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 ZILLION VOLTS BRINGS ON DARREN'S STIFFY!

Tuesday, July 10, 2007

So, where do you reckon I was on Saturday night???

You might think I was down me local booza in Penge (sur mer) with my pet pit bull putting away 18 pints of Stella before going home wiv a donna to pollute the planet avec my fragrant mistrale. But you'd be wrong!

Nor was I watching Live Earth. Cos it's bollox. And everyone knows its bollox. Sir Bob-the-Gob Geldof said it was bollox, so it must be bollox. The organisers are claiming that the event was a major success. yeah, right - thanks madonna for your contribution to global warming. How you have the fucking gall to stand up on that stage after it turns out that a wrinkly old hag like you is a massive polluter. And its not your constant farting thats causing the problem, honey, its your investment portfolio. Fuck you and your green hypocrisy and fuck the organisers who recruited you to try and persuade the rest of us poor fucks to go greener. And fuck you for saving one poor little African kid when your money and your business abilities could have helped loads of them.

 

 

 

I can not believe that peeps would actually pay money to see this shit. Can't they see that these culturaly bankrupt events are set up to relieve them of much of their cash as possible at the same time as trying to convince them that are participating in some meaningful crusade for good. Come on peeps! Get real! They are making you eat shit whilst they are grossing out on champagne and caviar in their executive jets!

Nope, by a lucky chance I was sharking my way round Herne Hill. Usually I score regular (!!!??) but on this night I decided to check out the bands at The Half Moon. The first band was Miniscule Hey, a young artrock duo from Bordeaux en France. Now, you know me, I'm a rock geeza, but since I bought their CD at the gig, I've had it on the car stereo all weekend. And why's that? You may well ask!!!! And I'll give it to you straight!!! What you've got is a young french dude on guitar and a young french dudette on bass plus a beatbox. Some peeps like to call this minimalist... me, I call anything that's got a box erotique! Are the French sexy??!!! Is the fuckin pope a fuckin catholic!!!! know whadda I mean!! Anyway, thats enough erotique fantasies, let's try and focus on the music! Humorous, ironique, unpredictable changes du temps and melodies laced with mini-soupcons and cameos of Zappa, Velvet Underground, B52's, Jonathan Richman and David Byrne. Standouts for me are Rollicking Harold, Bunny brown Ears and the last thing I expected to hear live in horny Herne Hill on a saturday night 2007 - Video killed the Radio stars!!!! Can you believe it? A mini rock band francais, makin' me feel like I was on acid at one of branson's parties! Here peeps. have a free listen/vidy to this stuff right here. Thats it! Be a good citizen (like me an' Asbo) and do your bit for euro rock and the entente cordiale!

All of Which brings us nicely to the nights main event. So what does a true rock musician do when he is as old as Methusalah, had a stroke, the National Health is fucked and life has battered the shit out of him?  I'll tell you what he does. Accompanied by some of his old mates from Hawkwind, he picks up his guitar, literally crawls onto the stage, forces himself upright, stands proud and unleashes a zillion volts of lacerating guitar and industrial style rythym section on an audience of paunchy gob-gaping middle-aged recidivist hippies. Fuck me! Rigid! If you like...I was only thinking I had already heard the best that rock has to offer. I had never seen or heard of this ancient artefact previously. Later at the bar, I was reliably informed by a knowledgeable Timothy Leary look-a-like that this old geeza was Tony Mcphee and the Groundhogs and that they were really big in the early 70's. Well, as far as I'm concerned, he could be my grandad, but quality is quality. I bought Split from their back catalogue and have been grinning ever since. Songs like "Cherry Red" are so far fucking out of it!

Tony, you are a national treasure. The Groundhogs are currently on tour, do not miss them! For a measly £25, I got two great bands and 2 CDs. |I promise you will be blown away. And anything that helps true artists like this with their pensions, healthcare, whatever, has got be better than stuffing ever more dosh into likes of madonna's greedy orifices. Please think about it.

   luv Darren (ex chav) BTW, that's now official!


 Look good on the dance floor? I betcha u fucking didn't!!

Wednesday, July 04, 2007

Didn't see him, but I'm told that grizzled old walrus, Tom Jones, covered the AM's song at the princess Di (some crazy chick, she was!!) gig at Wembley last weekend. How 'bout you put a sock in it you old fart??!!! - you've already made your skidmark! It's time to hand over to the likes of the Tehillah Commission...Praise the Lord!.... Alleluyah!!

