Tribute Bands

[DalyanPete]

55 minutes ago, AngryOfTuebrook said:

Tesco bag full of cans as you wander around

Sounds like a tramp training scheme.

[GR10 LFC]

Seen a couple of Genesis tribute bands - all excellent (Visible Touch, Mama, The Carpet Crawlers and The Watch). Great way to keep the music alive (even though the real thing came out of retirement this year anyway!). Musically all four of the bands are superb and they generally have a theme to the show - The Watch only does Gabriel era. Also seen Stillmarillion a couple of times who only do Fish-era Marillion.

[manwiththestick]

I watched The Clone Roses a couple of times, they were actually better live than the originals.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

Rusted Glory are a decent Neil Young & Crazy Horse tribute.

[Strontium]

11 hours ago, manwiththestick said:

I watched The Clone Roses a couple of times, they were actually better live than the originals.

 

That does strike me as the very definition of damning with faint praise.

[cloggypop]

I was offered a free ticket for a Joy Division tribute band a couple of weeks ago but said no. Pointless for me. They were 20 euro a ticket apparently. Fuck me. Most bands I see playing their own stuff putting their lives into it don't make that. I've seen  Thee Oh Sees numerous times for way less than that. If Ian Curtis knew some cunts were making that much money off his talent and tragedy he'd probably top himself. Again. 

[stringvest]

Going to see an Otis Redding one next week.  Don't like them as a rule. Having said that, I saw the Stylistics earlier this week and only two of them were the originals.  Lumpy old band, 3 lads on the bontempis doing the strings, clarinets etc, and 4 blokes in their 70s doing their best with the Philly moves.  God bless them. 

[Mook]

2 minutes ago, stringvest said:

Going to see an Otis Redding one next week.  Don't like them as a rule. Having said that, I saw the Stylistics earlier this week and only two of them were the originals.  Lumpy old band, 3 lads on the bontempis doing the strings, clarinets etc, and 4 blokes in their 70s doing their best with the Philly moves.  God bless them. 

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Did they do I'm Stone In Love With You?

 

Love that song.

[stringvest]

1 minute ago, Mook said:

Did they do I'm Stone In Love With You?

 

Love that song.

of course mate - they must have done at least a dozen songs that you could say were hits.  A curry, a decent support band, then the Stylistics, and home by 10.45.  Not a bad Tuesday night.  Better than me killing ancient material at the open mic we usually go to on that night.

[Bjornebye]

On 05/11/2021 at 11:29, manwiththestick said:

I watched The Clone Roses a couple of times, they were actually better live than the originals.

Yeah saw them at Warrington Parr Hall a few years back. I'm sure Oasish played and a few others, including a dj set by Bez except it was his son or someone dj'ing and he was just being Bez. 

 

 

Dirty DC are very good. 

[sir roger]

10 hours ago, stringvest said:

Going to see an Otis Redding one next week.  Don't like them as a rule. Having said that, I saw the Stylistics earlier this week and only two of them were the originals.  Lumpy old band, 3 lads on the bontempis doing the strings, clarinets etc, and 4 blokes in their 70s doing their best with the Philly moves.  God bless them. 

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On a Tenerife holiday one of my most stingy mates was strongarmed by his wife into paying 35 euros a ticket to see ' Live from Las Vegas '- The Drifters ' and is still fuming to this day. His rant went along the lines of

' Cheeky fucking cunts came on and explained they all came from a village called Las Vegas about 20 miles away , two of them were white and there was even a fucking bird in the band , and she was about 18 stone '.

 

 

 

[Lee909]

Saw the Australian Pink Floyd show in a tiny arena in St Albans about 10 years ago, they do Wembley arena these days

[Red Shift]

Not a tribute band, but they do a pretty good job of this classic.

R.I.P. Pete - I for one have never forgotten you.

 

Funnily enough the guy singing looks like an aged Dean Ford from The Marmalade, and I’d love to hear them cover ‘Reflections’

 

 

[General Dryness]

On 06/11/2021 at 12:10, cloggypop said:

I was offered a free ticket for a Joy Division tribute band a couple of weeks ago but said no. Pointless for me. They were 20 euro a ticket apparently. Fuck me. Most bands I see playing their own stuff putting their lives into it don't make that. I've seen  Thee Oh Sees numerous times for way less than that. If Ian Curtis knew some cunts were making that much money off his talent and tragedy he'd probably top himself. Again. 

 

[Carvalho Diablo]

On 04/11/2021 at 19:17, Captain Howdy said:

Never seen one, I find the concept a bit strange to be honest. Anyway I’m going to watch a Bowie tribute act next week. Anybody been to these things and are they any good? I’m told there are some really good ones about.

Did you get to the gig then mate?

[Captain Howdy]

Just now, Carvalho Diablo said:

Did you get to the gig then mate?

Yes mate, best night I’ve had in yonks, I did get chance to shake hands with “Bowie” but there were quite a few people ahead of me so didn’t really get chance to have a chat. Great night though, like you said, a few pints a bit of a dance and a singalong, will deffo go again.

[Carvalho Diablo]

4 minutes ago, Captain Howdy said:

Yes mate, best night I’ve had in yonks, I did get chance to shake hands with “Bowie” but there were quite a few people ahead of me so didn’t really get chance to have a chat. Great night though, like you said, a few pints a bit of a dance and a singalong, will deffo go again.

Pleased you enjoyed it. I've just realised that my mates' band is called Ultimate Bowie and not Absolute Bowie, so I ballsed that up anyway.

 

Off to see them a week before Christmas. Should be good.

[Captain Howdy]

6 minutes ago, Captain Howdy said:

Yes mate, best night I’ve had in yonks, I did get chance to shake hands with “Bowie” but there were quite a few people ahead of me so didn’t really get chance to have a chat. Great night though, like you said, a few pints a bit of a dance and a singalong, will deffo go again.

Have to say, the Station to Station performance was outstanding 

[Carvalho Diablo]

Went to see Ultimate Bowie last night (not Absolute Bowie) and they were flipping brilliant. Over 2 hours of classic Bowie tunes performed expertly.

 

Was a great night. Old Carvalho can be seen lurking bottom right.