Newcastle

A man walks into a bar (me) and another man walks up to him and says "you a gay aren't you?". Eh?? Not a good start as he introduces himself and his girlfriend to Team Rizzle. After a few hardy pint's, a couple of Sailor Jerry's and a drunk guy spitting conversation over me we headed to a club.
"Are you guy's coming with us?" I ask the man.
"I'm not" he slurs, "but my girlfriend is".
Taken aback that he is prepared to leave his girlfriend with five pissed Scotsmen on tour that he doesn't know I reply... "Are you out of your tiny mind mate?".
Shocked by my response he remarks "I trust her".
Fair enough but I mean come on man... he has just watched us play a gig but apart from that he knows nothing about us!
He has a change of heart and decides to stumble along the street with us. Mrs Drunk Dude is less than impressed and sends him home deciding that she will have a better time with us by herself... yep. Off to the club we march...

Meanwhile, back at the hotel bar, determined to have a quiet night, Iain sits alone and orders a Talisker. Within 10 minutes he strikes up a bit of banter with two Irish guys. A paraplegic Olyimpian and a Dwarf. He has a great time and drinks an entire bottle of whiskey.

Right, back to the club... I was hanging from some bars half way up the wall while screaming and fist pumping to "Omen" by the prodigy. Some delicious shapes were being pulled and I decided to try and spice up the pictures for today and go for some "alternative" angles. We were having a great time and by home time I was lost and on my own... Gordon had disappeared ages ago, Rizzle was ordering more drinks, DLo had the screen saver on his face and Smokey I don't have a clue about... Apparently there was a drum'n'bass room upstairs or something.



Iain woke me this morning for breakfast and my face felt like it was about to peel off. I was nursing a fantastic coffee when DLo hobbled into the room. I should tell you something about DLo... First up he is a guitar tech and second he likes skating. When he has a couple of beers the "screen saver" appears across his face and Darren becomes Disco DLo... I ask him why he is walking like he spent a night in the cells and he tells me that Smokey challenged him to simulate a skateboard jump down some steps on the way home last night. It went wrong and he hurt himself. If you ask me he is lucky his shins stayed in his legs but there you go...

I cried with the hilarity of attempt at a "quiet night" and finally if you're wondering what became of the boyfriend... he tried to drive his car home and crashed. Nae luck....

That's all true
Matty Drums xx

PS The gig was great...



Don't forget to check out the pictures on the flickr link at the top of the page x