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05-17-2008, 10:19 AM
This is the B-side of the first single we did and is called 'Sucker For Your Love'.
The A side was called 'No Point Runnin'...make sure you leave the 'g' off! It was the first time I'd been in a studio and I think I would have been about 19...you gotta remember this stuff is PRE Metallica, Megadeth, Anthrax etc The studio was called Guardian and was in a place called Pityme in County Durham. The engineering sounds a bit lame after all these years but we gave it some intent when recorded it. :)
The biggest shock was actually meeting a ghost and this is ABSOLUTELY true. I swear it happened!
Ghosts?
This is a true story but I have no idea what happened…my first time in a studio was recording three tracks at Guardian Studios in County Durham. The house was actually built in an old miners cottage and we Terry, the owner gave us stories of 'ghostly happenings'. All I knew was that it was very cold in the drum/vocal booth and it had a very eerie feeling. This could have been down to the fact that the band was winding each other up all the time. We were staying at the studio and every night as we were going to bed, someone would start with 'did you hear that?' or whatever. We were there three days and we recorded 'No point Runnin', Sucker For Your Love' and 'Ridin' Higher'. These tracks would eventually be released as singles and also on Guardian's Roxcalibur album (they should never have been released-they should have been locked up for life!).
Anyway, eventually we forgot about the 'ghost' thing and buckled down to trying to get the best recording we could. On the final day, we were mixing the tracks in the control room. All the band was sitting on a sofa, intently listening to the mix to make sure everything was there. Our Road Manager, Barry Clapp, was sat opposite, and him and me were looking at each other intently and making notes about the mix. I was also sat a few feet away from the band (I like my own space when I'm concentrating!) All of a sudden, my hair was pulled violently (I had very long hair) and, I mean, violently. The rest of the band was too wrapped up to notice (they were also sitting on the same side as me which would have made it difficult) but Barry did. His eyes nearly popped out of his head and he looked very frightened. I knew instantly that it wasn't anybody in the room as it had been more than a friendly tug and there was absolutely no sign of a reaction or giggling or anything. The rest of the guys were in another world listening to that track. Barry made a quick gesture as if to say, 'don't say anything-keep on with the mix'. We didn't mention it to the other guys once the track finished or until we'd left and were on our way back to Cleveland. That confirmed for me that it wasn't a prank-there was no catch-line. We told them afterwards but nobody believed us. Barry said he was watching my face for reaction to the recording and that my hair just went up in the air and was pulled hard enough to make my head go wildly to the left. This guy was an ex-marine who had seen a lot of things but this was a new one for him.
We headed back and went straight to Radio Tees where we were going to do an interview on a local Rock Show that was waiting to hear this newly recorded stuff. I was being asked by the presenter, Brian Anderson,what my thoughts were when my mouth decided to stop working! My mouth started to go to one side and I gave a little shriek, as I didn't know what was wrong. My speech became a bit strange and I tried my best to carry on. I went to the Doctor a few days later and he told me I had 'bell's palsy' which had almost certainly come as a result of a shock to my system. I was off work for 3 weeks as I couldn't close or open my eye and, as a welder, I would have got a 'flash', which is pretty painful. I still have no idea what happened but I'm certain something wasn't very impressed with our demo! Like I said at the beginning, true…but who's going to believe you?
The A side was called 'No Point Runnin'...make sure you leave the 'g' off! It was the first time I'd been in a studio and I think I would have been about 19...you gotta remember this stuff is PRE Metallica, Megadeth, Anthrax etc The studio was called Guardian and was in a place called Pityme in County Durham. The engineering sounds a bit lame after all these years but we gave it some intent when recorded it. :)
The biggest shock was actually meeting a ghost and this is ABSOLUTELY true. I swear it happened!
Ghosts?
This is a true story but I have no idea what happened…my first time in a studio was recording three tracks at Guardian Studios in County Durham. The house was actually built in an old miners cottage and we Terry, the owner gave us stories of 'ghostly happenings'. All I knew was that it was very cold in the drum/vocal booth and it had a very eerie feeling. This could have been down to the fact that the band was winding each other up all the time. We were staying at the studio and every night as we were going to bed, someone would start with 'did you hear that?' or whatever. We were there three days and we recorded 'No point Runnin', Sucker For Your Love' and 'Ridin' Higher'. These tracks would eventually be released as singles and also on Guardian's Roxcalibur album (they should never have been released-they should have been locked up for life!).
Anyway, eventually we forgot about the 'ghost' thing and buckled down to trying to get the best recording we could. On the final day, we were mixing the tracks in the control room. All the band was sitting on a sofa, intently listening to the mix to make sure everything was there. Our Road Manager, Barry Clapp, was sat opposite, and him and me were looking at each other intently and making notes about the mix. I was also sat a few feet away from the band (I like my own space when I'm concentrating!) All of a sudden, my hair was pulled violently (I had very long hair) and, I mean, violently. The rest of the band was too wrapped up to notice (they were also sitting on the same side as me which would have made it difficult) but Barry did. His eyes nearly popped out of his head and he looked very frightened. I knew instantly that it wasn't anybody in the room as it had been more than a friendly tug and there was absolutely no sign of a reaction or giggling or anything. The rest of the guys were in another world listening to that track. Barry made a quick gesture as if to say, 'don't say anything-keep on with the mix'. We didn't mention it to the other guys once the track finished or until we'd left and were on our way back to Cleveland. That confirmed for me that it wasn't a prank-there was no catch-line. We told them afterwards but nobody believed us. Barry said he was watching my face for reaction to the recording and that my hair just went up in the air and was pulled hard enough to make my head go wildly to the left. This guy was an ex-marine who had seen a lot of things but this was a new one for him.
We headed back and went straight to Radio Tees where we were going to do an interview on a local Rock Show that was waiting to hear this newly recorded stuff. I was being asked by the presenter, Brian Anderson,what my thoughts were when my mouth decided to stop working! My mouth started to go to one side and I gave a little shriek, as I didn't know what was wrong. My speech became a bit strange and I tried my best to carry on. I went to the Doctor a few days later and he told me I had 'bell's palsy' which had almost certainly come as a result of a shock to my system. I was off work for 3 weeks as I couldn't close or open my eye and, as a welder, I would have got a 'flash', which is pretty painful. I still have no idea what happened but I'm certain something wasn't very impressed with our demo! Like I said at the beginning, true…but who's going to believe you?