We’ve grown up adoring Ade’s puerile telly
characters, now he’s back once more, bringing over his folk band the Bad
Shepherds to deconstruct punk for us
For the past five years he’s fronted the Bad Shepherds – a folk band, right down to the reels and jigs, that covers punk classics.
Friday 18 April. The Thornbury Theatre,
859 High Street, Melbourne
Restrictions: R18
Ticket Information:
Reserved (not inc booking fee): $50.00
Dinner & Show (not inc booking fee): $85.00
GA (not inc booking fee): $45.00
Mud, Blood and Beer is another beautifully crafted album of classic punk and alternative songs loving reimagined by The Bad Shepherds in their distinctive folk style. Featuring re-workings of classics such as Madness’ Our House, The Jam’s Going Underground and a fabulous rendition of No More Heroes by The Stranglers, this is by far the most accomplished and diverse Bad Shepherds album to date.
This is also the first album to feature original Bad Shepherds material. The lyrics to title track, Mud Blood & Beer were penned by Ade as a homage to all the festivals the band have performed at. The closing track, Off To The Beer Tent, is a furious jig written by the band, which showcases (All-Ireland Fiddle Champion) Andy Dinan and Troy Donockley’s world-class musical talents.
These guys were cool enough to hang around after the show, you could grab a CD for $20, have it signed for free, and I grabbed the opportunity to snap up a photos with the man himself! The theater manager let me take home an even poster home for free too, which now rests up on my party bathroom hall of fame wall.
A comedic legend ADRIAN! Sharing a few drinks and chuckles at a not so local pub-like Aussie theater with a genius I can tell you was the best way to spend a Good Friday.
A comedic legend ADRIAN! Sharing a few drinks and chuckles at a not so local pub-like Aussie theater with a genius I can tell you was the best way to spend a Good Friday.
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Video Highlights
"Anarchy in the UK"
Video Highlights
"Anarchy in the UK"
"London Calling"
When did you first pick up an instrument?
When I was about 13 I had my first guitar. I was in schoolboy bands, doing covers of Free and Deep Purple. Then I went to uni and punk came along – and I’d met Rick [Mayall, his longterm friend and his comedy partner in Bottom] by then, and we started doing more comedy than music.
Did you have to scramble around on no money when you first started out?Yeah, and it was the same when this band started [laughs]. It reminded me exactly of my formative years with Rick. Knocking about, doing anything that came along, just getting better.
I think The Young Ones was responsible for my early music education. Did you have any influence on who’d appear? Were they mates?
Well, yeah we did. We were consulted. I don’t think we’d have Amazulu on now [laughs]. And the band that was in the pilot episode, what were they called… Nine Below Zero. I don’t think we’d have had them on either, but we needed someone and no one knew who we were, so they were the only band that would do it.
Was that depressing the second time around? No, it was actually rather exciting. I’d gotten so bored with… The last tours with Bottom that we did, we used to do big touring shows, we would do like a week in Leeds and a week in Newcastle and a week in all these big cities and they’re so boring and they were all kind of the same. Then we went touring with the Bad Shepherds and we were playing in towns we’d never been to. Going to little festivals where you kind of wobbled around the crowd and went to the bar. When you do gigs in a theatre in the city you just sit in the hotel, then go to the dressing room. It can be a rather dull and insular life. The Bad Shepherds brought everything out and opened it up.
Get more out of life, go out to a gig!
