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mrkingruss posted on Dec 13th 2006 11:16AM

So, how was it? Anyone go?

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	ROB says: It was a fun day out.I thought we went above and beyond the call of duty.Nice vibe in the venue.Great other bands with drum machines and stuff.All good people ,some old friends,and the LAY-DJ Played Rachel sweets version of B-A-B-Y which sounded ffkin great ,so yeah it was alright.Where were you??. Posted: 12/13/06 17:36
	mrkingruss says: Ah i would have loved to come, but the 9am meeting at work on tuesday morning and the prospect of about 3 hours sleep before hand kind of put me off. I'm annoyed actually because i am going to miss the one in London on the 28th because i am going to be in Cornwall. Damm xmas. HUMBUG! Posted: 12/14/06 10:07
	ROB says: Never mind,I'm sure we'll manage a few gigs in the new year.Album update Its mixed ,just needs mastering.Tracks are,in no particular order.All by myself,Icon,Cried at the time,scratch until you bleed,Its got me heavy,15 years,It's a shame,Only the lonely,Morphine for the pain,Beautiful like peace. Posted: 12/17/06 16:47
	mrkingruss says: Yay to gigs in the new year! Looking forward to new album alot. Will other tracks like Iceberg get a proper release/recording? I know too many questions............ Posted: 12/18/06 17:16
	ROB says: I'm not sure about Iceberg I don't know if Ed will lettuce record it. Posted: 12/18/06 17:19
	ROB says: I'm not sure about Iceberg I don't know if Ed will lettuce record it. Posted: 12/18/06 17:38
	sleeper says: lettuce, that's really corny. Posted: 12/18/06 20:38
	Clare says: Sorry I didn't make it to Leeds Was with you in spirit! The 28th is looking unlikely now too - there are no trains through Gatwick between xmas and new year, so getting there/home looks impossible...... unless a plan b comes up?!?!?!?!? Have a good xmas everyone! Love Clare xXx Posted: 12/19/06 02:23
	mrkingruss says: I am frowning kos of that joke. Somebody please shoot me. Posted: 12/19/06 18:38
	Clare says: "Bang Bang Bang!" Posted: 12/20/06 04:11
	steve says: i was in leeds, thought it was a storming set, but not seen the boys since water rats 2 years ago so any sort of set would have been great. could have done with a few more punters in, don't think the venue promoted it very well, i onlyfound out by accident. hope to see you oop north in the new year? cheers Steve Posted: 12/20/06 08:19
	ROB says: What joke?? Posted: 12/20/06 18:32
	mrkingruss says: Good question! Posted: 12/21/06 20:03
	ROB says: OK I'm sorry,anyway there is a version of Iceberg recorded,but I don't know what the plans are for it.Have a great Crimbo n that,hopefully we'll see you next year. Posted: 12/22/06 04:46
	mrkingruss says: Hee hee hee. Cool, hope the gig on the 28th goes well and i look forward to some SMASHIN*G gigs in the new year. Have a good one. Posted: 12/22/06 18:10
	ed says: A Review of Leeds and a long awaited reunion from HUGH I grew up with punk. The Pistols removed me from my childhood and changed my life but I always had respect for the Damned, the Buzzcocks, the Clash et al. The Anarchy single appeared November '76. Year zero. I was just about to turn 12 (it's actually my 42nd birthday today) and was in the first year in high school (imagine starting high school in the summer of '76 - how lucky could you get, eh?). I love music though my taste is fairly blinkered bordering on eclectic but only 3 bands have ever removed any form of sense and sensibility from me on listening through the years - the Pistols, the early Cure up to the Pornography album and SMASH. It's like falling in love. You know instantly that you've found your soulmate and hearing certain bands for the first time has a similar emotion. All is well in the world. You know the sketch........ Your in the car and Pretty Vacant comes on the radio unannounced and you identify it within the first 3 notes - it's indelibly imprinted in your mind. Suddenly the hairs stand on the back of your neck, your palms sweat, you mistime the gears, you miss the turn to where you were going, you're singing at the top of your lungs and not another soul can hear you but they can see you. Oh yes they can see you and they think you're out there. And you are. You're in a world of your own and nothing else matters. The memories are flooding back. You're pogoing at the under 18's disco - Johnny Rotten's asking you how you're doing as he autographs your 1st pressing copy of Anarchy on EMI at the stage door at Glasgow Apollo (oh yes, the one with the mispressed Chris Thomas production credit on I Wanna Be Me in the black bag - my 12th birthday present from my single parent mum) and you're in a happy place. You're standing before Ed SMASH in the front row of King Tut's and he's inches from you, glaring at you screaming that he's never felt so much shame and you know at the moment he penned that lyric that that was exactly where his head was - you're in an audience of more than a hundred people rammed into a room the size of a biscuit tin and you're in solitude, you're completely unaware of another soul. Then Rob and Salv come in with the beat and bring you back. Please be very aware, the wordsmith doesn't make the band - this is a 3 way thing - the band make the songs - this is no cabaret outfit. You know where I'm coming from........ Cut to present day........ I'm aware of the Damned playing 2nd December in Durham. I'm also aware of the Buzzcocks playing 7th December in Gateshead. I'm also aware of SMASH playing 11th December in Leeds. I'm wetting my pants as my eldest son phones from college back at the old home in Scotland and says he's coming down to Durham and asks if he can take me to see the Damned for my Chrissy present. My best friend's favourite band was the Buzzers and I ask him if he wants to go so he's trying to get off work. I really want to see SMASH. I'm like a kid in a sweet shop. My eldest calls again saying he can't do it which is ok. I understand. My best friend can't get off work for the Buzzers but manages to at the last minute. It's sold out. I curse him but it's ok. I really want to see SMASH again - it's been more than a decade. There's a school of thought that says don't revisit the past as it might disappoint. I'm tortured but I bite the bullet and decide I'm going. I'm risking my very precious memories from the past like staying with them at the b&b after the Forum gig in Tunbridge Wells or, driving round Aberdeen with Salv looking for a club to go to after the Lemon Tree gig or, meeting with the Flying Medallions at the World's End and walking up to the Dublin Castle to watch the SHITE homeless bash or, hugging them for the last time after the Pop Will Eat Itself support slot at the Sands Centre in Carlisle. So many special memories. You never really get to spend time with the band you love. SMASH are different. SMASH are friends. I'm planning the 140 mile round trip to Leeds, a place I've never been to before. My own personal Revisited No.12........ It's Monday morning and I'm at work with a half day holiday planned. My partner calls to say her mum's been taken into hospital with pains in her chest. Sharon's distraught. The world stands still. Her mum's 200 miles away at the old home in Scotland. Sharon's in bits. I rush home. Calls come in through the day. Mum's ok. Mum's not ok. It's confused. It's not clear exactly what's going on but it's not as bad as first feared we hope. Sharon tells me to go to Leeds. She knows what it means to me. I don't want to leave her. I'm in the car and I'm expecting the call. I'm struggling to find a parking space in Leeds. 10 minutes to spare when I walk into the gig and SMASH are sitting around waiting for the off. I stop and Posted: 12/24/06 13:16
	ed says: Continued..... I stop and smile and say hello. They smile. They don't recognise me. I've changed. I explain and it starts to come back. We hug. I'm home. I meet Helen. Cool. There's about 30 people here tops. It's not what you want. The promoter's not done his job. The support band are finishing up. There's a bloke playing accordion. What's that all about? Support bands, support bands. Invariably they're rotten. Why is that? The boys take to the dressing room cum toilet to prepare. I'm expecting the call. They're on the stage. It's a mix of old and new. It's incredible. It's over. I've shed a tear through Shame - I'm not ashamed. I'm an emotional guy. I've crossed a bridge but I'm on the other side and I'm ok. I took a huge risk but I'm ok. SMASH are back and have something new to say and it's relevant. The old songs are not camped up, they're not cabaret. I'm ok. I've just been visiting old friends and I should have known it all along. I'm sorry. I should never have doubted but you do, don't you? We hug again but I know it's not for the last time this time. You're still a messed up kid, Ed but it makes you what you are. Don't ever change. I'm in the car. I'm home. I never got the call. I slip into bed. It's been an emotional rollercoaster and I'm exhausted. There's never been a day like this. I've got new memories. I cuddle in and fall asleep. All's well in the world again today. You need us like we need you. It's a reciprocal thing. Music's cathartic. Or, should I say, the right music is. Can't wait for the album. It's Got Me Heavy has got to be the single. Don't leave it so long next time, yeah? Take care and give London a kiss from me on the 28th. A good new year to you and yours. Hugs n stuff to the gang of four, Hugh. Posted: 12/24/06 13:25
	ROB says: 'Kin hell Hugh,I'm sitting here around 2ish Christmas morning,polishing off Santas mince pie and whisky and rudolfs fcking carott? again,an feelin a bit emotional.Anyway it was truly great to see you again and cheers for your words.Have a great Crimbo n that.By the way ,me and Big Seano (old punk rocker)saw the Buzzers and the Damned in recent weeks both 'kin great,but I'm glad you made it to leeds and I'm glad we didn't let you down.See you again Rob. Posted: 12/24/06 20:13
	sleeper says: WOW HUGH Posted: 12/25/06 21:36
	Hugh says: Just surfaced after New Year in Scotland and crawled across the border to work this morning. How did the Londinium soiree go on the 28th? Was anyone there? Did they SMASH it up? There's a distinct lack of noise on this one people........ Talk to me! Hugs n stuff, Hugh. Posted: 01/03/07 20:37

