By God we were tight tonight...never sounded so good.Erm..because neither Pearl Divers or Bobbie Peru actually got to play!!!
A farce from start to finish.I can understand now why most music venues have strict codes on when a band should turn up to load-in,soundcheck within certain times,play on stage at given time...or you don't play.
We were first band to arrive,strictly speaking Bobbie Peru would have been first to soundcheck,then us,then LOVELUST,who would then stay on and play their 30 min set. They soundchecked for what seemed like an hour and a half,testing microphones which didn't even get used.And they turned up off their tits.
The fact that Bert out of Bobbie Peru had to go up to them and say "Come on lads,are you gonna start or what?"
They did what seemed like an eternity on stage,worse of it,they used (shock horror) a smoke machine.
After the gig,Manager must have had a go at them,one,about the use of smoke machine.I understand that his motives for what he did next,were based on these knobheads threatening the manager and bar staff upstairs.
Only what the manager chose to say,within earshot of everyone who showed up and paid their fiver,was that "Due to poor sales over the bar,we're pulling the rest of the gig"
Monumental fuck-up. I shouted over to him,well you're not going to make any money at the bar if you pull the gig at fucking 10pm.
He tried to explain to me later,that it was down to LOVELUST that the gig was pulled.
I said fair enough,but you should have strict guidelines well before you let them on stage. And they shouldn't have been let on,unless they kept to the times.End of day though,they were saying we couldn't take them off stage "because all the plugs are on stage"
Bollocks the person in full control is the guy behind the fucking PA.
There's nothing looks more shit than a band that's playing away to themselves with no sound..
And they also shot themselves in the foot because 3 of SALFORD CITY RADIO were there too.Not a good advert,because word will get around.
So there you have it.Was really looking forward to playing DRY BAR for a bit of Factory Fokelore,but I vote no confidence in DRY 201 and LOVELUST (possibly the worst support band ever)
Roll on DIDSBURY. Not only is it a proper FALL love-in, our Mike plus Martin Bramah,Steve and Paul Hanley of FACTORY STAR,but we're playing a 50 minute set!
