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LAST MINUTE GIG….MONTO WATER RATS!!!

March 16, 2012
by SCiFi Circus

HEY!!

We’ve just been given a last minute gig for Monday 19th. At the Monto Water Rats.

This is a great venue where a lot of great artists have played – The story goes Bob Dylan played his first UK gig here!

FREE ENTRY GUEST LIST

Best of all, the promoter has told us that anyone on the guest list for The Bowery gig will get FREE ENTRY to this gig. Anyone who isn’t on the guest list for the Bowery but wants to come to this gig lets us know before and we’ll put you on a list that will get you FREE ENTRY!!

We’re due on at 9:45pm so you don’t even need to make it a late one.

Why not kick start the beginning of the week with some High Energy Rock ‘n’ Roll? It’ll make the week go that much better, Promise…

….would we ever lie too you? 😉

Also on the night are Finn Bonel, Rubin, JC Ryan Band, and Rachael McCaul

Look forward to seeing you there. 🙂

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Enterprise

The Enterprise! – Round Up

March 11, 2012
by SCiFi Circus

So, the gig at The Enterprise?

It wasn’t looking too promising to begin with, unfortunately heavy traffic meant that Simon and JD didn’t get there until a little later and we could only get a line check. But everything made a noise and we looked all set.

Unfortunately Simon King’s amp wasn’t quite loud enough for a reason we haven’t been able to really work out. It was certainly a powerful enough amp and the band before us (The Dead Cannons, who’s amp it was) had enough volume coming from it. As it was, some of the songs didn’t quite have the same impact.

As if this wasn’t enough Simon King’s guitar decided to break a string halfway through “All Too Easy”. Ever the professional though he carried on singing while waiting for the appropriate time to dive and pick up the spare guitar before carrying on as if nothing had happened. 🙂

Despite these few hiccups, everything went well. The crowd were great, the engineer (Cliff) was great at giving us a great sound and the two new songs (“The Vice” and “Awake”) went down swimmingly.

Many thanks to Mark at BIG NOTE for the gig, Cliff, the guys from The Dead Cannons for lending us the guitar amp and the Hi-Hat stand, and to everyone who came along.

Cheers 🙂

SET-LIST:

The Call
Sci-Fi Theme
All Too Easy
In Other Words
Nod to J.B
Hammer
Jack Chambers
The Vice
Awake

Enterprise

New GIG…At The Enterprise

February 23, 2012
by SCiFi Circus

Okay, Big Note have kindly given us a new gig at The Enterprise this Saturday (25th Feb).

We due on at: 10:30pm but doors open at 7:30pm

Entry is £5 with a flyer. Either print the one below or come and see us on the night.

Also on the bill are: Dead Cannons, You Save You, and Go Monaco.

With a few new songs to unveil, we hope to see you there for what promises to be a great night. 🙂

Gig

GIG AT THE BOWERY

February 11, 2012
by SCiFi Circus

Hey all,

We are delighted to announce a new gig date as HEADLINE act at THE BOWERY!! with the promoter Monto. This is a great venue in central London. It has a bar on the ground floor and a live stage in the basement.
This is going to be a BIG gig! It’s our first time there and we want to show them we can rock the place up! The venue turns into a nightclub after the live bands until late at night.
So bring anyone you know who wants to party and have a dance!!

We are playing at 10:00pm. But do come before for a chance to catch up around a few drinks before the show starts.

The venue is operating a guest-list entry price at £6 until 9:00pm: anyone confirming their attendance to the gig will automatically be added to the guest-list – just give your name at the door. If you arrive after 9:00pm you will have to pay the full price of £8.

If you want to be added to the guestlist then just contact us via email or visit our Facebook Event Page and click “I Am Going” and you’ll be automatically added.

It’s on a Saturday night so no excuses!

Also playing on the night are: Moonlighter, Elia & The Low Tears, The Jump Cut, and Totem

Hope to see you there…. 🙂

Gig

Gig at The Victoria

October 15, 2011
by SCiFi Circus

We have been away for a little while…

Mainly messing around with the new recording equipment and taking the odd holiday. Then we got a call from the guys from Paul Lisak & After The Ice asking if we wanted to play a gig at The Victoria with them. We didn’t have to think for too long! 🙂

Date : Friday 28th October

Time : 9pm – 1am

Venue : The Victoria [110 Grove Road, Bow. E3 5TH]

Cost : FREE

Come along, it promises to be a great night. Being free, it’ll also mean you have more beer money. If you want, you can even get food there (kitchens 5 – 8pm).

Enterprise

Lower the Red, Increase the Blue.

June 3, 2011
by SCiFi Circus

“F**king great set guys!”

Cliff the engineers’ words when we finished. Happy at that reaction? Just a tadd! 🙂

To begin with it looked like it could be a tricky night. A lot of people had replied that they couldn’t make it, going away for the bank holiday etc. There was also the UEFA Champions League Final being shown in the downstairs bar. But we of little faith…

The set got a great reaction and it was cool to notice that the lights where altered to give a nice mellow atmosphere. We had written a few new tunes (Awake and The Call) which we were excited about and it was great to see them get a good reception. Overall we were pretty chuffed and it is something we’d like to try more of, with JD on some percussion or a stripped down kit.

