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		John ye Bagman's Cyberspace Shed... Medway Towns, London and South East United Kingdom Profile Views: 7697 Last Login: 1/4/2010
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Last updates: November 2009

Member Since	2/5/2006
Band Members	JOHN ye BAGMAN; Medway based Anti-'Muso' Musician, Scrap Instrument Maker, Morris Dancer, Culture Vulture, Historian, Sceptic, Science Freak, occasional Artist, sometime Film Extra and all round Nice Guy!
Instruments	Rickenbacker 4001 Bass, Electric Resonator Mandolin, Autoharp, Rope Tensioned Drums, Synthesizers, Atari 1040st Newcomen Engine, PLUS the infamous... Home Made Hurdy Gurdy!
Sounds Like	Yes, I do like the sounds...
Influences	Growing up in the 70's, Glam Rock before aspiring to be a Teddy Boy. So classic 1950's Rock'n'Roll/Rockabilly rocked my world until the NWOBHM arrived in 1979. Through that and later the 80's Sheppey/Medway band scenes, I became far more eclectic. Eventually taking in... DIY punk 70's Prog/Kraut/Psych Rock Trad English Folksong 70's Folk-Rock Southern Boogie 30's Folk-Blues Old-Time/Bluegrass 60's Freakbeat 60's British Blues 70's Essex R&B/Pub Rock 60's Ska 70's Dub Gothic, Movie Soundtracks Folksong/Oral Histories Spoken Word The BBC Radiophonic Workshop The Goon Show and anything else eccentric or perverted that makes a sound.
Specifically?	What about... Tangerine Dream, Hawkwind, Motorhead, Fugazi, Gene Vincent, Bo Diddley, The Deviants, MC5, Ozrics, Lieutenant Pigeon, Fairport Convention, John Lee Hooker, Mr Fox, Pink Floyd, Steel Pulse, The Orb, Augustus Pablo, Kate Bush, Dub War, Kraftwerk, Culture Shock, Alan Stivell, Vangelis, Twelfth Night, The Subhumans, Zodiac Mindwarp, Porcupine Tree, Can, The Specials, The Damned, Focus, Atomic Rooster, Neu!, Woody Guthrie, Paescod, Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, Marillion, Fields of the Nephilim, Lee Perry, Ennio Morricone, Incredible String Band, Groundhogs, Ian Dury, The Exploited, Mike Oldfield, Mike Harding, plus classic Isle of Sheppey bands; Torture, Mean Streak, The Commited, All Flags Burn and Criminal Brainstorm ...to name but a few (in spirit of, if not in practice!)
Record Label	'OWW' for my music 'Beer Cart Records' for the Morris related recordings
Record Label	OWW (DIY Label)
Type of Label	Indie

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About Off-World Workshop

The 'Off-World Workshop' was originally the name given to my rather Heath Robinson recording experiments, made using low end, domestic, retro or obselete technology.

It has since come to represent the roof under which my other creative frustrations and interests can find an online home...

Off-World Workshop - Video
Youtube Channel. Started in the wake of playing around with a camcorder, and exploring the possibilities of Videography. Channel hosts all the OWW's Music related Video's, plus others of subjects that interest or amuse me.

Off-World Workshop - The Blog
I've begun writing stuff lately and was recently published in a journal. Nothing special, and it's not something I aim to take very seriously. Just jotting's on various subjects, often with a Medway/Kent twist, as and when they take my fancy. Note: For reasons best known to Myspace, Blogspot links may not work. If so, just cut and paste http://offworldworkshop.blogspot.com/ into your Browser.

Latest Off-World Music VLog...

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All the Music related videos.

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1. A New Live Band? YES!

Its been a long time but, I've got them 1970's 3 piece Heavy Metal Dirty Space Rock Blues Again...

Something in the mould of Hawkwind, Groundhogs, Pink Fairies, Motorhead etc... with the use of Phasers, Delays, Wah-Wah's and added Synthy wooshing noises...

Any keen Guitar-Vocals-Drums etc in Medway? Get in touch and perhaps we'll make a racket....

2. The Planulid

This is my Krautrock/Radiophonics self indulgent, home studio project...
The Planulid

3. Ancestral Vices

Another piece of self indulgence but based on Folk music and instruments. So a mix of the Experimental and Traditional.
Ancestral Vices

Linked to this project, was the construction of...
Home Made Hurdy Gurdy

Wolf's Head & Vixen Morris

I'm also a founder member of Wolf's Head & Vixen Morris: Providing Gothic Morris to the World, since 1995!
Wolf's Head & Vixen Morris

Footage of the me performing with the Side can be found on the...
Wolf's Head & Vixen Youtube Channel

Previous Bands

My first real band back in 1987...
Dresden Style

Experimental stuff from the early 90's... (Under Construction)
Zen Bones

Off-World Workshop's Friend Space (Top 24)

Off-World Workshop has 491 friends.

