u2, rem, belle and sebastian, sonic youth, the replacements, robyn hitchcock (he's not shit, really), pixies, kings of leon,cake, the smiths, husker du,the big Lebowsky, the stone roses, idlewild, ivor cutler, manic street preachers, the flaming lips
After years of self-imposed incarceration in a turkish prison, Gareth needed to sit down and relax somewhere, if only he could. He made his way accross europe by rendering services to truck drivers and doing favours for the hungarian mafia, and for a while made a fruitful living as Noel Coward's best boy grip, before finally ending up in Edinburgh, where he, and not for the first time, met Claudio... The shock of peroxide accross his head would be a regular sight down at the city docks for many a long year, like a bobbing buoy.___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A true Glaswegian, Claudio was brought up in the rainy tennements of southern Italy, and thus developed a series of affectations that would earn him the title of Miss Ukraine 3 years running, from 1904 to 1956, and then again from 1977 to 2003. This eastern beauty met Gareth over the lube counter at the pharmacy near Ocean terminal, before being caught by a butterfly-net wielding curator from the museum of modern art, where he is currently on show in the anthropology exhibit.__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Private Major Robbie was cutting a rather dashing figure flying spitfires in the RAF in both wars. Indeed many a war veteran will recount with a glint in the eye of the young buck who would leave a feeling of stinging inadequacy in the barrack wash rooms. Whilst bombing the merry shit out of some scabby colonial villiage outside Sydney, his eyes met Claudio's who had just been granted a reprieve by the local orphanage. With his trusty tranquilliser dart, Robbie, after several direct hits, managed to bring down this man who was surely more hair than man, strap him to the wing of his messcherschmitt, and fly him back to blightly to claim his reward.__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Due to formative years as a regular in the public toilets of Britain, where on seperate occasions he individually met Gareth, Claudio, and Robbie, and then again together on a multiple visit organised by a Gareth's AA group, Nick decided to get on with his life and enrolled in a government program that taught classical deep throating techniques. After swallowing whole fruit for a living, Nick decided it was time to get back on solids.___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Janahan was recruited to The Alibis after Claudio was given 248 consecutive life sentences for following through after asking Princess Anne to pull his finger at the premiere of Milk. Fully aware of the protocols for flatulence in front of royalty, Jan has since made the bassists position his own with some natty bass riffs, impressive footwear and mohawk combo, and earnest child-bearing hips that make the honest denizens of Ilkley Moor Bah Tat go weak at the knees.
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An amazing supporting lineup, full Bombskare set then DJs till 3am. And the album will be onsale, of course... Tickets now available from Ripping Records (Edinburgh) and Tickets Scotland (Edinburgh/Glasgow). £7 in advance.
Hey guys, Good set in Henry's last week, although it was F£^%*^g Freezing!!! good crack anyway though. what are you up to this Sat? Valentines day i hear, what better way than to spend it in Whistle Binkies listening to our music! It will be special, on at 11 and its free!
