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July06 Ratmag.Pdf MAD RAT MAG played and while we are at it has anybody thought that out of the hundreds of bands OI Oi currently doing the rounds your all booking the same few bands several times a year! Well, I sat and pondered on the topic of my oi oi this month and I really tried very hard Variety is the spice of life after all. On the not to moan, BUT true to form I found after subject of hundreds of bands which has several phone calls from several people on nothing to do with this next piece and no it the scene about the scene to Linette and isn't a moan thank you to all the bands and her reporting the conversations to myself labels that have sent in their cd's for review that I thought I should moan hopefully for we will get to them eventually so don't give the last time on this subject. up on us! If you are a promoter then your contract Thanks again to all our distributors who should read (the band is requested not to have experienced troubles with our courier play within (so many miles for so many thanks for your understanding. Thanks to weeks before or after this booking). Promot- everyone who writes to us about anything ers should not be telling bands who they for any reason or just to say hi!!!! And a can play for or threatening cancellation of reminder that the only way to insure you get gigs if there is no contract which states oth- your mag is to subscribe to the postage and erwise…… Likewise bands should not packing deal on our website or send us a expect promoters to sit quietly by while they cheque! UK's only free rockin mag reaching play the week before up the road, they the masses with a massively gorgeous should be a bit sensitive to the promoters dude on the front cover! need to put bums on seats and therefore should be sensible when taking the book- Unlike the massively gorgeous cardboard ings. spike that was kidnapped from the B52 and ransomed for two garden gnomes at the As for free pub gigs, most pubs now pay as Country Cattin gig which was a much as the clubs do for their bands and doozy……… Bring him back safe please….. whether they charge nothing or £50 on the Hope to see you all pretty soon ill be sneak- door is ing up on you so be on your toes……… irrelevant, the scene See you out there is about choice and if a band has a good Rockin’ Regards fan base they would Spike go see them wher- ever they 3 MAD RAT MAG 4 MAD RAT MAG interview The Planet Boppers what a singer & mover Les is. The Planet Boppers have been Q Why did you opt for the original trundling up and down motorways from sound it's obviously the best place to all directions for what seems an eterni- be at but surely authentic rockabilly ty but it has only been the last few years means less booking's throughout the that they have gained the recognition year? that they so truly deserve. Now a four piece the original Memphis sound has- As real Rockabilly venues are few and n't been lost it still has that warm far between these days! The original scratchy feel to it that breathes life into sound is the only sound to have, this the rockabilly tracks that they have writ- might mean less bookings but that don't ten and cover. Seriously under rated on bother us, we still do a lot of gigs the scene The Planet Boppers at last through out the year, were not a band are making the headway they deserve. who needs to play every fri, sat and sun Using a simple PA and backline ads to every week. this authentic sound. Are the planet bopper's technophobes or are they one Q Do you have a big ambition and of few remaining bands that search for how far off of that do you think you that down home raw edged full of life are? Sun sound…. We,d like to release a vinyl LP contain- We asked The Planet Boppers this ing our own songs that even the record question and more, here is the inter- collectors would think was some lost view. fifties artist, also we would like to do a European tour or even a world tour. Q Hi Guys, Can you tell me how The Planet Boppers began? Q Will there be a new CD soon? It all began in the year 2000 Mick Yes there will be, were hoping to get (drums) Jim (bass) and Me Dave, got back in the together for a jam previous to this we studio had all been playing with other well soon to do known bands at the time. We started volume 2 out as a three piece and it worked well of our E.P. for a while but I didn't want to sing and play lead guitar all the time so we decid- Q What ed to make it a four piece, even with a has been four piece I ended up singing all the your best time .we wanted our fourth member to gig to be just a singer front man rhythm gui- date? tarist ,then in 2003 Les joined the band which completed the rockabilly line up, 5 BEST GIG TO DATE, hemsby 2006 It would be nice to have a lot more rock- feature festival abilly clubs, but it aint gonna happen, Q With the equipment that you use take the rockabilly rave, fantastic week- now would you feel secure going ender 3000 people boppin to rockabilly, into a big venue or would you hope but if you put a rockabilly/rock n roll gig that a PA supplied would be your on in your home town maybe 20/30 best bet? Are you confident in equip- people will turn up, yet you go to a jive ment? club probably 200 people there, there's too many of these jive clubs around put- We are always confident with our equip- ting on crap bands .MORE ment, normally if we are playing a big ROCKABILLY LESS JIVE! venue the PA is supplied,99% of the time our equipment is good enough for Q Are you for or against the rockabil- most venues, we used our own gear at ly divide? Do you believe like us that Hemsby, if people say its not loud good rockin' is good rockin' and enough because they cant hear it at the that's it? back then they should come down the front. WHAT IS THE ROCKABILLY DIVIDE? The division is brought about by individ- Q If you could pick a final song at uals who really don't care about a the end of your career which song healthy rockin scene. would it be and you don't all have to agree you can have one each? Q. To be fair to the divas of last issue what's your favourite soup? And Mick, The man from Laramie (Planet Stockings or Tights? Boppers), Jim, any Hank Williams. Les, Milk cow Blues Elvis, and myself work- Jim says clam chowder and he doesn't t ing all my life (Jim Nesbitt) care whether its stockings or tights as long as he can get his hands between Q For the ignorant among us tell us them. Mick chicken gumbo due to low the bands/players influences? under carriage and he finds stockings and tights are very uncomfortable espe- Mick, Elvis, Carl Perkins, Johnny Bur- cially when he rides his bike. Myself nette, Ronnie Dawson. Jim, any early stockings especially in the winter when I country/hillbilly. Les, Elvis Johnny Cash, can wear them to work to keep me legs Hank Williams. Dave, Cliff Gallup, Scot- warm. my soup has to be Wong tong. ty Moore, Carl Perkins, Leadbelly, Les prefers long johns cause they have Robert Johnson. a trap door in them, easy access. Doner kebab soup. Q You have a loyal fan base and a lot of the big promoters in the UK are Mad Rat definitely big fans, do you wish that the scene was slightly more rockabil- ly oriented? MAD RAT MAG The Earl Jackson Band - ly understated guitar riffs from Earl and All Saints Arts Centre, London sparked massed strolling. 20/5/2006 The second half included a rocking "Slow What makes a great night out? How Down", closely followed by "Rockin' about a nice venue, including a sprung Daddy", featuring excellent vocal har- dance floor, smashing welcome, cheap monies from the band. "Back In The bar and some swinging live music? Pret- USA" encouraged the Earl Jackson ver- ty good, but throw in entertainment with a sion of the Chuck Berry duck walk, before gig review capital "e" and you've got yourself a top the pace slowed a little for "Don't Knock Saturday evening, worth braving the It". The climax featured a frenetic ska recent monsoon-like conditions in Lon- beat and bags of energy from the musi- don for. cians during "Don't Be Angry", plus a feverish version of "Justine" for the This sums up the latest Swamp Rock demanded encore. All this plus Carole event and it wouldn't have been the same and Neil, Swamp Rock organisers, without Earl Jackson! Forget the announcing their engagement - what a rumoured Chuck Berry link, this guy and brilliant night! his band are fine musicians and terrific entertainers.
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