Fantastic New Review of my new EP Wrong Road
Deejay Mumin 03 May at 17:53
The Wrong Road - Distorted Breed
The opening riffs of The Wrong Road by Distorted Breed set the tone for their 5-track EP, also titled The Wrong Road. The heavy duty, sludgy guitars are counterbalanced by Jim Distortion’s clear vocals, gruff and growling without ever losing clarity or range.
Pretty, the second track really lets Distorted Breed demonstrate their more bluesy, southern rock sensibilities without ever getting maudlin or self indulgent. Pretty is followed by the Foo Fighters’ inspired track The Devil. Although this is the weakest track on a strong EP, this is probably the one that is most radio friendly and would be a successful "unit shifter".
The fourth track is Strange, both in name and nature. Starting with unexpected electro feedback, it quickly dives headlong back into their more familiar home of dirty rock. The final track on the EP is the thoughtfully written He Don’t Exist. The lyrics are so strong, exploring personal responsibility and theology, that the music seems almost pared back in comparison.
Overall, The Wrong Road is a strong EP from the Hertford trio, demonstrating excellent musicianship and songwriting abilities. This is definitely one for fans of Black Label Society, Black Stone Cherry and Dixie Witch.
DJ Mumin
The Wrong Road - Distorted Breed
The opening riffs of The Wrong Road by Distorted Breed set the tone for their 5-track EP, also titled The Wrong Road. The heavy duty, sludgy guitars are counterbalanced by Jim Distortion’s clear vocals, gruff and growling without ever losing clarity or range.
Pretty, the second track really lets Distorted Breed demonstrate their more bluesy, southern rock sensibilities without ever getting maudlin or self indulgent. Pretty is followed by the Foo Fighters’ inspired track The Devil. Although this is the weakest track on a strong EP, this is probably the one that is most radio friendly and would be a successful "unit shifter".
The fourth track is Strange, both in name and nature. Starting with unexpected electro feedback, it quickly dives headlong back into their more familiar home of dirty rock. The final track on the EP is the thoughtfully written He Don’t Exist. The lyrics are so strong, exploring personal responsibility and theology, that the music seems almost pared back in comparison.
Overall, The Wrong Road is a strong EP from the Hertford trio, demonstrating excellent musicianship and songwriting abilities. This is definitely one for fans of Black Label Society, Black Stone Cherry and Dixie Witch.
DJ Mumin
Tour Diary Episode 6
There is an old saying in the music world and it goes like this! The band that demands the most has the least talent! Well tonight we met the cause of this full on! We were at Marr’s bar in Worcester this is a great venue the staff are all lovely and Brian being the owner was away on tour so Nick was in Charge! Let me tell you first that everyone there made us really welcome and looked after us great! So we had been there a while loaded in and then the supposed headline act came in with the supposed support band!
As soon as they came in we were told how good they were and how many famous people they had played with to which me and my band were suitably impressed! I obviously have played with lots Of names and great bands but really would rather be known for the talent of the people on stage with me and of course my own talent! I said as much and then was told that I should watch and learn lol! Marvellous set yourself up why don’t you!! Then the manager of the other band (who of course was an over zealous dad) told us how they has supported the Subways and big bands! I laughed and walked away to hear Roxy from my band go oh so you know them do you ??! He then told this jumped up old man all aboiut the Subways and their line up and the history as they are mates for real! Shot him dead!! BEAutiful moment!
Then the real shit hit the fan! We were supposed to be main support to the touring punk pop band The Buck Brother! And the other band Nomad 67 were supposed to open for us!! This was not to their licking so they just told me we would open for all them at which I said why the fuck would I travel 300 mile round trip to open for them?! I then realised I could win points and did so! I agreed to open the show and we did and we were treated to a crowd who really really loved us! They were literally screaming for us and when I introduced the band at the end you should have heard the noise!!!
FOLLOW THAT YOU ARROGANT TWONKS!
The Buck Brothers took the stage to a wave of “who cares” as the fans were still talking to us lol We did our duty and stayed for a pint and watched what can only be described as an average punk ripoff band!!
Note to the world don’t boast about how good you are let the crowd decide! I have been described as all kinds of arrogant but to be honest the venue have asked us back we were the only band to be paid even though we opened the show!! There is a lesson to be learned there but all I care about is we went to a new town gained some fans and got asked to come back!!!!!
Proud of my band proud of our attitude and proud to be able to play to crowds round the country!!
Love Respect and Dirty Rock n Roll
As soon as they came in we were told how good they were and how many famous people they had played with to which me and my band were suitably impressed! I obviously have played with lots Of names and great bands but really would rather be known for the talent of the people on stage with me and of course my own talent! I said as much and then was told that I should watch and learn lol! Marvellous set yourself up why don’t you!! Then the manager of the other band (who of course was an over zealous dad) told us how they has supported the Subways and big bands! I laughed and walked away to hear Roxy from my band go oh so you know them do you ??! He then told this jumped up old man all aboiut the Subways and their line up and the history as they are mates for real! Shot him dead!! BEAutiful moment!
Then the real shit hit the fan! We were supposed to be main support to the touring punk pop band The Buck Brother! And the other band Nomad 67 were supposed to open for us!! This was not to their licking so they just told me we would open for all them at which I said why the fuck would I travel 300 mile round trip to open for them?! I then realised I could win points and did so! I agreed to open the show and we did and we were treated to a crowd who really really loved us! They were literally screaming for us and when I introduced the band at the end you should have heard the noise!!!
FOLLOW THAT YOU ARROGANT TWONKS!
