Alkotron live at Mutant Music 12/02/09
Last month at Mutant Music, we played host to Alko-fucking-tron. We recorded their set straight off the soundboard and they are going to talk about it right now. (Right-click-and-save on the songtitles for free downloads. Plus, if you do, leave us a comment or something). Alkotron!
This song is always our opener. A bastardized version of The Godfather. Thus the horse’s head. Pretty obscure, but you got to try something these days. Feel too many bands more interested in trying to be very serious chaps this weather and don’t appreciate that a lot of folk listen to live music for the aural and visual spectacle. This is where the Splendid Dead nights piss over a lot of other nights put on by so called fireside musical svengalis. Of which there is plenty.
By now you may get the impression that we are nothing but a bunch of bitter old cnuts. Which nicely leads into second track,
As Paul states in the intro this is for all those insufferable no-marks who pollute our TV screens now. Didn’t start out like that, but you are who you are!!! (Know what I mean Rhydian??).
is a tune we resurrected from a previous incarnation. Gilbo plays a blinding Rhodes Piano and Paul swaps his bass for Gilbo’s telecaster. Didnae really come out that good on the bootleg , but when we play it well it is an unmitigated psych freak out of a tune.
Putting the boot in again. This time to old fools who risk all for the sirens call. Paul McCartney is 74 and Heather Mills has one leg and is very rich!
Self congratulations the order of the day here. Good time in proceedings to whip out the Congas and funk it up a gear. Gilbo on Congas but PC on plank spank a highlight.
Time in the set to really chill out. In the right atmosphere, and this venue has it by the shitload, we can blow minds with this. Always try and give our sets 100% regardless of crowd size or anything for that matter. Gilbo played a great version that night. Sit back, light a big fat one and just listen.
Gilbo on Harmonica. Lyrical content will remain in underpants. Always a crowd pleaser.
Brand new tune. Not much to say. Next time we play, will be complete. We love the tune though.
One of Alkotron’s favoured sons. Always try and play this like a jackhammering of the bollocks with toe-capped Doc boot. Living at home with over-bearing mother at 40. NOT autobiographical for the record, but everybody knows a guy like it. Or will when you hit our age.
Always a closer. Probably about stoating about nightclubs oot the old cranium on all sorts, thinking your a cool MF but really just looking like a sad old tit!!!
And then the people wanted more……..So we left them with a
(In the curry of a cheating husband no less courtesy of Fido).
Hope to be back among you all again sometime. Peace to all you bright and beautiful people…and those that are not we love you even more!!!
ALKOTRON
You can hear more Alkotron at their myspace page, and see them live shortly at Cosmopol, Glasgow on 07/03/09, at Box, Glasgow on 29/03/09 and at Ivory Blacks, Glasgow 04/04/09.
May 30, 2009 at 6:29 pm
Hi guys,
Caught your set at Queens Park on Sunday, must say i thought you were very good, very different, but most enjoyable. Have downloaded you tunes & will give them a right seein to. Spoke briefly with your guitarist who told me you hadn’t played anywhere like that before! Let me know where your playing in the future & i will try to get & see yous again.
Cheers Iain