1996

Warlock & Si

                                                  

Warlock, Pete Doff & Si

                                                             

A new year and a new impetus, we rehearsed weekly in order to be better gig ready. Progress with Si was still painfully slow but we worked hard at adding more songs to our set.

Warlock & I were unlikely band mates, he is football mad (Sunderland his home town) and I hate sports. We had a shared love of Motorhead, Clash, Sex Pistols, Stiff Little Fingers, Rich Kids and The Ruts to name a few. Our music friendship crossed over into Antibodies, I would listen to his drumming find moments where I could punctuate on guitar, all the while Warlock is doing the same with his drums to my guitar. We bonded musically and now the sky is the limit with our limited skills but we was already thinking about a new bassist..

We got offered a support slot at The Square in January, we accepted as we wanted to get beyond four songs...we did seven!

I don't recall much about this gig, other than a character called Toby, infamous pisshead, was playing up...again. I don't think I was anywhere near as nervous as I was for the first gig. Si's lack of bass prowess was becoming an issue, it was holding us back and we felt he wasn't progressing. I must add Si is a fantastic bloke, great sense of humour and fun to be around. I may also add that Warlock & I were hardly musicians but none the less we needed a bassist to fit in...this would haunt us to our dying day.

I was using a Boss Metalizer pedal through a 100 watt H & H combo from the beginning. The amp had been with me since 1985 and I believe it was made in the 1970s, it had a hard life. The guitar I played was on loan from a mate, a very nice Tokai Telecaster. I was always in two minds about my guitar sound, I loved the distorted buzzsaw sound but I also adored the trebly scratchy sound.

On the gig tape the vocals are low fortunately/ unfortunately, I wont include what I consider poor quality recordings.

SET

Fucked If I Know
Shut Up!
Watch The Hypocrites (originally by Twinkle Brothers)
I Ruin Everything
Viva Shoplifting
England's Atrocities
You're Dead Already