold on. Hang on in there. Its quite positive in a melancholic way. This song is also the first outing for my brand spank new Fender Hellcat Tim Armstrong signature guitar! It really is a beaut to play and it sounds amazing! This song as ever will be available to download for FREE from www.logozworld.com/52 for one week only until the next track is uploaded. 

Also just to let you know as well as my Debut Solo AcoustiCalendar CD 13.1 being available to buy direct from our website www.logozworld.com/merch It is also being released online through CD Baby. So you can buy the Album or individual tracks from my page here http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/peesh Its a cracking vehicle which helps gives the Album an International online presence alongside other great worldwide acts. So please check it out yeah, you know it makes sense :)

LoGOz will return to Live action on Saturday July 18th at The Blyth Town Fayre. We will be hitting the stage at 4:15pm so come along, bring the family. Eat food, drink beer, buy stuff from the many stalls and activities surrounding. Sing and shout LoGOz loud and proud for the pride of Blyth. The next day Sunday 19th I have a solo gig at The Tavern again in BlytH. This time support comes from the anthemic punkathonesque ALL OUT ATTACK. This will be FREE Entry so wind your weekend down with some Anarcoustic vibes lads and lasses! 

The following Friday 24th LoGOz are at The Masons in Blyth. This will be a return headline gig after our successful gig there late last year. This time I will be opening the night with a 30 minute AcoustiCalendar set. The night kicks off 8:30pm and again is FREE Entry! We round off our July on Monday 27th with the Under The Dome Event in Whitley Bay. Its a Live New Wave with Newman Show for Radio Northumberland. This will feature Pauline Murray from Penetration, as well as Acoustic sets from Angela Carrington, the 45s and Adam and the Ants tribute band ANTMUSIC. We will also be playing Live stripped down LoGOz tracks as well as being interviewed by Mr Newman himself. Tickets for the show are £5 and are available from www.under-the-dome.org

Finally we have some snazzy new LoGOz T-Shirts for sale. These bad lads feature the brilliant new HELLO LONELY design. You can buy them from us at upcoming gigs and or from our website www.logozworld.com/merch Check them out!!! These will coincide with another NEW Hello Lonely release very soon.. watch this space!!!

Thats it for now

Cheerz

Peesh

Logoz - Blyth / Berwick / Ashington Gig Reviews

We kicked off our long weekend of gigs with a return to The Tavern in Blyth on Thursday night. Having played here in April for Tony Collision's 50th Birthday bash and me playing a Solo acoustic set just a few weeks ago we were in familiar territory. After a cheeky band rehearsal earlier just to polish up a few older tracks we hadn't played in a while, we were more than happy to blow the cobwebs off the likes of SKELETONS, LiTTLE O.C.D. and POiSONADE for this weekends gigs! Opening up tonight's gig was A DAY IN HELSiNKi, who we remember playing with back in September last year at The Lord Clyde in Byker. With their alternative indie groove and some heart wrenching vocals, the band opened up well as we were itching to make a noise, although under instruction not to play too loud???!!!??!!! The weather was our enemy tonight with the pissing rain maybe putting a few folk off making the trip down! A small hardcore following were still gonna get a 100% full on committed LoGOz show that's for sure! It was cool to get MONKEY BUSiNESS back in the set along with KARAMAGEDDON as well as the aforementioned 3 as we played for a good hours blast! The sound was spot on so thanks to Vince Race for that. Special mention again to all who braved the rain and came along, much appreciated!

Friday saw us heading back up to The Barrels in Berwick for our third gig there. This venue is one of the most intimate places we'll ever play, and tonight was very initmate! Lets just say it was a disappointing turn out, but thank you so much to those who made the journey to support us! I kicked the night off with a 10 strong song set of my AcoustiCalendar tracks, kicking off with THE BALLAD OF THE DiSENCHANTED and debuting WEEKEND OFFENDER and TATTOOS AND DRiNKiNG it was a great experience supporting my own band. I look forward to doing this again very soon :) Again as a band we played like our lives depended on it and delivered a solid 60 minutes of our original punk rock n roll!!! Shame for the excitable post student gig goers who came in to see us just as we had finished!!! Also l must give a shout out to the broad Scottish Rod Stewart lookalike who I had some amusing Auf Wiedereshen Pet/ Jimmy Nail banter with afterwards! Also a big thanks to owner Jaki for booking us and of course again to the crew who came up!

