Hi all - we’ve just signed up another gig - bit short notice but hey…
We’re going to be playing at 12 Bar, on Westcott Place in Swindon, on 23rd July supporting We Push Buttons and Decora (check them both out!)
The good news is that while this gig is £5 to gain entry, we’ve been told that we can give a list of names to the promoter and those people will get in for just £4 - that’s 20% guys and gals - not to be sniffed at!
So we thought the fairest thing to do was put everyone on our mailing list down on the concession list. If everyone can make it, then we’re going to have a great show! So if you’re not on the mailing list yet, sign up below and if you are then you’re getting in cheap anyway - but don’t stop there. Get your friends, mothers, sisters and brothers to sign up (and anyone else you can think of) and most importantly, get along to the gig!
OK, it’s been too long - especially as it’s over a week since our most important event so far this year.
In case you haven’t heard already, we performed at the Live & Unsigned Regional Semi-Finals on March 29 at St George’s, Bristol. We all had a really cool time, especially as we were joined by around 25 faithful friends, family and supporters on a coach for the evening. Beer was dispensed, laughter was heard and we did our thing on stage to the sound of cheering and people singing along.
Following a mention from the judges during an unscheduled pause in the show (that unfortunately we didn’t hear directly but fortunately did hear about a lot on the way home!), we waited backstage with the 14 other acts to await our fate.
Knowing we had done our best, we weren’t dreading or anticipating - we were just there, waiting until we heard our name called first by the presenters on stage… and after a split second as it sunk in, there were four cries of YES! from the humble members of The Knott as we bounded down the stairs to take our place in the Finalist line-up on stage.
We’ve already written new song for the final, called ‘Live In Doubt’, which we debuted on Saturday in the Town Centre - more on that in a minute. But basically we’re just so excited for the next stage now and we’re hoping we can better the supporter figures on 20th April this month. We’re doing well already having sold just over a third of the coach seats already. If you want tickets, email us using the address on our contact page. Tickets are just £15 including the coach and we may even chuck in some beer as well (should you wish to partake - it’s not obligatory). You can get tickets from us without the coach as well, just £7.50.
If you DO want to catch the coach though, please contact us quickly, these tickets are going fast. Especially since we found out on 3 April that Sky TV have just commissioned the rest of the competition to be broadcast in a series on Red TV (Sky 186) starting on April 22, 2 days after our Final.
We are only 1 performance standing between us and the National Finals, we can’t wait and it would mean a lot to us if you were there too!
OK, so what else has been going on? Well on Saturday 5 April, we performed outside The Parade as part of Frequently in Swindon. Swindonweb.com were there too, filming each band’s performance.
A video of our performance of Gone Fishing is below…
as well as the interview that we did with SwindonWeb…
And then, yesterday (Sunday, 6th) we went back into Brunel FM for a chat with them about the L&U competition, the results of which (in case you missed it) can be heard in their podcast on the website, although, again, I’m just waiting to receive an mp3 and I’ll be posting it here when I do. Also, make sure you listen during the evenings this week on 107.7FM in the Swindon area as you may just hear a couple of Knotty mentions during the prime-time shows - as well as a possible play of Gone Fishing.
Ultimately, we think the motto of this post is that we are blessed with great fans, great family and friends, great friends in the local media all of whom genuinely want to suppport what we’re doing and we can’t thank you all enough!
Well, we came second in the competition being run by GWR FM (our local radion station - or one of them) and we lost to a local band called Otoko - which apparently means “men” or “guys” in Japanese I believe (bit of useless information there…).
Anyway - I digress. Lee & I popped along to The Vic tonight to check them out and I managed to capture this video of them. There’s a couple of songs here. All I will say is it’s not the performance The Knott would have given!
The first song I didn’t catch the title of but the second was called “Black Sheep”
Ladiess & Gentlemen.. for your entertainment, Otoko…
Hey, this has got to be our first post in months. Well it feels like years to be honest!
But there is important news. Andy is back from Afghanistan and, bored of being shot at and having rockets fired in his general direction, he’s looking to leave the RAF meaning that we shouldn’t have to go through such an extended break again! YAY!!
However, he can’t leave until he’s found something else to do so if anyone’s got a job that might interest a genius guitarist who’s also a dab-hand as an Electrical Engineer then get in touch with him through this website. Jobs must be in the Swindon/Lyneham/Chippenham sort of area. There must be something out there!
Anyway - enough of the begging. We had our first rehearsal in two months on Thursday and it was awesome. I think all of us were pleasantly surprised with how well it went. So now we’re just focusing on getting things right for our warm-up gig on 9th December at The Grapes in Swindon and then our full on return to glory at the newly opened 12Bar in Swindon on 21st December. That gig, we’re supporting the Citizens and it’s going to be an awesome blow-out just in time for Xmas… can’t wait.
We’re going into the studio tomorrow to re-record Politics for Lunch with our new drummer Roy. Roy only had about 4 weeks with us before Andy left for Bliar’s war (no that’s no spelling mistake) so we didn’t have a chance to get a recording with him on it. However, there’s an EP selection ‘contest’ happening in Swindon that we want to get in on and the closing date is 1st December so we want to get it re-recorded for that.
The organisers of this EP are trying to find the best tracks from the best local bands and basically, it’s going to be a Bands vs DJs affair. What this means is, on one hand, the bands’ original recordings will be on the disc but then the tracks are going to be remixed by local DJs too - giving everyone some exposure. Great idea and we hope that Politics For Lunch will get picked for the track-list.
Which brings me neatly on to the YouTube business. Back in the day (before the war took our Andy away), a local band called The Knott went into the studio and recorded a song (PFL). After their drummer quit (Sam - remember him?) they went into a Video Studio and pranced around like idiots in front of a Green Screen. A very well spoken gentleman named Mark Newson then took all the resulting film, chucked in some lovely edits and royalty free clips and made the following video. Unfortunately, Roy wasn’t with us then and, therefore doesn’t appear in the video, but we’ll be reshooting in the future so don’t worry - you’ll get to see our drummer-boy in the near future.
You’ll notice that the video is 6 minutes long while the song’s only about 2 minutes 40 itself … that’s because there are actually two versions in one here. The first is in colour and the second, although exactly the same, is in black and white. Anyway, we’ve had this knocking about for a couple of months now and now, for the whole world to see through the magic of YouTube is Politics For Lunch by The Knott…
Hi all - we’ve just signed up another gig - bit short notice but hey…
- but don’t stop there. Get your friends, mothers, sisters and brothers to sign up (and anyone else you can think of) and most importantly, get along to the gig!
OK, it’s been too long - especially as it’s over a week since our most important event so far this year.
And then, yesterday (Sunday, 6th) we went back into Brunel FM for a chat with them about the L&U competition, the results of which (in case you missed it) can be heard in their podcast on the website, although, again, I’m just waiting to receive an mp3 and I’ll be posting it here when I do. Also, make sure you listen during the evenings this week on 107.7FM in the Swindon area as you may just hear a couple of Knotty mentions during the prime-time shows - as well as a possible play of Gone Fishing.