THINGUMABOB - Rob Shoard (aka: Rob Thingumabob): Acoustic bass & vocals.
THINGUMAKEV - 'Ukulele' Kev Rogers (aka: Kenneth Jeeves Rochester): Ukulele & vocals.
THINGUMAJACK - Jack Jennings (aka: The General): Ukulele & vocals.
THINGUMACHRIS - Christopher Paul (aka: Pablo Skin-tickler): Snare drum & percussion.
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Any music which makes you sing-along, dance, or feel good when you listen to it and any of the bands & people in our top friends list.
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Us lot at D:Percussion 2007. The fences round our stage got rushed by angry mobs who couldn't get in. The power got cut to our stage just before we played. The police wouldn't turn it back on and we didn't want to miss our chance to play so we unplugged ourselves and busked it. My mate Neil Wilkinson (clearly an absolute legend) videod it for us and put it on Youtube. What a star he is! It was one of our favourite ever gigs. To anyone who watched us there, good on yer. It was a pleasure to play for you. Love Thingumajigs x
A snippet of "Darling I Can't Stand You" from the musical
...Ah yes, and then of course there was our musical "WELCOME TO CLUB VAUDEVILLE" which we wrote with Aidan Smith and the Wits (see our top friends). This is from where the sleazy Jean-Claude (Thingumabob) gets found out by Vivi Vaudeville (played by Katie, the lead Thingumagirl) and Harry the movie producer (Andy Yates from The Wits) and so tells Vivi exactly what he really thinks of her... The musical was great and if you don't believe me then there's a review of the musical in our blog where someone else we don't know says so too! We'll be performing it again in the winter so look out for that.
ThingumaKev's homemade instruments
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ThingumaKev actually made these two instruments himself! He's a genius, don't you think?
THINGUMAJIGS ASSEMBLE... LET’S WAKE THE DEAD! ***Join our email updates list by emailing thingumamail@yahoo.co.uk and asking us to add you to it*** . Foot tapping sing-along happy festival music for all...
Welcome to the on-line virtual home of Thingumabob & the Thingumajigs. We are a Salford based band who play vaudeville cabaret "good time music". Our shows are all about getting everyone into the swing of things. We don’t play moody experimental stuff or virtuoso self-indulgent technical music; instead we play sing-along stuff for you lot, our fans, who we love to bits.
If you appreciate our music then by all means send us a friend request and add yourself to our virtual sphere of friendship, but more important to us is that you please try to come and join us at one of our thinguma-gigs. The songs are good (a veritable gallimaufry of delightful ditties, melodies and serenades some would say) but the performance is what we’re really about. To find out about future thinguma-gigs you can join our email list by emailing thingumamail@yahoo.co.uk and asking us if we’ll add you to our list.
If you come along to one of our events then we promise to try our best to deliver for your aural pleasure, but also to get you rocking, singing and dancing. Leave ego’s and bad moods at the door on your way in because you won’t be needing them. We do what we do because it’s fun for everyone in both the band and the crowd.
In a recent review Thingumabob & the Thingumajigs were called "a great big smile on the usually moody face of the Manchester music scene". We have also been referred to as "Salford’s finest moustachioed vaudeville ukulele band" though we admit, it would be hard to find another band to challenge that title.
Drop beats, not bombs. Make music, not wars. Drink tea, not monkey urine. Thingumajigs is a good time band so always remember to get thingumajiggywithit - YEAH!
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Those photos have been up a while, but i finally got round to tagging them! 9.30/10pm isnt half bad. I can almost definitely make that. Hopefully see you there guys, R
Cheers for the add. Photos of you supporting Aidan Smith at the art of tea are on my profile in the pics section in an album cunningly labelled "Thingumabob & the Thingumajigs supporting Aidan Smith" and they are also tagged to your profile.
"Drapes of Black" is the new single from Aidan Smith's new album, Allotments. It was played on Radcliffe and Maconie's show on Radio 2 on Monday and is in this week's Pick and Mix!
Go here to vote for Aidan to get played on their show every day next week!
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THE ANHEDONY DOMAIN ! now available on SAMMATH NAUR Profile!
"With great pleasure Sammath Naur would like to announce, that new track from upcoming EP "The Anhedony Domain" is now available. SN have recorded 4 songs and now are looking for a label. Hopefuly they will be able to inform about their new publisher soon.
You can listen to the new song on our MySpace profile"
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I've not managed to come and see you in a while, which is a great shame. My mini-tambourine is rapidly descending into a state of depression, due to the fact it has not been to a Thingumajig-themed fun time gathering for ages!!
I will make extra effort to come and see you guys soon, Ross
A musical??!! Please tell me it involved a few of my favourite imaginary bears! Im good! Not much happening at the moment had a bit of writers block for a while! Explain this musical?! How and when, where can i see it!?
hey there ! come along to a party at jubilee house salford , we'll be playing some magical tunes and creating all kinds of mischief and madness , taking away all youre worries and sadness , with asong and a rhyme, youll be happy all the time, and your faces will be filled with gladness
cheers liking the tunes i told a few of my mates to go see you at euro culture they enjoyed the binary solo , were all having a bit of a party at jubilee house salford near castle irwell this weekend come along
thank you so much for your fantastic rock opera on saturday at MAPS Festival! It was definately one of the highlights of the weekend. What a talented bunch you really are!
Excellent thingumytheatre on Saturday. I was worried about the French accent (especially when I heard a real one in the crowd behind me) until it became clear it was supposed to be fake.
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