green bob in black and white

Check this link for a sharp picture of Bob taken at the Green Fair gig.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicmcphee/2040968396/

Thumbs up from Jan the Fan

Bad Terrorists played for 'Jan the Fan'. The songs were stylised to cover up the absence of the Hymn book...and without the Hymn book Bob had trouble remembering all the words:a groovy instrumental version of 'headbolt' was played reggae style which annoyed Bruce. Bob chose not to sing the words to his latest song 'Maybe, Maybe, Maybe the McCanns ate their baby' in front of a live audience; instead the audience shuddered to a chilling instrumental version that was quite disturbing enough for a Sunday afternoon. The Doggy song was also cut from the set list in case it upset Lola, Jan's black dog. But 'It's a problem' sounded great, a suitably dreamy and floaty version was played, Bruce of course was rooted to the floor with his eyes closed throughout and it was undeniably Jan's favourite tune of the afternoon. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUdSfaYj9F8

Bad Terrorists at the recording studio

Bob, Bruce and Barry splashed out on a day at the recording studio. They loaded up the drum kit and a selection of Bob's favourite homemade guitars, headed down brook street, turned right at the mini roundabout, over the river with the broken lights, took a right at the next even smaller roundabout, first left, followed by a sharp right past all the kids and the Mums and Dads at 'Rollerworld', the van then trundled under the railway line past Mannicks mechanics to Unit One and here they are...
actually this is the band having a tea break, They did take a break even though Bob was very insistent that all 22 tracks could be recorded by 5pm - Adrian doing the mixing wasn't so sure, 4/5 was more usual he told Bob - so, having set up and got themselves ready they went in to the studio and blasted one track after the next into the mics, only hindered slightly by me tripping over wires and bumping into a mike stand in the middle of Abigail Ybarra take 5. My sister was there as a token audience and statutary groupy and she jiggled away in the corner to her favourite tracks and didn't knock anything over.
Adrian needed to go home at 5 so the set list had to be cut short, but 17 tracks were recorded including a version of 'Maybe Maybe Maybe the McAnns ate their baby' and the best version ever of 'I'm a drummer in a rock n'roll Band', one of Barry's songs.

knobhead's ode to pickups

Bob is making yet another guitar...

As Bob was drawing the shape for yet another guitar he contemplated all its parts; the neck that would be cut and hand carved from a chunk of rare mahogony, he muses over a variety of head shapes, whether to stick with traditional designs or something more radical, and then there's the question of pickups: Bob went off on one about pickups; Bareknuckle pickups, humbuckers, and about the number of times each wire is wound round the piece of metal and how the sound gets effected.

Uh, um, if you say so Bob.

The trip into the fine details of what makes the best ever pickups got him thinking about the people who actually make them - Abigail Ybarra - came to mind. So, after imagining a lifetime spent winding metal the size of a hair around a rod 800 times he got the feeling of a song, circular music that makes your head go round and round very slowly supporting lyrics that tell the tale of the most celebrated pick ups winder ever and her steadfast dedication to the guitar making industry, "she's been winding pick ups for over 50 years", goes the song.

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=bad+terrorists+abigail+ybarra&search=Search

Bob recommends the use of hand wound in UK ' Bare Knuckle' pickups, check the website ...

http://www.bareknucklepickups.co.uk

Bad Terrorists at the Green Fair

Bad Terrorists were invited to play at the Green Fair, St. Mary's Arts Centre on Saturday 27th October after a chance hit on youtube with Bob's song inspired by the green agenda of all the political parties in the elections last May:-
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I'm going green
If you know what I mean

I used to be blue for a year or two
You wouldn't call me red now that we're nearly dead

My carbon footprint is nearly 8
I'm gonna change colour before it's too late

The summer solstice is now April the first
That's time for a new tax now open up your purse

Watch out for hot air
It's engulfing everywhere
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Could Bad Terrorists 'Going Green' become the Green Party anthem?
You decide...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNKoXulRHrs
The song got the green feet tapping, green hands clapping and the party members singing along. But, uh um, the Bad Terrorists carbon footprint rose to embarrasing levels as they couldn't help themselves turning up the amps, just a little now and then.
Green Bob was wearing his peas in the pod bandana and wishes that his brussel sprout plants were looking as good as the Bonka sprouts pictured above.
A jolly green time was had by all.