1 night only

Back into the fray

OH PLEASE GOD NO!

Best om nom for £2 each

...well it turns out we just aren't metal enough

If ever there was a band to some up Metal for The Masses

We rightly feel justified in saying thats kind of something we do
Unfortunately on the night it wasn't to be

We lost out on the Bloodstock spot to Bury the Conscious who to be fair were a damn fine metal act and will be much more appropriate to the billing, we'd always maintained we wouldn't this due to our style of chaos
AND CHAOS IT WAS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A rock/metal club with half the audience wearing flashing pink rabbit ears and grooving to our fine brand of ass shaking noise was a priceless sight

Sound issues tempered the performance slightly, the monitors i swear to christ were louder than the p.a., but its never something that hampers the energy of our performance too much
Big shout out to Absolence and Sick Circus who entertained mightily much laughter and entertainment took place with plenty of beer thrown in for good measure

lets do it all again soon

F16dD5
Metal Heart
Paranoia
Chemical

Oops

This is what happens when you see Severenth and Last Stand

A LETTER OF INTENT

Calling out to 

Absolence, Sick Circus, Blast Tyrant and Bury The Conscious 

WAR what is it good fer 

E V E R T Y H I N G !

Your children be oursssssssssssssss

The Arena  - Revolver

The Date - 23/07

The Time - 21:00

Official Event Page

Zebedy you f@ck1n rock

Changing our name to the Killers

The carnage has already commenced

Will KG's con's last the night ?

NEED CABLE ???

Then look no further

Its somewhat excepted that KG is notorious for his static demeanor whilst playing
which can lead to some tinkering with equipment between gigs to make sure it all holds together

However after a rather decent cable failed (probably due to a stage invasion) at the recent Bakers Vaults gig
a quick email to the manufacturer found that their lifetime guarantee really holds up and a new cable was dispatched in next to no time at all, with no quibble
and so we here at Beta HQ wholeheartedly recommend Planet Waves for all your cabling needs

A true festival of first's

And so it begins

Dontcha don't just love unloading

Roll Up Roll Read all about it

Wih great pleasure we can now officially announce our inclusion to the line up for 

Alchemy Festival
16th - 18th September 

a great upcoming festival which keeps 

getting rave reviews from hardened revellers

http://www.alchemyfestival.co.uk/

Theres a muthafunking lamppost in this club

Does it ??

...thought this summed up Whitely Bay

BUT 

THAT  

WAS
WRONG

THIS DOES

A beautiful moment

History comes full circle

Oooh look where we are

Oi history, Ave a load of this

Part of the Beta backstory gets whats good for it

Favourite Quote from our monthly meet

"What's that song ?, 

one of ours, ya know that erm one ummm, 

how does it go, oh its the erm 

 'You got what you wanted....dum de dum !'

Oh yeah thats it it's 

'Vague' "

Brewer (Vocalist and Lyricist for Beta)

16/06/11

I.D'd For breakfast

Well That Went well

Phase 3 got off to quite an explosive start
We now move into Phase 3.1

Now for meeting and much deliberation before recalibrating the tools

But What is it I hear you murmer

Please Hold Onto The Seat Of Your Pants This Could Be 

CRITICAL

hear the drummer get wckeD

..and then Pecker made us do this thing that went had 7 hits and then we did it 5 times and then we had a new song !

Don't Talk - Angry Voicemail (Uncensored)

330

Anal-Ology

"For the boys in Last Baron watching Beta jam out riffs has the same effect saying "Koochie Coo" to a little baby has on young girls"

quote of the decade 

In other news 'Confrontation' is coming will you be prepared ?

Hostile Radio

Hostile takeover great band full of rawk grooves

4 of 5 its yoooour berfdeeeee

The continuuing Saga of the Beta Birthday Bonanza continues with KG today

 

Make sure you catch all the Beta boys at the Bar tonight onstage at 7pm at the

Facebook Event Antipop Buckfast Bonanza

Envi - Liverpool

The Third Fifth that gets a little older this month

Its a busy old month is May's Beta Birthday Bonanaza

Today its the low end rumblings of Oscar

Victorious

At 08:42 this morning my bleary eyes strained to focus on a txt received from Vendetta Records 

"Congratulations on your Progression to the final of Metal To the Masses!,

The Final will be held on Saturday 23rd July @ Revolver"

...Job almost done 

WHAT A FUN NIGHT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Achey Breaky and Sore
This combination can only mean a a thoroughly great night was had

It all started when we convened for soundcheck at 7pm
"whats the running order for the night? because we are only sound checking the first band and the headliner "
A short while later after being texted to find out how far away we are and not being able to resist confirming the arrival time on the satnav for the travel time from the pool table through the doors into the stage area
Turns out we are the headline act!!!