I mean..fuck me! What has the Stable competition come to since EDA's heroic exploits last year! The favourites to win are a bunch of fuckin' bible bashers! They should have done the Wembley gig along with Elton "rear gunner" John, Simon "porker" le Bon and various other assorted cunts that comprised Di's crummy record collection. At least the Tehillah Commission - Praise the lord! Alleluyah! - would have put on a better show than most of those degenerate slobs -and while they were at it, preached a sermon to that flabby old sodomite who looks more like a pink cum-covered marshmallow than anything remotely human. Praise the Lord!!!!  Alleluyah!!!!  

Anyway back to The Stable. Soooohhh boring this year! A procession of dreary bands with absolutely nothing to say for themselves! Not like EDA, eh? (whoops, I feel a song lyric cumin' on! EDA, eh!? eh! eh!?? EDA, all the way??!)

So we might enter the new Stable (if the Forum management let us - they should - cuz we're the best for ticket sales!)

All those in favour say Yay! All those against say Nay!

Nah...Fuck it!! - on second thoughts we'll do what we want anyway!!

luv Darren ... Praise the Lord!!!  Alleluyah!!!!!

(Editor's note: for fuck's sake, Darren, shut up with all this religious bullshit!)   


 "The Awkward Squad"

Wednesday, June 13, 2007

    David Hockney slags off "art slapper" Tracy Emin , the smoking ban, the iPod, and laments the lack of an "awkward squad". David, we're right behind  you!  If you only knew about  EDA!  We  ARE the "awkward squad"! There is a rumour going round that EDA might get going again, seeing as college ends soon.

Meantime, to whet the appetite, here is a little clip of Mr Nibbles doing a show with the Electric Lady Band!!   Enjoy!!!!!. The chicks are really diggin' it, heh! heh!!!

All luv an' kisses

Darren (ex chav) - that's official!!


 Please Sign The Petition!

Tuesday, March 27, 2007

MUSIC PETITION

  

There is a government move to make it very difficult for musicians to perform live in small venues, or for schools, pubs and charities to raise money for causes through musical events. The new legislation will inhibit the central role music-making has in our lives and communities.

If you circulate this to your musician (and non-musician!) friends, all each person has to do is go to the government's petitions website below, give your name, email and address - it takes about 30 seconds. This could make a vital difference to the nurturing of community music-making, and enabling young musicians to find their feet in the performing world. The live music/licensing e-petition now has nearly 19,000 signatures. It currently stands at no.19 in the list of 1,702 petitions on the Number 10 website.

This is good, especially in just under a month - and there are five more months in which people can sign. But the petition needs to do much better to make an impression on ministers, and to encourage DCMS to implement music-friendly amendments.

website:
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/licensing/ 


 Can I have some food as well.......please????

Monday, February 05, 2007

  

It s nice to know that David Lammy, MP for Tottenham and Culture (???!!) Minister likes a gourmet meal of fresh lobster. Writing in the Observer yesterday, he drools that "his most memorable meal" was in the Carribean paradise of the Turks & Caicos Islands.

Licking his fleshy lips, "Fatty Lammy" recalls the first day of the lobster season, "my wife and I cooked spiny lobster fresh from the Atlantic. We just threw them in some boiling water (ouch!) and had them with salad. Simple perfection", the overweight politician slobbers.

Maybe the self-satisfied fatso would like to spare a thought for the poor little starving buggers in Africa.....

PS. Our Ampfarm Gig may be rescheduled to the 18th April  Undecided


 Ampfarm gig is off

Monday, January 22, 2007

Cry  - Sadly, we have had to cancel our gig at the Ampfarm on the 7th February, due to exams at college.

Things have been a bit quiet since Asbo left the band and we are slowly getting ourselves re-organised. Might involve a bit of an image change. We might get all serious! No fucking chance! But, we aim to be better! We will continue to put the the odd new song up, along with the odd blog.

Jack has broken his leg! He's fine! Will put up a pic soon! 


 What the fuck is going on?

Thursday, December 14, 2006

There are punters out there who wanna know what's goin' down!????


 Birthday hugs for Lil' Andy at Station House Jam Night!

Tuesday, October 10, 2006

The Monday night jam at The Station House in Tonbridge is the "where its at" scene at the beginning of the week. That's official! That was Darren's verdict on EDA's first appearance at the venue since last year. Loads of friendly peeps and some great music from all kinds of musicians.

We got a few pics which we have uploaded to the gallery. If you were there, you could well be in one of them! Here's one of Lil' Andy being embraced by the lovely Emily! Look at his eyes! The birthday boy is fucked!! Look at her eyes...beautiful.... Wow is she hot or not???!!! Oooohh Yeah!!!!