The Buck Brothers took the stage to a wave of “who cares” as the fans were still talking to us lol We did our duty and stayed for a pint and watched what can only be described as an average punk ripoff band!!
Note to the world don’t boast about how good you are let the crowd decide! I have been described as all kinds of arrogant but to be honest the venue have asked us back we were the only band to be paid even though we opened the show!! There is a lesson to be learned there but all I care about is we went to a new town gained some fans and got asked to come back!!!!!
Proud of my band proud of our attitude and proud to be able to play to crowds round the country!!
Love Respect and Dirty Rock n Roll
Episode 5
So the long trip to Grimsby from Workington was just that long! Having the largest hangover in a few years it was a troublesome thing not to be sick every time we went round a corner but I managed!! Roxy Chris and Bam in nthe back and me and the hippy up front all feeling a little jaded! Im eternally grateful to Alex for driving through all these adventures as 800 miles have been travelled since Thursday morning!!
So we get to Grimsby and things haven’t changed since I was there last! My brother used to live up the road si knew my way about! Got to the Yardbirds and was greeted by a cool soundman who looked after us brilliantly! We were on first as we had to get straight back so I could do some radio first thing this morning!
Ill not lie to you it was not full but really empty but a strange thing happened! We played the first song and people came out of doors and from behind bars and came and cheered us on! We played our half an hour set and we played without a bad note! Really proud of me and the guys cause a lot of lesser bands wouldn’t have given a shit and just gone through the motions!
The other two bands came to watch us and when we finished everyone was clapping and a lot of the other musicians came up and said how good we were and that I had an amazing voice!! There was a guy on tour with one of the bands from the USofA who bought a cd and loved it! Trace my mate was there and she loved it to so even out of an empty room we got a rebooking and a cd sale and then another! Thanks to Robbo and the other Bikers that were there the Warlocks for looking after us!
Then five hours home in a van that had to become our home and did admirably! Im pleased we did the miles sad we didn’t get the sales and also annoyed at some of the lack of backing from promoters I think the world of live music has got old fat and lazy! Ill tell you one thing im gonna keep on the circuit and keep playing to who ever will listen cause it’s the way it works!
Worcester Friday it all starts again then Camden Sunday then the end of the run is Harlow 29th and St Albans 30th for the end of tour party! Come join us somewhere on the road and support who we are and what we are doing as you guys always say you like our music well fucking prove it!
Love Respect and Dirty Rock n Roll
So we get to Grimsby and things haven’t changed since I was there last! My brother used to live up the road si knew my way about! Got to the Yardbirds and was greeted by a cool soundman who looked after us brilliantly! We were on first as we had to get straight back so I could do some radio first thing this morning!
Ill not lie to you it was not full but really empty but a strange thing happened! We played the first song and people came out of doors and from behind bars and came and cheered us on! We played our half an hour set and we played without a bad note! Really proud of me and the guys cause a lot of lesser bands wouldn’t have given a shit and just gone through the motions!
The other two bands came to watch us and when we finished everyone was clapping and a lot of the other musicians came up and said how good we were and that I had an amazing voice!! There was a guy on tour with one of the bands from the USofA who bought a cd and loved it! Trace my mate was there and she loved it to so even out of an empty room we got a rebooking and a cd sale and then another! Thanks to Robbo and the other Bikers that were there the Warlocks for looking after us!
Then five hours home in a van that had to become our home and did admirably! Im pleased we did the miles sad we didn’t get the sales and also annoyed at some of the lack of backing from promoters I think the world of live music has got old fat and lazy! Ill tell you one thing im gonna keep on the circuit and keep playing to who ever will listen cause it’s the way it works!
Worcester Friday it all starts again then Camden Sunday then the end of the run is Harlow 29th and St Albans 30th for the end of tour party! Come join us somewhere on the road and support who we are and what we are doing as you guys always say you like our music well fucking prove it!
Love Respect and Dirty Rock n Roll
Tour Diary Episode 4
When you wake up in a strange house with all your clothes kinda still on including your boots and you have no recollection of what happened, which town you are in and how the hell you got the big white blanket over you!? That’s when you realise that you are on tour and the normal rules do not apply!!
Monroe’s in Workington, the gig was ok we played good and I think we have clinched the spot on the Soulfest stage this year! The evening got more interesting after we came off stage as the demons in my soul took over and I became the famous drinking monster that a lot of you know so well! I went straight to the bar and ordered six shots of jager and a pint of cider and downed them all! Then complete chaos took over from there!
There were a few run ins with locals that had me confronting somebody that I actually realised could end my life with the click of his fingers!! I didn’t die however and managed to be the world’s friend and keep my face where it was! So I hooked up with some of the people from the town who came to the show! Tracey got me straight into another bar when the pub closed at which point I lost the rest of the band but didn’t care as everyone was buying me drinks all over the place!! Then I realised I was in a bar for the mentally unstable as every time I turned round someone else decided to have a pop at me! So I did what every brave Londoner would do!! Legged it to the next pub! Here I found the band, had some more drinks and caused a sixty year old woman who was mad as a hatter to be thrown out as she kept threatening me or some shit!!! She was thrown out by a large blonde woman who actually used to be a man (all truth)
By this time I didn’t know or care who I was and slowly but surely lost my tentative grip on reality! That’s all I remember till I woke up and realised we all had overslept and had to leave right away for Grimsby!! Just goes to show that there is always a white blanket when you need one and that I truly love being out of control!!
More tomorrow but let me just say I am still the Lord of the Sheep!
