July 1st, 2010
As we’ve already mentioned before, we rehearse every Wednesday evening. We had our third run through with our new singer, Howard, last night. Suffice to say it’s all coming together nicely. We’re pretty much ready to be out here gigging now so roll on our gig on the 24th July at The Malt and Hops, Hythe.
Here’s some pictures from last night’s practice.
Howard, giving it large
Taking a short break
Howard's world famous Freddie Mercury impression
ROCK ON!!!!
We’ve got some fantastic new material lined up as well. Hope to see you one the 24th!
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June 21st, 2010
Fantastic news – We’re back and we’re gigging! Our new singer will be unveiled at The Malt and Hops, Hythe on Saturday 24th July 2010. We’ve got new material as well which we can’t wait to play live.
There’s loads of speculation going on through our Facebook page (link below) as to who the new singer might be. All I can say at this stage is that we’ve been auditioning singers for what seems like an eternity. We’ve finally found the right man/woman for the job and he/she will be unmasked on the night.
New Singer?
Please come along and offer your support to our newest member.
WOO HOO!!
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June 19th, 2010
Early next month The Crush will be revealing the identity of their new singer. For those that don’t know we said a sad farewell to Guy a couple of months back and have been looking for a replacement ever since. We have now found that replacement and all I can say is watch this space…..oh alright here is a sneak peak….
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June 5th, 2010
Looking at the server log files I can see that there are a lot of people that keep coming back to our website on a regular basis. This is great.
However, you may have noticed that things have been a little quiet of late. As you may have already read elsewhere, Guy is no longer in The Crush. Pete, Jamie and I have been auditioning singers on an almost weekly basis trying to find suitable replacements for Guy. It’s been a tough job as all the auditionee’s that we’ve had along have been really great singers in their own right. That’s made the whole process that much more difficult.
Well, the end may be in sight. I can’t say too much at this stage but keep checking for news updates.
Rich
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May 6th, 2010
Big thanks to Kelly P/G for these stunningly brilliant photos. Kelly, you can come again!
Here's some of our stuff
This is, frankly, a world class band photo
The band
That guitar will stay in tune!
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May 4th, 2010
It’s with a heavy heart that we announce the departure of Guy from the band.
Guy has been with the band since it first formed last year but has left by mutual agreement.
Pete, Jamie and myself are still 100% dedicated to the cause and all our gigs etc will be going ahead as originally planned.
Watch this space for further news.
Thanks Guy. It’s been an absolute pleasure.
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April 25th, 2010
Another great night at the RBL, Blackfield. Man, those guys no how to party.
Here’s the set list from last night:
Set One
- IN THE MORNING
- ALL DAY AND ALL OF THE NIGHT
- 20th CENTURY BOY
- HARD TO HANDLE
- THE ONE I LOVE
- HEROES
- UNDER THE BRIDGE
- WHITE ROOM
- NEED YOUR LOVE SO BAD
- YOU DO SOMETHING TO ME
- THE OTHER PART OF ME
- DAKOTA
Set Two
- JUMPIN’ JACK FLASH
- I CAN’T EXPLAIN
- ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL
- YOU REALLY GOT ME
- SWEET HOME ALABAMA
- OLD BEFORE I DIE
- SUPERSTITION
- MONEY FOR NOTHING
- VALERIE
- TAKE ME OUT
- LONG TRAIN RUNNING
- DISCO 2000
- CAN’T TAKE MY EYES OFF YOU
- MUSTANG SALLY
Photos to follow (if anyone took any that is, there was soooooo much drinking going on)
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April 11th, 2010
WOW! What a night!! I’m still buzzing from it which is probably why I’m blogging at half past two in the morning.
Great crowd yet again. You guys just keep getting better and better. I think we can safely say that everyone had a good time.
The Curlew is a fantastic pub to play in. I gigged there years ago in a previous band and had fond memories from way back then. The staff there are great and we’re really hoping that we can get The Crush back in there at some point again this year.
Here’s what we played and the order in that we played it in:
Set One
- IN THE MORNING
- ALL DAY AND ALL OF THE NIGHT
- 20th CENTURY BOY
- HARD TO HANDLE
- THE ONE I LOVE
- HEROES
- UNDER THE BRIDGE
- WHITE ROOM
- HYSTERIA
- NEED YOUR LOVE SO BAD
- YOU DO SOMETHING TO ME
- THE OTHER PART OF ME – original number
- CHILLUM – original number
- DAKOTA
Set Two
- JUMPIN’ JACK FLASH
- I CAN’T EXPLAIN
- ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL/WHAT SHALL WE DO NOW
- YOU REALLY GOT ME
- SWEET HOME ALABAMA
- OLD BEFORE I DIE
- SUPERSTITION
- MONEY FOR NOTHING
- VALERIE
- TAKE ME OUT
- LONG TRAIN RUNNING
- CRAZY LITTLE THING CALLED LOVE
- DISCO 2000
- CAN’T TAKE MY EYES OFF YOU
- MUSTANG SALLY
I’ll post some photos later.
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March 1st, 2010
There comes a point in every band’s evolution when they want to start performing their own material. Well, that point has come.
Pete turned up to rehearsals a couple of weeks ago with a demo for a song he’d written. After a bit of listening, fiddling, bodging, badgering and artistic liberalism, we managed to learn it. ‘The Other Part Of Me’ is now proudly included in our set and is proving to be nothing short of a hit with any audience we play it to.
Well done Pete, you’ve produced a blinder. Well be putting a recording of ‘The Other Part of Me’ on the site very soon so watch this space.
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February 27th, 2010
WOW! What a night. Fantastic crowd again, it’s great to see those regular faces coming along. Come up and say hello, we don’t bite.
The White Horse is a great pub to play in, I hope that we can get back in there again sometime soon.
We threw in a couple of new numbers just to keep things interesting, those being Disco 2000 and a real rocky version of 20th Century Boy. Judging by the reaction from the crowd, that was the right thing to do!
The set comprised of:
Set One
- HEROES
- I CAN’T EXPLAIN
- 20th CENTURY BOY
- ALL DAY AND ALL OF THE NIGHT
- STEPPING STONE
- THE ONE I LOVE
- WHITE ROOM
- UNDER THE BRIDGE
- NEED YOUR LOVE SO BAD
- YOU DO SOMETHING TO ME
- THE OTHER PART OF ME
- DAKOTA
- ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL
Set Two
- LONG TRAIN RUNNING
- HARD TO HANDLE
- JUMPIN’ JACK FLASH
- YOU REALLY GOT ME
- SUPERSTITION
- OLD BEFORE I DIE
- DISCO 2000
- VALERIE
- IN THE MORNING
- TAKE ME OUT
- ITCHYCOO PARK
- CAN’T TAKE MY EYES OFF YOU
- SWEET HOME ALABAMA
- MUSTANG SALLY
Usual request. If you took any photos, please send them over to us and we’ll try and get them loaded on here for the world to see.
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