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hey, hello and welcome, one and all to
that rarest of things, an HiH update! muchos apologies to everyone for
the lack of updates, but since I’m at uni it’s
a bitch to upload these things, although I’ve worked out how now, so u
should get a few more of these. anyway, as those of
you who saw us at the forum supporting lightyear
will testify, our klive sound hasn’t been
affected by our spell apart, and I’d say that our new material has
turned out rather nicely! we’ve got some plans for a new ep recording, although what songs will be recorded, when
and where are all yet to be decided. it’s a pretty
vague plan at the moment. we also plan to tour at christmas, in a mini-tour type thing. the dates, venues
and tour name are all to be confirmed, but I’ve been told about plans
for a gig in fulham, as well as a possible support
slot with jesse james. the
only concrete news I can bring you as of this precise second is that we’ll
be playing the collective at amar hall in dartford on december 13th,
with the fulham gig provisionally pencilled in for
the following friday (december
20th). I’m kind of outta the loop
news-wise up here, but as son as I know whats cockin’ with everything I’lllet
you all know. Check back on this page, the gigs page and the guestbook for
concrete details as soon as we have them. anyway, I’m sure I should be doing
some work right now… no wait, I’m as student, we don’t do
work! laterz. [ross] A big thank you to everybody who came to the gig yesterday, it was a fantastic turn-out, packing the Forum to the brim. Due to the withdrawal of both No Comply and Southpaw, HIH landed the co-headlining spot making it one of our biggest gigs yet. A massive BIGGIT UP to lightyear for yet another punk rocking show stopping performance. Bloody nice bunch of peeps too. A special thanks to all those die-hard Half inch Heroes fans who missioned it back from Uni to see us - you guys rule! Thanks again to everyone and everything, especially Stella :) Roll on the next gig ... that's what I say! [Goc] 13
august 2002 morning campers well as Ross is another country I
thought id take over again :) its been a while since our last
update, and not a great deal has happened in between except for one major
event. and that is the sound gig. on the 27th we played an amazing venue to a resonably large group of hardcore diehard fans :) love
you all who attented.. and
sleep well all those who didnt... mwhahaha. muchious
fun was had by all.. especially myself, as the kit
was gorgeous. the HiH do
apologise to all those who recieved injury due to fatty
smokealot jumping on their heads.. and well done! it was a blindin
gig enhanced totally by the skankers :) once again
barney made us proud, as did everyone else.. it was
also the discovery of the worlds greatest t-shirt.. "half
inch heroes are bigger than god" a true legend in a true legend t-shirt! a hooge thanks to spankboy for being so damn good! and
for being good even after like 6 hours sleep in a week! we
currently have no gigs lined up as band ppl are on
holiday and im doing my best to get a gig with jesse james at the end of the
month. well if anything goes ahead it will be posted
as soon as we find out. if we do get a gig before the end of sept you had all better get there casue
it will be your last chance to skank your bums off
to the sound of HiH as over half the band are disapeering to universities around the country, so get em while their hot and it doenst
involve a mammoth train journey to a gig in scotland
or sumthing stoopid. anyway.. im
supposed to be working.. oops! and rememeber..
if it sounds like a duck, and walks like a duck.. its probably a duck.. [pacey]
5th
june 2002 hey, i'm not gonna
try and pretend that this is gonna be a
"quick" update, cos it most prolly won't, and i dislike
lying to our loyal fans :P [ross] 24th
may 2002 tuesday may 28th @ tunbridge
wells forum: supporting mr shiraz, w/ i(m)mune tuesday june 4th
@ tunbridge wells forum: supporting i(m)mune w/ av-out (its a birthday type thing for ellie apparently) saturday june
15th @ mick jagger centre,
dartford: w/
3db's down, 40 odd yards, i(m)mune friday july
19th @ tunbridge wells forum: supporting lubby nugget, w/ no comply as you can see, the line-ups have
altered a little, as has the date of the lubby nugget gig. so make sure to
change your diaries. also, we played a
hastily-arranged gig at the courthouse pub in dartford
(my regular choice of beer-drinking venue) last sunday
evening (the 19th). we stepped in at the last minute to cover after my dad is big (now also known as my dad is taking the piss when he says he wants £500
to play at the jagger centre gig. or so i've been told.) pulled out and as a result we were
hideously unprepared (yes, even more so than usual). but
we got paid for it, so i can't really complain. i whole-heartedly apologise for
anyone and everyone who had to listen to our dross, and i'd
like to thank 40 odd yards for
being so good and making people forget how shite we
were. they're one of the new additions to the june 15th gig, so make sure you come down and check out
their fantastic version of "leaving on a jetplane".
