New Order Fanmail

Does New Order have a fan mail address and has anyone ever tried to send a letter to them?

Patrick Morley wrote: Does New Order have a fan mail address and has anyone ever tried to send a letter to them?

ERR no.

I sent them some E's in 1989!So you could say they got e mails.

I once sent a letter to factory inquiring about revenge and electronic. It was tagged as fan mail and forwarded to the offical fan mail resonse service...at that time Steve and Gillian(according to Steve in NME all the mail went to them). My letter was returned to me, with sarcastic comments (mainly abusive of Hooky, Bernard and Wilson) scrawled on it and a picture of one of the chicks from the Round and Round Video with the words "Peter in one of his quiter moods" written on the back ("Peter?" must have been steve, he's the only one I ever heard call Hooky by his name (in sincerity anyway)).

Only one page of the letter remains, the other and the pic having been destroyed by a vengeful female.

If you REALLY want them to know something REALLY badly...shout REALLY loudly on here, someone vaguely involved with management or whatever might be reading, it does happen now and then.

Patrick Morley wrote: Does New Order have a fan mail address and has anyone ever tried to send a letter to them?

Welcome PATRICK.

Send em to me, I see Barney every Thursday in Tesco's

I wrote to them a few times at Palatine Road in the eighties and Hooky usually replied. If you sent an SAE with it, it nearly always came back. I asked him about Procession and a few other songs and he told me what he remembered. They were very anti the idea of 'fans' at the time as they were against the idea of being lauded as gods etc and hero worship. It's the same idea that never saw them want a fan or info club formed.

Fair play to them though: rather than have your honest questions and wishes ignored or dealt with by some faceless underling, they took time to do it themselves.

Punk rock!!

digital mike binoche wrote: Send em to me, I see Barney every Thursday in Tesco's

Which branch would that be then Mike?

Heh, I live in the USA (yeah, I know, it sucks :p) and I don't know any NO/JD fans. I don't even know anyone who has heard of them...

I'm not sure how I would even go about sending a letter to another country. I don't send letters very often. :p

welcome to the board, Patrick. :)

Sending mail elsewhere is just about the same as the US, just lots more postage. :D

(but not so bad if you just go to the post office and mail from there.)

steve campbell might not e-mail my dad, but he does e-mail me

i sent a letter way back enquiring as had been told the standing room at the front of the nec for the 89 gig was fan club only.

came back with what looked like peters scrawl on it.

Welcome to the nuthouse Patrick!

If theres anything you want to know then just ask the guys on the boards here. What some of them know isn't worth knowing!

nuts wrote: Welcome to the nuthouse Patrick!

If theres anything you want to know then just ask the guys on the boards here. **What some of them know isn't worth knowing!:**lol:

was going to correct you on that, but thinking about it you're quite right

hibster wrote:

nuts wrote: Welcome to the nuthouse Patrick!

If theres anything you want to know then just ask the guys on the boards here. **What some of them know isn't worth knowing!:**lol:

was going to correct you on that, but thinking about it you're quite right

HELLO

Jack_H wrote: steve campbell might not e-mail my dad, but he does e-mail me

Fook aff what would I say to the old boy anyway? "errrrr you rule" "sell me a clone theory" "can that son of yours play for shit or what" :D

anyway, I sent you the revised "16 yrold who's got chicks and bass and all sorts of nefarious activities we wont discuss here to take care of that he'd much rather be getting on with and anyway those cunts at school want me to read shit too" version. Worry when "my" Barney's Angels start sending....

"Dear Jack, please can you ask your dad to steal 17 pairs of Bernards boxer shorts. thanks"

BTW see how none of us instantly, in response to the orinal question, yelled "uhuhuhuh Jack's dad's..."

What a nice lot.

Steve Campbell wrote:

Worry when "my" Barney's Angels start sending....

"Dear Jack, please can you ask your dad to steal 17 pairs of Bernards boxer shorts. thanks"

BTW see how none of us instantly, in response to the orinal question, yelled "uhuhuhuh Jack's dad's..."

What a nice lot.

I half considered it, but figured he'd out himself so why deny him that pleasure? :p

Hey! :evil: I don't need Jack to put his neck on the line asking for boxers.. I mean, we don't want to send his dear dad to the floor in such a fit of laughter to rival that of the 'Times Change' "hidden laugh track"

LOL You do know He'll tell Dad about you lot dad will file away And rip the livin crap out of poor Bernard about yous some day :)

Steve Campbell wrote: LOL You do know He'll tell Dad about you lot dad will file away And rip the livin crap out of poor Bernard about yous some day :)

That's fine, as long as good Jack makes sure his dad sees our pictures, and passes that on as well. I wouldn't want Bernard to sit there thinking he's got an ugly mob of boxer-knicking fans. :D

We're the classiest broads out there, don'cha know.

sadly it's more likely you'll be played as a bunch of insane toothless harpies.....bigger laugh that way. :)

Hmmmmm handing him a loaded gun really aren't we :)

I wrote to Hooky 87 or 88 and got a reply from him.

I think everyone's just programmed to think

"hit single=you are J-lo"

NO's constant lack of pretention in that direction has lead to me really hating most other bands :)

I think everyone's just programmed to think

"hit single=you are J-lo"

NO's constant lack of pretention in that direction has lead to me really hating most other bands :)

You got a reply from Hooky, and I can't get a fookin rider out of his lazy ass offspring

(Jack I kid mate, as I said...I've nothing better to do with my life that talk bollox, you do :D )

Incidentally, does anyone else think Jack's got balls of brass turnin up here......he COULD have been throwing himself to the lions bigtime like. Course now he knows we're mental but harmless(mostly), and that he'll never have to buy a drink in his life (whatya mean again?...he's underage! (and a bassplayer :D :D :D ))

Jack_H wrote: steve campbell might not e-mail my dad, but he does e-mail me

Tell your Dad to lump him one...or get Steve Morris

Steve Campbell wrote: sadly it's more likely you'll be played as a bunch of insane toothless harpies.....bigger laugh that way. :)

Hmmmmm handing him a loaded gun really aren't we :)

"Waiting for the Harpy's Call" with the new hit single "Being on the Pull for Bernard is Just Ammunition for the Rest of the Band" with special guest DJ Minge.

msh wrote:

Steve Campbell wrote: sadly it's more likely you'll be played as a bunch of insane toothless harpies.....bigger laugh that way. :)

Hmmmmm handing him a loaded gun really aren't we :)

"Waiting for the Harpy's Call" with the new hit single "Being on the Pull for Bernard is Just Ammunition for the Rest of the Band" with special guest DJ Minge.