Love Respect and Dirty Rock n Roll
Jim Distortion
Monroe’s in Workington, the gig was ok we played good and I think we have clinched the spot on the Soulfest stage this year! The evening got more interesting after we came off stage as the demons in my soul took over and I became the famous drinking monster that a lot of you know so well! I went straight to the bar and ordered six shots of jager and a pint of cider and downed them all! Then complete chaos took over from there!
There were a few run ins with locals that had me confronting somebody that I actually realised could end my life with the click of his fingers!! I didn’t die however and managed to be the world’s friend and keep my face where it was! So I hooked up with some of the people from the town who came to the show! Tracey got me straight into another bar when the pub closed at which point I lost the rest of the band but didn’t care as everyone was buying me drinks all over the place!! Then I realised I was in a bar for the mentally unstable as every time I turned round someone else decided to have a pop at me! So I did what every brave Londoner would do!! Legged it to the next pub! Here I found the band, had some more drinks and caused a sixty year old woman who was mad as a hatter to be thrown out as she kept threatening me or some shit!!! She was thrown out by a large blonde woman who actually used to be a man (all truth)
By this time I didn’t know or care who I was and slowly but surely lost my tentative grip on reality! That’s all I remember till I woke up and realised we all had overslept and had to leave right away for Grimsby!! Just goes to show that there is always a white blanket when you need one and that I truly love being out of control!!
More tomorrow but let me just say I am still the Lord of the Sheep!
Love Respect and Dirty Rock n Roll
Jim Distortion
Tour Diary Episode 3
Last night was a strange one we had the press stuff to do on phones and stuff and we were all dead after the six hour journey! When all the work was over we decided to go to an old mill where friends of Hippys live! They have bought the place and it was derelict and now has roof and floor! The grounds of the place has full trains on tracks its like having the ultimate train set! So we went to the party for a bit drinking usual stuff then I went to the van to sleep as it was my turn to have the bed!! Slept like a log then woke up this morning in a van in a field right the fuck up north! Once id remembered who I was where and why all was ok till the strangest thing happened! Jim Distortion became………….Lord of the Sheep!!
No not in that way you filthy bunch! I stood at the gate and made a sheep noise and every single sheep in that field even all the lambs got up as one and walked towards me!! This alone proved nothing but hang in there, there is more! I then leant out the van window while driving home and saw all the lambs and grown sheep sleeping in a field! I shouted “oi get up do it now!” and on the now they all stood up and looked at me!! SEEE LORD OF THE SHEEP!
As im writing this its about five thirty and sound check is in two hours im a little nervous but then a good show is often made through nervous tension! Something has changed in me im not as confident in my band as I was but im hoping tonight will be the best of shows with the best of crowds as a lot of people are expected to come see us!! Ill let you know how it goes!! Don’t forget if you haven’t got a cd and you are reading this, we need your support so go to www.randomcandle.co.uk and buy one from the shop page!
Next episode ill write in the bus on the way to Grimsby and post tomorrow afternoon! It may take some time as ill be hung over! Stay with the chaos internet monkies and stay loyal to the dirt rock revellers!
Love Respect and Dirty Rock n Roll
No not in that way you filthy bunch! I stood at the gate and made a sheep noise and every single sheep in that field even all the lambs got up as one and walked towards me!! This alone proved nothing but hang in there, there is more! I then leant out the van window while driving home and saw all the lambs and grown sheep sleeping in a field! I shouted “oi get up do it now!” and on the now they all stood up and looked at me!! SEEE LORD OF THE SHEEP!
As im writing this its about five thirty and sound check is in two hours im a little nervous but then a good show is often made through nervous tension! Something has changed in me im not as confident in my band as I was but im hoping tonight will be the best of shows with the best of crowds as a lot of people are expected to come see us!! Ill let you know how it goes!! Don’t forget if you haven’t got a cd and you are reading this, we need your support so go to www.randomcandle.co.uk and buy one from the shop page!
Next episode ill write in the bus on the way to Grimsby and post tomorrow afternoon! It may take some time as ill be hung over! Stay with the chaos internet monkies and stay loyal to the dirt rock revellers!
Love Respect and Dirty Rock n Roll
Tour Diary Episode 2
There are different types of touring there is the full on rock star tours where hotels, room service and full on pampering are provided! These are usually backed up by a huge pay check. Then you have the club tour where you stay in travel lodges and eat café food. Then you have the level my new band and I are at which is slog round the country in any way you can and your lucky to get a smile and maybe a glass of water!
Victoria Bikers Pub in Coalville Leicestershire turned out to be a great place to start of our gigs! John and Weab were welcoming helpful and above all true to their word about money. The crowd wasn’t huge but the people who were there were obviously in the building to support the musicians, rather than to criticise and be all knowing about music!
Gigging is a funny thing as there are always members of an audience who know how to play the best songs, to write the perfect tunes but have in-fact never managed to find the time to write them or perform them! Last nights gig was a first as there was no one there like that and the end result was that even though we were a little rusty the gig went down a storm! Im not here to lie to you ill tell you if we sucked and we were just a little off due to travelling and not used to being on the stage! That is all taken care of now and we move to Workington to play to a crowd of Hippy’s friends family and hopefully some new faces to! I want this to be the best of shows for his sake as its been a while since anyone from his home town has seen him on a stage!
The less said about the sleeping arrangements for the night that has just gone the better. Needless to say ill be in a hotel next time someone offers me the front seats of the bus to sleep on!
Come on café why don’t you open its breakfast time after all!!
Love Respect and Dirty rock n roll
The start of touring! 08/04/10
Its a strange thing to be 36 years old and finally leaving with my new band to hit the road! There are all kinds of feelings involved in starting again on the trail with a new band! This band seems to be moving forward in some ways and back in others!
