Wall of Mouths

Guys,
A million apologies to everyone in Koln last night. I fucked up badly and i sincerely apologise…don’t hate me, i hate myself enough already.

Mikehellx

Folks,
A few people have (rightly) been getting worried about the delay/absence of their webgig sleeves. Before you start attacking postal workers, let me explain cos’ its actually our fault! What happened was that when the initial batch of sleeves ran out we had to decide on how ‘limited’ we wanted the release to be. After a bit of to-ing and fro-ing we decided on a number and made plans to get the remainder printed up.

The guy Neil was dealing with at the printers was apparently “on holiday” so we decided to wait until he was back. After a time had passed and a few calls had been made it became clear the dude was on ‘permanent holiday’. The original artwork was nowhere to be seen either so we then had to get our designer (Curt Evans) to redo it for us. He’s a busy man so that took a wee bit of time as well….

Ok, so the upshot is that the sleeves will be done soon. Neil, Andy and myself will be signing and personalising(and numbering!) them by hand as we did before, then they’ll be in the mail asap! Rest assured all orders will be honoured.

Thanks for your patience peeps,

Mikehellx

Guys, far be it for me to eavesdrop on yer chat but if you lovely peeps are digging all things Mastodon then i highly recommend ” The Red Album” by Baroness. It’s probably the best heavy/psych/groovy album i’ve heard since…errr, “Blood Mountain”. Note its not similar but has that great dirty vibe to it…you know what i’m talking about…

Mx

Looking good Rene…nice work buddy!

Mx

Title: More summer gigs…

Okey dokey, A few more summer shows confirmed. June 8th sees us return to Toronto, Canada for the first time in 11 years to do a one off show as part of the NxNE Festival. We’re all very excited if previous gigs there are anything to go by. The following week we’re at the Novarock festival in Austria (16th June) with the likes of Pearl Jam/Frank Black/Isis/M Manson/Lordi etcetc and the next day(17th June) we hit Greenfield in Switzerland, this time with the Smashing Pumpkins/Manics etcetc. More dates as and when we get them confirmed…TPY?2007

Title: correction

…man, i would have loved that we signed all sleeves ‘indidually’ but that was not the case. We have used a new ‘individual’ coding format which i think ye will all love…

Mx

Folks,
Looks like the web’gig’ has caused quite a large amount of feedback both on the WOM and to the Church Of Noise. All comments are mucho appreciated and whilst some are spot on and we agree(and will hopefully address on the next one), the rest are wildly off the mark. We always knew we’d be opening a can of worms with this kind of project but as they say “nothing ventured nothing gained”…

As much as we could, we left the decisions with track selection/ordering options with you guys and mostly that has been enjoyed. Anyway, without getting too ensconced in all the pros/cons of personal opinion…there are a few things we’d like to correct…and only ‘cos i hate people stating their opinion as ‘fact’…

1.”Delay in getting sleeves”…they are going out slow as the intial batch went missing, the post ain’t what it used to be and some people have filled the order forms wrong so we’ve had to chase up a few addresses/signing names. Apologies to those who did it all correct and are still waiting…all are on the way.

2.”No mics on the guitar amp”…look closely my friend, there is a SM57 on a small stand in front of the bottom left speaker of the Marshall cab. It’s dark granted…

3.”the sleeves aren’t personalised”…all sleeves have been signed indidually by each band member and the ‘dedications’ have also been handwritten as per what each person ordered(i should point out that a lot of people didnt fill this bit in right at all…sorry!)

Ok, hope that may clear up a few thangs…

Love ya…

Mx

Title: First dates of 2007

10/04/2007 WUK,Vienna,Austria
12/04/2007 Orpheum,Graz,Austria
13/04/2007 Otro, Ljubliana,Slovenia
14/04/2007 Boogaloo, Zagreb,Croatia
15/04/2007 SKC, Belgrade, Serbia
17/04/2007 La Motoare, Bucharest, Romania
19/04/2007 KPI, Kiev, Ukraine

There ye go folks…fresh off our agents desk. There may be a few additions on the days inbetween so stay posted…

MHx

Title: guitarred and feathered

Dude,
For one second i must admit i did doubt my own judgement BUT having grown up in a farming community i think i can spot a cock, sorry ‘male avian’, at 100 yards.

