The Cot Death EP... - Page 2

poprock · 23rd June 2008, 1:16pm

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Originally Posted by Troubla

having a the promotional skills of a major label behind you must be a help for pendulum...

Must be, since they’ve got fuck-all else going for them.

Rosco · 23rd June 2008, 1:17pm

I suppose there's a number of reasons why we haven't gigged the band, probably everyone having jobs and other projects is the main one. It's actually a fucking nightmare playing on a 3 or 4 band bill for us as well - the Garden Party was good craic but we were the only "band" on that day and it was a dnb crowd so i think it worked better - we played in front of a punk crowd in Manchester and peeps were just bemused. I'd love to get a gig on at a Glasgow Pangea at the Art School if that was possible though - i reckon it would go down pretty well in that environment.

Tbh, Pendulum are crap but i'm a wee bit pissed off that they've become a bigger name since we released the EP, it'll no doubt bring on countless comparisons if we were to get anywhere.

Jaemi · 23rd June 2008, 1:21pm

I've defended pendulum before and I feel I'll have to do it again.
If anything, the "pendulum boom" will help a band like yours.

MarkMono · 23rd June 2008, 1:25pm

Exactly my initial point.

Still, just because this thread is in the Pangea forum doesn't mean it has to degenerate into an argument about Pendulum. I started it, I'm stopping it. More about Cot Death.

Jaemi · 23rd June 2008, 1:28pm

Well aye, I had no intention of making it go that way. My point wasn't specifically directed to you..

MarkMono · 23rd June 2008, 1:29pm

Ah know. Still but.

Rosco · 23rd June 2008, 1:31pm

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Originally Posted by Jaemi

I've defended pendulum before and I feel I'll have to do it again.
If anything, the "pendulum boom" will help a band like yours.

Aye it probably would but i think they're trying to do a different thing to what we are, i don't necessarily want to be seen as a band who heard Pendulum and then went "i want to play in a band like that" . I would defend them to a point - i think their mixes are pretty good but their albums are pretty average.

Jaemi · 23rd June 2008, 1:32pm

It's their cross-over appeal.

Rosco · 23rd June 2008, 1:34pm

Well aye that's it but imo they crossover without doing either genre very well.

Jaemi · 23rd June 2008, 1:35pm

Aye, but once they've got you into D'n'B you realise that very quickly.

MarkMono · 23rd June 2008, 1:36pm

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Originally Posted by Rosco

I suppose there's a number of reasons why we haven't gigged the band, probably everyone having jobs and other projects is the main one. It's actually a fucking nightmare playing on a 3 or 4 band bill for us as well - the Garden Party was good craic but we were the only "band" on that day and it was a dnb crowd so i think it worked better - we played in front of a punk crowd in Manchester and peeps were just bemused. I'd love to get a gig on at a Glasgow Pangea at the Art School if that was possible though - i reckon it would go down pretty well in that environment.

Tbh, Pendulum are crap but i'm a wee bit pissed off that they've become a bigger name since we released the EP, it'll no doubt bring on countless comparisons if we were to get anywhere.

What was the Manchester show?

Troubla · 23rd June 2008, 1:36pm

i can't fully hate pendulum because i remember the joy i got from hearing 'vault' at glastonbury mashed out my face...

http://www.chemical-records.co.uk/sc...019&show=false

absolute monster of a tune. not done much since though...

Rosco · 23rd June 2008, 1:38pm

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Originally Posted by MarkMono

What was the Manchester show?

It was at a place called 'Satan's Hollow' (best name ever for a gig venue) and we had to play the gig about 30 minutes after playing as My Own Religion (which 4 out of 5 of us are in). Just a bit messy and the sound wasn't that good. Cotdeath lends itself to a bigger venue with a beasting PA. Pub gigs where everything isn't mic'd up is a bit pointless because it just sounds like a racket.

MarkMono · 23rd June 2008, 1:40pm

Aye, I can see how that would make things complicated given that you're just starting out.

You can understand my confusion though, beast of a fucking EP then...nothing.

Hah, is Ed the only one of you not in My Own Religion?

Rosco · 23rd June 2008, 1:45pm

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Originally Posted by MarkMono

Aye, I can see how that would make things complicated given that you're just starting out.

You can understand my confusion though, beast of a fucking EP then...nothing.

Hah, is Ed the only one of you not in My Own Religion?

It's frustrating for sure. We obviously don't have the fanbase where we can get our own setup and have everything going our way, as i said earlier the best way to do would probably be to play Pangea again (nudge nudge, wink wink JZY

) or somewhere that had a good PA like the Catty maybe.

Aye Ed's the only one although i'm positive he spent the whole gig giving me the fingers, i can't prove it but the back of my head was burning.