Ginger
 

Ginger: That loveable lunatic from Newcastle, best known for fronting The Wildhearts with honorable mentions for his solo work, Clam Abuse, Silverginer 5, and Supers[font=]h[/font]it 666; Writer of some of the best riffs of all time; all round great guy. We all love him.

Unfortuantely for him his life seems to have turned from s[font=]h[/font]it to worse. And then went on a bit of a decline :( For the full story click [url=http://www.thewildhearts.com/cgi-bin/gingersays_full.cgi?issueno=051]here[/url].

The saving grace of this story is that Ginger has written enough new material to record another solo album, and started recording it in the 22nd of this Month. This new material is apparently his "best work to date" :)

So, in this thread we highly anticipate Ginger's new release and generally discuss anything Ginger related (again).

I wonder what effect this his current situation will have on the accoustic dates that he announced :-/

The Accoustic Dates for those that missed them:
[quote]June
Fri 17 - Rugeley Rose
[b]Sat 18 - Glasgow Barfly[/b]
Sun 19 - Newcastle Archer
Mon 20 - Wrexham Talbot
Tue 21 - Manchester Dry Bar
Wed 22 - Leeds Joseph's Well
Thu 23 - Liverpool Barfly
Fri 24 - London Barfly
Sat 25 - London Barfly
Mon 27 - Southampton Joiners
Tue 28 - Plymouth Phoenix
Wed 29 - St Albans Horn
Thu 30 - Wolves Civic

July
Fri 1 - Hull Adelphi
Sat 2 - Nottingham Rock City[/quote]

I will be there :cool:


[size=1]*expects replies from 'Tender, MXican, and Grateful Dead*[/size]

This is a post in munky's thread because he needs to continue to make threads.

I don't know anything about this guy, though, considering I'm on the other side of the pond from you.

I'll read that article, though :)

I'll also expect a concert review after you attend.

I'll upload some stuff from each of his projects for you to check out at your leisure.
But basically he's a good guy, writes great music and has a great sense of humour.

Oh my, I just read the article, The poor guy : / I can't wait to listen to this new material he has wrote, it will be interesting to see what all of this has done to his songwriting.

I don't think he's actually capable of writing a bad song. We'll have to wait and see, I guess.

[url=http://s38.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1UGZYZRWJABDG1YGB0JZHGV683]Ginger - Motorvate[/url] An original Ginger song, but performed live with Silver Ginger 5. This is taken from the second disk of Silverginger 5's [i]Black Leather Mojo[/i]. Great song, and is excellent live.

[url=http://s45.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1HW16U45SEOXP0PJAZLBWQ3W55]Silverginger 5 - Anyway But Maybe[/url] Taken from the first disc of Silverginger 5's [i]Black Leather Mojo[/i]. Silverginger 5 are one of Ginger's side projects.

[url=http://s47.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2A1ETLXXTB22I1PHE6R504M89Q]The Wildhearts - Lovesh*t[/url] A classic track from The Wildhearts who were, until recently, Ginger's main commitment.

[url=http://s42.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=13603BP4NG3SD2S3QTK50QZLRG]Supersh*t 666 - You Smell Canadian[/url] Another of Ginger's side projects featuring members from The Hellacopters. Another really great track.

[url=http://s39.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0EB065UAIRYVS3M7269C4SI7S2]Clam Abuse - Message to Geri[/url]Another of Ginger's sideprojects. This time showcasing his wide style of writing ability.

[QUOTE=munky_magik][size=1]*expects replies from 'Tender, MXican, and Grateful Dead*[/size][/QUOTE]
/Doesn't let Ali down

I am very tempted to go see them in Leeds :thumb:

I quite like the Wildhearts, don't know about Ginger though. :)

Ali, people who like the Wildhearts like Therapy?, and vice versa it's a rule.

[QUOTE=Superpeer]I quite like the Wildhearts, don't know about Ginger though. :)

Ali, people who like the Wildhearts like Therapy?, and vice versa it's a rule.[/QUOTE]
I know this. Feel free to shamlessly plug Therapy? in here as well. I pretty much made the thread to alert a few people about Ginger's new solo stuff.

[URL=http://www.musicianforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=326746]An amazing Wildhearts thread[/URL]


/Takes advantage of Ali's thread :p

Feel free to.

/bumped for two more people to see.

I'm not out to start sh*t or anything, but isn't the wildhearts some wannabe 80's retro band?

[QUOTE=Arise II]I'm not out to start sh*t or anything, but isn't the wildhearts some wannabe 80's retro band?[/QUOTE]
If you could explain what you mean a bit more I'll be happy to answer.

[QUOTE=Arise II]I'm not out to start sh*t or anything, but isn't the wildhearts some wannabe 80's retro band?[/QUOTE]

I don't know, To me they are not, But its all a matter of opinion, why don't you listen to some of the links above and tell us what you think of them.

[QUOTE=munky_magik]If you could explain what you mean a bit more I'll be happy to answer.[/QUOTE]


Basically doing things like Mötley etc did back in the 80's

[QUOTE=Arise II]Basically doing things like Mötley etc did back in the 80's[/QUOTE]
Which is?

