Herbrands, Cologne (SEPTEMBER 2011)
Some live ones by Bernard and Elisabeth Guerin - cheers both of you....
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...and here are some snaps from Arf (which explains why he ain't in 'em!)....
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| German efficiency spoiled by hungover Loinsis | The venue, Herbrands in Cologne | |||||||
Belgrade, BELEF Festival (JULY 2011)
Some great photos here by Rastko & Vanja - thanks. Cheers to all our friends in Serbia...we had a brilliant time as always....and a firm handshake to Medway Eyes for the photos we used as our backdrop...
Photos by Rastko
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Photos by Vanja Bejin
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Dunkirk, La Citadelle En Bordees (JUNE 2011) - Photos by Vincent Villemaire
We had a great time in Dunkirk - a firm handshake to Shish for the organisation and cheers to Vincent for these photos....
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Rochester Sweeps (MAY 2011) - Photos by Greg Hitchcock
This was the lunch time session. Things had got a damn sight messier by the evening. Ta to Greg for the pics.....
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House In The Woods Video (APRIL 2011) - Photos by Katie
Don't ask. I daresay it'll make some sort of weird sense in the end.....
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Belgrade Gun Club, Serbia (FEBRUARY 2011) - Photos by Rastko & some by Stanislav
We had a great little tour of Serbia - a firm handshake and a peck on the cheek to Aleks, Ivan, Filip, Rastko & Katerina....
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Pirot Theatre, Serbia (FEBRUARY 2011) - All photos by Rastko
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And some Serbian odds & sods....
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| John, Brod, Ivan (front), Aleks (back), Rob, Arf & Filip | Ivan, mid-kazoo dual with a gypsy clarinet player.... | Filip, probably the funniest man we've ever met, who along with Ivan, did a wonderful job driving us around | In the southern mountains, with Katerina, Ivan, Filip & Aleks |
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| Arf, John, Katerina & Ivan | Take a bow Johnny Bass... | Arf & Rob, being serenaded and wondering just how the fuck they wound up here... |
"STUFF" Album Launch at the Medway Little Theatre (JANUARY 2011)
Fantastic night. Here's a few snaps (ta Ben, Reavesy, Alison & Cath). Cheers to those that were there & sorry to those who made the effort but couldn't squeeze in.......
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Where's My Machine Gun? (December 2010)
Here's some stills from the 'Where's My Machine Gun?' video. We filmed it in the 'drum room' at Jim Riley's Ranscombe Studio. All very drunken. Cheers loads to Glenn Prangnell for filming it....
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The Beacon Court, Gillingham (October 2010)
Cheers to Phil Dillon for these.....
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Glenn & Ben's
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Seafood Festival & Willie's...
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| Hastings Fish & Wine Festival. "Bare knuckle folk" according to a bloke in the crowd | With Max, a lovely fella who's been a fan for 15 years and came all the way from Portland Oregon to see us | Willie's do at Chislet Colliery Welfare Hall | ||||||
Recording Stuff
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The Odonien, Cologne (August 2010)
A big firm handshake to Hans and all at Klub 40....
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Den's 50th Birthday Bash (May 2010)
Den from Sur Les Docks invited us over to play at his place near Lille for his 50th birthday...a lovely time had by all.
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| Morning team photo | Den, David (drummer from Sur Les Docks), Brod & Rob | The mighty Shish Kebab & Arf |
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| Brod, Julie (fiddle player from Sur Les Docks) & Shish | Arf getting em in for Rob & Dreadlock Rob at Den's bar | Shish & Rob (sartorial elegance it ain't) |
The Cardinal's Error (March 2010) photos by Andreas
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The Brook Theatre, Chatham (Feb 2010) photos by Reavsey
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The Orchestra Pit, Soho (Dec '09) photos by Andy C
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Please Take My Scissors Away (July '09)
We had a great laugh making a video for 'Please Take My Scissors Away'. Cheers to Glenn Prangnell for filming the whole sorry story.............
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| The Scissor Man (there's a proper word for this sort of thing, but it slips my mind right now....) | Little Bobby, Father Baker & Arfurella (the gentlemen's choice) | Elegant don't you think? There's Glenn on the left.... | John & Arf (sans slap) |
Belgrade, NGO Fight Against Torture (June '09) photos by RASTKO
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| The one, the only...Aleks Delibasic |
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....and some snaps from Belgrade....
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| Rob & Barney from the International Aid charity |
That's the Danube you can see in the background |
Brod & Aleks |
Cologne (May '09) photos by Franz & Hans
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| A lovely afternoon round our promoter, Hans', house | Rouven, Hans, Brod, Rob, Esther Holly & Arf | Getting interviewed by Franz |
Hamburg (May '09) photos by Duckdalben
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Sweeps (May '09)
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| The view from the new Boley Hill stage | Inside the beer tent at the Gordon Hotel | Yeah, yeah, nice photo, but why is Rob poking his tongue out? |
Opwijk, Belgium (March '09) photos by Eddy
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| Cheers to the Mighty Campfire Punks for putting us on - that's Geert, the singer, singing 'One More Bottle' with Brod. | ||||||||
Recording Unravelling England....