Melly? Mel which?

i can see this thread on a rehearsal room wall if you keep this up. You should ask Our Jemma to let you see the little rewrite of love Vigilantes I did for her :D

So...you don't sleep either? You seem to have been online since I got up ( maybe not)

You may have ruined Barney-God-of-Love's life here girls :D

Boatraceface wrote:

Jack_H wrote: steve campbell might not e-mail my dad, but he does e-mail me

Tell your Dad to lump him one...or get Steve Morris

Bless him, but he makes it sound like an honour

"up yer hole ya old bugger I get peronalizd insanity in me inbox once in a while"

:D I HAD totally forgotten the aversion chaps of his age have to anything longer than a movie tagline tho ;)

I mean you can see the problem....Guy who has some insane teacher yelling at him to read 1800 pages of some apalling wank (why is it the year above you and the year below you always seem to get books you think wouldn' suck all that bad), and then fill another 1800 writing his opinions on it, as long as they are the accepted opinions not his actual own ones[1]....sits down at his PC and gets mail from guy asking tricky quesions about a gig 4 months away in his trademark screeds of nonsense.

Not happening is it....brain fart on my part.

I wonder how long before the big man's yelling up the stairs "stop hanging out with those fookin nutters and do your homework"

:)

[1] My English lit exam would have ruled if you were allowed to give your actualy views The Woodlanders By Thomas Hardy wank wank wank wank wank wank wank wank wank wank wank

Steve Campbell wrote:

Melly? Mel which?

i can see this thread on a rehearsal room wall if you keep this up. You should ask Our Jemma to let you see the little rewrite of love Vigilantes I did for her :D

So...you don't sleep either? You seem to have been online since I got up ( maybe not)

You may have ruined Barney-God-of-Love's life here girls :D

Melly's what most call me. :)

Good, it'll do them well to have something funny to remember us by. I hope they do. *dares*

I don't sleep much. All my work is on the computer so pretty much I stayed glued to it for too many hours a day. Those around me try to curb my schedule to fit the normal working world's, but that just means I get another pot of coffee down my gullet so I can stay awake further.

Nah, won't ruin his life, he'll just write a song about it. I expect namedropping, sir!

"It doesn't take a punter to tell me 'bout my fans Or lecture me with posery They still want in my pants

I don't remember What happened online today And I don't give a toss about What Peter and Steve say

It takes years To find a gang Of girls who want your bod To find the troupe Where tickets sell To your next gig, it's one on one"

I'm gonna burn, truly. :evil:

I REALLY wanna compete, but i'm too stunned, I'll have to think about it.

EDIT: I've thought about it, and I wont even try to steal your glory, as if i could :D

But I must ask Jem if it's OK to post "booze vigilantes" here (feels right to ask I did write it for her....it's not a love song, note the title, calm down)

This, ladies and gentleman, WAS a thread about a seemingly innocent question about fanmail for the band.

It has been slightly overthrown.

We do apologize, and will return you shortly to your regularly scheduled programming.

Right after me and Steve stop snorting in laughter.

why do I always attract female partners in crime. it's scarey. Yet i couldn't pull a pint at a lock-in.

I always wind up with male partners in crime, because most chicks won't be caught dead speaking their right mind. Suppose that's why I like the girls around here, they remind me of me enough to feel comfortable.

:)

Odd aint it. Not as odd as the fact that I've cracked the 150 post mark in a single 24 hours period I think I should declare and retire.

Is that a new record then? I think I vaguely remember 106 from a bit ago. I'm shocked I've had so much to quip about. Watch me go silent tomorrow.

And to think I'd not posted since I first got this account several years ago. I've made up for lost time, surely.

msh wrote: Is that a new record then? I think I vaguely remember 106 from a bit ago. I'm shocked I've had so much to quip about. Watch me go silent tomorrow.

And to think I'd not posted since I first got this account several years ago. I've made up for lost time, surely.

Seems to be back to 146....oh dear....look who's second.

MUUUSSSSSST SLEEEEEEP

I blame Jem and Sam,Bonzette(who it turns out is madder than a march hare who was a woodstock) and (the relatively dormant just now) Maya....they're all too friendly and too entertaining....and GNU's right, there's 24hr cool chick coverage here now, each time I sleep I'll be pissed off that I'm missing out.

Sleep, good man, sleep!

I'll never forgive myself if you wind up falling into a coma a few days from now, spent from staying up too long and babbling incoherently about us all before you tank it.

:p

Hooky Bass Monster wrote: I wrote to Hooky 87 or 88 and got a reply from him.

Bless him. I imagine that there's few of us the wrong side of 30 on this board who can't say that they received a letter or two at some point penned by Cap'n Hook (mine hit the doormat in early 1990).

(The Good Doctor) Martin Fradley wrote:

Hooky Bass Monster wrote: I wrote to Hooky 87 or 88 and got a reply from him.

Bless him. I imagine that there's few of us the wrong side of 30 on this board who can't say that they received a letter or two at some point penned by Cap'n Hook (mine hit the doormat in early 1990).

Can or CAN'T.,,,, I NEVER wrote though.BTW FRADDERS-you STILL not working?Watch out if you are NOT.You could get to LIKE it and turn out like that CNUT RM!

Rocket Mick wrote:

(The Good Doctor) Martin Fradley wrote:

Hooky Bass Monster wrote: I wrote to Hooky 87 or 88 and got a reply from him.

Bless him. I imagine that there's few of us the wrong side of 30 on this board who can't say that they received a letter or two at some point penned by Cap'n Hook (mine hit the doormat in early 1990).

Can or CAN'T.,,,, I NEVER wrote though.BTW FRADDERS-you STILL not working?Watch out if you are NOT.You could get to LIKE it and turn out like that CNUT RM!

Got a temporary job working nights (why else would I be up at this time!!??) for good 'ol Royal Mail until Xmas, making sure you all get your Christmas cards on time. It's shit!!

