Guitar pedals are fun.

You may or may not have noticed that i'm a big fan of guitar pedals. On the last The Fierce & The Dead tour our guitarist Steve was using one of these - the ZVex Box of Rock. In a nutshell, it sounds like an old Marshall being driven hard, and there's a clean boost thrown in as well. Proper good old fashioned grunt to it. We like.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Big fan of ZVex, they're good people to boot! I was lucky enough to own a Nano Amp many years ago as well. That was incredibly good fun to record with. Sounded huge, even though it's 0.5 watt.

So what are your favourite pedals people? I'm always looking for something fun to make noise with.

Kev.

The return of The Dame

So, here it is. Bowie's new album is available to stream from iTunes right now. It's officially available on March 11th, but go have a listen and let me know what you think. 

https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewMultiRoom?cc=us&fcId=602817345&id=602823129

I'm selling a massive cymbal.

And you can buy it here if you want. Mega Bell !!!!!! 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290872871732

 

Reggie Watts at TED

I know i've posted up Reggie's stuff before, but this is just brilliant. Let your mind go with it!

Want Part 1

I could spend a lot of time with this bad boy. It comes from the madman at Dwarfcraft.

Long time, no blah blah blah.

Yep, i'm back. I'm sure you've all been terribly concerned in my lack of blogging, but fear not - the mack has returned, well for now at least. And if you're wondering where i've been i'll tell you - i've been busy!

I'll try and post some stuff up soon, but for now here's a quick plug for my adventures as a bass player in The Murder Barn and The Fierce & The Dead. On March 1st The Murder Barn will be supporting the magnificent Gallon Drunk at the Lexington in good 'ol London town. It will be one hell of a night so i'd advise buying tickets in advance, which you can get here.

And TFATD will be playing all over the shop in the next few months. Too many to list here so head over to the Shows page at the main website to see what's what.

As you can see, busy busy. 

Here's a video of Gallon Drunk to get you in the mood!

Speak soon yeh.

Onwards, ever onwards!

Hello all,Here's an update about the crazy* adventures I get up to. (*not actually that crazy). I've been mixing an album for Jessica Grace that features the talents of people like Seb Rochford, Tom Herbert and the inimitable Terry Edwards. A pleasure to work on, really great performances from everyone involved. All of which means I can concentrate on the creative side of mixing rather than hacking at an audio jungle with an EQ until I can see daylight.
What else? Oh - the new Silvery album is now officially en route. A few more recording days then onto the mixing. Expect a whole new level of insanity.
To follow up on The Murder Barn single there have been new recordings started, the first to be fully recorded in the Barn itself which was great fun. Expect more on that soon.
And finally - The Fierce & The Dead are also planning our next record. Very excited as we have no idea what it will turn into until we get there. Just looking for a studio with good seperation then we're away. And on August 11th we'll be playing a show with the mighty Knifeworld at The Peel in Kingston, which we're very excited about.
Good stuff!