 A night at the Tap n' Tin!

Sunday, October 08, 2006

Here's a pic of EDA on their way to yesterdays gig at the Tap n' Tin in Chatham! This is just before the inevitable recycling of some of that nice San Miguel back into the bottle and then out the window at about 60 mph! We've put some pics up in the gallery including a shot of Asbo who claims that his trousers fell down by accident! We reckon that's complete bollox. Anyway, we had a great time and it was cool to meet some more new friends!


 What is Asbo on?

Thursday, October 05, 2006

Asbo left a message on the board yesterday. If anyone can figure out how to pacify this lunatic, we'd be very grateful for any suggestions! It will take some heavy medication at least, I reckon. Anyway in the meantime, I'm hoping he gets this message. His phone's dead, so if you see him wanderin' around, goin' about his business (whatever that is!), tell him ....please!!!

 


 P.L.E.B news

Monday, October 02, 2006

"Poor Little English Boy" is done. We just need to get it mastered and then we'll put it up in the listen section. Next week, hopefully. We really like it....hope you do as well! On Saturday we're at the Tap 'n Tin in Chatham and next Monday we're doing a few songs at The Station House's Open Mike Night in Tonbridge. Come and do some backing vox!

 


 My TV don't work!

Monday, September 25, 2006

We've been working on the recording of "Poor Little English Boy". Couple of things still need to be added, but we'll soon... 'ave it up now!

We'd also like to do a video narrative for this song. If there are any young, budding filmakers who would like to get involved, please get in touch for a chat! We'd also like to do one for "I Never Knew".


 Saturday Night at The RAFA

Tuesday, September 12, 2006

Hey! It's Saturday night at the RAFA Club and we're going to Chatham to celebrate Jess and Chloe's joint birthday party! Its been a while since I've been to Chavam. But I'll tell you fuckers something for nothing, this shithole is now going well upmarket and is beginning to look decidedly trendy. In the docks area anyway, which just happens to be home to the waterside RAFA Club.

Well, we've been a bit short of rehearsal time recently due to holiday jobs, Mexico etc, but managed to get sorted with a set list and a run through on Friday before the gig on Saturday.

Ok, so we borrow Mr Nibbles brother's Astra van, stick the three guitar amps in it and head down to Chatham. We get there and Jess and Chloe are already on the job doing a group balloon blowing session (lucky balloons, I'd say!) . But  yours truly has to return to HQ to pick up Mr Nibbles who has been working on the Sinatra matinee show (selling programmes - not singing duhbrain!) at the London Palladium.  So its then back to Chatham where the party is rocking along to Side FX very competently playing a selection of covers including Purple Haze and Sweet Child of Mine. This is followed by Security Warning. They are cool. I am not going to say anymore 'cos I'd probably be arrested! Just check out their fuckin' website!

Next was Kobrakai with Glen, Chris, Dan and Caz playing their deep and dirty shit. Everytime I see that good lookin' fuckin' muvverfuckin' hunk along with with his short-arse fucker lucifer acolytes, they get better and meaner.  Ok, I'm not a natural metal fan, but I'm getting into their deepest shit deeper and deeper. A great show guyz n'gal! Just keep da fuckin with da heads! - Rock on! Especially you, dudette!!!!! Yeah?! I mean YOU, sweetie!!!!

Talking of fucked heads! It ain't no metal! It ain't no fuckin techno! It ain't no pussy-whipped indie! Its Eleven Days Ago! The Brit-Shit Alternative!! And what is that? I hear you say. This is the EDA stuff, which combines old skool indie pop rock (Poor Little English Boy), rock (Still Believe), anthemic pop served up with indie chords on a bed of metal chorus (Feed Me All the Time), 3 rythym guitars hitting the same chords fast, hard and tight, like you're being bullett-fucked (Presents for Xmas), alt/metal xtreme sports E-Head song (Jump - Get Higher), Punk (Killer in Town) and a scally rap with anthemic pop chorus and lead guitar (I Never Knew).

Ok, we all know that these days, rock n' roll ain't like it used to be. Thats because all the industry nancies and management pussies who sign bands want goody-two-shoes, politically correct, obedient little toy musicians who have read the health & safety pamphlet and are not going to do drink or drugs. But isn't that the point? How can you really make decent rock n' roll unless you are an angst-ridden misfit fuck-head? Love him or hate him, Pete Doherty will always be remembered. Why??? You fuckin' tell me!!!  .... one thing I will tell you is that Pete's music will forever outlast The Dirty Pretty Things. Anyone getting my drift? Got an opinion? Speak here.

