this
is the news ...
10/3/8
the single is out! hurrah! it's available to buy / mail order on 7" from businessman records, that's ... businessman records and spillers or from any forthcoming gindrinker / businessman records gigs or events. or for anyone living in the future today it's downloadable from kimberley records. hopefully more stockists / outlets to be announced soon. although it'll probably be available for pennies on ebay within a month.
p.s. hope you both had a good christmas and are thus far having a happy new year. (note to self: update website more.)
7/11/7
because i like writing down palendromic dates.
also, it's approx two days to swn festival and it's just been announced/suggested/confirmed that prior to our evening show in buffalo bar (w/ dj scotch egg and charlottefield, onstage approx 9pm) we will be performing a short set in spiller's records (on the pallet at 5.15pm) with bass clef and (possibly) cate le bon. please come. i assume the spiller's one is free even if you (like me) are too tight to buy a wristband but probably best check local press for details (as they say). see you there or there or not isn't it?
17/10/7
possibly a bit late by now but there we go: please buy this months "plan b" magazine (the one with scout niblett on the cover) for exclusive gindrinker related recorded content.
thanks.
5/9/7
Hello there. Apologies for lack of new News of late. Both of us moved house, the Middleton/Sell/Harrison computer was down for a while (the Gates computer being a notebook and telephone), yadda yadda yadda. Hope you are well, all three of you. Anyway, after our hiatus - one gig in August: eleven people turn up - we have some new dates, which are listed in the gigs section. Not sure we should be listing the DJ Scotch Egg/Charlottefield gig yet, as L#1 haven't given out the prices, but to hell with that. We have a couple of new songs: Work it out, a personal attack from God Almighty on one of His subjects (hit single potential), and Hanging is too good for these... bastards, a solemn reflection on modern twattery. Theremin is repaired (thanks, Ben), infestation of mice in Gates household (offer of cat loan refused), group finally able to rehearse at something approaching concert volume. That's all from me. TTFN, Gates.
THIS JUST IN! Businessman Records may well be releasing a seven-inch single by the group in January, will let you know. But before that happens, they are putting out a platter by Spencer McGarry Season, which will no doubt rule. So buy it when it hits the shops, later this month.
There may be other recording news to follow, but for now it's... *holds up file* TOP SECRET.
12/6/7
sporadic news brings you the, er, news that we are SUPPORTING THE FURRIES IN CLWB TOMORROW!!! this is very last minute and very exciting. so if you were unfortunate enough to buy tickets for wednesday rather than the other days with good support bands then, sorry, but you're stuck with us. but come and have a look anyway, we're on at 8.30pm i'm told.
aces.
17/3/7
after an aborted attempt last week due to computer faliure (not ours this time) it is hopefully / potentialy a true fact that we will be doing more recording in the next week or so. this is a good thing.
21/2/7
new news new news new news. erm, well, more new links than anything else really. we did our first ever e-mail interview the other day. the results can be found here along with a review of the cdr. thanks ben.
also we have made our first appearance (to my knowledge) on the latest international time wasting phenomenon that is known as youtube. there are videos of our acoustic performances the other week here and with the "full" "orchestra" here. thanks shane. and thanks "orchestra".
3/1/7
well, sorry for the
long silence, this is what happened: computer broke, this town ain’t big enough
for the 22 of us came out, computer got fixed (but due to it being delicate i wasn’t
allowed to download anything to it inc. ftp explorer and html editor. boo!),
finished mixing with gary, cdr demo came out on our 2nd birthday and is available
from us now, downloaded ftp explorer on the sly, it was christmas, it was new
year, it is now. so now you know.
1/10/6
news, everyone! we
are coming to that / big / giddy (depending on your point of view)
also in exciting
news we are going to feature on a compilation cd of
in further exciting news there are gigs aplenty coming up. look on the relevant page please. i'm not going to do a link cos i'm tired and if you need a link to get to another page on this very simple to navigate website wot i done built then you're probably to lazy to leave the house and go and watch bands anyway. so there.
CDR demo will be with us soon. promise.
7/8/6
Exciting news, peeps (or not, as the case may be): we will shortly be releasing a CDR, which will function as both a demo and a first release (i.e. we will be selling it at gigs etc.). It comprizes five tracks, featuring both from our Music Box session, two recorded at Graf's house, and one from the Sweet Baboo bedroom. I am working on artwork as we speak.
Thanks to everyone who attended the gig at Clwb. I was bricking it at the start, as it looked like no-one was going to turn up, but everything went all right at the end. That's the first time we've ever done an encore, even if it was one verse of an old English folk song (see? I can sing, just not in a 'rock' fashion, and anyway I choose not to). Nothing now 'til next month, when the CDR should be ready... Hang in there, kids.
