Showing posts with label Blues. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Blues. Show all posts

Tuesday, 26 November 2013

THIS IS SWEETCHUNKS! 300 likes!

Hi Chaps!
               So empires have risen and crumbled, seas have dried up and mountains worn to dust since the last update. So I thought it best to post something.

First of all a big thanks to everyone who helped us get to 300 likes on FB and kept us at No 1 on reverbnation.
That shit be phat Yo!

We've been playing a fuck ton and we havent even finished our first year, and it's been going on a steady rise of awesomeness, Towards some sort of Joy based event, (preferably with an en suite and decent tea and coffee making facilities). 
The Gigasaurus (our mouldy fiat Brava) has traveled many miles, with Ash at the wheel, Kept awake only by the prospect of Stu passing out and tipping cider over himself, along our many journeys across the tan line of London (also known as the m25). 
We have become familiar with the many great service stations of this land, to the point where we actually have preferences, and aim for services with KFC's (There is nothing like hungover KFC)*1

And we have established that if left unattended,Charlie and Mike will disappear into the nearest set of woods and not return until all of the drugs In a 20 mile radius are gone and they have been awake for at least 72 hours.

But god damn it they will still go on stage afterwards! (after 30 bloody Mary's and a pig's worth of bacon).

As a group we have drunk together, sung together, sat quietly while Stu has hissy fits together, staggered round this great land at arse-o'clock in the morning looking for food together, danced on tables, screaming song lyrics because the PA exploded together, emptied entire bottles of tequila in the name of science together and realised: this is what being in a band is meant to be, and we are having the time of our fucking lives!

Thanks to everyone who has helped and is helping us to continue this mad tangent filled carnival!

Ash, Charlie, Mike & Stu
Xx




*1 Incidentally, if KFC ever want free advertising, all they have to give us is free KFC for life and we will be the colonels finger lickin' bitch!

Tuesday, 14 May 2013

The Sweetchunks Half century!

We have hit 50 gigs! a merry mark and with 157 likes on Facebook, that means we have an average of 3.14 new fans per gig (mmmmmm pi)
Thats Counting all of the Sweetchunks gigs, including the solo gigs as well as the Full band.

Bloody marvellous! Big Ta to all those involved xx

Onwards dear friends to new horizons, new gigs and other such nonsense!

We Shall be returning to the Talking Heads on Friday May 31st.
Aaaaaannnd
The very next Day we shall be venturing back to the Eastney Cellars in Portsmouth.

We will of course bring cake! Because. That's how we roll!

Any ways, keeping this brief!

Ta Ta
Chunks xx

Wednesday, 27 February 2013

Once more into the studio dear friends!

Broadsword calling Danny boy....
Broadsword calling Danny boy...

Well here we are again, writing inane gibberish for 6 people in Russia, a few lost surfers and you with your morbid curiosity....

First of all a massive thanks to those who attended RockstoneAID on Saturday and a big "go and fuck a gun barrel" to the couple who complained it was "rather loud and crowded" it's a Saturday night.. In a pub! you agoraphobic hermit snail!

Other than that though it was a great evening and a big thanks to all my chums from the SCB and Bemis who gave up their time to play.

Anyways as the title dictates Ash, Darryl Thomas and I will be going at the studio like drunks at a cocktail menu *

We shall be re recording my solo EP, giving it more oomph, and paying someone to make us sound good.

After its recorded we should be able to get it on iTunes and spread it about like the clap!

Now I must leave...
Burton is on and Clint has just started killing Nazis!




*With gusto, but forever worrying about the price....

Ps five points if you got the film reference..

Sunday, 10 February 2013

ROCKSTONEAID


This Saturday (16th) Bemis & the Sweetchunks Band will be playing a special gig at the Rockstone in Southampton.
On Sunday 3rd of Febuary the Rockstone pub in Southampton was robbed and £5000 was taken from the safe.
As a small business the Rockstone has taken a large hit, Wages need to be paid and so do suppliers.
       The Rockstone does needs help, BUT they are not asking for hand outs, they are just asking you to help the Rockstone help itself, by doing what it does best.
        So This Saturday Bemis & The Sweetchunks Band are putting on a free Gig. So come see Great Live music, Eat Great food and drink hearty!

Food all day and Music Starts at 8.

The full story is here:


The Rockstone:

Bemis

The Sweetchunks Band


Rock on Chaps!