Motorhead

Space Ritual

HAWKWIND

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The Commited

All Flags Burn

Criminal BrainStorm

THE FILTHY STAY PUFT MARSHMALLOW MEN

Ron

Portrait of Insanity

Aggrovator

NoZ

Naked

Medway Eyes

Medway Happenings

Terminal Heads

INSANE SOCIETY

Jack-in-the-Green

Charles Darwin

The Groundhogs & Tony McPhee

NWOBHM

Delta Blues

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Web Design Chic	Dec 30 2009 5:27 PM You are invited to a Birthday Band Bash at THE IVY LEAF BAR, Sheerness, Kent on 22nd Jan 2010 to celebrate Daz Pascalini's 40th Birthday. If you know of any bands that would like to play, please email Spider at designchic@live.co.uk
Tilt	Dec 15 2009 9:11 AM Thanks for the add! http://www.milliondollarwound.co.uk
SHS Promo - NEW YEARS EVE GIG - SHEERNESS	Nov 10 2009 12:44 PM SHS PROMOTIONS PRESENTS MENTALLICA - Europe's No.1 Metallica Tribute band playing over 2 hours of Metallica's back catalogue! - http://www.mentallica.net/ SEVEN YEAR KISMET - Metal from these Sheppey boys, signed to Rising Records and more popular now than ever! - http://www.myspace.com/sykmusic WIRES FAULTY - Metal from Sheppey and probably one of the best local bands on the scene - http://www.myspace.com/wiresfaultyuk REASONABLE DOUBT - Metal from Medway, signed to Casket Music. Their live shows are intense and exciting, evoking power and passion from the pits to the bar - http://www.myspace.com/reasonabledoubt SHATTERPOINT - Rock from Medway, make no mistake these boys like to rock heavy and hard!!- http://www.myspace.com/shatterpointband SATURDAY 14TH NOVEMBER @ THE IVY LEAF BAR, HOTEL PASSAGE, SHEERNESS, KENT. DOORS OPEN AT 6PM £6.50 ENTRY ALL AGES!!!
PLAGUE OF DEAD HADDOCK	Nov 9 2009 8:43 PM THANKS FOR THE FRIENDSHIP AND GREAT MUSIC
Rhythm & Roots	Nov 4 2009 8:29 PM Thanks for being a friend! Do you know about the Electric Ball in London on Wednesday November 18? JEFFERSON STARSHIP + QUICKSILVER MESSENGER SERVICE + TOM CONSTANTEN (original Grateful Dead pianist) + more! Please try and make it. It‚Äö√Ñ√¥ll be a ball! Details and tickets from: http://www.rhythmgigs.com
Total Harmonic Distortions	Aug 5 2009 12:02 PM Greetings, I really love the sound of the hurdy gurdy. Cool tunes! Regards, Griff Kinsey
Heavy Load	Feb 22 2009 7:08 PM Hi Thanks for being our friend Do you love George Michael? Love Heavy Load (To find out about the movie about us please see www.heavyloadthemovie.com )
The Invisible Band!	Sep 29 2008 6:43 PM Nice sounds.... keep at it. Thank you for your support and greetings from Second Life where it's always a festival!
Kent TV	Aug 5 2008 2:32 PM NICE HOME MADE HURDY GURDY DUDE...
Agony Bag	Feb 17 2008 12:06 PM Hello! So many different musical styles on your player...great stuff! A real surprise!!! Wonderful that you sent a request! Best wishes, AGONY BAG/BLACK WIDOW/PESKY GEE!
Steve Grimmett - Solo Artist / Grim Reaper Online Now!	Nov 26 2007 12:42 PM Thanks for the friends request John, all the best, Steve & the boys.
Here&Now	Mar 31 2007 7:45 AM Cor! That sounds like proper Punk! Zut Alors! Le Missile
Thunderstick	Mar 28 2007 5:10 PM Were you in Hythe last year ? THUNDERSTICK
bernietorme	Nov 6 2006 11:08 PM ah there's no doubt ye can't beat th'oul atari, at least they feckin worked! thanks for the add, cool friends, keep on rocking! Get Guy McCoy Tormé - GMT's "Bitter & Twisted" - New CD! GMT Rocks!
Helen Back	Jul 13 2006 8:59 PM Ha! Two at once, you say? Lucky you! Actually, Jess found me and I then found you through her. Must be Autoharpoon Week or some such, ya think? Helen Back
Jess Deveen!	Jul 12 2006 10:56 PM I have fallen for your music! It is really quite intriguing!! Wow the 6 bars are darling and have a cool sound!! The Sonata autoharps are hard to find around here. I have 3 as well. One is an antique 15 chord Oscar Schmidt from the 40s (I think) its the first one I bought and it is in sad shape. The one I mostly play is a typical modern OS 21, and my prize is the one pictured my vintage 60s Sekova electric chromaharp. I love them!! Oh yeees I love messing with fx!!!! ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!
Allister Thompson	May 15 2006 11:59 PM Very trippy stuff. Me like. Nik Turner would be proud of you! Thanks for adding.
Hurdy-Gurdy	May 15 2006 1:46 PM Hi! Thanks for the comment. I really hope we'll get to play in the UK soon, after the release of the next album! What you do is really cool, btw. Keep it up! Cheers, Stefan B-F/Hurdy-Gurdy
Spaceseed	Feb 24 2006 5:37 PM http://www.soundclick.com/stations/stations.cfm?id=226672 Mandolins, therimins!!
Scattered Planets	Feb 21 2006 12:00 PM A bit down-tempo... nice mix of space and gloom. Dig it!

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