Tickets

UPDATE

AS OF NOW, ALL THE TICKETS AVAILABLE FOR THE GIG ARE FULLY BOOKED SOLD OUT. UNFORTUNATELY, WE CANNOT SELL ANY MORE TIX DUE TO THE LIMITED SPACE AT THE BROOMHALL CENTRE (fire hazard and all that malarkey). THANKS TO ALL YOU PUNTERS FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

NEVERMIND THE HAZATSU

Indeed, this is a very peculiar name for a band. Hailing from Sheffield, they love playing any kind of music that they find enthralling, ranging from ear-shattering metal to mellow acoustic soul - this is what happens when each band member has a different musical interest. It is really hard to describe the vibe they exude as a band, which can be quite unpredictable and hypnotic, yet impossible to stop any hip-shaking from listening to the melodies they play.

Formed two years ago by guitar fiend Baitak, Nevermind The Hazatsu has evolved through various line-up changes, and seen some good times as well as hard times. So much has happened with the band yet they have not been forgotten by the Malaysian student band scene in Sheffield. Currently, the band also includes Wynn on guitar, M on vocals, Yamin on bass and Farid on the drums. After a few successful homemade demos, they are now ready to perform live at The GIG @ Sheffield. Be prepared for some serious sedation.....

AH LIAN HOT PANTS

to call themselves the home band is a tad ostentatious, with there being two other bands from sheffield. ALHP got its name fortuitously from a comment in kudo's blog, a homage to all pasar malam-going ah lians and they hope to sound as sizzling as their namesake. a five-piece, ALHP is a potpourri of music-loving amateurs, from the skins-and-sticks aficionado, wong; six-string slingers, kere and kazman; p(a)unchy low frequency provider, kudo, to old-school sam zaki. they will be performing a few rocking tunes live at the GIG @ sheffield on march 18th at the broomhall centre.

so, check these guys out and, to paraphrase deaf leopard[sic], let's get rocked.

Playing a live set

here are some great tips. no, we didn't come up with these ourselves¹, but we did learn something from reading the list below from the mag.

The band

• Play songs that capture listeners' interest
• Know your intros / endings
• Know the form of the song - playing the verse when you should be playing the chorus is a big no-no
• Assign one person to count-off duties - it's the drummer, usually

The set list

• A strong first tune in the set, and keep the energy up before playing the slow, jiwang number
• Avoid playing songs in the same key in succession, if possible - bosan
• Don't waste time in between tunes - know your set list, have it in BIG LETTERS
• End the set strong with the best tune you have - you want them to beg for more

The calm before the storm

• Come prepared - extra strings / drum sticks, picks, guitar tuner, wire cutter, torch light - you know the drill
• Use the adrenaline rush before your performance to your advantage - it's rockengGG time
• Secure your guitar straps
• MAKE SURE ALL GUITARS ARE IN TUNE!

Rocking in the free world

• Stay loose - rilekkk....
• Eye contact with the audience is important - unless you are one of the shoegazer band types
• Wrong note? Just play on, don't make a face / jelir lidah /cuak
• The nerves are playing up again? Remember that your audience wants you to rock
  
• Show some attitude - be it animated like an epileptic who forgot to take some meds or standing still like a stone statue
• Interact with your bandmates - it helps to make your band play tight

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1. Bradman EE, Friedland E. Take it to the stage. Guitar World's Bass Guitar 2005; 6: 30-42.

BANDung

the site's first band promo. check it out! promos from the other eight bands will be out soon, so watch this space.

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Two sets of friends from two places, brought together by love of music. Din and Luc went to KTJ together and were in different bands then. Luc floating around freeriders and guest drumming/guitar-ing in Bangers' Day Out, whilst Din was in the highly successful Talentime Champions, WITI, wowing KTJ with their hard mellow sound. As fate had it, the Manchester MS' Malaysian Music Festival in April of 2005 brought them together in Band-ting, with fellow KTJians Azlan and Aizat, as well as Helmi on bass. And that was where Kudo and Wong came into the picture.

Wong, a talented drummer from Sheffield, Kudo, with the Les Paul he didn't use (oi! -Ed.), and the rest of Maniacs took to the stage wowing Manchester with their Incubus covers, and before anyone knew it, Din, a huge Incubus fan, took to the stage with them, and so they say, the rest is history.

Nearly a year later, there was a calling. Luc was then working at Rizkee where he met Kudo again and was told about The GIG @ Sheffield. Inspired, he roused together the old Band-ting members for practice. As fate would have it, Azlan had to go back to Malaysia and Aizat was unavailable, so what came naturally was a merger... Manchester + Sheffield = Band-ung.

Watch out for the hard-hitting riffs and soul-pounding bass lines from Luc and Kudo, the technical wizardry of Wong sitting on the throne and the grungy yet melodic vocals of Din. Go on, sit still when Band-ung play, we dare you.