And so to The Beautifully Decayed. Do you like chick bands? I fuckin' do! There is nothing hornier than a sexy chick bass player! Especially ones with a dirty pretty little smile and who know how to use it! Especially ones who jump all over the stage waving their hungry little butts around! Especially when you see them in a chick band that is really enjoying it all so much.  Well this was Jess and Chloe's party and Chloe is the bass player in the BD's, so I was paying special attention to the proceedings and was intrigued when Jess was invited up to help out on a song called "Black Tongue" which is a cover of a Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs song. Laura and Jess looked liked like they were having a lot of intimate fun. And so was I, watching 'em! Anyway, their set featured original songs including the brilliant "Is it me or is it you?" and ended with a Blondie cover "one way or another" which appeared to provoke the mainly girly crowd into a psuedo lezzy frenzy! So what are the BD's really about? Good times and girly lezzy fun! Am I up for it....yeah, you bet!!!!! Should you be up for it....yeah, you bet!!!!!

And that was that, it was home for a smoke, an early night and some rather pleasant images floating round my semi-conscious! Just as well really....cuz I'd forgotten to take me happy snapper!

love from
Darren (ex-chav)
    


 Hey Gringo! Mr Nibbles does Mexico!

Monday, September 04, 2006

Guess what!!???!  I've just spent a week in Mexico with Mr Nibbles on a spot of R&R! No, it's not just been a tequila shot-fuelled week of debauchery!  A couple of songs got written, but there was still time for some partying with our new friends from Moscow and Miami! More on the Mexico blog here


 If you go down to the woods today......

Monday, August 14, 2006

Last week, I saw an offer to do a little festival gig on the T Wells Forum message board. Being inquisitive, I followed it up and the band ended up with an invitation to play at GocStock. It was a private invitation festival. From the info we got, it seemed that this was a three day event in the woods  (druggage, x-country booze-up and then a jump-off!! You know the form!!!) and we were to do a late afternoon spot before the whole shebang wound up yesterday evening.

Well, after travelling miles down some very obscure country lanes somewhere in Kent and despite the van being shat on by a very alluring Jersey heffa as Asbo was trying to milk her formidable teats, we arrived at a clearing where a load of prestige (excuse me?) motors were parked up. We headed down a path into the woods passing a tent village on the right to another clearing where a stage had been set up. And there  we met  the legendary Goc of GocStock! Wow! This lady was so cool! It was all I could do to hold off goin' through my "jumpin' jack flash" routine!

Ok, after pulling myself together, we got sorted in between the showers of rain and as we started the set, mysterious figures wearing strange hats began to arrive out of the mist until we had before us a fine crowd of peeps who were some of the hippest dudes we have ever played to. You know what I mean!??!!!!!!! I certainly know what I mean!! These guys had been at it for three days, 24/7! Talk about the "raving" dead comin' alive! We'd have to admit that in some respects the set was a bit shambolic, what with microphones falling over in the mud and stuff! But no one seemed to mind and we absolutely loved doing that set!

So we were done and the London band, DIALOG headlined to bring the festival to a close. I don't know what these dudes run on, but whatever it is, we should all use some! What a line-up! What a show! Not a single weak link! The creatively dynamic rythym section never misses a beat and is tighter than Darren's arse during a night-time stroll on Clapham Common! The guitar juxtaposes cool with gut-wrenching emotion and the singers combine sexiness and fun for everyone with style, confidence and aplomb. Yeah, this band makes you feel good in the wood!

Hey, it feels like we made some new friends! Hope this happens again! Thanks, Goc! You Rock!! (Geddit??!!!)

Darren xxx
(Editors Note: lay off the cheesy jokes, Darren, you are NOT at all funny)


 Asbo Slaps The Big Nosed Rasta Man For Charity!

Monday, August 07, 2006

Can you believe it??!!??  I'd just got off the nest on Saturday morning, had a dump and a shave (who r u tryin'to kid??) pulled on me burberry and went downstairs for a cuppa and a read of the paper. And there it was on Page 9! No, it wasn't Page 3! It was on Page 9!

Soft lights, Moroccan cushions ............Britain's first ever Masturbate-a-thon!  

                      Masturbatathon                    Masturbate-a-thon logo: started off in the US. Photograph: copyright CSC 2000

Well, I've always been up for for a bit of group therapy, but this was taking things too far, especially if like me you are somewhat challenged in the weiner department! A bit more reading confirmed that this was an American initiative (about as shit as their foreign policy initiatives, if you ask me) imported to the UK to promote safe sex and it was sponsored by heavy-weight charities like Marie Stopes and the Terence Higgins Trust. And fuck me rigid! The Masturbate-a-Thon was gonna be filmed for TV!!