Also playing on the night were Steve White And The Protest Family, Th’Sheridans, and a guy from a band but I can’t remember the name. Check them out if you can, they all played excellent sets.

Many Thanks to Cliff the engineer for your words and for making sure we had a great sound. Thanks to Mark at Big Note for letting us try it out and Many Thanks to all who saw us and helped to make it a great night.

Set-List:

Wave
Of A Dream
Awake
All Too Easy
Synesthesia
In Other Words
The Call

Enterprise

Sci-Fi Circus Unplugged in Camden

May 7, 2011
by SCiFi Circus

Think we can’t do it without Distortion? Now’s your chance (and ours) to see!! 🙂

While JD is enjoying a bank holiday getaway, myself and Simon are dusting down the acoustics to see what we can do… This should be a pretty interesting gig and your chance to hear how the tunes sound in another light. We should be adding a few extra tunes that sounded really nice acoustically, but haven’t quite made it through the machine.

We’re on around 9:30pm, tickets are £5 with a flyer (they should be up on the blog soon, or just see us on the night)

The Promoter is Big Note

The Venue is The Enterprise, 2 Haverstock Hill, Camden NW3 2BL

Hope to see you there

Famous Three Kings

Laziness is Not a Crime!!

May 7, 2011
by SCiFi Circus

…but it’s not very useful.

So it has been a few weeks since our gig at the Famous Three Kings and nothing has been said. Was it that bad?

No not at all, we’ve just been a little slack. It was a pretty cool gig. Interestingly sound check for all bands was just before you played. Not too sure if I’m a big fan of that method, just seems that you go on and start faffing around while everyone is waiting for you to start. No one seemed phased about it, so maybe its just me. The bonus is you don’t have to arrive too early.

We tried out a new song “Jack Chambers”. The start wasn’t completely as it should have been, partly because I forgot how the rhythm went. Got the correct notes though. By the time everything kicked in for the verse I had remembered. It was like I was just playing around with the intro as if I knew what was going on all along…not anymore! 🙂 This song got a good reaction which is a bonus because at the moment its a personal favourite.

All in all everything was all good. Many thanks to the engineer for making sure we had a great sound. Many thanks to everyone who came down to make it a great night.

Set-List:

Sci-Fi Theme
All Too Easy
Stroke A Rock-a-billy
Wave
Synesthesia
Jack Chambers
In Other Words
Nod to J.B
Hammer

Famous Three Kings

Gig at The Famous Three Kings

March 14, 2011
by SCiFi Circus

By the looks of it DEAD or ALIVE promotions were pleased with the gig we played with them at The Comedy because they have given us the Headline Slot at The Famous Three Kings!

The big bonus is that its a FREE gig, so bring everyone you know and help make it another great night.

We’re due on at 10:30pm

Venue Location: 117 Northend Road, London

Hope to see you there.

Crucial Music Club

Ooh-Arr! They Say It’s Your Birthday!

March 10, 2011
by SCiFi Circus

Another great night at the Comedy and it was a double whammy. Our gig and to celebrate Karen’s birthday.

Learning from the last experience, Simon got a set of wheels for his amp and man did it make a difference. Unfortunately we weren’t completely free from trouble. The bass drum was so heavily gaffa-taped up and worn that JD’s mallet kept sticking to it. The only solution was to get more gaffa and tape up the worn/sticky parts. Problem was the promoter didn’t have any. So after sound check we were on a gaffa tape hunt at 7:15pm in the centre of town on a Saturday…

…not the easiest task! Luckily some people hadn’t left for the gig and they said they would bring some along just in case. During our search we found ourselves in the shop that still is or was Regent Sound Studio (didn’t check the name). There was a band playing in there and one of the dudes in there said they didn’t sell any but he would give us some. So with our coke bottle wrapped with gaffa tape we had time to grab dinner before we were due on.

The promoter warned us he thought it might be a quiet night and it looked so. The first few singers played to practically no-one. Since the Comedy won’t open the bar unless there is enough people, that was closed too….Then everyone started to turn up 🙂 A barman was sent down and we got ready to rock!

Since it was also Karen’s birthday, a cake had been prepared and a little interlude had been set for halfway through the set: a standard then a countrified version of Happy Birthday! Opinions are probably divided as to whether this is musically acceptable conduct, but it was pretty amusing.

The rest of the set went smoothly and the makings of a new song appeared to go down well. After we had played and the promoter had left, a DJ was sent down so that the party could carry on. Excellent night and a great venue.

Many thanks go to Karen for celebrating her birthday with us, Miriam for sorting out the cake and presentation, Stephen for bringing some gaffa, the dude in Regent Sound for giving us some gaffa and Nic for some excellent photo’s. Many thanks also go to everyone who came to see us and help made it a great night.

Set-List:

All Too Easy
Sci-Fi Theme
Synesthesia
Wave
Ooh-Arr They Say it’s Your Birthday!
Stroke A Rock-a-billy
In Other Words
Nod to J.B
Hammer

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