Friday, December 31, 2004

Break

Hi, Heck here.
Well touring is finally over for the time being yeah.
We did 61 gigs altogether and man, are we tired!
It was fun though and we are looking forward to next year.
But in the meantime we will enjoy the year end break yeah.
We decided to go back to the farm for Xmas and New Year's. It is good to see everyone on the farm again.
Everyone is so proud of us and the younger calves ask us to play a few songs which we do, they really dig it yeah!
We take everyone out for rides in the Sensimilla mobile which they enjoy as they don't get out often.
We may be the world famous Cow Bros but we like to think we are still down to Earth yeah.
Anymoo, enjoy your New Year's holiday and take care yeah.
Right on!

Sunday, December 12, 2004

Ozzy!

Hey there! It's Gunther!
How are you? Long time no see huh?!
As you know we are touring and it's hard work but fun.
We have done over 40 gigs now and soon we will take a break.
I am looking forward to catching up on my movies. I have a rather impressive DVD collection now but not as much time as I would like to watch them all.
Lenny has been weird recently. He thinks he is a Rastafarian! Everytime you ask him something or just say hello, he replies with 'Yaa man' or 'Haile Salaaaaasie'. I bought him a green, yellow and black tea cosy and told him he can wear it on his head...he wasn't amused!! Heehee!
And as Heck told you I am dressing up as Gene Simmons and spitting blood...it's really fun and the crowd go crazy! I am wishing I played bass now! I want to setup my drum kit on a small stage and have it hoisted up into the air while I play, just like Gene Simmons used to do. Manager Nickles says we couldn't do that at the clubs we play at, we would have to play at really big auditoriums for that...ah well.
Anymoo, at our last gig Ozzy turned up! He disguised himself as Ace Freley from Kiss so the crowd would not recognise him, at least that was the plan. But he stuttered a little too much while talking to an audience member then walked the way he does and the jig was up. Pandemonium ensued and we had to save him!
When everything calmed down he joined us onstage for a version of 'Party all night' by Kiss...it was fun and I tell you, Ozzy has not lost his touch!
Well I'm gonna go, we have a soundcheck soon.
Be cool!

Saturday, December 04, 2004

Groupies

Hi, Heck of the Cow Bros here.
Well, the touring continues and man, are we tired yeah!
We are playing 5 to 8 gigs a week and I have lost count of how many clubs, pubs, bars, concert halls we have played in!
We are getting sell-out gigs every time though which is good yeah?!
The other guys are holding up well. Despite the hard work we are all still good buds and enjoy hanging out together which Manager Nickles says is great...unlike the Dead Kennedys who didn't do so well yeah?!
We have also experienced a new thing called 'groupies'. These groupie people are ladies who like to follow us to around and ask if we would marry them yeah! Is that weird or what?? We don't even know them! They also say other things that I would rather not repeat here yeah.
At first we were flattered but now we just say we have girlfriends and give them autographed photos yeah. Most of them are hoomans but there are some nice cow ladies and even a couple of sheeps! Weird huh?!
Gunther has not come up with another drum stunt but he has tried something else. He now does gigs dressed up as Gene Simmons from Kiss! He pokes his tongue out a lot and has weird make-up yeah! He looks cool actually! At the end of a gig he spits out a lot of fake blood which makes the audience cheer yeah.
Lenny is talking real funny now. For example if I ask him 'How ya doing there Lenny?', he answers 'I be doin' good maaan...Hail Sellasie' and stuff like that. He is taking this Rastafarian stuff really seriously yeah?!
Crazy Keni has been writing lots of dub music recently, he spends every spare minute on it. Our next album will definitely be a dub one, and most of it will be his material. I particularily like his 'Dub dub dubby dub dub' song he wrote...it really speaks for itself yeah?!
As for myself, I have been getting into sports cars recently. A Ferrari passed the 'Sensimilla mobile' recently, and I tell you, it was dang impressive yeah! I can't fit inside one but Ireally want to travel fast like that so I am trying to find ways to be a speed demon!
Take care yeah!