tour diary quickie...

Synthetic Ecstasy II Wigan Vanilla lounge

OK, so here we are again with another update on the "I see them tour", and this weekend, we found our selves in Wigan at the vanilla lounge. This was the 2nd time we have played at this venue, and it still has a slimy wall!! :(





Slimy wall aside, its a decent venue! You can buy buckets of beer and there's plenty of room to mosh ya little titties off on the dance floor! With a good amount of stage room, a good sound, and an experienced sound engineer, this made this venue less of a headache than certain other venues.




Synthetic ecstasy II, seems an ambitious beast to me, with 7 bands on the bill, Im amazed it went as smoothly as it did, mainly down to the actual bands themselves making changeovers as painless as possible! The only incident on the night was outside anyone's control, with our old friends Stormcorporation`s van breaking down on the way to the gig, causing them to have to pull out... gutted, hope you get it fixed and back on the road soon guys!!



All in all, it was quite a long night, with music styles ranging from rock to punk to metal and back again! check out the last blog entry, for a quick low-down on some of the bands we played with. I'm not going to review em all, because my mum taught me that if I cant say somethin nice about someone, don't say anything... with a mixture of out of tune instruments, off beat drummers, shades indoors and inferior equipment, (you gotta feel sorry for the sound engineer!!) it was a breath of fresh when Prototype Angel took to the stage, refreshingly competent in their style, with a nice bit of stage banter, these lads put on a good show, with songs taking you deep and thoughtfully down one road, only to kick the shit out of you with a sonic assault that you never saw coming, very enjoyable and a definite Sa-Da-Ko recommendation, we hope to share a stage with them again soon!

Look out for the next leg of the tour, Manchester on thursday, then Oldham on Friday, get yourselves down and come have a drink with us, it would be good to see ya!!



Just a quick note to end on, when we played, Jay fell on his arse. That was funny. Also, I deep fried a bacon sandwich today, my arteries hate me!!

Laters!

The Fox N Goose - Zombie Apocalypse 2, Sa-da-ko tour diary

Picture by John Liot Photography

Flesh eating fun, and bone crunching

metal!!

Another Halloweens gone by, which means only one thing as far as Sa-Da-Ko is concerned, another night of face paint running into stinging eyes, fake blood getting all over guitar pedals, trashing shirts and rotting flesh, all in the name of the Zombie Apocalypse!

This is the second year running for this Southport based event, so its still very much in its infancy, but in age only!! This years event was bigger, better and definitely louder than last years, with more zombies, more blood more

chainsaws and even a smurf and Kick Ass thrown into the mix!!
The Fox and Goose was the venue this time around, dark, dingy and cobwe

bbed, with bloodied medical apparatus hanging from the ceiling and skulls and skeletons dotted about, it definately set the scene for the carnage ahead.

As the crowd slowly grew, it was Stormcorporation who had the task of kicking things off, and kick things off they did, with a set to knock the skin off any decaying corpse!! I must make mention of the Storcorp costumes at this point, with a pirate, zombie, american footballer, Russian communist zombie, and Jedi, which appealed to the geek in me, (I

need those robes dude!!) Once again, Sa-Da-Ko recomends the FREE download of their debut album!!

Stormcorporation piccy by John Liot Photography

Next up was a band relatively new to the scene, this being only their second gig, Skyline Ablaze!

I cannot enthuse about these heavy metal bruisers enough, they tick all the right boxes delivering filth by the bucketload straight into ya lug holes! The guitars are faultless, goin from breakneck runs up the fret board, to beatdown effortlessly, defo ones to watch!!

Skyline Ablaze Picture by Chloe Simpson

Big respect to all who came down and got involved you bunch of mental bastards, I think the Fox will need to invest in new crowd barriers, as the one in place was no match for a Sa-Da-Ko crowd!!!