17/5/6
Boom! Once more, the clarion call of the GD news agency is at large! A brief note, dear readers, to explain the current hiatus and our lack of recent performances. As a result of our D.I.Y. ethos, we only play concerts if we are asked to, and no one has asked for a while - so the merry month of May has been gin-free. Sorry. Patience, my friends, patience!
Porthcawl was surprisingly enjoyable. We didn't get bottled off (which I
thought might happen), but that was mainly the result of approximately twelve
people turning up... ah well. The fake snow machine is the best thing ever seen
at a venue yet - more places should have one - and prices were very cheap
indeed. It was almost like being in a smaller, less shitty version of
We may have some recordings out soon, which will mainly be given away or sold at gigs. I've just listened to a live recording (by Gary Anderson) from last November, and *sighs* it's pretty good, although I sound like a young MES with a cold. Ho-hum, all lo-fi fun, innit bwt...
19/4/6
it's my birthday. thanks.
also it's the 1st anniversary of this website. one day we might even finish making it.
3 days until
porthcawl. hurrah! also there's possibly another
29/3/6
Hello,
dear readers, and how are you? We've not been up to much this month, although
the
24/2/6
well, i've just discovered that while we were busy performing the real thing in clwb last sunday mr adam walton was providing those unfortunate enough not to make it with a taste of what they could have won. yes kids, gindrinker on the radio! whoop! the afformentioned mr walton apparently played "hey! greengrocer" between a session track from the physicists and someone called hotel motel on his magical mystery tour show on radio wales. we thank him eternally.
click here quickly to "listen again" to the whole show.
20/2/6
pointless update to keep people interested ... well, we've just finished our clwb "residency" and very good it was too. we really enjoyed all the bands we got to play with / against. except one. who shall remain nameless. next stop howard gardens ... also, in geek news: i was pleased to note last night that the sampler that i use is EXACTLY the same as one of whitehouse's. i bet they didn't buy theirs off of ebay though.
also, many apologies to the person who got charged for a badge last night (the horror!). i forgot to make a sign saying that they were free so one of those enterprising souls of that fucking tank decided that 50p was a fair price. bless him for trying to help, but sorry to the unfortunate customer. please bring your reciept to one of us and we'll give you a full refund.
yours sincerely,
g/d inc., customer relations department
13/1/6
happy new year y'all. sorry for the long silence but first it was christmas, then it was new year, then the computer went into a coma for a while, then it was now.
there has been a slight delay on the mixing front but not to worry, "gindrinker live in dempsey's" or whatever it gets called will be with us soon.
loads of exciting gigs coming up (lookee here) in the next few weeks including this and this. oh yes.
see you there is it? remember those lovely badges are still avliable at all shows.
21/11/5
well, the live
recordings are due to be mixed by sir
still looking for ideas for the gindrinker birthday / christmas blow out ... let us know if you have any good ones going spare ...
8/11/5
Although our set went very well on All Saint's Day, the gig was beset with problems. Apart from bands pulling out, (see below), LCJ had their car (and their equipment) stolen, meaning nightmarish train journeys for all concerned. One point about the gig: if you're going to see a show that your friends are promoting, isn't it polite to at least come and see the other bands as well? We didn't want to headline, as that would have been vain of us, but if it would have meant people staying, well...
Thanks
to Uncle Gary for recording us - we'll let you know what's going to happen with
that soon enough.
Now,
next week's show is 14-plus, so if you are of a youthful appearance, please
bring some photo ID (passport or driver's, basically), or no beer for you.
If
anyone has any suggestions for something for us to do for our first anniversary
next month, let us know through the usual channels. Otherwise see you soon,
kiddiewinks.
18/10/5
the $hit have had
to pull out of our halloween / saint's day show in dempsey's. this is
unfortunate but i hope to get them to
the first peel day
was a very succesfull night. we played on definitely the oddest bill in
cardiff (no mean feat when scotch egg and friends are mashing up the barfly at
the same time!) and i was pleasantly surprised that so many people showed up
when there were so many other quality gigs going on all around at the same
time. so, yeah, thanks everyone! and if you didn't come see us, then that's ok
also. for once we can safely asssume you have a good excuse.
also, in case you
are not yet aware, we have finally got some songs up on the tintermaweb. these
are "greengrocer" and "covered in bugs" and they are
avaliable to listen on our shoddy
excuse for a myspace page. if anyone knows the html or whatever that would
make them avaliable for streaming or whatever from this site then please please
please email
us. but in the meanwhile, go have a listen over there. thanks.