Wrote the boys and Factory on Palatine Road back in '83 even with an International reply coupon...nothing back..period..

Only way I knew anything new was coming out of Factory was my lurking around Northern Lights Records or OarFolkJokeOpus Records. No advertising. Way I found the other Facotry bands like Section 25, Crispy Ambulance, and ACR was the apparent gaps in the FAC catalog system and seeing this other strange stuff with FAC numbers on them.

Factory could never market to save its life.:\ohwell: :\ohwell:

Steve Campbell wrote:

I REALLY wanna compete, but i'm too stunned, I'll have to think about it.

EDIT: I've thought about it, and I wont even try to steal your glory, as if i could :D

But I must ask Jem if it's OK to post "booze vigilantes" here (feels right to ask I did write it for her....it's not a love song, note the title, calm down)

Go on Stevie, i'm a caring sharing person, i will allow you to use it on the site...

PS: How many times do you change your avatar, think youv'e got an identity crisis man

I'm trying to find an avatar that gets rid of all these pesky hotties and leaves me with just one (you of course).

I think that's actually the worst picture in existence of me :)

Ladies and gents...some NO lyrics rewritten by me, for a "special chick" (or was it "special needs chick" I can't remember)

Booze vigilantes

                            for jem

           Oh i've just come from that sodding forum

   From a thread that we have nicked with the greatest skill

     We are so getting banned, our accounts getting canned

        And we'll be lucky if they don't call our isp's

                             chorus

                               ..

          Let's drink some booze and get on some tunes

              My Missy jem let's shatter the blues

          we've got to hang out, drink dance and shout

                Cos you're just the coolest loon

                               ..

well you just can't believe the joy I do receive

     each time I click refresh and see the posts you leave

        My gob it just can't lie, it breaks into a smile

         And I know I'll be just fine for another while

                         repeat Chorus

       Jem you mental bitch I think it's time we ditched

all pretense that you've not charmed me up a fookin treat

 though you're only “mostly single”, my nerves you do so tingle

          And I do so wish that Bolton was not so far

Chorus to fade with increasingly loud bass and cries of “Jemma you're foooooookin great”

Ah! Those lyrics!

Many thanks Jem and Steve for sharing them. I'm getting my mid-day off to a good start, already.

Welcome to the board Patrick Morley...

Beware!!!!

((((e))))

I just wanted to say at this point, and there may be one or two who'd like to agree.

Peter Hook is a VERY nice man, and his son is a credit to him.

if anyone needs me I'll be on a plane to....wherever there's a plane to really soon.

(The Good Doctor) Martin Fradley wrote:

Rocket Mick wrote:

(The Good Doctor) Martin Fradley wrote:

Hooky Bass Monster wrote: I wrote to Hooky 87 or 88 and got a reply from him.

Bless him. I imagine that there's few of us the wrong side of 30 on this board who can't say that they received a letter or two at some point penned by Cap'n Hook (mine hit the doormat in early 1990).

Can or CAN'T.,,,, I NEVER wrote though.BTW FRADDERS-you STILL not working?Watch out if you are NOT.You could get to LIKE it and turn out like that CNUT RM!

Got a temporary job working nights (why else would I be up at this time!!??) for good 'ol Royal Mail until Xmas, making sure you all get your Christmas cards on time. It's shit!!

That explains why I'm getting fuck all Christmas cards but loads of bills! Bastards

OMG OMG OMG!!!!!!!!!!!

I just now read this thread, and do you mean to tell me that Jack_H is actually...

Jack Osbourne???

OMFG!!!

As for New Order, until they post photos of their pets in the Cats thread, they can all fuck off.

Be nice to have someone to talk to while waiting outside the pearly gates.

Steve Campbell wrote: I just wanted to say at this point, and there may be one or two who'd like to agree.

Peter Hook is a VERY nice man, and his son is a credit to him.

Agreed! Never met a person since who was so nice to a fan, and didn't have some gonzo ego sitting on his shoulder.

St Peter gaurds those gates,you've got no chance of getting in heaven.....And don't nick the gates when his backs turned..

msh wrote:

Steve Campbell wrote: I just wanted to say at this point, and there may be one or two who'd like to agree.

Peter Hook is a VERY nice man, and his son is a credit to him.

Agreed! Never met a person since who was so nice to a fan, and didn't have some gonzo ego sitting on his shoulder.

Yep.He seems decent enough,makes some good tunes:D

Boatraceface wrote:

msh wrote:

Steve Campbell wrote: I just wanted to say at this point, and there may be one or two who'd like to agree.

Peter Hook is a VERY nice man, and his son is a credit to him.

Agreed! Never met a person since who was so nice to a fan, and didn't have some gonzo ego sitting on his shoulder.

Yep.He seems decent enough,makes some good tunes:D

Yeah, I hear he's famous for something... in a pop group?

I wrote to 'em back in 81 when i was 11, in my neatest joined up handwriting: enquiring about 'a fan club'. Got the same bit of paper back with "there aint one- P Hook" scrawled in pencil.

Nice to hear that NO dodged that hokey tie-and-cardigan official band fanclub, YMCA boys brigade-whatnot business where everyone looked like an extra from a Jam video. (Edit: Though NOOL as a fanclub is great, true punk rock DIY!)

What I wouldn't have given to be on the Factory mailing list though .

I wrote to Factory in the late 80s enquiring about New Order info. I got a friendly, handwritten response from Tony Wilson.

:\pimp3:

never wrote to them, so i never got anything back from them.

Keep jackin' up that post count Ronny!

:\pimp3:

depthcharge wrote: Keep jackin' up that post count Ronny!

:\pimp3:

hey that was almost on topic. don't worry with our bizarre timezone my daily post count will disappear in couple of hours anyway.

Ronald Kirsch wrote: never wrote to them, so i never got anything back from them.

Wothy of a new thread, surely?

Yet strangely not as inane as usual...

going off topic slightly, but having seen MSH's avatar, i think i may be in love.

does having impure thoughts count as love?!

am going for a lie down in a darkened room - i may be sometime.

nice to know people got return letters from hooky and john peel. i never heard back from that bastard ricky schroeder when i wrote him a love letter in 1984 (i even sealed it with a lipstick kiss). i've never quite recovered from the disappointment.

supermonkeyman wrote: going off topic slightly, but having seen MSH's avatar, i think i may be in love.

does having impure thoughts count as love?!

am going for a lie down in a darkened room - i may be sometime.