and the rest of their set, obviously... and our's i(m)mune's
and 3db's down's sets... oh dammit... 20th
may 2002 hello!! ok more news, the gig for the
15th of june at the mick jagger centre in dartford is
almost completly confirmed, the line up to date
is...(in no perticular order) 3db`s down, 40 odd yards, i(m)mune and us (half inch heroes) and maybe even not katies but
they are unconfirmed to date. its gonna
be a corker, so come on down and bring your friends and skanking
pants cause its gonna be a wikimungo
nite. [pacey] 16th
may 2002 hey, sorry for the absolute age since
the last update, but i'm a lazy bastard. sorry. there's plenty of news-like
news to tell you about, so i'll get right on with
it! [ross] 6th
may 2002 hey kids... i'm
still absolutely fucked when i'm writing this, so
please excuse any shitty spelling/typing! we're starting practice this week,
hopefully with the addition of two mystery new horn players... well, maybe
anyway, so long as we can find venues with stages big enough for 9 of us
including pacey and mike's fat arses! we'll hopefully be getting a few more songs written in time
for our next gig, whenever that may or may not be! there's a possibility we'll
be opening for the mighty mr shiraz
at the forum sometime soon, and therefore playing alongside i(m)mune once
more... there have been a whole bunch of other gig suggestions thrown around,
including playing alongside my dad is big
and also 4ft Fingers. I'll try
and update here as soon as i have the faintest clue
what's going on! now if you'll excuse me, i'm going to go and throw up about 3 people's worth of
breakfast! laters... [ross] me again! i've uploaded some pictures of us before our gig at
Tunbridge Wells Forum on the 28th... More will follow! Till then, click here to see our ugly
mugs! [ross] hey, just a quickish
update to say thank-you to a few people. last night's gig was fucking insane,
and i wanna say thank you
on behalf of the band to the following: flying
marrows for their acoustic ska-type
madness, and for the craziest skanking i've seen in a long time; av-out for putting us on a stage and letting us inflict our
music on people; immune for
being really slick and sounding shit-hot, and also for letting us nick their
equipment. hopefully our paths will cross again in the very near future; lawrence at the forum for putting up with a really
stupidly long soundcheck (sorry dude); EVERYONE who
turned out on a wet and windy sunday night to go see
a shitty little punkrock band play about a million
miles away from home; and finally, a BIG thank you to whoever threw the jammie dodger that hit sharpey
in the back of the head! the comic timing was
impeccable, and the video footage (which might get pout up on this very site)
of the moment of impact is priceless! thank you to
one and all, thank you for kicking off in such a spectacular manner, thank you
for the skanking, and the shouting, and the general punkrock ruckus. we ain't gonna forget it in a hurry, and we'll hopefully be bringing
the ruckus to a venue a little closer to home very soon... cheers kids... [ross] just a quick one this, to let you know
that our mailing list is now live, and to join it just click here.
you'll be updated with all the news as soon as we get
it regarding gigs, releases etc. ok, i'm done now... [ross] another update regarding the gig on the
28th, the final confirmed lineup (until it changes
again) is, in order on stage: flying
marrow, av-out, HALF INCH HEROES, immune.
this means that we are now offfcially
co-headliners, and as such w'ere gonna
have to be good (cue ross and the rest of the band
shitting themselves in unison). this also means that
we need as much support there as humanly possible, so bring your friends along
if you have any, and make the bitches skank! you
will be rewarded... speaking of whch, any of you who
do come along, could you please please please try and bring a flyer with you, and write your name
on the back, so a) we can show the forum how many people we can bring in, and
b) we can get all the names of everyone who comes to see us and put them all
on the "thank you" list for the ep. anyway, my time would be much better spent trying to work
out how the fuck we're gonna make a 5 1/2 song set
last long enough to be co-headliners! see ya's... [ross] hey again. just
a quick update about the gig on the 28th, firstly
abstrakt
have pulled out due to illness to one of their number. hopefully
it isn't serious, but they won't be appearing. its not clear who is gonna take their place, but the last thing that i heard was that there was a fairly high chance that tunbridge wells-based ska-core
heroes ye wiles were going to
step in. thats not confirmed yet, but they fucking rawk, so if they do play then its an even bigger reason to
get your skanking boots on and get your arses down
to the TUNBRIDGE WELLS FORUM on SUNDAY 28TH APRIL. on the ep
front, we've decided that we're not going to record it as a studio ep. however, the forum gig is
being recorded from the sound desk, so we now intend to release "reasons
for failure" as a live ep at the start of may. the tracklisting should stay the
same however. if anything changes i'll try and
update here, but its my birthday on friday, so i'll prolly be completely out of
it for the whole of next weekend... me and riley are gonna
be at the forum next saturday to see jesse james and ye wiles among others, and we'll prolly