22/9/5
good
times last monday. real good times. it's not often we get to be the
"pop band" of the piece, the one's with "proper tunes and
everything" but it was ace. not sure if my ears will ever be the same
again but, hey, who needs 'em?
just to clarify,
the martini's will NOT be playing our haloween party because ff vinyl have
packed them off on a tour or something instead, which is fair enough. the $hit,
however, ARE bringing their "electro-punk, casio-crunk,
fuck-rock, glitch-pop" to our haloween party. not sure if they are
also bringing the $hitettes cheerleading troupe but here's hoping! other
bands still to be confirmed as well as (quite probably) last gang in town djs.
this should be a belter.
also, there are
still plenty badges left of both types (they were under the counter on monday
- someone forgot to put them all out). they will be avaliable from the
shows and i will also try and keep a stash on me at all times (except maybe in
the shower, in bed, etc. etc. but you know what i mean) so please, if you want
one, just ask!
15/9/5
we got badges! they
finally arrived this morning and (if i may say so myself) look awesome. there
are two designs, one is "gindrinker" written in the scrawly
way you can see above and the other is this logo.
it is all very exciting for us. they will be avaliable from the gig on monday and, if you are in luck, from me in
person in general.
in other exciting
news, i hear that we get a mention in the nme student guide (out this week).
unfortuantley it is under pubs rather than bands, but, what do we expect?! we
still get to see our name in print which is nice. (p.s. i haven't read it yet
so i'm not sure of the full context but it seems to be a Good Thing)
12/9/5
Thanks
to all those who turned up on the second of the month. No thanks at all to
those who turned up and then spent the rest of the time talking over the bands
and generally milling around like the despearate popinjays that you are. If you
want to act like Nathan Barley types, then fuck off after you've paid, you
schmucks. GRRR! Anyway, we have some new dates lined up for October: in
Dempsey's on the 13th (with Debi, and Sophie I Love You, Sophie I'm Dead),
the 22nd, in Swansea (featuring the excellent Licking Chocolate Jesus amongst
others) and - fingers crossed - the 31st, in Clwb Ifor Bach,
Cardiff (Martini Henry Rifles, and some others when this gets confirmed).
Bit nervous about next week (in Clwb, see listings passim), but I could
say that about every performance. It's when I start getting confident
about these things that you have to worry... TTFN, Gates.
p.s. i
(graf) hasten to add ... not all of these gigs/bands are confirmed this is
all just a heads up. cheers. wait for more news before booking flights / taking
time off work / etc. etc.
also ... our
first lot of merch is in the post! apparently. should be ready for mondays
gig though. hopefully.
19/8/5
hmm, yes, ahem. it
appears i agreed to do a gig in early september (the 2nd infact) at the
dempsey's (our spirit-ual home (do you see what i did? clever innit?)) but i
had hitherto forgoten about it and hence the gates never even heard about it
until there were flyers. whoops. anywho, see (as ever) ye
olde gigs page for details.
also, thanks to
everyone who came/helped/conquered last tuesday. i had great fun even if nobody
else did (what is with the sitting down all night? the chairs were taken away
for a resaon, hippy scum! p.s. we loves you really!).
a belated happy
birthday is due to the sof and a belated happy leaving work is due to the anna.
big gin soaked love to you both.
this weekend i'm
mostly off to the green man festival. yay, even more hippies! whoop de woo!
15/8/5
ok, gig tomorrow.
huzzas! if you are on the mailing list and are wondering why you haven't
had an email about the gig or anything then it's because the stupid tintermaweb
has swallowed my address book and i'm too tired right now to recompile it. grr.
that is what i say. grrr. maybe if i just shout into cyberspace
then you might hear it anyway ....
GIG!
TOMORROW! DEMPSEY'S! LOOK AT GIGS PAGE!
ok, finished now.
12/8/5
Ahoy,
dear reader! Let it be known that our set on the sixteenth (next Tuesday, fact
fans) will feature some slightly different versions of some of our more
'famous' tunes. I doubt the whole "I was fucking a side of ham..."
nonsense will be there, although I may revert back to it if desperate/drunk
enough. New material will also be played, much of it incorporating the devilish
sounds of the sampler. Oh yes: Last Partisan have confirmed as openers, which
is very noble of them. If you're going to come to this, please arrive early, as
Herr Chapple's gang sold the place out last time (see below). I believe
he's having another jumble sale, so bring some change. Last time, I got three
books for one pound...yowsa! Oh, and we might have some merch by the
time of the Lesson No.1 gig *rubs hands in avaricious fashion* next month.
Thank 'ee, Gates.