So here I was, cuppa in hand, slack-jawed and barely woken up, being propositioned to come for a good cause! I'm a public spirited geeza and I'd have loved to have helped out. But the reservoirs were a bit low as I'd already spent the best part of a dawn raid blowing me tanks off! (Darren, who r u tryin' to kid??)

So I got on the bone to Asbo and said; "Hey Asbo, dude, how ya doin'?" Asbo said he was lying in his pit just debating whether to fry up a bacon sandwich or ring his ding-a-ling. I said; "No! wait! don't touch it! Get washed, scrubbed and get your little pink arse up to HQ, Hasta Pronto! Asbo!! I'm gonna get you on the telly and maybe we'll get a little publicity for the band! And its for a good cause!"  

So Asbo arrives at HQ and we get him prepped for the challenge complete with sponsorship form. We give him more pre-takeoff checks than a jumbo jet and by the time we've finished, everything is in A1 working order and he is gleeming!  We tell him; "Asbo, remember just three things! You gotta go for the record! All you gotta do is keep going for eight hours thirty-five minutes to beat that american tosser! And when they interview you for TV, don't forget to MENTION THE BAND!"

Well, he's back now, but he looks a bit pale! He's not saying much! We'll just have to wait and see if the TV dudes at Channel 4 decide to broadcast his noble efforts. Looks like he raised £15 for charity! Good on yer, Asbo!!

Darren


 Free American Man!

Tuesday, August 01, 2006

Say Hi to Randy Meyer! He's a cool dude from Oshgosh, Wisconsin and he has a big chopper that has been recorded on MySpace! He and his mates reckon Eleven Days Ago rocks!  That is so cool! Keep rockin' Randy!


 This ain't no fuckin' techno!!

Wednesday, July 26, 2006

We didn't need our knuckledusters in the end. Nobody got their head kicked in. And we wern't even threatened! Except for a certain someone demanding that Mr Nibbles identify yours truly!   The Fans Choice at the Tunbridge Wells Forum last Saturday, turned out to be the biggest gig the band has been involved in so far. And the longest day. And the longest night.

Picked up the 17 seat rental minibus from Aveley Self Drive at Biggin Hill at 10am. This is a cool place to hire from (£95 all in) and they don't treat you like a piece of shit. Generally you will be dealt with by an easy going geezer who looks a bit like a spliff-friendly Catweazle

Then its back to HQ for a final run through of the set and a quick trip to Primark in Bromley for some black shirts for the gig. It's a funny thing, but Asbo is a surprisingly sharp dresser with an eye for detail. He's always moaning that the rest of the boys just arn't up to scratch when it comes to dressing up the band. He accuses Mr Nibbles of looking like a "fuckin' hippy" on stage. And it's a real effort to get Ronnie (plays the hi-hat with his middle leg) to wear anything at all. But I reckon that Lil' Andy looked cool in his all black outfit complete with white satin kipper tie!

So that afternoon the boys set off for The Forum to get kit, soundchecks etc organised. Meanwhile, the rest of us get the minibus ready (load it with a couple of crates of Fosters!) for the fans to make the trip later on. Its about 5.30pm when we do the pick ups in Bromley, including numero uno fan Graham who has brought along Emma, who does "something in the City" on their first date! Jude, has turned up, Chloe, Jess, Amy and loads of her mates, Tom and "Newt" are all aboard as we drink and chug our way down to T Wells.

The gig kicks off and we're on second and EDA play one of their best sets ever. In fact all the bands play really well in front of a really good crowd and the heat and sweat adds to the atmosphere. Local band, Zoe from London bring the most punters and win the night, which was a very fair result.

At the end of the evening, Mr Nibbles invites a load of peeps back to HQ for an after show party. Suddenly, we have a few more new fans crawl out the woodwork! Anyway we've picked some more alcohol from Nobles in T Wells and head back in an assortment of cars. The party goes on all night until well past dawn. At one point, I head down to the swimming pool area and I see four naked people cavorting in the pool including two females!  Wow! This is so rock 'n roll!! There are actually totally naked women in the pool!!!! And I'm looking at 'em!!. I'm just about to strip off and join in the fun, shouting excitedly "it's so cool to get naked!", when one of them says "Er, well no, actually... we have our underwear on." But its too late! My boxers are round my ankles, and I can now see the white bra's and thongs clearly. Bollox!!  Embarassed, I pull up my boxers and head back for a fresh beer! I'm strangely aroused..... its dawn, supplies have run out and there were some people lyin' around totally wasted!

