Saturday, 31 January 2009

Oh we do like to be inside the Bebside.......



Another welcome return to a Great venue
We had a fantastic night,after a record set up time of 45 minutes,and a new set up for our trusty old lights we braved the elements ( it was very cold in there ) and took to the stage.It was great to see so many of the SPARTAN Army visible at the Bebside, and as per usual you did us proud.
Big thanks to Phil's new hat, cos he would n't have been able to play otherwise( Phil rekkons he's trying to grow his hair again, we think it's a bit late , but you never know ?)
We will have to wait and see if it makes an appearance at the next gig.

( the hair ...not the hat !!!)

Monday, 26 January 2009

SPARTAN ROCK THE TOON.....



Good to be back at the Star
As it is always a great night,fantastic people and a wonderful atmosphere.
We nearly had to cancel the gig due to transport problems so a 'BIG' vote of thanks to Arnie for the use of his van, if it had n't been for him Kev would have had to bring the gear on the bus.
As this was the FIRST Spartan gig of the year we wanted to make it a good one,and the Star is the place to do it,The lads would like to thank everyone who came out to see us as you made it a Brilliant night, Spartan march onto Blyth for our next gig on the 30th of January at the Bebside.

Friday, 2 January 2009

A perfect way to end a year of SPARTAN


New Years Eve at the Fat Ox.
What can we say except it has been a fantastic year for the band,and we aimed to celebrate it in style and we did.The Fat Ox was our very first gig as SPARTAN way back in 2007, and it was great to be asked to play on New Years Eve.After a tiny set back with our backdrop stands ( hope we manage to fix them)we were ready to Rock the night away,we tried to keep an easy paced first set with some 'old' classics to get the place into the mood.
And after a little break Kev emerged in full 'JOKER' face paint ready for the second set.We launched into the second set with some of the bands favorite songs,we still find it hard to change our second set as it is so well paced.But sadly at 11.55 our set had come to a close with just enough time to listen to Big Ben's chimes at midnight.We would like to say a 'BIG' thank-you to everyone who came to see us, you made the night so special, the perfect end to 2008 and the perfect start to 2009.