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Title: Oldrottenhead sez hi from scotland
Post by: Oldrottenhead on February 01, 2008, 04:04:41 AM
hi ,
I am oldrottenhead, my real name is james higgins i am from scotland   and am 48 years old going on 16, and have been trying to write songs since about 1977, inspired by the diy approach of lots of early punk bands.
me and my friend donny formed a band called the bunkbeds, the name came about because we only played in the bedroom.
the bunkbeds are now pretty much a solo effort with ocassional friends contributing to my songs.


here are the links
www.soundclick.com/thebunkbeds
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/higgins.james/
www.myspace.com/oldrottenhead
http://www.garageband.com/artist/thebunkbeds
http://www.youtube.com/oldrottenhead

and not forgetting
www.soundclick.com/nevermet



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Title: Re: Oldrottenhead
Post by: Pedro on February 01, 2008, 06:43:28 AM
You are officially welcomed to the forum my friend James!

This is a very talented man, I suggest you hear all of his music.

Did you ever seen the Sex Pistols or other punk bands live? It must have been pretty cool to live the 70's...
Title: Re: I'll start of by introducing myself
Post by: Pedro on February 01, 2008, 08:08:03 AM
Quote from: guitarhead on February 01, 2008, 05:54:00 AMoldrottenhead: aren't you supposed to make your own thread in the "Introduce yourself"-forum?

No worries, the topic is now splitted.
Title: Re: Oldrottenhead
Post by: Oldrottenhead on February 01, 2008, 08:26:32 AM
seen loads of bands, living near glasgow means most bands stop of on tour there at some point, re punk bands never saw the pistols but saw about every other band of that time. im not gonna list em as a list would be endless and also i cannea remember half o them now. lol. a bit like they say about the sixties " if you can remember them, you probably weren't there".
Title: Re: Oldrottenhead
Post by: guitarhead on February 01, 2008, 09:28:43 AM
Hey, I really like your voice, you acsent and I really enjoy hearing you sing! I hope you'll collaborate with me the next time I upload a "collaboration-tune" :)
Title: Re: Oldrottenhead
Post by: Pedro on February 01, 2008, 08:08:14 PM
Quote from: oldrottenhead on February 01, 2008, 08:26:32 AMseen loads of bands, living near glasgow means most bands stop of on tour there at some point, re punk bands never saw the pistols but saw about every other band of that time.

Very cool... I bet you have a lot of stories to tell then.

Quoteif you can remember them, you probably weren't there

Yes, very true sometimes.  ;)

Glasgow seems to have a good music scene. I always seem to read about that city to be associated with every other band.

PS: A title I remembered: Glasgow Mega Snake - Mogwai
Title: Re: Oldrottenhead
Post by: hooper on April 07, 2008, 11:06:52 AM
Hey James... Was just wondering, given your location and interest in 70's punk if you are/were familiar with an American band that did okay around the UK during that time... called the dBs.   ?

A couple of the founding members were high school buddies of mine in North Carolina and we were in a band together one summer. The dBs didn't get that big around here but (mainly from Googling around much later) I understand they did pretty good over there.

Remember the dB's?

Edit: Not sure if it would be exactly correct to call the dB's punk. Maybe punk turned power-pop?  I actually don't know too much about punk....
Title: Re: Oldrottenhead
Post by: Oldrottenhead on April 07, 2008, 03:19:50 PM
the name is vaguely familiar, i am sure there was an american band called the decibels tho, but wouldnt have classed them as punk, but they were  certainly alternative/new wave around early 80s, by that time i was listening to local bands like josef k, aztec camera the scars so i  dont think i ever saw them, but im sure john peel (legendary bbc dj/god) played them a few times.
im gonna have a look at www.allmusic.com to see if i can jig any memories
Title: Re: Oldrottenhead
Post by: Geir on October 04, 2009, 03:34:22 PM
Quotejust figuring out this song menu thingy gonna try and get most stuff chronologically but is gonna take forever
You sure have a big task ahead of you James !!! ;D

Good to see your making an index tho' Will make it easier to seek out those hidden gems there are plenty of in the archive !!

Title: Re: Oldrottenhead
Post by: OsCKilO on October 04, 2009, 03:46:04 PM


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Title: Re: Oldrottenhead
Post by: Oldrottenhead on October 04, 2009, 06:12:36 PM
QuoteGood to see your making an index tho' Will make it easier to seek out those hidden gems there are plenty of in the archive !!
i have already found a couple i forgot about plus a few i wish i never posted but i'm gonna be thorough and get the lot up. only 172 pages of posts to browse so gimme a couple of months to get em all up

up-date just reached the limit on how many words you can post in one message re the song list so will need to start another chapter lol.
Title: Re: Oldrottenhead sez hi from scotland
Post by: Oldrottenhead on October 07, 2009, 01:26:02 PM
big thanks to 64 guitars for helping me get this organised, hope to continue the updates at the weekend
Title: Re: Oldrottenhead sez hi from scotland
Post by: Tony W on October 07, 2009, 01:33:37 PM
Jim, you damn sure better be hitting a paypal thank you to 64 for that! Holy Cow you're a busy guy!
Title: Re: Oldrottenhead sez hi from scotland
Post by: Bluesberry on November 08, 2010, 02:31:33 PM
How's the updates coming, looks like you are missing a few  :D
Title: Re: Oldrottenhead sez hi from scotland
Post by: Oldrottenhead on November 08, 2010, 03:01:46 PM
lol since the play all mysongs thingy came along i gave up listing them far too many anyway, just to let you know im not doing nothing despite work commitments taking over my precious music time, there are two new jemima's kite songs on the go hopefully they will be ready in a day or two. monday morning was like the old days when out of the blue two songs from greeny appeared in my mailbox, he should be around soon  watch this space.