I havent been on a tour for 18 years! Not since the heady days of Futile Gesture have I got in a van and had more than two gigs strung together in a row! Well tomorrow we get into a green LT35 ex mini bus which hippy bought, funnily enough from the prep school i went to when i landed in Hertfrodshire the first time from Somerset, and head for Coalville. The van has been converted so people can live in it and also have room to store the gear so its perfect! I always said that all i wanted out of the rest of my life is to get on a tour bus and simply never come back. Im not quite there yet but its one step closer!
As well as the gigs we have over the next three weeks there is also the PR people working on getting my band to the states to support Steel Panther! The money involved in getting the four of us out there is huge and i have no idea if that will happen. I want it to happen but it seems with things in my musical carreer if i dont make them happen then they dont happen! I will be talking to the business people tomorrow so ill let you know what happens if i can.
Ok well its already 2:10 am so i should sleep!
Ill write on here while we are out on tour and when we get back and are done with all the playing ill try and keep it up!
LOve Respect and Dirty Rock n Roll
I havent been on a tour for 18 years! Not since the heady days of Futile Gesture have I got in a van and had more than two gigs strung together in a row! Well tomorrow we get into a green LT35 ex mini bus which hippy bought, funnily enough from the prep school i went to when i landed in Hertfrodshire the first time from Somerset, and head for Coalville. The van has been converted so people can live in it and also have room to store the gear so its perfect! I always said that all i wanted out of the rest of my life is to get on a tour bus and simply never come back. Im not quite there yet but its one step closer!
As well as the gigs we have over the next three weeks there is also the PR people working on getting my band to the states to support Steel Panther! The money involved in getting the four of us out there is huge and i have no idea if that will happen. I want it to happen but it seems with things in my musical carreer if i dont make them happen then they dont happen! I will be talking to the business people tomorrow so ill let you know what happens if i can.
Ok well its already 2:10 am so i should sleep!
Ill write on here while we are out on tour and when we get back and are done with all the playing ill try and keep it up!
LOve Respect and Dirty Rock n Roll
The radio and the health and my life!!
Hey all
The world keeps turning and i keep on with everything that i can!! Things are bright for the radio show amazing listener figures and its a great thing to do i love it!!
Each show is getting better and better with a few things that need to be addressed! The last show that is the top on the player on the rob and jim page of this site was smooth and funny and had some killer music!!
I got a hernia which means i split something inside and its a bit sore but im seeing a quack on monday to sort it out!! Apart from that health is going well!! I seem to have reigned in my drinking and am now living relitively healthily for me which is cool!!
Next is my flat its such a shit hole as i hate living here but beggers cant be chosers as they say!! Im gonna try and move things around and throw all the shit away and paint it!! Its time to make a home instead of a flop house!
Help me out and listen to the show and spread the word for me!! Its not hard and would mean alot for you guys to help me out!!
Alright time to move on!!!! Oh hang on there is more!!!
My band is making a full EP with an indie label next year and then we will tour the record!! Thats good news!!
anyway im cold as its snowing so im out!!!
Love respect and Dirty Rock n Roll
The world keeps turning and i keep on with everything that i can!! Things are bright for the radio show amazing listener figures and its a great thing to do i love it!!
Each show is getting better and better with a few things that need to be addressed! The last show that is the top on the player on the rob and jim page of this site was smooth and funny and had some killer music!!
I got a hernia which means i split something inside and its a bit sore but im seeing a quack on monday to sort it out!! Apart from that health is going well!! I seem to have reigned in my drinking and am now living relitively healthily for me which is cool!!
Next is my flat its such a shit hole as i hate living here but beggers cant be chosers as they say!! Im gonna try and move things around and throw all the shit away and paint it!! Its time to make a home instead of a flop house!
Help me out and listen to the show and spread the word for me!! Its not hard and would mean alot for you guys to help me out!!
Alright time to move on!!!! Oh hang on there is more!!!
My band is making a full EP with an indie label next year and then we will tour the record!! Thats good news!!
anyway im cold as its snowing so im out!!!
Love respect and Dirty Rock n Roll
Its hard to understand the balance! 06 12 09
Its a strange thing but sometimes i think i need to be serious about a few things and maybe its that that helps me put things right in my head!!
The radio show is doing great but like everything i do it doesnt seem to be spreading fast enough and i am trying very hard to juggle the feelings of the people involved with the show writing! The way i get involved with things is to immerse myself totally in the project and feel the roller coaster! Im really starting to think that maybe i need to find someway to let my emotions and feelings out in the way i want on my time scale and at my pace!! Maybe i need to do a project that is just me its playing on my mind!
I love my band but its broken again! Im feeling like im a fraud! I talk about the music business and i act like im rock to the core but nothing in my music world is working!! Im gonna get a new drummer and put it back on the road but this time there will be changes!! I will book gigs in batches and make sure that i have at least three in a row before i get going i hate playing one show then nothing!!
Im going to take everything on! I keep trying to spread the work and i desperately want someone to handle all business with me giving the say so! As this isnt going to happen in the near future im going to have to do all this work but i need to find a good way of working!
There are bands out there that have no talent but obviously have the right way of doing things i need to find that right way!
Anyway its good to be able to bear my soul on my website and i guess if you dont like it dont read it cause from now on im tired of pleasing others its time for me to do what i feel is right!!
Love Respect and Dirty Rock n Roll
The radio show is doing great but like everything i do it doesnt seem to be spreading fast enough and i am trying very hard to juggle the feelings of the people involved with the show writing! The way i get involved with things is to immerse myself totally in the project and feel the roller coaster! Im really starting to think that maybe i need to find someway to let my emotions and feelings out in the way i want on my time scale and at my pace!! Maybe i need to do a project that is just me its playing on my mind!
