The Marching Men - First Gig

[DocSommer]

The vocals or the guitars? All constructive criticism is welcomed and appreciated. Wink

I think I'd just repeat myself since I already posted this:

http://www.myheartland.co.uk/viewtopic. ... 333#570333

[Nikolas Vitus Lagartija]

All constructive criticism is welcomed and appreciated.

Band sound tighter, Tim's shirt is fantastic, but the vocals are still erm...interesting, pitch-wise. Setlist looks great. Definitely an improvement from the last vid. Good work, guys !
How about a live streaming of a Marching Men gig (or rehearsal) for HLers for Sisters Day (16th Feb) ??

[robertzombie]

I thought the end with the backing vocals sounded pretty accurate

[Syberberg]

The vocals or the guitars? All constructive criticism is welcomed and appreciated. Wink

I think I'd just repeat myself since I already posted this:

http://www.myheartland.co.uk/viewtopic. ... 333#570333

Ah yes, thanks for the reminder

Tim's getting better each rehearsal as he gains more confidence. I've got a plan to help him improve further (yes, it does involve cattle prods, but we've a while to go before I'll them ).

The main problem with the vocals is that only Eldritch sounds like Eldritch, all anyone else can do is get close enough. Tim doesn't smoke, so that particular rough timbre (Johnny Cash is the best example of that kind of rough drawl I can think of) will never be there. Then there's Andrew's accent; he's got a fairly neutral English accent, whereas Tim's is a soft East Yorkshire and it shows on the vowel sounds.

If you listen to live recordings, from the very beginning, it's clear Andrew really can't sing. But he gets close enough and has a very distinctive voice, which is why he stood out in the first place. There's a bit on one of the interview picture discs from around the release of Floodland, where Andrew states that he tone deaf and can't sing, but is/was getting better at hiding it.

@robertzombie: Cheers man

[Purple Light]

Of all the vids Logic's the one where I f*cked up at the start!

So ill (as the band will testify) I forgot where I was for a minute.

[Machine Regime]

Of all the vids Logic's the one where I f*cked up at the start!

So ill (as the band will testify) I forgot where I was for a minute.

Ill as in 'illin'', right?

[Nikolas Vitus Lagartija]

Then there's Andrew's accent; he's got a fairly neutral English accent

"Fairly neutral" = Southern English I presume. He always sang an "r" in the "last" of FALAA and sounds the "u" in "just" more like an "a" in "names are just for souvenirs."

Just as well didn't spend his entire childhood in Ely or else we'd have had "Come here I think you're bootiful" in the same song.

[markfiend]

Yeah I agree, Eldritch has an almost "Estuary-English" accent to my ears, certainly not what I'd call neutral ("BBC English" or "received pronunciation").

[Machine Regime]

Yeah I agree, Eldritch has an almost "Estuary-English" accent to my ears, certainly not what I'd call neutral ("BBC English" or "received pronunciation").

Verging on cocker-nay, I'd say...

[Nikolas Vitus Lagartija]

http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/n ... _1_4188895

[Quiff Boy]

[paul]

Nice!

[Purple Light]

Of all the vids Logic's the one where I f*cked up at the start!

So ill (as the band will testify) I forgot where I was for a minute.

Ill as in 'illin'', right?

Ill as in stupendously unwell!

[Machine Regime]

Of all the vids Logic's the one where I f*cked up at the start!

So ill (as the band will testify) I forgot where I was for a minute.

Ill as in 'illin'', right?

Ill as in stupendously unwell!

Hope you're feeling much better now, Purple Light...

[timsinister]

Any publicity is good publicity.

[Purple Light]

Ill as in 'illin'', right?

Ill as in stupendously unwell!

Hope you're feeling much better now, Purple Light...

I am indeed. Thankyou.

I do seem to have passed it onto our drum machine however, though bodily fluids weren't involved.

[Nikolas Vitus Lagartija]

Any publicity is good publicity.

I hope for your sake that "the tall, drunken Glaswegian who stands right at the front, swaying menacingly and bellowing incoherently" agrees with that sentiment !

[Elystan]

This thread makes me want to record myself singing Alice

[markfiend]

Any publicity is good publicity.

I hope for your sake that "the tall, drunken Glaswegian who stands right at the front, swaying menacingly and bellowing incoherently" agrees with that sentiment !

I'm guessing that was Weebles?

[timsinister]

Any publicity is good publicity.

I hope for your sake that "the tall, drunken Glaswegian who stands right at the front, swaying menacingly and bellowing incoherently" agrees with that sentiment !

I'm guessing that was Weebles?

Accept no substitutes. They're shite.

This thread makes me want to record myself singing Alice

Do it. It's how I started.

[weebleswobble]

[timsinister]

Amusingly, I couldn't actually read what the hell you'd printed.

Thanks mon.

[Purple Light]

As the picture demonstrates. I most certainly could.

Aside from that, if you Google Image "Andrew Eldritch 2012" our fine leader Mr Sinister appears on page 1! We must be doing something right! Or Sh*te. Whichever.

[timsinister]

The machine grinds on - we're playing Santiagos Bar in Leeds on May 13th, and then the Polish Club in Barnsley (our first expedition to the 'other' People's Republic) on June 17th.

We've signed a mutual assistance pact with UK Cult, a superb tribute act to The Cult so expect both barrels of the experience in June.

www.themarchingmen.co.uk

[timsinister]

Very short notice, but we've been asked to support Rammstein tribute Morderstein in Bradford tomorrow night at Rios.

Times, costs and anything else you might want to know are of course, a carefully guarded secret which the promoter is disinclined to release.