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Title: Bloody Wankers by @#*&!
Post by: Gritter on April 19, 2011, 03:32:50 PM
A trip down memory lane...

From 1990 @#*&! (A Cartoon Swear) studio recording. This was the quirkiest of our quirky songs. I think our live energy was best captured in this particular recording. Recorded on reel-to-reel (2 inch ?), and duped to casette 20 years ago, so please excuse the minor drop outs. Listening to this old stuff really makes me appreciate what great lyricist we had.

Thanks for listening.

Sandy.

Bloody Wankers
written by Kent Alstad
vocals and guitar - Kent
bass - Kris
drums and backing vocals - Sandy
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Post by: Geir on April 19, 2011, 03:49:40 PM
Hey ... you were a drummer ? !!!!!

Cool tune Sandy ! Love the energy !

Kent Alstad? That sounds kinda Sweedish ???
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Post by: Oldrottenhead on April 19, 2011, 03:53:38 PM
bloody magic
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Post by: Gritter on April 19, 2011, 04:00:10 PM
Quote from: Geir on April 19, 2011, 03:49:40 PMHey ... you were a drummer ? !!!!!

Cool tune Sandy ! Love the energy !

Kent Alstad? That sounds kinda Sweedish ???


Thanks Geir. I still consider myself a drummer!

Alstad origin:

Norwegian: habitational name from any of ten or so farms, most in Trondelag, named Alstad, from a personal name + Old Norse sta{dh}r 'farmstead', 'dwelling'.


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Post by: lg on April 19, 2011, 04:01:32 PM
Great fun!!!

LG
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Post by: cuthbert on April 19, 2011, 04:02:09 PM
That was terrific!  8)

And sounds pretty crisp considering it came from a cassette. And somehow I knew you played the drums...you probably have mentioned it previously.
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Post by: Bluesberry on April 19, 2011, 04:28:24 PM
A drummer......way cool Sandy.......do you own any drums now?  I guess not or we would have heard them by now.  You need to get yourself a nice reasonably priced E-drum set like the Roland HD-1 to thrash about on in the privacy of your home.  What a great song, this is deadly.  You are a legend man.  The vocalist sounds a bit like your voice.  I love your crashing cymbals there.  You are a damn fine drummer, tight and groovy.  Damn, great frigging drumming, jazzy almost.  Thats some sweet jazz-punk drumming.
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Post by: Gritter on April 19, 2011, 04:39:32 PM
Quote from: Bluesberry on April 19, 2011, 04:28:24 PMA drummer......way cool Sandy.......do you own any drums now?  I guess not or we would have heard them by now.  You need to get yourself a nice reasonably priced E-drum set like the Roland HD-1 to thrash about on in the privacy of your home.  What a great song, this is deadly.  You are a legend man.  The vocalist sounds a bit like your voice.  I love your crashing cymbals there.  You are a damn fine drummer, tight and groovy.  Damn, great frigging drumming, jazzy almost.  Thats some sweet jazz-punk drumming.
Thanks Dave. I still got drums, though I don't get a chance to play them much. Wife won't allow them in the house. I've had them in storage for a few years but recently set them up in my mom's basement so I've been on them a couple times in recent weeks. Usually when I jam with the guys, a handful of times a year, we rent a space that comes with a kit. I provide snare, kick pedal and cymbals.

Here's me on them about 10 years ago in my buddy Kris's basement. We used to jam there on Sunday nights in the early 2000's until he moved to London, England. He moved back here last summer but we are doing the rental thing when we jam. He's got a wife too...

(https://songcrafters.org/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=10917.0;attach=11407)

They are Pearl Custom Masters.
Title: Re: Bloody Wankers by @#*&!
Post by: Bluesberry on April 19, 2011, 04:47:17 PM
Great picture.....now I see why your guitar parts always have such a strong sense of groove and timing.  Seriously, you should look into a Roland HD-1 (http://www.roland.com/products/en/HD-1/).  The Entry level Roland kit, put headphones on and they are pretty damn quiet to the rest of the house, sounds fantastic in the headphones.  Plug them into a bass amp for some serious boom-bang.  I just got a set 2 months ago and am slowly teaching myself to drum, and I see what the appeal is now. I can't stay away from the damn things.  I play them every day since I got them.  And they don't bother my wife at all.  She even thinks they look funky sitting in the spare bedroom.
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Post by: Oldrottenhead on April 19, 2011, 04:53:45 PM
fab pic sandy
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Post by: launched on April 19, 2011, 09:27:56 PM
I would love to see something like this live - Excellent recording, too. Especially a live one from twenty years ago. Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!!!!

Love the way you hold them sticks, bro!

Mark
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Post by: Redler on April 20, 2011, 01:07:22 AM
Nice post from the past! Drummer...? That was new to me, too. You're a real multi instrumentalist!

Kari
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Post by: antisocialworker on April 20, 2011, 02:20:29 AM
kinda like primus meets the clash or something..  nice drumming man.
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Post by: The Gobi Desert Canoe Club on April 20, 2011, 03:21:17 AM
Always interesting to hear a blast from the past. Great picture by the way, I wish I had some of the stuff we recorded although I suspect most of it would give me the horrors now. This is still standing strong and very listenable..............Willie
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Post by: trev on April 20, 2011, 10:47:50 AM
Love the guitar track on this and still sounds quite contemporary even after all that time. Great track should be an album to go with it.

Trev
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Post by: SwanSong on April 20, 2011, 11:13:19 AM
Nice peice. unique and different .,enjoyed thumbs up
best regards NEIL
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Post by: OsCKilO on April 20, 2011, 01:27:44 PM
This is superb!

Lovely loose jam feel but very tight at the same time!

Love it!

Any song that uses the term wanker is a winner in my book!

Bravo!
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Post by: henwrench on April 20, 2011, 01:38:12 PM
Great track, right up my alley... and Sandy!! Those drums!! Ace!!

                                                                          henwrench
Title: Re: Bloody Wankers by @#*&!
Post by: lg on April 20, 2011, 02:31:51 PM
Sandy the Drummer man!
Yes!!!!!!!!
This is another of those catchy songs, that I've just gotta hear again....

LG
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Post by: Rata-tat-tat on April 20, 2011, 03:36:04 PM
Yes... love the splashing/ crashing cymbals.... such a different style of playin... and the tune is just killer. You Bloody Wankers know how to rock!!!!
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Post by: pjd1 on April 21, 2011, 10:02:44 AM
Step back in time is always good to listen to ,, love the pic Sandy and the track !!

Dunny
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Post by: Gnasty on April 21, 2011, 04:38:44 PM


Holy shite..I missed this.. Had no idea you were a drummer either. I agree with BB on how why your tunes are SO Rhythmic...You are awesome man!

This song rules! Great pic!!
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Post by: Kevin Mammoth on April 25, 2011, 07:25:36 AM
cool song - off beat and angular, but it still rocks!
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Post by: T.C. Elliott on April 26, 2011, 04:47:56 PM
This is pretty damned good for a 20 year old cassette copy. (the sound that is.)
The drumming works really well... I like the melody quite a bit... cool vibe, too.
Title: Re: Bloody Wankers by @#*&!
Post by: Gnasty on December 28, 2014, 08:54:47 PM


Bloody Wanker bump!