I love my band but its broken again! Im feeling like im a fraud! I talk about the music business and i act like im rock to the core but nothing in my music world is working!! Im gonna get a new drummer and put it back on the road but this time there will be changes!! I will book gigs in batches and make sure that i have at least three in a row before i get going i hate playing one show then nothing!!
Im going to take everything on! I keep trying to spread the work and i desperately want someone to handle all business with me giving the say so! As this isnt going to happen in the near future im going to have to do all this work but i need to find a good way of working!
There are bands out there that have no talent but obviously have the right way of doing things i need to find that right way!
Anyway its good to be able to bear my soul on my website and i guess if you dont like it dont read it cause from now on im tired of pleasing others its time for me to do what i feel is right!!
Love Respect and Dirty Rock n Roll
Its funny what happens!
I am involved in a radio show and a band and my own life! Its a world that moves fast and is never dull! I was tattooed live on the radio show on sunday! You can hear it when it comes out on weds! I tunes and on this site just have a look round you will find it!
I do alot of things and its a rollercoaster ride at most times as im a firey person who doesnt necessarily agree with the crowd or indeed want to smooth along! Im a little tired of feeling like im always in the wrong and also a little bored of having to tame myself!
Communication is not one of my bands strong points and as a result of that its getting tough to keep carrying on with it but we have a meeting tonight to sort everything out!!
I have just had a big interview done with me by Muen magazine and it really makes me smile that a mag as big as them is interested in what i do!!
ok well im a bit angry a bit sore and also a bit lost but as you know ill make what ever i need to happen happen even if it does mean doing everything on my own but id like the people around me to stick around but understand maybe i know a few things about how this world works!
Love Respect and Dirty Rock n roll!
I do alot of things and its a rollercoaster ride at most times as im a firey person who doesnt necessarily agree with the crowd or indeed want to smooth along! Im a little tired of feeling like im always in the wrong and also a little bored of having to tame myself!
Communication is not one of my bands strong points and as a result of that its getting tough to keep carrying on with it but we have a meeting tonight to sort everything out!!
I have just had a big interview done with me by Muen magazine and it really makes me smile that a mag as big as them is interested in what i do!!
ok well im a bit angry a bit sore and also a bit lost but as you know ill make what ever i need to happen happen even if it does mean doing everything on my own but id like the people around me to stick around but understand maybe i know a few things about how this world works!
Love Respect and Dirty Rock n roll!
Things is looking up aint they!!!? 15th November
Its been full on crap for months so let me quickly re-cap so you know just how crap! Car blew up tour fell apart no money and nothing!! So i was giving it the whole whats the point of living stuff i do from time to time!!!
Well hold your horses internet monkies!!! I have a great new guitar player who just happens to be an internet wizard i have a van on the way so will be mobile again and my band is joining up with Voodoo Johnson for live gigs next year starting with my home town on February 26th at the Cornexchange!
I cant do video diaries at the moment as the memory card in the cam has gone ping but ill be back on youtube soon!!
Last but by no means least is my new radio show done with Rob Clydesdale at the Cream Room Studio!! Its on this site or itunes have a listen just like all the massive amounts of others have i could not be happier about that!!!!
Internet monkies hold on we going for a ride!!
Well hold your horses internet monkies!!! I have a great new guitar player who just happens to be an internet wizard i have a van on the way so will be mobile again and my band is joining up with Voodoo Johnson for live gigs next year starting with my home town on February 26th at the Cornexchange!
I cant do video diaries at the moment as the memory card in the cam has gone ping but ill be back on youtube soon!!
Last but by no means least is my new radio show done with Rob Clydesdale at the Cream Room Studio!! Its on this site or itunes have a listen just like all the massive amounts of others have i could not be happier about that!!!!
Internet monkies hold on we going for a ride!!
22nd Semptember 09
So much has been happening in my life lately but none of it that good! I have had the guitar player in my band leave as he was too busy to commit to the band. The music stopping brought a stop to my t shirt business and for now its doing my head in! I have people who lent me the money that I want to pay back and also move forward with things!! This is all fine and dandy but actually its me in the wrong! I think I was expecting them just to sell and that just is not the way things work! I have to work at selling these things and not just feel sorry for myself as my life is not going the right way!!
I have now seen what needs to be done so I have booked some adverts in magazines that are in the same genre as the shirts and also I am actively looking for places to promote the lines as well as the whole brand of me!
I am waiting for tonight when we are auditioning a guitar player to replace Neal in Distorted Breed! I so want to get my band back in shape and get the music out to the people as then we can do what we set out to do which is to play shows and party with our friends out on the road!
I will let you know what happens!
I have now seen what needs to be done so I have booked some adverts in magazines that are in the same genre as the shirts and also I am actively looking for places to promote the lines as well as the whole brand of me!
I am waiting for tonight when we are auditioning a guitar player to replace Neal in Distorted Breed! I so want to get my band back in shape and get the music out to the people as then we can do what we set out to do which is to play shows and party with our friends out on the road!
I will let you know what happens!
30th July 09
I am truly worried that people arn’t gonna buy these shirts I have designed and made and that yet again another business is gonna crumble! I know it hasn’t been long and the shirts are not even manufactured yet but today everything is not good in the world. I’m not telling you guys this for sympathy or any of that shit im just voicing my fears and im hoping in some way by voicing them I am trying to exorcise them.
