15/3/00 - Adelaide - Flinders Uni - Lunchtime Gig |
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Well, after a brilliant time in Melbourne watching the Aussie Rules Footie and and The Grand Prix, I flew to Adelaide to meet up with the Australian band members. Jason and Richard played last year but this year we have a new face in Pange. Pange has a practice room at his house so we spent a couple of days going through the songs in tropical temperatures. The songs and sound came together really well and after the second day we were fairly confident that we could hang together for a whole gig. So this leads me to a new concept for me - The Lunchtime Uni Gig, We turned up at the Uni at about 12:45 a little late, but not too late. Before long we had humped the gear onto the stage and after plugging in various bits of wire and shouting into a few microphones we were ready to rock. We started the set with Nobody Less Rock n Roll Than Me and for once i got all of the words right. Maybe it was because I was sober (another new experience for me :-)) We hammered through the rest of the set and played some blinders, especially Loser's Walk and Nazi Girl (one of Richard's songs, sung by the man himself). A few of the songs sounded a bit ropey, but that's only to be expected for a first gig together and 5 hours rehearsal. The smallish crowd showed their appreciation by clapping politely and staying at their tables. A few people left but I guess that they had lectures to go to. It was a good gig in that it blew out a few cobwebs and any remaining jet-lag. We also didn't get bottled off stage, which is a bonus. We have another practice before the next gig on Friday, so we're hoping to iron out the few little wrinkles and put together an awesome rockin' sexy set. Well, tonight Jason is DJ'ing at a dub reggae club so I'm going along to help with the surplus beer problem. I wonder if there'll be Red Stripe? Mind you, I'm allergic to that stuff, so let's hope not ;-) Hangover tomorrow then, luckily I have a 48 pack of Ibuprofen |