Next thing I know, it's 9.30am, it's stinking hot  and looking out the front window I see a dude with a ginger pony-tail asleep in the boot of his car.....

xxxx
until the next time!
Darren          


 To fucked to POst!!!!

Sunday, July 23, 2006

Congrats to Zoe from London last night! We're too fucked after the after show party to post on whappened - full report coming on all the events including naked women swimmers! - more later!! 


 Electric Gardens Festival Ticket Winners!

Thursday, July 20, 2006

Thanks to everyone who entered our little free draw promotion. The lucky winners of two Sunday tickets each to the Electric Gardens Festival are Vanessa from Uxbridge, Jules from Leighton Buzzard and Jessica from the Medway! Your tickets will be posted tomorrow. Enjoy!


 Jimmy Carr takes the "piss" in Tunbridge Wells !

Saturday, July 15, 2006

More message board mayhem! Is it worth posting anything at all! LOL!  We posted a link to our latest demo a few days ago on the TW Forum messageboards and all the usual imbeciles start bleating like a flock of  "Dolly" clones! 

Well, we would have to admit that with all hate posts we get on that board, we knew it would wind them up! But you'd think that they had the intelligence to just shut up and ignore it. Not a bit of it! They fall for it hook, line and sinker! First of all, "L",  the self-appointed Tunbridge Wells "Queen of Taste", Adam Ant impersonator and front-wooohman of a local goth band pompously declares:- "I think this song is one of the most tasteless things I have ever heard". And then they all start! But, because most of them are so pre-occupied with their own infantile insecurities, all they can say is stuff like "shit" & "crap"!  Not one of them backs it up with a proper opinion. And the silly little bitch drops herself right in it!  Cos', meanwhile, one of her mates, "B",  is making tasteless jokes on another thread about the holocaust to promote his own lyrically brilliant (according to him) band . Bleedin' hypocrites! What was it that Jimmy Carr said during a gig at the Assembly Halls the other night?  "Royal fu**ing Tunbridge wells' the most middle fu**ing class place on middle earth".

If these toss-pots carried on like  this in the North of England they'd get eaten for breakfast! As it happens, I reckon some of those hairy-bollocked bands from the North wouldn't mind munching on some gothic muffin for brekkers! Don't bother accusing me of leaving a bad taste in your mouth, honey!! I'm just a deposit and run dude!

Anyway we gotta play a gig at their local venue in a week's time despite threats by "B" to impale us with his "cock and take a banging shit" on our faces. There's a rumour going round he has a swastika tattooed on his tortured testicles!!  If there's a big punch-up, we're not bovva'd - wot wiv our "ready to embrace" louis vitton chavvy suitcase stuffed with axes and chainsaws!

see ya - Viva the Brit-Shit Alternative, evict the rich and ban the DNA database!

Darren

(message from mummy: Darren! Have you forgotten to take your ritalin? You naughty boy!)


 Killer in Town!

Wednesday, July 05, 2006

New demo song "Killer in Town" on listen page. We'll be getting it mastered in the next couple of weeks...


 The Fans Choice Finals - Saturday July 22nd Doors at 6.30pm

Monday, June 26, 2006

Its just over 4 weeks until The Fans Choice Finals of the Stable Competition 2006 at The Tunbridge Wells Forum. With 70 bands entering last September, we are now down to the last 6 bands who are all desperate to win. That means The Forum is going to be bursting with enthusiatic fans supporting their favourite bands. There will be tension, excitement and great live music! The bands playing in the Finals include:

  • Contra Las Aras      - Grit Tech Prog Rock from Ashdown Forest
  • Eleven Days Ago     - Brit-Shit Alternative from Bromley/wherever? 
  • Fall to Fiction          - Post Punk with Funk from East Sussex
  • Kobrakai                - Melodic Beast/Emo Metal from Borough Green
  • Off Limit                - Something big, new & refreshing from T Wells!
  • Zoe From London    - Progressive Indie rock from Tunbridge Wells 

 


 UK Festivals 2006 Directory, Links & Information

Wednesday, June 07, 2006

If you are interested in UK Music Festivals, we have added a huge list (and a genre specific mini-review type comment) of all the summer festivals on our links page. If we've missed any that you'd like to see included, email us or leave a message on our message board. There are also links to local bands, venues and anything else that might be of interest on the music scene. Apparently, this is a poster for Woodstock 1969 - the mother of all modern rock music festivals


 Latest songs should be mastered by end of the week

Wednesday, May 31, 2006

Mastered versions of "Presents for Xmas", "Feed me all the Time (Make Love)" and "I Never New" should be ready for download in the music section this weekend.

