(Click on pic)GROD GRODDLER
& The Grodlings
The One & Only Performance
August 29th 1998
Royal Victoria Park, Bath
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A 10Meg REAL MEDIA (RM) VIDEO
OF THIS CONTRAVERSIAL 15 MINUTE CONCERT.
AS YOU WILL SEE, I WAS UNHAPPY WITH THE ORGANISER KEITH LUNT, HAVING NOT PROVIDED FACILITIES HE PROMISED AND THEN GIVING US JUST 10 MINUTES ON STAGE WHEN HE'D PROMISED 40 MINS. ALL IN THE BAND GAVE UP A WEEKS WORK TO REHERESE EVERY DAY FOR THE CONCERT. MAYBE IT WAS THE COMMMENTS I MADE ON-STAGE THAT RESULTED IN ME BEING BANNED FROM USING AN AMP IN BATH. THE ORGANISER
KEITH LUNT AT THE TIME WAS A LIB DEM BATH CITY COUNCILLOR.
I ACTUALLY APOLOGISED TO KEITH SHORTLY AFTER OUR SET. HE SMILED AND SAID IT WAS JUST "ROCK N ROLL AND WATER OFF A DUCKS BACK TO HIM."
BUT JUST SIX WEEKS LATER I GOT BANNED FROM USING AN AMPLIFIER, EFFECTIVELY STOPPING ME FROM PERFORMING MY SET. MAYBE CO-INCIDENTAL, BUT MY CONCERTS OUTSIDE THE PUMP ROOMS HAD BEEN RECEIVED BRILLIANTLY ALL SUMMER. AND WAS THE REASON I WAS INVITED BY KEITH LUNT TO PLAY AT THIS CONCERT. WHICH I HASTEN TO ADD I THROUGHLY ENJOYED, AS DID THE BAND, AND IT REMAINS ONE OF MY FONDEST MEMORIES. YOU DON'T PLAY VENUES LIKE THIS TOO OFTEN!
I RETURNED TO BUSKING A YEAR LATER, VERY ANGRY, UN-AMPLIFIED, BUT VERY LOUD! I CHANGED MY SET FROM BALLADS TO SING-ALONGS AND GOT THE CROWDS CLAPPING, STAMPING AND SINGING ALONG. TO PROVE YOU DON'T NEED AN AMP TO BE LOUD. BUT MORE OF THAT ON THE MAIN PAGE. INCLUDING MORE REAL MEDIA VIDEOS OF MY UNAMPLIFIED PERFORMANCES IN BATH, WITH SOME PERFOMANCES WITH MY AMP WHILE BUSKING IN YORK. SO YOU CAN COMPARE THE DIFFERENCE, AND WHY I'M STILL CAMPAIGNING TO HAVE THE BAN ON MY USE OF AMPLIFIACTION IN BATH REMOVED.
IN THE MEANTIME... CLICK ON THE PIC BELOW AND WATCH
GROD GRODDLER & THE GRODLINGS
ONLY EVER CONCERT
LIVE AT ROYAL VICTORIA PARK, AUG 98
THE "SOUNDSFREE" FESTIVAL
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and.....
HERE ARE SOME STILLS OF THE DAY FOR YOU TO SAVOUR!
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Pics from the rehearsals
Pics from the concert
(Me apologizing to
Keith Lunt for my rhyming slang comment!)
Pictures of a short set at
"The Hat & Feather", Bath
Pics of impromptu busking set with special guest,
The late great Jorge Mabuza.
(These pictures are proof that I was not alone for the first two complaints logged solely against me by Environmental Health Officer Mr. David Carter in his testimony to the court.)
Finally… Pics of Grod Busking by Himself!
