NEXT BITCH SHOW!!!

We will be supporting Soft Toy Emergency @ Start The Bus on Thursday Oct 15th. It's gonna be a cracker!!!

www.myspace.com/softtoyemergency

'Pet Sounds' Flyer...

'Pet Sounds' presents: Sexy Bitch @ Cooler, The - On Bristol Listings

'Pet Sounds' presents: Sexy Bitch @ Cooler, The - On Bristol Listings

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New Bio!

http://welldecent.blogspot.com/2009/08/anticipating-return-of-all-that-is-sexy.html

New Artwork

What's on the S.B Stereo?

1. Andrew Gold - 'What's Wrong With This Picture?'
2. Sex Pistols - 'Kiss This'
3. Vitalic - 'Ok Cowboy'
4. Paul McCartney - 'All The best'
5. Nick Drake - 'Bryter Later'

Just under 6 weeks to go...

until our comeback gig @ The Cooler, Bristol...

What's on the S.B Stereo?

What's on the S.B Stereo?

1. Scott Walker - 5 Easy Pieces
2. Beatles - Revolver
3. Suede - Suede
4. OST - The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

What's on the S.B Stereo?

1. Fabric Live 29 - Cut Copy
2. Journal For Plague Lovers - Manic Street Preachers
3. It's Blitz - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4. From Here To Eternity - Giorgio Moroder
5. The Archers

Demos

We demoed 3 of the new songs last Thursday. Interesting to hear them back. They sounded better than I expected but do need to be tinkered with structurally. Don't think the missus liked them much...

Ruff Mix

I played the first mix of 'Nigeria' to Nicky and he was really pleased with it, so I must be doing something right...

Only 4 more songs to go!!!

What's on the S.B Stereo?

1. Fabriclive 37 - Caspa & Rusko
2. Fabriclive 41 - Simian Mobile Disco
3. Infinity +1 - A-Trak
4. K7 Tapes - The Rapture
5. Greatest Hits - Boney M

NIGERIA

I am happy to say we have almost completed one of the new recordingss. It's called 'Nigeria' and it's about my correspndence with my good friend Ollie whilst he spent a year in said country.

Musically it's 2 min 30 seconds of pure Stooges-esque punk rock and I'm looking forward to finally mixing it down and getting it on myspace and the like...

NEWZ

First off, Nicky is moving back to Leeds so he won't be able to play with us no more. It's very sad as not only are we losing an amazing drummer but we're losing an amazing friend

The aim is to get the E.P recorded and mixed for when Nicky heads up North

Mark added his bass last night and I'm happy to say the recording is almost complete. It's been a long process but that's what happens when you have jobs, wives, fiancés, dance troupes, etc...


We will carry on as a live band as our second guitarist just happens to be a kick ass drummer in his own right. We are currently working on working on a set list of mostly new songs and hope to be playing live in the next couple of months

It won't be the same without our Nicky but the door is always open should he return to Bristol. In the meantime, we have a load of new tracks we're really proud of and anxious to play infront of an audience...

Recording update

Drums, Korg, Coz vocals and guitars are recorded. Struggling to find a decent distortion for the guitar but the quiet bits sounds purdy. Nicky and Mark dislike 'Mirrorball' for being too camp and want to keep it off the e.p as it won't sit well with all the brooding (boring) indie... lolz

Disaster

Last night I attempted to record Mark and Sauce but couldn't get sodding Cubase to play ball. The lads went home without recording a note and I wanted to chuck the laptop out the window. After they went, I had a break from it all and then realised I needed to install the driver for the USB soundcard! Everything is working now and I recorded some guide vocals and korg, so I could rest my head knowing I had actually achieved something.

E.P Artwork

Recording update

Leyland came round on Good Friday and we stuck the drums wavs onto my laptop. We spent a few hours adding plug-ins and drinking XXXX and are pretty happy with the drum sound (it kinda sound like the drums on 'Surfer Rosa') It's nice to have good seperation this time around, you can actually hear the kick!!! I'll be laying down my geetar this week and Mark will be around on Saturday to add bass...

The Sound of Drums

We did it! Last night we managed to record the drum tracks for 5 songs, 'Ashes', 'Red', 'Lights Camera Action', 'Nigeria' and 'Mirrorball'. Jago kindly let us use his digital 16-track recorder and we are really happy with the quality along with Nicky's performance.