Do NOT look at her website....that pic...not the best of her trust me. She's taken tho :(

So in conclusion...New order are not J-lo right?

supermonkeyman wrote: going off topic slightly, but having seen MSH's avatar, i think i may be in love.

does having impure thoughts count as love?!

am going for a lie down in a darkened room - i may be sometime.

So, you like rose pirate girls with flowers growing out of their blinkers? Are you feeling well today?

The one thing Hooky forgot to say on Lovelines was that someone will eventually come to look for you in a darkened room - and having your kit down getting rigorous with ones self is highly conducive to getting laughed at or scarring someone for life.

Or perhaps the man intended that.

He's probably found your gallery and is working out how to get his computer down to said darkenned room as we speak.

Incidentally...Hooky? lovelines? what?

i'd say I need a lie down myself but I'm only up :D

am currently using my (non-existent) knowledge of biophysics to create a full-scale, virtual reality replica of MSH using only the digital information from the avatar.

wish me luck......

Steve Campbell wrote: He's probably found your gallery and is working out how to get his computer down to said darkenned room as we speak.

Incidentally...Hooky? lovelines? what?

i'd say I need a lie down myself but I'm only up :D

I know the owner belongs here, but I've got to plug his site just a little because if you HAVEN'T heard this Lovelines thing, you've just got to.

(Sidenote, someone here did a comm1 tryout with 'ecstasy' and samples of that interlaced and the track was fantastic! - If I've remembered correctly.)

Scroll down to the Lovelines bits.

supermonkeyman wrote: am currently using my (non-existent) knowledge of biophysics to create a full-scale, virtual reality replica of MSH using only the digital information from the avatar.

wish me luck......

Torrent me a copy will ya?

(now I have to hope this thread dissppears not only before big and hairy gets a look at it, but Missy Jem too :D )

Hooky? Giving out romantic advice...wow. this I have to hear.

Hasn't anybody ever heard .... Q what do bassplayers use a contraceptive A. their personality

Sorta means there's proof he's an OK guy runnin round these fora :D

I'd feel used, but you guys will probably make my body perfect in areas I'd never considered so it's less exploitative. If you get a working copy, send it my way, too. I need a maid.

Hooky giving out romantic advice is about what you're expecting and it's choice laugh material. :D This ranks up with another interview I have of him and can mentally envision him raping the clueless journo with his eyes alone for asking such base questions.

"So, how do you feel about the death?"

*pause* *sense Hook glowering and about to just smack this guy* *more minutes of pause*

I mean, really. What kind of question is that? What school do you have to go to and learn that at so you can ask that at a sensitive time, Law School?

Steve Campbell wrote:

supermonkeyman wrote: am currently using my (non-existent) knowledge of biophysics to create a full-scale, virtual reality replica of MSH using only the digital information from the avatar.

wish me luck......

Torrent me a copy will ya?

(now I have to hope this thread dissppears not only before big and hairy gets a look at it, but Missy Jem too :D )

Hooky? Giving out romantic advice...wow. this I have to hear.

Hasn't anybody ever heard .... Q what do bassplayers use a contraceptive A. their personality

Sorta means there's proof he's an OK guy runnin round these fora :D

Jack_H wrote:

:D

msh wrote: I'd feel used, but you guys will probably make my body perfect in areas I'd never considered so it's less exploitative. If you get a working copy, send it my way, too. I need a maid.

Hooky giving out romantic advice is about what you're expecting and it's choice laugh material. :D This ranks up with another interview I have of him and can mentally envision him raping the clueless journo with his eyes alone for asking such base questions.

"So, how do you feel about the death?"

*pause* *sense Hook glowering and about to just smack this guy* *more minutes of pause*

I mean, really. What kind of question is that? What school do you have to go to and learn that at so you can ask that at a sensitive time, Law School?

Steve Campbell wrote:

supermonkeyman wrote: am currently using my (non-existent) knowledge of biophysics to create a full-scale, virtual reality replica of MSH using only the digital information from the avatar.

wish me luck......

Torrent me a copy will ya?

(now I have to hope this thread dissppears not only before big and hairy gets a look at it, but Missy Jem too :D )

Hooky? Giving out romantic advice...wow. this I have to hear.

Hasn't anybody ever heard .... Q what do bassplayers use a contraceptive A. their personality

Sorta means there's proof he's an OK guy runnin round these fora :D

that's how they ended up as "those awkward cnuts who don't do interviews" Cos of tards like that. I dislike Journos, and New Order's creeping contempt for them is a big plus point :D

Good Job I didn't tell the one about the guy in the jungle who keeps hearing the drums eh?

Jack_H wrote:

*whistles innocently*

Wha? :D

msh wrote:

Jack_H wrote:

*whistles innocently*

Wha? :D

Wee bugger's been gettin off too light for too long if you ask me....everyone else takes their abuse round here

AgentWood wrote: nice to know people got return letters from hooky and john peel. i never heard back from that bastard ricky schroeder when i wrote him a love letter in 1984 (i even sealed it with a lipstick kiss). i've never quite recovered from the disappointment.

Ol Ricky still owes me one, too, as well as Scott Baio!

I recovered though. There was always Robert Downey Jr. and River Pheonix who complied.

Steve Campbell wrote: Wee bugger's been gettin off too light for too long if you ask me....everyone else takes their abuse round here

Jack's a good guy, though. I have a feeling he'll manage out just fine with the rest of our lot.

*Mental note, owe Jack a drink or two when across pond*

hell yeah, several drinks, of course you'll have to wait a little while :D

I doubt Jack will ever need to buy a drink. Mad bugger has my eternal respect for even poking his head above the water in this place.

Jack...BTW...check her site mate...chicks like this will automatically like you your whole life man just for being the "son of god" :D (best do it when the GF's not looking tho, your jaw may drop and get you a beating)

EDIT BTW Melly, I may be pimping you, but at least i don't take a fee :)

I wish now I had something worthwhile to read on my site instead of a bunch of old knackering. I knew I should have completed that site overhaul last month.

I say Jack's got some serious balls for treading down among us guys. And I thank him doubly for not running away.