Wednesday, 6 February 2013

RockstoneAID

Hullo chaps,
This was meant to be an announcement of the formation of the worlds greatest ever Sweetchunks related band; the inventively named, Sweetchunks Band!

BUT the birthplace of this supernatural leviathan of folk has come under attack!

Some thieving little shit broke into the Rockstone and stole £7000 from the safe.

This has been a major kick in the balls for Landlord and Lady Greenwood. So we decided to help the Greatest Pub on the Southcoast bounce back.

RockstoneAID will feature the SCB and our friends BEMIS. (They're lovely, Except the bassist...he's a massive bell end....


SATURDAY FEBUARY 16th Is RockstoneAID day. It's like LiveAID but with more Beards and Booze.

Come on Down and celebrate a great pub and at 8pm we have a wizard performing a syphilis curse on the thief. The more people we have the more syphilis the thief will get.

Any way...farewell Chunkfans

I must awaaaaaay!




By the way please say hello to:
Ash "Bass" Lines the new bassist.

I knew I'd forgotten something..

Sunday, 9 September 2012

New EP

What Ho crackers!
                            Well I have a New Ep out Called No Frills. Mainly because I have no money spent all my money on the recording.and have nothing left for album art and c.d reproduction. So each album is hand "pressed" myself. so it's more authentic..... that's my story and I'm sticking to it.

It feature four choons:

Devil at the Door
Chips whiskey and gold
Portsdown hill
Drink up.

It's £3 incidentally.

If your interested in a copy Give me a message or Speak to me at a gig.

I'll put up a page on the site for ordering over Paypal for a digital copy.                 


                      Heres the current list of upcoming Gigs, Both Sweetchunks & with Bemis.
Keep uptodate here:http://www.sweetchunks.co.uk/upcoming-gigs.html
BemisOld house at home, PortsmouthSat 22nd Sept
SweetchunksOasis Bar, SouthamptonThurs 27th Sept
BemisTichbourne Arms, SouthamptonFriday 28th Sept
BemisSomething Else Fest, Forest of DeanSat 29th Sept
BemisCompasses inn, GomshallFri 5th Oct
BemisWorkers Party, PortsmouthSat 6th Oct
BemisJoshua Tree, SouthamptonSat 13th Oct
BemisSun inn, GoldammingSat 27th Oct
BemisBarley Mow, PortsmouthThurs 8th Nov
BemisGriffin Inn, FromeSat 10th Nov
BemisRopemakers, BridportFri 7th Dec
BemisEastney Cellars, PortsmouthSat 15th Dec
Bemis & ChunksEastney Cellars, Dirty ChristmasSat 22nd Dec



Until Next time Chaps.

Wednesday, 25 April 2012

New Gigs,New Recorder, New Ep


Yo m'Chaps!

First of all heres a few new Gigs:

Sweetchunks: Tuesday August 7th Little Johnny Rustles, Southsea

Sweetchunks: Friday June 15th 2012 The Old house at home, Southsea

Bemis: Friday 22nd June 2012 The Thomas Lord, West Meon, 

Bemis: Friday 29 June – 20.00 The Cellars at Eastney, Southsea

Dont forget to stuff your eye bits with my other Bemis and sweetchunks dates here: upcoming gigs



Quite a large selection of musical and anecdotal treats for your eye mouths to digest with a beverage, be it cold or warm.
     Firstly we at Bemis HQ are about to send the new "Personal Demons" record into Ear Orbit. only two days to go.
 Those lucky whosy whatsits at the Compasses inn in Gomshall shall be the first to sampleit. This friday from 9ish*
We will have copies of the record for all those present to turn into expensive musical coasters, so if you want one pop on down!

Secondly after the false start of being sent a broken recording studio (that i was refunded for) i now have my tape deck recorder. So as soon as I get the tapes I hope to get the Ep into the musical furnace to start smelting that Bitch for you..

I have the tracks in order, the name and an artist to do me some art work. so Brace your faces for some chunky goodness to put on your shelves.*2

Also after much waiting and worrying....

My Nautical themed Pashmina afghan has arrived.


So get your Towels ready, It's about to go down!


Ta Ta Chaps!

www.sweetchunks.co.uk


*Best to say "ish" punctuality is not one of our skills.
*2 That is of course, if i survive my stag do on the 4th....