It took a while for Nicky, Sauce and Jago to mic up the kit but once it was sorted, Nicky nailed each song in 2 takes using a click track with guide bass.

This is a MASSIVE weight off our shoulders!!! Jago and Nicky should have a mix down ready for Easter weekend, then I can start laying down my guitar parts...

GET IN!!!!!

Cozzer...

...played the new song she wrote to one of her colleagues at work. He liked it and noted it sounded like New Order (SURPRISE, SURPRISE!!!) and that we compose songs in the same way U2 do. Aaarrrrrrggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhh hhhhhhhhh!!!!!........!!!!!!!!!!

http://music.unrealitytv.co.uk/u2-preparing-for-new-studio-album/

Nice!

http://pitchfork.com/news/34977-trent-reznor-owns-april-fools-day/

Echo Chamber: Bob Dylan

http://pitchfork.com/news/34949-echo-chamber-bob-dylan/

Was it really almost 13 months ago?

Jago

Nicky's pal Jago is going to come along to practice on Thursday and set up his recording stuff. We're hoping to get a fair bit done. Nicky says he'll get the beat down for the 'Mirrorball', but he also wants to have a bash at 'Red', 'L.C.A' and 'Ashes'. Nicky may even nail 'Nigeria' and 'Dumb Angels' but we know that'd be tricky. But if they work then we've got all of those tunes out of the way and we can move on as a band. Wish us luck!

Pretty, Pretty, Pretty Good.

Last night's practice was our best for a long time. Instead of worrying about recording 'Mirrorball', we decided to see how far we could take the 4 new songs...

‘Mirrorball’ is now 100% finished and it was nice to play it as a whole band with Nicky on drums on Coz on backing vocals (Coz always seems to leave practice before we jam it and Nicky hasn't hadn't heard it since we added vocals) It’s sounds great! Nicky's drumming on top of the drum machine is so tight. He also manages to do some terrific fill-ins. Very LCD Soundsystem-esque...

We then worked on a new song that Coz had written on the Korg using the arpeggiator. She sang and played Korg whilst Sauce played guitar and Mark and Nicky played bass and drums respectively. Technically, it's the most advanced thing we've done biut it sounded really cheesy in a Coldplay/U2/M.O.R way (something I could imagine being played on MOTD2) We managed to de-cheese with me doing my Iggy Pop impression over the top and to work on the dynamics of the song. Lovely piece of guitar work by Sauce too.

Then we worked on ‘Stardust’ (it's about the David Essex film of the same name) but the trouble is I use exactly the same melody as Coz’s song. Looks like I’ll have to go back to the drawing board with that. We're happy with the music (it's just 2 chords) but we run the risk of sounding like Interpol or, worse still, The Editors (that'll be the Korg strings!) I'd like to meet up with Coz this week to see if we can't salvage it somehow.

We ended the night with the song with the first song we developed as a 5-piece. Mark takes on vocal duties this time. The verse reminds me of the verse to‘Scary Monsters’ and the chorus sounds like 'Peaches' by The Stranglers. Then it mutates into a Samba groove. Very different do anything we've done before.

Overall we’re really pleased with the way things are going. We've definitely developed a new sound now we have Coz and Sauce on board. We recorded each song on mini-disc and it was really interesting hearing them back. I think we're onto a winner!

The Little Fat Man (With The Pug-Nosed Face) ~ (Bowie/Gervais/Merchant)

Little fat man who sold his soul,
Little fat man who sold his dream...

Pathetic little fat man,
No one's bloody laughing,
The clown that no one laugh's at,
They all just wish he'd die.

He's so depressed at being hated,
Fatso takes his own life,
He blows his stupid brains out,
But the twat would probably miss.

He sold his soul for a shot at fame,
Catchphrase and wig and the jokes are lame,
He's got no style, he's got no grace,
He's banal and facile, he's a fat waste of space

See his pug-nosed face...Pug, pug, pug, pug,
See his pug-nosed face...Pug, pug, pug, pug,
See his pug-nosed face...Pug, pug, pug, pug,
The little fat man with the pug-nosed face, Pug, pug, pug, pug,
Little fat man, pug-nosed face, Pug, pug, pug, pug,
He's a little fat pug-nosed face, Pug, pug, pug, pug.

Recordings, or lack thereof...

