Thank you all for attending the Filthy Little Clubnight on Friday. It was a fun gig and many thanks to Town Bike, Awesome Wells and Star Fighter Pilot for putting on such good shows. Special notice goes to the drummers who laboured on valiantly despite there being significant parts of the kit missing. Our drum machine also coped wonderfully under the circumstances! There are photos on our Facebook (add the user "Billy Ruffian" - yes, they think we are a person) so you should go and tag yourself if you are there. I'll link it at a later date.
In other news, I don't think we mentioned it here, but we've been up on iTunes for about 3 weeks now. You can buy the entirety of My Secret Life in one go or in discrete, track length, 79p packages. I think there's a way to link to an iTunes band page but again, I'll have to link it at a later date. The rest of our hits can be obtained gratis from http://www.last.fm and http://www.filthylittleangels.com, so go there and do that if you have not already.
Wednesday 23 April 2008
Friday 18 April 2008
Thanks to all the people who came to see us at Fiction Non Fiction, Tiger Lounge. We had a great gig and special thanks go to the lovely people who were dancing at the back. Thanks also to BlackLands who were kind enough to lend us a guitar amp. Billy Ruffian historians will be happy to know that this gig was the first with the current lineup that Ruffian Founder Sam Evaskitas has attended.
Tonight we have the Filthy Little Club night which promises to be even Filthier than usual thanks to Liverpool's finest Town Bike. Their songs even have swears in them. We might even play our new very short song.
BILLY RUFFIAN
"Mark E Smith fronting the Sweet singing the songs of Half Man, Half Biscuit wrestling Lord Lucan in a bath on acid!"
THE STAR FIGHTER PILOT
"Trent Reznor singing the songs of Grandmaster Flash shimmying with Shergar on on speed!"
TOWN BIKE
"Suzi Quatro fronting the Sex Pistols playing lawn tennis with the Loch Ness Monster on prescription drugs!"
AWESOME WELLS
"The Queen fronting Queen singing the songs of Cream jousting the exhumed corpse of Elvis on nutmeg!"
So yeah, come to the Castle. It'll be grand.
Tonight we have the Filthy Little Club night which promises to be even Filthier than usual thanks to Liverpool's finest Town Bike. Their songs even have swears in them. We might even play our new very short song.
BILLY RUFFIAN
"Mark E Smith fronting the Sweet singing the songs of Half Man, Half Biscuit wrestling Lord Lucan in a bath on acid!"
THE STAR FIGHTER PILOT
"Trent Reznor singing the songs of Grandmaster Flash shimmying with Shergar on on speed!"
TOWN BIKE
"Suzi Quatro fronting the Sex Pistols playing lawn tennis with the Loch Ness Monster on prescription drugs!"
AWESOME WELLS
"The Queen fronting Queen singing the songs of Cream jousting the exhumed corpse of Elvis on nutmeg!"
So yeah, come to the Castle. It'll be grand.
Monday 7 April 2008
The latest news on what we're up to...
On Sunday we convened. Work on the second album has been rather slow, but this is largely because we don't have the backlog of songs to record that we did for the debut. Current songs in the pipeline are 'Single Boy', a pop song that was formerly the seven-verse epic called 'Spencer Must Die', relating to the trials and tribulations of John Bellingham, the assassin of Prime Minister Spencer Perceval. When it was realised that the riff was becoming really rather poppy, the idea of a seven verse epic was ditched in favour of 'pop' lyrics about boys and girls and relationships and suchlike. 'Single Boy' currently lacks a bridge. For the fact fans amongst you, before 'Spencer Must Die' received its lyrics and title, it was formerly called 'In Another World', I think.
Also being worked on is 'Imelda Marcos', which still has its working title. Its lyrics are culled from a song called 'Prison' that I completed for the 'Tom Rakewell and the Sound Investment' 24-hour album project with The Generalissimos, Band(ism) and Air Cav last year. Expect further re-emergences of my better lyrical contributions to this at some point. 'Imelda Marcos' lacks a chorus.