And now Steve's become NOOL's Pimp Extraordinaire.

Steve Campbell wrote: hell yeah, several drinks, of course you'll have to wait a little while :D

I doubt Jack will ever need to buy a drink. Mad bugger has my eternal respect for even poking his head above the water in this place.

Jack...BTW...check her site mate..

Who's site? msh's site?

Don't lissen to 'im Jack, I'm a toothless harpy.

(but yes, he meant my site. I don't know why he's pimping it so grandly, it needs more php work.)

Whatever you do, don't look at my pictures. They are causing strange notions in the minds of NOOL men. I fear for their sanity.

Right, I was a bit confused as to what Steve was talking about, you know what the Irish are like :D

How do I get to your site? Has someone put a link on here somewhere? Or do i just click that WWW thing that comes up whenever you post on here?

yup, just that www button.

I feel like I'm fuelling some sort of fire. You know, Steve, the way you've built me up, he's going to go in there expecting Christie Brinkley back in the day and getting Marge Simpson.

I have a little website thingy:

http://spaces.msn.com/members/bassspacedrevil695/

its not amazing, but it's pretty cool i guess. I'm gonna go and look at your website now. check out mine if you want

Jack_H wrote: Right, I was a bit confused as to what Steve was talking about, you know what the Irish are like :D

How do I get to your site? Has someone put a link on here somewhere? Or do i just click that WWW thing that comes up whenever you post on here?

yeah it's the feckin great WWW button!! (sigh) you know what these English are like.

I was thinking about 2 mins ago....I seriously hope Jack's got the old man's sense of humour or we're all dead. And I pop back here and...oh look....cheeky wee bollox. Ahhhhh his Father's son to be sure to be sure.

(did i just hear a mouse click followed by Jack's jaw smacking his keyboard?)

Jack_H wrote: I have a little website thingy:

http://spaces.msn.com/members/bassspacedrevil695/

its not amazing, but it's pretty cool i guess. I'm gonna go and look at your website now. check out mine if you want

Not amazin? have you SEEN slightlynarrow.co.uk ? it's a fookin black page with my gob on it :D (sort of started doing SOMEthing about that yestersday actually....but I'm into steam powered html editting so it's never gonna be as cool as yours) Suppose I better read it now, see what ballix yer talking :)

Steve Campbell wrote:

Jack_H wrote: I have a little website thingy:

http://spaces.msn.com/members/bassspacedrevil695/

its not amazing, but it's pretty cool i guess. I'm gonna go and look at your website now. check out mine if you want

Not amazin? have you SEEN slightlynarrow.co.uk ? it's a fookin black page with my gob on it :D (sort of started doing SOMEthing about that yestersday actually....but I'm into steam powered html editting so it's never gonna be as cool as yours) Suppose I better read it now, see what ballix yer talking :)

Jack's site wins, it's more informative than mine ever has been! Steve's wins because he's at least got music on his!

Me pimping resourceful HMTL editor/FTP prog

Feck...it... I'm going to have to do something about my site now.

Love that bass, Jack. *reads more*

Melly, you can code PHP with me anytime!

(None of that loser-ass ASP crap like some websites.)

If you'd post "Being Cute" as your avatar we'd all certainly be blinded by your radiance.

Haha, you sure I'm the one that talks bollocks??

Reading some of your past posts, I was under the impression it was you

The music's a secret tho Melly, it's not linked off the "main page". will be soon if I can leave this bleedin website long enough to do some stuff. Strictly a Quanta+ boy for editing. You just type away and when you get stuck it has all the tags there for you :)

Jack that bass gallery is PORN mate. that see-thru perspex job....hmmmmmmmm

what's with the hairy blue one but?

have you seen these.....

REALLY want one, disgracefully cheap too..grrrrr wish I was back at work.

MUST find you a pic of my mate's bass...you'll shit yerself.

Jack_H wrote: Haha, you sure I'm the one that talks bollocks??

Reading some of your past posts, I was under the impression it was you

bollox is in the eye of the beholder :D

Gnu Odor wrote: If you'd post "Being Cute" as your avatar we'd all certainly be blinded by your radiance.

And if you were blinded you wouldn't post and then I'd have to do real work around here.

Jack_H wrote: I have a little website thingy:

http://spaces.msn.com/members/bassspacedrevil695/

its not amazing, but it's pretty cool i guess. I'm gonna go and look at your website now. check out mine if you want

Cheer up, man, it's not so little...and it's way bigger than Campbell's.

msh wrote:

Gnu Odor wrote: If you'd post "Being Cute" as your avatar we'd all certainly be blinded by your radiance.

And if you were blinded you wouldn't post and then I'd have to do real work around here.

If you use that as your avatar you'll gather men faster than I seem to gather women round here. And I'd dribble on my keyboard

(what cnut said "mor than usual?" ?)

BTW those Aria's are knock off yamaha's I THINK.

Oh man! My buddy in high school took apart his mail-order bass from JC Penney and hand-made a Gene Simmons "Axe Bass" body out of a piece of wood, then painted it black and silver. Now that's pathetic.

But then again, I was his best friend in high school, so I guess that makes me sub-pathetic.

I know they're not cool anymore but I really wish I had a Steinberger headless.

Or just some head.

The thread has now successfully been transformed into a gearporn thread!

Gnu Odor wrote: But then again, I was his best friend in high school, so I guess that makes me sub-pathetic.

Pathetic by association!

I was in a Heart coverband. It could be worse.

I used to nick a hohner copy for the studio sometimes. Not quite as punchy when funked as the real deal. But really nice bass, and still on my "if I see one cheap when I'm in shoppin mode" list. Only things I could never cope with but were the odd balance on a strap ( not wrong, just odd) and my hand flying right off the end of the fucker when I went for the 1st fret :D

As promised...... French Tony's bass

his aint actually there as it's a custom 6 string job, but you get the picture.

Not a terrible fan of uprights, put off by trying to get an audible note out of a 3/4 scale in school I think.

And yes...they are for fucking j**z cunts.

msh wrote: The thread has now successfully been transformed into a gearporn thread!

And for once none of us are responsible, it's purely Jack's doing.

Don't suppose anyone else seen the transducer basses on ebay made out of bog-seats?

the mouse hovered over Buy It Now I can assure you.

