Bidgie Reef & The Gas
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From JONESFEST 23.02.08 -
This was a fundraising gig to raise money for the Cancer Ward where our original bass player, the late Garry Jones, was being treated last summer - the photographer Pete Rowe, who filmed the whole gig has set up a tribute myspace page to Garry, with a huge amount of pics from Garry's life, which can be found here:
GARRY JONES
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Bidgie Reef & The Gas full band Reunion with 9 piece band - POLYTHENE - filmed by Pete Rowe
Bidgie doing Umbrellas, same night, also filmed by Pete Rowe:
You can download for free 2 pf the 4 tracks you can hear playing, plus.
PINSTRIPES AND PROMISES (the debut album) was out on XXiV RECORDS thru CARGO and is pretty difficult to get hold of now, since the label disappeared and took our album with it. You can get it from us at gigs, or email us, we have about 20 copies left. You can also try the normal thing at Ebay or Amazon Marketplace.
However, you can hear all the tracks and buy 'em as MP3s here on The Arkade
Also available is the Bidgification track on the I SWEAR I WAS THERE compilation album featuring bands from the NEW CROSS scene. These are pretty rare now. We have about 10 of these left, if you want to email us.
Bidgie Reef & The Gas are currently working with a new direction, new vision, a new producer and a new manager. Things are changing. All live shows are piano and vocal. And kinda special. Watch this space
Bidgie Reef And The Gas are from Reading, UK.
They have won fans in big national UK newspapers - The Guardian did a huge full page article and glowing review for the album, and included the album on the Essential Christmas Presents for 2005 List.
They are not a boy band.
They are currently unsigned. And looking.
And for a bit of history.
Bidgie Reef and The Gas began with a song for consideration for Guy Ritchies Snatch movie. But it wasnt used. Undaunted, Roger and Pete continued to write; WOMAD heard the demo and wanted a gig. A band was put together and WOMAD were wowed. That December, the local paper ran a poll on the music of the year - on the strength of one gig, Bidgie Reef & The Gas beat Gorillaz, Stereophonics and PJ Harvey in the Best Band category, beat The Cooper Temple Clause in the Best Reading Band category and beat Paul Weller, Craig David, Toploader and Gary Numan in the Best Gig in Reading category.
So they disbanded, and concentrated on writing better songs and shaping sounds for the next 12 months
Bidgie Reef and The Gas have now been together since June 2002.
They have opened for and toured/played with Julian Cope, Acoustic Ladyland, Art Brut, David Byrne, M Ward, Robyn Hitchcock, The Race, The Blockheads, Morning Runner, John Otway, Rumble Strips, Wolfman and The Bays to name a few.
And Jay Leno has talked about them on his Tonight show in the USA.
Kind words of advice -
I order you to see them as soon as you can for they are simply the most original band that I have witnessed in a very long time. - Joel Priest on www.josaka.com