We had intended line checking with a borrowed drummer as Pecker was still at work
That plan had to change and Pecker was drafted in and very glad we were
Soundcheck was ace, Cheers Vlad that's a meaty system your working there.

Elated,excited and eager at the prospect of attacking the soundsystem with our anarchic nonsense
Time to ditch the car and let the chaos unroll

Much respect to the quite marvellous Hippy's On The Hill who took to the stage taking no prisoners
a band whose name seems to be appearing everywhere and certainly piqued my interest.
A Riff-O-Rama with well crafted rousing songs, delivered with vigorous stage presence and professional swagger,
I can certainly see this band with an impressive light show rocking some large stages in the near future

We took to the stage far later than planned shortly after 1am and set our gear up
then disappeared off to get into Beta Research Institute Field Trip Outfits and to raise awareness of tomfoolery about to take place on the main stage
as there are 3 very separate areas to Revolver
serious work was required to claw back the crowds that had given up and gone in search of some danceable  anthems
Dragging Patient B through the middle of the dance floors and shaking the snarling dribbling barking beast at unsuspecting public, managing to win a dance off being held by some sheepish individuals in another room and finally barrelling through the crowd by in front of the main stage
Only to find that Dr Bunny had not completed briefing the essmbled throng of the aims of our experimentation
with only minor panic the briefing was held whilst the remaining Dr's completed calibrating the line check

Armed with a great rent a crowd

(how many bands can claim to have gained a conga line in Revolver ?)

The show commenced, dusting down Factory again,been missing from the set recently 

its always a good way to wake up a bored crowd and set up a heavy groove based set, 

Metal Heart being a particular highlight as GDi and O-Zone kick in with some nasty dirty chordage 

and I can't quite remember which song it was but watching the crowd do a conga was hilarious 

so if that wets your apatite come too the final where we are certain to raise the level of our performance 

Bloodstock here we come  

Factory 

f16dD5

v1Ru5

cL0ckw012k:dI5c0

Metal Heart

Little Voices 

Paranoia 

Chemical 

Bingo Bango

Absence of any musical notes or known melodies

This could get messy

Revolver watch out

WAITING

Oh so much fun

Tonight Mathew - Revolver

Tonight our performance at Revolver we will be by the Beta tribute band - The Beta Space

2/5's Complete another cycle

And a Very Happy Birthday to our very own 

GDI and Pecker 

Make sure you come and help us celebrate this Friday night at Revolver 

Grrrrrr Baby Grrrrrrr - Boom Boom Pow

After spending most of the day in a slight haze sorting out some band business and purchasing replacement cables due to the Manchester Rocks twisting incident


A trip to Hapsford Hill took us to our second Robbers Dogs Growler Rally
With not the most inviting weather of our delightful British Summer time and a wind that could remove layers of skin,


Arrived on site around 18:30 and greeted by Gibbo on the gate directed to backstage artists parking area  ;-)
Hunted down Mad Dog Eddie and Rish to find out the details,
our set time is approximately somewhere between 21:00-22:00


GDi and Brewer arrived by total fluke with their journey of Birkenhead to Hapsford via Cornwall, driver malfunction resulting in forgetting exactly how a motorway works
(for future reference to exit the motorway try being in the Left hand lane, not many exits on the right these days ;-) )


Well nothing for it, time for beer and to get the tent setup
[insert how many band members does it take to set up a tent comment here]


Mill around for a few hours checking out the other bands and chatting with the Dogs massive,
a hugely fun bunch who need nothing more than beer and petrol to have a fine time


Topics of conversation included Pecker's new Beta Logo Tattoo, Plain Clothed Egg Runners, A new chord invented D Half Flat and possibly hiring the shit hot drummer (minidisc backing track) from Vert-X to stand in if Pecker ever needed a night off


As we hit the 22:30 mark we start prepping our gear to go on stage,
One reveler Dog came stumbling through us and required leading to a well lit area,
causing much amusement (how there wasn't a nasty incident when a head skimmed a truck footplate by centimeters is still baffling)


Having loaded on and soundchecked, all sound sweet and good KG's amp decided to loose 70% of its volume  - uber crapola
No messing about Mad Dog Eddie suggest running direct into the desk and with a quick bit of jiggery pokery Rish gets us up and running

At around 23:15 the Robbers Dogs Massive were subjected to the start of the Beta Psychological Field Research Units current test schedule and they were ready to have a good ole jig around

As Pecker's speech was taking place the rest of us entered from the back of the tent Patient B being chased with a giant spotlight and customary guitar noise through a crowd of grufty blokes and yes there were noted high pitch shrieks as we bowled through them,
straight from the word go the crowd were bouncing and dancing from the first chords of SyCotik Vs with Talented Contortionist offering even more bouncability factor.