Sunday saw us back in our Hometown of Ashington for the Street Fayre. This is the third year running we've been asked to play, so that can only be a good thing right? After an early morning dash to Newcastle to sort my new Acoustic Guitar I felt like I was pushing time heading back to get sorted for the gig! Those who are interested I've just purchased a brand new Fender Hellcat Tim Armstrong (Rancid) Model. Its a beauty and has an amazing tone, so I cant wait to get playing with this little baby! Anyway, the weather again was threatening to gatecrash the party with rain forecast right on our set time of 1pm. As we got to Station Road we could hear our good friend and studio engineer Mr Ally Lee fronting his Kingsize Voodoo Traveller band! Giving LoGOz plenty of plugs from the stage and getting the crowd to chant " Oh Oh Oh Mexicola" we were more than ready to hit the stage! This is always a tricky gig for me. Playing open air on the main street of my hometown where so many familiar faces stop, stare, smile, wave, clap, shout, sing etc its a total mixed bag of emotions but one I/we always thoroughly enjoy! Just as we were soundchecking the clouds broke and the rain came down haha typical!! At one point there was more than enough of the wet stuff on the electrical stage equipment for it to be quite dangerous! Thankfully the Gods came back on our side and the rain stopped and the sun shone down on us :) A great crowd had gathered to watch us again, and although we werent 100% convinced with the outdoor sound, sometimes you gotta just put that to one side and focus on delivering the songs the best way we can! And we indeed did just that! We were having way too much fun to realise we were slightly over running! So JOiE DE ViVRE ended up being our finale! There was too much of a great atmosphere and repsonse from the crowd for us to even think about complaining, so we said our farewells leaving folk wanting more!!! A great end to what was an interesting weekend of gigs for the band. But again one we feel was still important and relelvant to the whole LoGOz rollercoaster ride! Thank you to our family and friends and the people of Ashington for a great turn out and last but not least Mike 'I'm a man of my word' Slaughter for booking us again. Top man.

So here we are again on Monday as we hit halfway stage of my AcoustiCalendar 52 Project. This week Song #26 is SKOOL DAZE with a nostalgic affectionate look back on those best days of our lives! Personally I loved school and made great life long friends so I have nothing but good memories, even though it was a long time ago haha! As always the song will be available to download FREE from www.logozworld.com/52 and will be up for 7 days until the next track is uploaded. Also don't forget you can order my AcoustiCalendar 13.1 CD from www.logozworld.com/merch & logozbookings@gmail.com

Cheerz
Peesh

LoGOz Gigs this weekend - Blyth / Berwick / Ashington

Just to let you all know of some LoGOz gig activity this weekend lads and lasses! Our weekend starts early again on Thursday with a return to The Tavern in Blyth. This cool intimate venue has only recently started showcasing bands, as I played a solo acoustic show there a few weeks ago on the first night opening for The ALMIGHTY UPRISERS. I had a cracking time and more happy to be invited back by Vince Race for LoGOz to headline this one with A DAY IN HELSINKI kicking things off at around 9pm. This is FREE Entry so come along and make a cracking start to your weekend!

Friday night then sees us back up to Berwick at the world famous Barrels Ale House. This has a great little downstairs Live Cellar room which has a cool vibe, which we've enjoyed twice before! So we cant wait to complete the hat-trick of gigs, with this also being Harry's debut show here! Also for the first time I will be supporting LoGOz, by kicking off the night with a 100% solo Acoustic set to warm your little punk rock souls! I will be playing tracks from my New AcoustiCalendar 13.1 CD as well as some recent songs from the project never before played Live! Then after that of course we will be ripping it up full band style causing sonic chaos and disorder on the Border!!! Again this gig is FREE Entry so you could do a lot better than watch the latest Big Brother Eviction Show and blast through to Berwick and enjoy a cracking evening of Solo / LoGOz original Anarcoustic / Punk Rock n Roll!!!

