London, England, show (11 June 2012)

He probably had pressure from the record company to leave ASAP. Brian has always been friendly before and it's probably not his fault

He met everyone during the gig anyway...when he jumped on top of them...

He doesn't have to meet anyone at all you know...

Yeah seriously he doesn't have to don't be angry at him

Jerseyrain wrote:

Can't have been that sorry otherwise he'd have said hello to the fans by coming out 10 mins earlier.

plugga wrote:

Yeah seriously he doesn't have to don't be angry at him

Chill out alla you. Wasnt angry so keep the rott weilers at bay. Just disappointed I didn't get to chat with him again thats all. Maybe next time eh.

eeeh your comments sounded kinda harsh but WHATEVER, next time you'll be luckier.

Jerseyrain wrote:

plugga wrote:

Yeah seriously he doesn't have to don't be angry at him

Chill out alla you. Wasnt angry so keep the rott weilers at bay. Just disappointed I didn't get to chat with him again thats all. Maybe next time eh.

I didn't think you were angry, just unreasonably bitter. Like a bad Guinness!

So still no sign of a bootleg yet?

Not a thing, but bootlegs can either show up hours after a gig, or months down the line. All depends on the taper, and what they want to do with the recording.

If there is even a recording.

I might have to tape the UK tour, as there really doesn't seem to be that many tapers over here interested in the guys.

Klown wrote:

Not a thing, but bootlegs can either show up hours after a gig, or months down the line. All depends on the taper, and what they want to do with the recording.

If there is even a recording.

I might have to tape the UK tour, as there really doesn't seem to be that many tapers over here interested in the guys.

Is there still a healthy taping scene nowadays...I videoed shows in the 90's (mainly smaller bands) and had quite a lot of worldwide contacts but have lost complete track of the scene

Yes and no, I think is the best way to answer that. Obviously with the growth of the internet and file sharing sites, it makes it easier to find a show, but has taken away a lot of the fun of trading, as well as the community. There's still sites for mail trades, but they are fewer and much further apart now.

The bigger bands still seem to have their core tapers, but I feel that a band like Gaslight with such a young fanbase, won't really embrace the scene that much. Which will be a shame in years to come

Klown wrote:

Yes and no, I think is the best way to answer that. Obviously with the growth of the internet and file sharing sites, it makes it easier to find a show, but has taken away a lot of the fun of trading, as well as the community. There's still sites for mail trades, but they are fewer and much further apart now.

The bigger bands still seem to have their core tapers, but I feel that a band like Gaslight with such a young fanbase, won't really embrace the scene that much. Which will be a shame in years to come

I think the file sharing sites took away the ' community feeling'. When I first got on the net in '97 I set up my trading website and quickly built up a network of good traders. However as the technology progressed people began to put their wares on file sharing sites and it simply became a matter of clicking a button to get a show...a lot quicker... but a lot less fun...I haven't traded now since 2003 but every now and then I get an email asking for a trade

I think part of the decline in trading shows is due to the changing way people consume music. Generally people have a much shorter attention span now. There's less incentive to spend ages downloading a show or working out a trade when you can view pretty decent videos on youtube. People want instant gratification on their iphones!

For the more dedicated fans willing to spend a bit of time downloading, we've gotten a hell of a lot of high quality stuff from the last few tours. I'm thinking festival broadcasts, shows live on the radio, Cologne Revival Tour show and recently the web-broadcast. For me, there's not much incentive to listen to audience-recorded shows anymore (which lets be honest, don't sound great in comparison), unless its a particularly special show (like Koko).

10-20 years ago, there's no way you'd have gotten this amount of decent material from a band as "small" as Gaslight so there was a much greater reliance on tapers.

10-20 years ago, you did have the same proportion of pro-shot shows to be honest. Granted, not as many festivals, but I do have tons and tons of pro-shot shows from smaller bands, from all over the world.

As for audience recordings, I would argue the point about quality, I've got some recently that blow away what some bands put out as 'soundboard'. Prime example been the '10 Pearl Jam tour, the soundboards were awful (and this wasn't the first time that had happened. Also the Metallica show with the orchestra, I have the bootleg of it, and the audience recording gives a far better representation of the night.

Klown wrote:

10-20 years ago, you did have the same proportion of pro-shot shows to be honest. Granted, not as many festivals, but I do have tons and tons of pro-shot shows from smaller bands, from all over the world.

As for audience recordings, I would argue the point about quality, I've got some recently that blow away what some bands put out as 'soundboard'. Prime example been the '10 Pearl Jam tour, the soundboards were awful (and this wasn't the first time that had happened. Also the Metallica show with the orchestra, I have the bootleg of it, and the audience recording gives a far better representation of the night.

Perhaps I should have said... all that pro-shot material is so much more accessible now without having to trade tapes.

As for audience vs soundboard, I agree "soundboards" are often not up to much (and I've also heard bad things about the PJ "official bootlegs") but I've yet to hear a Gaslight audience recording which sounds better than the Sydney, Southside Festival and Revival Tour recordings (all broadcast) I listen to.

markbarlow wrote:

Jerseyrain wrote:

plugga wrote:

Yeah seriously he doesn't have to don't be angry at him

Chill out alla you. Wasnt angry so keep the rott weilers at bay. Just disappointed I didn't get to chat with him again thats all. Maybe next time eh.

I didn't think you were angry, just unreasonably bitter. Like a bad Guinness!

I dont like Guinness

Jerseyrain wrote:

markbarlow wrote:

Jerseyrain wrote:

plugga wrote:

Yeah seriously he doesn't have to don't be angry at him

Chill out alla you. Wasnt angry so keep the rott weilers at bay. Just disappointed I didn't get to chat with him again thats all. Maybe next time eh.

I didn't think you were angry, just unreasonably bitter. Like a bad Guinness!

I dont like Guinness

Haha, why ever not?!

Another good review in NME this week.

White Man In Hammersmith wrote:

He met everyone during the gig anyway...when he jumped on top of them...

yeah its lucky hes only a smallish bloke lol. he landed just about right on my head lol.

dunno wot everyones whingin about, seemed like a decent bloke from wot i saw of him, and lets be honest, theyre with a big label now who are probably on his arse every minute of every day to do the promotional crap. from the limited number of times ive seen brian in person hes always been more than happy to hang around an chat to the fans whenever he can.