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	ROB says: It was a fun day out.I thought we went above and beyond the call of duty.Nice vibe in the venue.Great other bands with drum machines and stuff.All good people ,some old friends,and the LAY-DJ Played Rachel sweets version of B-A-B-Y which sounded ffkin great ,so yeah it was alright.Where were you??. Posted: 12/13/06 17:36
	mrkingruss says: Ah i would have loved to come, but the 9am meeting at work on tuesday morning and the prospect of about 3 hours sleep before hand kind of put me off. I'm annoyed actually because i am going to miss the one in London on the 28th because i am going to be in Cornwall. Damm xmas. HUMBUG! Posted: 12/14/06 10:07
	ROB says: Never mind,I'm sure we'll manage a few gigs in the new year.Album update Its mixed ,just needs mastering.Tracks are,in no particular order.All by myself,Icon,Cried at the time,scratch until you bleed,Its got me heavy,15 years,It's a shame,Only the lonely,Morphine for the pain,Beautiful like peace. Posted: 12/17/06 16:47
	mrkingruss says: Yay to gigs in the new year! Looking forward to new album alot. Will other tracks like Iceberg get a proper release/recording? I know too many questions............ Posted: 12/18/06 17:16
	ROB says: I'm not sure about Iceberg I don't know if Ed will lettuce record it. Posted: 12/18/06 17:19
	ROB says: I'm not sure about Iceberg I don't know if Ed will lettuce record it. Posted: 12/18/06 17:38
	sleeper says: lettuce, that's really corny. Posted: 12/18/06 20:38
	Clare says: Sorry I didn't make it to Leeds Was with you in spirit! The 28th is looking unlikely now too - there are no trains through Gatwick between xmas and new year, so getting there/home looks impossible...... unless a plan b comes up?!?!?!?!? Have a good xmas everyone! Love Clare xXx Posted: 12/19/06 02:23
	mrkingruss says: I am frowning kos of that joke. Somebody please shoot me. Posted: 12/19/06 18:38
	Clare says: "Bang Bang Bang!" Posted: 12/20/06 04:11
	steve says: i was in leeds, thought it was a storming set, but not seen the boys since water rats 2 years ago so any sort of set would have been great. could have done with a few more punters in, don't think the venue promoted it very well, i onlyfound out by accident. hope to see you oop north in the new year? cheers Steve Posted: 12/20/06 08:19
	ROB says: What joke?? Posted: 12/20/06 18:32
	mrkingruss says: Good question! Posted: 12/21/06 20:03
	ROB says: OK I'm sorry,anyway there is a version of Iceberg recorded,but I don't know what the plans are for it.Have a great Crimbo n that,hopefully we'll see you next year. Posted: 12/22/06 04:46
	mrkingruss says: Hee hee hee. Cool, hope the gig on the 28th goes well and i look forward to some SMASHIN*G gigs in the new year. Have a good one. Posted: 12/22/06 18:10
	ed says: A Review of Leeds and a long awaited reunion from HUGH I grew up with punk. The Pistols removed me from my childhood and changed my life but I always had respect for the Damned, the Buzzcocks, the Clash et al. The Anarchy single appeared November '76. Year zero. I was just about to turn 12 (it's actually my 42nd birthday today) and was in the first year in high school (imagine starting high school in the summer of '76 - how lucky could you get, eh?). I love music though my taste is fairly blinkered bordering on eclectic but only 3 bands have ever removed any form of sense and sensibility from me on listening through the years - the Pistols, the early Cure up to the Pornography album and SMASH. It's like falling in love. You know instantly that you've found your soulmate and hearing certain bands for the first time has a similar emotion. All is well in the world. You know the sketch........ Your in the car and Pretty Vacant comes on the radio unannounced and you identify it within the first 3 notes - it's indelibly imprinted in your mind. Suddenly the hairs stand on the back of your neck, your palms sweat, you mistime the gears, you miss the turn to where you were going, you're singing at the top of your lungs and not another soul can hear you but they can see you. Oh yes they can see you and they think you're out there. And you are. You're in a world of your own and nothing else matters. The memories are flooding back. You're pogoing at the under 18's disco - Johnny Rotten's asking you how you're doing as he autographs your 1st pressing copy of Anarchy on EMI at the stage door at Glasgow Apollo (oh yes, the one with the mispressed Chris Thomas production credit on I Wanna Be Me in the black bag - my 12th birthday present from my single parent mum) and you're in a happy place. You're standing before Ed SMASH in the front row of King Tut's and he's inches from you, glaring at you screaming that he's never felt so much shame and you know at the moment he penned that lyric that that was exactly where his head was - you're in an audience of more than a hundred people rammed into a room the size of a biscuit tin and you're in solitude, you're completely unaware of another soul. Then Rob and Salv come in with the beat and bring you back. Please be very aware, the wordsmith doesn't make the band - this is a 3 way thing - the band make the songs - this is no cabaret outfit. You know where I'm coming from........ Cut to present day........ I'm aware of the Damned playing 2nd December in Durham. I'm also aware of the Buzzcocks playing 7th December in Gateshead. I'm also aware of SMASH playing 11th December in Leeds. I'm wetting my pants as my eldest son phones from college back at the old home in Scotland and says he's coming down to Durham and asks if he can take me to see the Damned for my Chrissy present. My best friend's favourite band was the Buzzers and I ask him if he wants to go so he's trying to get off work. I really want to see SMASH. I'm like a kid in a sweet shop. My eldest calls again saying he can't do it which is ok. I understand. My best friend can't get off work for the Buzzers but manages to at the last minute. It's sold out. I curse him but it's ok. I really want to see SMASH again - it's been more than a decade. There's a school of thought that says don't revisit the past as it might disappoint. I'm tortured but I bite the bullet and decide I'm going. I'm risking my very precious memories from the past like staying with them at the b&b after the Forum gig in Tunbridge Wells or, driving round Aberdeen with Salv looking for a club to go to after the Lemon Tree gig or, meeting with the Flying Medallions at the World's End and walking up to the Dublin Castle to watch the SHITE homeless bash or, hugging them for the last time after the Pop Will Eat Itself support slot at the Sands Centre in Carlisle. So many special memories. You never really get to spend time with the band you love. SMASH are different. SMASH are friends. I'm planning the 140 mile round trip to Leeds, a place I've never been to before. My own personal Revisited No.12........ It's Monday morning and I'm at work with a half day holiday planned. My partner calls to say her mum's been taken into hospital with pains in her chest. Sharon's distraught. The world stands still. Her mum's 200 miles away at the old home in Scotland. Sharon's in bits. I rush home. Calls come in through the day. Mum's ok. Mum's not ok. It's confused. It's not clear exactly what's going on but it's not as bad as first feared we hope. Sharon tells me to go to Leeds. She knows what it means to me. I don't want to leave her. I'm in the car and I'm expecting the call. I'm struggling to find a parking space in Leeds. 10 minutes to spare when I walk into the gig and SMASH are sitting around waiting for the off. I stop and Posted: 12/24/06 13:16
	ed says: Continued..... I stop and smile and say hello. They smile. They don't recognise me. I've changed. I explain and it starts to come back. We hug. I'm home. I meet Helen. Cool. There's about 30 people here tops. It's not what you want. The promoter's not done his job. The support band are finishing up. There's a bloke playing accordion. What's that all about? Support bands, support bands. Invariably they're rotten. Why is that? The boys take to the dressing room cum toilet to prepare. I'm expecting the call. They're on the stage. It's a mix of old and new. It's incredible. It's over. I've shed a tear through Shame - I'm not ashamed. I'm an emotional guy. I've crossed a bridge but I'm on the other side and I'm ok. I took a huge risk but I'm ok. SMASH are back and have something new to say and it's relevant. The old songs are not camped up, they're not cabaret. I'm ok. I've just been visiting old friends and I should have known it all along. I'm sorry. I should never have doubted but you do, don't you? We hug again but I know it's not for the last time this time. You're still a messed up kid, Ed but it makes you what you are. Don't ever change. I'm in the car. I'm home. I never got the call. I slip into bed. It's been an emotional rollercoaster and I'm exhausted. There's never been a day like this. I've got new memories. I cuddle in and fall asleep. All's well in the world again today. You need us like we need you. It's a reciprocal thing. Music's cathartic. Or, should I say, the right music is. Can't wait for the album. It's Got Me Heavy has got to be the single. Don't leave it so long next time, yeah? Take care and give London a kiss from me on the 28th. A good new year to you and yours. Hugs n stuff to the gang of four, Hugh. Posted: 12/24/06 13:25
	ROB says: 'Kin hell Hugh,I'm sitting here around 2ish Christmas morning,polishing off Santas mince pie and whisky and rudolfs fcking carott? again,an feelin a bit emotional.Anyway it was truly great to see you again and cheers for your words.Have a great Crimbo n that.By the way ,me and Big Seano (old punk rocker)saw the Buzzers and the Damned in recent weeks both 'kin great,but I'm glad you made it to leeds and I'm glad we didn't let you down.See you again Rob. Posted: 12/24/06 20:13
	sleeper says: WOW HUGH Posted: 12/25/06 21:36
	Hugh says: Just surfaced after New Year in Scotland and crawled across the border to work this morning. How did the Londinium soiree go on the 28th? Was anyone there? Did they SMASH it up? There's a distinct lack of noise on this one people........ Talk to me! Hugs n stuff, Hugh. Posted: 01/03/07 20:37

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