Thunderbird Club

[Korladis]

International bands stopped playing the South Island (most of which has a population of one or fewer people per square kilometre) because it became too expensive to haul PAs and lights across Cook Strait. Usually there'd be a single gig in Auckland.

NZ is a long thin country and 'Dorkland' is long long way away (1000 miles) - a long way to go for a gig.

Most of the bands I go see are from around here. Every so often I'll see a band doing a west coast tour, or, much more rarely, a USA tour. And most of them are bands I doubt anyone in here knows.

Here to Seattle is about 800 miles. There is Portland along the way, but that's about it.

 

[kat888]

Anybody remember Kings of the Sun? Pretty sure they're from Oz. They're allegedly writing material for a new album...but I'm pretty sure that ship has sailed now that they're 30 years on from "Serpentine".

I'd forgotten about KotS ... and the video for Serpentine actually features a TBird.

 

[Rexalot]

Just landed!!!!
I need to get home from work, NOW!!!!!!

 

[kat888]

View attachment 1092505 Just landed!!!!
I need to get home from work, NOW!!!!!!

You're looking a little pale, are you sure you're alright? Best you go home and *rest* ... yeah right.

 

[Rexalot]

You're looking a little pale, are you sure you're alright? Best you go home and *rest* ... yeah right.

Unfortunately, my guitarist is also my boss at work, so it's not gonna happen..

 

[BklynKen]

Let's play name the Aussie bands no one has ever heard of:, Tall Tales & True, Toys Went Beserk, Ups and Down, Huxton Creepers, Stems, the Scientists, Lime Spiders, RatCat, Ed Kuepper, the Johnnies, The Wreckery (aka the 'Smackery'), Blue Ruin, the Trilobites, the Hard Ons ... none of whom played a Thunderbird bass iirc.

I know the Screaming Tribesmen and the Hard Ons. I think I have a Hard Ons record.

 

[BklynKen]

Never cared a whole lot for The Smiths. Probably because I find Morrisey so whiny. I do like The Church tho.

Same. I think I feel for Morrissey as Kat does Nick Cave.

 

[Dr_Feelgoood212]

Unfortunately, my guitarist is also my boss at work, so it's not gonna happen..

Hopefully you never have to kick him out of the band.

 

[Mike.C.]

Same. I think I feel for Morrissey as Kat does Nick Cave.

Smiths bassist Andy Rourke - wow. Bass lines are some of the most challenging rock bass lines I've attempted. Lots of parts, and he doesn't land a whiole lot.

 

[Gaolee]

Most of the bands I go see are from around here. Every so often I'll see a band doing a west coast tour, or, much more rarely, a USA tour. And most of them are bands I doubt anyone in here knows.

Here to Seattle is about 800 miles. There is Portland along the way, but that's about it.

It's why Seattle is a bit off the beaten track. We are between Portland and Vancouver, BC, but when you consider that there would be five more cities in that same span on the East Coast, it's pretty easy to see why the West Coast can be a tough sell. San Francisco is pretty far from any other major metropolis, unless you count Sacramento.

 

[GBassNorth]

... I think I have a Hard Ons record.

I'm sure there's a joke in there somewhere, but I ain't goin there.

 

[BklynKen]

I'm sure there's a joke in there somewhere, but I ain't goin there.

Go there. You know you want to.

 

[Gaolee]

Go there. You know you want to.

How can you go to a place you never leave?

 

[TBird1958]

It's why Seattle is a bit off the beaten track. We are between Portland and Vancouver, BC, but when you consider that there would be five more cities in that same span on the East Coast, it's pretty easy to see why the West Coast can be a tough sell. San Francisco is pretty far from any other major metropolis, unless you count Sacramento.

Seattle is a musical island, S.F. and LA are the nearest influences - then maybe Chicago, not sure if they're really much of that. Many cities have their own "sound".

 

[Inky13]

This is a fun club and I've never played a T-Bird in my life.

 

[BklynKen]

Seattle is a musical island, S.F. and LA are the nearest influences - then maybe Chicago, not sure if they're really much of that. Many cities have their own "sound".

What's the current feel?

 

[kat888]

This is a fun club and I've never played a T-Bird in my life.

Easy enough to fix that you know.

 

[Inky13]

Easy enough to fix that you know.

Do they come fretless? Probably kill the whole vibe.

 

[bylar13]

I put chrome hardware on my T-Bird. All is right with the world (almost!)

 

[kat888]

I put chrome hardware on my T-Bird. All is right with the world (almost!)

Nice.