FLA Records head honcho Woon required a minute long track for a crazy FLA-project he's currently working on. We started working on it a couple of weeks ago, using one of Thom's endless supply of riffs. Verse, verse, chorus, verse, chorus, fade. All very adequate for a minute, really. We speeded it up as much as feasibly possible and lyrics eventually happened. It was going to be about Ertu Fruel Osman, a man in his 90s who is, effectively, the last Roman Emperor. In the end it became about something much odder. Ertu can wait for another day. The song eventually became "Hey! Hey! I'm The Queen", retitled by Thom to 'Windsor Up-Lift'. It's pretty much completed now and will be on an FLA release sometime soon.
There's also another track that is currently without a title (unless you count the title of the song that we've ripped it clean off from). This is a good, exciting track that will sound great live when we've got it finished. Currently lacking some music and all of its lyrics.
For further purposes of completion, if you're still seeking out new Ruffian songs, then try to dig out the other stuff we've released since 'My Secret Life', there's 'My Secret Life' itself (B-Side of the Music vs. Money 7"), Hip to be Square (Huey Lewis and the News cover, available on FLA's 1987-2007 compilation - and also on Youtube), Hot Patootie (Rocky Horror Picture Show cover, also on an FLA record), It's A Long Lonely Christmas Without Jimmy Greenhoff (from Cherryade Records' Christmas Compilation, and also on youtube), and Feliz Navidad (recorded for FLA's Christmas compilation, and featuring vocals from Band(ism)'s Robin Nature Bold). There's also a cover of Public Image Ltd. out there somewhere that'll probably see the light of day someday...
Happy hunting!
Stephen R x
Also being worked on is 'Imelda Marcos', which still has its working title. Its lyrics are culled from a song called 'Prison' that I completed for the 'Tom Rakewell and the Sound Investment' 24-hour album project with The Generalissimos, Band(ism) and Air Cav last year. Expect further re-emergences of my better lyrical contributions to this at some point. 'Imelda Marcos' lacks a chorus.
FLA Records head honcho Woon required a minute long track for a crazy FLA-project he's currently working on. We started working on it a couple of weeks ago, using one of Thom's endless supply of riffs. Verse, verse, chorus, verse, chorus, fade. All very adequate for a minute, really. We speeded it up as much as feasibly possible and lyrics eventually happened. It was going to be about Ertu Fruel Osman, a man in his 90s who is, effectively, the last Roman Emperor. In the end it became about something much odder. Ertu can wait for another day. The song eventually became "Hey! Hey! I'm The Queen", retitled by Thom to 'Windsor Up-Lift'. It's pretty much completed now and will be on an FLA release sometime soon.
There's also another track that is currently without a title (unless you count the title of the song that we've ripped it clean off from). This is a good, exciting track that will sound great live when we've got it finished. Currently lacking some music and all of its lyrics.
For further purposes of completion, if you're still seeking out new Ruffian songs, then try to dig out the other stuff we've released since 'My Secret Life', there's 'My Secret Life' itself (B-Side of the Music vs. Money 7"), Hip to be Square (Huey Lewis and the News cover, available on FLA's 1987-2007 compilation - and also on Youtube), Hot Patootie (Rocky Horror Picture Show cover, also on an FLA record), It's A Long Lonely Christmas Without Jimmy Greenhoff (from Cherryade Records' Christmas Compilation, and also on youtube), and Feliz Navidad (recorded for FLA's Christmas compilation, and featuring vocals from Band(ism)'s Robin Nature Bold). There's also a cover of Public Image Ltd. out there somewhere that'll probably see the light of day someday...
Happy hunting!
Stephen R x
Thursday 3 April 2008
Billy Ruffian DJ Playlist
The other week, Ste and Thom Ruffian DJ'd at 'Bungalows and Bears' in Sheffield. Some people danced.