I couldn’t sell the tickets my ex and I had for Sonisphere which means I have to pay £150 for a gig I can’t even go to! Im doing a festival on the Sunday which im pumped to do but it’s all a bit pointless as we don’t get paid for the gig and i can’t go to see Metallica. In that way of thinking it’s costing me £150 for me to play a gig! I think all of this is leading somewhere and that somewhere is “why do I do this to my self?” I have been in many bands that really have got nowhere. I have written a million songs that will never be heard by more than a few thousand people and slowly its all getting to me!
I love performing and I truly don’t have any regrets about my life but now I’m really wondering what the point is! The relationships you have come back to fuck you over! The jobs I did and all the stuff I have seen means nothing as I can no longer work in the real world due to my kidney disease! My music is a great way for me to talk to people and give out the music I write and the ideas I incorporate into it.
I got told today that I have another illness on top of the kidney disease and its all a bit much! What is the point I ask you but I also give you the answer and its this: Music is what I do and even if no one listens to the music or we don’t get any gigs ill always do it and love it!! It may not be a answer to the questions but it’s the reason I carry on!
Sorry this is a bit miserable but sometimes life is a pile of shit but I know I have things good really! I may be broke but I do have a roof over my head! I know that I can always come up with something when things are really bad!
There is however one thing I am tired of and will no longer listen to or be apart of! I am so tired of people being self involved to the point where they are blind to other people’s troubles yet they still think their life is the hardest! I no longer care about the people who portray poverty who really have no concept of what it is to be hungry! I am tired and I mean physically tired of people who will always blame others for their lot in life!!
I’m lucky to be who I am and the struggle of life is not as hard for me as it is for some! I’m Jim Distortion musician, t shirt maker, compeer and all-round entertainer im lucky to be who I am!
I couldn’t sell the tickets my ex and I had for Sonisphere which means I have to pay £150 for a gig I can’t even go to! Im doing a festival on the Sunday which im pumped to do but it’s all a bit pointless as we don’t get paid for the gig and i can’t go to see Metallica. In that way of thinking it’s costing me £150 for me to play a gig! I think all of this is leading somewhere and that somewhere is “why do I do this to my self?” I have been in many bands that really have got nowhere. I have written a million songs that will never be heard by more than a few thousand people and slowly its all getting to me!
I love performing and I truly don’t have any regrets about my life but now I’m really wondering what the point is! The relationships you have come back to fuck you over! The jobs I did and all the stuff I have seen means nothing as I can no longer work in the real world due to my kidney disease! My music is a great way for me to talk to people and give out the music I write and the ideas I incorporate into it.
I got told today that I have another illness on top of the kidney disease and its all a bit much! What is the point I ask you but I also give you the answer and its this: Music is what I do and even if no one listens to the music or we don’t get any gigs ill always do it and love it!! It may not be a answer to the questions but it’s the reason I carry on!
Sorry this is a bit miserable but sometimes life is a pile of shit but I know I have things good really! I may be broke but I do have a roof over my head! I know that I can always come up with something when things are really bad!
There is however one thing I am tired of and will no longer listen to or be apart of! I am so tired of people being self involved to the point where they are blind to other people’s troubles yet they still think their life is the hardest! I no longer care about the people who portray poverty who really have no concept of what it is to be hungry! I am tired and I mean physically tired of people who will always blame others for their lot in life!!
I’m lucky to be who I am and the struggle of life is not as hard for me as it is for some! I’m Jim Distortion musician, t shirt maker, compeer and all-round entertainer im lucky to be who I am!
26th July 09
Today I realised that my life was a little empty as people were missing as I think I said before but today I made a decision to build bridges and im glad to say that I think one bridge is being rebuilt and things will work out!!
Its things like that that make you realise how much human interaction is important to the way you live! I cut myself off from the world a lot as I need to write or I just don’t want people around me and I do it a lot! The only trouble with that is when I come back to the world the people I shut out don’t always want me to just walk back in their lives! I can understand that but its also a case of I have to do what I need to do to get by!!
Human interaction isn’t essential to life but it makes it so much richer and also provides the triggers for writing songs and art in general! I said it was important for the way YOU live. Maybe its important for me to but im not sure. I think I need to learn that not everyone is like me in fact very few are and im not saying im better or worse than others im just saying im different in the way I live and think! That is what gives me the ability to write the lyrics I do as well as perform the way I do! I must also realise that because of the way I differ I cannot expect the world to understand!!
It’s a weird thing to have to accept that to fit in to some extent you have to conform and I will to a small measure but I also know I will travel my own path and those that know me properly will understand and those that don’t will just have to move on!
Love to Anna and Eve in the states they are my surrogate mothers and wives!! Love also to Trace for she keeps this ship a float!!
Its things like that that make you realise how much human interaction is important to the way you live! I cut myself off from the world a lot as I need to write or I just don’t want people around me and I do it a lot! The only trouble with that is when I come back to the world the people I shut out don’t always want me to just walk back in their lives! I can understand that but its also a case of I have to do what I need to do to get by!!
Human interaction isn’t essential to life but it makes it so much richer and also provides the triggers for writing songs and art in general! I said it was important for the way YOU live. Maybe its important for me to but im not sure. I think I need to learn that not everyone is like me in fact very few are and im not saying im better or worse than others im just saying im different in the way I live and think! That is what gives me the ability to write the lyrics I do as well as perform the way I do! I must also realise that because of the way I differ I cannot expect the world to understand!!
It’s a weird thing to have to accept that to fit in to some extent you have to conform and I will to a small measure but I also know I will travel my own path and those that know me properly will understand and those that don’t will just have to move on!
Love to Anna and Eve in the states they are my surrogate mothers and wives!! Love also to Trace for she keeps this ship a float!!
