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!

November Tour Dates & Up and Coming Bands

The tour continues in November with dates a plenty!!!

5th Nov – SYNTHETIC ECSTASY II | BONFIRE NIGHT! - VANILLA LOUNGE - £3
11th Nov – Grand Central Manchester
12th Nov - Abbey Inn (Oldham) - Oldham
26th Nov - The Pig In Paradise - Hastings
28th Nov - The Gaff - Islington

Novembers will never be the same again.

Joining us on our first November stop at the Vanilla lounge in Wigan will be our old chums

Stormcorporation along with these monstrous acts:

Prototype Angel

Prototype Angel is an alternative rock band hailing from the North West of England, specifically Wigan. Formed in 2006, the band formerly known as Echo Whisper Chaos has gone through some increasingly positive times including the name change to Prototype Angel in 2009 and a line-up reshuffle in 2008-2009. The band’s vast influences from the likes of AFI and Deftones to Tool and Mastodon can be heard strongly throughout their music and creates a catchy anthemic rock sound which will leave you wanting more.

In late 2009, Prototype Angel proudly won the Wigan Battle of the Bands and with their success came some big recognition as they beat some of the North West’s best bands to the crown. They have also had the honour of sharing the stage with other great bands such as: OD Saxon, The Hicks, Sludgepuppy, Metro Manilla Aide, Lights and Sounds, The Broadcast and featuring in Wigan’s first ever Epic Festival!

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Tried to find info on these guys but had no luck :(

Skive

This band started when Miles and Josh realised they used to play football together and got to talking about music in AS English Language. Eventually, after lots of hint dropping from Josh, we got a band 'gether and slowly got going. After a while they recruited Mike to drum and that's it up to now.

We just love playing music and having a good time so come down to see us pretty soon.

Parthian

I couldnt find any info on this band anywhere. you'll just have to get down and check 'em out!!

Stone Motor

The band was born in 2010. Dom and Maff decided they wanted to play some music at Maff and France's upcoming 21st however they needed a drummer. Knowing that Bliss was a drummer they decided to ask him if he'd be up for it. Naturally he said yes. After a practise at the local rehersal rooms "The Fuzzbox" the three gents decided that they had somehting.

After another two practises both Maff and Dom asked Bliss wanted to do some gigs after the 21st and so the first point of what would become known as Stone Motor was created. Dom came up with the name of Stone Motor and France was drafted in to play the bass on a few songs as so to include him in both his and his brothers 21st and to give Dom's fingers a break. After a few more practises, France asked if the guys would mind being filmed for a univercity project he was doing, after some thought the guys said yes and decided to go with "I am Legion" a song from Maff and Doms previous band Genocide.

The video went down a treat. Although not the usual style Stone Motor would play, it sat well with fans of Genocide (after some explanation of WHY Stone Motor had coverd it) and fans of Stone Motor alike.

It was at this point that France asked if he could be a permenant member of the band and of course the other guys were ecstatic about this.

What comes next for Stone Motor? Well, we're as excited to find out as you are.

As for Sa-da-ko, were pretty exited for Friday, hoping to burn a guy to celebrate.

See ya there

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