Well we did it – we played Moles as a main act! Our posters are all over town and scarily there is a Moles poster showing the details of the  bands that are playing that month and there is a very large blow up of my face advertising the FBB gig! Ha ha (really must get one of those posters to keep)

Arrived at 7pm for  the soundcheck to find just us and Trev there. Trev saw our set had 18 songs and warned we were only supposed to play an hour – an hour 15 mins max. So some judicious chopping of songs happened in the pub later! We ran “Filthysomething” (cos Pete had forgotten it) and “Get the Funk Out” (which I was nervous about singing). But we got through it so it stayed in the set for later. We were also told we weren’t on till 11pm – which was a bit of a shock as we had told people we’d be on at 9.30 -10pm. Ooops!

We then went to the Porter for food (I was starving!) and met up with our friends/fans/rent-a-crowd (delete as appropriate) who had showed up to support us. And it seemed that the constant email/Facebook events/Myspace bulletins/ general coercion seemed to have worked as we pulled in quite a few people – for a school night. Trev had warned us that the past few Wednesday nights in the summer holidays had been dead – and although that would be bad for audience size and reaching out to new prospective fans, it reassured my anxiety a little that there wouldn’t be hordes of slacker youths shouting “Get off the stage grandma – you’re shite!”

We went down to Moles about 10pm – and there were a few people there we knew who were tapping their watches wondering when we were going on. The place had started to fill up a bit so that there was a nice friendly vibe going on – and I actually started looking forward to performing.

I had to sign my brother in as a guest (why did I bother I ask myself?) and saw on the sign in sheet a name next to which was written “Venue” in the company field. OMG? Did that mean someone from Venue really was there to write a review? I scanned the crowd quickly to see if I could see who it might be. I did accost one poor bloke who was sat in the corner – he looked terrified as he explained that he wasn’t from the local mag. (Sorry – whoever you were!) I think I did see the Venue guy sitting on the steps for the first part of the gig (well he had a big bag with him anyway) - it remains to be seen if he liked it (fingers crossed for this Thursday, eh?)

So the actual gig went really well. We played 15 songs in the end. The sound on stage was good; unlike last time, I could actually hear myself clearly, and my voice was mostly behaving itself so I felt quite relaxed (or that could have been the 2 rum n cokes I had had beforehand?) JD, Pete and Marty were all playing brilliantly – yeah we had a few fluff ups but I can’t really remember what they were (“Haircut” possibly? And one where Marty couldn’t hear when we had finished) – but i don’t think the audience noticed – tee hee. My favourite songs were “Dynamo”, “Love Rears Its Ugly Head” & “Fire”. My least favourite was “Get the Funk Out” – Pete had the right groove & JD did an awesome Nuno Bettencourt impression but my voice was really not up to belting out rock numbers like that. Maybe we just need to practice it more? Hmm…

JD broke a guitar string halfway through so I had to tell jokes while he changed it. Tom actually came on stage to tell his Joke du Jour “What do you call a man with a piece of ham on his head?” (At least it wasn’t the ginger joke…) My brother Ian did some most unsavoury dancing with Tony – who seemed to enjoy some of it. I averted my eyes…

We finished about 12.15 – a cosy hour an 15 like the man asked – and GOT PAID!!! Woo Hoo!! Probably only the second or third time for FBB (yeah yeah I know we do it for the love etc etc)

All in all a good gig – shame there weren’t more people, and shame we didn’t sell any CD’s. But we all had a laugh and hung out with our mates & did the stuff we love to do, so its all good.

It remains to be seen if we get reviewed in this weeks Venue – expect me to jack it allin when the headline reads: “Get off the stage grandma – you’re shite!”

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The newsletter I sent out:FattyBoomBasstic play Moles 29th August 2007

More photos on the Facebook Event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=4893025538