 EDA dog in trouble again....


 Saturday at The Oasthouse, Rainham, Kent - 27th May

Saturday, May 27, 2006

Thanks to everyone who came to the gig - have put some pics up in the gallery!


 Tonight - Thurs 18th New Cross Inn - GIG CANCELLED

Thursday, May 18, 2006

Cancelled 18/05/06

9:00PM - Free Entry

Project Mayhem at The New Cross Inn

  • Carosel

  • Eleven Days Ago

  • the eSKAlators

The New Cross Inn, 323 New Cross Road, New Cross London SE14 6AS (map)


 ASBO! - the new EDA bass player

Tuesday, April 25, 2006

Matt has had to leave the band  to revise for exams and stuff - Chris "ASBO" James has joined EDA as Matt's replacement. If u want u can leave his probation officer a good luck message for him right here


 Saturday, 22nd April Beacon Court, Gillingham

Saturday, April 22, 2006

Beacon Court Tavern, 128 Canterbury Street, Gillingham, Kent ME7 5TP - Map

Battle of the Bands 3rd monthly final with:-

£3.00 Door - 8.00 PM


 Fox & Firkin, Lewisham - Tonight, Wed 18th April - Free Entry

Tuesday, April 18, 2006

Tonight we are in Lewisham at the Fox & Firkin - the line up is:-

Eleven Days Ago  -   at 9.15pm
Snish                -  at 10.00pm
Pig Shackle        -  at 10.45pm
FREE ENTRY - CHEAP BOOZE PRICES - TOP ROCK VENUE SOUTH EAST LONDON
Venue reviews - Map 


 Late Booking for Charity Gig at the Rose & Crown, Tonbridge

Thursday, April 13, 2006

This Friday night - 14th April - due to a band dropping out, we have a late booking for a Charity Gig at the Rose & Crown in Tonbridge. 3 bands, starts at 7pm with disco to follow the bands. Matt, our regular bass player is on holiday, so we will intoduce a new mystery bass player for the gig. Clue...he's well known around the Tonbridge/Tonbridge Wells area Wink.


 The Fans Choice - The Stable at The Forum, Tunbridge Wells

Wednesday, April 12, 2006

THE FANS' CHOICE - STABLE COMPETITION
All shows of Round Two of The Fan's Choice have now been played - as such, the top 6 bands (of more than 70 that entered) and received the most votes from  the audience on the night, will now appear in THE FANS' CHOICE GRAND FINAL to be scheduled shortly. The Final will take place at 
The Forum, Tunbridge Wells, Kent. The bands taking part will be:-
 
Zoe from London      
Kobrakai      
Fall to Fiction  
Contra las Aras       
Offlimit      
Eleven Days Ago - Our thanks to all of you who have supported the band.


 Gig at The New Cross Inn - Sun 26 March - 9pm - Free Entry

Sunday, March 26, 2006

 With Lili and Sputnik Weazel - More about Sputnik, he's kinda famous!!!

 


 Stable Round 2 Update

Tuesday, March 21, 2006

Eleven Days Ago played their second round Stable show last night and guess what?.... They came 2nd! Congratulations to Contra Las Aras (winners) and Stowaway Sterling for providing top entertainment in front of a very decent crowd for a Monday night. And thanks is due to EDA supporters again for coming along for the second time within a month and helping the band to move into 3rd position on the 2nd Round leaderboard.

The show itself provided an interesting and provocative contrast of musical styles from all the bands. Eleven Days Ago kicked off the proceedings with their new lead guitarist, Andy Payne, catching ears and eyes, with some very nifty fretwork (and footwork). A particular feature was his very poignant solo work on the band's newly recorded "Feed me all the Time (Make Love)". In a foreshortened set, the band bounced through it's repertoire with its usual panache and the ebullient Mr Sherren's enthusiasm for entertaining seeming to be undiminished despite having been under the cosh from some of the Forum's regulars recently. It was also good to welcome the return of Matt Lee on bass (after a three month sabatical catching up with schoolwork) and the re-introduction of his bass solo in the hook-laden "Still Believe".