Nice conversation btw…

Mx

Title: bernard matthews

How about this? They’re kind’ve nekkid and appear to be dancin…

Michel D’Enfer x

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Sorry, just re-read my previous post and certain bits were not particularly clear…To re-iterate, the ‘webgig’ concept was meant to be neither a ‘cd’ nor ‘dvd’ in that any hard copy would exist.

This is how we wanted it to be as to remain separate from our ‘offical’ album releases(new material etc)…Hopefully we would do a series of ‘webgigs’ and each one would showcase a ‘different’ angle or theme on the bands music.

As we said before, this is our first foray into a new medium and the response has been great. And along with that we are open to any feedback as how to improve the next one(within reason…no “put some naked chicks on the next cover” please).

Anyway, please be assured that any autographed item(s) you request and recieve from the band are genuine and have been handwritten (and not by trained monkeys though that is an idea)…

Cheers,

Mikeage Of Hellage X

Title: sleeves

Guys,
Michael from Therapy? here, sorry you didnt like the sleeves. The thinking behind the ‘cd size’ is that most people would burn it onto a ‘cd sized CDR’…it’s meant to be a ‘download concept’, we never said it was a ‘DVD concept’ and the tracklisting is in a different order because surely each person can/could choose their own way to sequence the tracks. Does that make sense? We just wanted it to be as ‘open’ as possible and the ‘signed sleeve’ was meant to be a bit of a bonus/special fan thingy. Make any sense?

If it’s any consolation i can assure you that the band signed every sleeve personally and i hand wrote every “to…” on the sleeves then trudged to the post office and licked every stamp with my very own blistered, swollen tongue…

;)

Mx

Title: TPY? interview online

Folks,
Check out… http://www.tastyfanzine.org.uk/ints49spring07.htm#Michael%20McKee … %20Therapy

…to read some Mckeegan words of wisdom. Interview was done via email a while back so might read a bit static now. You gotta love the ‘skull and specs’ combo look though…”this time next year etcetc…”

Mikehellx

Hello good citizens of the Wall Of Mouths,
Just been monitoring the way the webgig download scenario has been going and wanted to let you know everything is being done our end to get it back up to speed. When i say ‘we’ i actually mean ‘Rene’ as the dude is busting his nuts to fix this all. Thankfully progress is being made so i would ask everyone to take it easy and Rene will work his magic asap.

It’s early days but myself and Andy and Neil are delighted with the response to the songs/video so far. Thanks for all your support and all feedback is appreciated so future(?) efforts can be tweaked.

Oh, and to second Rene, i guarantee anyone who has paid will get the relevant audio/video as soon as it is possible.

Thanks for your patience…

Mikehellx

Title: Dublin Instore

Yippedy-do-daa,
We are indeed doing an ‘in-store’ appearance in Dublin on all Hallows Eve(just prior to our support slot with the mighty MOTOR-FUCKIN-HEAD)…It’s in the HMV, Grafton Street, October 31st and we’ll be there at 4pm to play a short acoustic set and sign whatever the good peeps want signed. If you plan on coming, get there early ‘cos we have to run over to the Olympia to squeeze in a soundcheck as well…Rock on,

TPY? 2006

Title: DUBLIN INSTORE PERFORMANCE

Yippedy-do-daa,
We are indeed doing an ‘in-store’ appearance in Dublin on all Hallows Eve(just prior to our support slot with the mighty MOTOR-FUCKIN-HEAD)…It’s in the HMV, Grafton Street October 31st and we’ll be there at 4pm to play a short acoustic set and sign whatever the good peeps want signed. If you plan on coming, get there early ‘cos we have to run over to the Olympia to squeeze in a soundcheck as well…Rock on,

TPY? 2006

Title: MIKEHELL Dj’ing this Sunday

Yep, the most evil man in Co. Antrim is doing a short dj set on Sunday 10th September. It’s in the Black Box, Belfast and is part of the “Filthy Madonna” club night…expect blasphemous grooves and uholy blasts…

Doors 19:00 with film and live band to be confirmed.Mikehell starts 22:00…

Tpy?

Title: Poster ye say?

Dudes,
here’s the French tour poster…at last…

Mikehellx

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Title: “Lost Playground” cancelled

Folks,
Regretfully we have to inform you that the “Lost Playground” show at Alexandra Palace on September 23rd has been CANCELLED. The reason is that…

“…the promoter encounted problems with the local council which has caused the ‘all nighter’ to be cancelled. Red tape has made it impossible for the promoter to continue with the show.”

