News

We’ve uploaded the penultimate track of Dark Company’s Bad Habits album. This song is called Night Man and is an unashamed tongue-in-cheek playground cock-rock anthem that tweaks the nose of political correctness and health and safety all across the world.

The Bastard Sons of Dennis have been rehearsing new songs recently, and they finally managed to perform live at the Hole in the Wall on Tuesday, including the very first performances of two of their own pieces, Second Act and Ten Years Later. There are several more shows coming up over the next few days.

On Monday they plan to play at the Oddfellows in Exeter, Tuesday will be the Hole in the Wall again, and on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday they will be appearing at Sidmouth Folk Festival in a variety of locations. We will have more information for you soon on Sidmouth.

The Bastard Sons of Dennis have also been recording some more tracks for their free CDs and demos. This last week has seen them record Before The Kiss, A Redcap and Wings Wetted Down. We plan to upload their songs here when they are finished. They almost have a working PA system as well, so plan to play more longer shows when that has been fully fixed.

There is a possibility that some of our bands might be making an appearance on an online TV channel fairly soon. Details are sketchy at present and we will let you know the full story and where you can see the films in the near future.

We have found and uploaded some recordings from Dark Company in session in May 1994. These recordings feature Andy on vocals and George on guitar as Pete was too ill to sing during this time. There are some fantastic live versions of Dark Company’s songs in this compilation that lasts for around two hours and twenty minutes. We hope you will enjoy listening to them.

Look out for the Bastard Sons of Dennis at Sidmouth Folk Festival 2010. They will be performing live at various venues on Wednesday 4th August to Friday 6th August.

In recent times they have been busy working on new material and playing the odd show at the Hole in the Wall, the Oddfellows and the Amber Rooms. Tonight they are returning to the Hole in the Wall to play some of their new songs.

The hot summer sun and some of life’s other distractions have caused a slight lull in the activities of Wud Records in recent times. Everyone connected with Wud Records seems to have been away or busy or ill for some time. However, there has been some action and it’s about time we gave you an update as it’s been a while.

The Bastard Sons of Dennis have been mostly rehearsing and writing new material. There have been a few shows here and there, but not so many of late as the boys have been either busy or broken. We anticipate them returning to more regular gigs from next week and they are in search of some venues where they might play for longer and perhaps even be paid for doing so. They are also attempting to put a PA together and after the demise of the Black Horse’s open mic night and allegedly The Angel’s too, and are contemplating finding a venue where they can run one of their own.

Dark Company’s first album, Signmaker, has been digitally remastered and we hope to be able to bring it to you here in the next few days. We are planning a few special offers with the re-release of this album so keep a look-out for those. The Bad Habits album is approaching the mastering stage with just two more sings to finish up. George has been creating and recording baritone guitar parts on various songs across their spectrum of albums and Pete has been tidying up some of his vocal parts. We have also worked on some of Dark Company’s archive material and hope to publish some of their performances live in 1994 here in the reasonably near future.

In news of our other bands, George has again been attempting to lay down some baritone guitar on a couple of tracks for Flicker. A little archiving has been done for Now and an old Space Goats gig has been deconstructed and may be making an appearance on a page in the ‘miscellaneous’ section here soon.

Finally, we’d like to wish Nikita all the very best for her end-of-year show coming up at The Phoenix on Sunday. Nikita runs the open mic night at The Hole in the Wall on Tuesdays which is well worth a visit if you are able.