Their musical style isn't exactly the same, but I guess they lived the same lifestyle with the drinking and drugs. If that's what you meant.

^^^ Musically. From what I've heard (just a few song clips though) its basically hair metal produced in the 21st century

I wouldn't class them as hair metal.
And they've been around for over a decade.

Yeah, Ginger seems to have been having a pretty crappy time of it recently. I'm looking forward to the new album quite fantastically though, and to (finally) seeing one of his acoustic shows, on the 22nd. My tenancy runs out on the 24th, so it works out quite nicely. And as a result of being reminded that I'll hopefully be seeing him in a month or so, I'm actually listening to [i]Grievous Acoustic Behaviour[/i] at the moment.

My thread was actually useful :)

I just want to keep this alive until Grateful Dead see's it. Then it can slink off to some other dimension.

B_mp.

Who wants to b_y a vowel?

u do :p

After just a couple of listens, that sounds like a great song. Have to see if it remains so to me after a while, though. Really looking forward to the album now :(

There's a downloadable version of The Man Who CHeated Death avaliable [url=http://s12.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0ZY20HAJR8LSJ0JNS9C9C2X0DY]here[/url].
He's also put up another song on [url=http://www.myspace.com/silverginger]His Myspace[/url].

And yeah, Grateful dead is right. TMWCD is addictive.

I got word of that new song being up via the List a few days ago, but I've had no chance to listen to it yet. What's it like?

I don't have it yet :(

Obviously I'm working on correcting this as soon as possible.

I've got it now, and it is excellent. Good pick with Drinking in the Daytime.

You should be able to get it from Amazon swiftly now. A day or two, if you pay for postage.

I'll have to make sure I get to one of those shows as well.

Well that's just an unfortunate situation, then.

If you like, I could send you a few of the tracks to tide you over til they get their act together?

Did you get Drinking in the Daytime when it was here before?

Okay, well then assuming that email address in your profile is up to date, you should have the links in your inbox.

Hope you like them.

For no good reason, Ginger's top 20 British rock albums. Think it was just printed in Classic Rock.

1 - Queen - Queen II
2 - Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
3 - Rolling Stones - Exile On Main Street
4 - Beatles - Abbey Road
5 - Damned - Strawberries
6 - SLF - Inflammable Material
7 - Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks
8 - The Clash - London Calling
9 - Cardiacs - On Land And In The Sea
10 - The Proclaimers - Sunshine On Leith
11 - Motorhead - Overkill
12 - The Go Team - Thunder, Lightning Strike
13 - Pogues - Rum, Sodomy & The Lash
14 - Buzzcocks - Love Bites
15 - The Sweet - Desolation Blvd
16 - The Kinks - Arthur
17 - Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality
18 - Oasis - Definitely Maybe
19 - LowFidelity Allstars - How To Operate With A Blown Mind
20 - Chemical Brothers - Exit Planet Dust.

[QUOTE=munky_magik]
25/03/06: Newcastle - Legends - Ginger and the Sonic Circus[/QUOTE]

:(.

Was sick. Three months doing as close to nothing as makes no odds, and I'm fine, only to be pointlessly ill the day before, the day after, and the day of him playing in Newcastle.

Had my ticket and everything.

Yeah, I did. And it was so good, though I'm still not entirely sure who took Kirsty MacColl's part. Dropkick Murphys were good in support, too, and I even had some drunken guy trying to dance with me for most of the night.

Only problem worth mentioning is that it seemed a bit conspicuous, seeing them in an arena.

Ali sent me a handful of Ginger tracks in his trademark drunken stupor a couple weeks ago, haha.

[QUOTE=Spat Out Plath]Was Drinking in the Daytime one of them and how much do you love it?[/QUOTE]

Hahahahhaa, how ironic would that have been if he sent me that song.

But no, he sent me...

Yeah Yeah Yeah
Keep It Cool
Bulb

And they're all really catchy. I was surprised/glad he sent them to me. I was expecting some guy with a whiny voice - so much for stereotypes!

Nope :eek:

I'm surprised he didn't send Drinking in the Daytime.

Why expecting a whiny voice, incidentally?

[QUOTE=Spat Out Plath]Yeah I suppose it's a bit of an odd setting. In many ways they're suited to it though. Shane brought his mother on for FINY the first time I saw them, I think. Odd occasion.[/QUOTE]

This one looked a bit young to be his mother, I think. But then if I didn't know better I'd probably badly mis-estimate Shane's age, so maybe.

[QUOTE=Bartender]I'm surprised he didn't send Drinking in the Daytime.[/quote]

Hahaha, that's what SOP said earlier - and I laughed at the irony, since the only time he seems to write me is when he's a bit... shall we say... inebriated? Yes, that's a pretty safe term :)

[quote]Why expecting a whiny voice, incidentally?[/quote]

I have no clue, to be honest. I guess I was expecting something poppy and light, but I was definitely surprised [size=-2]and proven wrong bigtime[/size].

NP: Yeah Yeah Yeah

Just 'cuz I'm a guy, am I supposed to buy all of your bullshi[font=verdana]t[/font]?

You said you're gonna make it up to me, saying "Yeah, yeah, yeah!"

Hahahhaa. What a fun song. I'm glad I was sent some songs.