i love this place so please excuse my absences of late, i'm sure someone once said "there's no enough time in the day, tae dae all the things i want tae dae"
Title: Re: Oldrottenhead sez hi from scotland
Post by: Geir on November 08, 2010, 04:41:37 PM
Quotei'm sure someone once said "there's no enough time in the day, tae dae all the things i want tae dae"
I think I tried to say that once, but it turned out "tears nu enuk taim in te dai, tu du all te tings ay vant tu du" ;D
Title: Re: Oldrottenhead sez hi from scotland
Post by: OsCKilO on December 14, 2010, 04:22:16 PM
Quote from: Geir on November 08, 2010, 04:41:37 PM
Quotei'm sure someone once said "there's no enough time in the day, tae dae all the things i want tae dae"
I think I tried to say that once, but it turned out "tears nu enuk taim in te dai, tu du all te tings ay vant tu du" ;D

German?
Title: Re: Oldrottenhead sez hi from scotland
Post by: Geir on December 15, 2010, 04:02:21 AM
Quote from: OsCKilO on December 14, 2010, 04:22:16 PM
Quote from: Geir on November 08, 2010, 04:41:37 PM
Quotei'm sure someone once said "there's no enough time in the day, tae dae all the things i want tae dae"
I think I tried to say that once, but it turned out "tears nu enuk taim in te dai, tu du all te tings ay vant tu du" ;D

German?
Close !

Norse
Title: Re: Oldrottenhead sez hi from scotland
Post by: 64Guitars on September 03, 2012, 01:58:11 PM
Congratulations on your 14,000th post!  But I think you've reached the limits of the software.

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Title: Re: Oldrottenhead sez hi from scotland
Post by: Oldrottenhead on September 03, 2012, 02:08:03 PM
am upside doon witzataweabootbyrawaymamananawethat
Title: Re: Oldrottenhead sez hi from scotland
Post by: Geir on September 03, 2012, 03:45:14 PM
Quote from: oldrottenhead on September 03, 2012, 02:08:03 PMam upside doon witzataweabootbyrawaymamananawethat
And I thought it was just on the phone he was hard to get ! ::)
Title: Re: Oldrottenhead sez hi from scotland
Post by: Oldrottenhead on September 03, 2012, 03:57:49 PM
wull a type sloooowwwwwwwwwwwwwerrrr
Title: Re: Oldrottenhead sez hi from scotland
Post by: launched on September 03, 2012, 04:14:46 PM
Congrats Jim - Here's to your next 14,000,000,000!
Title: Re: Oldrottenhead sez hi from scotland
Post by: Oldrottenhead on September 03, 2012, 04:18:00 PM
am upside doon am upside doon
Title: Re: Oldrottenhead sez hi from scotland
Post by: Burtog on September 03, 2012, 04:19:14 PM
I remember you getting to 10K, seems like yesterday.

wait a minute, it was yesterday!!

 ;D
Title: Re: Oldrottenhead sez hi from scotland
Post by: launched on September 03, 2012, 04:22:11 PM
It's because Jim lives in the server, and to get out he has to fill the hard drive up with posts  8)
Title: Re: Oldrottenhead sez hi from scotland
Post by: Oldrottenhead on September 03, 2012, 04:25:07 PM
aaaaaaarrgh!!!!! av no got any crackers left fur ma brie...........................................................................
Title: Re: Oldrottenhead sez hi from scotland
Post by: Hook on September 03, 2012, 05:03:57 PM
Hi
Title: Re: Oldrottenhead sez hi from scotland
Post by: Oldrottenhead on September 03, 2012, 05:12:34 PM
huv you goat crackers
Title: Re: Oldrottenhead sez hi from scotland
Post by: 64Guitars on September 03, 2012, 05:20:35 PM
They're a bit soggy.

Title: Re: Oldrottenhead sez hi from scotland
Post by: Oldrottenhead on September 03, 2012, 05:21:47 PM
well it'll just huv tae be brie n custard creams again mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmnnmmmnmnmnmnmmmmniiiimmm
Title: Re: Oldrottenhead sez hi from scotland
Post by: Geir on July 13, 2013, 12:51:01 PM
There's not enough time in the day.

Still guests and spiders have a look at this durti old man :D


Quote from: OsCKilO on October 04, 2009, 03:46:04 PM
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Title: Re: Oldrottenhead sez hi from scotland
Post by: bazz-t-bass on October 07, 2013, 03:10:04 AM
Well that's gud enuff 4 me ??? ??? ???

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