There are some photos up now on the Facebook page from the Heatham House gig on 26th Jan. Thanks to all involved! We had a great time, and considering we’d only rehearsed with Matt 3 times beforehand, it couldn’t have gone better.
We’ll be taking some time off doing shows for a while (unless we get asked to do any particularly exciting ones!) to concentrate on new tracks, and rehearsing with new members of course!
We will be playing an ‘all ages’ show once again at Heatham House this Saturday (26th Jan), so if you’re a regular down there and saw us last time, we look forward to seeing you again. This will actually be a very different gig than usual for us because perhaps surprisingly, Matt Jarman (Dissident Sound Industry) will be playing guitar with us, after only a couple of rehearsals. We will even be playing some new material written with him in the last 2 weeks, so it’s gonna be pretty crazy. Check out the venue website for more info.
That’s right, it’s official. Matt Haynes, known to millions all over the globe as “The People’s Guitar Hero”, “Norris”, or just plain old “McCartney” has decided to quit the band to persue other interests like smoking and playing Guitar Hero.
Matt was of course an original member from when the band formed back in late 2005, and will be missed by the many millions of fans he accrued over his 2 year service, who to be honest, probably thought he was actually Paul McCartney.
Matt’s glorious guitar can be heard, of course, all over the Live At The Buffalo Bar EP, and on the (s)hit single Boy Band Kind Of Way (still available to download on iTunes by the way!)
OK, so the first bit of news worth posting on this new site is that on December 17th 2007, we performed at Headley Court, the armed forces rehabilitation centre near Epsom in Surrey, as part of their Christmas Dinner event for Help For Heroes, which is a group which raises funds for wounded servicemen.
Swimming and weight-training is the only way for injured service men and women to build up damaged muscle and regain the strength to use artificial limbs, so Help For Heroes aims to raise £5million to build a swimming pool and gym complex at Headley Court.
The group is supported by a number of celebrities, and is also heavily backed by publications like The Sun. James May from Top Gear is one such celebrity who, as you can see, was over the moon to bump into us. He actually said we were his favourite band!*