We have a new member his name is Matt, He plays many things, amongst them are trumpet, violin, guitar he can tease the keys that please, and his tamborine solos are mental… more jangle than a Swifteye …Welcome Matt Halsall
Gordy and Luke will be performing folked up versions of classic ODT tunes on saturday at this event..
http://www.facebook.com/#!/events/304075886287326/
The will be on stage at 6.50.
Its at the Ally Cat in Denmark Street, near Tottenham Coourt Rd.
Come down, and hand out..
x
Hey folks, the only news right now is you can download our EP here…
http://www.theoutdoortypes.co.uk/music/lost-illuminations-from-the-last-manned-outpost
feel free to help yourself round our place
XX
Much freakiness went down at our halloween party last week, many thanks to those that came down to get down..
Which leads on nicely to our EP of ghost tunes.. they’ve been haunting us here at ODT manor for some years.. some tunes even followed us all the way from Liverpool and the year 2005, so we decided to have an exorcism in the form of an EP called Lost Illuminations From The Last Manned Outpost. Its officially loose on November 21st.
it can be downloaded for free here..
http://www.theoutdoortypes.co.uk/music/lost-illuminations-from-the-last-manned-outpost
See you soon..
Luke
x
Like fragments of a broadcast, distorted by static and heterodyne whines, coming through an old radio receiver, so arrive the songs which make up our new EP entitled “Lost Illuminations from the Last Manned Outpost.” Available to listen to RIGHT NOW on the records section of this very website, it will be unleashed upon the world as a FREE DOWNLOAD on the 7th of November. This generosity was brought to you by the good people at I Blame The Parents Records.
“Never get off the boat” said Martin Sheen in Coppola´s seminal war film Apocalypse Now. With this advice in the forefront of our minds we have decided to return to Tamesis Dock, the boat where we launched our second album It Is The Mercy (still available from www.iblametheparentsrecords.com for the barely credible price of £10!) and have an almighty Halloween shindig on the 28th of October. There will be live music, dancing, party games, a prize for the best costume (costumes are encouraged but by no means compulsory) and a DJ spinning the finest music until the wee wee hours. Best of all it´s free to get in! How can you resist such an alluring proposition? The full details are on the Facebook event which can be found here http://on.fb.me/p7A802
See you all there!
Gordy
On Sunday, my sister’s boyfriend Matt came up with an interesting quandary: How many artists can you name whose second band were superior to their first? Discounting High school bands and solo work. It seems a simple proposition at first but it’s actually quite hard to come up with more than one or two. The most obvious one (to me at least) would be Josh Homme as Queens of the Stone Age are generally agreed to be better than Kyuss. I timidly suggested New Order but was quickly shouted down by the rest of the room and, to be honest, I prefer Joy Division but was trying to play Devil’s Advocate.
I’ve run the quandary around in my head for the past few days thinking it would make a pretty good subject for a blog and trying to define the parameters of what qualifies as a second band. Bands which keep the same core line-up but simply change their name (Kaiser Chiefs, White Lies…) can’t really be counted. But what of bands who change a key member of the line-up? For example, it could be argued that Dio era Black Sabbath is superior to Rainbow but inferior to Ozzy era Black Sabbath so does that count for Dio but not the rest of the band? What about supergroups? The Reindeer Section are better than Snow Patrol but not as good as most of the other bands they borrowed members from. Are Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young better than Buffalo Springfield?
I threw the question open to Twitter this morning and was met by a wave of interesting responses. Almost immediately @martinwolfenden said “Paul McCartney” bringing to mind Alan Partridge’s assertion that Wings were “the band The Beatles could have been!” @majorbisho said that he liked The Seahorses better than The Stone Roses so John Squire was better second time. I think he might be alone on that one but I guess the whole topic is subjective so it’s all a matter of opinion.
@mrs_kensington pointed out that Garbage was, in fact, Shirley Manson’s third band but I would counter that the relative lack of success of her first two bands would possibly invoke the “high school bands” rule. @handofglory pointed out that in the 60s a great number of bands tended to mix and match members using Deep Purple as an example. @PhilthD suggested Eyes Adrift for all members except Krist Novoselic, Elastica (good call!) and that you could make a case for A Perfect Circle. @cripesonfriday said “it’s all about personal taste but I’d say Bobby Gillespie and Mani both went to better bands with Primal Scream.” and I have to say I’d agree with him on both counts. But what do you think?
As I pointed out to @multiclassgeek this morning, I want this blog to be a starting point for debate rather than a definitive list of ‘whose second band was better.’ What I would like to know is if there’s any bands about which there is a general consensus. So let me know your thoughts. If you’re sat there thinking “This guy’s an idiot. OBVIOUSLY Mike & The Mechanics are superior to Genesis!” Then drop me a line: gordy@theoutdoortypes.co.uk or @GordyODT on Twitter. I shall compile the responses at a later date.
Gordy x
P.S. Mike & The Mechanics are NOT superior to Genesis.
It Is The Mercy is available on LP, with FREE mp3 download, from www.iblametheparentsrecords.com and can also be heard on Spotify.
I know what you’re all thinking… What on earth are The Outdoor Types up to these days? No gigs on the horizon, no releases since It Is The Mercy (still available from www.iblametheparentsrecords.com) and nothing happening on the blog. What are these guys doing? Swanning it up in The Bahamas with all their rock star pals no doubt.
Au contraire my cynical chums, The Outdoor Types have in fact been working hard crafting a wagonload of brand new tunes for your delectation. To that end we have recruited a new member! Ms Caroline Humphries will be filling the role of saxophonist from here on out and, frankly, I can’t wait for you guys to hear the new tunes cos they’re sounding pretty awesome.
But that’s not all! I’m also delighted to announce that we will soon be releasing an EP made up of recordings from all over the career of the ODT some from as far back as 2005. No sub-standard rejects here though, they’re all top quality. It should be winging it’s way to you guys in early November.
I’m also going to be making a concerted effort to keep this blog a lot more up to date with a regular post from Luke, Richie, Caz or myself every Thursday. So there you go, call off the search party: The Outdoor Types are alive and well and preparing to unleash a whole new batch of awesomeness on an unsuspecting world.
Gordy x
In the spirit of our first album we are return to the Thames choppy waters on the 6th of august to play as part of Finnstock.. and all-dayer big ass party. We should be on about 9pm… x
We are also having a party in the Albums honour this saturday on board the Tamesis Dock… a boat you’ll find in between Waterloo and Vauxhall on London’s South Bank..
We’ll be rising from the deep about 8 and kicking on through until the last sailor is standing.
Featuring..
The Outdoor Types (some band you may have heard of)
John Mouse (an outstanding wesh singer and performer)
DJ’S and fun and games….
Check out facebook page for more details..
(Source: facebook.com)
Our New Album is out at your finger tips as beautiful 12” Vinyl record and download. It is available from Rough Trade, Norman, Spillers and other fine music vendors…
http://www.normanrecords.com/poogle/index.php?q=the+outdoor+types
http://www.roughtrade.com/site/shop_detail.lasso?search_type=sku&sku=340636
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