Keith's
First Blog!
20th
July 2010
Well and
truly back on the road after our initial set-backs
at the start of the year - due to Mark's broken
ankle (and subsequent infections) and James' broken
wrist. Glad to say, both recovering (albeit slowly)
- although Mark still has to play seated to take
the weight off. Don't ask how James manages to
play as well as ever, despite his damaged wrist
- guess you just have to be crazy (or a very good
drummer!)
Shame about the FFrwd being cancelled
this coming weekend. Maybe some other time?
A quick
word of thanks to all those that have helped us
moving our gear in and out at the start and end
of the nights. With Mark and James incapacitated,
we literally would not have been able to do these
gigs without you. We're hoping we may have secured
the services of someone on a regular basis, which
will certainly get us over the problem of having
to line up help at each different venue!
Hope to
see you at O'Niell's on Friday.
Bikes,
Beds & broken bones
18th
June 2010
Hello!
- I'm not sure if you've guessed yet, but... WE'RE
BACK! We've now played a couple of gigs since
recovering from the recent injuries that saw us
cancel quite a few at the start of the year.
James'
wrist is getting back to normal (after he
broke it in a motorbike accident, at first we
were also worried that he may have hurt his head
as well, but he's a drummer, no one's been able
to tell the difference....).
To listen
to him play, you wouldn't know he was playing
with limited movement in his left wrist - he sounds
as awesome as ever (I say reluctantly, you've
heard the phrase "don't feed the animals",
well in this case it's more "don't feed the
animal's ego").
All jokes
aside, we're all extremely happy this hasn't hindered
James' playing which would have seriously affected
his life, and without him, the whole feel of the
band would be changed.
Onto my own ongoing leg injury,
I was making progress before getting struck down
with what seemed to be a never ending infection.
Which as anyone who's seen us recently, has reduced
me to playing sat down for most of the gig's we've
done since our return.
I'm writing this from bed after
leaving hospital for what I hope is the last time,
I've had another operation which should put an
end to my troubles and see myself & therefore
the band back to full strength in no time at all.
thanks for reading, hope to see
you at a gig very soon,
