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ABOUT THE BAND Early History Blistering Rock/Soul sextet formed from wreckage of The Wombles (following now infamous drugs/celery scandal) and rump of club outfit Massive Ferguson after sabotage attack on drum machine by as yet unknown "music lovers". The Glory Years Peaked with release of seminal live album "Live At Ravenstone" which captured the ragged majesty of a Chocolate Badger live performance. Album sold seven copies on first pressing and subsequently went "Tin" in Yugoslavia in 2002. However, since the replacement of Yugoslavia with Serbia and Montenegro in 2003 the status of the album has become unclear. Outstanding tracks are generally acknowledged to be: "She's Not There" (a reference to the lead singer's response to guitar solos), the reggae classic "No Woman, Keep Going" (see previous), and their anthem "Another Shambolic Gig In The Dark Now Baby". Plans to release a second album "A Vital Piece Of Wood" floundered when the bass player inadvertently lost the piece of wood. Decline This led to disintegration of the band in late 2002 following legal difficulties involving drummer and bassist's departure to pursue solo career citing musical differences and general unreliability of Aston Martins. Bassist rejoined after a rather splendid lunch and disappointing sales of his debut solo album: "Concerto for Bass and Vibraphone" (six copies all sold at HMV Camden). A further guitarist was added in the winter of 2003 with the aim of providing a richer, more textured sound, but only succeeded in making it louder. World tour rumoured for 2004 turned out to be two members of the band going on holiday together. 2005 however, was an eventful year with the band's first international gig in ..... Wales. Further outings that year were somewhat restricted due to the fact that one of the guitarists got one of the singers pregnant. The world tour 2005 came to an end in October with an unscheduled and unwanted appearance in a shed near Riseley. With one band member broke, three unemployed, one emigrated and one pregnant, it was considered a great success. Dave II alone remained unscathed by the pressures of a high octane rock and roll tour (at least , he doesn't appear to have got any worse). Revival 2006 Tour “Music for Khrushchev” , celebrating denouncement of Stalin by his successor in 1956 was hampered by second resignation of first bass player, and first resignation of second bass player . A new one was found hiding in the van, thus assuring band of entry in Guinness Book of Records as only group to have got through three bass players in four gigs. Tour concluded on anniversary of foundation of USSR to universal plaudits from the band’s adoring fan..... and bemusement at new member’s persistent and deliberate playing of correct notes.
Further personnel changes during 2007 tour "On the whole, I’d rather be in Philadelphia", - the band’s pointless and baffling tribute to W C Fields - created grave difficulty, when lead guitarist left to join rival outfit Potato Peelings, on basis that he was allowed to sing , no one threw things at him (not even other band members ) and he occasionally got paid.. Desperate to fulfill contractual commitments, band took unusual step of engaging sound engineer to play guitar and tour concluded with deranged and poorly mixed performance at “Farm Shop This Way” Festival in difficult weather conditions before audience entirely composed of beautiful young women attracted by former sound engineer’s trousers. The Future Dawn of 2008 left the band’s future uncertain. The missing lead guitarist.... seems to still be here as well as the recently engaged additional lead guitarist - Morton. Morton has confused several members of the band by playing the guitar and not being called "Dave" - a solution to this is currently being sought. The band were further stunned and somewhat baffled by critical acclaim following the "Farm Shop This Way" Festival. Rumours in the industry suggest that, with the keyboard player’s conversion to the Coptic Church, future performances may be restricted to readings in Aramaic from the Book of Deuteronomy. For further information go to www.copticcentre.com Have a look at our FAQ!!!. Chocolate Badger are currently unavailable for comment but a spokesman said "I'm sorry, you must have the wrong number, this is Elvis Costello..." Should you wish send us an email - we may be at band@chocolatebadger.com our gigs are listed in Gig-Guide.Co.UK |
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