The Halloween weekend was, unfortunately cut short at this point however, as our Guitarist, and driver of our trusty white van "The Cougar Hunter" dropped some of the P.A. on his foot whilst we were packing up... We were due to play the Manchester Metal Collective Weekender the next day, sunday, but unfortunately had to pull out as Jay had severely damaged his toes and was unable to drive the band and gear down :( We really hate having to miss gigs, and our apology's to everyone concerned, especially Eyton, the organiser, but with more metal bands than you could shake a stick at, Im sure it was an awesome day none the less!!

So anyway, next up is the Vanilla Lounge in Wigan this Friday, 05 November at 18:30, withSynthetic Ecstasy courtesy of Make More Noise, hope to see you there... lets hope we get our driver back soon!!!

Keep it dirty people, inabitch!!! x

Sa-da-ko- Jims Tour Diary 15th Oct-17th Oct

So, another weekend full of gigs down, an I'm nursing a case of moshers neck, an the slight remnants of a hangover!!

The 16th saw us in Burnley, a first for us, at the Sanctuary rock bar, which is an awesome venue by the way, to kick off the rock on promotions, Fire within cd launch tour.

First up was a band called Massive wagons , a Hard rock outfit from Carnforth, whos interests include "Beer. Girls in black. Loud noises."... which amused me!!
Ive not seen this band before, an Im gutted!! They were awesome, sexy solos, gut punching bass, tight ass beats an a vocalist whose voice has been lovingly nurtured on gravel and whiskey, very enjoyable!
Massive Wagons played a mix of their own stuff with a few covers thrown in, ending with a version of Johnny B Good, which they truly made their own... Looking forward to seein these lads again soon!!



Next up were our old friends Stormcorporation from Preston! As usual they were right on form, with a set slappin you in the face with originality and skill. Some nice dirty beats, with huge groovin guitars, nicely contrasted with soaring female vocals, this band demand attention, an they get it!
If you havent seen these live yet, I would urge you too, as they never fail to please, their debut album is out now, and free to download from here... DO IT!



So after a late finish, an a long drive home, discussing the finer foods in life, an coming to the conclusion that caramel shortbreads are awesome, and rice pudding is nice cold, we were set up for the trip to Warrington for Sa-da-ko to play White fest, which, you'll be pleased to know, has no connection to any sort of racist organisation!!!

This was a bit of a strange gig, an we felt a bit sorry for the promoter, as his original venue had pulled out, as had a lot of the acts he had lined up, but this didn't stop us pissin molten metal into the ears of Warrington's populace! We unfortunately, had to rush this one a bit, so didn't see many of the other bands, however, one of the lads from screamo outfit, age of insecurity introduced himself an I have just been checkin em out on Myspace, I suggest you do the same!!


Any way, time to go an organize some Sa-da-ko filled Halloween shenanigans, so Ill leave you with a picture of what I had for lunch... beef double dipped mother lickers!!!!

Make More Noise - Music Social Networking Site for the North West

www.Makemorenoise.co.uk is the social networking site and media company based in Wigan, the site and ethos is the brainchild of Adam Kernig backed with team of talented photographers (Joe Speak photography) and other media moguls from the area.

The site itself holds a wealth of talent from the area helping artists across the northwest connect and pull together to create a strong scene within the area. At first glance the site looks very much like an average social networking site however once you peel back the skin of what the site and the company offer, there is a lot more going on here.

Each week the site features bands and artists from the area as well as album reviews, videos and promotion for gigs across the North West, if that wasn't enough the company also offers its own clothes line and a full arsenal of promotional services including facebook, myspace & other internet tools.

If your looking to tour the northwest as a band or artist www.Makenomorenoise.co.uk

may be worth contacting to help create buzz for your event. add them as a friend on facebook for contact and tell em Sa-da-kO sent you.

Sa-da-ko will be headline act at this years Synthetic Ecstacy's Event showcasing some of the finest metal acts of the area this to be held at the vanilla lounge on Bonfire night so expect a night of insane metal and burning of political figures.....see you there!!!