Disaster No 2 struck KG a loose jack socket on his guitar meant a loss in input signal
- It really wouldn't be Robbers Dogs event with a massive tech hitches all round -
Whilst Oscar ad Pecker filled in with some background jamming
The back up guitar was brought out but was reluctant to get in tune,
however cranking the input signal right up seemed to do the job,
All this allowed Patient B to attack, cajole and generally abuse the audience into handing over some cash for the Hospice fund Robbers Dogs were collecting for.

The show back on the road the Forsaken / v1Ru5 combo worked out nicely a treat
Ending on a monstrous Chemical that saw KG and Brewer almost coming to fisty cuffs as Patient B wanted to play but the Dr's thought otherwise
Patient won Dr ended on floor
Chemical over Job Done

We've already booked our slot for next years Rally,
lets hope they keep getting bigger and better

Having packed up and totted down a few whiskeys by the fire the general consensus was to pop off home, the night of debauched mayhem not taking place as
LAST BARON NEVER TURNED UP!!!!
so we imbibed their intended supplies

SyCotiK Vs
Talented Contortionist
Clock
Forsaken
v1Ru5
cL0ckw012k:dI5c0
Metal Heart
Art In The Making
f16dD5
Little Voices
Paranoia
Chemical

Bang bang

And the amp was gone

Fucking wicked drummer

We talked about hiring him

They created a new chord

D half flat

Oh god ...

2 bands to go and he's on the newcy brown already!

Permanently Identification

Go see the dogs and this shizzle

Who let the Dawgs out

Living Healthy

Its not all hard drinking being a rawk star, we even eat occasionally when we remember

All aboard the Beta Bus

Stopping at all stations and terminating at Robbers Dogsville

f16d........

D'is is how we woll innit

There are

... Issues raised

Beta's Easter Mayhem

23/04/11
06:30

Waking up to a gorgeous sunny day
The big day has arrived

A Mammoth day of epic scale gigs
Manchester Rocks Festival in Prestwich
and Oxjam in Hoylake

Early start to the day to get everything set and ship shape with out the usual panic rush
Rehearsed some parts altered a few settings for the new track v1Ru5
Just quickly check the location on Google Maps
hmmm why is the power light flashing on my laptop ?
why is there no power light on my laptop psu ?
PAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNIIIIIIIIIIICCCCCCCC
I'm supposed to be leaving in 30 minutes

So a quick visit to a local computer shop to buy a new power pack,
asking questions about noise earthing issues with pro audio equipment and explaining my hurry
get home, decide its best to check it with the full rig
Just plugging in the power pack in creates a shed loud of earthing noise without being attached to anything, leg it back to the shop

Little old couple are asking questions about buying a new pc trying to sound knowledgeable
"so where does the cd go in?"
Yes it is fair to say I was hopping from foot to foot and actually interjected quite rudely
and was handed a much more expensive power pack and told see me later

Ran home plugged it in hey presto clean clear signal, re pack everything and off we go

Venue was a bit of a nightmare to find hidden at the back of a shopping precinct
but by gods it was MASSSIIIIVEEEE replete with echo

Met the organizers who informed us the schedule was an hour behind and showed us to the service lift which we had much fun playing in moving our gear up to the hall
So the search was on for the illustrious Bacon Filled Sandwich which had been the form of payment for DeeJay Croosh for playing and plugging the band out on radio
And not just any Bacon Filled Sandwich, This was a Beta M&S Bacon Filled Sandwich

After a very off the wall and unprecidented interveiw with DeeJay Croosh and Mini Croosh
which gave us the classic come back, "lapdance: defintion - sitting with a laptop on your knee and moving your upper body to music at the same time.... "

Our turn comes round to perform our Beta Psychological Field Research Unit Field Trip
Sufficient shock and surprise from the ample crowd as Brewer is cajoled and literally thrown on stage.
LOTS of space for a whole bunch of stomping around on stage, I must have covered a mile or two in the space of the set, unfortunately quite a few problems on stage, GDi struggled to hear Vocals, I had feedback issues from my guitar level through the monitors, which led to dragging my floorboard to the other side of the P.A. speakers and twisting my midi cable(more of this later)
and then there was the drumkit of doom, never before has a drum kit skated around a drum riser more than here, mic stands fell off, cymbals hung off with one leg trapping it up in the air I ended up playing part of Metal Heart with a shoulder jammed into the kit to stop a cymbal from slicing through Brewer who was utterly unaware of the carnage going on behind him,

This gig was lots of fun shame there wasn't more people around anyhow onwards and upwards lets pop back down the road to see what chaos is happening at OxJam Hoylake

Richard and Judy

Om Nom Nom part 2,

bit of quiet time before round 2

Omm Nom Nom

Yes we're at it again, living it up healthily at the golden archer's

Longfield Supposedly Live !

Dating Agency for Blind people

And we're off

Let the day beginning

1 set of strings to rule them all

Hmm 1 of them needs re-stringing to be fresh for tomorrow, but which 1 too many choices