19/7/5
just got home
from another thoroughly enjoyable lesson no.1 gig featuring
steveless, shooting at unarmed men and duracell in dempseys. what an awesome
night. i don't think i've ever seen the place so full, not even on a twisted
birthday! ah yes, what of the news? i hear you ask. and as this is the news
page you have every right to. well... the news is this: shooting at unarmed men
(featuring ex mcluskite jon chapple and simon alexander of king alexander fame)
have confirmed their willingness to appear as headliners at our august gig. for
full details see the gigs page.
also we have been
cordially invited to join the bill of the next lesson no.1 show in clwb ifor
bach also featuring usa is a monster, dj scotch egg, consumer electronics
(apparently this is someone from whitehouse, yay!) and riotmen. this all takes
place on monday september 19th and will only cost
you five of those pounds to get in. frankly, i think that's a bargain. check
the lesson no.1 site
for details etc.
and finally... if
you haven't seen the flaming lips dvd, fearless freaks, yet then i advise you
do so (as we did the other day instead of practising!). even if you don't care
for the band as such it is still an excellent film/documentary. but obviously
you don't have to take my word for it.
16/7/5
it's official.
gindrinker will be continuing what is fast becoming their bi-monthly
residency upstairs in the dempseys in EXACTLY ONE MONTHS TIME. support
will come in the shape of the debut performance of the hornby pylons whilst the
headline act is still to be confirmed, although i will say i am quite excited
by the possibilites as they stand. that's all i have to say except ... hello
mom! nice holiday?
1/7/5
we have started a
"stuff" page (it is here)
which i only advise you look at if you are really bored or want to learn more
about everything. there is also very loose talk of a gig in july / august with
a well known
22/6/5
Fun
is had as we enlist a press officer, one Dagda Sevit. Translvanian by birth,
Dagda is one of the most articulate people we know, and we hope he will
become "the voice of Gindrinker", if not the generation. Take it
away, Mister Sevit! Oh yeah, you should really buy The R. Crumb Handbook. It's
ace.
14/6/5
(it's just gone
midnight) actualy there is some news. i (graf) will be djing upstairs
in the dempseys on wednesday night (15th) as part of the newly
christend LAST GANG IN TOWN (we decided "sh*t as f*ck", whilst very
apt, probably wouldn't be too popular) dj collective type thing we invented.
this is at a sweet baboo (1st time as a 4 piece) and broken leaf (teflon monkey
2: the revenge) gig. doors probably about 8pm (i guess) and the dance
party action will hopefully go on until 1am if enough people turn up and keep
buying booze. oh yeah, and dancing. please.
13/6/5
no
actual gindrinker news, but i've just realised i'm £8 over my overdraft
limit. aaargh! all donations gratefully recieved. thanks. or, even better ...
put a show on, let us play, then pay us handsomley. just a thought ...
2/6/5
ha! i got a kazoo,
what about you?!
17/5/5
big thanks to
everyone on sunday for not throwing things or pulling the plugs out. due to
what we'll call a "communication breakdown" we were left without a
profesional p.a. wrestler (sound person) which meant i got my first taste of
mixing bands (thanks guys!) hence the stress levels were high so
the anti-nerve juice flowed a bit more freely than was intended. oh well,
it's all in a nights work! also my £2 off of e-bay guitar lead decided to melt leaving
me no option than to swing it round like a skipping rope in an attempt to make
a connection. the ed gave me a stern lecture and told me to burn it
so i think i'm going to make a video of that act and put it up here for
everyone's enjoyment.
many apologies to chay
for getting caught in the cross fire. you know that we know that it wasn't your
fault. also many thanks to the ed for saving our asses, steve baboo and
andy partisan for the loan of mics and stands and mr evans for looking after
the door.
11/5/5
wow, over a week
with no updates. we must have been busy! well, a little bit. on sunday
also there have
been some new aditions to the FAMILY. thanks to the combined joys of a certain
well known on line auction site and birthday money i have bought myself
a STYLOPHONE (£8 inc. postage - bargain!) and a SAMPLER. so look out for
some even MORE ANNOYING noises coming from the corner of the
room (it seems a bit over enthusiastic to call it a stage) at
dempsey's THIS SUNDAY!
look forward to
seeing everyone on SUNDAY (May 15th) for our 1st HEADLINE show.
also looking forward to last partisan (unfortunatley drewless) and
kutosis both in PARTY mood for paul's birthday. also there is a
possibility that there might be some g.d./l.p. crossover D.J. SHENNANIGANS (the
innagural efforts of "sh*t as f*ck djs") but we'll have to wait and see.
3/5/5
Yesterday
both members of G/D attended a concert by Weird War,
27/4/5
just added two more
photos from saturday (taken by mr pattison) to the "live" pictures
page (click here). very
atmospheric they are too.
26/4/5
last saturday saw
our first jaunt out of
19/4/5
we played clwb
supporting electric eel shock (awesome!) and weapons of mass belief (hmm) . it
was all good fun despite the fact that because it was my birthday we were too
busy celebrating to write a set list and that my guitar finally broke down
into the coughing spluttering mess of wood and electronics that it was
always destined to become. ho hum. maybe some pictures from the ever
photographing simon ayre will be posted soon. or maybe not. it's a mystery.
also i bought the
rights to this 'ere webspace. yay!