Can you imagine if this place was run like one of those ultra anal weirdo forums (not that there's anything wrong wth slackware as a distro you understand[1])...Wen And nic and oldmokey and all the other admins would be on the same sort of career trajectory as air traffic controllers....straight to hell and grey hair by 35 :) I don't remember a topic ever not strolling off on it's own cos of randomness. we usually come back tho. It's kinda like an internet version of Billie Connolly :D

[1]that's for Melly alone....rest of you ignore.

msh wrote:

Gnu Odor wrote: But then again, I was his best friend in high school, so I guess that makes me sub-pathetic.

Pathetic by association!

I was in a Heart coverband. It could be worse.

OUCH....DIRGE GIG ALERT! I hope it paid well.

Steve Campbell wrote:

And for once none of us are responsible, it's purely Jack's doing.

Don't suppose anyone else seen the transducer basses on ebay made out of bog-seats?

the mouse hovered over Buy It Now I can assure you.

Can you imagine if this place was run like one of those ultra anal weirdo forums (not that there's anything wrong wth slackware as a distro you understand[1])...Wen And nic and oldmokey and all the other admins would be on the same sort of career trajectory as air traffic controllers....straight to hell and grey hair by 35 :) I don't remember a topic ever not strolling off on it's own cos of randomness. we usually come back tho. It's kinda like an internet version of Billie Connolly :D

I got sent a link to something reminscent of that bass. Tempting, tempting.

Yeah, but most slackhead's have their ego so far up their corned hole that they can't even see for their own BS they pipe out hourly on their message groups.

Nothing like a good old fashioned nix penis debate of elitism.

Off the side, looking at Jack's site he's got a picture of Boosty Collins and I'm thinking - that guy's been taught right. All hail anyone under the age of 20 who even knows of Bootsy, let alone pimps them proudly!

I saw one of those Zon basses the other day when out shopiing (because I always make a point to go to a music store as my final wind down), and it caused a pull in a nether region. Salesguy wouldn't let be bring it down, because it was on reserve for another customer, but he played me a track of his that he did as a demo for the product and I felt very warm and wiggly like I was sinking to the floor.

strap on sex

I dunno if any or all of these are still made at louden's plant down the road from me, but they were protoyped there. as a publicicty thing they brought a 4 and a 5 string over to college....u know, pics of tutor and adoring students with shiny new locally built megabass. Tutor grabed the 5 string and i just stood and gaped at him like, you KNOW I'm the only other bassplayer in the room, give me the other one (yes, they'd got a tutor there, but not the bass class, apart from 7-9 on wednesdays was me...being the only fulltimer music student in it). So he took pity and let me have it.

bout 4 seconds after i'd hung it on me and plugged up I was glaring at him with a look that just said "you fucker".

he'd always banged on and on about how the bass itself is only 10% of the sound and rest's in your fingers. LYING TWAT! It may be true if you're choosing between two expensive kick ass basses. But if you set down an aria proII SLB-II[1] that you love with all your heart, and pick up a £3000 or something Goodfellow. Now way. My finger blasted up and down the thing like Victor feckin Wooten..and the tone....good lord the tone...it was blissful. One day I WILL buy a nice bass promise...but every time I start thinking about it I feel SO sorry for the Aria, that I start to think about having it rebuilt properly by a bass guru...then I get confused and buy something stupid instead.

Two Q's Melly....you have msn (or somthing...I think Gaim can do the lot)? cos my next line of questioning is much too sick and perverse for the ears here gathered...you should be able to guess by it being the only bit of your post I didn't reply to.

Jack....what's the score with the neck pickup in Hot and/or Hot1...I swear on some recent videos it looks like either the neck pickup's been yanked out and the gape taped over....OR there's tape over the pickup to stop strings whacking poles. Or am I seeing things? (I refer you to my previous avatar for all enquiries about my sight)

[1] sort of a cover version of the series Jack's bass belongs to. Passive and with cheaper electronics. and made of russian ply. I assume the Yamaha's are actual solids.

Steve Campbell wrote:

msh wrote: Is that a new record then? I think I vaguely remember 106 from a bit ago. I'm shocked I've had so much to quip about. Watch me go silent tomorrow.

And to think I'd not posted since I first got this account several years ago. I've made up for lost time, surely.

Seems to be back to 146....oh dear....look who's second.

MUUUSSSSSST SLEEEEEEP

I blame Jem and Sam,Bonzette(who it turns out is madder than a march hare who was a woodstock) and (the relatively dormant just now) Maya....they're all too friendly and too entertaining....and GNU's right, there's 24hr cool chick coverage here now, each time I sleep I'll be pissed off that I'm missing out.

You fucking cheek! Only just seen this young Steve. I'm as sane as they come. thanks very much!

Steve:

Just added you on MSN. I think I've probably just done set myself up for daily stomach issues because I know you'll be keeping me up with some sort of madhattery.

It's not fair that gears is just so sex.

hey it's abuse Steve night even that fecker Jack's been at it, tho in fairness I've given the poor sod dog's abuse so it's only right :)

What's funnier is that meely's run a fookin mile since I sais msn :0 I only wanted to talk l*n*x.....and yes dear hearts. there is a limit of off topic that even i consider too far. :D

Better Idea actually would be...Melly ...nuttsack thread if you wanna tux out. Then Bonzette can enjoy too ( I think she's some sort of geekspotter)

Hook minor, I want 500 words on those pickups and 600 on WTF that strange hairy lookin blue bass is about, by this time tomorrow. ;)

/me sits back and waits on the reply Jack will send... which will be EXACTLY 1098 words short of the requested total :D

You'll be lucky if he types ta all and doesn't just send you a picture of his middle digit.

I think you're gonna live to regret adding steve to your msn...

he seems to like you

LOL...how'd you do that. Between me clicking on the thread and it loading in my browser you'd snuck in here.

Actually, we decided to do it in public for all your benefit.

Besides, eye popping and delicious as she is, she's taken, she's fookin miles away, and I am, or at least try to be, a perfect gentleman.

Anyway, have you been reading the awesome works of Missy Jem. that chick is MY kinda mental :D

OK, I'll settle for one word on the pickups....am i seeing things?

No comment.

