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Tonight, I`m a Rock `n Roll Star As the year progressed,the band got better and people loved us. Our heads had gown to enourmous proportion`s.....yup,we were legends in our own lunchtime`s |
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Mr.Flip & Mr.Flop As the year came to an end things were starting to get silly. Kev was always a bit of a loose cannon since him and his ex-wife splitting up earlier in the year. Me and Kev liked a drink,the problem was once we started,we couldn`t stop. Kev had a saying that we had the will power of a flip-flop when it came to refusing a drink. I took this one stage further and we baecame Mr.Flip and Mr.Flop. The rock & roll lifestyle started to go to our heads,and the benders started. This started to affect the performance of the band and the state of my relationship. It also started to p*ss off Phil and Andy.Although Andy was being drawn into the rock and roll lifestyle as well. |
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The Bender Brother`s
On the weekend of Oct 20 we had a gig on the Sunday at the Wheatsheaf in Braunston. I cant even remember how it started but it ended up with me and Kev in the Wheafsheaf until 3am.Yup we were in trouble. The next day at 1pm,the day of the gig,me and Kev were at the Nelson,nursing a hangover from hell and staring at a Sunday lunch we were being forced to eat by the women. "I cant do the gig" said Kev."You can,we`re professional`s",I said,trying to convince myself. As expected,the gig was pretty sh*t,thanks to me and Kev.To make matters worse,no one bothered to collect the money from Erica,the landlady(who was leaving). The end result was no money,our worse gig to date and a p*ssed off drummer and rhythm guitarist...OOOPPPSSS |
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Dawson`s Reek Things got progressively worse for me.The end result was me moving to a tiny flat in town centre,named by Kev as Dawson`s Reek at the start of December. It was freezing cold,I had no TV and no internet. What else was there to do?....Drink. Looking back now I think I lost the plot big time and more or less had a nervous breakdown by new years eve.The Sareys became my second home and Kev was virtually living at Dawson in his sleeping bag. We were on the p*ss nearly all of December. I also started to see rather too much of the seedy underworld of Daventry and attract some well dodgy birds. What is it with bands and chicks? |
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X-mas Madras and a vat load of Stella We had some laughs in the chaos though.I`ll never forget xmas day and the chicken madras followed by nearly 24 hours of boozing I also managed to lock myself out in the snow and me and Kev had to bust the lock.Crazy days. There was also another all nite session when Phil,Mich and Andy came back after an Embryo`s nite. Andy ended up crying,me and him nearly had a fight and Phil and Mich went home to make babies.Quite an eventful nite. It was also at Dawson`s that I started to get the idea for my first stupid story about the band "Lands end or Bust" |
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Doe`s anyone know the way to the nearest Betty Ford Clinic? By new years eve 2001 I was in a mess and ran back home to Shani for severe rehab & to rest my liver. The year ended and thing`s weren`t the same as 12 months previous. Kev had met his future partner,Andy had dumped his bird for a new one,Phil was due to be a dad and I just about manged to rescue my relationship. But the band was working well.We had loads of gigs and had got really tight onstage. The website had took off really well,even though I spent far too much time doing it. The band was well established in Daventry.We had had loads of feature`s in the local paper and were the first band to play at Embryo`s nite club,breaking the bar taking`s record. Surley 2002 was due to be a good year for us.... |
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Go to Chapter 5:Happy New Year? |
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