Saturday gives us a chance to give our voices and arms a rest before Sunday as we play the Ashington Town Fayre on Station Road for the third year running! We're looking forward to punkin' up the sabbath with local friends, families, fans, associates, exes, comrades, colleagues, children, animals and enemies!!! This year we're kicking off the Live entertainment off at 1pm. So either have your Sunday dinners early folks or grab a heart attack in a bun from one of the many fine fast food vans scattered amongst our locality! Bring the kids too as well as ya grannies, its gonna be a blast! Hope to see lots of you there :)

Cheerz

Peesh

LoGOz - Teams Club Gateshead Review / AcoustiCalendar Song #25 DEAD FAMOUS

Last Friday saw LoGOz return to The Teams Club in Gateshead. We were kicking off an all punk rock Bill with THE LAST RESORT, VICE SQUAD, EAST END BADOES & NO THRILLS. After some annoying peak time traffic on the outskirts of Newcastle we hit the Teams Club around 5:30pm in good time for the scheduled soundcheck. Plenty of activity going in inside as we reacquainted ourselves with genial host and promoter extraordinaire Mr Stief-a-Billy. After a slight mix up regarding running orders and soundchecks etc, before we knew it we were loading our gear onstage and ready to warm up! After some uncomfortable electric shock treatment the last time we played here, I was pleased to be informed of a new inhouse PA had been installed with anti electrocution Mics too :) Even in an empty room the sound was big and ballsy, and thankfully little help was needed from our unfriendly Mr Soundman at the desk! As the punks and skinheads started bustling through the doors there was a healthy crowd gathering considering it was still only 7:20pm as we hit the stage! We blasted straight into usual set opener LONG TiME DEAD and played with the kind of intensity of a band with a point to prove! Maybe the slight disappointment of the dodgy sound and electric shocks last time round, gave us that extra focus this time! But we played a blinder if we do say so ourselves! I even strained my voice a little too much towards the end with the sheer ferocity and passion! We really meant it tonight and the crowd sensed that. Skinned heads nodded and docs tapped to every song as we closed the 35 minutes with our nostalgic manthem MEXiCOLA. During our set Clemmy was snapping away amidst keeping an eagle ear on the sound as well as conversing with LAST RESORT mainman Roi Pearce who was very complimentary of our stuff! 

Next on and pretty much within minutes of us exiting the stage Cumbria's NO THRILLS were up. Another swift change and it was time for the EAST END BADOES in their Friday night casual best to get the place jumping! Top stuff with the highlight being their very own London punk lullaby FOREVER PROUD. Mainman Terry actually came straight off stage and made a beeline for us to say how much he loved our set tonight! Top geezer!

Then we had the evergreen ageless punk princess Beki Bondage and her VICE SQUAD. The band gave their  adoring fans what they wanted including  the classic PUNK ROCK RADIO, LATEX LOVE & ROCK N ROLL MASSACRE.

Then it was the turn of headliners the LAST RESORT fresh from their South American jaunt and playing one of their rare outside of London gigs! The band delivered a solid in yer face performance with mainman Roi the boy being on top form! Fists were raised and boots were stomped especially to the rousing NEVER GET A JOB. This isnt just a punk rock show its a way of life! Indeed :) Another great night and gig we're proud to be involved in. Big thanks to Stief for putting us  on and doing a great job bringing us all together! New friends and fans were made yet again as we headed out of Gateshead with rasping throats and another sense of pride. Cheers to everyone who came down, and shame on the twats that nicked gear from LAST RESORTS merchandise stall. Oi Oi Oi!