(Just to annoy you )

Tosser :D

Mr. Campbell has become a master of the pickup on this forum.

well, at least now everyone has fair rights to msn-ing me, since I've got that screenname up and running. Yes, Jack, even you can add me and pester me if ever needed.

now that that is all sorted....

what were we trying to talk about again?

fucking unnatural so it is. All the men where these babes are from must be the most miserable bunch of fuckers on Earth....all I have to do is say something funny and women notice me here. mad one. Texas hmmmmm....Bolton...hmmmm Stoke hmmmmm Siberia (via belgrade)...london.. are all these places full of grey men who's idea of the very epitome of humour is you've been framed...once a week for one hour and that's quite enough laughin for me

msh wrote:

well, at least now everyone has fair rights to msn-ing me, since I've got that screenname up and running. Yes, Jack, even you can add me and pester me if ever needed.

now that that is all sorted....

what were we trying to talk about again?

I've forgotten.....but it'll come to me....I'm just redisovering food after 30 hours. not going too well, but it will enable me to get more painkillers in....and revitalilze me for more bollox talk with you my sweet.

Jack don't do it, she may be so gorgeous she's painful to look at (did you look at "being cute", if not, let me reccomend it as an internet hi-lite of the year)....but she can talk bollox even I don't get....And he BF's from texas too...almost certainly heavily armed :D

oh, he's not in texas. no guns, either. but he's got biting sharp wit!

and I've changed the nick on here, so everyone can just get used to calling me melly. more natural that way.

That's two votes for "Being Cute."

I'm gonna take off my pants now, 'cause that's more natural.

you're as bad a net tart as Maya, or me for that matter :)

Gnu Odor wrote: That's two votes for "Being Cute."

I'm gonna take off my pants now, 'cause that's more natural.

hang on nope no good

Gnu Odor wrote: That's two votes for "Being Cute."

I'm gonna take off my pants now, 'cause that's more natural.

Oh good grief, mental images that'll make a gal turn red.

Medic!

Pretty spiff site, Jack. If the band thing doesnt work out, look into web design.

By the way, I agree with you about 'Land Down Under' being a song of grace and pure class.

Oi! Oi! Oi!

Land Down Under rocks!!

I only found out about it when i walked into my form room and my history teacher was playing it respectably loud through the dvd player in the classroo. he's a cool guy.

I'm pretty bored at the moment, just playing along to Jeremy by Pearl Jam on my bass, its such an amazing song i love it!!

Hope you had a good Saturday bumbag. Missed crazy one here :D

Whoever said about webdesign had a point y'know. If you did code that yourself that is. Step away from the bass an get a proper job :D ( I suppose you're the one guy who can't really get THAT speech).

Suppose I'll go back to "modernizing" my site.

Jack_H wrote: Land Down Under rocks!!

I only found out about it when i walked into my form room and my history teacher was playing it respectably loud through the dvd player in the classroo. he's a cool guy.

I'm pretty bored at the moment, just playing along to Jeremy by Pearl Jam on my bass, its such an amazing song i love it!!

What's your favourite New Order song Jack? and do you play along to any? Good luck with the Band mate..maybe we'll get 2 Hookys banging out great tunes eh

My fave song by NO? now that's well hard for me to say cos i like so many, but I think im gonna go for....love vigilantes. love the lyrics and the melodica and the bass n guitar riffs, and barney's little solo bit is the best bit for me.

I can play loooooaaads of NO songs, the only ones i can't play are the ones that have like little or no bass in, like world or ruined in a day etc... but I can play all the others really.

Awwww man my dad is so cool he said my band can start using our basement which is like done up and nice as a practise place!! woohoo! That's gonna be well good. Well as soon as we get a first gig opportunity I'll post it on here, hope to see you all there. Even you Campbell.

What he meant to ask was, what are your top 3 Black Sabbath tunes?

I'm going to start an all-bass all-the-time thread on BCD so we can tackle the big issues facing humanity. C'mon over bassheads.

Jack_H wrote: My fave song by NO? now that's well hard for me to say cos i like so many, but I think im gonna go for....love vigilantes. love the lyrics and the melodica and the bass n guitar riffs, and barney's little solo bit is the best bit for me.

I can play loooooaaads of NO songs, the only ones i can't play are the ones that have like little or no bass in, like world or ruined in a day etc... but I can play all the others really.

Awwww man my dad is so cool he said my band can start using our basement which is like done up and nice as a practise place!! woohoo! That's gonna be well good. Well as soon as we get a first gig opportunity I'll post it on here, hope to see you all there. Even you Campbell.

You've never had a northern irish heckler then? We're very very good. Still best to start with a real challenge, in terms of kicking the legs out from under hecklers you've a tougher act to follow than even bassmanship. Tell you what mate, a comfortable rehearsal space makes all the difference, doubly so if it happens to have a wee vocal PA for the singer. Beats the crap out of a bedroom/living room no matter how well specced :)

Well you know you've got ONE gig open to you...NOOLday. But I can see a gobby wee bugger having no bass in the PA at his current rate of gobshitery :D:D

(Jack's sitting there thinking, "no worries, I think I know where I can put my hands on a bass amp that will lay waste to your PA paddy!")

Of course...someone Good might come along betwen now and then, and I can just get on with seeing how much trouble me and Jemma can cause ;)

PS: your selection of NO tracks you can play...LOL you , me, and every other bass player on this site :) (and yer also right about LV being a really classy bit of Barney) EDIT: BTW I don't mean "ah you're shite, we can all play those" I mean, no one else bothers with Hookyless tracks either :D

i gotta say i do like world though, and ruined in a day is brilliant when you're feeling down or just generally in a mood.

i am playing along to metallica at the moment, thats a bit off topic, but hey there u go. love metallica.

jack, off topic's a relative term round here.

i sinned regarding metalica, I let my personal feelings about them put me off their music. Not to say I don't still drag old "pullin teeth" out now and then to marvel at the late great Cliff.

And yeah those NO tunes are good, excellent, but just no point in learning them :)

Actually, the tune of their's I play around with most is either DNE or The Happy One, which is actually quite tricky with chords and stuff......love it but....especially seeing the old boy doing it on Tony's show, just him, the machines and his bass. Do remember muttering something about "how come nothing blew up, went out of tune or other wise sucked? this may be the key to good NO gigs, send Hooky on his own"

If you aint seen it, lemme know I'll webserve it for ya (quality is ugly)

Well, this thread definitley didn't turn out as I had planned. :p

You guys are all crazy...

come back and tell us that when your post count's in 3 figures.