23rd July 09
Busy busy busy! All the shirts are designed and planed out for the printers and I have had some postcards advertising them printed they should be in my hands tonight! Im like a fucking kid with a new toy! The difference is im not down in the dumps anymore and I have a reason to get out of bed in the mornings or in the midlle of the night as it was last night!
With me if I have nothing going on I kinda give up and don’t understand how to function! Well instead of reverting to form and diving head first into a world of drugs drink and women I started a company instead and for once did something worthwhile with my time! Im not sure if anyone will buy these things but I am gonna try my hardest to make the best I can of this business as it may well be my last chance to make a few quid as well as I cant keep starting again so this im gonna stick to!!
Im a bit weirded out at the moment cause people I have been used to having in my life aren’t there any more and its not a good thing! All I have to say on that matter is it’s a shame but I suppose life moves on!!
Big hello to my American friends as they seem to be tight in my corner there are two of them and they know who they are!!
Life doesn’t give you want you want what ever you do so im just gonna make the most of what I have!
With me if I have nothing going on I kinda give up and don’t understand how to function! Well instead of reverting to form and diving head first into a world of drugs drink and women I started a company instead and for once did something worthwhile with my time! Im not sure if anyone will buy these things but I am gonna try my hardest to make the best I can of this business as it may well be my last chance to make a few quid as well as I cant keep starting again so this im gonna stick to!!
Im a bit weirded out at the moment cause people I have been used to having in my life aren’t there any more and its not a good thing! All I have to say on that matter is it’s a shame but I suppose life moves on!!
Big hello to my American friends as they seem to be tight in my corner there are two of them and they know who they are!!
Life doesn’t give you want you want what ever you do so im just gonna make the most of what I have!
20th july 09
There is the smell of a new start in my world. As I sit here writing this nonsense that no one reads I am feeling good about the future! I have had all the money agreed for my T shirt lines. I am starting small with two different t shirt lines both with designs done by Gaz from Killerstance who is a serious geeser!!
The shirts are top quality t shirts printed by screen printing! The words on the shirts are lyrics from the songs that my band plays! As I wrote the lyrics it’s great for me to see them on t shirts and also its always been a real top priority on my to do in life list! I have been working on the usual myspace pages (is myspace dead man I think no one actually uses that site anymore?) and all the usual promotion tools needed just to exist in life these days!
My website which you are on right now also carries the home of the clothing company so make sure you check the pages out they will be up real soon!
As far as life goes it’s a weird roller coaster I seem to live on! Things are hard at the moment as its been uncertain what I will do with myself other than music for so long now I was just starting to slip out of the real world altogether so this clothing stuff and the touring couldn’t have come at a better time for me! Its hard when you have no reason to get up at all so I was starting to simply not to bother at all!! Now I am gonna make sure this new business is run properly with proper stock controls and the tools I need to run a tight ship!!
Things for my future look bright tonight but hey you never know what is round the corner!
The shirts are top quality t shirts printed by screen printing! The words on the shirts are lyrics from the songs that my band plays! As I wrote the lyrics it’s great for me to see them on t shirts and also its always been a real top priority on my to do in life list! I have been working on the usual myspace pages (is myspace dead man I think no one actually uses that site anymore?) and all the usual promotion tools needed just to exist in life these days!
My website which you are on right now also carries the home of the clothing company so make sure you check the pages out they will be up real soon!
As far as life goes it’s a weird roller coaster I seem to live on! Things are hard at the moment as its been uncertain what I will do with myself other than music for so long now I was just starting to slip out of the real world altogether so this clothing stuff and the touring couldn’t have come at a better time for me! Its hard when you have no reason to get up at all so I was starting to simply not to bother at all!! Now I am gonna make sure this new business is run properly with proper stock controls and the tools I need to run a tight ship!!
Things for my future look bright tonight but hey you never know what is round the corner!
14th July
When we start living our lives i.e. when we leave home start making our own money we all have a plan! I have realised lately that I must not have had a plan apart from a childish need to be rich! To be fair I have been rich but sadly that was years ago. I seemed to have peeked to soon!
Where am I going with this? Well its here, you never know what life is gonna hand out to you! I suppose I am surprised that I am not married with little kids running round me! I used to be in a good job as well as owning my own businesses and have done a lot and am now pretty much broke. The reason I’m looking at this now is that someone asked me how I could measure the success of my life. I was gob smacked that people still want to measure the success of their lives as in all life there are good and bad points! The truth is everyone who thinks this way counts the cars they have and also the counters we all use to live, money.
I have had a Jaguar three Mercedes two BMWs two Range Rovers an ST24 as well as a Nova and a Nissan Micra. I have earned large amounts of money and also been sat literally wondering if I could eat that week! That in itself is a measure of life; the differing jobs, the music I have made as well as the differing circumstances. I have lived more life than most and seen all edges of the spectrum.
The point to all this is that all life is relevant, all people have different experiences and have seen different things and used different talents! I happily have a lot of memories to share when I'm old and I think that’s cool. Never try and justify your life it only makes you think to much!
Where am I going with this? Well its here, you never know what life is gonna hand out to you! I suppose I am surprised that I am not married with little kids running round me! I used to be in a good job as well as owning my own businesses and have done a lot and am now pretty much broke. The reason I’m looking at this now is that someone asked me how I could measure the success of my life. I was gob smacked that people still want to measure the success of their lives as in all life there are good and bad points! The truth is everyone who thinks this way counts the cars they have and also the counters we all use to live, money.
