HAZEL has decided to leave the band...

Not a lot else to report, our fearless  gin-fueled front woman has decided to leave the band.

Her voice, stage presence, mid solo gin pouring and shoulder climbing antics will be sorely missed.

I wish her luck with what ever she does in the future.

In the short term, Sober Dave and I will be singing. So far this has been working out OK.

We both sing so we're not cancelling any shows. I'm kind of in two minds myself as to whether we should just go with that option, or find a new singer.
I sing OK, and Dave has a good punk voice and has sung lead vocals before so I'm not worried about how it will sound, but I do think we do lose something when the singer(s) are trapped holding guitars. For now anyway, Dave will be doing most of the singing and I'll be doing one or two tracks.

We have placed a few adverts looking for a new singer, but I guess we're not really in a hurry to fill the slot. If somebody amazing comes along, then that'll be cool, but if they don't, I'm quite happy for things to carry on as a four-piece.

If you know of anyone male or female who would like to try out, then get in touch.

In the mean time here's some footage off Hazel drinking gin of the floor :-)

HAZEL DRINKS GIN OFF THE FLOOR...  

Live at South of the Border 08/05/10

We had a great gig on Saturday. It was THE SOHO COBRAS live at AQUANET a new 80's rock themed night on Old Street.

It was a cool venue, Mexican themed and under a Mexican restaurant. We had some band pics done as well since the place looked so cool, some of these will follow but for now it's just live and carnage related video.

The was a lot of waiting around because we were the only band on. We hit the stage at about 11 o'clock so we had a few beers under our belts, maybe too many but it was so much fun it just didn't matter. Hazel was getting bought a LOT of drinks while she was on stage so if she wasn't drunk when we started she was when we finished :-)

I guess the "highlight" of the night was Hazel getting dared to drink spilled gin off the stage... and doing it!
Video of that and some music below:

HAZEL DRINKS GIN OFF THE FLOOR... THE SOHO COBRAS LIVE

GET IT ON By THE SOHO COBRAS Live at SOUTH OF THE BORDER

FULL THROTTLE By THE SOHO COBRAS Live at SOUTH OF THE BORDER

BAD NEWS cover by THE SOHO COBRAS Live at SOUTH OF THE BORDER

BOYZ NIGHT OUT By THE SOHO COBRAS Live at SOUTH OF THE BORDER

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Playing at THE UNDERWORLD in CAMDEN 29/03/10 and some pics from Oxford

First two gigs have gone really well.

Next one is is at THE UNDERWORLD in Camden. I've played there a couple of times, but not since 2003. 

Last Time was supporting SHEEP ON DRUGS with DUST:RETOX. That  show was a bit of a drunken shambles. A good night of glitter covered shirtless fun I guess even if a bit too much tequila was involved and Paulo the guy controlling the samples fucked up literally every time. That was a fun night but I really think THE SOHO COBRAS show is going to be a lot better!

It's also going to be my first gig my my new amp, so I'm looking forward to trying out the JCA20H. More on the new amp though when I can get some video shot.

We're playing on Monday 29th March with NINJA GUN, I think we're on first so get there early.

Tickets available at:

TICKETWEB.CO.UK

STARGREEN.COM

SEETICKETS.COM

I've also found some cool pics from the gig last Friday in Oxford. There a few examples below or you can check out the whole gallery at Pelicoophotography.com.

HAZEL in action

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ME looking off to one side.

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ME and DAVE rocking out.

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See you at THE UNDERWORLD on the 29th of MARCH!!!

THE SOHO COBRAS: First demo featuring Hazel...

Just a quick note to say that we have done a couple of tracks acoustically so we can get our new singer Hazel's voice out there for you to here as fast as we could.

 A couple didn't come out that great, partly because I had drunk 2 bottles of wine and partly because I am not great on acoustic guitar.

There's a world of difference I think between "playing acoustic guitar" and being an electric guitar player that occasionally bashes out a song on acoustic.
I have been spoiled I think playing my beautiful hand made French widdle machines, so it was a bit of a shock to suddenly have huge string and a highish action to wrestle with. I wanted to do a better job with the guitars since the vocals are really soaring, but I think all things considered the guitars came out ok.


There's a mini player below where you can check out the track. This is HERE AGAIN (acoustic), by THE SOHO COBRAS