You'll think we're all perfectly OK by then.

"ONE OF US ONE OF US ONE OF US"

Cliff Burton was amazing. Pulling Teeth is just too good to talk about on here, the guy was a legend.

Metallica are one of my fave bands for sure, definitely in my top 5 bands anyway, i can play a lot of their stuff, my band do a great cover of For Whom The Bell Tolls, check it out if you haven't heard it man it rocks especially the high bass intro.

Jack_H wrote: Cliff Burton was amazing. Pulling Teeth is just too good to talk about on here, the guy was a legend.

Metallica are one of my fave bands for sure, definitely in my top 5 bands anyway, i can play a lot of their stuff, my band do a great cover of For Whom The Bell Tolls, check it out if you haven't heard it man it rocks especially the high bass intro.

You ever listen to Primus? Very silly, and some truly odd bass styles like basically treating it like a big banjo, among ither daftnesses. Not all their music is great tho. get's a bit like J**z, just showing off. Some of it's awesome tho. I know the track yer talkin bout BTW, but will need to relisten cos it's been a long time.

Hooky-OSM

Only 3 MB....very good.

Ahhh, there's that show! I used to have it on my computer, and somehow it went missing.

Files like to skitter away from me.

Primus, RHCP, me putting on Clapton and zoning out during school (when they didn't mind a Walkman brought into class). I've fallen more and more into funk lately just trying to absorb all of the fat, chunky and melodic tones that so many people were experimenting with.

I'm having a slow Sunday. My brain hasn't cranked to full speed yet. *Model T windup brain engine*

Yo Melly. That email addy in your post actually work? I have something to show you, it's big and pink and you'll like it (chorus of OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHH from surrounding pervs)

Jack, old chap, Melly and the ahem "ladies" and I would like to know how errrr "Mrs Jack" feels about Barney...I'm sort of assuming her hormones haven't gone totally wrong yet unlike this lot, so she'll probably shriek and smack you when you ask.

Email definitely works, we pay for that domain still (surprisingly).

Jack....bassplayer thread on Behind Closed Doors mate....vote for the sins you've committed...i'm boned big time according to the list! :)

Before you head over there I'd like to tell you it's quite safe, that no one bites and no one is quite as insane as they appear. Sadly I am not that good a liar.

May the force be with you and all that!

BUT...the question is do I want to go behind closed doors with you?

What are you talking about "Mrs Jack" and Barney? Have missed something?

It's not me you need to worry about, it's yer man Gnu Odor (no, actually, most people go nuts over there) :)

We were just wondering if Mrs Jack (ie your GF) would like to be one of Barney's Angels?

Hmmmmm, I don't think Barney is really her type, I know she likes Johnny Depp and the singer out of a band called The Used who is called Bert, but who knows, maybe she is a closet barney's angel

aww this bass is sweet, the BB1200S man it's so good to play

Jack_H wrote: Hmmmmm, I don't think Barney is really her type, I know she likes Johnny Depp and the singer out of a band called The Used who is called Bert, but who knows, maybe she is a closet barney's angel

aww this bass is sweet, the BB1200S man it's so good to play

That's just a deliberate wind-up ya bugger :) EDIT... actually the coolest bass owned by anyone on here is Samantha Chapman's :)

And as for the mrs, that's Ok, we had to check (but I'd worry about any woman who fancies a guy called Bert)

Nah. Bert's the man!!

arrrrggghhh i just broke a string!! :evil:

i dunno why but im listening to spooky i like it

How do you break a string on a bass? With a hacksaw?

No BOLT CUTTERS

Why would you want to do that?

certainly takes some doing.....espially if he's using heavy strings.

Bet he's been showing off his slap-happiness and pulled a bit too hard :D Either that or he should stop using a stanley knife blade as a pick.

Steve Campbell wrote: certainly takes some doing.....espially if he's using heavy strings.

Bet he's been showing off his slap-happiness and pulled a bit too hard :D Either that or he should stop using a stanley knife blade as a pick.

Young Steve, Is this the part where you become a NOOL vampire, missing by day but on here all night?:D

Bonzette, you keep your fantasies of me coming to your bedroom in the dead of night to yourself please :D An no i don't think I'm here til dawn....well unless you are of course :)

( I will punish myself for that line I promise)

Steve Campbell wrote: Bonzette, you keep your fantasies of me coming to your bedroom in the dead of night to yourself please :D An no i don't think I'm here til dawn....well unless you are of course :)

( I will punish myself for that line I promise)[/

I'm sure you'll punsish yourself well:D

No, won't be on here all night- you know how much work i've been doing today! Got to kick some serious, sexist, arse tomorrow. Will be tough, but hey, i ain't no Barney's Angel for nothing

Bonzette wrote:

Steve Campbell wrote: Bonzette, you keep your fantasies of me coming to your bedroom in the dead of night to yourself please :D An no i don't think I'm here til dawn....well unless you are of course :)

( I will punish myself for that line I promise)[/

I'm sure you'll punsish yourself well:D

BONZA!!!!!!!!!! we are in PUBLIC! :D

Bonzette wrote:

No, won't be on here all night- you know how much work i've been doing today! Got to kick some serious, sexist, arse tomorrow. Will be tough, but hey, i ain't no Barney's Angel for nothing

We got your back chick.

Night, night nutter!

Jack_H wrote: My fave song by NO? now that's well hard for me to say cos i like so many, but I think im gonna go for....love vigilantes. love the lyrics and the melodica and the bass n guitar riffs, and barney's little solo bit is the best bit for me.

I can play loooooaaads of NO songs, the only ones i can't play are the ones that have like little or no bass in, like world or ruined in a day etc... but I can play all the others really.

Awwww man my dad is so cool he said my band can start using our basement which is like done up and nice as a practise place!! woohoo! That's gonna be well good. Well as soon as we get a first gig opportunity I'll post it on here, hope to see you all there. Even you Campbell.

Love Vigilantes is exquisite for me too mate What about Monaco?I have a love of the song Kashmere.Necter Do you jam with your old fella or what?In the basement.Quality!