I have had a Jaguar three Mercedes two BMWs two Range Rovers an ST24 as well as a Nova and a Nissan Micra. I have earned large amounts of money and also been sat literally wondering if I could eat that week! That in itself is a measure of life; the differing jobs, the music I have made as well as the differing circumstances. I have lived more life than most and seen all edges of the spectrum.
The point to all this is that all life is relevant, all people have different experiences and have seen different things and used different talents! I happily have a lot of memories to share when I'm old and I think that’s cool. Never try and justify your life it only makes you think to much!
12th July 09
Hey all, well its been a couple of days since I last wrote anything down! I spent a few days being sick this week and it wound me up, and then yesterday I met up with the boys from Distorted Breed and rocked out for an afternoon! It cleared my head and after the initial tiredness I think it did the trick! Trace said it would probably do me good but I really didn’t think I was going to make it but I'm so glad I did! We wrote a new tune and used some lyrics I wrote last week so its all fresh new and rocked out as hard as I like it!
The band is usually what makes me smile and want to get back in the world again after a time of being down so I'm glad I have those guys to go do what I do with! Talking of people (tenuous link I know) but I'm really pissed off with the facebook thing! People are posting the things they are doing or what they are feeling and there is a backlash of rude people just ripping the shit out of what people are doing or events! Why if you don’t want to go don’t you just say nothing or if you do just say yes and maybe leave a comment! I hate bullying in any form and the idiots who think it’s good to put everything down really need to just fuck off!!
People work hard in bands or other types of art top entertain you and I know its human nature to run everything down but maybe just think before you join the world of the idiot and maybe even support what people are doing! It might bring a feeling of well being over you and you miserable cunts who put everything down could use some good news!
The band is usually what makes me smile and want to get back in the world again after a time of being down so I'm glad I have those guys to go do what I do with! Talking of people (tenuous link I know) but I'm really pissed off with the facebook thing! People are posting the things they are doing or what they are feeling and there is a backlash of rude people just ripping the shit out of what people are doing or events! Why if you don’t want to go don’t you just say nothing or if you do just say yes and maybe leave a comment! I hate bullying in any form and the idiots who think it’s good to put everything down really need to just fuck off!!
People work hard in bands or other types of art top entertain you and I know its human nature to run everything down but maybe just think before you join the world of the idiot and maybe even support what people are doing! It might bring a feeling of well being over you and you miserable cunts who put everything down could use some good news!
9th July 2009
I went to the doctors today as im tired all the time and my kidneys are playing up! He told me my kidney function is down which is not good at all. This just means I have to calm down for a bit ie. No partying for a week or two and just taking life one day at a time! Its odd being me and having something wrong with me as I’ve always been indestructible but now I have to make sure that a tow the line and I’ve never towed the line in my life and im not going to start now! I don’t mean im going to get sick on purpose or make my life harder by being bad! I have given up drugs and I don’t drink half as much as I used to but as far as being a saint goes, fuck that im not interested!
Had a great night the other night at the black birds rock night! Little Hannah who runs the night tries so hard and does a real good job! I felt for her last night though as she looked dead tired!! Its good to see people supporting the rock scene as its so hard to get people off their asses! Its good to spend sometime with my type of people it feels good!! Take some time out of your lives to have some fun and maybe come out and see some live music as people need to keep watching us before we go underground!
Love Respect and Dirty Rock n Roll
Had a great night the other night at the black birds rock night! Little Hannah who runs the night tries so hard and does a real good job! I felt for her last night though as she looked dead tired!! Its good to see people supporting the rock scene as its so hard to get people off their asses! Its good to spend sometime with my type of people it feels good!! Take some time out of your lives to have some fun and maybe come out and see some live music as people need to keep watching us before we go underground!
Love Respect and Dirty Rock n Roll
7th July 09
The feeling of having your own website is really quite odd, its a place to sell yourself like a cheap whore's shop window! It is a great place to promote the music you make and let the people who care about what you do into your life a little bit! I love the fact that people have been looking and commenting on face book about it but i also feel a disappointment at the fact that i am not the famous person i think i am sometimes! By that i mean there are plenty of people about me who like the music and like to come see me show off at gigs but its all a local thing and maybe i have a greed that involves some kind of fame!! Help me get where i need to go with my band by spreading the word about Distorted Breed and let the world know that we are the Dirt Rock Revelers and we are coming for you!
That being said i'd like to thank the people who have helped me get the site up and sorted - there are only two! Trace, all love to you for being you and also building this monster with only the smallest input from me! Nick, thanks for the hosting buddy its the best that, even though we don't know each other, you have helped us get it up!!
The Video diaries will be back up in a couple of days when I feel I have a new beginning inside me you guys might want to hear about!
Love Respect and Dirty Rock n Roll
That being said i'd like to thank the people who have helped me get the site up and sorted - there are only two! Trace, all love to you for being you and also building this monster with only the smallest input from me! Nick, thanks for the hosting buddy its the best that, even though we don't know each other, you have helped us get it up!!
The Video diaries will be back up in a couple of days when I feel I have a new beginning inside me you guys might want to hear about!
Love Respect and Dirty Rock n Roll
5th July 09
This is the start of my online diary! It is the begining because everything has to start somewhere and this is the start of this! Now the site is done what i intend to do is update you about all things i am doing, thinking (unless unclean thoughts take over) and actually living through! Some people say that instead of writing diaries or doing video diaries i should be out living my life, this is true but even i have to come up for air from time to time so that is when i shall do these writings and the video diary! This works in two ways, firstly you might not get bored reading and watching about me if its not every day and also it gives me a chance to think about the things i put up to create the best and most entertaining things for you to see and read!! Welcome in! Tell your friends! The soap opera of my life now has begun and now has a base!
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