This is what they played. (Ste in bold, Thom in not so bold).
Blur - Bugman
Public Image Ltd - Hello
Black Grape - Kelly's Heroes
Suede - Beautiful Ones
Pulp - Mis-Shapes
Elastica - Stutter
The Fall - Touch Sensitive
Dresden Dells - Girl Anachronism
The Ramones - Pet Cemetery
Billy Ruffian - Hot Patootie
The Cramps - Human Fly
Boris Pickett and the Crypt Kickers - Monster Mash
Kinks - Dead End Street
Patrick Macnee and Honor Blackman - Kinky Boots
Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat
McClusky - Lightsabre C*cksucking Blues
Grandaddy - Summer Here Kids
Googol Bordello - Start Wearing Purple
X-Ray Spex - I Live Off You
Adam Ant - Antmusic
Rolling Stones - Get Off My Cloud
--intermission--
The Noisettes - Sister Rosette
Help She Can't Swim - What Would Morrissey Say?
Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen In Love With Someone You Shouldn't Have Fallen In Love With
Tiger - Race
David Bowie - Rebel Rebel
Flaming Lips - Life on Mars
Sid Vicious - My Way
Sex Pistols - Anarchy in the UK
This is what they played. (Ste in bold, Thom in not so bold).
Blur - Bugman
Public Image Ltd - Hello
Black Grape - Kelly's Heroes
Suede - Beautiful Ones
Pulp - Mis-Shapes
Elastica - Stutter
The Fall - Touch Sensitive
Dresden Dells - Girl Anachronism
The Ramones - Pet Cemetery
Billy Ruffian - Hot Patootie
The Cramps - Human Fly
Boris Pickett and the Crypt Kickers - Monster Mash
Kinks - Dead End Street
Patrick Macnee and Honor Blackman - Kinky Boots
Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat
McClusky - Lightsabre C*cksucking Blues
Grandaddy - Summer Here Kids
Googol Bordello - Start Wearing Purple
X-Ray Spex - I Live Off You
Adam Ant - Antmusic
Rolling Stones - Get Off My Cloud
--intermission--
The Noisettes - Sister Rosette
Help She Can't Swim - What Would Morrissey Say?
Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen In Love With Someone You Shouldn't Have Fallen In Love With
Tiger - Race
David Bowie - Rebel Rebel
Flaming Lips - Life on Mars
Sid Vicious - My Way
Sex Pistols - Anarchy in the UK
Tuesday 1 April 2008
CD Baby
We're finally getting on the road to full digital distribution. And so you can find the album here: http://cdbaby.com/cd/billyruffian
Yes, I know you can't buy it yet. I tried. Sadly we're not 100% all systems go, but check it out, it's listed and that's a start. It's only a matter of time until we're on the hallowed ground that is iTunes. We'll rig up a fanfare for when that happens.
On the positive side, you can still log into CD Baby (what do you mean you're not registered with them) and add a review of the album. We'd like it if you did that.
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The lovely Dirtblonde are playing tonight at Tiger Lounge on Cooper Street, Manchester for the Fiction Non Fiction people, it's free in, they should be on stage around about 9:30 so if you want to hear some rather good music and have some funtime drinking with at least two Ruffians, then get your arses down there.
Yes, I know you can't buy it yet. I tried. Sadly we're not 100% all systems go, but check it out, it's listed and that's a start. It's only a matter of time until we're on the hallowed ground that is iTunes. We'll rig up a fanfare for when that happens.
On the positive side, you can still log into CD Baby (what do you mean you're not registered with them) and add a review of the album. We'd like it if you did that.
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The lovely Dirtblonde are playing tonight at Tiger Lounge on Cooper Street, Manchester for the Fiction Non Fiction people, it's free in, they should be on stage around about 9:30 so if you want to hear some rather good music and have some funtime drinking with at least two Ruffians, then get your arses down there.
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