Don't Start A Band!

I started a book last week, it's called 'Kill Your Friends' and is written by John Niven. It's very good, and if you're interested in music industry you should go and read it.

That's an excellent passage that I'd like to copy out for you, I'm not sure if it's legal, but I'm going to do it anyway, hopefully the author won't be a totall dick if he sees this, becasue it is essentially an advert for his book!

It's a chunk about what is most likely to heppen to you if you get signed.

and I just started and have decided to give up as the chunk is far too long. I don't know how much experience the author has in in the industry but if the book is based on any fact at all then every musician in the world is fucked. The industry is filled with uncaring coked up evil assholes who hate you, your band and everything you like.

I can't wait to get a job!

Leg!-End X

Well, it's one of my bands last gigs next week. I'll rather sad about it actually, but I feel it is for the best. With two members going away it's too much to try and replace them, and with a name as silly as ours, it's probably not a bad idea! I've had some great times with the band, including one of my two best gigs (Astonbury 2008) and got some great friends out of it. I'll miss playing, but the songs will live on in our hearts, and maybe on record too if I get organised enough!

The last gig is on the 2nd of July in the Sound Bar in Birmingham. It'd mean a lot to me if you were there.

Leg!-End X are truely legends, everyone that's ever played, and been a part of the band is a legend, and Steve-O the man behind it all, the driving force and inspiration should go down in history.

Best frontman in the world, just the worst at it!

Love you LEX!

My Face!!!!

So, most of you that know me will know I had a nice piercing below my left eye. It looked well sexy and all that. Well yesterday I went kite-boarding with housemate Tim, we quickly abandoned the board though as boards are slow and the wind was fast. We took it in turns getting some pretty cool jumps, moon landing stylee and dicking about. There's a few videos that may be added to facebook later. It was all going well, untill a rather big gust pulled me up, and while in the air the kite decided to nose dive, pulling me much faster than expected and causing me to face plant nicely into the field. Thankfully I missed all the cow shit, but on landing my piercing was ripped out. Cue cries of 'Gnarly' and 'Extreme' while my face bled. After packing up, and finding the bar that used to be in me (still with bits of me attached!) we went to the pub for a quick drink and for me to clean up. The nice guy behind the bar gave me a lovely big blue plaster to put on. Post drinks we went for a board, although Sutton park is rather too flat in the majority for anything good. Still had some fun though.

Good day!

Eyes Set To Kill

Right now I'm listening to Eyes Set To Kill, pretty emo as you may guess, but it's essentially pop, but I'm a sucker for girl fronted stuff (so long as she isn't a prick) so I like them. Heavier than paramore, but we're not exactly talking BMTH here.

There's more - people in the UK go see Out From Animals, I'm going when they're playing in Birmingham on the 23rd. Should be good - I hope.

And if you haven't yet, The Outline - go listen!

Heroica

Are pretty fucking awesome, really mature songwriting and some perfect perfect playing. These guys deserve to be big. serious go look them up on myspace or something

new music

Twin Atlantic and The Outline. Go listen now

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bit of hiking anyone?

so I went hiking with some mates, but this blog is supposed to be vaguley music based so I won't tell you about that, just check out Inas' blog (link lower down somewhere) to find a far better tale than I could write. In the car however I heard the new panic at the disco album, it's very much influenced by the Beatles, and as I'm not a huge fan I thought the album was a huge dissapointment. I liked the first, the catchy pop hooks and chorus's with the indeniably dancey rhythms were great. This is boring though, serious lack of hooks chorus's or rhythms all the way through. I also listened to Muses' Absolution - still shit.

Apart from that. Go camping with your good friends. It's fun.