Sorry y’all as we were looking forward to the show but again circumstances outside the band’s control have conspired against us…

Cheers,

TPY?2006

Title: INSTORE CANCELLED!

Sorry sorry folks but the acoustic instore in Music Zone this coming Saturday has been CANCELLED! Out of our control as always but what can ye do? Dj set at Subculture still on that evening plus signing and all that jazz…apologies again…

TPY?2006

Title: Birmingham acoustic/signing

The promo for the new album is ongoing as we drop into Music Zone in Brum this Saturday (29th) to play a few acoustic tunes and meet ye all. This should start at 3pm and then later that night we’ll be dj’ing up at Subculture in the Academy…should be a fun weekend!

TPY?2006

Title: Belfast Acoustic gig/signing

Yup, just confirmed a acoustic gig in the HMV in Belfast this coming Friday 28th. The boyos will be playing a few songs and signing anything that folks want signed, kick off is 5pm. There’s also a dj set at The Bunker in Lavery’s later on for all of those who wish to display their funky footwork…

TP?2006

Title: Acoustically yours…

Just confirmed two ‘acoustic in-stores’ for this weekend. First one is in Carbon(Marlet St inside Urban Outfitters) at 5pm on Friday 21st in Manchester and the 2nd is in the Nottingham Drum Centre(Southwell Rd) on Sat 22nd in Nottingham(surprise surprise)at 2:30pm.

We’ll be doing short sets of songs old and new plus hanging out and signing any stuff that folk want signed…see ye there…TPY?2006

nb:these won’t be full ‘electric’ performances so don’t bother shouting for “Animal Bones”

Title: Acoustic Sets Confirmed

Just confirmed two ‘acoustic in-stores’ for this weekend. First one is in Carbon(Marlet St inside Urban Outfitters) at 5pm on Friday 21st in Manchester and the 2nd is in the Nottingham Drum Centre(Southwell Rd) on Sat 22nd in Nottingham(surprise surprise)at 2:30pm.

We’ll be doing short sets of songs old and new plus hanging out and signing any stuff that folk want signed…see ye there…TPY?2006

nb:these won’t be full ‘electric’ performances so don’t bother shouting for “Animal Bones”

Title: DJ Sets incoming!

Yup, in anticipation of “One Cure Fits All” arriving this coming Monday, the boys will be hitting a few select ‘nightclubs’ and spinning a few tunes plus giving away some freebies. Friday 21st the lads will be in Jillys Rock World, Manchester and on Saturday 22nd they’ll be up to mischief in the mighty Rock City, Nottingham.

Next weekend they’ll be at the Bunker, Lavery’s in Belfast on Friday 28th and Subculture in Birmingham the following day (Sat 29th)

Come along, hang out and enjoy the noise!

TPY? 2006

NB:these are ‘personal appearances’ so there will be NO live performance on the night.(Unless someone wants to bring a backline/guitars/stage capes etcetcetc)

Title: Pre-Manchester Mayhem

Yup, in anticipation of “One Cure Fits All” arriving this coming Monday, the boys will be hitting a few select ‘nightclubs’ and spinning a few tunes plus giving away some freebies. Friday 21st the lads will be in Jillys Rock World, Manchester and on Saturday 22nd they’ll be up to mischief in the mighty Rock City, Nottingham.

Next weekend they’ll be at the Bunker, Lavery’s in Belfast on Friday 28th and Subculture in Birmingham the following day (Sat 29th)

Come along, hang out and enjoy the noise!

TPY? 2006

NB:these are ‘personal appearances’ so there will be NO live performance on the night.(Unless someone wants to bring a backline/guitars/stage capes etcetcetc)

Title: A query…

Folks,
Just wondering if someone could help me out here. Maybe i’ve have got this all wrong(wouldn’t be the first time!) but is this thread for reviews of “OCFA” based on illegally downloaded files?

hehehe…

Mikehellx

Oh yeah…here it is…

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Title: Picture from the album sessions!

Dudes,
Wasn’t sure where i could post this shot but I suppose here’s as good as anywhere! Andy and Pedro hard at it this afternoon…enjoy…

Mx

Title: Please Hammer, Don’t Erdem

Sorry Erdem, can’t resist a reply.The song “Passerby” we jammed at soundcheck in Turkey this year is now going under the title of “Our White Noise” and sounds much much more kicking and rocking.

Hope you’re well and thanks again for looking after us so well…feel the fire ye say?

Mx