be handing out a load of flyers, so grab us then if you're there... till next
time i'm sober enough to update... [ross] as i said
we would, we practiced like bitches at goc's house
this week, and got a shedload done, and we've now
got some special surprises lined up for the ep and
stuff, so be prepared! lets jus say that we got
mightily stoned over the two days, and we ate a shitload
of jammie dodgers, resulting in some classic ideas
for songs etc. it was mad, and we've got ourselves sorted. you'll have noticed the site's got some
new sections, check out our gigs page, and if you come here, please please please sign our
guestbook! also, spread the word about us, we wanna get some big time support for our gig on the 28th. on that note, i've found out the
names of the bands we're playing with, they've been added to the gigs page. we still hope that the ep will be
finished for then, and we might have got some badges and shit to sell. we don't really know. anyway, i'm bored, so i'm off to chat up
15 year-olds... [ross] 31st
march 2002 you'll be shocked to learn that the ep's tracklisting has changed
again. fraggle ho's gonna take too long to
arrange to make it onto this ep, so the final (i hope) tracklisting is: 1. imperfections; 2. skank
wit me; 3. forever late (teardrops on a smile); 4. second
opinion. we're gonna be practicing like
bitches this week, so hopefully we might get the ep
recorded and printed in time for the release date of april
15th... fat chance... on the gig front, we probably won't
be playing with my dad is big
for the dates mentioned before, but we do have one date confirmed. we'll be
begging the pit to skank at THE TUNBRIDGE WELLS
FORUM on 28TH APRIL, so if you fancy coming and supporting us, thats when to do it, and where. if
that goes well then we might link up wit my
dad for some gigs at the start of may. we'll
see. we should have the ep
with us at the gig, so it'll be a great oppurtunity
to get it off us, and line our money-grabbing pockets. anyway,
my computer has crashed three times while writing this piece, so i'll sign off again for now. laters. [ross] 24th
march 2002 its has, once again, been fuckin' ages since last update. well, our horn section has
been re-jigged, and we now have beth on alto sax and
cc on trombone... watch this space for news of our brand-new trumpet player
too... ep work has moved on slowly, we hope
to now have it released on the 15th of april. the tracklisting has changed a
bit again, it now goes like this: 1. imperfections;
2. fraggle ho; 3. skank
with me; 4. forever late (teardrops on a smile); 5. second
opinion. we've possibley
got some gigs lined up for the next few weeks, supporting our mates in my dad is big. we
should, in theory, be tearing up the amersham arms, in new cross, on saturday 20th april, and possibley the mjc and leo's at sometime after that. keep an eye on this space for further details... till next
time i can be arsed to update... [ross] 10th
march 2002 jesus, its been absolutely ages since
last update. oh well, we've got a bunch of new songs
written, and we're pretty much sorted on the ep
front, we've just gotta get riley's
4-track fixed, so we can actually record it. hopefully
we'll be able to get it recorded at easter some
time. the ep's titled "reasons
for failure" and the tracklisting is as
follows: 1. imperfections; 2. forever late (teardrops on a smile); 3. fraggle ho; 4. second opinion. we might put a cover of favourite things from the sound of music
on there too, but we haven't decided yet. the ep's also gonna have the
fantastic guitar stylings of our newest member, goc (pronounced "jock"). if
you see her at a show, or down the pub, or whatever, say hi. anyway, i'm bored with writing
this shit already, so i'll love you and leave you
for now. i'll try and
update as soon as i know exactly when the ep will be available. when it is,
it'll be available exclusively from his website and from us at shows, and
there will be a strictly limited number available, cos
most of them are gonna be sent out as demos to
various industry types. anyway, see ya's laters. [ross] sorry for the lack of updates, but i actually have a life, and practising with the band
always takes precedence over working on this crappy site. i'd like to welcome to the band our newest member,
second saxophonist mike. a big warm welcome to mike, i'm sure that u'll be seeing alot of him... in other news, we've got some new
songs on the way, the lyrics will be posted in due course, and mp3s will
follow soon. i apologise in
advance for the quality of the sound files, as although they're being recorded
on riley's shiny new 4-track, transferring them and
encoding them to mp3 has been a big old bitch of a job. but
they're better than nothing... anyway, better go and finish writing my bassline for practice tomorrow. laters... [ross] hey, hello and welcome. i'll begin uploading mp3's of some of our songs just as
soon as they're recorded, til then you'll have to
make do with the handful of lyrics we've so far posted. if
you want details of gigs and crap, join the mailing list by hitting the
"contact" button, and emailing us with your name and stuff... you
can put anything you want on there, we're always happy to get mail from mad
people. especially cute, female mad people... [ross] |
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