The next band on was Stowaway Sterling, a band which is underrated in the opinion of this reviewer. Why, I hear you sceptics ask? It's because they have the ability to write songs with great observational detail. Not in an Artic Monkeys way, but in a way that reflects where they come from and what THEY experience. No, they don't hang around in inner city alleyways posing as minstrels of the socially dispossessed. What they do is to inform us with humour and irony about a world that looks outward to something more global. Ray Davies made his point in his own parish. These boys, although still very young, appear to be attempting to say something  about a more global parish. And its hardly surprising. Its forty years later and the world has shrunk. Musically, I would counsel as much rehearsal as possible, but there is considerable potential for these euro-indie rockers to interest a wider audience.

The final set came from the night's winners Contra Las Aras and provided a very fitting finale to the evening. Although quite static, the band commands a significant stage prescence and the soaring keyboards are very ably complemented by a rock solid rythym section which suggests that this is a band that has intelligently applied itself to developing a very digestable overall sound. Lack of familiarity with the music, (a little more info on the website would be helpful) prevents the reviewer from understanding what it's all about yet, however, its initial appeal does encourage further curiousity and investigation and first impressions suggest that their music could promote in the listener an euphoric "closed-eyes" experience whilst enjoying some cake and contemporary tobacco.

 Bye for now!

keep it moist!   the "ole hippy"   

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 The Forum, Tunbridge Wells - Monday 20th March

Monday, March 20, 2006

This gig is the second round of the Stable competition. After winning the first round, we are now hoping to get enough votes to go into the final which is scheduled for a September Saturday. So if you like what we do, please come down as every vote counts. We are playing with two very interesting bands - Contra Las Aras and Stowaway Sterling. The Contras are a very enigmatic band who we understand live in the woods...with "bears, wolves, snakes and cheddar...". Whatever, they impressed at the Forum recently when supporting Veldt. And Stowaway, who we know from the last round are nice, quiet people who write very witty songs with sensitive Euro/Gallic references....very hip, very modern.


 A result at the Beacon Court Tavern, Gillingham!

Thursday, March 09, 2006

Two days after Scott unexpectedly resigned from the Band, we had to play a BOTB at the Beacon Court Tavern in Gillingham. So we limped down to the venue from Bromley, a bit battered and worried that we would not be able to put on a good show. The line up was basically our rythym section and lead vocals as we had to adjust to the lack of Scott's lead guitar and backing vocals. We played an adjusted set which had been hurriedly put together that afternoon and were relieved, that, at least, we had not completely screwed up. The two other bands playing were Back to the Drawing Board and Touchcore. At the end of the evening, the judging panel consisting of two sound engineers and the venue owner voted EDA, the night's winners! We were gobsmacked! The next round is sheduled for Saturday 22nd April.


 Thanks

Friday, February 24, 2006

Thanks to everyone who came to support us and the other bands at the Tunbridge Wells Forum on Monday in our first round Stable Show. Because of you, we have gone straight to the top of the leaderboard. There are pics and a short video clip from the gig. 

Now we have to do it again on the 20th March to get into the Finals scheduled for September. It would be a tremendous achievement for a band just 9 months old and is a very small step up the slippery pole.  Hope you will come again... and a few more! 

A word about the Forum itself. The venue is under threat and needs as many people to go to gigs there as regularly as possible. So please do what u can, even if its just telling people about it.

As for the gig itself, all three bands played to a packed crowd up for dancing, moshing and crowd surfing. If you like beautiful girl-fronted prog rock with sequencers, make-up and a very dandy bass player, then go and watch Imperium on the 27th March.

On the other hand, if your idea of a good time is indie alt rock, fronted by a nice young chap who kinda looks like a Formula 1 driver playing a post Monaco party gig, then Stowaway Sterling are the ones for you. You can next see them on the same night as EDA, the 20th March at 8pm. As for us, well, we've got mad, bad Jackie boy...nuff said...  eh?!


 Next Gig is on Monday at The Tunbridge Wells Forum

Monday, February 20, 2006

The Forum, Tunbridge Wells Monday 20th February 8PM with Imperium and Stowaway Sterling.


 The Greyhound, Bromley North, TONIGHT! Free Entrance

Thursday, February 16, 2006

 

We have a gig with Devarillaz & Shroud of Doubt - 8 pm to 10.30pm - Free Entrance - Directions - Bromley South Railway Station - walk up to top of High Street and Greyhound is opposite Odeon Cinema.

Bromley is a "live" music desert. So come and join us for beer and local music entertainment at our little "oasis". Headbangers, hippies, bikers, vagrants, harlots, goths and sundry itinerants all welcome!

 
 


 SoundHole Gig this Saturday 4th February

Monday, January 30, 2006

We're back at the ever popular SoundHole, High Halstow near Rochester this Saturday. The bassist is unavailable, so we have a line-up change for the night. Andi will be on bass and