Another Monday rolls around again and here we are on Song #25 of my AcoustiCalendar Project, almost halfway there! This weeks track is called DEAD FAMOUS. This one got me thinking about where I was or when I remember hearing about the deaths of Musical icons in my lifetime! Again I could go on forever but I kinda picked the ones that to me had the most effect on myself as well as the media, culture and the music world itself. Although the rhythm is quite upbeat it still sounds pretty laid back. As always the song will be available to download for FREE at www.logozworld.com/52 until the next track is uploaded. Dont forget you can also buy and order my debut AcoustiCalendar 13.1 CD from www.logozworld.com/merch or email:logozbookings@gmail.com

Cheerz

Peesh

AcoustiCalendar 13.1 CD Release / Koast Radio Show / Upcoming Gigs

I'm very pleased to announce the official release of my debut Solo AcoustiCalendar CD 13.1. As many of you will know this is my unique personal project which started life at the end of 2014, with an idea to release an acoustic song online every Monday night for the 52 weeks of 2015. The main intention originally was to offload and share a lot of my back catalogue of songs I have written over the last few years and this seemed like a great way of putting a lot of my unheard music out there. So to kick start the project I wrote a brand new song in very early January 2015 called 'NEW YEARS REVOLUTiON. After which I had the brain wave of writing and recording a brand NEW song every week, making this an exclusive 2015 commitment! No pressure of course :) So AcoustiCalendar 52 was born and has kind of taken on a rollercoaster life of its own, and its a ride I'm more than pleased to strapped into! As the songs gained momentum it was then pointed out to me by Clemmy, that 52 songs split quarterly would mean 4 separate 13 track compilations. So here we are with the release of the very first one. The CDs are now available to order from www.logozworld.com/merch  for £6 inc P&P. 

(or contact me or the band via our facebook pages:

www.facebook.com/acousticalendar 

www.facebook.com/logoz3) 

You can also buy these little beauties at LoGOz or Solo gigs for £5. Alternatively in this modern digital age you can soon buy and download the tracks from bandcamp and LoGOz  website. But don’t forget as ever until the end of the year there will be a new track available to download FREE from www.logozworld.com/52 every Monday night! These songs will only be available for 7 days until the next track is uploaded. Come on join in the Anarcoustic fun!!!

The track listing for AcoustiCalendar 13.1 is:

1. NEW YEARS REVOLUTiON

2. OLD PUNKS NEVER DiE

3. CHiLLi VANiLLA

4. OPERATiON CHAOS

5. PAiNT THE TOWN RED

6. BURN BRiGHT

7. KiCK OUT THE NEGATiVES

8. THE NiGHT BEFORE THE MORNiNG AFTER

9. THE DEATH OF THE 7" SINGLE

10. P.I.G.

11. SEVEN DAYS DOWN

12. RiOT ON THE RADiO

13. THiS TOWN iS BURNiNG DOWN

Tuesday night June 16th saw me back at Koast Radio studios for my second solo appearance this year on Kick Out The Jams with vinyl junkie punk ska enthusiast and top man Mr DJ Nick Newcombe. The show kicked off at 8pm and after spinning a few skankin' tracks Nick and me were chewing the fat all things AcoustiCalendar and recent solo gigs, before a Live performance of THE BALLAD OF THE DiSENCHANTED got things underway! After more lighthearted crack and top tunes including great hidden gems from bands like The Saints and The Meekons, I played 3 more tracks Live with THiS IS MY ENGLAND, OLD PUNKS NEVER DiE, before finishing off with this week’s brand new AcoustiCalendar Song #24 KiDS TV. Another great experience personally and we got some cool video footage as well as some pretty snazzy pics! Big thanks again to Nick Newcombe and everyone at Koast Radio. If you missed it you can keep checking Nick’s Mixcloud to catch the recording of the show www.mixcloud.com/nicknewcombe1

Just a reminder of LoGOZ upcoming gigs! Friday June 19th we are at The Teams Club in Gateshead and are kicking off a 5 band bill including LAST RESORT and VICE SQUAD. Tickets are £16.50. It starts at 7pm so its an early start and we can’t wait to smash it up! Then on Thursday June 25th we hit the Tavern in Blyth with A DAY IN HELSINKI. This is FREE Entry so come down and support this great night! The following night we're heading back up to The Barrels in Berwick. This will be the first time I will opening up the show before LoGOz with a solo Acoustic set. If anyone fancies a jaunt up then come and join us it’s a cracking little cellar venue with a great atmosphere! It’s also FREE Entry! So let’s cause sonic chaos and disorder on the Borders :) Thats it for now! We hope to see lots of your sun kissed faces in the next few weeks at these gigs, so get ya shades on, we're smashin up the Summer :)

Cheerz

Peesh