Tad Continues.....

** FIRST OF ALL THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO CAME FROM A FAR FOR THE 'CRUNCH!' GIG AT THE GARAGE...
YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE!
BIRMINGHAM, GLASGOW, SPAIN !, ISRAEL !!!!!! **
Best wishes
Tad
x
 
 
Dear Tad
who is that hunky geezer who always brings the guitars on stage before a gig?
Samantha, London

 

Hi Sam
Well... it is the one and only Mr Paul 'Nutso'  - Brother of sax player Mr Sexy Steve no less... and mean drummer too!
Paul's been our mentor and personal trainer for a shade under 10 years now, top bloke!
GET IN THERE NOW!

 

 

Dear Tad
Where's your driver / roadie Mr 'RJ' Chris these days? - though we did see him at the 'Garage' - oh! night off was it?
Mr Fluxx Hawke - White,
Bletchingly,
Surrey

 

Mr Luxx
We can all have the benefit of hindsight can't we!
I can inform you that Chris has a thriving plumbing business serving the M25 and the home counties at very reasonable prices
[what's this? free advertising? - Ed]
However, in the event of any European dates becoming a reality, not doubt 'RJC' would be brought back to the fold at a moments' notice. No call out fee neither

 

 

Hi Tad.
I noticed that my neighbour opposite had 6 extra pints delivered yesterday. Does this mean that there's either more people living over there, or, they're drinking more tea?
H.Palmer,
London

 

Errr...... Yeah.
One sugar please

 

 

Dear tad
I saw you in a cafe the other day and you smelt the milk saying S.E.M. and then frowned. What does this mean?????
Mr. A. Blokewhowatchespeopleincafes
Surrey

 

Easy to answer this...
Steps to ensuring you get a good cuppa:
 
[i] O.M:    Off Milk - throw away - right nasty
[ii] S.E.M: Someone Else's Milk - smell first - then chuck if necessary
[iii] B.C.O.S: Black Coffee One Sugar - No Worries. - the safest of them all unless:
[iiib] O.C.I.C.T.L: Old Coffee In Cupboard Too Long - Throw out nearest window.

 
 
Dear tad
Good to see 'Crunch!' back! I really enjoyed the gig up the garage. where did you get those red lights - and that bass? 
C.Stark

 

A very very nice man by the name of Martin Sims did them for me. - don't ask me how!
All I know is that the pearl 'dots' are taken out and are replaced by tiny plastic discs which magnify the L.E.D's on the fret board.
Nice!
The bass I use at the moment is a Jaydee Supernatural Custom Bass - Roadie 5 model for all you techno bass types out there.
It was built in 1985 by John Diggins in Birmingham.
I bought it in 1989 from a tiny music shop next to a rehearsal studio where i used to rehearse - both have since disappeared. It glared at me thru the window for about three weeks and i knew if i didn't get my skates on it'd be gone forever. Come pay day I mustered up the courage and within 10 minutes i'd done a months wages. It was a long walk to work too.

 

 

 

Dear Tad,

A lot of people say to me "Oi, you! What are you doing in my garden at 3am?"
They then ask me if I know where they can get hold of a copy of the crunch
album.

Is there any chance of you re-releasing the album at all? If you do it means
I won`t be disturbed anymore when I`m taking underwear off washing lines for
my collection.

Cosmo Smallpiece.

 

Dear cosmo....

funny that - i was caught short once 'post gig' and borrowed a friendly
neighbour's dustbin for the necessary - but that's another story for another
time!
if you find any jaytex, or even rarer Brutus button downs on yer travels
keep 'em
[especially to xl size!]
you could try Dojo Records [formerely 'Link' - I think there down in
Swannyland Nr. Maidstone]
failing that we have loads o' stuff [well two singles anyway] for sale on
the web site...
will have to confer with Commander foreman re: recording some new stuffff...
will keep y'all posted!
in the meantime
happy huntin'
Tad

 


My question for the Crunch! website for you is:
What was the most embarrassing or hilarious blooper you have encountered with the band we all know by the name of Crunch! ?

Take care,
Jerney-wewantleeforourleader

 

Hi Jerney
Crikey!!!! there's loads! where do I begin....nothing really embarrassing -
just classics!!!...
i.e:
[1]    the stilton cheese fight at E-Zee Hire Studio [Gawd bless her] we
thought it was funny anyway.London, Circa late 1990

[2]    the "I didn't realise this was going out live on french TV!" - me
belching ferociously down the lens of a horrified french TV cameraman's lens
whilst playing Magic Carpet with a borrowed 'Beatle' bass at the premiere of
the 'Doors' Movie,
Paris 22 April 1991

[3]    the sound of grinding steel as our beloved driver Gavin reversed into
a petrol station awning after a [soon not to be]friendly German garage owner
fixed the bald tyre on out tour bus and sent us on our way with a huge
basket of fruit...
Just before we drove into Dusseldorf and was told that there had been a riot
'cos we were late.. German Tour 1991

[4]    the realisation that Paynie our soundman really had taken the Tour
bus for a moonlit drive across some sand dunes and had buried the bus in 3ft
of sand...and we only had one broken shovel and a rising tide against
us..save for a friendly tractor wielding Frenchman who towed our beloved bus
out of the sand saving us from a fate worse than the sea itself. France
1992.

And that's not even scratching at the surface!

Tad xx

 


Dear Tad,
Is there any possibility of more Crunch! t-shirts being produced for
purchase at the next gig? Possibly in the style of the Nutty Boys album,
although the Coca Cola style logo (should that be a copyright?)is a
fantastic design too.
Becky, Birmingham

Hi Becky...
As we speak our team of keen chappies are busying themselves down in the
design basement here at Crunch.uk.com
there's two possible designs on the drawing board at the mo'
being:
[1]    Crunch 'Cola' logo [red shirt, white writing] - NICE!
and [2] the 'diet' version [white shirt, red writing] - GREAT!

I now put the debate to the vote:
red or white shirts?
vote now comrades!!!!!

then it's time to visit our friendly t-shirt printer......
best wishes
Tad

 


Jack Carter Writes

Are you also in an Adam and the Ants Tribute when not gigging in Crunch?.


Is there a Mr Carter in the room?
Hello Jack... glad you found time to poke yer bugle in.

Re: "the jacket" ... No. I think you may have the wrong end of the stick
here...
many people say to me....
- 'where's that jacket a Sgt Pepper jacket?'
- 'where's yer Adam ant jacket?'
- 'what's happened to the Hendrix jacket?'

Well it's time to set the record straight:
I was wanderin' thru Camden Market many years ago [circa '91] and I ventured
into a shop called 'Rockit'...
I spotted the jacket and was just thinking how much that looked similar to
one worn by Jimi Hendrix in an old photo I'd seen when the girl behind the
counter said she'd been to a few of our gigs and let me have it at a right
good discount! [niche!]
[Best North East accent: ] The Imperial college gig came up and I thought
I'd impress the 'bords' like.. so I stuck it on.

Travel safely Jack. Don't go sitting in train carriages opposite blokes
reading 1971 copies of the Sun with Gangland headlines.
Also check over yer shoulder now and again when walking along beaches: you
may see the same man pointing a rifle at you.
That's my advice anyway.

Tad

 

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