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| Glenn Barnes at the desk | The Loins' unique approach to percussion.... |
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| Rob played the shit fiddle.... |
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...and Cari Sayers helped us out with the posh fiddle | Our mate John the Baker on double bass |
Belgrade SKC, Serbia (September '08) photos by RASTKO
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Pirot & Nis, Serbia (September '08) photos by KATARINA
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Pirot, Serbia (September '08) photos by RASTKO
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At the Pirot fish soup competition (really!) with Alex, Pex, Katerina & Stu from Gerda Blank |
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Arf & Alex, our promoter |
Nis, Serbia (September '08) photos by RASTKO
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The venue at Nis, an 18th century fort built by the Turks |
Kingswear Castle Paddle Steamer (June '08)
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Love Music Hate Racism, Chatham (June '08)
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RNLI Benefit, The Barge (June '08)
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Blue Shell, Cologne (May '08): photos by OLDRIK
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| The Blue Shell, Cologne |
It's the sight-seeing Loins |
Brod's lunch. He eats like this everyday. |
Sweeps (May '08)
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| 12 Bells with Sur Les Docks |
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Cheers for these Kevin |
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Lovely afternoon in Brod & Mandy's garden with our French mates Sur Les Docks |
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Arfur & Pam's Wedding (August '07)
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Kingswear Castle Paddle Steamer (July '07)
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Rochester Sweeps (May '07):photos by CHRIS
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At The Barge (early '07)
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Belgrade, Serbia (March '07):photos by RASTKO
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Pirot, Serbia (March '07):
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This was another great gig in the Southern mountains. |
On the telly.
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On the radio |
...and some of our holiday snaps...
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Piss stop, heading for Pirot. |
Pirot from hotel window
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"Hmm... I think I'll try the patent red sling backs" |
We hit the dodgems just after this photo. |
In the studio (Feb '07): recording THE DROWNED MAN RESUSCITATOR.
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Brod & Arf laying down a groovy groove from groovesville. (guitar & vocals by Buddy) |
Arf on backing vox. (These cans are ruining my hairdo) |
Bob, Rob & John...& Bob. |
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The inimitable Mr Riley of Ranscombe studio. |
Two lovely guests were kind enough to help us out on a few tracks - Glenn Barnes on acoustic bass... |
....and Chris (Windy) White on trombone. |
Posing....Spring '07: Photos by Steve Gliddon
Skulking round Strood river front, trying our absolute damndest to pose for The Drowned Man Resuscitator album cover - A big firm handshake to Steve Gliddon for taking these
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It was all Arf's idea by the way....it always is |
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...waiting for Samantha, our drag host for the evening |
....and some others we've got hanging around
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This curious birthmark belongs to one of our tallest fans. Spot him at a gig and he'll show you where it is! |
Wow, man! Arf getting psychedelic at "The Lazy Sunday" (You sure this is a Woodbine?) |
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The Loins Acoustic Club (August '06)
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Here's some from our trip to France (June '06)
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| Arf showing Den from Chien d'Mer the chords to Big Wheel. Note the oversize French/English dictionary! | ||||||
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| Brod & Denis getting friendly after a few Belgian beers. | Chiche & Alex. Formidable PA handlers. Thanks lads! | Snapped just after Arf proposed to Chiche. (Yeah. And who ever wrote this ain't bloody invited. Arf') |
Recording 'Songs To Hear Before You Die' (2005)
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| Jim Riley | Brod & Buddy | Baker's Arms |
After shaking hands & reforming (2004).....
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....some old 'uns
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"One World Literary Festival", Dusseldorf, Germany, 1993 with Billy Childish. Isn't Brod slim and handsome? (That's Arfur, you twat!) |
The girl on the guitar's pretty! (But look on the right. Don't you hate it when they put clothes on a monkey.) |
Crow lane, Rochester. 1991
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Steak & Gravy, Rochester 93 |
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Songs For The Organ, Rochester 91 |
Medway Little Theatre. 1996 |
Steak & Gravy, Rochester 93 |
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Somewhere in the Netherlands. On tour with the Blackhands. 1993. |
Radio station in Antwerp. 1993 |
Rochester dockside. 1992 |
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Glastonbury Green Stage '95 ish |
Fagins Retreat '91 ish
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Le Dyck Dunkirk '93
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| Chatham High Street for the Telly, TVS. early 90's | Doing the telly |
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Bungies '93ish |
Le Dyck Dunkirk '93 |
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| Glenn, Brod, Denis, Arf & Davy, December '92 | Rochester dockside. 1992 | Bringing Kriek Balise to Medway for the 1st time | Fagins's Retreat, Medway Manor Hotel, Rochester |
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| With Billy at Le Dyck Dunkirk '93 | The Loins & Billy Childish at Denis's Pub in Rosendael, France | Fagins's Retreat, Medway Manor Hotel, Rochester | Rochester, December '92, with Davy McCulloch on banjo |
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| At the Vierpot estaminet Boeschepe, Northern France, with Glenn Barnes on banjo | The Royal George, Chatham, December '92 | The Barge garden, 96ish, with Melanie & Tracy |
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