This band is notoriously bad for actually recording anything that could be played on the radio or in the club . The last time we recorded a decent EP was in the autumn of 2006, when we were just a 3-piece. THAT'S 3 YEARS AGO!!! 'Canis De Sexus' was recorded in both Gloucester and Bristol and was mixed by Stephen from Countryside who proved, you can polish a turd...

To be fair, Mark and I put a lot of work in getting nice sounds for the bass and guitars, it was just that we were working with a rather poor drum track (the snare sounded awful, a bit like Lars Ulrich's snare on 'St. Anger') When it came to the mix, Stephen used all kinds of tricks on Pro Tools to get the EP to sound the way it is today and we also decided to record most of the vocals on his good mics. We were really pleased with the way it turned out and we were lucky enough to hear it's tracks played on the BBC and at Socialism @ The Thekla throughout 2007.

The rest of that year saw Sarah joining the band and Jimmy leaving, who was eventually replaced by Nicky in September 2007. We spent the rest of year trying to write to material as well as getting Nicky comfortable with our back catalogue so we could play a gig. The new songs were mediocre at best apart from 'Nigeria', but we decided to plough on, looking forward to playing live in 2008 with our new drummer.

The debut gig came and went and we very pleased with the way we played. We were looking forward to playing a few more gigs and recording some of the new songs, as well as ones that were left off 'Canis' ('Ashes, 'B4', 'LCA') We achieved the former, but then Sarah left us for London. Before we knew it, it was June and it was time to put The Bitch on the back burner as we began rehearsing for our mate's wedding reception, under the guise of 'Prenup'. We had managed to demo the new EP on 4-Track but the only things that came out of it were crummy recordings of 'Nigeria' and 'Dumb Angels'...

Although it was a bit daunting, knowing we'd be a covers group for the next 6 months, Prenup was a good laugh and we recruited our friends Tony, Coz and Sauce to help us perform the songs the bride and groom had selected. It definitely made us better players and it was good for me to focus on my bass playing, whilst Mark sang more than he would normally. Nicky certainly blossomed as a drummer and Tony, Coz and Sauce really made us sound like a professional act, with their contributions on vocals, guitar, drums and percussion.

An opportunity came to record a new Bitch EP in Leeds in October but we somehow manage to lose the slots we booked. Rather than try to reschedule for December, we decided to forget about it and just focus on getting the Prenup right (which was now a 17 song strong set)

The wedding performance was a great success and we were asked to play again in January for our friend's 30th. That would be Prenup's final gig but we decided to recruit Coz and Sauce for The Bitch and now we find ourselves in a position of having a number of NEW songs that we want to record a..s.a.p.

Rather that traveling up to Leeds or asking someone to record us in the rehearsal space, I'm going to take on the role of producer. I feel I have learnt enough over the last few years to make a good Cubase recording and I'm sure Mark will be on hand to help me out as he co-produced 'Canis' with Stephen.

So this week, I will start recording the new Sexy Bitch record!!! I want to begin by recording the drum track for 'Mirrorball' and then taking it home to add the remaining instruments. I'm very excited as it's been a long time coming and I truly believe these new songs are some of the best we've done. I shall let you know how we get on...

Artwork

I need to create some new artwork for our myspace and get some photos of the new line up.

I'm also thinking we should replace our mascot (the Siberian Husky) with an Accountant since Lights Action have recently been snapped with said dog (see pic)

We also have a song called 'Lights Camera Action' which is a bit unfortunate!

I'm also considering changing our name as our gigs never get printed in the evening post and I'm always embarassed when family and work colleagues ask what we're called.

Here's some ideas I've had:

Boris and The Johnsons
Yassassin (After the Bowie track)
Celebrataunts
United
Fridate
Avalon, Manifesto or Siren (After the Roxy Music albums)
N.E.W.S
Teachers
The Fascinators
Sportz
Italia 90

So what do you think? Shall we remain The Bitch or is it time to get ourselves a new moniker?

Mirrorball

We've actually finished one of the new songs! It's called 'Mirrorball' and, lyrically, was inspired by a damning Venue review where Sauce was compared to an Accountant. Musically it reminds me of Cola Boy

http://www.nme.com/video/id/-OQy8HMa3cI/search

We're going to start recording it this week so hopefully it'll be available on myspace next month...

FIRST POST!!!!

I was thinking about writing a song about this city...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frisco,_Texas