I look like a fucking saint on that picture !
Sorry for this opening line...
The launch went very well, we had about 100 people there, we covered our costs, sold some t-shirts and cds, it was a good night !
I was told our performence was one of the best one we've made, obviously it's not going to stop there and it's always going to get better and better, but it's nice to hear that, specially when it comes from someone like Mark Thorn, Bubblegum Screw singer, who's not the easiest person to please... ;)
I found the perfect dress for the night, about 10 pounds only, it was love at first sight when I saw it in the shop window; it's a purple cocktail dress who could belong to Cinderella as much as it could be owned by a maid of honour...
/>Banana did my hair during the afternoon as well as my make up which was obviously more than useful.
Show up at the gig, Burma Guns are the first ones there, we're all waiting around and when Dave drummer from Bubblegum Screw arrives we set up everything on stage.
It was a bit of a slow start and as a result none of the bands got a soundcheck. I guess with a venue like The Purple Turtle it doesn't really matter as the p.a is one of the best I've seen.
People started arriving slowly, I was obviously stressing thinking it's going to be a big flop and that no one care about the Dress Up E.P....
I went to the backstage to re-do some of my make-up, saw Mark there and made sure he would wear the feather boa I bought him on stage, he sure did.
When I got out from the backstage I was surprisingly happy to see the venue fuller and finally coming to life.
DJ Frog was great and he put some great tunes to make people stick around for all the bands.
me with Dj Frog
Burma Guns opened the night, they had some technical problems on stage with the bass sound but in spite of it I really enjoy their set and they were the first band on so as a conscequence they were the one sounchecking for the rest of us.
We went on at 9pm. I enjoyed Paranoia like I've never did before, the set went all smooth and nicely for us, Ko attempted once again to make some jokes in the middle under my request, he made me swear to not pass him the mike ever again on stage or he will tell about some compromising secrets of mine next time I do it, I won't take this risk. ;)
some live action :
We ended our set with a jam joining with Glam Sister, it was inspiring and it felt good to have more freedom and not always follow a verse chorus bridge formula, just trusting in your instincts is sometimes very liberating.
We did that same kind of thing at The Dublin Castle just before Insomnia, I put the video of it in the Charity topic, just two blogs down this one, feed your curiosity and have a look...
Here is a video of London City, at The Purple Turtle...
Then HiroshAmour went on...
They delivered a hell of a set with jam, long instrumentals and soulful songs such as Fever and Suicide Bomber.
Hiroshamour and I did a cover of Mylene Farmer for Ethan's birthday who is a huge fan of her, we did Desenchantee. It was a new thing for me, I won't make it a habit to cover the french Madonna but always good to do once !
Here are some live pictures of them where you can see the lighting is better... Maybe because they're only three in the band so they stood in the right spots. However The Purple Turtle isn't the best venue for pictures.
After the brillant performance of Hiroshamour it was the turn of Bubblegum Screw to entertain the crowd...
They gave a very good gig, once again, Mark was great with the red feather boa on, they were all on fire, Mark showed his ass at some point just to make sure that everyone was paying attention.
Unfortunately they didn't have time to do Rock'n'roll losers as they were last on the bill and it was all running a bit late.
So they ended with their brillant song Power ( my new favourite one )...
Here they are :
We all ended the night in The Purple Palace, and I even got Mark to model for my band t-shirt :
Now Altercation is preparing for the last gig of the year as a part of the Christmas itch festival which will start on the 7th of December at The Purple Turtle, again, and Healthy Junkies will be playing that night, their first gig !
We'll only be performing five songs.
Then Altercation will be playing at The Bull and Gate on the 9th of December, check the website for more infos :
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Also I just thought I'd mention it, all pictures and videos of the launch and of the charity gigs have been taken by Brigitte, she's been a dedicated fan who has supported us for quite a while now and it's always nice these days. So thanks again miss... :)
So no gig at the Proud Gallery for HiroshAmour tonight due to childish behaviour...
Until next time, and then expect a period of silence on this blog as I'm planning to go on holidays... well deserved break I should add.
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