NEW ALBUM UPDATE

RECORDING DATES SET

Can confirm that The Cheesemakers will commence recording their next album on Monday 1st August. The working title is 'Hard Freeze'. More details very soon and perhaps some tasters as well. Cheers, Andy

New Cheesemakers Date!

On Saturday 16th July, three bands with family connections will be coming together to raise some money for my daughter Charlotte's trip to Kenya in 2012. She will be going there for a month with Camps International to work on lots of projects that will help local communities, such as building schools, working on water purification sources and giving people an infra-structure so that they can help themselves. Anyway, you can read more at www.campsinternational.com .
The point here is that we need to raise over £3K for the trip!!! (Gulp) So what better way than to gather 3 bands from the extended family and have a gig. So Fight The Flood, The Cheesemakers and another very special guest band (TBA) will be hammering it out at The Office in South Shields. It's a ticket event to begin with and any remaining tickets will be available on the door on the night. So come on folks, support Charlotte and have a great night out to boot. I want to see 200 people in that venue on the night.
Please spread the word around Facebook, on Twitter, in the pub, on the phone, everywhere.
Tickets will be available in a few days from everywhere mentioned on the poster. Please note, this is a pub over 18 event, so little uns unfortunately won't be allowed but a few older teenagers will be Ok as long as they behave and dont drink. The adults? Well, anything goes :O)
Many many appreciations in advance.Andy

NEW DEMO

Hi folks

Here is a taster of the demo recordings we're making for the new album. This is live in the rehearsal room with no overdubs or anything else. We're making 'live' recordings of all the tracks before recording them proper. So of course this is pretty rough for now.

This one's called 'Tony' (story of why later) and concerns the rise of the scum on the streets in the UK, akin to the subject matter of Taxi Driver in 70's New York. Well it's now in the UK.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=NIPI7FUH

Enjoy and let me know what you think

Cheers for now

Andy

Picture - Jim playing at the Live Up The Oriface gig recording supporting the Ralph Wiggum Experience, early Noughties (Hesh will probably confirm the date)

New Cheesemakers album in progress!

Hi folks, just wanted to say that a new Cheesemakers album, title TBC, was commenced Monday night in the form of demos of 3 new songs. We are going to follow this up very quickly with demos of further songs until we have a set of 10 and then record them.

Songs demo-ed were 'Tony', 'Pinball' and 'Lyin' To Me'.

We are recording on the cheap this time in our rehearsal room and with luck the whole process shouldn't cost a penny and our plan is to make it available for free download upon release. A bit like Radiohead's 'pay-what-you-like' revolution just with the added uncentive that people are not likely to pay anything for it anyway! GUFFAW.....

So regular updates here and we promise it won't take 7 years this time. A much rawer and direct sound.

Cheers Me Dears

Andy

THE CHEESEMAKERS - TELEGRAPH REVIEW

Been such a while since this gig and only just got the time/motivation. Got the time as it happens because we just went to a practice and there was a band already in! Double booked on a block booking - thats us all over. Ah well, shit happens.

So Sunday 5th December 2010, The Telegraph Newcastle. I shall start with the set list:

HATE THE MILKMAN

THE BIG HAIRY WHEEL

HIGHER THAN YOU

TONY

BOB BIZARRE

YESTERDAY'S PAPERS *

STREET TALK *

PANIC NOW

SOUL TRAIN *

LICK MY HOOP

MY SO-CALLED LIFE

PINBALL *

LYIN' TO ME *

SHEILA'S ON THE BUS

FLY BUSTER

ENCORE:

LEICESTER

HIGHER THAN YOU

*Denotes new song!

I think there were more songs in the encore but I can't remember so someone please remind me :O)

Well a combination of the bad weather (it was at its height) and a good night for bad excuses (see political reference) caused the turn out to be poor, but every person there mattered for one reason or another. We certainly made it up to two of our most ardent (if not THE most ardent) followers after that debacle in South Shields by being determined to put a full show on and a bloody good one. So we did it for Gary and Phil and I've now exorcised the demon of The Ship Inn.

Several people at the gig, who had seen us countless times before, said that was one of the best, if not THE best, gigs they'd seen us do, so we must be doing well as we are and as a three-piece.

I decided to drop the possibility of doing a solo set prior to the band as 30 minutes of rehearsing before hand had put my voice on the edge but several beers helped soothe that and only one bum note was recorded.

There are no photos and no video unfortunately as the equipment (a digital camera) wouldn't fit into the cars with all the other gear!

As the band was so good, and the new songs were well recieved, especially Pinball and Lyin' To Me (two upbeat happening catchy numbers) we have resolved to carry on into 2011, we'll just have to do it differently somehow. Doing gigs that you invite people to just doesn't work anymore, we're gonna have to try a different route. Gets harder the older you get though, venues that do original music are still painfully thin on the ground and they want young bands as well, but our music is young at heart.

The next few weeks might see some demos of the new songs and I'll post them on al the usual places if we get em done so you can offer opinion. Indeed, another new song was written this afternoon especially for the first practice of 2011 tonight to no avail...it's called Water Falls and is terribly good :O)

Anyway, please offer any comment to this and add anything you feel. Were you there? What was your favourite song, what was your favourite new song? Input!

So I wanna thank everyone for coming and for keeping the faith as you would say in the 80s and watch for more happenings in 2011. We're goona try and record a new album this year as well. Got the songs, just need the time

Until the next one, cheers me dears
Andy

Fly Buster Pic Video

Can be viewed at:

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=133081626745982&comments&ref=mf

A little taster to reinvigorate your taste buds for 5th December

Move in for the kill!

Andy

CHEESEMAKERS XMAS GIG 2010

Just announced, The Cheesemakers will revive their annual Xmas gig at The Telegraph in Newcastle on Sunday 5th December. All are inclined to be there. The debacle of a couple of years ago in South Shields is about to be slaughtered, we won't let you down this time, we promise.

Songs old and new will be aired in an hour + set, with support from a new/old Newcastle band massively worth seeing, details TBA.

So make it a date.

And send any requests for Cheesemakers songs of the past right now.

Cheers all
Andy